Bulgarian Empire

Chapter 20, It's all about profit

Time flies, and the convoy entered St. Petersburg in a flash. This is the fourth time that Ferdinand has set foot in this city.

The previous few times I came to this city, they were all in winter, with the ice and snow and the vast expanse of whiteness, Ferdinand really didn't have the heart to observe the city!

"This is a rare opportunity, maybe this is the last time I come to this city!" Ferdinand thought to himself

At the beginning of the 20th century, St. Petersburg was already a prosperous international metropolis. You can’t see it in winter, but after entering summer, you can still vaguely see the hustle and bustle of people when you look through the car window!

Ordinary life, Ferdinand has no chance to touch it again. Since wearing this crown, it has been two worlds ever since!

Just when Ferdinand was thinking wildly, the convoy had already entered the palace.

...

After several days of various banquets, Ferdinand had the opportunity to have a secret talk with Nicholas II.

In fact, at their level, many things are straight forward, and it is only diplomats to go around and go around in circles!

"Nicholas, you don't really intend to fight the British for the Far East, do you?" Ferdinand half-jokingly said

Nicholas II asked back confidently: "Do you think this is possible? The British have not even settled down with the Boers in South Africa. Will they provoke a new war?

What's more, there is still the Triple Alliance in the European continent, how can we fight for the Japanese monkey? "

Ferdinand smiled slightly and thought to himself: "The Japanese dwarf you look down on now will soon interrupt your ocean dream and drive the Russian Empire into the abyss!"

"Of course, as long as the London government is not stupid, they will not start a new war at this moment!

However, I think it is necessary for you to continue to communicate, so that the people below will not be fooled! "

This is not what Ferdinand said nonsense. Now the Russians and the British regard each other as the main enemy. If they are affected by Ferdinand's butterfly effect and a fight really breaks out, Bulgaria will block the gun for the Russians!

Nicholas II smiled lightly and said: "The conflict between us and the British is a strategic conflict, and it is very difficult to resolve it!

But don't you think the conflict between the British and the Germans is more troublesome? Can those capitalists in London endure their market being robbed by the Germans? "

Ferdinand was slightly taken aback. It is true that from the perspective of future generations, economic contradictions are secondary contradictions, and strategic contradictions are the core contradictions.

That's because the productivity has been developed to a certain extent, the people have awakened, everyone is aware of the dangers of war, the strength of the capitalists has been limited, and countries will exercise restraint among each other!

But now? Capitalists don't care about national interests, they only know that their own interests have been lost!

Ferdinand suddenly understood why Britain, France, and Russia, which had many conflicts in history, suddenly came together. All this is the result of the capitalists behind the scenes!

Why can't the "contradiction between Germany and France" be reconciled?

Is it hatred?

You must know that the hatred between Britain, France and Russia is not greater and deeper than Germany and France?

In addition to the British being in the way, the core factor is that the Germans robbed the French market and harmed the interests of the capitalists!

Thinking of this, Ferdinand sorted everything out. The core contradiction of the First World War was the market competition between capitalists. Britain and France had the most colonies and controlled the world's largest raw materials and markets. If the Germans wanted to continue to develop, they had to choose to seize food!

As for the struggle for hegemony between Britain and Germany, it is undoubtedly a continuation of the struggle for interests!

"It seems that I am thinking too much! The conflict between Britain and Germany is not far away. When it will explode, it depends on how long the London government can resist the pressure of the capitalists!"

Nicholas II said contemptuously: "The government of the French is now completely controlled by the capitalists, and if it does not serve their interests, the government will immediately step down.

How long can the British constitutional monarchy resist? After all, Edward was not Victoria's grandmother, so he might not be able to suppress those people for long!

This is the so-called freedom, governments are infiltrated by capitalists! Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, it must be in their interests. As for national interests, what is it? "

Ferdinand wants to say, you are wrong, Edward's ability is stronger than you think, he is still firmly suppressing the capitalists, but his successor is not enough!

Ferdinand admitted that what Nicholas II said had some truth, but history is written by the victors, and the capitalists won the final victory, so their claims are the truth!

Ferdinand also found that Nicholas II was overly confident, and seemed to think that everything was under control, as if he had already determined his opponent!

And he doesn't understand the current situation in Russia at all. It's right to suppress the capitalists, and it's right to suppress the aristocrats. Even the tsarist government has won the support of the peasantry, but he forgot that the working class is rising!

Once the working class, which has been suppressed by the capitalists for a long time, bursts out, it will be enough to change the world! Even the tsarist government, which suppresses the capitalist class, will become the spokesperson of the bourgeoisie under the guidance of people with good intentions, and will be pushed out to promote hatred!

If you know, you know, but Ferdinand didn't mean to remind him. After all, an overly powerful Russia is not in the long-term interests of Bulgaria!

