The annual budget meeting began, and Ferdinand chose to leave very wisely, according to the past practice, if you don't quarrel for three or five days, you won't be able to come out!

Anyway, Ferdinand already had a bottom in his heart, and he had a fixed amount of the general cost of each department, but this was only a bottom line, and it was up to each department to take how much it could take in the end.

For example, this year, Ferdinand set a military spending range of no less than 30 percent and no more than 42 percent.

Then Konstantin, as the actual executor, must limit the military's expenses within this range, but this bottom line is strictly confidential to them, and how much military spending the military can get at the budget meeting depends on their ability.

This is not by force or influence, but by reasoning, and by coming up with a solid basis to convince the heads of the cabinet and various departments so that everyone can feel convinced!

Bulgaria's annual budget is decided at the end of the previous year, usually in early December, and decisions must be made before the end of the month before the ministries can make detailed governance plans for the coming year.

The war period was an exception, of course, because of the world war, the Bulgarian annual budget, which had actually been terminated for two years, was now going to start again.

As Prime Minister Konstantin presided over the meeting according to the usual practice, he did not be verbose, and said directly: "In 1918, the annual budget meeting began now, and it was still the old rule that the heads of each department spoke in order of seating, listed the plans and approved expenses of each department for the coming year, and then accepted everyone's questions, and was approved by everyone!" ”

Unspoken rules exist in any environment, and Bulgaria's annual budget meeting is no exception, and basically the more powerful the ministry is, the more advanced it is, the more it speaks, and usually they get the most money at hand.

There is no doubt that Bulgaria is located in the Balkans, all the way to the present, all the way to the present, the military is naturally the strongest department, and there is not one of them!

Since the Bulgarian military is now essentially divided into three armies, the army, navy and air force, their representatives are also three people, and they have already occupied a decisive advantage in numbers.

Of course, this number is of little use, in fact only one person can speak, and the other two are only qualified to attend out of respect for the service they represent, and to show that the Bulgarian army, navy and air force are equal in status!

In fact, everyone knows that at present, Bulgaria is still dominated by the army, and War Minister Popov is naturally the spokesman of the military.

Popov said solemnly: "Then I will start, in 1918, our military plans to eliminate all unstable factors in the colonies, starting from the Asia Minor Peninsula, to Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, and then to the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, we will carry out a severe strike!"

We plan to send 350,000 troops to carry out a sweep of our colony, eliminate all hostile elements, and clear the way for the government's subsequent colony development work!

At the same time, we also plan to focus on building the Persian Gulf region, establishing a complete naval port, deepening our tentacles into the Indian Ocean region, and increasing Bulgaria's influence in the world.

If necessary, we can also go on a global cruise to show our presence and implement Bulgaria's globalization strategy.

Everyone knows that the future war will no longer be confined to one place, and it will be an integrated war with the coordination of land, sea, and air.

In order to increase the rapid reaction capability of the Bulgarian army, we plan to deploy the air force to all our colonies, create two airborne divisions, and if necessary, we can put troops in any corner of the country in two days!

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Thus, the annual military budget of the Bulgarian military in 1918 was 2.6 billion leva, that is, fifty percent of the fiscal revenue! ”

Well, now that the big plug has begun to fool, Popov told all the plans of the army, navy and air force in one breath, no matter what happens when they go back, anyway, when fighting for the military budget, they are still one.

Even in order to enhance his persuasiveness, he even threw out the integrated war of land, sea and air that Ferdinand often emphasized, although it has not been confirmed, but this is what His Majesty the Great King said, then it must be right!

Of course, if the 2.6 billion leva can complete his plan, there is no doubt that the cabinet will support it, and the heads of various departments will not be held back at this time.

It's a pity that the plan is always just a plan, and 2.6 billion leva can only be used as start-up capital at most, and if you really want to improve this plan, maybe add a zero in the back, and it can barely be realized.

Therefore, although everyone is interested in the military's plan, no one will support it, after all, it doesn't matter if a year is over, everyone can bear with it, and the Bulgarian government has not experienced hard times.

But the investment in the distant future, which one should be forgotten! Let's wait until we have developed the economy first, and the country has money!

After the military's speech, it was the turn of the Ministry of Industry, and the Minister of Industry, Lauren Holman, said excitedly: "Our Ministry of Industry plans to increase our heavy industry production capacity by 50 percent and light industry production capacity by 10 percent in the coming year."

As we all know, we have harvested a lot of good things from Germany this time, these machinery and equipment are urgently needed to be installed, we must create good investment conditions for enterprises, and now there are machinery and equipment stacked outside Sofia, but because the follow-up conditions can not keep up, the company can not be put into production.

In order to avoid waste, the Ministry of Industry decided to build two light industrial bases and one heavy industrial base in the Balkan Peninsula and three new heavy industrial bases in Asia Minor, so that these factories could be put into operation in the shortest possible time.

Therefore, the budget of the Ministry of Industry in 1918 was 1 billion leva, and this cost was to be fully invested in these infrastructures, solving the core problems of the enterprise! ”

That's right, the current Minister of Industry of Bulgaria is a German engineer from the railway construction. He was able to become the Minister of Industry because he was a little too lenient when he was the chief engineer of the Bulgarian Railways, and then he was discovered by Ferdinand.

As for his background, it is not a problem at all, Ferdinand, the king, is from a German aristocracy, and anyone who dares to talk about this issue in Bulgaria is shut up!

To build a new industrial base, this is another temptation that everyone can not refuse, although the early investment is large, but the later return is also great!

