The chaos in Central America broke out suddenly, not only the British were blinded, but even Ferdinand was blown up.

Unfortunately, Bulgaria's intelligence network in the Americas is not yet perfect, and it is impossible to trace the mastermind behind it, and Ferdinand can only guess out of thin air.

There are only a handful of countries in the world that have this strength and this ability to provoke chaos in Central America, or as a force.

First of all, there are the British, but they don't have to get along with themselves. Even if there is any conspiracy, it can be carried out after they have ended two wars.

Unless it is an internal struggle, and the two sides have reached the point of life and death, in order to defeat political opponents, it is possible to engage in such a play.

Theoretically, it is impossible to happen in the British Empire, the power of the political parties is not so strong, most of it is concentrated in the country, unless it is planned by a consortium, this probability is very small!

Secondly, there is the U.S. state finance. Or rather, the American consortium, the US government is finished, and these consortiums have also suffered heavy losses, but most of their core strength has been preserved.

They have been operating in Central American countries for 180 years, and they have the strength to provoke this war.

But the question is, Ferdinand couldn't think of a reason why they did this? After all, there is a price to be paid for orchestrating this upheaval, and what do they gain even if it is in chaos in Central America?

And then, there are the French. They also barely had the strength to plan this Central American war. Theoretically, in order to attack the British, they had a motive to plan the incident.

Unfortunately, although the motive existed, the timing was not right, and the mess of the French government had not yet been resolved, and it was obviously not wise to provoke the British at this time.

There is also the Spaniards, who do not have much presence, Central America was originally their colony, even if they have become independent, the Spanish influence in the local area is still not small.

This is the only suspect to be ruled out by Ferdinand, for the simple reason that the Spaniards have no way to translate this influence into action.

In the end, it was planned by people within the Central American countries, and they were all suspicious of this, whether it was internal struggle to seize power, or to expand the territory.

The rest of the countries and forces, you don't have to think about it, don't worry about the motive first, just look at the strength and understand, you can't do it if you want to!

"Your Majesty, the British, in order to relieve the financial pressure, have increased the toll of the Suez Canal by twenty percent, and the cost of our transportation to the Indian Ocean has increased again!" Prime Minister Konstantin gritted his teeth and said

"Well, did the British raise the tolls for all merchant ships, or only against us?" Ferdinand asked with concern

If it is only against Bulgaria, then it means that what they have done before has been exposed, and the London government has warned Bulgaria to settle down a little by this means.

"All merchant ships, but British merchant ships will receive a tax rebate subsidy from the government afterwards, in fact, it is only for the countries bordering the Mediterranean, and we have the most losses!" Konstantin said angrily

Sure enough, it was the British Empire, which even warned Bulgaria, France, and Austria-Hungary, and forced the three countries to bow to them!

From the point of view of transportation, Bulgaria is able to get rid of the Suez Canal, and theoretically Bulgarian industrial and commercial products can be transported by the Baghdad railway, and then directly from the Persian Gulf into the Indian Ocean.

Obviously, this is only theoretical, and the cost of rail transport is not low, and in the 20th century, the cheapest mode of transport was by sea.

If the transportation is carried out by land, the cost of transportation will increase by at least 20 or 30 percent compared to the current one, which is obviously not acceptable to Bulgaria.

The Suez Canal toll has always been an important expense in the cost of Bulgaria's maritime transportation, and the increase in tolls by 20 percent means that the cost of transportation will increase by seven or eight percentage points, and it will also mean that the net profit of Bulgaria's industrial exports will drop by two or three percentage points.

Most of the manufacturing industry is not a profiteering industry in the first place, and now the British are coming to cut such a knife, which is simply challenging the bottom line of Bulgaria!

Compromise?

On this issue, France may be able to compromise, their main economy is the financial industry, and the export of processing and manufacturing industries accounts for a small proportion of the economy.

Austria-Hungary could also have compromised. Their shipping is underdeveloped, and most of their overseas transportation is done through international shipping companies. For example, British shipping companies and Bulgarian shipping companies are their main employers.

Bulgaria alone has no way to make concessions on this issue, and by the British, Bulgaria will have to pay at least hundreds of millions of leva more in tolls every year.

This is also a big blow to domestic industry and commerce, if this time endures, what about the next time the British continue to increase tolls?

And what to do?

Cutting meat with a slow knife is the most ruthless, and if you want to treat Bulgarian industry and commerce like pigs, this is asking for Ferdinand's life!

As the world's largest capitalist and the world's largest factory owner, this is simply the lifeblood of Ferdinand.

"The Foreign Office sent a sternly worded note to the London government to see what tricks the London government wanted to play!

At the same time, the government immediately launched the exploration of the canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, and we cannot afford to be stuck by the neck of the British all the time! Ferdinand said fiercely

If it weren't for political factors, Israel would have dug the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba long ago.

Geographically, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Suez Canal are comparable, and it is nothing more than the distance of the canal from the Gulf of Alaba to increase by that one hundred and eighty kilometers.

As for the technical problems, they do not exist at all, they are nothing more than an additional lake in the Suez Canal, which reduces the difficulty of construction.

This problem is not worth mentioning at all, and when the Suez Canal was excavated in the last century, it could only be carried on manual shoulders, and now excavators and automobiles have been born, and the technical difficulty has been greatly reduced.

In fact, as early as the end of the First World War, Bulgaria had plans to dig the canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, but it was never started because of its relations with the British.

