Chapter 5: The Real Side of Immigration

After all the ceremonies, Ferdinand rushed to the military hospital in the Sofia region to visit the wounded and visit the families of several martyrs. It's been busy for more than half a month before it comes to an end.

Of course, reporters are indispensable to follow, collect news materials, and photographers accompany them to shoot as precious film and television materials.

The people are even more lively, although the war has passed, the propaganda has continued, and the atmosphere of joy has not faded.

Anyway, the media came up with too much evidence that could show that Bulgaria was completely just in this war:

It is to fight for the rise of the nation, to liberate the compatriots who have been oppressed by Serbia, to recover their homeland and drive out the Serbian invaders!

The new part of the country has been an inalienable territory of the Bulgarian Holy Spirit since ancient times, and you can check the historical information if you don't believe it!

A large number of Slavs arrived here in the 6th century AD and merged with a small number of Turkic-speaking Bolgars, led by Asparuk Khan, who migrated from the northern shore of the Black Sea and the North Caucasus to Messia, giving rise to the Bulgarians.

In the area south of the Nau River and north of the Balkan Mountains, the First Bulgarian Empire was established. Look closely, including the entire Balkan region, there are historical sources that indicate that it was the traditional place of residence of the Bulgarians. If not enough, there is also the Second Bulgarian Reich, which can always find what you are looking for!

Now all the people living above are Bulgarians, and they can testify that the Bulgarian military has liberated them from Serbia. They dare to swear by their faith in God, absolutely from the heart, and not at all fake!!

The editors are sure that this time there is absolutely no water injection, and these people are wholeheartedly supporting Bulgaria. (Whoever doesn't support it goes to the other side)

If you have any doubts, you can go to the field to investigate, and any organization or individual in the world is welcome to go to the scene to collect evidence.

As for the propaganda in the Bulgarian media, except for the Bulgarians, everyone else tacitly said that they had not seen anything.

It's so shameless, the Serbs are still protesting? The 300,000 people of Beidu were represented like this, and the idiots left voluntarily!

But it doesn't matter anymore, anyway, the land is now living with Bulgarians. Each of them has evidence that they are Bulgarians, and their ancestors have been for generations!

Whoever dares to say no, will be in a hurry! Even if it is for the sake of Bulgaria, the agricultural tax is only half of that of Serbia, it must be Bulgarian!!

The Bulgarian government led by Ferdinand is very enlightened, as long as there is evidence that he is Bulgarian, willing to accept the leadership of the Bulgarian government, learn Bulgarian cultural knowledge, and love Bulgaria, he can automatically obtain Bulgarian citizenship.

As a result, the 20,000 new compatriots are all Bulgarians, and naturally there is no need for unwarranted oppression and slavery.

Ferdinand, who was idle, began to care about immigration again, and convened cabinet ministers to hold a special immigration seminar.

"Prime Minister, how does your government plan to reclaim your homeland?" Ferdinand

Prime Minister Konstantin, who was named, replied excitedly: "Your Excellency, the cabinet plans to divide into three regions for governance, but because the population is too small now, the most important task of the cabinet at the moment is immigration!" โ€

Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction and continued, "How's the immigration going?" โ€

Konstantin paused, sighed, and said embarrassedly: "The immigration work is going well, but the population of Bulgaria is limited, even if the people are enthusiastically signing up, many who do not meet the conditions are rejected, and now the immigrants, including the military, add up to only more than 50,000 people, which is basically to the limit!" โ€

Ferdinand knew that he had just won a war, and now was the time when Bulgarian nationalism was bursting, and there were many people who did not care about personal interests in order to support the construction of the country.

However, it still cannot change the sparse nature of Bulgaria, with a population of four million spread over more than 100,000 square kilometers of land, which is already very small, and it is indeed too difficult to develop new land.

It is not possible for the government to abandon the original land in order to develop new land. There is simply no more population in society, and the slow progress of immigration is inevitable!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and continued: "Let's focus on the new nationals! Then think of a way to bring in a group of immigrants from Russia!

After all, you all know the situation in the Niลก region, and we can only focus on agriculture!

The Serbs are so violent that if this land is developed to accommodate a million agricultural people, it will not be a problem at all! โ€

At the end of the 19th century, the level of agricultural mechanization in the world was still very low, and there was still value in the plains to promote.

Besides, Ferdinand only wanted to increase the population and strengthen his control over the land, and he did not intend for everyone to rely on that little land to make a fortune and become well-off, as long as the output could be self-sufficient, the agricultural tax, it is good, it doesn't matter if there is not.

Everyone in the cabinet looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that now every time Bulgaria was short of manpower, the Russian Empire could generously provide it, and of course it would be better if it could not pay!

Konstantin smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, if we emigrated from the Russian region just to simply farm the land, then the cost will be too high!"

The plains along the Moorrava River are economically viable, but the other mountainous hilly areas have too low an agricultural output ratio!

And the cost of immigration is not low at all. On average, the cost of bringing in a young and strong labor force from Russia is now as high as 300 leva (about 12 pounds), and 125 leva (5 pounds) for the old and weak.

At this price, it will take at least twenty years for us to recoup our costs from them; If we engage in industrial production, we can pay for ourselves in three to five years! Economically, the introduction of immigrants to develop mountainous and hilly areas outweighs the losses! โ€

Ferdinand nodded, understanding the Prime Minister's concerns. At present, most European countries attach importance to industry, despise agriculture, and do not care about human resources.

This is also related to the fact that the great powers have vast colonies and a large number of wealthy labor forces, so it is natural to ignore the importance of population to the country!

However, Ferdinand decided to change his mind and convince them, after all, due to the limitations of the times, it is beyond their comprehension to talk about these things now!