Vol 4 Chapter 55: , The rise of great powers

On August 12, 1912, the internal meeting of the four Allied nations proposed by Ferdinand was held in Paris in secret.
The meeting was attended by the British Secretary of the Navy Churchill, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward, the Russian representative of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, the Bulgarian representative of Foreign Secretary Metiev, and the 6th Army Minister Popov.
Obviously, this secret only refers to the content of the meeting. This meeting cannot be kept secret. The three countries of Britain, Russia, and Bulgaria have sent heavyweights to participate. As long as the Germans are not stupid, they will know that this is against them.
Therefore, on October 7, 1912, the Allied Powers also convened an alliance meeting in Berlin. Obviously both sides are starting to prepare for the war, and the smell of gunpowder in Europe has become stronger.
What kind of agreement the Allies reached, Ferdinand did not know, but after this meeting of the Allies, the four-nation alliance was really established!
The British are no longer alone, and they also need to assume military responsibility for the three countries. There is no way that they will not take on military responsibilities, and the Russians will not join. They can't let France and France face their allies, right?
In that case, the world hegemon of the British Empire can also change hands, and Ferdinand will definitely shrink back in the first place!
According to the newly signed "Four Nations Agreement", any country in the alliance is unprovoked attack by the fifth country. The four countries must immediately negotiate and take joint actions to maintain world peace!
Obviously this is aimed at the Allies or the Germans! Except outside the alliance, no one in the world dares to attack the Allies, or even if there are fools who dare to provoke a war, there is no need for the alliance to act together to settle it. This is confident that everyone still has it!
At the same time, countries also signed the "British-French Naval Treaty." The French would assume the obligation to protect the British colonies in the Mediterranean, and the British would assume the responsibility to protect the French Atlantic coast.
At the same time, once a war breaks out, the French Navy will be obliged to take joint actions with the Bulgarian Navy to block the Otranto Strait as soon as possible to prevent the confluence of allied navies.
As for the division of the interests of the countries after the war, the results cannot be discussed in a short time. In Ferdinand's view, it is estimated that the world war may have exploded, and everyone may still be confused!
However, this time there is a preliminary division of the obligations assumed by countries:
The British will be responsible for solving the German navy, and will send 6 armies to support the French; the French will be responsible for fighting Germany and Italy on the western front, and at the same time responsible for guarding the Mediterranean route;
Bulgaria and the Russians jointly dealt with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Romania, and the Ottoman Empire; at the same time, the Russians had to attack the German mainland to contain the German forces; Bulgaria would also be responsible for the settlement of the Montenegrin kingdom, and the navy had to cooperate with the French when necessary. Send troops to Italy.
Of course, this combat mission is the same whether it is divided or not. When a war breaks out, everyone still has to fight like this. It is all determined by geographical location. If you don't fight the enemy, the enemy still wants to fight you!
Especially the French are the worst. They are likely to be attacked by the two great powers of Germany and Italy at the beginning of the war. Even with the help of the British, their losses are absolutely indispensable!
Therefore, Ferdinand's proposal to distribute benefits after the war according to his obligations and contributions during the war was supported by the French.
Well, no matter how it is distributed, Bulgaria has the lowest voice among the four countries, and the current distribution of benefits is only a draft. In the later stage, specific distribution needs to be made according to the actual output of each country.
In principle, the British will get all the spoils of the German navy and divide up the largest share of the Allied colonies; the French will be supported in regaining the lost land, and even cede a part of the German and Italian territories will be everyone's acquiescence; the Russians will get Austrian It doesn’t make sense for everyone to belong to Poland and German-owned Poland. Other territorial demands must be looked at in detail; Bulgaria’s unification of the Balkans is also acceptable, but the colonial issue depends on contributions!
To put it simply, in terms of core interests, countries have taken care of each other, so that internal conflicts will not arise before the war begins!
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Ferdinand said with dissatisfaction: "From now on, we will speed up the immigration of Greeks. If necessary, we can take special measures. Our buried hands can also act!
Two years have passed since the end of the Second Balkan War. There are still more than 1.2 million people on the Greek Peninsula. If the war explodes, this will be an untimely bomb! "
After the internal meeting of the Allied Powers was over, they received mutual endorsements from all countries, and Ferdinand became bolder.
The Ottomans on the Greek peninsula have all been repatriated, but the Greeks on the peninsula have moved only more than 200,000 people in the next two years, except for the three to four hundred thousand people who were forcibly taken away at the beginning. Ferdinand was very dissatisfied.
Oh, it's not that the government did not work hard. Under Ferdinand's combination of fist, the people on the Greek peninsula had a miserable life and could only leave their homes, but the Bulgarian government's peninsula railway plan saved them.
Because the construction of railways and roads requires a large amount of labor, they have found jobs again. In addition, Bulgaria's railway company is a state-owned enterprise after all, and it strictly enforces Bulgaria's labor protection law.
Therefore, the Greeks who have found a job can still survive, and even many people who are now building railways have suffered a little bit and are a little tired, and their wages are much better than their previous jobs, so naturally they will not leave.
Ferdinand has just discovered this point, but he did not criticize the railway company's approach. Since the system has been formulated, it must be implemented, otherwise there will be endless troubles!
After thinking about it, Constantine hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, if the Greeks are expelled now, it will be difficult for us to find so many laborers in the short term. The progress of railway construction may be greatly affected, and the expenditure will increase greatly!"
Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "Well, if the labor is not enough, let's continue to think of ways from the Russians! As for the increased expenditure, this is good, and the import and export from our seas, 6 grounds and the Greek peninsula are levied. A 50% tariff should make up for our losses!"
