From the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1897 to 1908, more than ten years have passed.

After more than ten years of hard work by Ferdinand, Bulgaria has now completed the digestion of the domestic fundamentals.

Now Bulgaria is also a powerful country with a population of more than 20 million, and the total industrial volume is close to that of Italy, but Ferdinand still feels that it is not enough!

Despite the current rapid pace of development in Bulgaria, Ferdinand was not satisfied, he knew that the time for a world war was not far off!

With Bulgaria's current strength, it is enough to protect itself in a world war, but if it wants to divide the cake after the war, it is estimated that there will only be some leftovers left, which Ferdinand will never tolerate!

As a traverser, it's already embarrassing to not be able to dominate the world, and if you can't even mix with a regional overlord, what is it? In short, Ferdinand was also ambitious!

Ferdinand knew that it was time for the long-sealed "Third Five-Year Plan" to be released! This also means that the Bulgarian government, which has just paid off its debts, will be in debt again!

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Time flies, and with Ferdinand's order, the cabinet government came up with a "Third Five-Year Plan" in the shortest possible time.

The original plan, of course, was nullified! After all, more than ten years have passed, and the strategic goals in it have long been completed!

In addition to putting it in the museum for future generations to visit, it is probably only used by historians when they study the background of the era!

Compared with the previous two plans, this plan is not at all of the same magnitude, and it is more suitable for ambition!

After all, a lot of the content in it is very radical, and under normal circumstances, such a wave of development is just waiting for overcapacity, and then an economic crisis will break out!

But Ferdinand doesn't care, anyway, the world war should start at that time, overcapacity is not a big deal, a world war, what kind of production capacity can be digested!

"Prime Minister, you will first introduce the content of the 'Third Five-Year Plan', and today we will talk about the industrial plan!" Ferdinand said lightly

"Yes!" Konstantin said sonorously

Since Ferdinand took power in 1889, the Bulgarian cabinet has been very stable, with Chekov as a political tumbler and Konstantin as prime minister for more than ten years.

However, Ferdinand knew that after this session, let them finish two more sessions, and they would probably have to be replaced! (1907 was already their fourth term!) ）

This is not Ferdinand's desire to cross the river and tear down the bridge, but the real imperial trick, after all, the cabinet with too high prestige is also a threat to the monarchy!

Bulgaria has been able to get to this point, and the Konstantin cabinet has also contributed a lot, and now letting them go home is undoubtedly crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and Ferdinand still can't do it!

After the victory of the world war, let them return with honors, Ferdinand thought that this was already the best ending!

Oh, Ferdinand won't admit that he wants to squeeze the last value out of the family, which will be much less useful after the world war.

However, in Europe, through democratic elections, the cabinet that has been in office for 30 years is really rare!

This is not a fabrication, now the approval rating of the Bulgarian cabinet is really high, it really has not yet appeared, and it is qualified to be their competitor!

Bulgaria was originally known as Prussia in the Balkans, and Konstantin was considered the second "Bismarck", both of whom were called iron-blooded prime ministers!

During his tenure, Bismarck waged war to unify Germany; During Konstantin's tenure, he also launched a war to unify Bulgaria!

Don't be surprised, public opinion propaganda is so powerful! Looking at the history of Bulgaria, there is too much information to prove that this was really a war for the unification of the country to expel the Ottoman invaders!

This has been recognized by the international community, as evidenced by the fact that Bulgaria enjoyed the support of all nationalities in the Balkan Wars!

The other two have attached great importance to industrial development and have established a system of workers' security, including workers' pensions, health insurance and social insurance. Oh, this is inside the "Third Five-Year Plan"!

In short, after comparing them, many people found that the two had a lot in common, and both created the rise of the two countries!

Well, Bulgaria and Prussia are really similar, the key is that they are both capable of fighting, but Bulgaria is too small, otherwise European countries will be worried about Bulgaria's crisis!

If it weren't for Ferdinand's prestige being too high, and the power of Konstantin, the "prime minister", would not be so great, otherwise it would really be deserved!

Oh, and there is another reason that cannot be said, after the outbreak of the world war, Ferdinand needed a cabinet capable of calming the scene!

After all, no matter how high the prestige of the Bulgarian cabinet is, it is not as high as Ferdinand, the king, and he can manipulate the parliament change at any time and kick them down!

But the military is a headache, after the outbreak of war, the power of the military will inevitably increase greatly, and as King Ferdinand, he can't personally charge into battle to suppress the military, right?

It's also a shame, so it's necessary to have a cabinet with enough prestige!

Germany is a negative teaching material, in history, after the collapse of Russia, Germany II had the opportunity to negotiate and then end the war with dignity, but unfortunately his government could no longer suppress the army, and the country was dragged by the Junker aristocracy and jumped into the abyss!

No way, who called Germany's most prestigious iron-blooded prime minister - Bismarck has long been hung up? And Wilhelm II is already the third generation of emperors, and his prestige is really not very good in the army!

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Konstantin said: "This 'Third Five-Year Plan' is different from the previous two five-year plans, both in terms of investment amount and coverage, it is much larger than before!"

