Vol 3 Chapter 26: High debt

The collapse of the Second Pacific Fleet had a profound impact on the Tsarist government. Apart from the military impact, the political impact is fatal.
Since the Black Sea Fleet has been buried in the Far East, the historical uprisings of officers and soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet naturally no longer exist.
However, what should come will come! The social contradictions in Russia suppressed by the tsarist government can no longer be suppressed! Dissatisfaction with the tsarist government from all walks of life has reached the extreme!
On March 14, 1905, 12,000 workers at the St. Petersburg Tirov factory went on strike in protest against the factory owner's illegal wage deductions.
This move quickly caused groups to follow suit, and workers from other factories also responded. In just one week, the number of strikers reached 150,000!
On March 26, under the planning of someone with a heart, hundreds of thousands of workers gathered in the Palace Square, preparing to submit a petition to the Tsar.
Among them are requirements for freedom of speech and press, an eight-hour work system, land ownership by farmers, and a constitutional assembly.
Oh, and the result was that Nicholas II did not receive the petition. The military and police directly suppressed the petitioning workers and caused thousands of casualties, which is known as "Bleeding Sunday."
Ferdinand knew that the fuse of the Russian Revolution was here!
He thought that under his own butterfly effect, Bulgaria imported more than two million laborers from Russia, and the class contradictions in Russia were eased, and the revolution would not break out.
Unexpectedly, the fuse of the revolution was only a few months later than in history, so the Russian revolution should also enter the countdown!
Ferdinand knew that Nicholas II was in big trouble this time. Judging from the information collected by the intelligence department, this time it was an operation jointly planned by the Revolutionary Party and the capitalists. Even some people in the tsarist government participated in this conspiracy!
It is impossible to think that some people said that Nicholas II was stupid and planned the workers' demonstrations by himself, and then sent military police to ambush in advance to suppress it, right?
As for the conditions put forward by the workers, it is even more funny. The working class goes on strike and does not mention the issue of wages. Instead, they are more concerned about the constitution and freedom of speech. If it weren't for an eight-hour work system to hide the ugliness, Ferdinand wondered who was fighting for this rights and interests?
Is the quality of the Russian working class of this era so high? Ferdinand expressed doubts? It is obvious that a group of illiterate people can make so many demands that the tsarist government cannot make. How could this be possible if no one planned it?
The later so-called military and police ambush suppression is even more nonsense. Even if you want to act, you have to do it in advance? Wait for hundreds of thousands to gather, then act? Killing more than a thousand people and letting others go, isn't this waiting for them to rebel?
Obviously someone in the tsarist government is pushing their hands. They are no longer satisfied with the status quo. They seem to plan to learn about the British constitutional monarchy!
But Nicholas II's next treatment was to make frequent moves. Don't hurry up to comfort the workers, clean up the worms inside, and throw a few scapegoats out!
On the contrary, they stood on the side of the bourgeoisie and blindly suppressed the labor movement, and finally lost their hearts! To say that he is a reactionary czar is really correct at all!
Oh, Ferdinand knew about the internal problems in Russia, but he didn't mean to intervene. Instead, they used the internal chaos of the Russians to fish in troubled waters.
Now that the factory has stopped working, the unscrupulous capitalists will naturally not be paid. Many people are forced to commit crimes after losing their income.
The social security in Russia began to deteriorate drastically. Vicious incidents such as robberies and murders are constantly being staged in the streets and alleys every day. The lives of ordinary people are even more miserable!
That being the case, Ferdinand is of course not welcome, the society is unstable, it is a good time to dig corners!
Those ordinary engineers were the target of his digging. Anyway, their base number is large and they are mixed among ordinary workers. Under the background of the chaos, no one will notice that there are fewer people!
If conditions permit, he doesn't mind abducting a few scientists. Anyway, they are acting in the name of civil organizations. It is normal for companies to dig out wall scripts between them!
Not only that, because of the turmoil in Russia, the number of immigrants began to skyrocket, and Bulgaria, with the same culture and common customs, is their first choice!
Anyway, you are close again and you can wait and see the situation. If you are uncomfortable in the future, you can wait until the situation is stable before you go back. It's a vacation!
At the same time, the spring of Bulgaria's business industry has come. Due to the suppression of the military and police, the strike movement quickly swept the country.
And the Tsarist government failed to take timely measures to reassure the people and punish the culprit, which expanded the contradiction and even triggered a violent revolution, which dealt a fatal blow to Russian industrial production!
It also created opportunities for the Bulgarian business community. The current economic situation in Russia is not good, and the life of ordinary people is not so easy. Cheap products have become their first choice!
If it is cheap, who can compare to Bulgaria now? All knockoffs, and there are advantages in tariffs! The quality of goods may not be possible yet, but Ferdinand is the ultimate in cheap prices!
