Mediterranean Hegemony Road

"Conscription!"

"Conscription!"

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The annual conscription day is the most important festival in Bulgaria.

Unfortunately, there is peace in the world, and the number of recruits every year has been small. At the same time, without war, there will naturally be no merit.

This is too difficult for the younger generation of Bulgaria to "boil".

The great achievements of the predecessors, they can only look forward to, they can not fight on the battlefield, how can we talk about surpassing it?

Now is not the time to conscript, according to custom, unless there is a war or the government is preparing for the war, it will not be conscripted in advance.

Burks is a member of the conscription army. He has already served in a military service. As a veteran, he has an advantage in this sudden recruitment.

At the fastest speed, I ran to the bulletin board and carefully read the recruitment documents.

Soon he was disappointed. This time it was not the government draft, but the Kingdom of the Netherlands recruiting mercenaries.

The Balkans are also home to well-known mercenaries, turning history upside down. Almost all of their ancestors hundreds of years ago worked in this "rich way" profession.

At this time, the term mercenary has rarely appeared in everyone's sight.

If it were not during the World War, the Bulgarian government recruited millions of mercenaries, it is estimated that many people would forget this familiar and strange term!

If it is the Bulgarian government's conscription, naturally there is a long line. Do you still want to build your career?

Now to be a mercenary for the Dutch, this temptation will be much smaller, although this time the recruiters give high commissions and very generous pensions.

But their most desired title, or social status, is not something that mercenary organizations can afford.

The Bulgarian government has long established a complete system, and the knighthood, military field system, and other reward and pension systems have very strict regulations.

Now this mercenary is obviously not in compliance with the rules. They are naturally employed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and cannot enjoy these benefits and social status provided by the Bulgarian government.

Burks is no exception. Money has never been his goal in life. Like many young people in Bulgaria, he is eager to build his career and become a member of the nobility.

Obviously this is not something that the Kingdom of the Netherlands can provide. Moreover, this mercenary is controlled by the Bulgarian government, and it is only in the name of the Dutch that it is politically needed.

On the army, the mercenaries were really very good. They paid a monthly base salary of 280 Lev. All the loot seized on the battlefield could be divided into eight layers, except for real estate.

There is a bonus every time he wins a war, and his pension is up to 80,000 levs. Including the standard of daily living supplies, it is also a continuous supply of meat, vegetables and fruits.

Unfortunately, the temptation of these benefits is not great for them. Except for some restless people, most people are not interested in this.

The legal minimum wage in Bulgaria is 108 leva and 128 leva per month (note: eight-hour and ten-hour work in parallel), and the average salary is 176 leva per month. .

Although the salaries of mercenaries are high, they are not so high as to make them look up, especially the military aristocrats, they are even dismissive.

Even if the land area is the smallest, they can rent the land and go out to find a job, they can still get very nourishing, there is no need to kill the Dutch.

Ferdinand had a headache. Everyone had a good life. They had no interest in being a mercenary.

Although the mercenaries were high, they were one-off, and once the battle was over, there was nothing left.

This is not like joining the army in the country. There are a series of benefits that can benefit you for life. If you win a battle, you will make a lot of money. If you become famous, you will have everything.

As a mercenary, no matter how much credit is given, it is also for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and has nothing to do with Bulgaria. Even if they get rich and return to Yijin, the villagers only regard them as outbreak households?

"You mean that we have encountered difficulties in recruiting. There are too few registrations?" Ferdinand asked in confusion.

Heaven and earth conscience, this issue is completely beyond Ferdinand's imagination. Since he took over the throne for more than thirty years, he has never heard of Bulgaria's failure to recruit soldiers.

In the past, it was difficult to recruit soldiers. There were always too many people coming to recruit. The workload of selecting soldiers was very large.

The Kingdom of Bulgaria is based on the establishment of a military nation. Everyone has to receive military training since childhood, and even basic training can be saved when he joins the army.

From the age of seven to military training, when he joined the army at the age of twenty, thirteen years later, even a stupid person has integrated this training into life.

Every time you recruit, you will find that there are too many qualified soldiers. There is no way. In the end, Ferdinand came up with a way to determine candidates by arrest, so as to avoid a series of troubles.

There are not enough people to join the army. This is probably the first time since the founding of Bulgaria. Such an unexpected situation, everyone is not shocked!

"Yes, Your Majesty! According to past conscription practices, usually the first day of opening the notification channel, the number of applicants will be overcrowded.

This time, our registration channels have been open for three days. The current number of applicants is less than 30,000. If nothing unexpected happens, the number of registrations will not exceed 20,000 in the next four days.

In other words, our shortfall in recruiting mercenaries this time will be very serious. The number of soldiers recruited from the country may not be even half.

You know, this time we have relaxed the conditions for registration. Even immigrants and even refugees can sign up! "Chief of Staff Christoph said very distressed

"Well, do you know what causes the enthusiasm for everyone to sign up?" Ferdinand asked with concern.

"It should be honor! Participating in the National Defense Forces is to protect the country and protect the country. Not only is it treated well, it is also respected by the whole society.

The mercenaries may be paid more, but they cannot be recognized by the society, and we cannot provide them with the same level of benefits! Admiral Christopher thought about it and said

Ferdinand nodded, the mercenaries are no longer low. In addition to salary bonuses, the most important thing is to divide the loot, which is equivalent to legal robbery.

