When Ferdinand abandoned the Straits strategy in favor of the peninsula strategy, the next negotiations were much smoother.

For the Germans, it would be perfectly acceptable if the Ottoman Empire could be kept at the expense of Greece, and now the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish Al-Shabaab, is still very satisfactory to the Germans!

Perhaps the German government is also prepared to continue the historical practice of helping the Ottoman Empire complete its internal reforms, train a truly new army to come out, and reduce the pressure on the Allies on the Eastern Front!

The first to complete the negotiations was not surprisingly the Kingdom of Montenegro, because the differences between the two sides were not very large, Metyev took over the demand of the Kingdom of Montenegro to pay war reparations in lieu of land cession, and of course the reparations figure was slightly increased.

On September 15, 1909, on behalf of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and Montenegro, Metyev signed an armistice peace treaty in the presence of various countries - the Armistice Treaty of Bulgaria and Montenegro, that is, the Treaty of Montenegro of the Treaty of Constantinople!

The treaty stipulates that, from the date of the signing of the treaty, the two countries will formally end the war; The Kingdom of Montenegro paid a one-time Bulgarian war reparations of 4.8 million pounds, which could be paid in kind, and the shortfall was paid by loans provided by the Allies.

At this point, the Kingdom of Montenegro officially withdrew from the Second Balkan War, and after the news came out, Nicholas I, who was far away in Podgorica, breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Then began a hard life of repaying debts, don't look at the 4.8 million pounds figure is not big, the equivalent is 120 million leva, but for this small mountain country with a population of only more than 1.2 million, it is equivalent to 100 leva of foreign debt per capita, which is equivalent to their gross domestic product for three months!

However, in comparison, the Kingdom of Montenegro is not bad, Romania is a little hard, and the Bulgarian army has occupied a large number of cities, of course, it is impossible to let go easily.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Metev calmly said: "Well, this is our last condition, Romania:

either to cede Slobozia and Constanta (about 3,000 square kilometres) and pay war reparations of £6 million;

Either the Clerova and Slatina regions (about 14,000 square kilometers) can be ceded without paying war reparations!

Either pay a lump sum of 53 million pounds in war reparations, and you can not cede the land! ”

At this time, Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosque could only look at German Foreign Minister Pilov with expectation, hoping that the Germans could stand up for them.

Pilov did not disappoint him, and directly became a peacemaker, saying: "Mr. Metyev, the asking price of your country is too high, and the Romanian army did not cause much damage to your country in this war.

Judging by your country's losses, it will not exceed 3 million pounds, even if you add 10 million pounds of reparations for war expenses, it will be enough!

As a responsible power, we hope that your country will show its sincerity for peace and not let the hatred continue! ”

Metev said solemnly: "No! Mr. Pilov's account cannot be counted like this, because of the Romanian invasion, we have mobilized a total of 300,000 troops, 260,000 people, and consumed a lot of supplies!

This is our list, Mr. Pilov, can you help take a look, what's the problem? ”

With that, Metev took out a thick stack of papers from his file bag, and there was a chapter of statistical tables on it.

As follows:

According to Bulgaria's national product, 750 leva per person per month consumes 420 million leva of wealth every month.

In addition, during the war, we also have to pay military expenses, according to the basic calculation of 150 leva per person per month, the monthly labor salary cost is 84 million leva.

And the cost of weapons and ammunition, let's calculate a whole number of 100 million leva.

From the outbreak of the war on July 8 to September 16, it was a total of 70 days, and the total expenditure per day was: 42,000/30 + 8,400/30 = 16,800,000 leva

70 days: 1680 * 70 = 1.176 billion leva, a total of 1.276 billion leva, equivalent to £51.04 million!

After a while, Metev added: "By the way, this does not include the casualty pension, and the panic caused to the population due to the war, which affected the normal economic operation of Bulgaria, and we have not yet counted this part of the losses."

If you can wait for two or three months, I think this part of the loss has been calculated, and we will discuss compensation again, which should be more accurate! ”

After listening to Mejev's words, Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosque almost fainted, wait for two or three months? At £672,000 (16.8 million leva) a day, who the fuck can afford to wait?

If you want to calculate the war reparations in this way, you should have said it earlier! We signed a peace treaty on the first day, no, it should be a defeat at the front, and we will admit it immediately!

Then July will be over, more than 10 million pounds is still within the tolerance range of Romania, and now more than 50 million, that is really unaffordable!

