Vol 2 Chapter 36: Guilty

　　 The Ottoman Empire is already the biggest enemy of the Russian bourgeoisie! Ferdinand has the deepest feeling about this. Who calls him the largest capitalist in Bulgaria?
　　 Bulgaria’s industrial products, fortunately, are sold to the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire also blocked the entry of Western European industrial products, which is an offset!
　　 But what about agricultural exports? The Russians don't need to import food, they can't eat up their own food, so they have to export it?
　　 After being scratched by Ottoman, the Bulgarian government had to exempt enterprises from tax to ensure their competitiveness. Even so, the profit of export is still extremely limited!
　　Ferdinand’s Shuanghui Foods Group pays more than 30 million levs of import and export duties to the Ottoman Empire every year. This is a pain for the skin!
　　 Cut off people's wealth, like killing a parent!
　　 Sitting on the Black Sea Strait, this golden waterway, the Ottoman Empire can be said to have pulled the hatred of Paul and Russia to its full value! Of course, the feelings of Romania are estimated to be similar, and the export of agricultural products will still be severely scratched!
　　 If the Ottoman Empire is strong, it will be fine, and everyone will have to endure it if they are not satisfied. It's a pity that now he is in decline, and this is causing hatred!
　　 Even if the Russian government can tolerate it for the sake of the overall situation, the domestic aristocratic lords can never bear it for the benefit of it!
　　 Otherwise, the Russian government would not immediately pack up a fleet as soon as it found an opportunity; Ferdinand would not rush to overthrow the Ottoman Empire, it was all driven by interests!
　　The Bulgarian government also knows this very well. Knowing that to cooperate with the Russians is to seek the skin of tigers, but there is no choice. The obstacle of the Ottoman Empire must be killed!
　　 Otherwise, don’t think about it in Bulgaria. The Ottoman Empire always blood through tariffs, and the benefits of industrialization are taken away by the Turks!
　　Of course, the Sudanese government is expected to express its injustice. The tariffs they have collected in the Black Sea Strait are already very low, lower than the tariffs of most countries! To this guy Mao Xiong, you can't hide, who dares deliberately make trouble?
　　The husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime!
　　 The Black Sea Strait is the throat of West Asia, North Africa and Southern Europe to the Black Sea. It is the only channel for the Russian Empire, Bulgaria, and Romania to enter the Mediterranean. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
　　 What's more, it is a golden waterway with tens of thousands of ships passing through each year, with a total tonnage of tens of millions of tons and tariff income of tens of millions of pounds!
　　With so many factors combined, the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, Romania, and Bulgaria can be imagined.
　　If the strategic issue can still be compromised, there will be no economic disputes to discuss! No way, who said these countries are not rich?
　　 It is obviously impossible for the Ottoman Empire to give up collecting tariffs. It is tantamount to killing him!
　　 In addition to the state's fiscal revenue, the noble lords of Turkey have not less profit. If their financial avenues are cut off, the position of Sudan will be unstable!
　　 Not to mention Bulgaria, how can it achieve further development without annexing the European part of the Ottoman Empire? Where can I find raw materials and markets?
　　 In this respect, Romania’s attitude can be ignored. It does not border Ottoman on land, and the fleet on the sea that can rival the Bulgarian "Marine Police" has no ability to look for the evil of the Turks!
　　Mao Xiong, there is no doubt that their appetite is the greatest, but they have the strength to back it up! If it were not for the mutual restraint of the great powers, it is estimated that the target would be more than just Constantinople.
　　 Asia Minor Peninsula and Georgia are all good choices, which is in line with their operation of turning the Black Sea into an inland sea!
　　 And they can’t get enough to feed them. The Sudan just wants to compromise with them. That is to say, the strategic focus of the Russian Empire is now in the Far East. Otherwise, taking Ferdinand's courage, he would not dare to seek skin with the tiger?
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　　 Minister of Industry, Commerce and Trade Wei Zheng-Ivanlov continued: "Grand Duke, judging from the situation in 1895, the growth point of our import and export trade in the next year will be the Russian Empire.
　　 In the global market, except for a few special products, other industrial and commercial products are still difficult to make breakthroughs!
　　Considering that war may break out in the next two years, we have decided to temporarily restrict the export of a number of agricultural products, instead of unified procurement by the government, as a strategic material reserve!
　　 The economic growth rate in the coming year may drop significantly, and some industries may even experience negative growth!
　　 At the same time, the government is coordinating major domestic enterprises to implement the wartime economy at any time when necessary. Because of the previous Paul-Serbia war, I have already had one experience, so the problem shouldn't be big! "
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　　 After thinking about it, Ferdinand asked again: "How much is our loan already in place?"
　　 "Your Excellency, our loans with major consortia in Europe are basically in place, and the first batch of loans promised by the French has also been issued!"
　　 At this point, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Kennedy paused, and said with some embarrassment: "But the French did not allocate all of the 300 million lev of the navy loan to us.
　　 Except for the 20 million lev for the construction of the naval port and the 30 million lev for the construction of the dock, the other funds are directly allocated to the naval fleet!
Our Ministry of Finance has negotiated with them several times, but they all ended in vain. The reason they gave was: In order to ensure that the navy's military expenditure can be used for special purposes, the intermediate links were reduced and directly allocated to the navy. ! "
　　Ferdinand’s face changed, and he recovered soon after, knowing that it was France and Russia that united to pit Bulgaria, but
people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads
!
　　 He said coldly: "Forget it, this money is not so easy to take! It's already in someone else's pocket, but it's not that simple to take it out again!
　　 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the French and Russians. Even if we suffer a loss, we must also pay attention to it. "
　　 Prime Minister Constantine said worriedly: "Grand Duke, now military expenditures are directly allocated to the navy, which is not good for us!
　　 Originally, I had no binding force on this Russian fleet, and now my influence is even smaller. I am afraid that I will not be able to mobilize it after the outbreak of war in the future! "
　　 Ferdinand sighed, and said, "There is no need to worry about this. The importance of the Black Sea Strait to the Russians is much greater than that of us. I am not afraid that they will not cooperate!
　　 After the war, we obtained the Mediterranean Sea: the economic value of the Black Sea Strait has been reduced to a minimum; as for the military value, let’s consider when our own navy grows up!
　　 It's too early to say this. Without the Russians, even if the Black Sea Strait was sent over, we would not dare to take over! "
　　 At this moment, Ferdinand had to envy those seniors who passed through. Others easily created a great navy, surpassing Britain and the United States in three years, and attacking the world in five years.
　　 When I got to him, I had tossed for seven or eight years. Up to now, I have turned over a Serbia. Don't say go to the world to engage in the situation, a Balkan has not been settled, it is simply lost the face of the traveler!