Vol 4 Chapter 44: , Calabash

Ferdinand's trip to Portugal ended hurriedly, and it took less than a week before and after it ended in a hurry.
Coupled with half a month in London and the time on the road, more than a month has passed since this trip. When I left Sofia, it was in early May, and now it's mid-June, at this time Ferdinand's heart had already flown back.
Well, in popular words, his wife gave birth! And this time Ferdinand also won the big prize, two at once!
After receiving this good news, Ferdinand's heart could no longer calm down. Everyone knows that the chance of twins is very low. Normally it is about 1%. Ferdinand did not expect that he could win this prize!
Of course, this winning refers to the present, if it is in Ferdinand's previous life, his current expression is absolutely different, because two boys came at once!
But this is not a problem now, the more the better! Even if it is quintuplets and sextuplets, Ferdinand is always willing to come!
Anyway, the king’s son doesn’t have to worry about anything. No one will ask him for a car, house, or ticket! If there is a rich list now, how come the wealth of the Bulgarian royal family is now at the forefront!
At most, it will be a little harder to find a right daughter-in-law when marrying in the future, but this does not matter to Ferdinand. It is difficult to find a noble lady with the same status. Can we lower the standard?
Anyway, there are many sons, marriage is definitely dominant, and the prince must at least make a lot of money in the dowry. Ferdinand has personally experienced this!
If it is all princesses, it will be miserable. If the family background is not enough, the marriage will be troublesome. It is necessary to have a swollen face and fill a fat man!
For details, please refer to the King Nicholas I of Montenegro next door. The European father-in-law is not so good. In order to marry his daughter beautifully, he changed from a rich man to a negative man!
For this reason, Ferdinand has watched a joke for a long time. Why do you marry a daughter who has a swollen face to fill a fat man? Isn't this asking for trouble?
The Kingdom of Montenegro was originally poor, and no matter how you searched it, you wouldn’t be able to get much benefit. What is the purpose of being poor?
However, Ferdinand didn’t see it that way. After the Second Balkan War, during the Peace Conference in Constantinople, a large number of people came to intercede with him, making Ferdinand embarrassed, as if Become a big villain, and do something heinous!
In fact, Nicholas I still lost a lot! In Ferdinand’s view, if the money is invested in the industry of the Kingdom of Montenegro, it can at least be self-sufficient in weapons, not to mention others!
Then in the first Balkan War, the Montenegrin kingdom could at least annex most of Albania, and it didn't have to take risks. It was so embarrassing now!
Oh, now Ferdinand still hopes to have another girl, all of whom have six sons. If one comes, he will make up the King Kong Gourd Baby combination!
Thinking about that picture makes Ferdinand shudder! The main reason is that the memory left by the previous life is too deep, and I always feel that there are some that I can't accept!
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Time passed in a hurry, Ferdinand returned to Sofia, the time has come to July 191o.
He went to visit the two little guys at the first time. Since they have been born for more than a month, now the two little ones are all pink porcelain dolls. They have a fat baby face, which makes people want to pinch. .
After hesitating again and again, Ferdinand stretched out his claws, pinched the faces of the two little guys, and then there was a cry.
Obviously, these two little guys didn't give him the face of the old man at all, they exploded directly, and then greeted with a complaint from Xenia, and then Ferdinand was driven out of the nursery!
You can't go without it! After leaving for more than two months, as soon as Ferdinand returned home, the cabinet came up all the time, and there are a lot of things that he needs to make his own decision?
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Secretary of the Navy Petrov handed a stack of documents to Ferdinand, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, this is the new shipbuilding plan of the Admiralty. The Ottoman Empire has reached an agreement with the Germans to purchase two A dreadnought ship that the Germans just designed-the Kaiser-class battleship.
In order to meet the challenges of the Ottoman Empire, we must take action. According to your requirements, for every battleship built by the Ottomans, we will build two. Therefore, the Admiralty plans to build four dreadnoughts to meet the challenges of the Ottomans. The total budget is 170 million lev (about 680,000 pounds). "
This is no surprise. In history, the Ottoman Empire had to entangle whether to buy from the Germans or the British. Now there is no need to entangle it anymore. Of course, it is necessary to buy German products to join the Allies!
Otherwise, the British dare to sell you the boat, but do you dare to use it?
Ferdinand didn't just glance at it roughly, but smiled and said, "Very good, just announce it to the outside world, and add another fire to this arms race!"
