Mediterranean Hegemony Road

With the order of Nicholas II, the entire city of St. Petersburg was under martial law, the city defense troops were ordered not to leave the camp, and the police were also concentrated at the police station.

Since the last revolution broke out, Nicholas II has had doubts about the loyalty of the St. Petersburg city defense forces, and now naturally they will not come out to make trouble.

Not to mention the police, everyone is working with capitalists’ wages, otherwise how can they live with such high prices in St. Petersburg now?

As soon as the martial law in St. Petersburg was imposed, many people knew that it was broken. According to Russian tradition, the consequences of the tsar's uproar were terrifying!

Many people are starting to regret it, and they would not participate if they knew it, but now it is too late. They wanted to take power away from Nicholas II, but now they have overturned the table and said they are not playing!

The weakness of the bourgeoisie does not mean that they are really weak, and there is nothing they dare not do in the face of interests! It's just that they are really soft in front of the bayonet!

The combined strength of the capitalists is enormous, and it is the same when they are dispersed. Without their own armed forces, even if they relied on Jin Yuan artillery to bribe many government officials, no one dared to open their eyes for them at this moment!

This is also something that can't be helped. Perhaps the power of the capitalists has penetrated into every corner of St. Petersburg, but the premise is that they can unite!

Now that St. Petersburg is under martial law, and individual capitalists have become the meat of the chopping board, will Nicholas II be soft-hearted?

Obviously this is not possible! In addition to the power struggle, Nicholas II now needs the family property of these people to buy people's hearts. Anyway, their reputation is now stinky, and the Russian people will cheer if they kill them!

The white terror began. After the army took over St. Petersburg, they immediately started arresting people according to the list. In this era, there is no saying that only the main criminal is arrested. Anyone who is on the purge list will go to prison together with the whole family!

The people who are implicated are naturally indispensable. These troops are all foreigners, and they can't tell who is who. Anyway, they all open the door and arrest people. Many people who love to visit have suffered a disaster!

But these are all minor issues. Seeing this situation, even the newspapers that usually criticize the tsarist government resolutely chose to shut up. At this time, whoever dares to come forward is courting death!

The gangsters on the streets, the underworld groups that depend on the capitalists, unfortunately became the first batch of victims of this operation!

No way, who told them not to have long eyes? And the grassroots officers and soldiers of the army just hate them so much?

Before joining the army, many people suffered from the scourge of these people. Now the opportunity has come, and everyone has revenge! Often when one is caught, a nest is found and then directly executed!

When Nicholas II returned to St. Petersburg on December 26, more than 2,000 prisoners were directly executed by the military, and more than 30,000 prisoners were arrested. It can be said that St. Petersburg has become clean. !

Of course, it was wronged, but the security of St. Petersburg did suddenly improve, and anyone who dared to commit a crime was just a peanut!

According to the statistics after the event, after this big purge, St. Petersburg's casinos and loan shark industries were devastated, and they have not been able to recover after decades.

With the return of Nicholas II, martial law was lifted in St. Petersburg, but the tension remained unresolved.

Having accomplished the goal so smoothly, Nicholas II was in a good mood. In order to show the kindness of the Tsar, the price of goods in St. Petersburg dropped all of a sudden and returned to the pre-war level.

At the same time, due to the large number of capitalists being arrested, the factory naturally closed down. Now the government has taken over the factory, and the merciful Tsar has also announced the implementation of the eight-hour workday, prohibiting workers from working overtime in winter.

For a time, Nicholas II's reputation in the hearts of the people of St. Petersburg increased again. Sure enough, this is the little father of the Russian people!

Of course,

This is to fool ordinary people who don’t know it. Everyone knows that Russia’s transportation capacity is limited. Even if workers want to work overtime, they must have enough raw materials, right?

In this case, it was naturally used by Nicholas II to buy the hearts of the people! I have to say that the Russian people in this era are so foolish. Now everyone makes up their own minds and thinks that the unscrupulous capitalists are making them work overtime in the name of the tsar in order to exploit them!

This hurt Comrade Stalin, who was working in St. Petersburg, and all previous efforts were in vain. Ordinary workers now think that they are exploited by unscrupulous capitalists and corrupt officials, and have nothing to do with the great tsar, who is still on their side.

The proof is right in front of you. Now the unscrupulous capitalists have been cleaned up by the tsar, prices have dropped immediately, and the eight-hour work system has been implemented!

Since the bread is already available, they will not participate in the strikes and demonstrations demanding bread. In the history of the general strike that broke out in Russia in January 1917, the workers in St. Petersburg this time announced their withdrawal with no revolutionary spirit!

Nicholas II's sudden action, in fact, Ferdinand was also taken aback, he did not expect his eldest brother to be so decisive.

I have to say that Nicholas II did a beautiful job this time! After this battle, the Russian bourgeoisie was hit hard. Although it may cause a short-term decline in the total amount of Russian industry, this is a small problem compared to the consolidation of the tsar's rule.

Not only did it kill the biggest political opponent, but it also seized a lot of property, which could make up for Russia's financial deficiencies, and also bought a wave of popular support.

