Vol 4 Chapter 167: Closing

After Ferdinand's order, Constantine's interest in the German heritage immediately diminished. Whether it was ships or other industrial products, he left it to Britain and France to divide up, and Bulgaria still demolished the factory and built it himself!
After processing the compensation division, it ’s the German colony ’s turn. Do n’t look at the Germans challenging the old world, think they have fewer colonies. In fact, their colonial area is still not small, but it ’s not very valuable.
1. Pacific region:
German Samoa: 1899-1915
German New Guinea, including Emperor William's Territory (kaiser-i1he1ms-1and) and neighboring islands: 1884-1915; its administrative district also includes:
Caroline Islands: 1889-1915
Mariana Islands: 1889-1915
2. German East Africa:
Later Tanganyika, today belongs to Tanzania: 1885-1917
Rwanda and Burundi: 1885-1917
3. German West Africa:
Cameroon: 1884-1915
Togo: 1884-1915
4. German Southwest Africa, now Namibia: 1883-1916
5. Far East: Land leased by Zhouwan, including the leased island: 1897-1915 (originally leased for 99 years)
Mountain ~ ~ sphere of influence
Yellow ~~~ Watershed sphere of influence
(Note: This World War II has been postponed for one year, so the German colonies were also postponed by the Allies.)
Anyway, after getting this information, Ferdinand knew how to choose. The colonies of the five major plates first excluded the Far East ~~ area, and under the shelter of the harmonious beast, they could not move!
Secondly, Samoa is German. Ferdinand has never heard of it. It was difficult to find it on the map. The few islands located in the South Pacific not far from New Zealand have almost economic and strategic values ​​for Bulgaria. Zero, eliminate it without hesitation!
Do n’t worry about German New Guinea. The Germans ’colonies in the Pacific are not suitable for Bulgaria. They are either worthless or within the sphere of influence of the British. It ’s not worth it!
Then the Germans belonged to East Africa, and Ferdinand was too lazy to talk about all the bad land, including the later generations of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and northern Mozambique. The area is not small, but the economic value is scum!
Rwanda and Burundi are both in Africa6. There is no need to think about it at all. This time, there must be no way to open it. Even in the 21st century, it was not opened. Ferdinand does not think Bulgaria has the ability.
Other than Tanganyika's area, what is he doing? Do you want to plant sisal and cloves? Or fish farming in Lake Tanganyika?
Mozambique seems to have some value. Unfortunately, the Germans control the northern plateau, and the fart is not used. Even if it is to open minerals, it is a problem after the 21st century. Ferdinand is not crazy!
Ferdinand all suspected that the entire German East Africa, the total annual import and export trade, whether there are more than 2 million pounds? This is an obvious loss colony. Unless it can be integrated with the surroundings and complement each other's trade, it is estimated that it will be profitable. Bulgaria still forget it!
German West Africa is still about to be, but still a poor word! There are many types of mineral resources in Cameroon. Unfortunately, the reserves are not large and the economic value is limited.
In Cameroon and Togo, Ferdinand also seems to be able to develop agriculture. Otherwise, he would sell wood. Don't expect too much!
After a round of inventory, Ferdinand was surprised to see that so many German colonies have some value in Namibia, a German southwestern Africa, rich in natural resources, and have a certain foundation for both agriculture and industry.
Namibia is rich in mineral resources and is known as a "strategic metal reserve". Its main minerals are diamond, uranium, copper, silver, etc. It is also one of the top ten fish producers in the world.
However, in the short term, there is no value to open. Before the railway is opened, mining is simply death. The fish industry is even more nonsense. Who is sold is the biggest problem!
In addition to showing agriculture in the early stage, it seems that it is not very useful. For long-term consideration, you can occupy the site first.
In the end, Ferdinand issued a secret order to Constantine, selecting German Southwest Africa, followed by German West Africa, East Africa, and finally the Pacific Islands. The Far East has nothing to do with Bulgaria!
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After receiving detailed information from the country, Constantine understands why he proposed to sell the German colonies for sale. Both Britain and France have no objections. The emotional and economic value is not high, and the strategic value is also average. For the wealthy British and French, That's it!
Even for Bulgaria, most of them are chicken ribs, which is tasteless and unfortunate!
Constantine despised the eyes of the Germans, and even if he missed the best time to divide the world, you can't get a bunch of bad numbers!
Don't you know that this is a losing trade? Most of the European colonies are profitable, but the German colonies, except for the Far East, are estimated to be losing money. Do you really know that the Germans were imaginary?
You know, most of the minerals in this era have not yet been discovered, and even reserves in advance cannot be counted, even if they are present, they cannot be mined. That is to say, after the Germans acquired these colonies, they were in a loss for decades. No wonder the Prime Minister of BC is meeting opposition to the German government's colonial policy!
Subsequent negotiations were much smoother. Regarding the colonial partition of the Germans, neither the British counterpart Lloyd-George nor the French President Poincaré was very concerned.
Constantine said with a smile: "Two of us, let's start with the Pacific Islands first, and make a quotation according to our agreement!"
After speaking, I picked up the pen, brushed a number on the paper, and waited for the bid of the two.
In less than a minute, everyone filled out their own quotations. There is no doubt that the Pacific Islands were taken by John Cow. Whether French or Bulgarian, they have no peeping for the place.
Constantine filled in 1ooo million at will, but the unit was Lev. Pungarai's number was even more bizarre. He directly filled in 1oo francs, and omitted the following ten thousand to know their attitude.
