Vol 5 Chapter 88: Huge transaction

Genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (Acupoint Chinese), the fastest update! No ads !? "Your Majesty, the Russians are more urgent than we think. Nicholas II wants to end the civil war as soon as possible! "Metev said
"Well, it seems that we have to help them too. The Persian plan of the General Staff can start, order the garrison to create a conflict, and make a false impression that we want to attack Persia!" Ferdinand said without a doubt.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral Klosf, Chief of Staff, replied.
Once Bulgaria operates in the Persian region, the British will inevitably give up and the conflict between the two countries will intensify, and the British will have no energy to interfere in the Russian civil war.
How could Nicholas II give up such an opportunity?
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas II was still worried about the price of land transactions, and it was funny to say that as the emperor who had ruled the Russian Empire for thirty years, he didn't know much about the situation in the country.
Even if he didn't know it anymore, he also knew that there was no so-called desert or wasteland at the land at the Bulgaria-Russia junction, otherwise he wouldn't have to worry about land prices.
If it is north or east permafrost, the price per square kilometer of 10,000 levs is really conscience. Until the 21st century, those lands cannot be developed, and you know how bad the conditions are.
"Prime Minister, see where we sell to Bulgaria, and mark me the worst place on the map!" Nicholas II said in a sullen mood.
If you want to talk about prices, of course, you have to look at the place first. Different land prices are also very different. The most important thing is the strategic value, which must also be considered.
"Your Majesty, how about bringing Bulgarians into Central Asia?"
"You mean let the Bulgarians fight the British?" Nicholas II asked
"Yes, after reunifying the whole country, we must recuperate and allow Bulgarians and British to restrain each other, just to give us time!" The Prime Minister explained
"Well, to generate electricity to Sasunov, we will lead Bulgarians to Central Asia!" Nicholas II clapped
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Ferdinand didn't know the Russian plan yet. If he knew, he would have laughed. Even if Bulgaria entered Central Asia, he would surely die with the British.
Didn't the Russians worry that he changed hands and sold the land in Central Asia to the British?
Looks like it doesn't work. The British don't dare to be interested in grassland, they are safe and bordering the bears. It is estimated that few people can sleep peacefully.
However, the compromise between the two countries is still very simple, such as signing a sphere of influence treaty, anyway, the British cannot conduct a PK with Bulgaria on land.
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"Mr. Sasonov, your big cake is not good, just the Transcaucasian region. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are in the hands of the anti-government armed forces. Would you let us get it ourselves?
You know this is impossible, in this Russian civil war, Bulgaria will not send troops directly!
And your asking price is too high. How about these places, don't you know?
Example: What's in Georgia? Poor natural resources, basically all hills?
Another example: Azerbaijan, where mineral resources are scarce, and most regions are dry and dry. What value is there?
These broken places are also worth 80,000 levs per square kilometer? Metiev asked
"Mr. Metev, don't forget that Baku, Europe's largest oil field, is also in Azerbaijan. How can we say that resources are scarce?" Sasonov countered.
"Even the world's largest oil field is useless. Oil is everywhere, and it is not worth it at all. Isn't even the oil found in the Far East?
If you want to find oil, you just have to explore on our land. The Baku oil field has no mining value at all now. Do n’t you cut back on production? Metiev asked
Is oil resource valuable? There must be, as a new energy for the future industrial development, how could it be worthless?
But this is the concept of everyone before. It is no longer the case. Oilfields have been discovered one after another. International oil prices have plummeted. The current price is less than one-third before the world war.
In this case, is there still such a high value in the Baku field?
"Well, Mr. Matev, what do you think are the right places?" Sasunov asked.
"Ukraine, plus the Caucasus, what would I suggest for the new Volga border?
These areas add up to just over one million square kilometers, which is almost worth 20 billion levs! Metiev said without changing his face.
"Impossible, this is simply a robbery. You are turning the Russian Empire into a landlocked country. You cannot succeed!" Sasonov said angrily.
"Mr. Sasonov, don't be angry, I have something to say, shouldn't we discuss it again? To know that you asked it yourself, I gave you a suggestion.
To be honest, I really don't like you very much. War is a beast of swallowing gold. At least 20 billion levs will support you to fight a full-scale war for a year.
After the war? Whether you want to rebuild or not, all the losses in the war can only be paid by you. It is better to sit down and talk to the rebels than to solve it peacefully.
Don't say that we are robbing in the fire, you can go over the land transaction price on the international market, do we have random quotes? "Metev advised intently
It was only in Sasunov's ears that it was more disgusting than eating flies. He was robbing in the fire, and he was so righteous.
