Vol 5 Chapter 61: Grapes

"His Majesty, the British have invited us, and they plan to hold a naval arms conference in London in May to limit the ongoing arms race around the world!" Said Foreign Minister Metiev
Ferdinand asked wonderingly, "The world naval arms race? When is this happening and how do I not know? Is the new arms race starting again?"
Megeve 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 to forget them. It is not surprising that they took this path because of their poor economic situation in the country.
But even if you want to dare things, you have to look at the limelight? The British had just settled the colonial problem, so they just sent it to their door. Do they really think that the world hegemon is a soft persimmon?
Well, now the Japanese government is also very wronged, they are indeed preparing to get things done. The problem was that before they could do anything, the British were stunned by a sap in finance. No response yet, this time the London conference is back.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take care of it. This time we are going to make soy sauce. As for the issue of limiting naval tonnage, this is a good negotiation, as long as it meets our international status!" Ferdinand said
Metiev immediately responded: "Yes!"
But my mind was figuring out what tricks the British would play this time. Now the Royal Navy is the only one in the Royal Navy. It stands to reason that they are not necessary at all, unless they are planning otherwise.
In Paris, the French government is also worried about the British meeting this time. Since the world has been peaceful, there have been no enemies against the British Empire.
The pressure in France will also increase. For no other reason, who gets them closer? The British's home fleet went there, and the French felt military pressure.
At present, the main force of the British navy is divided into three waves, the local fleet, the Far East Fleet, and the Mediterranean Fleet. The three fleets can precisely suppress the three countries of Bao, France, and Japan at the same time.
Ferdinand did not feel military pressure, mainly because Sofia was too far away from the sea. As a land-powered country, the Royal Navy could not scare him at all.
Besides, the Mediterranean is not big. If he really works, he is not afraid of the British. The navy can't win, can the army and air force not win?
Even if Britain wanted to block Bulgaria, it would not be possible to block the coastline with the air force, seize the Suez Canal directly, and kill the African continent.
The premise is that Bulgaria's 10-year plan is completed, and Eurasian continents can be invincible by rail and road.
Bulgaria is getting bigger, how can the British not know? It's just that they are not idle. As long as they digest the three North American countries, their world overlord will be as stable as Mount Tai.
With the completion of the United States, the proportion of industry in various countries in the world is also changing dramatically. The British Empire once again won the first place in the world, and the total industry accounted for 34.8% of the global total industry.
Bulgaria followed closely with 11.8%; Germans suffered 9.1% due to World War II; French followed closely with 8.7%; Austro-Hungarian Empire accounted for 5.8%; Five Great Lakes Kingdom and Federal Kingdom accounted for 4.1%; the South Pacific Kingdom (mostly California) accounts for 3.8%; the United Kingdom of Germany and Russia accounts for 3.3%; the South American Kingdom accounts for 3.0%, Japan accounts for 2.3%; Italy accounts for 1.4% ...
This data is not that everyone's industry has suddenly increased, but that the world's total industry has been weakened, and Europe and the Americas have been baptized at the same time. Now the world's total industry has fallen back to the level of 1900.
If you look at the three North American countries separately, you will be surprised to find that even if the United States is divided, half of the top ten industrial powers in the world are divided by them, which is enough to see the wealth of their families.
The world was attracted by the upcoming London conference, and Ferdinand was still busy farming.
Just now he inspected the Rose Industrial Park again, and it is no longer the original scale. From production to processing to final sales, more than 300 people in Bulgaria have worked on this industrial production line.
The products have also expanded from the original rose essential oil, rose wine, rose drink, rose perfume to hundreds of brands now, including medicine, food, cosmetics, health products, drinking products, skin care products ...
Well, the most profitable is no longer rose oil, medicines and cosmetics are the most profitable, followed by drinking products.
What made Ferdinand surprised was that the health care product market was not only slack, not only rose health products, but other health products too. It seems that people are not used to these things in this era.
Of course, this is a small problem. A small product, whether it is sold well, is not worth Ferdinand's attention, but only accidentally found a rose wine, he suddenly remembered that it seems that wine is also one of the important industries in the Balkans. .
The wine industry of the Balkans in the later generations has fallen due to the war, with an annual output of 450 million liters, ranking second only to France in the world, and has great development potential.
As far as natural conditions are concerned, from Herzegovina in Bosnia in the west to Macedonia in the east, the summer in the Balkans is hot and dry, with plenty of sunshine, and the rocky slopes are all over, making it an ideal place to grow grapes.
Anyway, these places are not suitable for planting food. Most of them are panicked, and the use of vineyards is considered waste.
Ferdinand now does not need to produce as much as the next generation, as long as it can achieve an annual output of 200 to 300 million liters to meet the demand in the domestic market.
The problem of opening up the international market, let's talk about it until the world's people are getting rich. Now it can sell a small amount in Europe at most, and it also faces competition from the French. This market is still very small.
Compared with the so-called industrial plan, opening a vineyard is really not worth mentioning. 21 From the beginning, the world ’s number one wine producing region, France ’s total wine production value is only over three billion US dollars. If this period is converted into two or three billion levs then!
However, we cannot just look at the output value. Ferdinand always attaches great importance to the development of agricultural products, which will help improve the living standards of the majority of Bulgarians.
Of course, this is a falsehood. The real purpose is very simple. It is to increase the income of the peasant class and consolidate the loyalty of the class to the king!
Any industry, as long as a complete industrial chain is established, can bring a lot of employment to society. It is too early to build a wine industry park, at least the grapes must be planted first.
As for the production technology, don't worry at all. As a big aristocrat, how can there be no own wine estate?