Oh, he also knows that this is just a deliberate excuse by Bulgaria, the reparations are fake, and the land is the real purpose!

After all, Barnosk has long heard of the Bulgarian military merit awarding system, and he has not obtained enough land, so what should be done with the division of officers and soldiers?

Well, to Barnoske's surprise, German Foreign Minister Pilov was silent, apparently the conditions put forward by the Bulgarians were already within his tolerance, and he hoped that Romania would accept it!

After all, if the land is ceded, the first case is only more than 3,000 square kilometers, which is really not much, even if the compensation of 6 million pounds is added, it is not much.

Moreover, this indemnity does not have to be paid directly, as long as the Romanian government is responsible for the relocation of more than 200,000 people on this land, most of it can be offset, and this condition is not excessive!

Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosque thought for a moment and said: "Please wait a moment, I will send this condition back to the country and wait for the final decision to be made at home!" ”

After saying that, he breathed a deep sigh of relief, after all, only more than 3,000 square kilometers of land could be paid to end this war, and the past could be explained to the country!

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Seeing that Romania had also passed the test with ease, the representative of the Ottoman Empire, Smutafa Asim Bey, was also relieved, and now there were no Greek representatives in the room, and it was obvious that the Allies had abandoned Greece this time, but it had nothing to do with him.

Dead friends don't die poor!

Even if Bulgaria directly annexes Greece, he will not object! It was an honor for the Greeks to be able to exchange the benefits of the Greeks for Bulgaria's concessions to the Ottoman Empire, wasn't it?

Now that the Turkish Al-Shabaab has just come to power, how can it account to the people if it can't sign a passable peace treaty?

It's a pity that now the Ottoman Empire has no strength to continue the war, otherwise the Turkish Al-Shabaab, which has just come to power, would not mind using this war to solve the hidden dangers at home!

The Romanian delegates needed to consult the country, and the negotiations still had to continue, and it was the turn of the Ottoman Empire next.

Without beating around the bush, Metev said directly: "If your country can come up with sufficient compensation, we can withdraw our troops from the Asia Minor Peninsula, but this compensation must be an equivalent exchange before we can accept it!" ”

Metyev's conditions this time surprised Smutafa Asim Bey, this is kicking the ball, what is the equivalent?

For the Ottoman Empire, Asia Minor was the most important existence, and there was no equivalent at all!

Reparations? It's a pity that the Ottoman Empire is very poor now, even if the Turkish Shabaab came to power and made a fortune, but these funds are the funds for the future development of the Ottoman Empire, and it is impossible to use them all to pay war reparations!

The most important thing is that in this war, from the very beginning, the Ottoman Empire fell into passivity in public opinion, and a few big people were killed by a few fools, because taking into account the feelings of Austria-Hungary, even the Germans could not defend them at this point!

There is no doubt that the land will definitely be cut! As for how much to cede and where to cede, Smutafa Asim Bey does not dare to call the shots alone.

"Mr. Metyev, this war was provoked by the previous government, and we regret it, and we are willing to pay for it!

Everyone knows that the previous government was a rotten feudal dynasty, and the people who were in charge were a bunch of fools, and they all paid for it!

We can't blame ordinary Ottomans for something a few fools have done, it's immoral! ”

Smutafa Asim Bey decisively chose to throw the blame and put out a rotten Sudanese government to take responsibility anyway, which is not a problem at all.

Rather than arguing with Metev about the responsibility for the war, it is better to bow down and win the sympathy of other countries, after all, the image of the Turkish Al-Shabaab is much better in the eyes of the public than the Sudanese government.

The most important thing is that the culprits behind Bulgaria's previous demand for accountability are now hung up in the coup, and even if Smutafa Asim Bey confesses, it is impossible for Metyev to demand the surrender of war criminals!

It turned out that Smutafa Asim Bey's approach was very effective, at least everyone looked at him a little softer, and there was no murderous aura at the beginning!

Metyev said with a smile: "Mr. Smutafa Asim Bey is right, it is because of this that I can be at the negotiating table, otherwise even if we hit Ankara, we will not let go of the real culprit!"

But the war has already happened, and your government is still fully responsible for this war! As for what kind of price should be paid, everyone understands people, there is no need to pretend to be garlic!

Now we leave the choice to you, isn't that our greatest sincerity?

If you want us to give up the peninsula of Asia Minor, then your country must cede another piece of land to us, or pay the equivalent currency as war reparations!

We accept the lev, the pound, the franc, the mark and other currencies of various countries, of course, the lira is forgotten! ”