Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Ferdinand was very hasty at the end of his trip to Portugal. It took less than a week to finish it in a hurry.

Coupled with more than half a month in London and time on the road, this trip has more than a month. When leaving Sofia, it was still early May, and now it was mid-June, at which point Ferdinand's heart flew back.

Well, in plain words, his wife was born! And this time Ferdinand also won the grand prize, two at a time!

Receiving the good news, Ferdinand's heart could no longer calm down. Everyone knows that the chance of twins is very low. Normally it is about 1%. Ferdinand did not expect that he could win this prize!

Of course, this win means that now, if it was Ferdinand's previous life, his current expression is absolutely different, because two boys came at once!

But now this is not a problem. Even with five or six births, Ferdinand is always coming!

Anyway, the king's son has nothing to worry about, and no one will ask him for a car, house, or ticket! If there is a rich list now, how can the wealth of the Bulgarian royal family be at the forefront!

At most, it will be a little harder to find a right-hand wife when marrying in the future, but this doesn't matter to Ferdinand. The noble lady with the same status is not easy to find, can you just lower the standard?

Anyway, there are many sons. Marriage is definitely an advantage. At least the prince will make a lot of money in dowry. This is what Ferdinand has experienced!

If all the princesses are miserable, if the family is not enough, the marriage will be troublesome. It is necessary to swell the face and fill the fat!

For details, please refer to the next-door Montenegro King Nicholas I. The father-in-law in Europe was not so good. In order to marry his daughter, he turned from a rich man to a bad one!

For this reason Ferdinand also watched a long joke, why should your married daughter be swollen and fat? Isn't this asking for trouble?

The Kingdom of Montenegro was originally poor, no matter how much it could be searched for, it would not have much benefit. What was the reason for poverty?

However, Ferdinand did not look at it that way. After the Second Balkan War, during Constantinople's Peace Conference, a large number of people came to intercede with him, and Ferdinand was ashamed, as if Become a big villain, and do the same thing!

In fact, Nicholas I was still losing money! According to Ferdinand, if the money is invested in the industry of the Kingdom of Montenegro, let alone other weapons can at least be self-sufficient!

Then in the first Balkan war, at least half of Albania could be annexed by the Kingdom of Montenegro.

Oh, now Ferdinand still hopes to have another girl, these are all six sons, if there is another one, it will make up a Vajra gourd combination!

Thinking of that picture makes Ferdinand shudder! Mainly because the memories left by previous lives are too deep, I always feel that some cannot accept them!

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Time passed quickly, Ferdinand returned to Sofia, and it was July 1910.

He went to visit two little guys for the first time. Since it has been more than a month since birth, now the two little ones are both pink and pink porcelain dolls, with a fat baby face, people can't help but want to pinch .

Hesitating again and again, Ferdinand still stretched out his claw, squeezed on the faces of the two little guys, and then a cry sounded.

Obviously, the two little guys didn't give him the face of the dad at all, and they exploded directly. Then they ushered in a complaint from Senia, and then Ferdinand was driven out of the baby room!

It wo n’t work if you do n’t go! After leaving for more than two months, as soon as Ferdinand returned home, the cabinet searched all together. Is there a lot of things that he needs to make his own decision?

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Naval Minister Petrov handed a stack of documents to Ferdinand and confidently introduced: "Sir, this is the new shipbuilding plan of the Navy Department. The Ottoman Empire has reached an agreement with the Germans to purchase two An intrepid ship that the Germans have just designed-an emperor-class battleship.

In order to meet the challenges of the Ottoman Empire, we must take action. According to your requirements, for every battleship that the Ottomans build, we will build two. Therefore, the Navy Department plans to build four new fearless ships to meet the challenges of the Ottomans. The total budget is 170 million levs (approximately 680 thousand pounds). "

This is no surprise. In history, the Ottoman Empire still had to decide whether to buy from the Germans or the British. Now there is no need to tangle again. Of course, joining the ally requires buying German goods!

Otherwise, the British dare to sell you a boat, but do you dare to use it?

Ferdinand didn't just glance around, and said with a smile: "Very well, just make it public and add another fire to this arms race!"

