Bulgarian Empire

Loan negotiations between Bulgaria and Russia started quietly, and Bulgaria's ten-year plan to invest in the largest transportation was also put on the agenda.

Rolex Dodd said cautiously: "The most core item of the conference today - transportation, including railways and roads, is expected to have a total investment of 60 billion levs.

The first one, the Baghdad railway resumes work and extends it to the Persian Gulf region, with an estimated total investment of 1.85 billion levs;

Article 2. To build a railway from the Asia Minor peninsula to Jerusalem, ordered to be the Holy City Railway, with an estimated total investment of 2.86 billion levs;

Article 3. To build a railway around the Arabian Peninsula, complete the docking with the Baghdad Railway via Iraq, and complete the docking with the Al-Quds Railway through Jordan, with an estimated total investment of 9.84 billion levs;

Article 4. Construct a total of 72 branch lines along the Baghdad Railway and the Holy City Railway, with an estimated total investment of 4.56 billion levs;

Specific branch lines include St. Franky Railway, Tamar Railway, Yaori Siqi Railway...

Article 5. To build a railway in the southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula to connect our local border. The estimated total investment is 2.84 billion levs;

Article 6. In order to strengthen the control over the colonies, the Ministry of Communications decided to build 13 railways in the African colonies, with an estimated total investment of 1.86 billion levs;

Including: Nigeria Railway, Libya Railway, Namibia Railway, Kenya Railway

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Article 36. The Ministry of Communications plans to implement expressways to cover counties, third-class roads to towns, and fourth-class roads to connect 80% of the local villages within ten years. The total investment is estimated to be 180% Lev 1.97 billion; (no limitation on source of funds)

Article 37, Asia Minor Peninsula Highway Plan, the Ministry of Communications plans to invest 7.86 billion levs to build expressways between major cities in Asia Minor Peninsula; (no limitation on source of funds)

Article 37. Highway plans in special areas, including important ports, industrial bases, industrial raw material production areas, and military locations. The Ministry of Communications plans to invest 9.68 billion levs to implement railway and road coverage plans for these areas; ( limited to domestic funds)

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After reading it, Rolex Dodd joked: "Finally finished reading, I can also breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at the numbers above, I thought it was an extra zero. I was so scared that I checked it three times to make sure there was no mistake." Then, dare to read it!"

Sure enough, the humor cells of the Bulgarians were not very good. After a bit of liveliness, no one laughed out loud. It seemed that many people were still obsessed with the number 60 billion.

Rolex Dodd did not continue to talk nonsense, and said directly: "Members who have questions now, please raise your hands!"

As soon as his voice fell, all the people below raised their hands in unison. At a glance, almost 90% of the congressmen raised their hands. It seems that there are not a few people who have doubts.

Rolex Dodd still remained calm and said: "Okay, the gentleman in the middle of the first row, please ask questions!"

The man who was named stood up and said angrily: "Mr. Beshir, please tell me the value of building the railway around the Arabian Peninsula. With all due respect, although the Arabian Peninsula has a vast territory, nothing but sand is sand!

We invested huge sums of money in it, where is the return? Just relying on the few nomads on the island, they can provide us with 300,000 cows and 1 million sheep at most every year, and we have to exchange them for grain. This investment will not recover the cost even after 10,000 years! "

Beshir Ivanov replied calmly: "First of all, I want to correct one point. The Arabian Peninsula is not just sand. In terms of strength, the desert only occupies one-third of the peninsula. Although the rest of the land is mostly wasteland and mountains. , but it is not completely without economic value!

In addition to economic value, we must also consider military value. The Persian Gulf is the most important port for us to enter the Indian Ocean. In the future, it will be the largest military base of our navy!

Preparations for oil exploration in Iraq have now begun,

Transportation must also rely on the ports of the Persian Gulf. In the future, the main source of Bulgaria's oil will be the Persian Gulf region.

To protect our overseas colonies, it is much faster for the navy to set out from the Persian Gulf than from the Mediterranean Sea.

Maybe you don't know yet, our overseas colonies have achieved a balance of payments in general, and it won't be long before we can make up for the domestic!

And there are still mineral resources we need in the colony. Once developed, it will completely change the status quo of our lack of mineral resources!