Now that the British have raised the toll silently, it is no wonder that Ferdinand dug the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba to steal business with them.

Even in a hurry, Bulgaria has directly exempted tolls, anyway, the most navigable on this route is Bulgarian merchant ships, how can it not lose money.

"Your Majesty, there is no technical problem, the design plan for the Gulf of Aqaba Canal has been piled up in our Ministry of Communications for several years, but what about the political impact?

If the British knew that we were digging the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, would they have come out to sabotage it, or even directly ban our ships from passing through the Suez Canal? Transport Minister Beshir said hesitantly

"Then it depends on whether the British have now made up their minds to fight us!" Ferdinand said with a sneer

The faces of the people changed drastically, and they recovered immediately. The British are so busy right now that they want to turn the other cheek with Bulgaria, at least until they're done!

First the quagmire of war in Afghanistan, then the quagmire of Southeast Asia, and now the chaos in Central America has involved the British Empire.

At this time, do they still have enough troops to use?

Obviously it doesn't exist, there is not enough army, and a war breaks out with Bulgaria, the Royal Navy is indispensable to the shore, and a lose-lose war is certainly not what the London government wants!

No matter how powerful John Bull's diplomacy was, Ferdinand was not afraid of it now.

Unlike the Germans, Bulgaria was not caught between several large powers, so there was much more to be done.

For example, no matter what benefits the British promised them, the French could not have allowed them to spend millions of troops and run to the Near East and Bulgaria to the death.

Even if the French government goes crazy, the French people will kill them as soon as possible, this has nothing to do with interests, and they don't want to sell their lives at all!

As for the Germans, the British dared to arm Germany, then the French became a natural ally of Bulgaria, and the Franco-German hatred was not so easy to unravel.

And what about so many kingdoms in Germany? Who would want to watch the central government grow big and give them to the republic?

You can't expect the German central government to take out these kingdoms in one fell swoop, and then push them from Austria-Hungary and fight Bulgaria again, right?

It is estimated that they have just started to act, and they will face the joint attack of the three countries of Baofa and Austria!

Beyond that, will the continental Briton be able to find team-mates worthy of Ferdinand's attention?

Apparently this does not exist!

Among the remaining European powers, Italy is really abolished, and the Kingdom of Spain is not strong, and they are not qualified to be teammates of the British.

The pro-Bulgarian faction in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is much stronger than the pro-British faction, not to mention that there are a bunch of internal contradictions, ready to collapse as soon as the war starts!

The last European power, unfortunately Bulgaria's allies, and still busy fighting a civil war, could not have taken the fire for the British!

Now the two countries are at war, the big deal is to be blockaded by the British for three or five years, and then Bulgaria will also start unlimited submarine warfare, hunting British merchant ships in the Atlantic.

As for the Suez Canal Shenma, it is estimated that it will be paralyzed on the first day of the war, and then the Bulgarian army will kill all the way to South Africa, all the way to India to defeat the British world hegemony.

Then he was counterattacked by the British, and the two sides were equivalent to the same end, allowing other countries to rise.

This is the reason why Ferdinand tried his best to avoid directly fighting the British, after all, once the war started, Japan, France, and Austria-Hungary could all become fishermen.

Even they worked together as fishermen, waiting for the last moment to strike a blow and defeat the British and Bulgarian together.

"Your Majesty, perhaps we can drag the countries of the Mediterranean together to dig the Aqaba Canal, and take this opportunity to establish a Circum-Mediterranean alliance to exclude the British!" Foreign Minister Metev proposed

Ferdinand's heart lit up, this is indeed a good idea, if France and Austria-Hungary can be pulled to form a Mediterranean alliance, then the political pattern of the world will change again.

The supremacy of the British Empire would no longer exist, and the British would be excluded even on the European continent.

This is very important for the future, and the only trouble is the question of dominance, which neither the French nor Bulgaria can easily let go.

If this problem is not handled well, then this alliance will be full of contradictions in the future, and such an alliance will lose its original role!

"Well, this proposal is very good, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can contact France and Austria-Hungary, if we can negotiate, it will be very beneficial to our future development!"

Ferdinand hesitated, but finally decided to give it a try, and history told him that the winner in the end was not only the strongest in himself, but also the most allies.

The lessons of the Germans taught Ferdinand one thing - never stand in an isolated position, unless you are strong enough to stand against the whole world!

"Your Majesty, won't you bring the Russians in? If the Russians join this alliance, the influence will become even greater! Prime Minister Konstantin asked suspiciously

"Having Russians join this alliance can indeed increase our influence, but what about the Russian-Austrian conflict?

Although this contradiction has been suppressed for the time being, it will definitely erupt one day in the future, when we will face the same dilemma as the Germans, who do we choose to support?

In that case, why not let this tragedy happen in the first place?

Now we are building a Mediterranean alliance, and the Russians are not Mediterranean countries, and we do not invite them to join, which is also in the past, and this will not affect our alliance with the Russians!

In the future, the Russian civil war will end and the Russian-Austrian conflict will break out, and we will still have room for maneuver, so we will not choose one of the two sides between the two sides! Ferdinand explained

Ferdinand's point was clear: the alliance between Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary was limited to the interests of the Mediterranean, and the alliance with the Russians was limited to the common economic interests of both sides.

In the future, if a conflict breaks out between Russia and Austria because of problems on the European continent, Bulgaria can still mediate in the middle, but if it can't do it, it will be neutral, and it can't trap itself in it anyway!

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