Mediterranean Hegemony Road

1918 was the year when the European economy returned to normal, and Bulgaria was no exception. The government rarely started major projects, and everyone's main energy was on economic transformation.

The most typical is that the number of daily necessities on the market has increased significantly, and the people's table life has become colorful. Vegetables and fruits that were rarely seen in the past are now everywhere.

On April 26, 1918, the Bulgarian government announced the cancellation of the purchase restriction decree that had lasted for more than three years, and the market returned to normal.

In fact, after the end of the World War, the government has released the ban, but in order to maintain the stability of prices, it has not abolished the basic guarantee of living materials during the war.

More than half a year has passed, and there are enough living materials on the market. Naturally, there is no need to continue this security bill.

Affected by this, the price of daily necessities in Bulgaria has risen by 10% compared with before the war. This is also something that can't be helped. Prices have risen throughout Europe. Although the Lev has not depreciated, inflation has occurred in Bulgaria.

This is the cauldron of the world war, and although Bulgaria has maintained price stability through government intervention, the rest of Europe is beyond Ferdinand's control.

Take Britain and France as an example. During the World War, their prices have already risen. After the World War, although they have fallen back, they are still far higher than before the war.

The prices in the international market have gone far beyond the pre-war period. As one of the participants in the market economy, Bulgaria is naturally unable to survive alone. In addition, the recent rise in domestic labor costs has finally pushed up prices!

Fortunately, Bulgaria's economy is recovering well now. In a good economic development situation, the harm caused by inflation has been covered up.

But the world economy is still not optimistic. With the end of the world war, many neutral countries with war wealth are now facing a common problem - overcapacity!

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Ferdinand also held several economic meetings to discuss whether to increase tariffs to protect the domestic market.

However, before the issue was discussed, Ferdinand's attention was diverted, and in March 1918, the British initiated an international conference with the aim of establishing a League of Nations.

Obviously, John Bull also found that their strength was not enough to suppress the world, and continued to build a new international order to consolidate their world position.

This League of Nations is completely the butterfly effect of Ferdinand, and it has nothing to do with the League of Nations in history. Whether it is the purpose of its creation or the originator, it has changed.

Even the address of the League of Nations is not in Switzerland, a neutral country, but in London. There are not as many countries participating in this alliance in history. The Americans directly stated that they would not play.

Of course, the British did not invite them to participate. If it were not for the need for influence, Ferdinand conjectured that John Bull would only invite European countries to participate in this joint meeting.

Although the concept on the surface is still so high, it aims to: eliminate war, calm international disputes, promote international trade, and improve the living standards of the people.

In fact, this conference was a special event for the British, and Bulgaria and France only reserved a certain right to speak. All the activities were centered on consolidating the British hegemony in the world.

Of course, this meeting still reached a lot of positive agreements, but unfortunately there is no enforcement force. For example, if a war is launched, it must be approved by the League of Nations meeting, otherwise it will be sanctioned by the alliance.

However, the League of Nations itself does not have force, and can only be achieved through the support of major powers. If you want to intervene in the war, it is entirely based on the interests of the major powers, and it is not impartial!

The British were able to make the two countries cooperate with their actions, and John Bull naturally gave them no less benefits, such as: trade care, and everyone strengthened military and economic exchanges.

World trade in this era is still inseparable from the British. With their support, it will be much more convenient. At least the probability of merchant ships being robbed by pirates will be greatly reduced.

As soon as the League of Nations was established, 38 member states joined it, and finally formed the Tri-Power Council of Britain, France, and Paul. The Americans, along with their younger brothers, were absent from the meeting this time.

John Bull achieved most of their goals, restricting the colonial expansion of countries in the form of treaties, that is: not to expand colonies to member states.

This is supported by many small European countries. It is already tragic enough to be neighbors with the big brothers. Now the colonies in their hands are no different than children holding golden bricks in the midst of trouble!

The current treaty is exactly what they want. With the League of Nations coming out to endorse them, they can finally sleep at ease.

Among them, the Dutch and Portuguese are the most common. Who told them that they had enough colonies and their own strength was weak enough?

