The Ottoman Empire was already the biggest enemy of the Bulgarian and Russian bourgeoisie! This is what Ferdinand felt the most, who called him the biggest capitalist in Bulgaria?

Bulgarian industrial products, to say well, were sold to the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire also blocked the entry of Western European industrial products, which can be regarded as offsetting the two!

But what about agricultural exports? The Russians don't need to import grain, they can't eat all their own grain, and they have to export it?

After being scraped by the Ottomans, the Bulgarian government had to exempt businesses from taxes in order to guarantee their competitiveness. Even so, the profits from exports are extremely limited!

Ferdinand's Shuanghui Food Group alone pays more than 30 million leva in import and export duties to the Ottoman Empire every year, which is a painful pain!

Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents!

Sitting on the Black Sea Strait, this golden waterway, the Ottoman Empire can be said to have pulled the hatred between Bulgaria and Russia to the full value! Of course, Romania's feelings are estimated to be similar, and the export of agricultural products still has to be scraped hard!

If the Ottoman Empire is strong, it will be fine, and everyone will have to endure it no matter how dissatisfied they are. It's a pity that now that he is in decline, this pulls hatred!

Even if the Russian government can endure it for the sake of the overall situation, the nobles and lords in the country will definitely not be able to bear it for the sake of interests!

Otherwise, the Russian government would not have packed a fleet as soon as it saw the opportunity; Ferdinand will not be in a hurry to overthrow the Ottoman Empire, it is all forced out by interests!

The Bulgarian government is also well aware of this. I know that cooperating with the Russians is to seek skin with the tiger, but I have no choice, the Ottoman Empire must be killed!

Otherwise, Bulgaria should not think about it, the Ottoman Empire always sucked blood through tariffs, and the benefits of industrialization were taken away by the Turks!

Of course, the Sudanese government is expected to be wronged, and the tariffs they have received in the Black Sea Straits are already very low, lower than those of most countries! For this guy Mao Xiong, he can't hide, who dares to look for trouble?

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty!

The Black Sea Strait is the throat of West Asia, North Africa and Southern Europe to the Black Sea, and the only passage to the Mediterranean Sea for the Russian Empire, Bulgaria and Romania.

What's more, it has tens of thousands of ships passing through every year, with a total tonnage of tens of millions of tons and a tariff revenue of tens of millions of pounds!

Adding up to all these factors, the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, Romania, and Bulgaria can be imagined.

If there is a compromise on strategic issues, there is no need to talk about economic disputes at all! No way, who said that these countries are not rich?

It is obviously impossible for the Ottoman Empire to give up the collection of customs duties, which is tantamount to killing him!

In addition to the country's financial revenue, the nobles of Turkey have not reaped any benefits, if their financial routes are cut off, the position of the Sultan will not be stable!

Not to mention Bulgaria, how to get further development without annexing the territory of the European part of the Ottoman Empire? Where to find raw materials and markets?

In this regard, Romania's attitude can be ignored, there is no border with the Ottomans on land, and the fleet at sea, which is comparable to the Bulgarian "coast guard", has no ability to look for the bad luck of the Turks!

There is no doubt that the hairy bears have the greatest appetite, but they have the strength to back them up! If it weren't for the mutual containment of the great powers, the estimated target would not have been just a Constantinople.

The Asia Minor Peninsula and Georgia are all good choices, which are very suitable for their operation of turning the Black Sea into an inland sea!

And they can't be fed at all, and the Sultan can't compromise with them even if he wants to! That is, the strategic center of gravity of the Russian Empire is now in the Far East, otherwise with Ferdinand's courage, he would not dare to seek skin with the tiger?

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The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Trade, Wei Zheng-Ivanov, continued: "Grand Duke, judging from the situation in 1895, the point of growth in our import and export trade in the coming year will be the Russian Empire.

In the global market, except for a very few special products, other industrial and commercial products are still difficult to make breakthroughs!

Considering the possibility of war in the next two years, we have decided to temporarily restrict the export of a number of agricultural products, and instead use the government to purchase them as strategic material reserves!

The economic growth rate in the coming year may drop significantly, and some industries may even experience negative growth!

At the same time, the government is coordinating the country's major enterprises to implement the wartime economy whenever necessary. Due to the previous Protectorate war, there has already been an experience, and it should not be a big problem! ”

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Ferdinand thought for a moment and then asked, "How much of our loan has been disbursed?" ”

"Your Excellency, our loans with the major European consortia have basically been completed, and the first batch of loans promised by the French has also been disbursed!"

Speaking of this, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kennedy paused and said with some embarrassment: "But the French did not allocate all the 300 million leva to us about the Navy loan."

In addition to the 20 million leva for the construction of the naval port and the 30 million leva for the construction of the dockyard, the rest of the funds were allocated directly to the naval fleet!

Our Ministry of Finance has negotiated with them several times, but to no avail, and the reason they gave was: in order to ensure that the navy's military expenses can be earmarked, the intermediate links were reduced and directly allocated to the navy! ”

Ferdinand's face changed, and he recovered casually, knowing that this was a joint effort by France and Russia to trap Bulgaria, but "people are under the roof and have to bow their heads"!

He said coldly: "Forget it, this money is not so easy to take!" It's already in someone else's pocket, and it's not that simple to take it out again!

The Foreign Ministry protested to the French and the Russians, even if we suffer losses, we must suffer in the open. ”

Prime Minister Konstantin said worriedly: "Grand Duke, now the military budget is directly allocated to the navy, which is very disadvantageous to us!"

Originally, I had no binding force on this Russian fleet, but now my influence is even smaller, and after the outbreak of war in the future, I am afraid that it will not be able to be adjusted! ”

Ferdinand sighed and said, "Don't worry about this, the importance of the Black Sea straits to the Russians is much greater than ours, don't be afraid that they won't cooperate!"

After the war, after we gained access to the Mediterranean: the economic value of the Black Sea straits, which had been reduced to a minimum; As for military value, let's wait until our own Navy grows up!

It's too early to say that. Without the Russians, even if we send the Black Sea straits, we will not dare to take over! ”

At this moment, Ferdinand had to envy those traverser predecessors. Everyone else has easily built a large navy, catching up with Britain and the United States in three years, and beating the whole world in five years.

When I got to him, I tossed it for seven or eight years, and so far, I have overturned Serbia. Not to mention going to the whole world to make trouble, not a single Balkan has not been completed, it is simply a loss of face for the traverser!