Now the field of civilian commodities in Russia has been divided between the two countries. The French occupied the upper-middle market, and Bulgaria occupied the lower-middle market. There is a tacit understanding between the two to exclude the third party. Join!
After the revolution in Russia, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole world, especially the Japanese. The Japanese government believed that the opportunity had come and was ready to take advantage of it.
It is a pity that Nicholas II's reaction quickly gave them a head-on. "Ceded land indemnity"? Dream, I will continue to fight!
Despite the fact that there are strikes everywhere in Russia, the country is turbulent, but the front-line materials can still be barely supplied!
The more than 400,000 Russian troops in the Far East still played vigorously with the Japanese, and they did not seem to be losing!
Now the Bulgarian industry is like a part of the Russians. They have used their horsepower to make munitions for them. Even if they are not available occasionally, Ferdinand will use the inventory to fill them first!
Then the Japanese government was in tragedy. Historically, most European countries hoped that the Russians would lose the war, and they were basically trying to pull back their legs.
Even the French do not want the Russians to continue to fight the Japanese, so their support for this war is very limited, and everyone is not very keen on exporting arms!
Of course, Ferdinand thinks that French capitalists look down on the small money for exporting guns. Compared with loan sharks, what is this gain?
Moreover, the Germans are always threatening the security of the French mainland. Just for the country's strategic security, how can the French government find a way to bring the Russians back? Compared with this, the trivial gun profit is not worth mentioning!
This forced the czarist government to finally compromise the core factors of the Japanese. Even so, the czarist government still negotiated with the attitude of undivided and no compensation, and it was successful!
Not to mention now, because of the Ferdinand Butterfly Effect, the scale of this uprising will be much smaller, and the revolution will soon be suppressed by the tsarist government!
Although the strike continues, Bulgaria’s nascent industrial system is giving them blood transfusions.
Not to mention how strong Bulgaria’s industry is, but compared to Japan, which is not yet fully industrialized, it still has a clear advantage, especially in the field of heavy industry!
The war lasted in 1906. After unremitting efforts, the Japanese Army finally conquered Lushun Port, but they still had Liaoyang and Fengtian in front of them...
As the uprising was quickly put out, the situation in Russia began to improve, and the tsarist government was more confident in continuing the war.
Take out a dead pig not afraid of boiling water hot attitude, hit it if you want, anyway, I will not compromise!
Now the British and the French are eager to hope that Japan and Russia can cease the war, so that the Russians can regain their strength and invest in the European continent to suppress the growing Germans!
Unfortunately, the Russians did not buy it. The Czarist government was worried that if it compromised with Japan, it might cause further turbulence in the domestic situation.
Therefore, even if the debt is high, the tsarist government will continue the war and try to use time to bring down the Japanese!
The government of Tokyo had no choice but to find a way to raise military expenditures for the Japanese again. At this time, the Tokyo government's finances were exhausted.
Even colonies such as North Korea and Taiwan were used as collateral by them and mortgaged to the consortium, but it was not enough!
As in the same period in history, the Japanese government relied solely on loans and debts provided by the British and Americans to survive the day, but now the financial hole is even bigger!
In the Parallel Space-Time Japanese-Russian War, the Japanese spent 1.8 billion yen in military expenditure (1 yen is about 0.75 grams of gold, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is about 184 million pounds).
However, due to Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, the Japanese military expenditures are now almost reaching this figure, but the war is still going on!
Not only the Japanese government's finances can't stand it, but even the Russians' finances are uncomfortable. Military expenditures are 1.7 billion rubles (1 ruble is about 0.774 grams of gold, or about 1.8 pounds).
On the surface, it seems that the Russians are taking advantage and military expenditures are lower. In fact, the tsarist government would rather spend more than the entire Pacific Fleet was wiped out! The navy is over, this part of the military expenditure will naturally be saved!
In addition, the weapons and ammunition imported by the Japanese government are all high-priced goods. In addition, due to the neutrality treaty, they have to change hands in a third country!
In contrast, the Russians are much better, at least Ferdinand dare not take advantage of the fire, or settle at the pre-war international prices, which is a saving!
It is a pity that the Russians have high freight costs. In order to speed up, they have to organize a lot of manpower to transport materials around the clock. The prices are naturally not cheap in the Far East.
Oh, if it is only the military expenditure of the Far East, the Russian government can still withstand it. The key is that the domestic revolutionary movement is deadly!
The nationwide strike movement has caused incalculable economic losses to Russia. Many industries have suffered devastating blows. Now Russia's total industrial output value is less than half of what it was before the war!
Ferdinand, the man behind all this, is still the most loyal ally in the hearts of the Russians!
From the outbreak to the present, the Bulgarian government has always stood on the side of the Russians with a clear-cut stand, and has not wavered in the slightest!
It has to be said that politics is dark!
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