The Indonesian region is very rich, and their trophy gains in a battle may be their military puppets for several years.

Theoretically, after helping the Dutch suppress the rebellion, everyone was awarded tens of thousands of levs, which was not a problem at all.

In one or two years, they can earn tens of thousands of levs. This is almost the income they can accumulate after they have worked in the country for ten years.

This income cannot be increased any more, otherwise the military spending will not be able to bear the Bulgarian government.

In the absence of combat, salaries of up to more than 20 million levs must be paid each month. Even if the daily supplies are provided by the Dutch, the monthly cost of this unit will not be less than 2,000. Three million levs.

If it fought, it would cost even more money, and Ferdinand would not be surprised at all to spend four or five billion levs on the war each year.

If Nanyang is a Bulgarian territory, then don't say four or five billion levs, even if it is four or five billion levs, he would not hesitate, but this time just to help the Dutch?

"Well, first find a solution among the refugees. If the numbers are still not available, go to the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the German area to recruit!

The big deal is to recruit two German divisions and give priority to several major kingdoms. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can coordinate them. With their current economic situation, people who are willing to work as mercenaries are indispensable! Ferdinand thought for a while

"Your Majesty, is it not appropriate to recruit a large number of mercenaries from Germany, which will increase their military strength?" Christopher Zou asked with a frown.

"I know this too, so I asked you to go to some great kingdoms to recruit people?

Except for the Prussian kingdom under the jurisdiction of the central government, the military strength of several other kingdoms, no matter how swollen, their populations were very limited.

Even the Bavarian Kingdom, which has the largest population, has a population of less than 10 million. How their military strength has grown and they do not have the strength to unify Germany.

Besides, are n’t there any French people? In the face of a unified Germany, the French government is expected to admit it. In the face of a small part of Germany, the French can't.

Unless they want to see Germany reunify again, and then wage a vengeance on them.

Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not tolerate German unification, and the traitors were not so good at it! Ferdinand said calmly

Now Bulgaria needs a stable European continent. Only when the European continent is stable, it is impossible to create an empire that threatens Bulgaria's national security.

The current European hegemon, the French, has done a very good job in this area, and has been unswervingly advocating the contradiction between Germany and France. As long as Germany and France cannot compromise, the countries on the European continent will not threaten Bulgaria's security.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Admiral Christoph replied

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that the military expenditure for recruiting mercenaries will be overrun.

According to our previous plan, mercenaries were recruited domestically, and they didn't need much training before they could be sent to the battlefield.

But now, to recruit troops from Germany and Austria, this will definitely increase our training funding, including the expenditure of command and coordination, and it will also increase significantly! The Minister of Finance said with a somber expression

"Probably how much more?" Ferdinand asked with concern.

There is no way. Mercenaries recruited from Bulgaria all have the same training mode and can be used directly.

And these foreign recruits, even if all of them are retired veterans of the World War, are now degraded, and they must be retrained and then run for a long time to achieve the same command.

"According to the enrollment of 30,000 people, at least 35 million levs will be increased for training, and at least 800,000 levs will be increased for translation each month.

Your Majesty, this has greatly exceeded our budget, and the government's financial pressure will be very great! Kennedy thought about it and said

Ferdinand Zou frowned. On the surface, this number seemed small. In fact, after the war ended, perhaps the additional funds in this part were hundreds of millions of levs.

Don't look at Bulgaria's fiscal revenue now, there are already tens of billions of levs, in fact they are still very poor.

The ongoing "ten-year plan" consumes a lot of financial resources of the government, so Ferdinand has to live a careful life.

"Well, let's do this! The overspending part will be collateralized by our Southeast Asian colony and loaned to the bank!" Ferdinand Zou said with a brow.

Lack of money is also a common problem of governments around the world. The financial situation of the Bulgarian government is estimated to be the best in the world in this era.

At least the government's debt ratio has been suppressed by Ferdinand, from the peak of seven to eight times the debt leverage ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ to less than 30% now.

This is still because of the "ten-year plan", otherwise the Bulgarian government would have been debt-free.

Less government debt does not mean less money owed to banks.

For example: Bulgarian railway companies still owe the bank more than 10 billion; Bulgaria's highway construction groups are even more fierce, and they all owe the bank more than 20 billion.

There are many similar state-owned enterprises. Of course, Bulgarian Highway Group is not a state-owned enterprise. He belongs to social welfare enterprises.

If nothing else, the Bulgarian Railway Company will become a social public welfare enterprise in the future. There are still many similar companies in this category. Almost all state-owned infrastructure companies will eventually become public welfare enterprises.

Monopoly enterprises are not so easy to do, especially those industries that are related to the international people's livelihood are typical of scolding.

The spit star of the future world can drown people!

Many industries originally did not make any money, but from the outside world, they thought it was a profitable industry, and Ferdinand was not prepared to stay.

Anyway, no matter how the nature of the company changes, the government's control over him will not be lost, nothing more than making money from it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Kennedy answered.

Loans, let's just borrow. Anyway, the Bulgarian government has always been a good customer of the bank. Compared with the high debts of governments around the world, the debt of the Bulgarian government has gone down.

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