Mediterranean Hegemony Road

The idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel!

Now the top priority of the Bulgarian government is to calculate the military exploits as soon as possible, and then entrust a group of military meritorious classes to the new occupied area to strengthen local control!

Originally, Ferdinand planned to start an agrarian revolution, but after thinking about it, he found it was not worthwhile, and finally gave up!

Half a step ahead is an advanced, one step ahead is a martyr!

Ferdinand would never do something that would kill him! Besides, if all the land is divided, what will he use to buy the morale of the army?

If everyone is treated the same, it will definitely be unfair to those who support Bulgaria. ~~щww~suimеng~lā

What do people think when they put their heads on their waistbands and go through life and death for you, but in the end they get the same treatment as those who have done nothing?

Don't mention any ideals and doctrines, these are all nonsense, and Ferdinand knows why so many people are willing to support Bulgaria.

In addition to the hatred of the Ottoman Empire, the bigger reason is for profit!

The nobles of the Ottoman Empire controlled almost all the interests, and the people at the bottom were always in an oppressed position, and there was no way to rise.

And Bulgaria is an emerging country, there are too many opportunities for everyone to choose! Moreover, when the intelligence agencies recruited people, they always promised generous rewards, otherwise there would be no benefits, who would work so hard?

Ferdinand knew that the core of the driving force supporting Bulgaria's sustainable development is fairness! Rights and obligations are equal, leaving a channel for ordinary people to rise!

Therefore, Ferdinand confiscated the land of the Ottoman nobles and landlords without hesitation!

But for the next land allocation, except for those who have supported Bulgaria before, or provided help for the army or intelligence agencies, they can get a share according to the size of their contributions!

The rest are the soldiers who have made great achievements in this war! These include the local guerrillas and volunteers recruited by Bulgaria, as well as the ten temporary divisions, who are eligible to share the benefits!

Even so, there are not a few lands to be distributed this time!

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s a surprise! According to the estimates of the Bulgarian Bureau of Statistics, the land to be rewarded this time is nearly one million hectares!

The idea of ​​lowering the reward standard,

A flash passed through Ferdinand's mind. The reputation he has spent ten years building up must not be thrown away for some small profits!

Anyway, these lands were all snatched from the enemy, and if they were divided, they would be divided, and he would not be hurt!

Moreover, the Ottoman Empire was an agricultural country under the feudal aristocratic system, and the degree of land annexation was beyond Ferdinand's imagination. The nobles control more than 80% of the land in the Balkans, but now these are all cheaper than Ferdinand!

In terms of value alone, these lands are enough to offset all the expenses of this war, and it is estimated that it will not be less than 8 million hectares!

Of course, this figure also includes a large number of mountains, and the land in the plain area may only account for six or seven layers of the total land!

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After thinking about it, Ferdinand decided to determine the rewards for the frontline soldiers first, and announce them to appease the soldiers, so that the officers can hold back!

"Order all the troops, according to the "Bulgarian Military Merit Reward Regulations" and according to the standards we have established in advance, after the soldiers' military exploits and rewards are approved, they will be published directly!"

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Following Ferdinand's order, all the troops began to get busy, and it was very troublesome to check the military exploits!

It is enough to enter the era of hot weapons, and the simple use of the head to record merit is outdated. Bullets can kill the enemy hundreds of meters away, and artillery can kill the enemy several miles away. This part is difficult to count!

Therefore, the rational distribution of collective military merit according to the performance on the battlefield has become the mainstream of the modern army!

The First Army Command, now the Army Commander and Chief of Staff Petrov are starting to worry!

Previously, in order to attract people to join the army, they came up with the most primitive and most acceptable criterion for judging military exploits based on the number of enemies killed. The effect is very significant, but the sequelae are also very serious!

It is difficult to count military achievements, there are too many disputes, and in many cases it is impossible to determine who made the military achievements at all.

then what should we do? Of course, it is necessary to fight, these can be converted into fertile black land! The question is who should I give it to now?

Don't say that the military judge who counts the military exploits can't figure out the situation. It is estimated that even the minds of the parties are confused now. They just feel that it may be their own, so go fight!

Anyway, the public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right! The military judge who counts military exploits is not Sherlock Holmes, so he doesn't have such strong detective skills!

...

"How's the combat achievement statistics done?" asked the husband

Petrov sighed and said, "Except for the temporary division, all other units have been counted!"

The husband asked suspiciously: "What kind of moth has appeared in the temporary teacher again?"

Petrov looked at the husband resentfully, and said, "You are a military officer. You don't need to participate in these troublesome matters, and no one dares to bother you! I will be miserable, and I will be harassed by them every day!"

Up to now, less than half of the temporary division's military merit statistics work has been carried out, and now the subordinates are about to fight for combat merit!