Out of strategic security considerations, we have to strengthen our control over the Arabian Peninsula, so the railway around the Arabian Peninsula is imperative! "

Everyone fell into silence, as if they were thinking about whether it was worth it.

That's right, after the deal with the British, Bulgaria's colonies are no longer in a state of loss. The newly added richer colonies are still profitable every year, and the colonies in Africa have finally achieved a breakeven.

Of course, Asia Minor, Iraq, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula are not counted. These areas are construction areas, otherwise they are still in a state of loss.

Seemingly aware of this, Beshir-Ivanov added again: "This century is the age of the ocean. If Bulgaria does not want to stay in the Mediterranean forever, then going to the ocean is inevitable, and the Persian Gulf strategy is our step forward." first step!"

"Ocean Strategy"! This reason is undoubtedly more convincing than the least reason. It can be said that ambitious countries all over the world are fighting for it!

There are successes and failures! And the British Empire is the most successful one, and everyone is scrambling to follow suit.

The Russians worked hard for more than a century, and finally broke out of the Baltic Sea. As a result, another civil war broke out and they declared failure.

The Germans were even more miserable. The world's largest army power dominated Central Europe. As a result, when they marched towards the ocean, they were blocked by the British and fell into the sand!

The ambitious ocean plan of the Americans was about to succeed just after it started. As a result, the "American flu" ushered in, and it was beaten up by the whole world, and it was divided.

Now it's Bulgaria's turn, how should the maritime strategy go? It is definitely impossible to go directly to the Germans and Americans.

From suppressing the expansion of the navy, they knew that the government did not intend to stand up and challenge the supremacy of the British Empire. While everyone was relieved, it was also regrettable!

Rolex Dodd's voice sounded in everyone's ears again: "The third row, the tenth gentleman from the left, please speak!"

The old man stood up and asked, "Mr. Beshear, what is the government's maritime strategy? Can you tell me?"

Beshir Ivanov thought for a while and said: "This is not a secret. The maritime strategy formulated by the Bulgarian government is mainly based on the economy. It has no plan to participate in the competition for world hegemony, and we do not have that. A bit of strength!"

The old man continued with satisfaction. This answer is very reassuring. With Bulgaria's current strength, as long as it does not come out to challenge the British Empire's world dominance, it is appropriate to be a regional hegemon!

Rolex Dodd said again: "If you have questions, please raise your hands!

Second row, first gentleman on the right, please ask! "

The man said directly: "May I ask Mr. Beshear, is it necessary for us to build railways in the African colonies? Of course I am not talking about all the railways here, but the economy in some areas is so bad that I can't see how to build railways." Where is the value of the railway!

If it is to maintain the rule, those rotten places should not be peeped by the big powers! As for the natives, I don't think they can threaten our rule! "

Beshir-Ivanov said with a smile: "The question is very simple, those areas are worthless now, but they will become valuable when the railway is built.

You should also notice that our investment in African colonies is not large. The main purpose is to improve transportation in some areas and facilitate our development of local mineral resources.

No matter how bad it is, several plantations can be developed in the local area, which will be profitable in the long run. These investments can recover their costs within five to ten years after the completion of the railway! "

Although he didn't say it, everyone knows that manpower is the biggest expense in building railways, and cheap labor is available. The cost of building railways in Africa is much lower than that in the mainland.

The same is true for mining and plantation later, using cheap local labor to reduce production costs, even if the freight is higher, it is still profitable!

Rolex Dodd's voice broke the silence: "First row, sir on the far right, please ask questions!"

The man asked suspiciously: "Mr. Beshear, the Ministry of Communications has invested so much this time, has it considered our financial affordability?

Sixty billion levs, even if it is divided into ten years, it is 6 billion levs per year, which has almost used up our annual finances! "

Beshir Ivanov said calmly: "It's not almost, our fiscal revenue this year is less than 6 billion levs? Maybe we can break through next year!"

If all the Enai government invests, we can all declare bankruptcy. After all, apart from the Ministry of Communications, there are other departments that are asking for money.

Everyone knows that our Bulgarian railway company has already made a profit. Although it is only 400 to 500 million yuan a year, it is still reported!

This time the railway will still be dominated by government investment, while the highway will be dominated by private capital. At that time, we will invite bids from all over the world and hand over our domestic highways to capitalists for construction.

