After sending the cabinet away, Ferdinand shouted outside the door, "Steward Karl, tell our people to come over for a meeting." ”

"Okay Grand Duke!" Karl, the old butler, replied in a loud voice

Half an hour later, Ferdinand summoned the crowd and said, "Sir, please be seated, you have all come to Bulgaria with me from Austria-Hungary, and the situation is now largely clear. ”

"Bulgaria is only a small country, it is not easy to develop and grow, and now I need everyone's help." Ferdinand finished speaking and looked down

"Dear Grand Duke, it is our honor to serve you!" Ferrantz and others said in unison

Ferdinand was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk nonsense, let's expand our industry first." Although the Bulgarian market is still small, the competition is also small! ”

"But Your Excellency, the poor transportation conditions in Bulgaria make it difficult for our products to be competitive internationally!" Wei Li'an said depressedly

"Oh, Mr. Verrian, I know it's difficult, don't I still have you! You can consider focusing on the Balkan market, domestic, Greece and Serbia, and Turkey are all good choices! Ferdinand knew of Verion's concern and proposed.

"Well, Your Excellency, then I understand. If it's just like this, it shouldn't be a big problem, but they are all poor ghosts, and the profits won't be too high! Wei Li'an reminded

"Of course, I know this, in the international market, isn't there still an Austro-Hungarian factory! Your focus is still over there, and the main competitors of the flour mills here are the family workshop and the traffic! Ferdinand said with some depression

With that, Ferdinand glanced at the others and said, "You will have no problem!" ”

Looking at the silent crowd, Ferdinand said depressedly: "It seems that we still have to build the road first!" I will go to the cabinet to draw up a railway plan and issue public bonds as soon as possible. ”

……

Despite his preparations, Ferdinand was still depressed, and he still had a headache about what the future of Bulgaria should be.

I thought about it in my heart: "High-end route, how to go on the high-end route?" Internal combustion engines, cars, airplanes, tanks and so on are still relatively far away, and these things are not something that Bulgaria can come up with. ”

"Even if it comes out, it can still be sold internally, but when it goes out, it will be beaten by companies in other places, and the industrial heritage is too bad!"

"Now let's farm slowly, the industrial base really can't be helped, it needs to be slowly replenished, and it needs national support."

"It's better to convince the cabinet of the second middle school first, forget it or use big data directly, young people have little patience, they can carry out a five-year plan, adopt a planned economy, suit their appetite, and now there are no capitalists in Bulgaria to oppose it."

In 1887 the spring breeze blew through the palace of Sofia,

The little grass, which had been sleeping for a winter, had awakened at this time, and stubbornly stuck its head out of the ground, although it was only a little green, but it was full of life.

After five months of investigation, the Cabinet of Ministers came to the conclusion that Bulgaria was poor in natural resources, and that the previously submitted industrial plan had long ago been thrown into the Mediterranean.

"Alright, everyone, be in good spirits! The lack of natural resources is not impossible to make up for. Ferdinand reassured

"Your Excellency, are you planning to start a war?" Stambolov's eyes lit up and he said

Ferdinand thought to himself: "The Bulgarians are worthy of the Prussians of the Balkans, and they are really warlike, just look at these cabinets." It is no wonder that more than 1.2 million troops were mobilized in history for a population of more than 4 million! ”

He rolled his eyes and said, "No, now we don't have the strength to start a war!" Although Bulgaria lacks mineral resources, its geographical conditions are still very superior, and its citizens are very supportive of the government. I intend to implement a planned economy to reduce unnecessary resource consumption. ”

The "planned economy" was busy and turned their attention to it.

"Yes, the planned economy, maybe you don't understand it very well, I said to be simpler."

"For example, railways, for example, are planned to build 1,000 kilometers of railways in five years to improve transportation in Bulgaria, and if there is not enough private capital, the government will issue public bonds to build them."

"A thousand kilometers of railways, built in Bulgaria in five years?" Secretary of Transportation Clinton did not dare to ask in a letter

"That's right," said the Grand Duke with a smile.

"Then I support it," Clinton said directly.

"This is just one of them, and the main industries in Bulgaria are all involved." Ferdinand confidently said that when he saw the performance of the crowd, he knew the result.

"Alright, be quiet, we'll talk about it when I'm done!" Ferdinand waved his hand

"This is my initial idea, you can take a look." After speaking, Ferdinand handed a copy of the "Bulgarian Five-Year Plan" to everyone.

Article 1 Giving priority to the development of agriculture, inviting agricultural experts, vigorously popularizing advanced agricultural production technology, increasing the total output of agricultural products by 30 percent within five years, and increasing peasants' incomes;

Second, the railway plan is to build 1,000 kilometers of railways across the country in five years to improve the transportation situation. The required funds are solved by the government's issuance of railway bonds;

Article 3 Military Affairs: 1. Establish a primary arsenal and basically realize the localization of light weapons and equipment within five years. 2. Complete the reorganization of the national armed forces within five years, and implement the reserve system and the compulsory military service system; 3. Establish a national defense university;

Fourth, industry, encourage the development of heavy industries, taking into account the lack of resources in Bulgaria, support key industries such as iron and steel mills, machine factories, military enterprises, etc., exempt from taxes, and give priority to the use of domestic production under the same conditions;

Article 5 Education: 1. Establish literacy classes in factories and rural areas, encourage young students to give classes to the public during holidays, with the content of law popularization as the mainstay, and control the illiteracy rate within 15 percent within five years; 2. Establish a public comprehensive university, in view of the special period now, only science and engineering courses will be offered; 3. Build three new teacher training colleges to train teachers to lay the foundation for future compulsory education.

The above five points are the core of this five-year plan, and they can also be called the Fifth Five-Year Plan. If you have any suggestions, you can also add them, and if you have comments, you can also put them forward. Ferdinand said confidently

"Your Excellency, can I do it? This is clearly against the laws of the market! Economy Minister Michael asked unconfidently

"Of course you can, don't care about the bullshit market law, it's nothing more than receiving money from capitalists, and the remarks that come up are all used to fool people! Be confident, you are all Bulgarian elites, you can definitely complete it, and maybe even exceed it! The Grand Duke encouraged

"Your Excellency, how to solve the funds? With Bulgaria's financial revenues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to complete? "Prime Minister Stambolov

"In this, the main expense is the railway plan, the issuance of railway bonds, you can set the interest rate a little higher, absorb private capital, if it is not enough, you can also go abroad to peddle. Later, the debt will be paid off with the income from the railway operation, and at most the government will make up a little. ”

"Like an arsenal, I can invest, so the government saves another expense."

"The funding gap behind it is not large, and with Bulgaria's fiscal revenue, it should be barely completed, at most in the issuance of some education bonds. Still have questions? Ferdinand said cheerfully

"Your Excellency, why is there no target for steel and coal? This is an indispensable thing for a strong country! Michael asked, confused

"Quite simply, Bulgaria's coal reserves are too small for us to conjure up against the laws of nature! And the iron ore is in the Balkan Mountains, before the construction of the railway, all the raw materials for the establishment of steel mills must be imported, it is better to import steel directly! Ferdinand explained

"If you don't have any doubts, we'll just decide, and we'll leave the details to you to work out, and then submit them to the National Assembly for a resolution!" Seeing that the crowd did not speak again, Ferdinand announced his decision.