Vol 4 Chapter 167: , And closing of the meeting

After Ferdinand's order, Constantine's interest in the German heritage was greatly reduced. Whether it was ships or other industrial products, he let Britain and France divide it, Bulgaria or demolish the factory and go back to build it himself!
After dealing with the compensation and division, it is the German colony's turn. Don't look at the Germans challenging the old world, thinking that their colonies are fewer. In fact, the area of ​​their colonies is still not small, but the value is not high.
1. Pacific area:
German Samoa: 1899-1915
German New Guinea, including Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and neighboring islands: 1884-1915; its administrative districts also include:
Caroline Islands: 1889-1915
Mariana Islands: 1889-1915
2. German East Africa:
Later Tanganyika belongs to Tanzania today: 1885-1917
Rwanda and Burundi: 1885-1917
3. German West Africa:
Cameroon: 1884-1915
Togo: 1884-1915
4. Germany belongs to Southwest Africa, present-day Namibia: 1883-1916
5. Far East: Zhouwan leased land, including leased islands: 1897-1915 (originally leased for 99 years)
Mountain ~ ~ sphere of influence
Yellow～～～The sphere of influence in the basin
(Note: The outbreak of this time-space world war was postponed for a year, so the German colony was also postponed to be seized by the Allies.)
Anyway, after getting this information, Ferdinand knew how to choose. The five major colonies first excluded the Far East. Under the protection of the beast of harmony, they must not move!
Secondly, German Samoa. Ferdinand has never heard of it anyway. I found it on the map with great difficulty. Several small islands located in the South Pacific not far from New Zealand. For Bulgaria, the economic value and strategic value here are almost Zero, don’t hesitate to eliminate it directly!
There is no need to look at the German New Guinea region. The German colony in the Pacific is not suitable for Bulgaria. It is either worthless or within the sphere of influence of the British. It is not worthwhile to directly intervene in it!
Then Germany belongs to East Africa, and Ferdinand is too lazy to complain. What kind of bad land, including the later generations of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and northern Mozambique, the area is not small, but the economic value is scum!
Both Rwanda and Burundi are in the interior of Africa. There is no need to think about it. There is definitely no way to develop in this era. Even in the 21st century, they have not been developed. Ferdinand does not think that Bulgaria is capable.
Tanganyika is big enough, what does he use for it? Should we grow sisal and cloves? Or is it fish farming in Lake Tanganyika?
Mozambique seems to have some value, but it is a pity that the Germans control the northern plateau and have no ass. Even if it is to develop minerals, it is a problem after the 21st century. Ferdinand has not gone crazy!
Ferdinand doubted whether the total annual import and export trade volume of the entire German East Africa exceeded 2 million pounds? This is an obvious loss-making colony. Unless it can be connected with its neighbors and complemented by trade, it is estimated that it will be profitable. Bulgaria should forget it!
German West Africa is still going, but it is still a poor word! Cameroon has many types of mineral resources, but unfortunately the reserves are not large and the economic value is limited.
In Cameroon and Togo, Ferdinand seems to be able to develop agriculture, or sell timber, anyway, don't have too much hope!
After taking a round of inventory, Ferdinand was surprised to find that with so many German colonies, Namibia, which belongs to German Southwest Africa, has some value and is rich in natural resources. Both agriculture and industry have a certain foundation.
Namibia is rich in mineral resources and is known as the "strategic metal reserve". The main minerals include diamonds, uranium, copper, silver, etc., and it is also the world's top ten fish producer.
However, in the short term, there is no development value. The development of minerals before the completion of the railway is simply a hunt for death. The development of the fish industry is even more nonsense. The biggest problem is who you sell!
In addition to the development of agriculture in the early stage, it does not seem to be of much use. For long-term considerations, the site can be occupied first.
In the end, Ferdinand issued a secret order to Constantine. The first choice was German Southwest Africa, followed by German West Africa, then 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 understood why he proposed to sell the German colony at a price. Britain and France did not oppose it. The emotional economic value is not high, and the strategic value is also very general. For the wealthy Britain and France, That's it!
Even for Bulgaria, they are mostly chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, it is a pity to discard!
Constantine severely despised the Germans' eyes. Even if you miss the best time to carve up the world, you can't make up a bunch of bad things!
Don’t you know that this is a loss-making business? The colonies of European countries are mostly profitable, and the German colonies except the Far East are estimated to be in a state of loss. I really don’t know what the Germans think?
You must know that most of the minerals in this era have not yet been discovered, and even the advance reserves of resources are not counted. Even if they are discovered, they cannot be mined. That is to say, the Germans have been at a loss for decades after acquiring these colonies. No wonder the Prime Minister of Bismarck will oppose the colonial policy of the German government!
The negotiations that followed went much smoother. Regarding the issue of the partition of the German colony, neither British Prime Minister Lloyd George nor French President Poincaré paid much attention.
Constantine smiled and said, "Two of us, let's start with the Pacific Islands first. Let's make an offer according to our agreement in advance!"
After speaking, he picked up the pen, filled in a number on the paper, and waited for the two's bid.
In less than a minute, everyone filled out their respective quotations. There is no doubt that the Pacific Islands were taken by John Bull. Both the French and Bulgarian have no prying heart.
Constantine filled in 10 million at will, but the unit was Lev, and Poincaré filled in even more weird numbers, directly filling in 100 francs, and omitting the following million, you know their attitude.
