Vol 4 Chapter 8: Heavy industry plan

More than ten years have passed since the Balkan War broke out in 1897 to 1908.
After more than ten years of hard work by Ferdinand, Bulgaria has now completed the digestion of the domestic basics.
Bulgaria is now a powerful country with a population of more than 20 million and a total industrial volume close to Italy, but Ferdinand still feels that it is not enough!
Despite the rapid development in Bulgaria, Ferdinand is still not satisfied. He knows that the time for the World War is not far away!
With Bulgaria's current strength, it is enough to protect itself in the world war, but after the war, if you want to divide the cake, it is estimated that there will be only some leftovers. This is what Ferdinand cannot tolerate!
As a traverser, it’s already a shame that you can’t compete for the hegemony of the world. If you can’t even mix with a regional hegemon, what is it? In short, Ferdinand is also ambitious!
Ferdinand knew that the long-dusted "Three-Five Plan" was about to come out! This also means that the Bulgarian government, which has just paid off its debts, will once again be heavily indebted!
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Time flies, and with Ferdinand’s order, the cabinet government came up with a "Three-Five-Year Plan" in the shortest time.
The original plan is of course invalidated! After all, more than ten years have passed, and the strategic goals in it have already been completed!
In addition to being placed in the museum for future generations to visit, probably only used by historians to study the background of the times!
Compared with the previous two plans, this plan is not of the same magnitude at all. It is more suitable in terms of ambition!
After all, many of the contents are very radical. Under normal circumstances, such a wave of development will wait for overcapacity and then an economic crisis!
But Ferdinand doesn't matter. Anyway, the world war should start, and overcapacity is not a big deal. After a world war, any capacity can be digested cleanly!
"Prime Minister, you first introduce the content of the'Three Five-Year Plan'. Let's talk about the industrial plan first!" Ferdinand said lightly.
"Yes!" Konstantin said powerfully
Since Ferdinand took over power in 1889, the Bulgarian cabinet has been very stable. First, Chekov, a political tumbler, and Constantine, who had been prime minister for more than ten years.
But Ferdinand knows that after this term, if they are allowed to finish two more sessions, they will probably be replaced! (1907 is already their fourth term!)
This is not Ferdinand who wants to cross the river to demolish the bridge, but the true emperor's mind. After all, the cabinet with too high prestige is also a threat to the monarchy!
Bulgaria has been able to get to this point, and the Cabinet of Constantine has also made a great contribution. Now letting them go home is undoubtedly crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Ferdinand still can't do it!
After the victory of the world war, let them return with honour. Ferdinand thinks this is the best ending!
Oh, Ferdinand would not admit that he wanted to squeeze the final value of the family. After the World War, the role of these people would be much smaller.
However, through democratic elections in Europe, a cabinet that lasts for 30 years is really rare!
This is not fabricated. The support rate of the Bulgarian cabinet is really high. It really hasn't appeared yet, who is qualified to be their competitor!
Bulgaria was originally known as Prussia in the Balkans, and Constantine was even considered the second "Bismarck", and he was called the iron-blooded prime minister!
During Bismarck's tenure, he launched a war to unify Germany; during Constantine's tenure, he also launched a war to unify Bulgaria!
Don't be surprised, public opinion is so powerful! Looking at the history of Bulgaria, there is too much information to prove that this is really a national unity war to expel the Ottoman invaders!
This has been recognized by the international community. In the Balkan War, Bulgaria won the support of all ethnic groups, which is the best evidence!
The other two both attach importance to industrial development and have established a worker protection system, including workers’ pension, health and medical insurance and social insurance systems. Oh, this is part of the "Three-Five Plan"!
In short, after comparing them, many people found that the two have a lot in common, and both created the rise of the two countries!
Well, Bulgaria and Prussia are really similar. The key is to be able to play, but Bulgaria is too small, otherwise European countries will worry about Bulgaria's dangerous association!
If Ferdinand’s prestige were not too high, and Constantine, the "Prime Minister", also had less power than Bismarck, otherwise it would really deserve his name!
Oh, there is another reason that cannot be said. After the outbreak of the World War, Ferdinand needs a cabinet that can live in the town!
After all, no matter how high the prestige of the Bulgarian cabinet is, it is no higher than the king Ferdinand. He can manipulate the Congress to change terms at any time and kick them down!
But the military is a headache. After the war breaks out, the military's power will inevitably increase. As King Ferdinand, he can't charge himself to suppress the military, right?
This is too shameful, so it is necessary to have a cabinet with high enough prestige!
Germany is a negative teaching material. In history, after the collapse of Germany II in Russia, there was a chance to negotiate and end the war in a dignified manner. Unfortunately, his government could no longer suppress the army, and the country was dragged off by the Junker nobles. abyss!
No way, who calls Germany's most prestigious prime minister-Bismarck has died? And William II has been the emperor for three generations, and his prestige in the army is really not very good!
After finishing his thoughts, Constantine said: "This time the'Three Five-Year Plan' is different from the two previous five-year plans. Both the investment amount and the coverage are much larger than before!
