Vol 5 Chapter 62: London Conference

A genius remembers the address of this station in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? Alvin is a native Bulgarian railway engineer, graduated from the Sofia Railway Technical School, and worked in the design institute under the railway company.
He has been engaged in this job for ten years, and now he is going to the Arabian Peninsula for field exploration.
No way. In this era, technology is limited. It is impossible for designers to complete designs while sitting in their offices. An excellent railway designer is usually an excellent prospector.
With a few apprentices and a dozen laborers, he left his comfortable home in Sofia, accompanied by a platoon of soldiers who were responsible for protecting them from terrorists.
Since the government asked the military to provide three million laborers, the entire Bulgarian colony has been uneven. The large-scale enemy has been over, but the fish that slipped through the net still exist.
Except for the areas of Asia Minor, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine that have been eliminated, other areas are hardest hit by terrorist activities.
The Arabian Peninsula is fairly good, and it has received the government's key attention. After the military's dragnet-style investigation, there is no room for criminals to survive.
"Will move faster. After exploring this mountain today, we can rest!" Alvin shouted
"I know the teacher, I still want to finish my work soon and go back on vacation!" Will replied
The work of going out for exploration is very hard, and Alvin must personally operate the sophisticated instruments to ensure the accuracy of the data.
In addition to terrain surveys, almost every few hundred meters, they have to conduct a geological survey to determine whether the local area is suitable for railway construction, and to choose the lowest cost route for the railway as much as possible.
The job is very bitter, but the salary is also very high, almost ten times more than the income of ordinary workers. Alvin spends half of the year in the open air dining and sleeping.
When encountering this kind of government-made railway plan, it is very common to stay outside for a year or two without going home.
As a designer, Alvin’s work usually starts with exploration and continues until the railway passes the acceptance.
In many cases, when there is a lack of technical personnel on the construction site, he will also go on a guest appearance. This situation is common in Bulgaria.
Without a patience to live a lonely heart, ordinary people can't stick to it. Alvin also thought about resigning several times, but for Lev's face, he persisted again and again.
You know that such high-paying jobs are hard to find. People who earn more than 10,000 a year are still rare in Bulgaria.
This income will allow his family to live a comfortable life in Sofia and own their own house. He also plans to buy a car.
Now the price of the car has dropped to 8,000 levs. As a member of the middle class, he can fully afford this expense.
Of course, this has to wait for the completion of the project, because he has already heard that the railway company’s outstanding engineer award includes a car as one of the prizes. In case it happens to crash, it can save money. !
Using cars as rewards was made by Ferdinand. Since the launch of the Great Highway Project, the government has called on the rich to buy cars.
As Bulgaria's largest capitalist, it is natural to take the lead. Therefore, in the year-end awards in 1921, most of the rewards for management and technical engineers turned into cars.
Ferdinand sent out more than 80,000 cars at once, all domestically produced.
Of course, domestic products are not inferior. After the end of the World War, Bulgaria's industrial products have completed a technological upgrade, and many of these technologies are selflessly contributed by the Germans.
Bulgaria's automobile industry has always been very good. As the largest automobile production base in Europe, it monopolizes the eight-tier automobile market in Eastern Europe. Pirschner is synonymous with Bulgarian automobiles.
Bulgaria is also the largest car user country in Europe. The capitalists who bought cars first, and then the military aristocrats who made their fortunes in the World War, are now the middle class.
Beginning with Ferdinand’s wholesale reward of cars, the day when the middle class uses cars on a large scale is not far away.
As the vane of Bulgarian companies, since Ferdinand's industry has taken off, other companies will certainly follow suit. The middle class is essentially already using cars!
What is the current middle class in Bulgaria? It is estimated that there are two to three million people.
The standard of classification is very simple, according to income: between 8,000 lev and 50,000 lev a year, all belong to the middle class, and the annual income is more than 50,000 lev, that is a rich man.
Security assets classification: Personal total assets between 100,000 lev and 500,000 lev, all belong to the middle class, and more than 500,000 lev are rich people.
According to this standard, all the nobles in Bulgaria are of the rich class, and their total assets exceed 500,000 lev, although many of them have an annual income of less than 50,000 lev.
There is no family unit. The big family is still popular in Bulgaria. Although it is a family, they are actually separated.
Financial income, daily expenses, and debts are all separated, but everyone still likes to appear as a family.
In the face of such special national conditions, it is obviously unreasonable to divide the gap between the rich and the poor according to the family property standards. Many large families have hundreds of people.
The gap between the rich and the poor among family members is also very wide. There are rich people, middle class, and poor people.
This is also caused by the unique cultural system. Everyone is accustomed to having their own brothers settle accounts. Perhaps those who understand Europeans will find that there are people who are destitute and need relief food, but his brother is a billionaire.
This is not surprising, family affection belongs to family affection, but people have no obligation to help you. You can't say that everyone is brothers, you must help!
Even between parents and children, the children of billionaires still go to restaurants to serve dishes and work to earn money. No one finds it strange.
The same is true in Bulgaria, usually after the age of sixteen, they have to work hard to make money to support themselves, and the parent's duty of raising their children ends here.
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London
This global financial capital is now lively again, with representatives of more than 20 countries gathered together, and the Royal Fleet is still docked in the port to show the outside world the power of the British Empire!
These countries are all coastal countries, and there are thresholds for participating in this meeting. You can't let a group of landlocked countries participate in the naval arms talks, right?
People don't even have a port, even if they want to build a navy, there is no place to put warships?
Is it necessary for the navy to stay on paper?
According to this standard, the countries that really participated in the negotiations this time are Britain, France, Bulgaria, and Japan, plus Russia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Chile, Brazil, Argentina...
