Vol 4 Chapter 160: Divide Italy

Regarding the issue of Italy, the negotiations between the three countries went surprisingly smoothly. In the final analysis, they all needed to get what they needed. Due to the rise of Bulgaria and the closeness of the law, the British felt a crisis. In order to maintain their natural status in the Mediterranean, they had to Make concessions.
However, Ferdinand did not rush to be happy. The Sarentina peninsula is just a windfall. If it is not Sicily, then the significance of the Sarentina peninsula is not significant.
There is no way to control the Mediterranean, and the Adriatic Sea alone is not worth the effort of Bulgaria. Is it just returned to the Italians?
After thinking about it, Ferdinand finally showed up. After winning the Sarentina peninsula, he can blackmail some money from the Italians. The strategic position is not so important. The economic value cannot always show tourism in this era. ?
"Your Majesty, it is better to exchange colonies along the Persian Gulf with the British! Now many ports along the Persian Gulf are within the sphere of influence of the British, and our navy still has restrictions on its entry into the Indian Ocean!" Naval Minister Petrov suggested
Ferdinand smiled. Petrov's proposal was very constructive. Now is a good time to pick up leaks!
In terms of economic value, the entire Arabian Peninsula is now inferior to a Sicilian island; in terms of strategic value, the Persian Gulf in this era is not a strategic place, and the two are not comparable.
But for Bulgaria, it now has a certain strategic value, which will help Bulgaria strengthen its control of the Arabian Peninsula.
At most the British will doubt that Bulgaria wants to expand into the Persian region, but this is not their core interest. As long as Bulgaria is not excessive, the two sides can still divide the Persian region!
Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Okay, just exchange the British colonies along the Persian Gulf with the British, except that the Mander Strait is a British ban and cannot be touched. This time we simply annexed the entire Arabian Peninsula. Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British delineate their respective spheres of influence in the Persian region! "
Even if it is to pick up leaks, it is necessary to do a full set of tricks. The Persian region is actually of some value. Of course, this era is only agricultural value.
But this is still not enough. If the condition is too low, it is estimated that John Bull's feces are urine, and it is estimated that they will still doubt it!
After a pause, Ferdinand added: "Plus one more thing, we hope that the Italians will pay the debts owed to the British and tell the British that we need money urgently so that they must not hinder the domestic consortium from buying what we get War claims! "
Well, as long as the British consortium really wants to buy it, it is estimated that Bulgaria does not need to take the initiative to propose it. Someone has a way to get the government to agree.
As for whether the British will oppose the Bulgarian navy entering the Indian Ocean, Ferdinand is not worried at all, as long as they do not learn the big warships like the Germans and Americans, it doesn't matter if you run there.
What can really scare them is that they have the power to threaten their world hegemony. Obviously Bulgaria in this era does not have this power!
The Bulgarian navy is divided into two, which is also no way out. Bulgaria still has such a large fleet in the Mediterranean after the war. Not only is John Cattle uncomfortable, but the French will also feel the pressure.
In this case, either dismantle the ship or disperse the fleet and reduce the strength of the Bulgarian Navy in the Mediterranean!
Ferdinand naturally knew that he had chosen to divide his troops. In the era of sea power, there was no strong navy. How can Bulgaria's overseas interests be guaranteed?
With the current strength of six Bulgarian fearless ships, they are among the top five in the world, only in Britain, the United States, Japan, and France, and the naval strength of Japan, France, and Bulgaria during this period is very close. Not yet distanced!
The "August 4th Plan" formulated by the Japanese in 1915 has just begun. As for the subsequent "August 6th Plan" and "August 8th Plan", there are no plans yet, and the Japanese navy has just begun.
The French navy does have a lot of tonnages, but the number of capital ships is small, and there are too many old ships. Now they are about to face large-scale retirement, so their naval strength is not good in this period!
...
After receiving the domestic telegram, Constantine's mood was not very good. Once the Bulgarian Navy entered the Indian Ocean, the government's previous plan to reduce naval military expenditures was not so easy to complete.
During the war, Bulgaria's military budget did not have a budget. Anyway, if you had no money, you reached out to the government. Once the war ended, such good things naturally ended!