Petrov froze, then reacted, and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, haven't we decided on the final design plan yet? Is the construction going on?"

Ferdinand smiled slightly and said gently: "When did I say that I will start construction now? I just let you announce the shipbuilding plan now!

Do n’t worry about the design solution, you can take it slowly! We are not in a hurry. If it is later, the technology will be more mature! "

After listening to Ferdinand's words, Petrov's face suddenly collapsed. He had thought that the Navy would be built, but it was a dream!

He continued to say, "Your Majesty, this is not good, it will damage your reputation! You just announced the news in London, and this is just the beginning. We are now shrinking, isn't it embarrassing!"

And the navy plan of the Ottoman Empire is obviously aimed at us. If they put their two fearless ships into service, the pressure on our navy will be great! "

Ferdinand still smiled and said lightly, "How can I keep my promise? For every Ottoman who builds a warship, we build two. That's for sure!

But when we build it, it's our own business! Do you think that the Bulgarian Navy will not be able to build four dreadnought ships in the future?

Moreover, the Ottoman Navy's Dreadnought is unlikely to enter service immediately. The Germans are now conducting an arms race with the British. The shipbuilding must definitely meet the German Navy's priority. They are busy expanding their production capacity. It is also a problem after two or three years!

Moreover, how can two intrepid ships justify a country's navy? Supporting warships and personnel training, a mess of chaos came down, and how to form combat effectiveness was also after 1914!

During this period, we only need to build two more fearless ships. How can we have the advantage of three to two? "

Of course, it is impossible for the Navy to have only the Dreadnoughts, and the supporting fleet is indispensable. Otherwise, there are only two Dreadnoughts, how can it exert its maximum power?

At this point, Ferdinand also helped the Ottomans, sending their old fleet directly to the sea to feed the fish, and let them get rid of the historical burden and go light!

This also allows the Ottomans to save a lot of maintenance costs and can be invested in shipbuilding plans.

But Ferdinand was not worried. Who called the Ottomans poor?

It would cost four million pounds to build two fearless ships! The ship is there, so must the officers and men also be there? Should the supporting fleet also be built? How can daily training and maintenance be saved?

In this way, if all these things are matched, the Ottoman Empire will spend at least two or three million pounds. How can the annual maintenance cost be less than two or three million pounds?

But what is the current revenue of the Ottoman Empire? Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the current Turkish Al-Shabaab government is going to be much harder than the historical period.

Since the main battlefield of the war is in the Asia Minor Peninsula, when the two sides add up, one million troops have fought together. How can the loss be small?

At this time, the Ottoman Empire's fiscal revenue was only less than 20 million pounds. How can you afford the navy, a gold swallowing beast?

Insufficient strength to blindly invest, and finally a poor fleet!

Oh, it is estimated that the Ottoman government will react soon. By then, the naval arms race will naturally stop!

In Ferdinand's opinion, the ruling Turkish Al-Shabaab has not yet left the scope of the second-year youth. Due to external influences, it has stumbled into the naval arms race. When they mature, they will understand that the Navy is not able Affordable!

However, Ferdinand had to respond to the Ottoman's actions, and he couldn't let the outside world think Bulgaria was afraid?

The arms race is often forced! The enemy is expanding and preparing for war. If you do n’t follow up, what if there is a fight?

This is why the British are dying to kill the Germans, not because they really have a life and death conflict, mainly because the expansion of the Germans made them feel threatened!

Well, Germany built a fearless ship, the British built the two aggressively, which in turn stimulated the Germans, and then caused the current situation, both sides began to dumplings!

In addition to the battleships ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ both sides are still starting a heavy battle cruiser, of course this Ferdinand has not followed up.

The glorious mission of the navy decisive battle is still more suitable for the British, if not, then let the French as a substitute!

If the British and French can't even afford the navy, it can only be said that the Germans are too open to fight, and there is no need to fight the world war. The Allies will just admit it!

Petrov must know that the Navy wants to expand the army, but he still said, "Hey, your Majesty, the British are planning to build a class of fearless ships. Our designers have also proposed a similar concept, you see?"

Obviously he knew that Ferdinand was not active in building a large navy, but he spared no effort to promote the exhibition of naval shipbuilding technology!

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