Well, now the Greek peninsula has been surrounded, and the surrounding seas are Bulgarian territorial waters. If half of the tariff is imposed, it is estimated that the prices of the Greek peninsula will rise to the sky, and the Greeks will not be able to leave it!
"Yes!" Constantine replied
As long as it is in the interests of Bulgaria, everyone who is frugal or not can do it. As for the Greeks and Bulgarian government willing to pay for them to live and work in Syria, it is already very conscientious in this era.
Legally, George I is now equivalent to the Greek Grand Duke of Bulgaria. In theory, Ferdinand could still negotiate with George I for a fief.
Regardless of what others think, Ferdinand has reached an agreement with George I to let him go to the Jordan River to become king. Yes, it was the king. Ferdinand agreed to the independence of the Greeks, provided that they were on the territory divided by Bulgaria!
In return, Ferdinand will also be responsible for helping George I to clean up the door, get rid of those who threaten his kingship, protect the interests of his king, and provide him with a loan!
The current ecological conditions in Jordan are not as bad as those of later generations, and the destruction of vegetation is far less severe than that of later generations. The Greeks once occupied Jordan in history, and they are relatively familiar with the situation there.
Even the later generations of Jordan have 90,000 hectares of arable land, and this era will only grow more. It is more than enough to house more than one million Greeks.
Anyway, as long as Ferdinand guarantees that they can survive, it is enough to not die from starvation, and it is not his problem to get rich and run off.
In order to cover, Ferdinand did not directly immigrate the Greeks to Jordan, but now Syria is over. After the outbreak of the World War, after the Ottomans were killed in Syria, the King George I was allowed to set up a banner in Jordan to attract refugees to gather people's hearts.
If there were no Ottomans to pull out hatred, Ferdinand estimated that the Greeks would have always regarded Bulgaria as an enemy of life and death!
But when the Ottoman massacre came, everything was different before survival, and they had to rely on Bulgaria's military protection.
Even if the war is over, the Greeks as foreigners, the people of the Middle East will not welcome them, even in later generations they have to rely on Bulgaria for national defense!
Well, Ferdinand admits that Jordan is a rotten land. Apart from agriculture, there are basically no other resources, but it doesn't matter if the neighbors have them. As long as the Greeks work hard, they can learn from the Jews!
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With Ferdinand’s order, the Greeks suddenly had a hard time. Their income has not changed, but they can’t stand the price increase!
Needless to say, domestic factories, large and small, go bankrupt. This time it is hard to save the gods. Just look at the tariffs to know, don't think about exporting!
Oh, now the Greek capitalists with a little bit of brains are gone, and even the international capitalists have withdrawn their capital. There are tolls everywhere. This business is really not done by humans.
The Greek people suddenly realized that something was wrong, and this day really couldn't pass. You can buy two kilograms of white bread for 1 lev in Bulgaria, or five kilograms of black bread, but you can buy one kilogram of black bread for 5 levs in Greece.
Fortunately, working hard for a day, even the most basic life cannot be guaranteed. Many people choose to run away. For them, as long as they can survive, Syria will be Syria. Anyway, they have no right to choose.
There are also some people, unwilling to be oppressed, and with the support of the Allies, they are preparing to launch an uprising to overthrow the corrupt Greek government, expel the Bulgarians, and rebuild Great Greece.
Well, just think about it. Smart people know that now the Greek people no longer have the spirit of resistance, and they have not been forced to a dead end. With a back road, ordinary Greeks have not had the courage to desperately!
Originally, this group of so-called revolutionaries attempted to use the bourgeoisie to initiate an uprising. Unfortunately, the capitalists quickly saw the opportunity and ran away ahead of time. The rest are not very bright. Now they are suppressed by the Greek reactionary government before they move.
The life of the Greek people is not easy, but it does not mean that the life of the Greek officials is also not easy! Now they can exploit the people unscrupulously, no one has ever asked, how are everyone's little days still moisturizing?
Don't they know the situation in Greece? Do not! They know better than anyone else, so these smart people like them should take the opportunity to make a fortune, or else Greece will be over. What will they live on in the future?
At the same time, the "Rise of the Great Powers", which Ferdinand ordered was published. uukanshu.com introduces the rise of several major powers in today's world with heavy pen and ink.
Of course, this is completely different from the "rise of great powers" circulating in later generations. This only introduces the eight major powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, the United States and Japan. Spain and Portugal, which have fallen, are naturally ignored.
The more important thing here is of course the private goods mixed with Ferdinand. He attributed the reasons for the rise of countries to three points: 1. Smart leadership; 2. Good geographical location; 3. Abundant resources!
It was pointed out this time that a country must meet these three conditions in order to rise, especially the first and second, and also take Belgium and Sweden as examples. They are all because of their geographic location that determines that they cannot become a world power!
And came to the conclusion: a country is too far away from heaven and too close to the powers, it is doomed that this country cannot rise!
It is also very constructive to put forward that there are no great powers in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. They have the conditions to build a powerful country, and encourage ethnic immigrants who can build a world power!
Oh, I also pointed out that Japan in East Asia is still a soft-footed shrimp. As long as the Manchu Qing government defeats them, it can still return to the ranks of great powers! Otherwise, just...
The embarrassing thing is that when this book was published, the Manchu Qing government no longer existed, and then I don’t know if the Revolutionaries had noticed this little hint!
By the way, Ferdinand also analyzed the mainstream contradictions in the world today and clearly pointed out that the confrontation between the two major alliances is to compete for resources and market.
Well, Ferdinand’s "The Rise of the Great Powers" was written for all ethnic groups in the Balkans. Bulgaria wants to unify the Balkans. They can’t do it unless they are balanced! In line with how much you can fool, count as much, anyhow it can alleviate future troubles!
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