Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Genius to remember the address of this site in one second: (Top Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? "Dear Prince Mikhail, I welcome you on behalf of all the people of Bulgaria!" Metev said politely

"Thank you! Nice to see you again, Marquis Metev!" Mikhail said with a smile

(Mikhail's full name: Mikhail Alexandrovich, the younger brother of Nicholas II, who passed on to him after the February Revolution, was rejected by him, so Romanov The dynasty perished, refused the throne and still did not escape, and was wiped by the **** the following year.)

"Long time no see, Marquis Satsunov!" Metev continued to greet

He knew that the matter of the negotiation was still Satsunov, and that the purpose of Grand Duke Mikhail's visit was only for exchanges between the royal families, and he would not participate in the negotiation.

"Indeed, old friend, we haven't seen each other for almost three years. Now you are a marquis. Congratulations, Mr. Metev!" Sassnov said gracefully.

However, there was still a bit of jealousy in his eyes, and if nothing else, there was also a credit for him.

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Ferdinand was a little surprised by Mikhail's sudden visit. Ferdinand's impression of him was not very good, and they did not have much contact with each other.

As an out-of-the-ordinary rebel, Mikhail was not very well-received in the royal family, and Ferdinand remembered that Senia had turned against him over the issue of his marriage.

Breaking the tradition that nobles do not intermarry is nothing, the social atmosphere at that time has been opened up a lot, and Russia has allowed nobles to intermarry.

It's a pity that a woman who has been divorced twice and has a disorganized private life is still pregnant out of wedlock, and she is not sure who the child is, so she got married under such circumstances.

Xenia persuaded him to calm down, at least to make sure that the child is not his own, it is best to keep it outside, this is related to the face of the Romanov family.

Ferdinand didn't know what happened to the process. He only knew that Queen Xenia, who was angry at the end, was gone, and then their wedding Xenia didn't participate, and the two sides cut off communication since then.

But without taking responsibility, Ferdinand still knew.

After the outbreak of the February Revolution, the royalists supported him as the new tsar, and Nicholas II agreed to pass the throne and take full responsibility. As a result, he said that the decision should be handed over to the people. !

It directly caused the royalist party to fall apart. After all, there is no future for such a middle-school emperor to mix with him!

Despite his reluctance, Ferdinand held a welcome banquet for him, and Queen Xenia said that she was not free, she wanted to hold a personal banquet, and it was very clear that she slapped her face.

Well, it is not easy for Ferdinand to intervene in the problems between their siblings.

However, since Mikhail got married, the high-level aristocratic banquets usually do not have the presence of their husband and wife, and it is estimated that they are used to being ignored.

Ferdinand really didn't understand what Nicholas II sent him to do, even if he wanted to go the harem route, the Russian royal family was not alone, at least he had to send someone with a good relationship.

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"Mr. Sassonov, can we start?" Metev asked with a smile

"Of course, what does your country want, Mr. Metev, can you put forward the conditions?" Sassonov asked

"It's a pity that I can't answer you. In fact, Bulgaria's interest in the territory of the Russian Empire is very limited, and there is no place that interests us particularly!" Metev said righteously.

Seeing Metev talking nonsense with his eyes open, Sassnov was too lazy to complain. If he really wasn't interested, would he still use it at the negotiating table?

Even Satsunov doubts that there is no place that you are particularly interested in. Does that mean that you are interested in all places?

After thinking about it, he definitely won't say it directly, everyone is a peer and knows that people are tough.

"Okay, then, we intend to sell Western Ukraine, how about 20 billion levs?" Sassonov said calmly

"Mr Sassonoff,

Are you sure you're not kidding? Western Ukraine is not worth that much money, and you have mortgaged Ukraine to the bank, don't you want to sell the goods to two companies? ' Metev asked, pretending to be surprised.

"Of course not, Mr. Metev, you underestimate the Ukrainian region. You must know that there are many mineral resources in this region..." Satsunov explained.

"There are many mineral resources, but there is no economic value for mining. What can we do with Western Ukraine now?

Are you farming? Do you think that Europe's largest grain exporter will be short of grain now? ' Metev interrupted.

This is not Metev's nonsense, Western Ukraine includes Bukovina and Carpathians? Parts of Ruthenia and Lviv, Przemysil, Koroya, Stanislavia.

These areas are not all in the hands of the Russians. Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire both control part of them. In fact, the area controlled by the Russians is only 100,000 square kilometers.

All Metev is too lazy to ask, the specific scope of Western Ukraine, no matter how to increase it, it will not increase too much.

