Bulgarian Empire

Of course, Bulgaria's industry is still dominated by light work, and agricultural product processing enterprises are the most prominent.

There are 84 agricultural product processing enterprises across the country, accounting for 25% of the total number of enterprises, and there are 8 processing enterprises with assets exceeding 5 million levs. Its total output value accounts for 35.4% of the total industrial output value, and the flour mill ranks first in the food industry.

However, the monopoly economy is still dominant. Ferdinand's Shuanghui Food Group, a single company accounts for more than 70% of the output value, and almost monopolizes all exports!

The field of machinery manufacturing is still Bulgaria's biggest shortcoming! Except for the "Bulgarian Machinery Factory" created by Ferdinand, there is no other one that can be sold.

The few remaining machinery factories have single products and lack market competitiveness. Even though the Bulgarian government has exempted them from taxes, they are still struggling to survive.

In contrast, Ferdinand's Bulgarian Machinery Factory is much more outstanding, and it is already a large comprehensive machinery manufacturing group.

Basically, the main machinery in the world can be copied, such as textile machines, silk cutting machines, most steam engines and other products, the quality has already reached international standards!

Even a car has been manufactured, but it has not been able to be introduced to the market, either the cost is too high, or the performance is too poor to be competitive in the market!

At the same time, Bulgaria Machinery Factory is also the largest spare parts manufacturer and supplier in Southeast Europe, with a market share of about 53.5%. The machinery factory can proudly announce that there is no part in this world that they cannot imitate!

By the end of 1895, Bulgaria had a total of more than 9,800 kilometers of railways and 15,000 kilometers of roads, and the main trunk lines were basically completed. Although the traffic level is not as good as that of Western Europe, it is the best in Southeast Europe.

In the field of basic education, Ferdinand can proudly announce that Bulgaria is already at the top level in the world! Although there is no compulsory education, it is almost the same. The primary school enrollment rate in Bulgaria is as high as 96.6%.

The middle school enrollment rate has reached an astonishing 20.4%, surpassing the big powers and ranking first in the world! (Historically the world's number one)

Of course, there is still a gap between Bulgaria and the great powers in higher levels of education. There is only one science university in the whole country, supplemented by more than ten various vocational education colleges, which is the whole of high-level education in Bulgaria!

It’s not that Ferdinand didn’t want to establish more universities, it’s that university professors these days are treasures everywhere, and it’s not easy to gather teachers from Bulgarian universities!

Between quality and quantity, Ferdinand chose quality without hesitation. If the quantity is not enough, use technical schools to make up for it!

Anyway, the main purpose of Bulgarian universities is to cultivate cutting-edge talents. Based on the population base of Bulgaria, the annual enrollment of 500 to 600 people basically wiped out all the geniuses!

Compared with the pitiful 2,000 undergraduates in Bulgaria, the scale of vocational colleges is much larger, with more than 38,000 teachers and students.

Among them, the personnel trained by the factory accounted for a considerable proportion! Since it is to train engineers, the requirements are of course much lower!

Compared with education, the development of Bulgaria's medical field is much behind. At the end of the 19th century, there were not many advanced medical devices, and doctors could not rely on mechanical inspection to treat diseases, and most of them could only rely on experience.

Therefore, the training cycle for doctors is much longer. Unlike the doctors trained in the later four or five years, in this era, if you don't have ten or eight years of study, don't even think about becoming a teacher!

For lack of enough doctors, Ferdinand was also helpless. The measures to be taken in the short term are still: organizing local doctors and conducting short-term training. How much can be improved is counted.

As for the medical school, sorry you haven't graduated yet? The first batch of students only studied for seven or eight years.

They are still interns now, accumulating experience!

Of course, the level of medical care has been greatly improved, and it is much easier to train nurses, who can basically meet the needs initially.

In 1895, Bulgaria's total import and export trade reached 760 million levs, an increase of nearly four times compared to 1887. Among them, the total import amount was 365 million levs, and the total export value was 395 million levs, with a trade surplus of 30 million levs.

Among them, the trade with Russia accounts for 71.5% of the total. It is Bulgaria's largest trading partner, and has always had a trade surplus in this trade. Of course, the introduction of immigration expenses is basically considered a trade balance!

Financial revenue continued to grow rapidly, an increase of 25% over 1894, reaching 218 million levs! Much higher than the 13% of Bulgaria's economic growth rate, this is mainly the bonus of the "First Five-Year Plan"!

In order to stimulate economic development and encourage private capital to participate in industry, the Bulgarian government has adopted administrative means to intervene in the market. Many industries have been provided with tax incentives ranging in number of years. Now it’s time for some corporate tax cuts, and the government’s finances have begun to reap dividends!

After listening to the cabinet's report, Ferdinand sighed secretly: It's not easy! After ten years of hard work, Bulgaria has finally developed by leaps and bounds, whether it is in the field of industry and agriculture, or in the military field, it has achieved outstanding development!

I saw Ferdinand nodded and said, "Not bad! After ten years of hard work, Bulgaria can be said to have entered the threshold of an industrial country today!"

However, we still can't relax now, new challenges are coming, and Jackie Chan is here to fight!

The following year will be the most critical year since the founding of Bulgaria! What planning strategy does the cabinet have? "

Prime Minister Constantine said calmly: "Grand Duke, in the next year, apart from implementing the 'Second Five-Year Plan' that has already been formulated, the government does not plan to carry out any major construction!

In order to ensure an advantage in the upcoming war, the cabinet will devote the most energy to prepare for the war, and maximize our war potential as much as possible! "

Ferdinand nodded, indicating to continue.

Everyone here knows the current situation in Bulgaria. The industrial development has almost reached the limit of this country!

Raw materials and markets, these two dual factors have restricted the further development of Bulgaria!

This was also a miscalculation made by Ferdinand before. If there hadn't been the Bulgarian War in 1894, which consumed part of the supplies, the rapid economic development of Bulgaria would have stopped now!

No way, who said that Bulgaria itself has a limited market? And international trade, for most small and medium-sized enterprises, is undoubtedly a dream come true!

First of all, product quality does not have an advantage compared with developed countries.

Secondly, Bulgaria's products are exported by land: the cost is too high, and the farthest to Austria-Hungary is the limit;

Export by sea: In addition to the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Romania, when exported to other countries, the Ottoman Empire will first impose a tariff, which raises the cost again! After adding a tariff, it also tends to be at a disadvantage in terms of price.

This is also why, one of the reasons why the trade between Bulgaria and Russia is booming is that they were forced out and blocked by local chickens. Except for a very few special products, it is difficult for other commodities to be competitive in the international arena!

Of course, there are disadvantages as well as advantages. Industrial and commercial products from Western European industrial powers must also go through double tariffs when entering Russia. Not to mention the quality, but in terms of price alone, shipping costs and tariffs are added, and the competitiveness is not as good as Bulgaria's products!

Similarly, the export of Russian commodities (mainly grain and industrial raw materials) had to be peeled off by the Ottomans, which seriously blocked the way of the nobles!