Mediterranean Hegemony Road

On September 15, 1891, the front page of the Bulgarian Daily published the "Draft Plan for the Bulgarian State-owned Steel Plant".

The Bulgarian media is happy, starting from Nikolai's questioning of Sofia, followed by the Russia-Paul negotiation, various topics continued, and the newspapers were sold out of stock.

Now the government has thrown out the steel plant plan, the government has come forward to make plans, and the Bulgarian people have become accustomed to it. Since the earliest "Five-Year Plan", the government has never been idle, and has been constantly tossing and turning.

But it's amazing to see what's inside. The government invests in the establishment of a steel plant, which is planned to be put into operation within three years, and a large-scale steel plant with an annual output of 270,000 tons of iron, 140,000 tons of steel, and 90,000 tons of steel, totaling 500,000 tons.

It instantly attracted the attention of the public and detonated public opinion. There are those who support and those who oppose, each expressing their own opinions and arguing endlessly.

The opposition believes that the government is talking empty words, and it is impossible to realize it. The reason is that the countries with an annual output of more than 500,000 tons of steel in the world, in addition to the six major foreign countries, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Austria, Hungary, Belgium and Luxembourg, and then disappeared!

Some people may be wondering, what about our Italian profit? After all, it is also a European power. It is a pity that the Italian steel industry is such a rubbish. It has just started, with less than 50,000 tons of slag.

A Bulgarian steel plant has increased its production capacity to the top ten in the world. It is a joke. And does Bulgaria need that much steel? This is more than Italy. It is a complete waste of money. It is better to invest in other industries.

If the Bulgarians of later generations saw it, they would definitely say, what is more than Italy! For a period of time in history, Bulgarian steel production has surpassed Italy.

Those who support it believe that no matter whether it can be done or not, it must be done. Steel is the foundation of a strong country. There is always a dream, just in case it comes true!

Oh, the destruction of free competition in the market that Constantine is worried about, no one cares at all.

The capitalists said that we are not stupid, we are destined to lose money, and we will rob it when our brains are flooded! Let the government do what it wants. We are also patriotic and will not oppose a strong country.

Then, in the hustle and bustle, it just went by without anyone taking to the streets to protest. It is estimated that no one dares, the last group of people who protested in the streets, and the road construction on the construction site!

They violated the Bulgarian public security management regulations and affected the normal life of citizens. Protests are allowed under Bulgarian law, but they must not interfere with the lives of others. It's like saying that protests and demonstrations should go to places where there is no one!

Whether the steel plant can be built, Ferdinand can say with certainty, there is absolutely no problem! As for the production capacity, I didn't see that it said "put into production within three years". As for when it will reach 500,000 tons, wait for that, sooner or later.

We also have Mr. Constantine, who is in a very bad mood now, and here comes the trouble. A large number of experts and scholars came to the door and asked about the progress of the steel plant, expressing that they could help voluntarily. It was fine at first, but he was still moved and answered patiently. There were too many people behind him, and he had a headache, and some even came to urge him to hurry up every three days.

Constantine really wanted to say: "Progress! I haven't seen the newspaper advertisement, is it just a draft? It's just to test everyone's reaction. How does I know it's going well!"

"Oh, why are you all here? Scholars in chemical physics, this can be counted, it's related! Mechanical major, this can be your counterpart, and you are right to pay attention!"

"What are you studying art? Oh, thank you for that, we don't need you!"

"What, you're not kidding! You are a linseed oil equipment manufacturer, what are you doing?... It was just established yesterday, in order to... Okay, the door is over there, walk slowly without giving it away!"

All kinds of messy people came to the door, and Constantine had to close the door to thank the guests.

If you want to help voluntarily, you can send someone to register and find you if you need it; if you want to take the opportunity to make a fortune,

Those who sell equipment can get out of the way. I don't even know that Bulgaria has such an awesome machinery factory.

These are just minor issues, the key is the management of the steel plant, and what about the skilled workers? It's no use hollowing out those small workshops in Bulgaria!

Seeing the government's blind actions, Ferdinand decisively stopped. What should I do? There is no good way, there is a stupid way, learn from Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant.

Directly send people to study, just started to invite British technical engineers. No way, who said that in these years, the British steel industry is the most developed!

A Hanyang iron and steel plant, Zhang Zhidong spent 5.8 million taels of silver. (At that time, silver had not depreciated greatly.) Unfortunately, due to the reckless actions of the bureaucrats, it never broke out of full production capacity, and he was still the No. 1 steel factory in Asia.

The steel plant currently under construction in Bulgaria has a similar total investment, which is about 7 million leva, but the production capacity is greatly exceeded.

Anyway, the loan contracts signed by Stam’s cabinet with the United Kingdom that year stipulated that British goods must be purchased.

The loan of more than 50 million levs is being used right now. Small countries are miserable. They clearly promised to get loans, but they can't get cash, and they have to pay interest.

The loan contract signed by the Stam government is not fundamentally different from that of the Big Apple borrowing foreign debt.

The manpower problem is solved, and the next step is to purchase equipment. Ferdinand originally planned to go out in person, but unfortunately, considering the diplomatic influence, he was negotiating with Russia and had to give up.

This purchase is not only for steel plant equipment, but also industrial equipment required by other industries in Bulgaria.

Due to the industrial revolution, technology has developed rapidly in recent years, and many factory equipment needs to be updated. Ferdinand simply asked the government to come forward and organize the capitalists who need to purchase in the country to buy together, which is also convenient for bargaining.

Because of the huge amount of purchases, the government has to send someone with a lot of weight. Ferdinand could no longer go, and this glorious and arduous task fell on Chekov.

A super team led by cabinet members and assembled most of Bulgaria's industry elites was formed. The first stop is London, and then we have to go to Vienna.

"It is the uncle who owes money", this sentence only applies to future generations, and Bulgaria has no such confidence.

Oh, and what's even worse is that the money is given in installments, and the interest is paid from start to finish. Bulgaria has only gotten a fraction of the hundreds of millions of leva borrowed. No way, the foreign powers at the end of the 19th century were so overbearing.

"Mr. Chekov, your task is very important this time. In addition to purchasing equipment, you have to dig as many engineers as possible!" Ferdinand said with concern

"Your Excellency, don't worry! I swear in the name of God that this matter will be done well!" Chekov assured