It includes: politics, industry, culture, military, medical care, education, agriculture, social security and other fields!

In terms of industry, we still focus on the development of heavy industry, mainly including:

1. Build two new large-scale steel plants, and strive to achieve an annual output of 3.5 million tons of steel before 1914, of which the steel output shall not be less than half, and the special steel output shall not be less than 200,000 tons!

2. Strive to achieve 30 million tons of coal output;

3. Build two 30,000-ton docks and one 40,000-ton dock; Strive for the total tonnage of large ships to reach 500,000 tons!

4. In the field of machinery manufacturing, because we have developed very well in this regard, we are now on a par with Austria-Hungary!

Therefore, the government has no intention of investing directly, mainly through tax reductions and exemptions, encouraging private capital to continue to invest, and striving to catch up with the French within five years!

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Needless to say, light industry, like the textile industry, food processing enterprises, etc., they were still the protagonists of the first two five-year plans, and now they can't get into Ferdinand's eyes, after all, the growth of military strength or heavy industry comes quickly!

Ferdinand pondered it carefully and found that for Bulgaria, the least difficult thing is the second one, the task of pure mining such as coal production, as long as the investment is increased, there is basically nothing that cannot be completed!

After all, Bulgaria's domestic coal reserves are also measured in tens of billions of tons, and there are not a few open-pit coal mines!

The most humiliating thing is probably the ship, the total tonnage of the British ships in history has exceeded 20 million tons, and the Bulgarian target is only 500,000 tons, which is really a bit embarrassing!

What hasn't been said yet is that this total tonnage is the sum of warships plus merchant ships, otherwise this figure would be even more embarrassing!

Oh, this is also the only thing Ferdinand asked not to blindly improve, the main thing is that he remembered the submarines of the German Navy, basically whoever builds more ships will be sunk more when the time comes!

It's just that Bulgaria is so close to Austria-Hungary and Italy, if a bunch of merchant ships are built, it will definitely contribute to the submariners!

It's better to load an ostrich and let the British boss take care of the transportation, Bulgaria will protect the transportation lines of the Black Sea, which is the greatest contribution to the alliance!

Fourth, the machinery manufacturing industry surpassed France in five years, Ferdinand said that he didn't see it, and the Gallic chickens didn't take the manufacturing industry to heart at all!

And Bulgaria is a big manufacturing country with "copycat technology" as the core, as long as you give money, let alone surpass France, even if you surpass the Germans, it is easy to do, provided that you sacrifice a little bit of performance!

On the contrary, it is the strategic goal of producing 3.5 million tons of steel per year that really needs to be worked on, after all, the steel mills in this era are all fucking pits!

In addition, in this five-year plan, there are plans for the development of airships, but the automobile industry and the aircraft industry are neglected!

Thinking of this, Ferdinand asked suspiciously: "Why is there no plan for the automobile industry and the aircraft industry?" According to the current development trend, the future aircraft is the king of the sky, and the car will also replace the horse-drawn carriage and become the most important part of transportation! ”

Konstantin was stunned, "planes and cars" are the mainstream of the future? His first reaction was, how is this possible?

Seeing Constantine's reaction, Ferdinand understood that there must be people in this era who realized the importance of airplanes and automobiles, but no one believed that they would become the mainstream of transportation!

After all, the car replaces the carriage, and that is after the cost of the car is reduced, and who can afford it at the current price?

Not to mention airplanes, with the current technology of aircraft manufacturing, it is enough to use as a reconnaissance aircraft, transportation? If you don't consider the cost, it will be reluctant to send the service!

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Bulgarian planes got off to an early start. As soon as the plane was born, it attracted his attention and started the Bulgarian aerospace industry!

Up to now, Bulgaria's space industry is already the first in the world, and it seems that only Bulgaria has an space industry in the world!

At present, Bulgaria's self-made aircraft is also the most advanced in the world, and its maximum range has reached 200 kilometers, which can barely be used as a reconnaissance aircraft. Let's ignore it, airplanes have only been around for four or five years!

Ferdinand realized that he had lost his words, after all, not everyone has a prescient vision, and Konstantin's reaction is normal for people in this era!

Ferdinand hid his embarrassment for a moment, and then said: "Oh, the issue of airplanes will be put aside for now, but the automobile industry will also join the support of the 'Third Five-Year Plan' this time!"

In case you don't know, the production cost of the new generation of cars designed by Bulgarian universities has been reduced, and the expected time to bring them to market is just around the corner!

The price is about 6000~8000 leva, which is acceptable to the middle class; And this car also has a cargo version, and the price will not exceed 12,000 leva, which already has promotion value and will soon be popular in Europe! ”

"Oh!" Everyone was shocked

Apparently stunned by the news, although the automotive industry in Bulgaria is also leading in the world, but the price has dropped so much at once, it is still somewhat out of their data!

"No problem!" Konstantin said briskly

After all, if the price drops to one-sixth, or even one-eighth, the market has increased significantly!

After all, compared with horse-drawn carriages, automobiles still have high superiority, and it is still very meaningful to promote the transportation revolution!