Bulgarian Empire

On October 28, 1917, the Five-Party Talks started again. After obtaining the domestic authorization, Sassonov breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that the domestic must stick to the original bottom line, and the negotiation would not continue. up.

The Austro-Hungarian prime minister, Obold von Berchtol, now looks quite high-spirited, and does not look like a defeated country at all. No, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not considered a defeated country now, at most it can only be regarded as half lost!

Obviously, after they received the support of Britain and France, they became more confident towards the Russians. If it weren't for the fact that the Russian Empire had made a major contribution in this world war, the tsarist government would have been insisting on the war even if internal chaos broke out, maybe they wouldn't even have to pay this indemnity.

Of course, this is obviously impossible. The Allied Powers can’t be so ugly. Everyone is an ally after all. If you eat meat yourself, you have to leave a bowl of soup for the Russians!

At the beginning of the meeting, Sassonov made another request: "Considering the repayment ability of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after a careful study and decision by the Tsarist government, we agree to reduce the amount of reparations. We demand that the Austro-Hungarian Empire pay 1.5 billion pounds of war reparations. , paid off in thirty years, with annual payments of principal and interest and £125 million."

Of course Leopold von Bechtol was dissatisfied. He paid the French debt of 430 million pounds for the Bulgarians, half of which was an interest-free loan, and the annual interest was only 10 million pounds. The Russians demanded that the annual interest payment alone cost 75 million pounds. How is this possible?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Sassonov, it's impossible for us to fulfill your request! The financial revenue of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is limited, and we can't even pay the interest on the compensation you demanded. Can you give us a figure that we can bear? ?”

Sassonov's face suddenly collapsed, and he said coldly: "So how much can your country afford to pay?"

Leopold von Bechtol thought about it and said: "Our financial situation is already very bad, and the domestic economic situation is also very bad. We will not be able to pay our debts in the next three years.

After three years, the annual payment of debts cannot exceed half of our financial income. Based on our peak financial income, our annual maximum payment amount is no more than 30 million pounds.

Now the debt of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself is as high as 1.5 billion pounds, and our fiscal revenue cannot even pay the interest..."

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Sassonov interrupted: "If you follow your country's requirements, this is not going to be paid, is it?"

Leopold von Bechtol also went too far pretending to be b, but he still said with an unchanged face: "How could it be! The Austro-Hungarian Empire is also a responsible big country, and it always pays for doing wrong things." The price, how about we pay your country five million pounds of war reparations every year, how about paying it for a hundred years?"

Sassonov said coldly: "Mr. Leopold, we came here to negotiate with sincerity, not to listen to your nonsense, five million pounds a year, thanks to what you said! You pay 100 million pounds a year , paying for a hundred years is almost the same!"

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The two fought each other, and more than two hours passed in a flash. Constantine exchanged views with British Prime Minister Lloyd-George and French President Poincaré. Everyone unanimously decided to let them quarrel slowly!

The three of them left the meeting room one after another, and Constantine took the initiative to say, "Mr. George, I think we can continue now regarding the issue of Sicily!"

Lloyd George smiled slightly and said, "Oh, what do you want in your country? As long as it's not our major dominions, other areas are easy to discuss!"

Constantine automatically skipped it, it’s easy to discuss ass, we want the Suez Canal, do you give it? Of course, Constantine would not make such a stupid request!

"How about the Persian Gulf? If Bulgaria wants to go out of the Mediterranean Sea, it needs an outlet in the Indian Ocean. The most suitable for us is the Persian Gulf!"

Lloyd George still maintained a smile. Obviously, Bulgaria's request for the Persian Gulf was within their expectations.

His think tank has long inferred Bulgaria's development path from Bulgaria's expansion path.

Now is the era of sea power. If Bulgaria really said that they do not want to enter the ocean, it is estimated that normal people would not believe it. Don’t you see that the Russians have worked hard for hundreds of years for the maritime strategy!

Bulgaria's development is entirely determined by its geographical location. For Bulgaria, the easiest route to success is to obtain the Persian Gulf region.

This also explains why Bulgaria is going to grab so much sand. Yes, in this era, the Arabian Peninsula that Bulgaria has obtained is sand!

The Persian Gulf region and the Mesopotamian Plain are suitable for agricultural production and can provide supplies to the navy. Part of it has been occupied by Bulgaria during the World War. Now it is normal for Bulgaria to request the Persian Gulf!

Lloyd George suggested: "You can want the Persian Gulf area, but what about the oil transportation in our Persian area?

Otherwise, half of our family will be in the Strait of Hormuz, so everyone can rest assured? "

Constantine cursed secretly, if the control of the Strait of Hormuz was not obtained, wouldn't the Bulgarian navy be in the cage of the British?

