Vol 5 Chapter 61: , Planting grapes

"Your Majesty, the British have initiated an invitation to us. They plan to hold a naval armaments conference in London in May to limit the ongoing arms race around the world!" said Foreign Secretary Metjeev
Ferdinand wondered and asked: "The world naval arms race? When did this happen and why don't I know? Is it possible that a new round of arms race has begun again?"
Metzhev thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the Japanese government is doing things in the Far East, and the British should be heading for them this time!"
Thinking of the Japanese, Ferdinand shook his head, how he had forgotten them. With their terrible domestic economic situation, it is not surprising that they took this path.
But even if you want to dare to do things, you have to look at the limelight, right? The British had just solved the colony problem, so they sent it to the door. Do they really think the world hegemon is a soft persimmon?
Well, now the Japanese government is also very wronged, they are indeed preparing to do something. But the problem is that before I had time to do something, I was sapped in finance by the British, and I was stunned. Haven't reacted yet, this London meeting is here again.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will figure it out. This time we are going to make soy sauce. As for the issue of limiting naval tonnage, this is a good discussion, as long as it meets our international status!" Ferdinand said.
Meteve immediately replied: "Yes!"
But in my mind, what tricks the British will play this time, the Royal Navy is now the dominant family, and it stands to reason that there is no need for them to hold this meeting unless they have other plans.
In Paris, the French government is also worried about this meeting of the British. Since the world is too peaceful, there will be no more enemies against the British Empire.
The pressure in France is also greater. For no other reason, who told them to stay close? The British's home fleet moved there, and the French felt military pressure.
The main British navy is now divided into three waves, the local fleet, the Far East fleet, and the Mediterranean fleet. The three fleets can just suppress the three countries of Sura, France, and Japan at the same time.
Ferdinand did not feel the military pressure, mainly because Sofia was too far away from the sea. As a land power country, the Royal Navy could not scare him at all.
Besides, the Mediterranean is not big. If he really starts to work, he will not be afraid of the British. The navy cannot win. Can the army and air force not win?
Even if Britain wanted to block Bulgaria, it would not be able to do so. The big deal would be to block off the coastline with its air force and directly seize the Suez Canal to the African continent.
The prerequisite is that Bulgaria's ten-year plan is completed. Only by connecting the Eurasian continent through railways and highways can it be invincible!
Bulgaria is getting bigger, how could the British not know it? It's just that they are not idle, as long as they digest the three North American countries, their world hegemon will be as stable as Mount Tai.
With the end of the United States, the share of industries in the world is now undergoing earth-shattering changes. The British Empire once again won the first place in the world, with the total industrial volume accounting for 34.8% of the global industrial volume.
Bulgaria followed closely with 11.8%; Germans suffered heavy losses due to the world war, accounting for 9.1%; French followed closely with 8.7%; Austria-Hungary accounted for 5.8%; Kingdom of the Great Lakes accounted for 5.8% 4.1%; the Kingdom of the South Pacific (mainly California) accounted for 3.8%; the United Kingdom of Germany and Russia accounted for 3.3%; the Kingdom of South America accounted for 3.0%, Japan accounted for 2.3%; Italy accounted for 1.4%...
This data is not that everyone’s industry has suddenly increased, but that the total amount of industry in the world has been weakened. Europe and the Americas were baptized by war at the same time. Now the total amount of industry in the world has fallen back to the level of 1900.
If you separate the three North American countries, you will be surprised to find that even if the United States is split, half of the world's top ten industrial powers are split from them, which is enough to see their wealth.
The whole world was attracted by the upcoming London Conference, and Ferdinand was still busy farming.
He just inspected the Rose Industrial Park again, and it is no longer the original scale. From production to processing to final sales, there are already more than 300 people working on the industrial production line in Bulgaria.
The products have also expanded from the original rose essential oil, rose wine, rose beverage, rose perfume to hundreds of brands now, including medicines, food, cosmetics, health products, drinking products, skin care products...
Well, the most profitable thing is no longer rose essential oil. Medicines and cosmetics are the most profitable, followed by drinking products.