At present, the profit channel designed by the government for them is to build gas stations and grocery stores on both sides of the road, and the government is responsible for helping them acquire land.

Of course, this is just an idea, and what the final result will be is yet to be discussed. We are not sure whether capitalists can accept this new cooperation model, and we do not rule out the possibility of setting up toll booths on expressways!

In this way, the total investment of the optical railway project is 25.8 billion levs, and the government’s financial allocation of 5 billion levs is almost enough. The railway company can provide more than 5 billion levs by itself, and the remaining 1.5 billion More than one billion levs, the railway company will use these railways to borrow money from domestic banks to undertake the construction! "

Fortunately, it is a loan from a domestic bank. If the right of way is mortgaged to a foreign bank, it is estimated that many people will jump out.

The man asked in surprise: "Mr. Beshear, can gas stations make money alone? You must know that the total number of motor vehicles in our country is only two to three million, and the number of cars is less than one million. If you rely on this to recover the cost, then the gas cost will not rise to the sky?"

Beshir-Ivanov explained: "The data you mentioned is not accurate. It was last year's data. The growth rate of motor vehicles in our country is 38.6%, and the growth rate of cars is 100%. 25.4/25!

Although it is impossible to maintain such a high growth rate all the time, it is not a problem that the total number of motor vehicles in the country will exceed 10 million within ten years.

According to the average refueling fee of 1,000 levs per car per year, their revenue is 10 billion levs. Of course, this also includes road maintenance costs.

This number should be able to achieve a balance of payments. If capitalists want to make a profit, they may have to wait a little longer. When we achieve that every household has a car in the future, they will make a profit. This is a long-term investment. put in!

If the capitalists can't accept it, we will also consider letting them collect motor vehicle tolls on the highway to shorten their profit time! "

Like most people, Besir-Ivanov is not sure whether the capitalists can make a profit just relying on gas stations. After all, the price of oil cannot rise without limit. If the price is too high, it will discourage everyone from buying a car. Enthusiasm belongs to killing the chicken and picking the egg!

Bulgaria has a limited population. In their view, the country has 10 million motor vehicles, which is almost the limit. Under this figure, there may be no problem in making a profit, but it is definitely not so easy to make money.

Therefore, this business is doomed to only Ferdinand, a future oil tycoon, who can do it. Even if the profit of the gas station is not enough to realize the profit, but the oil company has made money, it is regarded as the initial investment for cultivating the market.

Everyone fell into deep thought, and suddenly someone raised their hand again. Rolex Dodd said without nonsense, "The fourth row, the second gentleman from the left, please ask questions!"

The man said in embarrassment: "Mr. Beshear, is there a time limit for this?"

Beshir Ivanov asked suspiciously: "Are you asking about the gas station or the toll station? If it is a gas station, I think there should be no time limit. After all, apart from building highways, capitalists are also responsible for connecting villages." Highway, the investment here is too big, and we don't know how long it will take them to pay back!

If it is a highway toll station, there should be a time limit, and it will not undertake the construction of ordinary highways. The investment in building highways is not so large, and it is easier to make profits! "

There is no way around this. If you only build expressways and leave ordinary roads behind, people can refuel and then go on expressways. If you don’t monopolize gas stations across the country, don’t even think about making money!

This is not only because the government wants to tie up business to capitalists, but for profit, they have to do this!

The man continued to ask: "Then Mr. Beshear, what about agricultural vehicles? Ordinary family cars, those who can afford them are rich people. Even if the price of oil increases by two or three times, they can afford it, but ours What about agricultural vehicles and transport vehicles?

Ordinary people cannot afford this expense, which will hit our current mechanized agriculture! "

Besir Ivanov replied calmly: "This problem does exist, but your guess may not happen!

The first capitalists are not stupid, and it is impossible to set a high price that most people cannot afford, so that they cannot sell oil;

The second is the Price Bureau. The government will not sit back and watch the skyrocketing oil price. For example, once the oil price skyrockets, the government will issue regulations to limit the price of oil used for agricultural machinery and transportation vehicles.

What the capitalists can fully control is the gas price of private cars, which is a luxury. As you said just now, even if the gas price increases by two or three times, they can still accept it! "

Well, in this day and age, everyone's car is still the standard equipment of the rich, at least only the middle class can afford it, and we don't need everyone to think about the oil price for them.

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