"Mr. George is worrying too much. Of course, your country's interests in the Persian region can be guaranteed. Do you still think that we will hinder your oil transportation?

Besides, in Persia, what else is there besides oil? As far as we know, your oil company in Persia has been losing money, what value is there? "

Obviously everyone has done their homework. The interests of the British in the Persian Gulf region are clear to Bulgaria. The economic value of this era is not much at all!

Lloyd-George said calmly: "It cannot be said like this. With the development of science and technology, the importance of oil has become more and more prominent. Oil safety is also related to the global strategy of our Royal Navy!"

Constantine said confidently: "Is the British Empire short of oil? Why don't I know? The lies fabricated by the capitalists for their own benefit, why should we take it seriously?

As far as I know, in recent months, a lot of new oil fields have been discovered all over the world, and the recent international crude oil price has dropped by 30%. The output of your Persian Petroleum Company is not worth mentioning at all! "

Lloyd George was taken aback. He has been busy with the Paris Peace Conference recently, so he hasn't paid attention to these little news for a long time, but he doesn't think Constantine will lie about this.

Lloyd George said calmly: "If that's the case, I think we can make a deal!"

Constantine shook his head and said, "Mr. George, the Persian Gulf alone is not enough!

You know that our navy started too late, and now the global strategic layout is over, so we hope that your country can provide us with 20 overseas ports. The strategic value does not need to be too high, just stop the ship for replenishment!

In addition, this war has too much impact on our finances, so we intend to sell the debts in our hands, and hope that your country can take over. Of course, if your government is not interested, we will contact your country’s consortium to take over. I hope you can make it easier door! "

Lloyd George hesitated for a moment, and said: "We can open 20 overseas military ports to your navy. As for civilian merchant ships, you don't have to worry, the ports of the British Empire are open to the outside world!

You want to sell the debt, we welcome this, the consortium of the British Empire should be happy to take over this business! "

Obviously, Lloyd George changed the concept secretly. Constantine hoped to obtain 20 overseas ports, and he turned into opening 20 ports for the use of the Bulgarian Navy. This nature is completely different, and everyone has a good relationship Time, it can be used naturally, once the two parties turn their faces in the future, this agreement will be equivalent to void!

As for the issue of creditor's rights, this is not a problem at all. The world war is over, and perhaps the British government has become poor, but their domestic monopoly consortia have indeed made a lot of money.

The consortium holding a large amount of cash is still worried about where to invest the funds? Historically, after the end of World War I, most of these funds flowed to the United States, followed by the European continent!

For the consortium, as long as the interests are large enough, there is no business that cannot be negotiated. Anyway, success or failure is none of his business. If the two sides negotiate, he can also become an introducer and draw a commission from it. Naturally, no Objection!

After hesitating for a while, Constantine still chose to compromise. Anyway, it was a surprise to get 20 temporarily usable ports for the navy. If you want to obtain ownership, you should stop dreaming. !

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Compared with the happy conversation between Bulgaria and the British, the French are in trouble. They want to dismember Germany and empty the wallets of the Germans. These are trivial things. What John Bull can't tolerate is them Want to establish Euro 6 hegemony!

Just defeated a Germany, and now another France is coming, isn't their fight in vain?

Unlike Bulgaria, which has suddenly risen without a foundation, the French have a very deep heritage. The most important thing is that Napoleon was too fierce back then. After so many years, John Bull still has lingering fears!

But for the French, they have a lot of colonies. In addition to making concessions on the German issue, they feel that it is too bad to exchange colonies.

The attitude of Bulgaria in this regard made the French very satisfied, so they reciprocated in many places, and the cooperation between the two sides was very good!

Constantine has publicly acknowledged that France has the right to take back Lorraine and Alsace, and has expressed a full understanding of the French's demands on the issue of dismemberment of Germany and reparations.

Since there is no direct conflict of interest between the two sides, the relationship between Bulgaria and France has recently heated up sharply, and it is likely to return to the state before the war.

This makes the British very upset. It is their consistent national policy to keep Europe evenly matched, but it is a pity that Bulgaria is not doing enough now, so they are directly persuaded!

No, even if Bulgaria wants to compete for hegemony in the European continent, it can't do it now. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is still there, directly blocking their way forward!

If Germany is dismembered, then the British will not be able to support the Austro-Hungarian Empire to check and balance France, right? With the current strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they can protect themselves, and it is not enough to pk with the French!

At least they didn't dare to jump out without the full support of Bulgaria. Otherwise, if they didn't operate well, they would be flanked by Bulgaria and France.

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