What surprises Ferdinand is that the health product market is sluggish. Not only are rose health products not selling well, but other health products are also not selling well. It seems that people are not accustomed to using these things in this era.
Of course, this is all a small problem. It is not worthy of Ferdinand’s concern for a small product to sell well. It was only when he accidentally discovered a rose wine that he suddenly remembered that wine is also one of the important industries in the Balkans. .
The wine industry in the later Balkans declined due to the war, with an annual output of 450 million liters, ranking second only to France in the world, and its development potential is huge.
In terms of natural conditions, from Herzegovina in Bosnia in the west to Macedonia in the east, summers in the Balkans are hot and dry, with plenty of sunshine and rocky slopes all over, making it an ideal place to grow grapes.
Anyway, these places are not suitable for growing food, and most of them are panicked. They are used as waste to open up vineyards.
Ferdinand does not need to have as many annual output as later generations, as long as it can achieve an annual output of two to three billion liters to meet the demand on the domestic market.
The problem of opening up the international market is to wait for the people of the world to become wealthy. At most, it can sell a small amount in Europe and face the competition from the French. This market is still very small.
Compared with the so-called industrial plan, opening up vineyards is really not worth mentioning. 21 Actually, since the beginning of the world's first wine producing area, the total output value of French wine was only more than 3 billion US dollars. If it is converted into this era, it will be only two or three billion lev!
But we can’t just look at the output value. Ferdinand has always attached great importance to the development of agricultural products, which will help improve the living standards of the majority of Bulgarian people.
Of course this is a lie. The real purpose is very simple. It is to increase the income of the peasant class and consolidate the loyalty of this class to the king!
Any industry, as long as a complete industrial chain is established, can bring a lot of employment to the society. It is still too early to build a wine industrial park. At least the grapes must be planted.
As for the production technology, don't worry at all. As a nobleman, how could he not have his own wine estate?
While still in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ferdinand sold more of his own wine estate to the market. Now want to build a large-scale winery, there are no technical problems.
Only high-end wines were produced back then, but mid-to-low-end wines are now being produced. After all, the high-end wine market is very limited. In this era, European nobles basically have their own wineries and will not buy them.
The big capitalists are also following the example, spending a little money to build a wine estate, which is not difficult. A wine estate with an annual output of several thousand liters can be settled by a mere tens of thousands of levs.
Do what you want, Ferdinand said directly: "Linka, go and call Karl over!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" said the maid Linda
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After about a cup of tea, butler Carl ran in and after seeing Ferdinand, he asked: "Your Majesty, what do you want?"
Ferdinand said directly: "Find someone to do a wine market research, and at the same time make statistics of Bulgaria's wine production, origin and quality!"
"Yes!"
Butler Carl replied, then asked: "Your Majesty, are you planning to surrender wine?"
Ferdinand nodded and said: "I have this idea. I found that many places in the Balkans are suitable for growing grapes, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Greece, which are all suitable for developing the wine industry.
Whether you want to do it or not, you have to wait for your investigation report and make a decision after it is out! "
Ferdinand is not a second-year boy. He can do whatever he thinks of. No matter how good the prospects of wine are, it is only a prospect. The size of the current market and the volume of domestic wine production are all factors that must be considered. .
Blindly invest, plant a bunch of grapes, and finally sell raisins, which is a tragedy. You must know that Portugal’s profits are much higher than raisins.
Oh, of course you can also sell fresh grapes, but this business is estimated to be able to lose people to death. How much grape output can be sold?
It seems that later generations will also have grape drinks, but it is a pity that Europeans don't like it, and later generations of French have not made it famous. Everyone's favorite drink is wine.
Before Ferdinand could come up with the result, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev had already arrived.
"Your Majesty, something serious happened in Russia. Under the suppression of the tsarist government, the Moscow government ran away. Now they have given up the territory of the Moscow generation and went directly to Siberia!
He also occupied Nikolayevsk (Novosibirsk). Now that the main army of Nicholas II has been transferred to the battlefield, he never thought that they would run. There are not many troops in Siberia at all, I am afraid that soon Will fall into the hands of the Moscow government! "
Ferdinand was speechless, he clearly had the advantage, and now his strategy was passive again, and the road of Russian unification was doomed to twists and turns.