After all, the future of the Soviet Union is very far away. Before the rise of the Soviet Union, there is still a gap of 20 years. This period of time is enough for Bulgaria to develop and grow. As long as it is strong enough, what can the Soviet Union do?

Ferdinand nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that the future international situation will definitely be very interesting!"

Nicholas II sneered and said: "It depends on the performance of that guy William. If he can't wake up and continue to be led by the nose by the British, the good times of the Second German Empire will come to an end!"

Ferdinand shook his head and said, "Let us mourn for Serena William. He underestimated the influence of capital on a country, and now he probably still hopes for an alliance between Britain and Germany!"

...

After in-depth communication with Nicholas II, Ferdinand found that the Tsarist government was not as bad as the history books said, at least in terms of judgment of the international situation, it was clearer than the Germans!

If Ferdinand was replaced by William II, he would definitely go all out to support the Russians' eastward advance, even if Russia occupied East Asia, so what?

Will they have enough time to digest it? If you can't digest it, such a huge territory can only bear a heavy burden, and eventually empty out every ruble in the Russian treasury!

What's more, the British lost the most. After the Russians gained East Asia, the conflict between Britain and Russia will never be eased!

During this period, simply let Austria-Hungary collapse, and unify Great Germany to strengthen itself! What the final result will be, although it is unpredictable, at least Germany and Russia pk Britain, France and the United States have a much higher chance of winning than Germany and Austria pk Britain, France, Russia and the United States!

After more than a month, Ferdinand's trip to St. Petersburg finally came to an end, and he was very satisfied with the result. The Russians still have to continue to smash the Far East!

At the same time, Bulgaria and Russia have opened up more in-depth cooperation. The most important thing is that the Russian government no longer restricts technological exchanges and cooperation between companies of the two countries!

Aren't the feces Ferdinands of the capitalists still unclear? There is nothing that cannot be sold, if there is, it must be that the price you paid is not high enough!

No matter how unwilling Xenia was, Ferdinand still dragged her to the next stop—Vienna. After all, this time he was visiting all of Europe, and Ferdinand didn't have much time to waste.

Ferdinand of Vienna is still very familiar, even though he has been away for more than ten years, the city has become more prosperous. There are also his childhood memories here, even though it belonged to the former owner, he still thinks it is very beautiful!

Oh, and a bunch of friends and family. This should be said to be inherited from his ancestors. Many aristocratic families are family friends, and there are marriages interspersed with each other. As long as there is no conflict of interest, everyone is still friends!

In order to reduce going out to socialize, Ferdinand simply took the initiative to invite them all over, anyway, his castle in Vienna was still available.

...

Compared with St. Petersburg, Ferdinand's gains in Vienna were very limited, and Bulgaria could not give what the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted; similarly, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not give what Bulgaria wanted!

Relations between the two countries have not improved significantly. On the contrary, the relationship between their relatives has improved a lot, especially Ferdinand Jr. inherited their tradition and became a Catholic, which made his uncle Joseph I very satisfied!

Seeing that the results he wanted could not be achieved in Vienna, Ferdinand did not expect extravagantly. Nothing is perfect in this world, so he quickly ended his trip to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Not to mention the next trip to Berlin, the relationship between him and the nephew of William II is not very good, especially after Bulgaria privately divided the Balkans with the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

On the contrary, in the three Nordic countries, Ferdinand obtained everything he wanted and signed a series of cooperation agreements.

Especially in the military cooperation with Sweden, the unscrupulous Ferdinand directly took out the results he had obtained from the cottages of various countries and traded them with the Swedes.

And the two sides have also reached an agreement on warship research. Well, Bulgaria is paying tuition again this time! But Ferdinand is still very satisfied, it would be nice if he would take you to play.

Ferdinand can now cooperate with others to launch battleships, but the Japanese military industry that started at the same time is miserable. In addition to digging the corners of Manqing, they can only buy British technology to develop independently!

Of course, the technology is about to be eliminated. On the contrary, the boatmen and technicians they dug from the Qing Dynasty are more helpful to their shipbuilding industry!

Well, Ferdinand admitted that learning warship technology is actually just a cover! The real purpose is to learn secretly and build the supporting technology behind the battleship!

After all, warships are the industrial crystallization of a country, which includes precision machinery, engine technology, high-level welding technology, fluid mechanics, and metallurgy and other fields.

If you go to public relations in one field and one field, then the cost will be too high, it is better to pack it together and learn together!

Anyway, as long as the cooperation starts, these fields must be touched, and we can always find a way to do it. Even in later generations, money can be used to clear the way, not to mention in this era of less strict technological blockade, it is even simpler!

This is the real reason why Ferdinand had to be patient and run from country to country.

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