At the beginning of the meeting, the atmosphere was not very harmonious. The contradictions among countries were not low, and it was impossible to proceed in accordance with the wishes of the British.
"For the sake of world peace and stability, we are gathered together today to come up with a reasonable measure to avoid the end of war due to differences in military strength in various regions!" British Foreign Secretary Gray said
As the younger brother of the British Empire, the Portuguese cooperated very tacitly: "Everyone knows that every war is a tragedy in human history. After so many lessons, it's time for us to reflect!
I don’t know what Gray’s plan can prevent the tragedy from happening again? "
"It's very simple, to establish a balance! As long as the military strength of each region reaches a balance point, then careerists who want to start a war must think twice!" Gray said
Seeing the British tricks, everyone is wandering around the world, and obviously no one takes the British's words for a while.
Regional military balance is easier said than done!
Is it possible to achieve a military balance between the weak and the strong?
In essence, this is nonsense. The overall national strength has been determined. The gap in military strength between everyone cannot be made up by a simple arms treaty.
Seeing that no one demolished the platform, Gray was already very satisfied, and wanted everyone to cooperate. It is estimated that the small parliament is selling the face of the British Empire, and the big country is already giving face without tearing down the platform.
"For the long-term stability of human society, I suggest that everyone unite to disarmament and reduce the hidden dangers of war!" Gray continued.
At this point, some people can't sit still. The French who claims to be the world's second strongest country jumped out and asked: "Then Mr. Gray, how does this specific disarmament plan unfold?"
"We jointly negotiated a disarmament ratio that everyone can accept, and then we proceed with disarmament at the same time!" Gray replied without changing his face.
Metjev smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Gray's proposal is good. We will disarmament together. We will use the saved expenses for the national economy and people's livelihood. It is important to everyone!
But how to determine this ratio? You have to know that everyone’s geographical location is different, and the national conditions are also different. "
Gray thought for a while and said, "It's better to determine the amount of arms that everyone keeps, and then cut off the excess arms. It's fairer!"
Metjeev fell into silence, anyway, the stage has been set up for the British, and it is their own problem what they can achieve in the end.
Suppressing the speed of military discovery of various countries is also very beneficial to Bulgaria. If it can fight for ten to twenty years of peace, then Bulgaria will no longer fear any enemy in the future!
The representative of Japan, Yasuya Uchida, knew that this was for them. Since the incident in North America, the British have consciously or unconsciously made trouble for them.
"Mr. Gray, how is this standard determined?" Uchida Yasuya asked concerned.
"How about determining everyone's navy tonnage based on the industrial strength of each country?" Gray said slowly.
Metev smiled slightly and said: "This is a good proposal. We in Bulgaria have no opinion!"
As Portugal, Spain, and the Austro-Hungarian empires all began to agree, it would not be a disadvantage to them anyway.
The French's expression was a bit embarrassing, but he did not act aggressively and turned his attention to Japan.
Anyway, it is the Japanese who suffer the most. If this is done according to this standard, the Japanese navy will be ruined!
The total amount of their industry is less than half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, less than a third of the French, less than a quarter of the Bulgarian, and less than one-tenth of the British.
Uchida Yasuya quickly said: "No, this plan is very unfair to the Great Japanese Empire!"
The Dutch representative who was not dealing with Japan suddenly said: "Why is it unfair? This is based on the actual situation of each country and the determination of armaments based on everyone's industrial strength. It is very reasonable!
If that is not possible, then I propose to determine the naval armaments according to the total economic volume of each country, so as not to prevent certain countries from resorting to military militants and making domestic people unhappy! "
"This proposal is good, and we support it in the French Republic. It cannot be aggressive and add to the burden of the people!"
Without waiting for Uchida Yasuya's answer, the French representative has already spoken in agreement!
"This proposal is also good. We in Bulgaria have no objection. How about Mr. Uchida Yasuya choose one?" Metev said with a slight smile.
Even in terms of economic aggregate ~EbookFREE.me~ Japan is still the most disadvantaged party. Now their economic aggregate has just exceeded Bulgaria's one-third, which is less than half!
The gap between the two countries is less than one-fifth. If the colonies are not counted, the total economic output of the two countries is almost the same.
"Impossible, these two standards are very disadvantageous for the Empire of Japan, and we cannot accept it!" Uchida Yasuya still said angrily
"Why don't we use the territory that everyone actually controls as a reference standard for disarmament?
This head office is now. The larger the colony area that needs to be protected, the more naval ships are needed. This time, the actual situation has been taken into consideration! "Gray said very dissatisfied
Uchida Yasuya was so angry that he couldn't speak. Is this different from the previous two?
It seems that there is, but it is even more ruthless for Japan!
The actual area of ​​the territory controlled by the British Empire is more than 30 million square kilometers; the area actually controlled by the French is also more than 12 million square kilometers; and the area actually controlled by Bulgaria exceeds 10 million square kilometers.
What about Japan? If it is less than one million square kilometers, and disarmament is carried out on a proportional basis, they simply disband the navy, or even a capital ship cannot remain.
Naturally, it is impossible for Uchida Yasuya to agree. If he dared to agree, the navy would definitely ask him to make a local plane.
"Impossible, Mr. Gray, if you want to target the Japanese Empire in this way, then we will withdraw from this arms meeting!" Uchida Yasuya roared
Leave the meeting? Is it that easy again? Gray sneered and said, "Then Mr. Uchida Yasuya has any idea, let us listen to it?"
Uchida Yasuya is beginning to worry, it seems that no matter what kind of plan, it is very unfavorable to them, no matter what it is, they will lose!
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