The Dutch colonies have always been spied on by the Japanese. Without the support of the British, they would have changed hands by their own strength!

The Portuguese colonies have not been spied on, but the Portuguese government has a guilty conscience, because they overthrew the king, Manuel II, in the World War, which caused strong dissatisfaction with the Gotha family.

At that time, everyone was busy with the war, and Portugal joined the Allied Powers decisively, so they didn't bother them, but it didn't mean that it was over.

The British royal family has always planned to support the restoration of Manuel II, but after the end of the World War, George V was almost empty, and he did not dare to spend too much political resources in his hands for Manuel II. .

But on the other hand, Ferdinand has no such concerns. If he can help Manuel II to restore, and collect the Portuguese colonies as a reward, it is estimated that the Bulgarians will be very happy to deal with them.

Now that the colony has been preserved through an international treaty, the possibility of Bulgaria intervening in their internal affairs has been reduced. In their view, there is not enough interest, and Ferdinand will not stand for Manuel II.

Of course, they still don't know that this is because Ferdinand is too busy recently to forget about Manuel II. Who told Manuel II to hide in London after being overthrown, and they don't know how to run to Sofia to brush up. What about presence?

As for the issue of the treaty, there are ways to avoid it. The League of Nations does not prohibit the transfer of colonies between member states. As long as everyone is willing, they can trade freely!

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Everyone in the colonies reached an agreement, but on the issue of disarmament, the main thing is to abolish the navy, and everyone could not reach a consensus. After the end of the world war, the naval arms race has not stopped, and some countries continue to expand, such as Japan and the United States, they are still continuing to build their navies.

In order to maintain world hegemony, John Bull had to follow up, especially since the tonnage of the American navy was already approaching them. If they did not continue to build warships, by 1927 the tonnage of the U.S. navy would surpass them and become number one in the world!

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No way, the Germans are still as stubborn as ever. After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, the German navy sank all the warships in the port. John Bull was busy and did not get the German warships. The British naval supremacy Not so stable anymore!

Of course, there must be other factors, at least both the French and Bulgaria have contributed to the flames. For example, in his conversation with Hindenburg, Constantine inadvertently revealed that the British would annex the German navy. fact.

The French have repeatedly sent people to humiliate the German Navy, ridiculing them for being cowards and having no courage to go out and fight the British, anyway, as long as the German Navy does not take action, they are cowards!

Even before the Paris Peace Conference, the Americans reached a loan contract with the German government. The interest was quite generous. As for the insider trading, it is unknown!

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Anyway, with the joint efforts of everyone, the hegemony of the British has become unstable. The Japanese want to build the "Eight-Eight Plan", and the Americans want to build a navy that matches their economic status!

In order to join in the fun, Ferdinand also announced Bulgaria's future shipbuilding plan, not much more than adding five dreadnoughts, and the shipbuilding time is naturally: it is near!

How long is this "recent" depends on the actual situation. Anyway, it changes with the changes in the international situation. Ferdinand's purpose is only to improve his sense of existence, and he has no real plans to join the arms race.

Unless there is an accident, such as a sudden fall of the British, and the position of world hegemony cannot be maintained, Ferdinand does not mind pushing again, and only when there is a cheap price to take, he will explode the navy!

The French also joined in the fun and said that they were going to build two more battleships. If there were too many, they couldn’t afford it. The French economy was half-hearted by the World War, and it couldn’t recover for a while!

The rest of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Maoxiong don't need to think about it for now. They don't have time, and they don't need to think about their diplomatic positions for at least ten years.

Then, John Bull said that they have been very busy recently, and there is no participation of shit sticks, so the European Big 6 will naturally be peaceful. No matter how serious the conflict between Germany and France is, it is impossible for the Germans to jump out and fight the Gallic chicken during this period!

In the end, Ferdinand combined European history and summed up the law. As long as the British people are busy, everyone will have a good life, so it is better for everyone to play John Bull!

In this context, it is naturally not so easy for the British to pull everyone to stop the arms race!

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