It is wise for the Moscow government to jump out of the two tsarist governments. As long as they can occupy the vast Siberian region, it will be difficult for Nicholas II to destroy them.
Maybe now Nicholas II is still celebrating the recovery of Moscow, and he will cry in the future.
Before the Moscow government left, they were sandwiched between the two great tsars. They controlled only two to three million kilometers and had a population of only five or six million. There was no room for development at all.
But now it's different. Siberia has a population of 20-30 million. Once integrated, it will be a qualitative change.
But now that the two great tsarist governments are fighting together, Nicholas II simply does not have enough troops to eliminate this threat!
Even if it did, he probably wouldn't take it seriously, otherwise the Moscow government of sandwich biscuits would be over. You should know that at the beginning they did not have a decent army, but after a few years of fighting, they established a regular army.
After thinking about it, Ferdinand smiled again. If Nicholas II unified the country so easily, then Bulgaria would have little effect.
This is just right now. The strength in the hands of Little Nicholas is not weak, and there are British people behind the scenes. Nicholas II wants to kill him, and it will be impossible to do it in two or three years.
After such a long period of time, the Moscow government has grown bigger. After integrating Siberia, the two sides estimated that they were anxious about the exhausted Nicholas II.
As for the failure of Nicholas II, it is impossible. Ferdinand will not tolerate the Moscow government's unification of Russia, and all European countries will not let this happen.
Even if Nicholas II can't hold it anymore, Ferdinand will unite with Britain and France to support and eat him under the banner of the League of Nations, such as making them a truce and directly split the Russian Empire!
After the lessons of the Americans, no one dared to ignore the attitude of the League of Nations. For example, when the decision of the League of Nations came out in Japan, they clamored so powerfully. In the end, they still honestly handed over Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. What?
The worst strategy is for Bulgaria to go to battle and pull sideways. Ferdinand does not expect the situation to deteriorate to that point. The tiger skins of the League of Nations are still deterring many people.
Only the three leaders of Britain, France and Bulgaria know that this alliance is essentially empty, and the contradictions between countries are not small. It is simply as difficult to get everyone to unite again.
Unless there is another person who provokes public anger and can make the European people want to kill them, and are affected by public opinion, then everyone can unite again.
Some people may have seen through this question, but no one dares to gamble!
After all, on the bright side, the three countries of Britain, France and Bulgaria have always appeared as allies. Under the principle of unanimous positions of major powers, who can resist this pressure?
After pondering for a while, Ferdinand slowly said: "Pay close attention to the situation in Russia. For the time being, we still don't participate in it, unless Nicholas II really can't stand it anymore, ask us for help!"
After thinking for a while, Metiev said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this situation will not happen in UU reading www.uukanshu.com!
Based on the current situation in Russia, no matter how you look at it, Nicholas II will eventually dominate the country, unless foreign forces directly intervene in the Russian Civil War! "
Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Just intervene directly, this is not true! Who knows if the British will do it?
The most important thing is the Moscow government, which went to Siberia. It is estimated that the czar's rule in the local area will be overturned soon, and their organizational ability should not be underestimated! "
Medev nodded. He also had to admit that as a sandwich biscuits, it was very surprising that they were able to hold on for so long between the two tsarist governments.
Perhaps the only people who have suffered are the people around Moscow. After a few years of war, only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled are left. From the more than six million people at its peak, to the present, there are only a hundred old and weak. .
These have become the burden of Nicholas II, the little father of the Russian people, and he has to follow him whether he wants it or not, even though many people in it have been brainwashed and hated him.
Most people still "eat pot pulp to welcome the king." No, now there is only water left in the pot, just wait for the rice to be cooked!
For a long time in the war, the local economy has collapsed long ago, and the food production has also been unable to make ends meet. The young and strong ran away with the troops, leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled who could not run.
For them, the arrival of the army of Nicholas II is just a meal ticket, and everyone is not stupid!
Just shout a few slogans and support the great Majesty Nicholas II, even for the sake of face, for his own reputation, and to show the justice of his warfare, Nicholas II also had to carry out disaster relief!
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