Bulgarian Empire

Seeing Ferdinand getting angry, Lauren Holman said, "Respect Your Excellency the Archduke, I can answer this question for you!"

"Oh, then Mr. Lauren will give me a reason!" Ferdinand said angrily

Lauren-Holman didn't care about Ferdinand's attitude, and said calmly: "Your Excellency, the railway project has been carried out so far. In fact, we have done a lot of work beyond the railway itself!"

"Oh!" Ferdinand exclaimed in surprise

Lauren-Holman continued: "In fact, while building the railway, we must also build the road first. Of course, due to the underestimation of the geographical conditions at the time, the difficulty of construction was underestimated! These conditions add up to The current labor gap!"

Ferdinand understood, his face became normal, and he said calmly: "I understand. Mr. Lauren means that in addition to the railway project, we have also added a supporting road network. In addition, is it right? The 10 million pound budget will also be greatly increased?"

Lauren Holman said simply: "Yes, Your Excellency! It is estimated that it will increase by about 50%. Of course, if it is only a temporary road, the cost can be lower, but it is not cost-effective."

Ferdinand knew about the situation, and immediately the rain turned sunny and said: "Well, okay, I know about this matter. Thank you, Mr. Lauren, the people of Bulgaria will not forget your painstaking efforts! The government will solve this problem as soon as possible, You can build with confidence!"

"Okay, Your Excellency, this is what I should do. Since I don't have anything to do here, and I still have work to do on the construction site, I will retire first." It seems that Ferdinand's next move, It was not suitable for him to participate, and Lauren Holman chose to leave.

Watching the three of Lauren Holman leave, Ferdinand turned his attention to Chekov and Konstantin and asked, "What do you think?"

Chekov shook his head and said no.

Constantine thought about it and said, "Why don't we buy black slaves! Although there are some moral problems, as long as we can ensure the smooth progress of the railway project, it is worth it!"

Ferdinand rolled his eyes and said in his heart, "It's a totally rotten idea. You still buy black slaves at any age. Is this a simple ethnic problem in Bulgaria?" You can tell just by looking at the skin color, there is no way to assimilate after a hundred years.

It seemed that something was wrong, and Constantine said embarrassingly, "Oh, this doesn't seem to work, the price of black slaves is too high!"

Ferdinand almost burst out laughing, co-authoring and you know the money!

After a while, Ferdinand clarified his thoughts and said, "Since we in Bulgaria have a shortage of laborers, we should focus on foreign countries! We can introduce them to our neighbors, or we can go to the most populous countries in the world to find them! But we must ensure that Two principles: first nationalists can't want it, second fanatical religiousism can't want it!"

Both Chekov and Konstantin responded. Now that Bulgarian factories have sprung up and the government is investing heavily in infrastructure construction, there is a natural shortage of labor in the country, and even the wages of workers have increased a lot.

But there are other countries. The Balkan countries do not have many populations, and there are not many idle laborers, but there are many other parts of the world.

It is not too far away from the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Except for Ferdinand's estimation, it is estimated that few people will think that there are the most useful workers there.

In Eastern Europe alone, the labor force of Russia and Austria-Hungary is greatly wealthy. Hundreds of thousands of people are lost every year, and immigrants go to the Americas, and it is enough if half of them can come to Bulgaria.

At this time, Ferdinand thought of ways to increase the population, and said happily: "By the way, Chekov, your Ministry of Education is busy again, and we still need a group of language teachers."

"The basic wages of foreign workers are set a little higher than those of domestic workers, and if they learn Bulgarian, it will increase by a little bit.

If you are willing to join Bulgaria then it is the same as the native workers. "

Chekov asked in confusion: "Your Excellency, Grand Duke, doesn't this increase the cost, and if the latter project is completed, if they go back and leave Bulgaria, aren't we busy working in vain?"

Constantine had the same expression, obviously not understanding Ferdinand's suggestion.

Ferdinand said with a smile: "I didn't plan to let them all stay. Some people will definitely leave. But now Bulgaria's economic situation, although not as good as Western Europe, is no better than our neighbors!"

"Also, our construction can be completed in the short term. At least for the next ten years, we will face the problem of labor shortage, and if they stay in Bulgaria for a few years, many people will choose to stay!"

Constantine suddenly remembered something, looked at Ferdinand in surprise, and said, "Your Excellency, are you planning to use economic means to deal with ethnic issues?"

Seeing that Constantine saw it, Ferdinand didn't deny it, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is just an experiment, it's good to succeed, but it doesn't matter if it fails, it just adds an expense. As long as there is a tenth If only one person stays, we will not be at a loss!"

The above sentence, the following broke the leg. Ferdinand gave a big strategy. Even if it was over, he would continue to discuss life with the girls.

However, the introduction of labor is definitely not as simple as imagined, and the number is still so large. Even in those days, the governments of various countries did not have strict supervision on the private sector, and they did not need to apply for visas.

It takes a lot of energy to send tens of thousands of people to foreign countries alone. There are also food, clothing, housing and transportation all the way, which requires careful organization and arrangement.

Constantine took over the task, and the government revolved around this matter. It was so busy that many people's vacations were cancelled.

Even the Ministry of Education, which has always been relatively quiet, has now begun to go out to find teachers. The educational level is no longer required, as long as you know a few more languages. Even so, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Whether you can get it together or not depends entirely on luck.

Minister Metev, I am in a very bad mood right now. Since Ferdinand decided to bring in laborers, the government organization was the first to pull in people, and then the unscrupulous capitalists also joined in. That's all tricks, and there is nothing wrong with cheating and abducting.

Austria-Hungary and Russia did not feel it yet, and the surrounding neighbors suffered first. Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, and the Ottoman embassies in Bulgaria all sent people to protest.

Fortunately, in this era, no one cares about the life and death of the poor, otherwise the diplomatic pressure alone would be enough to give Ferdinand a headache.

As the one who justified the loss, Minister Metev had to apologize and offer a lot of red envelopes. After a lot of hard work, it was finally settled, and now something happened again.