In the midst of the turbulent international turmoil, Bulgaria is standing firm and implementing the "Ten-Year Plan" step by step, and Ferdinand is firmly seated in Diaoyutai.

"Your Majesty, the Baghdad Railway has been completed!" Konstantin said excitedly

"Good, good, good!" Ferdinand said three good words in a row

Unlike the historical Baghdad Railway, Bulgaria built the Baghdad Railway, which extends directly to Kuwait Port in the Persian Gulf and connects with the Arabian Peninsula Ring Railway.

There are dozens of branch lines along the way, the more famous ones are the Anda Railway (Baghdad connects with Amman) and the Asian-American Railway (Ankara to Yerevan).

The total design mileage is 12,000 kilometers, but the railway has already been partially built by the Germans and part by the Ottoman Empire.

On this basis, Bulgaria dismantled the original railway and rebuilt it.

This is also a matter of no choice, everyone's railway standards are different, and perfect docking cannot be achieved.

The earliest railways in Bulgaria were influenced by the Russians and adopted a standard of 1524mm. After Ferdinand succeeded to the throne, it was not changed because of financial reasons, and then 1524mm became the unified standard of Bulgarian railways.

The railways of the Ottoman Empire at that time were very chaotic, and there were various standard railways, such as: 1000mm, 1050mm, 1067mm, 1435mm......

The chaotic tracks must be unified, otherwise it will bring great changes to transportation, and finally Ferdinand resolutely decided to dismantle and rebuild.

Fortunately, there were not many railways in the Ottoman Empire, otherwise Ferdinand might not have been able to make up his mind, after all, it was all money!

The completion of the Baghdad Railway meant that Bulgaria's rule in the Persian Gulf region had been consolidated, and the shackles of continued expansion into Asia had been lifted.

With this railway, Bulgaria also extended its tentacles to the Persian region (Iran), and a new round of expansion could begin.

Of course, Ferdinand could not have provoked a war at this time, the Qajar dynasty was indeed weak and had been reduced to a semi-colony, but the forces of the countries within him were intricate.

In 1907, Britain and Russia divided their spheres of influence in Iraq: Russia in the north, Britain in the south, and a buffer zone in the center. After that, France, Austria, Germany, the United States and other countries successively forced Iran to sign unequal treaties.

Although nominally an "independent" state, the Qajar dynasty was in fact semi-feudal and semi-colonial.

With the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, Bulgaria inherited the Russian sphere of influence, which was sold to Bulgaria by Nicholas II in order to raise funds for the war.

Of course, even if the Russians don't sell the ending, since the outbreak of the civil war, the Russian Empire has been shrinking its sphere of influence, and they are no longer able to continue to expand.

Either swallowed by Bulgaria or swallowed by Bulgaria, in line with the principle of the lesser of both worlds, Nicholas II decisively sold the Persian sphere of influence to Ferdinand.

"Your Majesty, according to the current progress, our railway plan is expected to be completed in 1930, so should our national policy also be adjusted?" Konstantin asked tentatively

Since the end of the World War, Bulgaria's national policy has changed from radical to conservative.

Ferdinand and the cabinet joined forces to suppress the radicalism in the country, and An An divided the fields were planted, which surprised the outside world.

Many people are speculating whether Ferdinand has changed from the Lord of Expansion to the Lord of Preservation because he is old.

The contradictions between the defense of Russia that many people guessed in advance did not even see a shadow, and Bulgaria, which was supposed to fall into the fall of the Russian Empire, actually did nothing this time!

According to the initial speculation of the outside world, Bulgaria should take advantage of the Russian civil war to seize the Ukrainian region and the Caucasus, but so far, Bulgaria has only obtained the Crimean Peninsula and the Principality of Molda, and they are all bought with money!

To the surprise of the onlookers, many people analyzed that Bulgaria should not intend to continue to expand, otherwise they would not give up the Ukrainian region that is close at hand and turn to develop the worthless Arabian Peninsula.

It also relieved many people, such as Austria-Hungary, who were worried that after Bulgaria annexed the Ukrainian region, its strength would change qualitatively.

As for the Middle East and the Arab region, everyone has the impression that they are poor and remote, except for a few oases, they are all sand, and there is no population for the population, there is no industry for industry, and even industrial raw materials are very scarce.

In the eyes of the outside world, Bulgaria has been making many stupid moves since the end of the world war, such as supporting the British in launching the American strategy to make the British Empire more powerful.

After all, Bulgaria's geographical location determines that they are too far from the Americas, whether it is through the Indian Ocean into the Pacific Ocean, or too far from the Atlantic.

Even if the countries jointly carve up the United States, Bulgaria is naturally at a disadvantage, and compared with Britain and France, it is destined to be the losing side.

So far, this is indeed the case, and the British have been the biggest winners by annexing the three kingdoms of North America.

France's influence in the Americas has increased dramatically, and in addition to France's acquisition of Cuba, the expansion of French capital in North America has been staggering.

If it weren't for the institutional constraints of France, the French would have annexed one or two kingdoms this time, at least in the kingdoms of South America, where the pro-French faction had already taken power.

And the Bulgarian harvest is undoubtedly the smallest, except? Except for the few African colonies that were compensated by the British, it can be said that almost nothing.

Another example: Bulgaria ceded the dominance of the European continent and had a chance to compete for the position of European hegemon, but due to the withdrawal of the Bulgarian government, the French became the new European hegemon.

There was also the laissez-faire development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which Bulgaria would have had the opportunity to dismember the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the end of the World War, but due to a conservative foreign policy.

The Bulgarian government abandoned its support for the national independence movement within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which in the eyes of many was undoubtedly a tiger breeder.

"There is no need for the time being, in the short term, the national policy we pursue is still conservative diplomacy and peaceful rise! At least until the 10-year plan is completed, this national policy should not change! Ferdinand thought for a moment and said

It's not that Ferdinand didn't want to change the national focus, but the British Empire in this world is a little too strong, and I thought that they would fight among themselves because of the addition of the three kingdoms of North America.

Unexpectedly, the British actually relied on diplomatic means to make the three North American kingdoms submit to the London government, which made Ferdinand dare not act rashly.

He would rather keep digging holes and slowly lead the British astray, rather than directly challenge the world hegemon, although he knew that the British Empire was a foreign power.

However, there are also three points of nails in the ship, and with the background of the British, no matter how Ferdinand calculates, it is impossible to crush them at once.

The current pattern of the three major countries in Europe is actually dominated by the British. Although the strength of the two countries is not as strong as that of the British, they both have the power to make the British jealous.

If you try your best, both France and Bulgaria have the strength to hit the British Empire hard, and because they are afraid of each other, everyone can live in peace.

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