If there is no accident, the military expenses of the 6th Army in the coming year may be cut by more than 95%, and the Navy will also be cut by 80% or 90%. Now it is estimated that it will be able to cut 60% or 70%. .
In Constantine's view, this is that Ferdinand does not want the government to excessively reduce military spending, so it will inevitably cut the budgets of other departments. As the leader of the government, he is naturally in a bad mood.
No matter what his mood is, there is still work to be done, and it must be beautiful! It's not so easy to work with Ferdinand!
In contrast, Megeve's mood is much better. The government budget matters are not very relevant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Anyway, their funds have always been guaranteed.
As the navy entered the Indian Ocean, the importance of their foreign ministry will only increase and will not decrease. Even the international affairs to be handled by the foreign ministry will increase greatly in the future!
Simply put, before the World War, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was only involved in the foreign affairs of the Mediterranean countries, and now it is estimated that they will appear in most foreign affairs around the world.
...
Negotiations on Italy have begun again. The biggest problem now is the issue of compensation. The compensation amounts of the three countries amounted to 700 million pounds. Obviously the Italians could not afford it.
Even if it is cut in half, Constantine doubts whether the Italians can pay it off and pay the real debt without money. Unfortunately, the Italian family is really thin. It is calculated based on the 700 million yuan compensation and the international interest rate is 5%. The annual interest is 350 million pounds, seven times the fiscal revenue of Italy's peak!
Lloyd-George said very responsibly: "You, Italy's current population may be less than 3.5oo million. If calculated according to 700 million pounds, each person will have to bear a huge debt of 2oo pounds. In terms of national income (note: Italy's total national income in 1913 was 400 million U.S. dollars, or about 822 million pounds), or you can eat and drink for 8.5 years!
According to calculations by economic experts, even if their economy has returned to pre-war levels, the affordability of Italians can still not exceed 210 million pounds per year!
And we have to accept repayment in kind, otherwise this figure is even lower, so we have to reduce the amount of compensation, otherwise the account cannot be repaid now, and the Italian is likely to pretend to be dead again! "
The meeting place was in a state of silence, and Constantine broke the silence: "In this case, then we will waive their interest and let the Italians pay 200 million pounds of cash or equivalent to us every year. They will be in 35 years. Can pay off debts!
If there is a breach in the middle of the contract, or if the payment is deliberately in arrears, the overdue calculation of the total compensation amount of five tenths of a day will not be a headache for everyone! "
Well, Constantine's proposal is no different from reducing the amount of compensation. In fact, if interest is calculated, the amount of compensation is only equivalent to more than two billion pounds!
French President Poincaré said hesitantly: "Is this not a good idea? It looks too large. It is better to reduce the Italian's compensation to 2.8 billion pounds, according to a monthly interest rate of 4.5 per thousand. Here comes the calculation!
If the students are overdue, they will be calculated as one thousandth of a day, so it looks like the numbers are better. Everyone will allocate them according to their share! "
Constantine took a sigh of relief. It is indeed from the loan shark empire. According to this figure, the Italians have to pay 1.26 million pounds of interest per month and 151.2 million pounds of interest each year. I can pay it back!
If you can't pay monthly, this profit will become even more terrifying!
No one can refuse in front of interests! Even though the British want to preserve the strength of Italy as much as possible, when it comes to their own interests, all this is thrown out of the cloud!
"This proposal is good, we have cut the Italian war compensation by 6%, which is enough to let the whole world see our benevolent side!" Lloyd-George said in a righteous tone.
Constantine just nodded in cooperation and agreed, and suddenly he is still too tender compared to the old empire. He can't believe that John Bull will give up his interests for the Italians!
After a pause, Pungale said: "The Italians still have some colonies that can offset the compensation. We should give them a price and then decide who wants it!"
Both Constantine and Lloyd George had no opinion. The Italian colonial economic value and strategic value were not high. Everyone did not have much interest to compete, and simply evaluated the war compensation.
Constantine thought for a while and said, "Just for a colony that has little strategic value, we have all evaluated it. Whoever has the highest value will buy it back!"