The most important thing is that in many cases, many bullets hit the enemy at the same time. Now we can't be sure who killed the enemy at all. At this moment, the soldiers are not giving in to each other for rewards! "

The husband thought for a while and said: "It seems that this primitive method of counting military exploits is completely behind the times now!

Or why don't you just count the battle achievements that have been confirmed first, and put aside all the controversial ones, let's talk about it later! "

Petrov nodded and said, "This is the only way to do it now, otherwise there will be no results after a few more months!"

Sure enough, when the results came out, some families were happy and some were sad! Of course, there is no need to think about the controversial military merits. The army is a serious place, and it is absolutely not allowed to pretend to be a military leader. If you don’t know it, everyone, don’t want it!

These can't affect everyone's mood now, this kind of fair and open approach, on the contrary, is more convincing to ordinary soldiers! ..

People with good luck may get more than ten hectares of land, and they are celebrating now; people with bad luck, oh, they don’t have to worry, they have already gone to see God now!

Of course, these lands are all nominal. To obtain the land, you must go back to the local area and find the government department to divide it on the ground before you can count!

It may still be months away, but that doesn't stop them from being excited!

Even the one with the least harvest will at least have a share in the consolation prize. Basically, the collective credit is shared by everyone. If you don’t get the land, you can get a bonus!

Facts have proved that Ferdinand's measures are effective. Once the military rewards were announced, he gained another wave of fans. All the rewards were issued in the name of the king!

Anyone who got the land has become a die-hard supporter of Ferdinand at this moment!

Ferdinand had to rejoice, but fortunately, most of the Balkans had a backward agricultural economic system, otherwise this military meritorious service would be abolished!

In order to be able to further control the newly added territory, especially the Albanian region with the least influence in Bulgaria, Ferdinand decided to launch the "Military Merit Difference Compensation Method"!

Simply put, if the Bulgarian soldiers who have obtained military merit are willing to go to Albania to obtain land, then they can get an extra piece of land. Since the military merit is not enough, they are allowed to pay for the difference by themselves!

Of course, this price is much lower than the market price! And in principle, the increased territory should not exceed twice the military merit field, otherwise the excess part will not enjoy the half-tax treatment of the military merit field!

This can be regarded as a change of direction to encourage immigration! No way, who said that there are few people in Albania now? Most of the people have been deported, so the land can't be left unused right now!

Now the land in Bulgaria is not cheap. Because the government holds a large amount of land and has not put it into circulation in the market. In addition, Bulgaria’s folk customs are conservative. Many families regard land as their lifeblood. Before the critical moment, they will not Choose to sell land!

This has resulted in the scarcity of land circulating in the market in Bulgaria. In addition, in order to curb land mergers, the government set a high land transaction tax, which invisibly raised the land price!

In fact, the Bulgarian government had long planned to sell the land to alleviate the financial crisis, but it was blocked by Ferdinand!

He knows that once the government sells a large amount of land, it will inevitably cause major changes in the Bulgarian economic system!

Now the capitalists have no other way to invest, they have to reinvest the income they get into industrial production!

If you tell them suddenly, you can also invest in agriculture with stable income. With the conservative atmosphere in Bulgaria, the capitalists are bound to mobilize a large amount of funds to collect enough land. At that time, the funds invested in industrial development will definitely be greatly reduced, which is not in line with Ferdinand's vision!

Moreover, capitalists have entered into agricultural production. In order to seek profits, they will definitely promote mechanized farming and lower production costs. Now a large number of farm laborers in Bulgaria will face unemployment!

In the case of reduced investment in industrialization and an increase in the number of unemployed farmers, it is bound to cause chaos in Bulgarian society, which is not allowed by Ferdinand!

Now the government holds a large amount of land, largely for the purpose of stabilizing, adjusting the demand for industrial and agricultural population, and maintaining the population growth rate!

History told Ferdinand that the population growth rate of agricultural economy countries is much faster than that of industrialized countries, and the more industrialized countries are, the slower the population growth rate will be!

So while promoting Bulgaria's industrialization, Ferdinand was trying to keep Bulgaria's small peasant economic model!

In order to ease the contradiction between rural population growth and land, Ferdinand's military merit award system is also a very important measure!

A large number of military elites have been moved out of their original hometowns, and the land will naturally be freed up to house more people!

Therefore, after promoting new agricultural technologies, Ferdinand was overhauling water conservancy projects, but he did not fully promote mechanized agriculture!

Otherwise, when the time comes, millions of bankrupt farmers will appear at once, and it will be strange if Bulgaria does not explode!

This is also Ferdinand's reference to the successful example of a certain country in later generations. When industrialization develops, farmers can be encouraged to work in cities to solve the problem of labor shortage!

When the economic crisis breaks out, they can be allowed to go home to farm, relieve the employment pressure of the society, and increase the ability to resist risks!