Of course, the premise is that Nicholas II can handle the next thing. His actions this time have also offended many people, and now the bourgeoisie in Russia must hate him to the core.

After all, his purge of Russia and the purge of Bulgaria that Ferdinand conducted before are not the same concept!

It is impossible for him to clean up the huge Russian Empire in one go. In addition to St. Petersburg, the bourgeoisie in big cities like Moscow still has strong strength, and people still have the strength to fight.

Secondly, Nicholas II's action this time was naked. There are enemies all over the country. With so many enemies, it is doomed that the future Russia will not be peaceful!

Of course, this is what Ferdinand wants to see the most. A Russia that is constantly fighting infighting is the ally Bulgaria wants most.

If Nicholas II is really talented and can handle the internal contradictions in Russia, then this is an even more terrifying behemoth than Germany!

But these are things in the future, and now Ferdinand is doing one thing, that is, making movies!

After the war broke out for so long, all the warring countries in Europe had a hard time, and Bulgaria was no exception. Although there has not yet been a strike of "want bread, not war", he has to be careful and vigilant!

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Bulgarian people would not ask him for bread in the short term! Before the outbreak of the war, the Bulgarian government called on everyone to reserve a year of food in advance to prepare for famine!

Most people responded to the government's call. The grain exported by Tsarist Russia a year before the outbreak of the war was bought out by the Bulgarian people!

At the end of 1914, the government counted more than 18 million tons of private grain reserves.

Besides, the Bulgarian government has adopted a rationing system. Each person can buy 4 kilograms of bread, 1,500 grams of vegetables, 900 grams of meat products, 2 liters of milk, and 1 kilogram of potato flour every week...

This food supply can basically meet the needs of life, but it is much higher than that of the Germans!

Of course, this amount can also be increased, but if it exceeds this purchase amount, the price will be much higher. Basically, the price must be increased by three to four times. As long as you have money, you can still live the same life as before the war. .

On the whole, the Allied countries of the First World War were not short of food. Most of the so-called food rationing systems were created during World War II!

As soon as the World War broke out, Ferdinand planned to implement the grain rationing system in the whole country. As a result, after professional calculations, it was found that even if the domestic grain production was halved, and the private grain reserves and the government grain reserves, Bulgaria could still support it for more than three years. .

Then, Ferdinand dismissed this advanced idea. After all, the Allied navy had an advantage, and it was impossible for Bulgaria to be blocked off the coastline for three years!

Moreover, whether it takes Romania or the Asia Minor peninsula, it can be self-sufficient!

If it weren't for the influx of refugees after the outbreak of the war, which consumed a lot of food, perhaps there would still be overproduction!

Although there is no shortage of food, Ferdinand still has to make this show for publicity needs.

The content of the film is very simple, it is a documentary, which records the king's day.

At six o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Ferdinand got up from his sleep, and began his morning exercises with some princes.

At 8:10, breakfast time begins. Since it is a show, the food is naturally very simple. A piece of brown bread + a fruit salad + a glass of milk is no different from an ordinary civilian family.

Then began a day's work, of course, involving confidentiality, when Ferdinand entered the office, the filming naturally stopped.

Then he continued at noon, but this time he took the ministers to eat brown bread together, adding a portion of fried vegetables and a few slices of beef to breakfast.

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Ferdinand may not know that the promotional film he shot has become a precious film and television material in later generations.

His food was also considered by experts to be the shortage of food in Bulgaria after the outbreak of the World War, and the king had to lower his standard of living!

People also plausibly analyze the expressions on their meals, for example: the expression of the meal has always been very natural, and the food is still delicious and so on.

It proves that this is the daily standard of his king. Otherwise, it is impossible to adapt to eating such unpalatable food!

Some people also believe that after the outbreak of the World War, there was no problem with the food supply in Bulgaria. This is because the whole country of Bulgaria shared weal and woe, and it was with such a king that a powerful empire was created!

If Ferdinand knew about this, he would definitely laugh. Occasionally eating brown bread is actually very good, and in terms of nutritional value, brown bread is supposed to be higher!

Besides, although it seems that these foods are similar in length, in fact, can the brown bread made in the palace be the same as the outside?

Of course, these are small things, and now Ferdinand is still giving this bowl of chicken soup for the soul to the Bulgarian people for a taste.

There is no shortage of people, but there is unevenness. As long as everyone sees that they eat the same food as the king, even if they are dissatisfied with the impact of the war on their lives, they will disappear!

In terms of publicity, Ferdinand still did a very good job. For example, after the outbreak of the World War, the royal family did not buy new clothes, nor did they buy any luxury goods, etc., which are all good publicity materials.

And these are all true, not afraid of being dismantled at all!

Before the outbreak of the World War, Ferdinand had been prepared. These miscellaneous things had been prepared for a long time. He was worried that if Bulgaria lost in the World War, he could use these materials to publicize, so as to increase the popularity of the people. Score in your heart and consolidate your dominance!

Of course, the victory has basically been decided by now, and there is no need to rely on these things to consolidate the rule, but since he is ready, Ferdinand will naturally not waste it. The more reputation, the better!