Bulgarian Empire

In order to ensure the safety of the Black Sea Strait and to establish the "Great Slavic Empire", the Russians finally decided to support Bulgaria in challenging the Ottoman Empire!

But the biggest problem now is not the Russian government, but the attitude of the French government! Who said that the finances of the Russian Empire are not good? One billion levs is not a small amount, equivalent to nearly 40 million pounds, and hundreds of tons of gold!

It is not that the Russian Empire does not have this money, but it is absolutely impossible to have so much idle funds that can be used as loans! Are they still borrowing money from the French?

Of course, compared to the Russian loan, Ferdinand's lion's big mouth of one billion levs is actually nothing! During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians borrowed 800 million francs at one time, and this is only a small amount of it!

Of course, the French are willing to lend to the Russians. In addition to economic benefits, the most important thing is that they need the Russian Empire, an ally, to jointly suppress the "Triple Alliance" on the European continent.

Bulgaria obviously does not have such strength, and the risk of lending to a small country is still very high. For example, the previous loan from the French to Serbia has basically been declared to be in vain.

The government of Serbia, which was beaten by Ferdinand, has long since gone bankrupt. Now the country is in chaos, and the situation depends on the Austro-Hungarian Empire to maintain it. There is no such thing as "debt repayment"! Based on the relationship between Germany and France, it is impossible for Austria-Hungary to make Serbia pay back the money!

What about the Serbian government itself? It has been emptied a long time ago, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not a philanthropist. Even if it is to help stabilize the situation, expenses will be reduced as much as possible. For example, the Serbian army was disbanded!

No, it can't be said to be disbanded. After the end of the Baosai War, the main force of Serbia's army disappeared, and Austria-Hungary just put the militia they mobilized back home.

Then the last armed force in Serbia, there are only more than 3,000 guards of Alexander I left. There is also a group of policemen, and the Austro-Hungarian army has taken on Serbia's defense tasks. It seems that it will be annexed sooner or later!

The amount of the loan is simply not large, and it doesn't matter that the French are rich and powerful. The capitalists whose interests have been lost are very dissatisfied.

Now that Bulgaria has applied for a loan, they have already started gearing up and preparing to make up for their losses, but the attitude of the international lending government is crucial!

There is no need for Ferdinand to do anything. Driven by interests, the capitalists have already started public relations. Want to use the influence of the French government to get the maximum benefit for them!

President François Philippe Faure is discussing matters with his subordinates. That's right, it's the famous sixth president of France who said "Du Danhua dies, even if he's a ghost"! (Remarks: During sex with his mistress, he suffered a heart attack and died.)

Don't get me wrong, although what they are discussing is related to Bulgaria, the core is not Bulgaria's loan issue, but relations with Russia!

The Minister of Foreign Affairs analyzed: "Mr. President, from our point of view, the eastward shift of the strategic center of the Russian Empire will inevitably lead to strategic contraction in Europe. In the future, the pressure on France on the Western Front will definitely increase greatly!

Our best option is: to bring the Russians back to Europe, but this is very difficult to do! Unless their Far East strategy is frustrated, it is a pity that the Tatars in the East have fallen and are unable to stop their expansion!

However, the greedy Russians still have no plans to give up the Balkans, and instead plan to support puppets!

So far, it's been a success! The Bulgarians are doing well so far, but the future is hard to predict. The young Archduke Ferdinand is not so easy to control.

Nicholas II now wants to further control Bulgaria economically, but the Russians themselves are short of money, which is why the Russians asked us to jointly form a bank. "

President François Philippe Faure thought for a while,

Said: "I understand what you mean, the Russians are still not giving up on the Balkans, or are they still interested in the Bosphorus, right?"

The Foreign Secretary replied: "Yes, Your Excellency! The greed of the Russians knows no bounds, and their appetites are much greater than we can imagine.

However, Nicholas II seems to have learned the lesson of his great-grandfather, knowing that no one in Europe wants them to enter the Mediterranean, so he adopted a roundabout strategy, first using Bulgaria as a pawn to test the attitude of the great powers!

Of course, it is not ruled out that they are working hard to establish the legendary "Great Slavic Empire", or even a combination of both!

If we agree to this loan, perhaps a new round of Balkan war will break out in the near future!

The Bulgarians cannot resist the bait thrown by the Russians! Whether it is Istanbul or Macedonia, Bulgaria is determined to win!

Once the Balkan War breaks out, whether the Russians are willing or not, they must take back part of their energy and return to Europe!

And according to my judgment, if the Russians do not take action themselves, but only support Bulgaria's expansion in the Balkans, it is very likely to be realized. Oh, provided that the Russians did not enter the Mediterranean!

In South Africa, the British and Germans are still arguing about the Boers. In North Africa, the British and us are also in conflict. They have no energy to interfere with the actions of the Russians in the short term!

In order for the Turks to admit the fact that the British occupied Egypt, it is estimated that the British are still eager to break out of the Balkan War immediately? "

François Philippe Faure asked in surprise: "So, the situation in the Balkans is now in our hands?"

"That's right!" The Foreign Secretary replied affirmatively.

François Philippe Fore loosened his shoulders, and then said: "We don't seem to have any reason to refuse? The actions of the Russians in the Balkans will conflict with the Austro-Hungarian Empire sooner or later. In this case, it is better to let them go." !

It is best to be able to pull Russia's strategic center of gravity back from the Far East, even if it fails, it doesn't matter, our capitalists can still make a lot of money anyway! "

The Chancellor interrupted: "Only if the Bulgarians win the war! If they lose, they're not much better off than Serbia. And then, who are we going to collect the loan from?"

The foreign minister smiled and said: "Oh, I can answer this question! Whether it will succeed or fail depends on the input of the Russians?

The Ottoman Empire has fallen, and now it just maintains an empty shelf, which can be broken with a poke! Apart from us and the Russians, the British, the Italians, and the Austro-Hungarians all want them to lose the war, except the Germans.

So whether the Bulgarians will win or not, we don't know yet, but the attitudes of the great powers are the same, and the Germans can only be neutral at best, anyway, the Turks are already doomed to be losers! "