In the end, John Bull took this area for a price of 120,000 pounds, and it is estimated that it will still be thrown to New Zealand or Australia for hosting.
The same is true of the subsequent colonial division. When two unsuspecting allies were met, Constantine managed to get German Southwest Africa (approximately 60 million pounds) at the price of 150 million levs, which is the later Namibian region. .
It ’s just that German West Africa was divided up by Britain and France, and the most potent German East Africa Rwanda and Burundi and Tanganyika were in the hands of Constantine. Of course, the price was really cheap, 994,996 square kilometers. The total price of the land is only two million pounds.
In the end, the German colonies reached 2.59 million square kilometers, and the total price given by the three countries was less than 15 million pounds. You know how low this price is!
After the internal division of the three countries was completed, it was their turn to participate in other countries. For example, the British lost the Pacific Islands to Australia and New Zealand as their reward for participating in the World War.
And the northern part of Mozambique was lost to the Portuguese by John Niu. They were regarded as their spoils. I do n’t know what kind of interest there is.
Constantine is also discussing the issue of Rwanda for the Belgian, and he would not mind re-transfer if the Belgian bids appropriately.
To sum up, this time the German colonies were divided up. In addition to increasing the colony area, Bulgaria will not see any economic benefits in the short term!
After dealing with these issues, the biggest headache for everyone is the contradiction between the allies and allies. Due to the small involvement with the major members, Constantine had to take the lead to be a villain.
For example, on the issue of suppressing Japan, the three countries reached an agreement, forcing the Japanese to abandon some German islands in the Pacific, and denying the Japanese government to inherit the rights and interests of the German Far East.
The two sides were very stalemate. For the sake of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the British chose to be silent, and it was Constantine and Pungalai who came to suppress the Japanese.
On the issue of the Russians, Constantine chose to be silent, allowing Britain and France to take the lead to suppress the interests of the bears.
In the end, the compensation paid to the Russians by the Austro-Hungarian Empire was successfully limited to 180 million pounds, and it could be offset by physical objects!
It is estimated that the Austro-Hungarian Empire packaged all their excess weapons and equipment to the Tsarist government, and it was enough to produce a batch of weapons and ammunition. Of course, this is not possible. Britain and France directly snatched this compensation and must pay the Russians first. The debt owed to them, Nicholas II will not see this compensation!
After bumping into bumps, this Paris peace conference is coming to an end.
On November 25, 1917, the Paris Peace Conference, which lasted for more than a month, came to an end, and a new page in world history opened!
The French became the biggest winner in this conference, not only regaining lost ground, but also pushing the border line to the Rhine, and also received huge compensation, greatly increasing its position in the Big 6 in Europe!
The second is the British, who received the second largest share of war compensation and the German navy, which once again consolidated world hegemony.
Bulgaria has become the third biggest winner. Not only has it received huge compensation, the most important thing is to determine the right to speak in the world, and to obtain the status of the three giants of the Allies!
With that done, Constantine's job was only half done, and he was then responsible for selling to Bulgarian consortiums the debt that Bulgaria had won this time.
Do not look at the amount of money lost by the Allies, but this is an installment payment. For Bulgaria, which urgently needs funds to open the Asia Minor Peninsula, this is far from hydrolyzing and not thirsty!
In today's world, there are only three of them with the power to take on Bulgarian debts: the most powerful British consortium, the American consortium of thugs in World War II, and the French consortium of established financial groups!
From the actual situation, it is the British and American consortiums that are now interested in taking over Bulgarian claims. As the western front of the World War broke out in France, the French Republic is now suffering heavy losses.
Their consortium was busy cutting the big domestic cake, and for a short while there was no energy to participate in the transfer of Bulgarian debt.
On this day Foreign Minister Metiev knocked on the door of Constantine's office and said, "Sir Prime Minister, this is the respective quotation of the British Consortium and the United States Consortium, please look over!"
After carefully reviewing the offer, Constantine closed the report and said angrily, "Are they colluding? Are they taking advantage of the fire? They are all unified quotes, and they have a 50% discount!
Could it be that they think we are stupid? Although German and Italian compensation is long-term, the interest income is not low, and we have promised to help collect the arrears, they have no risk at all!
With such a stable income, they dared to speak like a lion. Is this going to fix us? "
Megeve said with a bitter smile: "Sir, our debt is too large, and the total amount involved is nearly three billion pounds. There are not many consortia around the world that can bring out so much money.
Now these consortia have chosen to take joint shots in order to drive down prices, and they did not eat all of them themselves!
Under normal circumstances, after we get our claims, they will sell to individuals or financial institutions in the country. Maybe they can get back the money or even make a profit in two or three years!
In this regard, the experts sent by the Ministry of Finance will further communicate with them. Under normal circumstances, they will not give up this piece of fat, but the price may not be so ideal! "
Constantine nodded ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and said, "I know this, who tells us that we are short of money now? Go ask if we accept, we owe them the money before, how much can we raise the price!"
The loans that Bulgaria owed to Britain and the United States actually owed to the British and American consortiums, otherwise the British and American governments would not be able to get such a huge sum!
If foreign debts are offset, this means that the Anglo-American consortium can pay less than 900 million pounds in cash, and they can directly settle accounts internally.
But the interest income they receive is doubled. Not only does the risk they take on decrease, but even the income they receive increases. In this case, it is logical that Constantine asked them to raise their prices!
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