Anyway, in the first few years, the Allies will also restore their economies, and their ability to pay is limited. Use this money to pay the war reparations of our three countries! "
That's right, the three countries, Constantine so easily underestimated the qualifications of other countries to divide colonies. At this point, everyone's interests are the same, and Britain and France naturally will not oppose this proposal.
Lloyd-George thought for a moment and said, "For the sake of fairness, everyone writes the answer directly on the paper, and then everyone makes it public, and they take the lead to declare that no one can repent after bidding!"
"Okay!" Everyone said in unison
Constantine had some headaches. The Italian colony was also Somalia, and there were only half of them. The North was already in the sphere of influence of John Bull as early as 1887.
Half of Somalia is a tasteless and unfortunate chicken rib for Bulgaria!
After hesitating again and again, Constantine casually wrote up a figure he thought was appropriate in his mind, and then turned his attention to the other two.
Lloyd-George and Pungalai have already written the answer. As the old colonial empire, they are more professional in the valuation of colonies!
Pungalai smiled and said, "Since everyone has written, let's show it together!"
After speaking, he picked up the notebook and wrote a big 3.5oo million with a red pen on it. Unfortunately, the last unit was francs!
Lloyd-George also showed off his notebook. The number given above is 1.41 million. Fortunately, his unit is British pounds.
Constantine was a little dumbfounded, and he knew he was losing money when he saw the bids from Britain and France. Half of Somalia was not worth so much money. In any case, there was no regret to sell the medicine, and he also showed his own offer of 3 million pounds!
Do not think that the price is not high. The key is that the population of Somalia in this era is less than one million, and the economy is even worse. After deducting administrative expenses, the colonial fiscal surplus seems to have been negative.
Even after taking into account the bonuses brought by resources and the market, they still lose out! If you want to open Somalia, Bulgaria will have to invest a lot of money, obviously it will not be possible in the short term!
Lloyd-George said gleefully: "Congratulations to Mr. Constantine, it is yours that means Somalia from now on!"
Constantine is now very depressed, he decided to go back and find a professional to evaluate all the colonies in the Allies once, so that this oolong joke is avoided!
However, Constantine still said with a smile: "Thank you for your intentions. After the negotiations are over, how about we settle the bills?"
Pungalai promised: "Okay, this is just the beginning. For more than one million pounds, it is a small problem for all of us!"
It was a relief for Constantine. Yes, Bulgaria has quoted £ 30,900, but after deducting his compensation, the actual amount to be paid is £ 1.714 million, which is not a loss.
Constantine took over the topic: "Okay, let's move on to the next item. Let's deal with the Italian navy first. They have two fearless ships and a bunch of small warships. Let's divide them!"
Everyone was very interested in the Italian warships, but John Niu chose to give up soon. He suddenly appeared that if they participated in the division of the Italian navy, it did not mean that Bulgaria and France were also eligible to divide the German navy!
Lloyd-George said very calmly: "We did not fight with the Italian Navy, so we will not participate in the allocation of the family left by the Italian Navy!"
Poincaré said with a smile: "Everyone is an ally, why bother sharing each other? Or let's share it together!"
Unfortunately, Lloyd-George's appearance as a gentleman is that he died and distributed according to his contribution. They did not participate in the distribution without fighting the Italian Navy!
Seeing that he was not fooled, now only France and France are involved in the distribution. The Italian Navy has left two fearless ships, two former fearless ships, five cruisers, and six destroyers. .EbookFREE.me ~ Bulgaria does not have much demand for these warships. If they take more, they still consume valuable military expenses. Constantine asked directly: "Just as our two families are half well, we should pay to your country. How about erasing the £ 1.07 million colonial subsidy? "
Pungalai secretly calculated that if it was distributed according to the contribution, it was the Bulgarians who hit the Italian navy. They must take the big head. The expectation in his heart is that the two sides will be divided by four or six points. Bulgarians have more than one million pounds and they still do not suffer.
So Pungalai replied quickly: "Well, we will divide the Italian navy evenly!"
...
:. :
Https: //
Genius address :. Mobile website reading URL: