Sofia in 1926 already had the appearance of a modern city.

High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, although there are no 100-story skyscrapers, but there are still buildings with more than 10 or 20 floors.

Under Ferdinand's influence, Bulgarian cities are designed with wide roads, such as the capital Sofia, which is initially designed to accommodate 10 million people and 3 million cars according to Ferdinand's requirements.

Even the office areas of various industries are distributed in different areas, and in general, they are neat, which is also a characteristic of Bulgaria.

With a total population of more than 3 million, Sofia is now the largest city in Bulgaria and the third largest in Europe after London and Paris (in this case, Greater Paris).

In terms of the city's development potential alone, Constantinople is actually more advantageous, as the gateway to the Black Sea, the number of ships passing through here every year exceeds 10,000, and it is the most prosperous commercial port in Bulgaria.

Even if the government did not invest much, Constantinople is now the second largest city in Bulgaria, but the atmosphere of commercialization is too strong for Ferdinand to like.

In fact, after the Crimean Peninsula was launched, Bulgaria proposed to move the capital to Constantinople, but there was not much support.

In terms of history and culture, although Sofia is not as good as Constantinople and Athens, it is also among the top five in Bulgaria.

Economically, it is still the largest city in Bulgaria, but it will be overtaken by Constantinople in two or three years at most.

In terms of security, both Sofia and Constantinople are about the same, and now both cities are far from the border and there is no threat of war.

Geographically, Constantinople is clearly more advantageous, located at the junction of the Eurasian continent and has the advantage of sitting on the strait.

Constantinople has so many advantages, but it is not as good as Sofia in one point, and that is politically.

Sofia is the birthplace of Bulgaria, with the highest level of popular support for the government, and at the same time, it is also the foundation of the Bulgarian system, and has an unparalleled political status.

Most of the people who supported the relocation of the capital to Constantinople were old and young and some capitalists, and it was clear that they did not have enough say in politics.

The so-called support, that is, shouting a few voices among the people, there are not even enough members of the parliament to make proposals, and there is no spokesperson for their interests in the government.

And there are many people who support the capital of Sofia, the high-level military and political circles, the Bulgarian people who are more than eight layers old, and Ferdinand himself.

Needless to say, everyone knows that the location of the capital also involves very large interests.

Those who want to move the capital to Constantinople are nothing more than to increase their political voice by moving the capital, and to change the national policy of Bulgaria!

As early as before the end of the world war, there was discussion of moving the capital, for example: moving the capital to Belgrade, which meant that Bulgaria was strategically targeting the European continent, and Austria-Hungary would definitely not survive the war.

Another example: the relocation of the capital to Athens, which marks that Bulgaria wants to dominate the Mediterranean, and the maritime strategy will become the core strategy of Bulgaria in the future.

There is also a proposal to move the capital to Bucharest, which means the end of the honeymoon period between Bulgaria and Russia, and Bulgaria's next strategy is to attack Russia.

Could Ferdinand now change Bulgaria's national policy? Obviously, it is impossible, if the capital is moved to Constantinople, will it not provide a platform for the capitalists and the old and young to come to power?

Even if Ferdinand agrees, it will not be able to pass at home, which marks the collapse of the existing system in Bulgaria and the beginning of the capitalist era.

Only idiots can move the capital against the people of the whole country, just like many people say why the British did not move the capital to the Americas and the Spaniards did not move the capital to South America.

It's not that they don't know the benefits of moving the capital, the problem is that the consequences are so serious that everyone can't afford it!

In contrast, when Bulgaria moved its capital to Constantinople, it did not even have actual benefits, except for looking good, it was to make trouble for itself.

No one stipulates that the capital of a country must be in the most developed city, which means a waste of resources.

If he could, Ferdinand wouldn't mind moving the capital to a small city full of birds, far from the bustling metropolis of industry and commerce.

Now Sophia is also undergoing deindustrialization.

Since 1908, there has not been a single factory in the Sofia region, except for the slaughterhouses, power plants, and printing houses, which are the city's necessities.

This is also the reason why the economy of Constantinople was able to catch up with Sofia so quickly.

According to the current plan, the area within a 100-kilometer radius of Sofia is forbidden to have any factories that pollute the environment, including chemical plants and steel plants, all polluting factories are relocated, and urban sewage must be purified before it can be discharged.

Within a radius of 200 kilometres, heavily polluting factories are prohibited, and air pollution standards must comply with the environmental standards of the Bulgarian initiative.

In contrast, coastal cities are much more convenient, and now everyone is discharging into the sea, Ferdinand is not an extreme environmentalist, he knows that environmental protection is unrealistic in this era.

Protect the environment around Sofia, that is, he lives in Sofia, and he can't pit with himself!