In the end, John Bull took down this area at a sky-high price of 1.2 million pounds, and it is estimated that it will be lost to New Zealand or Australia for escrow.
The same is true for the subsequent colonial divisions. When encountering two unsatisfied allies, Constantine got his wish and got the German Southwest Africa (about 6 million pounds) at a sky-high price of 150 million levs, which is the later Namibia region. .
It's just that Germany belongs to West Africa, which was divided by Britain and France. The most stolen German East Africa, Rwanda and Burundi, and Tanganyika are in Constantine's hands. Of course, the price is really cheap, 994,996 square kilometers. The total land price does not exceed two million pounds.
In the end, the German colony amounted to 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 the turn of other countries to participate. For example, the British threw the Pacific Islands to Australia and New Zealand as their reward for participating in the World War.
And the northern part of Mozambique was thrown by John Bull to the Portuguese. It was considered their trophies. I don't know what kind of benefit exchange there is.
Constantine is also discussing the issue of Rwanda with the Belgian. If the Belgian's offer is right, he doesn't mind transferring it again.
In general, this time the German colony carve-up, apart from increasing the colony area, Bulgaria will not see any economic benefits in the short term!
After dealing with these problems, the most troublesome thing for everyone is the contradiction between the allies of the Allied Powers. Because of the small involvement with the major members, Constantine often has to come forward and be a villain.
For example, on the issue of suppressing Japan, the three countries reached an agreement, forcing the Japanese to abandon some of the German islands in the Pacific, and denying the Japanese government's inheritance of the rights and interests of the German Far East.
The two sides had a very stalemate. Because of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, the British chose to remain silent. It was Constantine and Poincaré who came forward to suppress the Japanese.
On the issue of the Russians, Constantine chose to remain silent, allowing Britain and France to come forward to suppress Mao Xiong's interests.
In the end, the indemnity paid by the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Russians was successfully limited to 180 million pounds, which can also be offset in kind!
It is estimated that the Austro-Hungarian Empire will package all their weapons and equipment to the Tsarist government, and it will be enough to produce a batch of weapons and ammunition. Of course, this is impossible. Britain and France directly grabbed the compensation and must pay the Russians first. Nicholas II will not see this compensation for the debt owed to them!
With bumps and bumps, the Paris Peace Conference came to an end, and it was a few happy and sad!
On November 25, 1917, the Paris Peace Conference, which lasted for more than a month, came to an end, and the world history opened a new page!
The French became the biggest winner in this conference. Not only did they regain their lost ground, they also pushed the border to the Rhine River, and they also received huge compensations and their status in the European continent was greatly enhanced!
The second was the British, who received the second largest share of war reparations and the German navy, once again consolidating world hegemony.
Bulgaria became the third largest winner. Not only did it receive a huge amount of compensation, but the most important thing was to determine the right to speak in the world and achieved the status of the three giants of the Allied Powers!
After doing this, Konstantin's work is only half completed, and then he will be responsible for selling Bulgaria's creditor's rights this time to consortia of various countries.
Don't look at the amount of money lost by the Allies, but this is payment in installments. For Bulgaria, which is in urgent need of funds to develop the Asia Minor Peninsula, this is far from satisfying its thirst!
In today's world, there are only three companies that can afford Bulgarian claims. They are the most powerful British consortium, the upstart American consortium that developed during the World War, and the French consortium of established financial groups!
Starting from the actual situation, the British and American consortium are now interested in taking over Bulgaria’s claims. Due to the outbreak of the Western Front of the World War on the French mainland, the French Republic has suffered heavy losses.
Their consortium is busy cutting the big domestic cake, and for a while, it has no energy to participate in Bulgaria's debt transfer.
On that day, Foreign Secretary Metjeev knocked on the door of Constantine's office and said: "Your Excellency, this is the respective quotations of the United Kingdom Consortium and the United States Consortium. Please have a look!"
After reading the quotation carefully, Constantine closed the report and said angrily: "Are they colluding to take advantage of the fire? They are all unified quotations, and they are directly discounted!
Could it be that they think we are fools~EbookFREE.me~ Although the indemnity of Germany and Italy is long-term, but the interest income is not low, and we also promised to help collect the arrears, they have no risk at all!
With such a stable income, they dare to speak so loudly. Is this taking us? "
Metzhev smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, the amount of our debt is too large, and the total amount involved is as high as 3 billion pounds. There are not many consortia that can come up with this amount of money in the world.
Now these consortia have chosen to jointly shoot in order to keep prices down, and they don't pay for it all by themselves!
Under normal circumstances, after obtaining our claims, they will sell them to individuals or financial institutions in the country. Maybe they will be able to pay back their costs within two or three years and even realize profits!
In this regard, the experts sent by our 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 and said, "I know, who told us to be short of money now? Ask if we accept, and if we accept the money we owed them before, how much can we increase the price!"
Bulgaria's previous loans owed to Britain and the United States were actually owed to the British and American consortiums, otherwise the British and American governments alone would not be able to come out such a huge sum of money!
If the foreign debt is offset, this means that the British and American consortium can save nearly 900 million pounds in cash, and they can directly balance the accounts internally.
However, the interest income they receive is doubled. Not only has the risk taken by them reduced, but their income has also increased. In this case, it is logical for Constantine to ask them to raise prices!
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