Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Ferdinand said slowly: "I plan to let the government introduce preferential measures to encourage domestic enterprises to gather together to form a huge industrial park, and then drive a new round of domestic economic development!"

Constantine asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency the Grand Duke, this is equivalent to artificially building a city! But is it really useful? Enterprises are scattered all over the country, and the total amount has not changed. In terms of raw material transportation, Will the cost of many companies increase?"

Ferdinand said patiently: "This is just on the surface. When a large number of people gather together, it will inevitably promote the development of the catering and entertainment industry and increase jobs!"

"There is also the biggest benefit. The gathering of the same industry is conducive to promoting technological innovation of enterprises!"

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Ferdinand tried his best to persuade Constantine. Oh, now he is still not optimistic about the development zone, he only agrees with common sense, and he has no desire to let the government invest.

Ferdinand thought for a while, but didn't say anything. If the government didn't invest, he could invest himself.

No matter how you look at it, this is also a profitable business. Real estate development alone is enough to make money. Don't you see so many businessmen in later generations waving banknotes and rushing to the development zone.

It is not difficult for him to run a city. His own city on the fief of Hungary is not operating well.

Ferdinand was relieved, but Constantine was worried. Although he said that he would give it a try, he actually hoped that the development zone would be successful more than anyone else.

As the next prime minister, Constantine has changed his mind about the economic crisis. As an international student, he has not heard less about the terrifying nature of the economic crisis. Not to mention destroying a country, at least one cabinet toppling is easy.

He took out a map of Bulgaria, convened a meeting of government officials to discuss, and finally selected the suburb of Sliven after many twists and turns.

Sliven is an industrial city in eastern Bulgaria and the capital of Sliven Oblast. Located in the southern foothills of the Balu Mountains. It has been a strategic location since ancient times.

The city was established in 1153. It is one of the textile centers of Bulgaria. In 1834, the country's first woolen factory was established.

There are wool textile, silk textile, textile machinery, machine tool manufacturing, food, wood processing glass, ceramic industry. There are libraries and museums.

In terms of safety, it is already hundreds of kilometers away from the border line, and it can rely on the Balkan Mountains for defense; the railway has been connected to the traffic, and it is not far from the port of Burgas, which is convenient for transportation.

In every way, Sliven is good. Ferdinand was also very satisfied, and later Sliven was still famous for the rose oil in the suburbs.

There is another reason that cannot be said, Ferdinand wants industry to stay away from Sofia. In the years of rapid economic development in Bulgaria, the development of Sofia, the capital, is changing with each passing day.

At the same time, it inevitably brings environmental pollution, and now the air quality in Sofia has dropped significantly.

In this year, it is impossible to introduce an environmental protection law. At most, Ferdinand can only limit the birth of the new factory in Sofia on approval, but he is powerless to do anything about the existing factories.

Now the opportunity came, just to pack them away, and Ferdinand wanted to live a few more years. The future Sofia can be Bulgaria's political center, a cultural center, an economic center, but not an industrial center.

The Bulgarian government has established a new development zone. Since it has not yet achieved results, the administrative level is not high, but it is only a municipal unit directly under the central government.

With the introduction of the preferential measures, the official media, of course, came out to sing praises in a very unscrupulous manner. Oh, the opposition media, unfortunately they are not mainstream.

The "Bulgarian Press Law" clearly stipulates that news media practitioners are financially open, and newspapers are jointly and severally liable for the content of advertisements.

Several newspapers have already paid the price in blood for this. The newspapers closed their doors and their editors were imprisoned.

So now, newspapers are not very interested in advertising, and rely on readers to subscribe.

Unfortunately, the Bulgarian market is too small, and many newspapers were forced to close their doors. By the end of 1891, there were fewer than ten newspapers in the country combined, less than a third of what they were in their heyday.

Bulgarian public opinion has become unified, and it is almost impossible for chaotic ideas to spread through newspapers.

The Social Workers Party, which Ferdinand ordered the intelligence services to focus on, has not even taken shape.

Of course, the main reason is that, from 1888 to 1891, in just three years, the average salary of Bulgarian workers has increased by 20%.

There is also the introduction of the labor law and the appearance of overtime pay. Now everyone is busy making money, and they are not interested in social movements. They are not fooling people. Naturally, there is no soil for political parties to survive.

Because of the brutal struggle between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, disgust has broken the Bulgarian people.

Under the guidance of Ferdinand, anti-party ideology has emerged in Bulgaria, among which the new generation of students is the main force.

The first development zone in Bulgaria was quietly established in a quiet environment. The first head of the development zone was concurrently held by the former mayor of Sliven City, and officials at all levels were basically the same as the original local officials, and there was no change.

The Sliven Development Zone, which was drawn from the city of Sliven, seems to have returned to the original system.

From the above, it is enough to see how unpopular the newly established development zone is in the government. Except for a name change and some preferential policies, there is almost no change in personnel.

No way, except for Ferdinand, the entire Bulgarian government has little expectations for the new development zone. Everyone tries to keep their influence as low as possible, lest they fail and end badly.

Looking at the report sent by Constantine, Ferdinand thought about it and approved it. In line with the province can save, the government has saved a sum of administrative expenses.

Anyway, the infrastructure construction projects of the entire development zone have been contracted by the new zone development company that Franz has just established.

According to the agreement, the government of the Sliven Development Zone has packaged the ten square kilometers of land in the entire zone to the New Zone Development Company at a friendly price of 100,000 levs.

Including the investment and construction in the early stage, the management of municipal services, and the investment promotion in the later stage, all are the tasks of the New District Development Company.

Not only that, according to the agreement. The New District Development Corporation also needs to ensure that within five years, the total enterprise assets of the new district will exceed 100 million leva and the population will exceed 50,000 to be considered a success.

If it fails, the development company will pay three million levas in liquidated damages, and the new district government has the right to purchase the properties in the development zone at a discount.

It's just an empty-handed white wolf, and the government has passed all the risks to the development company. If it is successful, the government can continue to expand the area of ​​the new area and develop it around it; if it fails, the development company will pay for it, and there will be liquidated damages.

Fortunately, the development company belongs to Ferdinand, otherwise no one would dare to sign this contract. Although the profit after success is very large, once there is a change in any link, it will be a waste of money.