It includes: politics, industry, culture, military, medical, education, agriculture, social security and many other fields!
In industry, we still focus on the development of heavy industry, mainly including:
1. Build two large-scale steel plants and strive to achieve an annual output of 3.5 million tons of steel by 1914, of which steel output must not be less than half, and special steel output must not be less than 200,000 tons!
2. Strive for coal output to reach 30 million tons;
3. Newly build two 30,000-ton docks and one 40,000-ton dock; strive to reach a total tonnage of 500,000 tons of large ships!
4. In the field of machinery manufacturing, since we have developed very well in this area, we are now on the same level as Austria-Hungary!
Therefore, the government does not intend to invest directly, mainly through tax reduction and exemption, to encourage private capital to continue to invest, and strive to catch up with the French within five years!
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There is no need to mention the light industry. Like textiles and food processing companies, they were still the protagonists in the first two five-year plans. They are no longer in the eyes of Ferdinand. After all, the growth of military strength is still fast in heavy industry!
Ferdinand carefully studied it and found that for Bulgaria, the least difficult is the second one. The task of pure mining of coal production is basically impossible to complete as long as the investment is increased!
After all, Bulgaria’s domestic coal reserves are also measured in units of tens of billions of tonnage, and open-pit coal mines are not rare!
The most embarrassing thing is probably ships. In history, the total tonnage of British ships exceeded 20 million tons. Bulgaria's goal was only 500,000 tons, which is really a shame!
What hasn't been said is that this gross tonnage is the sum of warships and merchant ships, otherwise this figure would be even more embarrassing!
Oh, this is also the only thing Ferdinand asked not to raise blindly, mainly because he thought of the submarines of the German Navy. Basically, whoever builds more ships will be sunk by the time!
However, Bulgaria is so close to Austria-Hungary and Italy. If a bunch of merchant ships are built, then it will definitely contribute to other submarines!
It is better to install an ostrich and let the British boss take charge of the transportation. Bulgaria's protection of the transportation line in the Black Sea is the biggest contribution to the alliance!
Fourth, the machinery manufacturing industry has surpassed France in five years. Ferdinand said that he had not seen it. The Gallic chickens did not take the manufacturing industry at all!
Bulgaria is also a big manufacturing country with "counterfeit technology" as its core. As long as you don't give money to surpass France, even surpassing Germans can easily do it, provided that a little performance is sacrificed!
On the contrary, it is the strategic goal of producing 3.5 million tons of steel per year, which really needs to work hard. After all, steel plants in this era are pits!
In addition, in this five-year plan, there is a development plan for airships, but the automobile industry and the aircraft industry are ignored!
Thinking of this, Ferdinand asked puzzledly: "Why is there no plan for the automobile industry and aircraft manufacturing? According to the current development trend, the future aircraft will be the king of the sky, and the automobile will replace the carriage and become the most important in transportation. An important link!"
Constantine was taken aback, "aircraft and cars" are the mainstream of the future? His first reaction was how is this possible?
Seeing Constantine's reaction, Ferdinand understood. There must be people who have realized the importance of airplanes and cars in this era, but no one believes that they will become the mainstream of transportation.
After all, cars have replaced horse-drawn carriages. It is after the cost of cars has been reduced. Who can afford it at the current price?
Not to mention airplanes. With the current technology of airplane manufacturing, it is enough to be used as a reconnaissance aircraft. Transportation? If you do not consider the cost, it is reluctant to deliver the letter!
Because of Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, UU read www.uukanshu. Com Bulgaria’s aircraft started very early. As soon as the aircraft was born, it attracted his attention and opened the space industry in Bulgaria!
So far, Bulgaria’s aerospace industry is already the world’s largest, and it seems that only Bulgaria has the aerospace industry in the world!
At present, the Bulgarian-made aircraft is also the most advanced in the world. Its maximum range has reached 200 kilometers, and it can barely be used as a reconnaissance aircraft. What other performance? Ignore it, the airplane has only been born for four to five years!
Ferdinand realized that he had made a mistake. After all, not everyone has the foresight. This reaction of Constantine is normal in this era!
Ferdinand concealed his embarrassment, and then said: "Oh, let's put aside the issue of airplanes, but the auto industry will also join the support of the'Three Five Plan' this time!
You may not know that the production cost of the new generation of cars designed by the Bulgarian University has been reduced, and the expected time to market is just recently!
The price is about 6000-8000 levs, which is acceptable to the middle class; and there is also a freight version of this car, and the price will not exceed 12000 levs. It already has promotional value and will soon be popular. Europe is now! "
"Oh!" everyone was surprised
Obviously I was stunned by the news. Although Bulgaria's automobile industry is also the world leader, but the price has dropped so much all of a sudden, there is still some information that is beyond them!
"No problem!" Constantine said readily
After all, if the price drops to one-sixth or even one-eighth of the original price, the market for this has already increased substantially!
After all, compared with horse-drawn carriages, automobiles still have a high degree of superiority, and they are of great significance for promoting the transportation revolution!