Petrov was taken aback, and reacted quickly, and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, we haven't decided on the final design plan yet? Just start the construction?"
Ferdinand smiled slightly and said faintly: "When did I say to start construction now? I just asked you to announce the shipbuilding plan now!
Don't worry about the design plan, you can take it slowly! We are not in a hurry. If we are late, the technology will be more mature! "
Hearing Ferdinand’s words, Petrov’s face suddenly collapsed. He thought that the navy would be built, but he didn’t expect it to be a dream!
Unwillingly continue to say: "Your Majesty, this is not so good, it will damage your reputation! You just announced the news in London, and this has just begun, is it too embarrassing for us to shrink now?
And the navy plan of the Ottoman Empire is clearly aimed at us. If they put their two dreadnought ships into service, the pressure on our navy will be greater! "
Ferdinand still smiled, and said faintly: "How could I break my promise? Every time the Ottomans build a warship, we will build two. That's for sure!
But when to build it is our own business! Do you think that the Bulgarian Navy will not be able to build four dreadnought ships in the future?
Moreover, the dreadnoughts of the Ottoman navy cannot be put into service immediately. The Germans are currently engaged in an arms race with the British. Shipbuilding must be given priority to satisfy the German Navy. They are busy expanding production capacity. These two dreadnoughts want to be built, at least It is also a problem after two or three years!
Besides, how can two dreadnoughts alone support the navy of a country? Supporting warships and personnel training were messed up, and the formation of combat effectiveness was also a thing after 1914!
During this period, we only need to build two dreadnought ships. How can we have the advantage of three-on-two? "
Of course, it is impossible for the navy to only have dreadnoughts. The supporting fleet is indispensable. Otherwise, there are only two dreadnoughts. How can it be the most powerful?
At this point, Ferdinand also helped the Ottomans by directly sending their old fleet down to the sea to feed the fish, freeing them from the burden of history and packing lightly!
This also allowed the Ottomans to save a lot of maintenance costs, which can be invested in the shipbuilding plan.
But Ferdinand is not worried, who makes the Ottoman Empire poor?
How can it cost four million pounds to build two dreadnoughts? If there is a ship, then there will always be officers and soldiers too? Should the supporting fleet be built? How can it be impossible to save daily training and maintenance?
Calculating this way, with all these things in place, the Ottoman Empire will spend at least two or three million pounds. How can the annual maintenance cost be less than two or three million pounds?
But what is the current fiscal revenue of the Ottoman Empire? Due to Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, the current Turkish Al-Shabaab government is much harder than the same period in history.
Since the main battlefield of the war was on the Peninsula of Asia Minor, and the two sides together had over a million troops fighting together, how could the loss be small?
At this time, the fiscal revenue of the Ottoman Empire was only less than 20 million pounds. With this little money, how can you afford the Navy, a gold swallowing beast?
If the strength is insufficient, then blindly invest, and finally a poor fleet!
Oh, UU reading www.uukānshu.com estimates that the Ottoman government will react soon, and the naval arms race will naturally stop!
In Ferdinand’s view, the current ruling Turkish Al-Shabaab Party has not yet broken away from the scope of the second and second youths. Influenced by the outside world, it has joined the naval arms race in a daze. When they mature, they will understand that the navy is not what they can do. Affordable!
However, Ferdinand also had to respond to the actions of the Ottomans. You can't let the outside world think Bulgaria is afraid, right?
Many times the arms race is forced to proceed! The enemy expands its armaments and prepares for war. If you don't follow up, what should you do if it starts to fight?
This is also the reason why the British want to kill the Germans, not because they really have a life-and-death conflict, mainly because the Germans' army expansion made them feel threatened!
Well, the Germans built a dreadnought ship, and the British built two domineeringly, which in turn stimulated the Germans, and then caused the current situation, and both sides started to make dumplings!
In addition to the battleships, the two sides are still violent battle cruisers, of course, this Ferdinand did not follow up.
The glorious task of the naval decisive battle is more appropriate to the British, if not, let the French be a substitute!
If Britain and France can't even hold the navy, it can only be said that the Germans are too powerful, and there is no need to fight a world war, and the Allies can directly admit it!
Petrov wants to know if the navy wants to expand its forces, but he still said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, the British are planning to build a class dreadnought ship, and our designers have also put forward an inner-like concept, you see?"
Obviously he knew that Ferdinand was not active in building a large navy, but he spared no effort to promote the development of naval shipbuilding technology!
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