When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was mixed, Ferdinand sold more than his wine estate to the market. Now I want to build a large-scale winery without any technical problems.
It was just that the high-end wine was produced in the past, and the low-end wine is now produced. After all, the high-end wine market is very limited. European nobles of this era basically have their own wineries and will not buy them.
The big capitalists are also following the example, and it is not difficult to spend a little money to build a wine estate. A vineyard with an annual output of thousands of liters of wine can be handled by tens of thousands of levs.
Just do what you want, Ferdinand said directly, "Linka, call Carl!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Said the maid Linka.
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After about a cup of tea, Carl's butler ran in, and after greeting Ferdinand, he asked, "Your Majesty, what do you tell me?"
Ferdinand directly said: "Find someone to do a market research of wine, and at the same time count the Bulgarian wine production, origin and quality!"
"Yes!"
Carl's housekeeper replied, and then asked, "Sir, are you ready to surrender your wine?"
Ferdinand nodded and said, "I have this idea, and I find that many places in the Balkans are suitable for growing grapes, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Greece, which are all suitable for the development of the wine industry.
Whether or not to do it, you still have to wait for your investigation report to come out and then decide! "
Ferdinand is not a second-year boy. Whatever comes to mind, how good the prospects of wine are, that's just the prospect. How big the market is now and how big the domestic wine production is, these are all factors that must be considered. .
Investing blindly, planting a bunch of grapes, and finally selling raisins is a tragedy. You must know that Portugal's profit is much higher than raisins.
Oh, of course, you can also sell fresh grapes, but this business is estimated to be able to compensate people, how many billions of pounds of grapes can be sold?
It seems that later generations also have grape drinks. Unfortunately, Europeans don't like it. Later generations in France have not made a name for themselves. The favorite drink is wine.
Before Ferdinand came up with the results, Foreign Minister Metiev has arrived.
"His Majesty, something serious happened in Russia. Under the pressure of the Tsarist government, the Moscow government ran straight, and now they have given up the territory of the Moscow generation and went directly to Siberia!
And also occupied Nikolaevsk (Novosibirsk). Now the main army of Nicholas II has been transferred to the battlefield. I never thought they would run. Now there are not many troops in Siberia. I am afraid that it will soon Will fall into the hands of the Moscow government! "
Ferdinand was speechless. He clearly had an advantage. Now his strategy is passive. The Russians' road to reunification is doomed.
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.
Perhaps now Nicholas II is still celebrating to regain Moscow, and he will cry in the future.
Before the Moscow government left, they were sandwiched between the two tsars. The area under their control was only two or three hundred thousand kilometers, and the population was only five or six million. There was no room for development at all.
But now it's different. There are also 20-30 million people in Siberia. Once integrated, it is a qualitative change.
But the two Tsarist governments have now fought together, and Nicholas II did not have enough troops to eliminate this threat!
Even if there is, it is estimated that he would not attach importance to it, otherwise the Moscow government with sandwich biscuits would have been dead. It should be known that at the beginning they did not have a decent army, but after several 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's role would be small.
Right now, Nicholas Jr. is not weak, and the British support behind the scenes. Nicholas II wants to kill him. It ca n’t be done without two or three years.
After such a long time, the Moscow government has grown bigger. After integrating Siberia, it is estimated that both sides will be anxious again against 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 couldn't support it, Ferdinand would unite Britain and France and support him under the banner of the League of Nations, such as letting them stop the war and directly split the Russian Empire!
After the lessons of the Americans, no one dares to ignore the attitude of the League of Nations, such as Japan, once the decision of the League of Nations came out, they shouted so badly that they did not hand over Hawaii and the Philippines in the end What?
The best solution is for Bulgaria to go into action to pull the frame. Ferdinand will not degrade the situation to that extent. The tiger skin of the League of Nations is still deterring many people.
Only the three leaders of Britain, France, and France know that this alliance is essentially empty, and the conflicts between countries are not small. It is difficult to get everyone together again.
Unless there is another angry person who can make the European people want to kill them and be influenced by public opinion, we can unite again.
This problem may be seen through, but no one dares to bet!
After all, on the bright side, the three countries, Britain, France, and Bulgaria, have always appeared as allies. Under the principle that the big countries have the same position, 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 should not join in, unless Nicholas II can't stand it and ask us for help!"
Megeve thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I am afraid this will not happen!
With the current situation in Russia, how do you think Nicholas II will rule the whole country in the end, unless there are foreign forces, directly intervene in the Russian civil war! "
Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Just step in, it's impossible to say! Who knows if the British will do it?"
The most important thing is the Moscow government, which went to Siberia. It is estimated that soon the tsar's local rule will be subverted, and their organizational ability cannot be underestimated! "
Metiev nodded, which he also had to admit, as sandwich biscuits, it was very surprising that they could persist for so long between the two Tsarist governments.
Perhaps the only people who have been victimized are the people around Moscow. After a few years of war, a group of old, weak, and sick are left. From the peak of more than 6 million people, to now, there are only more than 100 old and weak. .
All these became the burden of Nicholas II, the little dad of the Russian people. UU reads www. uukanshu.com, he has to follow whether he wants it or not, even if many people in it have been brainwashed and hate him.
Most people still "snacked the pot pulp to welcome the king." No, there is only water left in the pot, so wait for the rice to cook!
For a long time in the war, the local economy has long since collapsed, and food production has also failed to make ends meet. The young and strong followed the army, leaving the rest of the old, weak, and sick.
To them, the arrival of Nicholas II's army is the meal ticket, and everyone is not stupid!
Just shout a few slogans and support His Majesty the Great Nicholas II, even for the sake of face, for his own fame, and to show the justice of his war, Nicholas II also had to conduct disaster relief!
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