Romanian Eagle

Chapter 630 The Great Development of Bulgaria

When Britain and France demanded Bulgaria to abide by the "Nei Treaty", the new Bulgarian government promulgated its economic revitalization bill "Bulgarian Economic Revitalization Plan".

The new Prime Minister Krstoff also acted resolutely, enacting the bill within a week.

In this plan, Bulgaria needs to build its roads, water conservancy, medical and other facilities. Among the top priorities are the upgrades of two railways, one from Sofia to Bucharest through Pleven, and one from the southern city of Kardzhali to Varna through Veliko Tarnovo. In addition, there are several highway constructions connecting other major cities.

In particular, the construction of water conservancy facilities is the most important to Bulgaria at present. Because Bulgaria's industry is not strong, most of its population is in rural areas, and water conservancy facilities are the most urgent. Moreover, due to the impact of the economic crisis in Bulgaria, its fiscal revenue has been greatly reduced. The government appropriation seems powerless, and it is only up to the farmers to maintain it themselves.

However, farmers' affordability is already poor, and the lack of government funds makes the maintenance of water conservancy facilities more difficult. According to the internal statistics of the Bulgarian government, in the past few years of the economic crisis, Bulgarian water conservancy facilities have decreased by 18%. And among the water conservancy facilities that have not lost, 31% of irrigation channels and irrigation stations lack maintenance.

This has a fatal impact on agricultural production. Therefore, the planting area of ​​wheat, rye, oats and other crops that need irrigation in Bulgaria in recent years is only 557,000 hectares, while before the economic crisis, 69.1 hectares decreased by 20%. On the contrary, drought-resistant crops such as potatoes and corn have increased slightly, which has led to a decrease in the income of Bulgarian farmers and reduced their enthusiasm for cultivation. In general, Bulgarian arable land is also shrinking.

Therefore, in general, the cultivated land in Bulgaria is shrinking. After becoming Prime Minister Kirstv, the most important people's livelihood project is to invest heavily in water conservancy facilities to maintain the income of domestic farmers.

Of course, guaranteeing farmers' income does not make Bulgaria rich. To make Bulgaria rich, it must rely on industry. And Kerstov already has a plan, that is, according to the actual situation in Bulgaria, to carry out further processing of the tobacco industry and rose oil.

Bulgarian tobacco and rose oil are also very famous in the world. With its temperate continental climate and mountains, Bulgaria is perfect for both crops, so there's no reason Kerstov shouldn't make it bigger.

It is not that no one thought about deep processing of these two specialties before, but they were both affected by insufficient funds. There is no way that Bulgaria has encountered several wars in succession before, and the poor in the treasury can starve to death of mice.

However, Bulgaria under Eder could rely on aid from Romania to complete this plan. Therefore, Kersteff had no psychological burden at all, and started the construction without hesitation.

Of course, Kirstv is well aware of the Romanian Kingdom's intention to tie Bulgaria to a thread, and he himself is also happy to see it.

Therefore, with the introduction of the "Bulgarian Economic Revitalization Plan", there is also the signing of the free trade agreement between the two countries. In order to better link the economies of the two countries, the agreement has made clear regulations on personnel exchanges, economic trade, tourism and study between the two countries.

It is mainly to reduce the border inspection of the two countries, and in the future, the personnel exchanges between the two countries will not be inspected. Moreover, there will be no restrictions on business, study, work, etc. between the two countries, as long as they do not violate the law. In a word, it is to reduce the mutual inspection and other work between the two countries, until the free border exchanges are cancelled.

Moreover, in view of the differences in legal culture and other aspects between the two countries, the two kingdoms, both of which are currently under the same monarch, are also trying to reach a result that is satisfactory to both parties. But in general, Bulgaria is moving closer to Romania, and Romania has also made compromises on some Bulgarian customs.

Its main purpose is to avoid the appearance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,

Two sets of governments are in charge of each other, which is mainly driven by Eder and the top leaders of the two countries.

For the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was broken into pieces, many far-sighted politicians could see that in the First World War, in addition to the lack of cohesion caused by too many ethnic groups, there was also a lack of coordination between the two governments. . For example, on the issue of naval construction, the attitudes of the two kingdoms are completely opposite. And the same goes for the attitude towards Serbia. The two governments spent too much time and energy on wrangling, making them too slow to deal with things.

Eder naturally does not turn a blind eye, and he has been dealing with this issue since he became king of Bulgaria.

And there is another problem that plagues both governments, the naval base in Varna.

As Romania's main naval base and shipbuilding center, Varna's importance to the Romanian navy is obvious. However, with Eder's ownership of the area to Bulgaria, the presence of the navy here is extremely conspicuous.

In fact, when Eder returned South Budoroga and other places to Bulgaria, he also considered the problem of the navy.

Of course, it is impossible for the navy to move away, and Bulgaria's current relationship with Romania does not dare to make such a request. But hidden dangers are hidden dangers after all, and solutions must be found.

One of the best ways is to merge the two kingdoms, so that everyone does not have to divide each other. However, this method cannot be used yet, not to mention the opinions between the people of the two countries, even other countries do not want to see the merger of the two countries.

Now is not 1938, when Germany and Austria merged into Europe, which was full of crisis. If Romania and Bulgaria merge now, Romania will inevitably be on the cusp of the storm, which is quite unfavorable to it. So this method is currently unavailable.

Since this method is useless, is there any other way. There is also, that is, the two countries form a joint fleet, which can not only quell possible disputes, but also strengthen the feelings of the two countries.

good or not?

Very good and very good.

But it doesn't work either.

Why?

Because according to the provisions of the Treaty of Neuilly, Bulgaria cannot have a navy. If a combined fleet is formed, then the Treaty of Neuilly is de facto broken. Eder and the Bulgarian government have just agreed that Britain and France abide by the treaty and cannot slap themselves in the face. Although the treaty is to be torn up, but there is no real benefit and only nominal benefits, of course Edel will not do it.

So this method doesn't work either.

Then there is only one last option left, and that is to rent. When Romania financed Bulgaria, the navy offered to give them the right to use the Varna naval base.

Of course, the Romanian government cannot ignore the demands of the navy. The Bulgarian side will naturally not refuse the request from Romania. Regardless of the relationship between the two countries and being under the same monarch, the strength of the two countries also needs to be considered.

And among the investments in Varna, the Romanian Navy and its attached factories occupy an absolute share. If the Romanian Navy really wants to relocate, the Bulgarian government will not be able to pay for the relocation fee alone.

Therefore, in the end, the two countries signed the terms of the lease of the naval port of Varna; the terms stipulated that the lease of the naval port between the two countries is for ten years, and its annual rent is five million lei. question.

However, both parties know that it is impossible to talk about the renewal of the lease. The reason is very simple. In the future, the merger of the two countries is the general trend. It has become a country, and what about the renewal of leases?

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