"Mr. Mev, we have half of Ukraine, plus Azerbaijan and Georgia. These places add up to more than 400,000 square kilometers. What about the price of 50,000 levs per square kilometer?" Sasonov asked.
This is almost the bottom line that he can control. As for bringing Bulgarians to Central Asia, it is obviously impossible. The land is still in the hands of the rebels. How to trade?
"Mr. Sasonov, if there is no mortgage to banks in Ukraine, I think this business can really be talked about again.
But now that we have completed our recommendations, are you sure you want to repay the loan first?
You should know that when I signed the contract, I was also present. There is such a piece. Once your country sells or you allow Ukraine to become independent, you must first pay off all the loans! Metiev reminded
Stuck!
Susonov suddenly realized that I was afraid that the Bulgarians had dug the pits during the last negotiation and waited for them to jump inside.
"Well, replace Ukraine with the Caucasus. We take the Volga River, the area south of the Zimlyansk Reservoir, and the western Kazakhstan region east of the Ural River, about 680,000 square kilometers, for a price of 34 billion. How about Lev? "Sasunov said grimly.
"West Kazakhstan, east of the Ula River, is basically a desert. Mr. Sassonov's two and three hundred thousand square kilometers of land is worthless!
It's better to kick these places out. We only need to pay 15 billion levs in the Caucasus. This is already a sky-high price! "Metev said
That's right, in terms of economic value alone, this is indeed a sky-high price. Under the influence of the civil war, people's livelihoods are dying, cities are in ruins, and local finances have long been unable to make ends meet.
However, in this way, the border between Russia and Russia reached Volgograd (Stalingrad), which is the southern granary of the Russian Empire.
Of course, the current Russian Empire does not care about this granary. They still have a lot of granaries. The Eastern European Plains (4 million square kilometers), the Ukrainian Plains (1.9 million square kilometers), and the Siberian Plains (2.6 million square kilometers) are all food outlets. Origin.
Of course, not all of these areas are suitable for agricultural production. Among them, there are savanna. In some areas, the climate is bad and can only be planted once a year. Most of them are deserted by the Russians.
However, the area of ​​arable land suitable for food production will not be less than 2.6 million square kilometers. It can be said that the geographical conditions of the Russian Empire in this era were truly unique, second only to the country of godsend.
"No, didn't Mr. Metiev say you didn't choose, why are you picking fat again?" Sasunov said dissatisfied.
"If the unit price is 10,000 levs per square kilometer, I will not be fussy, even if you pack the entire Central Asia region together, we do not mind taking over the whole thing!" Megev said calmly
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After bargaining, Sasunov eventually packaged it with Bulgaria at 38,000 levs per square kilometer, along with the desert.
If this part of the desert is kicked out, the average land price within a square kilometer will exceed 65,000 levs, which was completely sky-high at the time.
The total price is as high as 26 billion levs ~ EbookFREE.me ~ This is the highest land transaction in the world's history, and the world is uproar.
Of course it's not that simple, and Ferdinand is not a fool. How could this price be given?
If it is the same in Ukraine, the Caucasus is not worth so much money unless it combines the best of Volgograd!
The proviso is that the Grand Duchess of Senia has become the Grand Duchy of the Caucasus and the Grand Duchy of Ukraine. If the Russian empire is unable to repay the bank loan, it will transfer the Ukrainian region to the Bulgarian royal family at the price of 20 billion levs plus the bank debt!
Do not underestimate these names. At least in the eyes of the Russians, it was Nikola II who transferred the land to his sister, but not to Bulgaria. This is equivalent to the meat in the pot.
These operations are naturally clear to Ferdinand, not only for the sake of face, but also to mitigate the adverse political impact.
It is also a hidden mystery. If the Russian empire becomes stronger again in the future, they will still have the opportunity to carry out account settlement, such as reclaiming these titles and sovereignty.
Unfortunately, they no longer have this opportunity. Once the deal is concluded, the Grand Duchy will only exist in name, and then it will soon merge with the Kingdom of Bulgaria to establish a unified great empire.
Even if the Russians want to do anything in the future, there is no chance. Ferdinand does not think that the local millions of old, weak, sick, and able to resist the general trend of ethnic integration!
Different from the previous transaction, this land transaction case caused panic in the cloth administration and the little Nicholas government. Nicholas II has money, so their lives will be hard!
Against them, Ferdinand never took it seriously, and told them to wait until they became the legal government of the Russian Empire.
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