When the dust settled, Ferdinand finally let go of his hanging heart, and it took two years for St. Petersburg to ratify the Franco-Russian Alliance in history.

On the surface, the "Russian-Bulgarian Alliance" is only an economic and cultural exchange and cooperation, limited to the economic alliance.

But none of the great powers are fools, and no country will believe that this is simply economic cooperation.

However, in the international situation at that time, Britain, Germany and Austria wanted to move Russia's attention to the east and reduce the pressure on Europe and India, and France wanted to form an alliance with Russia.

Ferdinand's sending Chekov to visit at the time of the Russian-Bulgarian negotiations was also a consideration in this regard. After all, it is more suitable for people from the Ministry of Industry to simply purchase goods.

The route starting from Britain and then passing through France, Germany, Austria and Hungary was to reveal to the countries that Russia was moving eastward. Although it is no secret that this move was made entirely to show goodwill to the great powers that this alliance was not directed against the countries.

An occasional flap of a butterfly in the rainforest along the Amazon River in South America could cause a tornado in the Americas two weeks later.

The butterfly effect after Ferdinand's crossing has already occurred, giving birth to the "Russo-Bulgarian Alliance" in history. The great powers can ignore that they are powerful, but the Balkan countries cannot ignore it.

The first to be affected was Romania, caught between Bulgaria and Russia, which had never concealed its ambitions for Romania.

Romania should rejoice that the current Tsar of Russia is Alexander III, a pacifist, otherwise they would have had a much worse time.

Then there was the Ottoman Empire, which had a grudge with Russia for hundreds of years, and the two sides had a deep blood feud. On average, it is less than twenty years to go to a war, and the skirmishes have not stopped, and the days are almost time to begin.

Next is Serbia, only a few years after the Serbian War, and it would be difficult to say what Serbia would be like now if it had not been for Austria-Hungary, the boss, in 1886.

Bulgaria's rapid development in recent years has aroused their vigilance, and now the Russian-Bulgarian alliance has made them even more worried, and even the pro-Russian faction in the country has been hit for a while.

Around the alliance between Russia and Bulgaria, the Balkan countries have carried out diplomatic activities one after another, showing their powers.

The Ottoman Empire continued to strengthen its diplomacy with Germany to seek support, and even made concessions on the issue of the "Baghdad Railway".

At the end of the 80s of the 19th century, in order to dominate the world, Germany pursued the policy of eastward expansion, extended its influence into the Near East, and tried to build a railway to connect it with the European railway, becoming a large railway from Hamburg and Berlin to the Persian Gulf through Constantinople and Baghdad.

Not only did the railroad expand German power in the Ottoman Empire; And it seriously threatened the Caucasus, Persia and other regions, as well as British India. Therefore, it was opposed and obstructed by Russia, France, and especially Britain, and was not completed until the outbreak of World War I.

Romania chose to continue to move closer to Germany and Austria and started a new round of negotiations. This time, even the Croatian issue, which was disputed with Austria-Hungary, was put on hold.

Serbia looked around, and finally reluctantly moved closer to the boss Austria-Hungary, and quickly put away the previous unpleasantness.

For a time, the Serbian pro-Russian faction was completely demoralized when they were beaten. The Mao Bear's strategy shifted eastward, and support for them became weaker and weaker, and the pro-Austrian faction once again gained the upper hand.

At the end of the 19th century, German diplomacy was at its peak, and most of Europe was pro-German and full of allies under the leadership of Bismarck.

Had it not been for the new course diplomacy of his successor, coupled with the provocation of European-stirring sticks, Germany was forced to make a choice and abandon one ally after another, and the First World War would certainly have been very different.

The Balkans were turbulent, history became unfamiliar, and Ferdinand could not grasp the future now. However, looking at the world, Ferdinand's butterfly effect is not so big, and what should have happened has happened.

At the end of 1891, the Chekov delegation visited the British, French, German, and Austrian countries, returned to Bulgaria, and finally arrived in time for Christmas in Sofia.

Ferdinand summoned the delegation at the palace, and Chekov handed over a document and said: "Your Excellency, this is the information we have gathered during our visit to Britain, France, Germany and Austria. ”

After Chekov finished speaking, seeing Ferdinand nodding, he continued: "These are just what we have seen, because the time is too short for us to investigate in depth. ”

"According to what we have learned, judging from the preliminary judgment, the level of industrialization in the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Austria is now very high. In particular, the British Empire, both in terms of industrial scale and the invention and promotion of science and technology, far surpassed other countries......"

Ferdinand listened to Chekov's report and did not say anything, although he knew that many of them were biased, but it was enough for Bulgaria to be a reference.

At least the delegation exaggerated Britain, and Ferdinand knew that in a few years, the United States would surpass Britain in terms of total volume, and Germany would complete a counterattack in total in a dozen years.

In terms of the so-called promotion of new technologies, Britain has begun to lag behind, there are vast colonies, and the British capitalists' pursuit of technological innovation has become weaker and weaker.

The Second Industrial Revolution had already begun, and due to the lag in the promotion of new technologies, Britain was able to achieve industrial transcendence in a short period of time.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Bulgaria now. Although the promotion of new technologies can improve productivity, the process is tortuous.

What Bulgaria needs now is an industrial base, and it has not yet had the capital to pay tuition fees for industrial technological innovation, so leave this sacred work to the great powers!

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, various ideas were surging. Under the influence of chaotic thoughts, many people's minds will go to extremes, one-sided pursuit of perfection, and ignore other factors.

Ferdinand from later generations knew that industrial development could not pursue quality one-sidedly, nor could it blindly pursue quantity, but must comprehensively consider cost performance.

No matter how good the quality is, it only exists in the laboratory and cannot be mass-produced, with typical high input and low output; If the quantity is large and the quality is poor, it will not be able to gain a foothold in international competition.

Bulgaria is okay, people are more conservative and don't have so many ideas.

Ferdinand should have caught up with the good times, if he traveled in the world war, or in the Balkan war, even the traveler would not be able to return to the sky.