In addition, there are cheap machinery waiting to be assembled, so it can't be dragged at all! Every day of delay is a waste of money! In this respect, in fact, the Bulgarian government is more anxious than Ferdinand, the boss behind the business!

The development of heavy industry is different from light industry, if there are not enough resources, it is simply impossible to build factories, and now Bulgaria has passed the era of laying a foundation at a loss, and it is necessary to consider economic benefits.

For example, the Palestinian region has 492 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 184 million barrels of oil, 185 billion tons of coal, 430 million tons of iron, 74 million tons of bauxite, and a large amount of chrome ore and marble.

There are the basic conditions for the development of heavy industry, but there is also a weakness here, that is, there is a shortage of water, and there is only enough water in the coastal plain area, so the location of the factory is very important.

This is also why the Ministry of Industry has put Bulgaria's heavy industry in the east and west, which is really limited by the origin of raw materials.

There are places that are suitable for steelmaking, and there are places that are suitable for ironmaking, and these enterprises simply cannot be brought together.

For example, if a large steel company is supported in Palestine, iron ore must be transported from outside, and the local iron ore resources are only enough for initial consumption.

Of course, there is no need to think about it in a short period of time, with the productivity of the early 20th century, with an annual output of one million tons of steel, it is a large enterprise, which is enough for several years, and it is a big deal to ship it from Libya to sea.

Due to the lack of concentration of resources, I am afraid that there is still a long way to go if Bulgaria's heavy industry wants to be concentrated in the future. In terms of mineral resources, it is only a matter of time before Bulgaria develops Africa!

After the Ministry of Industry is over, it is the turn of the Ministry of Education and Science, and education and scientific research are tied together in the budget allocation, which is also inseparable.

In fact, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology in Bulgaria are already one department, and even the office buildings are together, but there are only two signs, and it is only a matter of time before they merge.

Anyway, their funds are indispensable, Chekov said calmly: "The Ministry of Education decided to expand another university in 1918, which will still be dominated by science and engineering, and then we will have five colleges and universities in the country, which can enroll about 4,000 college students every year, which will greatly alleviate the shortage of our senior talents!"

At the same time, we will expand 15 higher vocational colleges, including three medical colleges, so that our higher vocational colleges will exceed 50 and can enroll 100,000 students every year......"

Well, in order to save money, Ferdinand had to engage in an elite education in Bulgaria, and the consequence was that Bulgarian university students were very rare.

In fact, even the establishment of a university in Bulgaria must be discussed and approved by the National Assembly before it can be implemented. As for the establishment of higher vocational colleges, this can be established as long as the Ministry of Education itself approves it.

The treatment between the two is also very different, the most obvious is to establish a university, the investment is in the unit of 100 million, and the annual financial allocation is also in the unit of 100 million!

The establishment of a higher vocational college only needs tens of millions, and the annual operating expenses only need a few million leva, and the two sides are not comparable at all!

If you want to cultivate scientific research talents, how can you not spend money? Therefore, the total number of students in Bulgaria is not more than 15,000, and it will cost as much as 500 million leva, and the per capita cost of education has exceeded 33,300 leva.

Of course, this fee also includes the research fees of the professors, and it also accounts for more than half, otherwise the Bulgarian government really can't afford to spend it.

Now these investments have also begun to return to blood, with the technology developed by universities, it can barely recover 100 million leva of patent royalties in China every year, which has made Ferdinand overjoyed, and finally saw the benefits!

In contrast, primary school students under the compulsory education system are much cheaper, and the education expenses of three or four million primary school students are actually not as large as the expenses of these universities!

It can only be said that it is really expensive to engage in high-level education in this era, especially science and engineering, how can it be less expensive to do experiments? If you want to keep these experts and professors, you can't do it without scientific research funds!

It's not that no one in the education sector has proposed to expand the enrollment of universities, but after seeing this funding, everyone obediently shut up, this is really not something that ordinary countries can play!

Even deep-pocketed Americans can't afford to play in this day and age, and unless they make up the numbers with pheasant universities, this huge amount of money is enough to bankrupt any country ten times.

Of course, the higher vocational colleges in Bulgaria can now be regarded as universities in the world, and the education they receive is no different from that of ordinary universities in the outside world, except that the course content of practical ability is increased, and they have to take so many hours more classes a day than ordinary universities.

It is no secret that Bulgaria wants to add a university, the Ministry of Education was prepared long before the outbreak of the world war, but unfortunately the war broke out before it could be implemented. Now that the world war is over, the Ministry of Education is naturally going to implement it!

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After the various departments revealed their annual budgets, Konstantin's face darkened, and there was no doubt that it must have greatly exceeded the budget.

After the clerk finished the count, Konstantin said coldly: "Your financial budgets have been listed, and the final result is 8.648 billion leva, which exceeds our fiscal revenue of 3.448 billion leva, and the fiscal deficit is as high as 66.3 percent!"

So please re-plan, if you think that your budget results are okay, then now enter the second round - accept everyone's questions! ”

This is not to be angry with Konstantin, some departments are too unrealistic in their budgets, for example: the Ministry of Health plans to carry out a plan for one village and one doctor, regardless of the cost, let's first consider whether Bulgaria can get so many doctors!

Of course, theoretically, the number of doctors in Bulgaria is sufficient, but in this way, all of them are decentralized to the countryside, and it is very difficult for people in the cities to seek medical treatment!

In fact, there is no need to think about it at all, it must be given priority to meet the needs of the city, and being able to have qualified doctors in every town is actually the limit of this era.

No way, a qualified doctor needs to be trained for at least ten years, and now Bulgaria also encourages doctors to take apprentices, and these apprentices can also be issued a license to practice medicine as long as they pass the examination.

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