As a price, by 1930, Sofia would be a largely pollution-free metropolis of industrialization, with the city's economic development delayed for at least two decades and tens of billions of leva in economic losses.

It is impossible to promote it to the whole country, and it is better to let Britain and France play with such a lofty thing as deindustrialization!

However, Britain and France did not engage in pollution in this era, and their domestic chemical factories and steel factories still remained in place, and most of the people who moved away were textile factories and garment cities, which were labor-intensive enterprises.

It is clear that Bulgaria's current policy is tilting towards the original Bulgarian fundamentals, and the importance of environmental protection has long been recognized at the top of the government.

Everyone wants to live a few more years, and they don't want to live the life of fragrant cars, fine wine, and stinky London, and it is understandable that they can use the power in their hands to protect the environment of their hometown first.

This is also Ferdinand's acquiescence, he has also been to London, Paris, the current world's major cities, Sofia can be said to be the lightest pollution, at least not to see the industrial haze.

In order to dispose of garbage, there are now special freighters, which are pulled to the African colonies for disposal, and it can be said that Ferdinand has become a pioneer of environmentalism.

Of course, this is limited to the mainland, and the colony garbage is piled up, and it is basically directly incinerated and disposed of, not directly dumped on the ground, even if his morals are noble.

"Your Majesty, the Russians have taken the bait, they have officially invited us to discuss the issue of land transactions!" Metyev said happily

For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is almost a political achievement sent to the door. For him personally, it is also worth celebrating to be able to add another stroke to his resume.

Although he has been hailed as the most outstanding diplomat of the 20th century, who would spare too much credit for his achievements? There is no such thing as a high-ranking master in Bulgaria, so Metyev naturally wants to make more achievements!

"Very good, first test the bottom line of the Russians, see what they plan to sell this time, there are only two principles, we don't want enclaves, we don't want Russian Poland, other regions are arbitrary!" Ferdinand said with a smile

Although the Russians themselves sent it to the door for slaughter, due to the influence of relations between the two countries, Bulgaria still could not specify a specific place, but only where the Russians sold, they bought.

In this way, no matter what happens in the future, no one can blame Bulgaria for taking advantage of the fire, although this is also taking advantage of the fire.

How many troops is there in the Russian Empire now? Ferdinand can say with certainty that there are more than eight million, of which more than three million belong to Nicholas II, and the other two families each have more than two million.

If the three sides are full fire, how much will it cost per year? Just look at the world wars, and spending billions of pounds a year on war funds is really not a problem!

Obviously, Russia's civil war cannot reach this intensity, at least the weapons of mass destruction within the poison gas bombs, and both sides have tacitly chosen not to use them.

In the war, everyone also consciously reduced civilian casualties, with the exception of the Moscow government, in which they launched a national war, but old women and young went into battle.

No matter how much money is saved, the annual war budget of 3.5 billion pounds is still indispensable, and the funding gap is very large.

Thinking of this, Ferdinand had to complain about Nicholas II, where are the political means! This is all a civil war, shouting and shouting and killing for so long, you, the orthodox tsar, why don't you have to carry out political inducement?

When you have a military advantage, you will use the money to buy your opponent? Could it be that in the Russian army opposite, there is no existence of a heart for him?

At this point, it is clear that Nicholas II is not as good as being bald, at least when the warlords are fighting, they will make this one neutral today, and turn against that tomorrow!

Nicholas II's advantages are much greater, and legitimacy on the European continent is very important, for example, many countries in Europe are secretly supporting Nicholas the Younger, but no country recognizes their legitimacy!

Now Nicholas II is still the only legitimate tsar, this is his biggest advantage, with a big stick in one hand and sweet dates in the other, are you afraid that you can't solve the enemy?

No matter how much, end the civil war first and deal with it slowly. Once the war is over, disarmament will be carried out first, and without the troops in hand, how can these people fight him?

"Yes, Your Majesty! I understand what to do, I just don't know what the Russians think this time! Metev said

"It doesn't matter, anyway, the bigger their appetite, the greater the price! Whether it's the Ukrainian region, or the Caucasus, as long as they are willing to sell, we can buy it! Ferdinand said calmly

This is obvious, it depends on how much money the government of Nicholas II wants to get, anyway, as long as it is paid by lev, the Bulgarian government is not afraid of running out of money!

The money fell into the hands of the Russians, and in the end it would go back to Bulgaria again, and the government could return at least thirty or forty percent of the money through various taxes, and Ferdinand didn't really care too much about the price.

If the Russians are willing to bleed, it is really possible to sell it for a sky-high price, after all, the land of this era is not very valuable in the hearts of the people, and the land in Europe is expensive, and it will still have to wait for the collapse of the colonial system.

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