In any case, the transaction price of the land this time is definitely not as high as the previous unit price. There is no strategic value. How can it be possible to want Bulgaria to pay a high price?

At most, it is calculated according to the current land transaction price of the International Shichang. According to the prevailing price, the land in Ukraine is indeed very valuable. The problem is that there is a master!

In Europe, land is privately owned. Now, in a peaceful age, you can't move the owner's land. Naturally, this value is greatly reduced.

"It's a big deal, let's add the Georgia region, right?" Sassonov pretended to be angry.

"That's good, we don't bother to talk about it anymore, how about 10,000 levs per square kilometer, as long as the land bordering us can be counted?" Metev thought for a while and said.

"Impossible, Mr. Metev, you are robbery! To know the current domestic land price in your country, the price of a hectare of land is worth tens of thousands of levs!" Sassunov retorted

"The account can't be calculated like this. The land in our country with a price of tens of thousands of levs is all the good and good land that has been developed.

And this land transaction, we are not picky, whether it is a desert or a wasteland, it is the same price!

As for your fertile land and minerals, you already have the owner. Even if we buy it, can we drive the owner away?

If you can drive away all the owners of the land, then we can calculate it directly based on the area of ​​cultivated land. What do you think? ' Metev asked rhetorically.

"This is impossible, private property is sacrosanct!

But the price you gave is too low, how about 100,000 levs per square kilometer, so everyone can accept it? "Sassonoff said righteously.

"Impossible. No one in the whole world dares to take over such a high price. Why don't you ask the Austro-Hungarian Empire to see if they will accept your conditions?" Metev retorted.

Do you still ask this question? Of course not, if it were an option, it is estimated that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would happily accept the land transaction case of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

But now the land is bundled and traded in such a way that the Austro-Hungarian government will not touch it as long as it has no brains.

The ethnic issues in their country are already troublesome enough, and if some Slavs are added in, the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire that has finally been stabilized will soon be turbulent again.

The most important thing is that they have no money. As a loser in the world war, the Austro-Hungarian government is also heavily in debt. If Britain and France did not need them to check and balance Bulgaria and the Russian Empire, it is estimated that they are not much better than Germany and Italy now.

"How about 90,000 leva per square kilometer?" Satsunov thought for a while and said

"If we let us choose the land, 90,000 levs per square kilometer can still be considered!" Metev replied without hesitation.

"It's impossible. If you let your country choose, you won't be able to buy it for 90,000 levs!" Satsunov refused without hesitation.

"Mr. Sassunov, you can calculate the current price of land transactions within the Russian Empire, and the current land in your country is less than 5,000 leva per hectare.

If the cultivated land area of ​​your country is divided by the land area, the proportion is less than one-third The upper and lower fields and the middle fields, after comprehensive conversion, may not be worth 8,000 levs per square kilometer of arable land.

Then we calculate the mineral resources. Your country's mineral resources are really rich, but they have little mining value. Divide your total mineral value by the land area. On average, the price of mineral resources per square kilometer is about 1,000 columns. Between Eph and 1500 levs.

Then calculate your grassland and forest resources, the average value per square kilometer is less than 500 levs.

Based on this calculation, then we give an estimate of 10,000 levs per square kilometer of land, which is very reasonable. This is the result of a comprehensive evaluation based on our actual situation! "Metev said calmly.

Satsunov was dumbfounded. Why did he not know these materials, how to judge the authenticity, and how did Bulgaria get it?

Obviously he didn't know that this was Metev's stolen concept, and these prices are the prices inside the Russian Empire now.

During the war years, these real estates could not be effectively developed, so they were naturally worthless. The average data was naturally much lower than the actual value.

Otherwise, according to Bulgarian valuations, the entire Russian Empire is worth less than 300 billion levs, how is this possible?

If it is so cheap, if you sell London now, you can buy a small half of the Russian Empire. In the next three to five years, London alone will be equivalent to the Russian Empire.

"Mr. Metev, you can't calculate the account like this. You also ignore human resources, factories, and urban municipal engineering. After all these factors are converted, the final conclusion is accurate!" Sassnov said.

"Well, that's all for today's meeting. After you have made careful calculations, we can continue to negotiate happily!" Metev immediately terminated the negotiation.

Anyway, it's enough to fool the Russians into it. In the end, it's up to the Russians to take advantage of them.

In order to achieve the ultimate goal, the issue of price is actually the best thing to negotiate!

"Well, there are a lot of things accepted today. Let's calm down, think about it quietly, and talk about it tomorrow!" Sassunov said with a sigh of relief

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