Chapter 630： Bulgaria's big development

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

The newly appointed Prime Minister Kelsteff also acted vigorously and promulgated the bill within a week.

In this plan, Bulgaria needs to build its roads, water conservancy, medical facilities and other facilities. The most important one is the upgrade of two railways, one is the railway from Sofia through Pleven to Bucharest, and the other is the railway from the southern city of Kardzhali through Veliko Tarnovo to Varna. In addition, there are several highways connecting other major cities.

In particular, the construction of water conservancy facilities is currently the most important to Bulgaria. Because Bulgaria's industry is not strong, most of its population is in the countryside, and it is most urgent for water conservancy facilities. In addition, Bulgaria's fiscal revenue has been greatly reduced due to the impact of the economic crisis. The government appropriation seems powerless, and it can only be maintained by the farmers themselves.

However, farmers’ ability to bear them is inherently poor, and the lack of government funding makes the maintenance of water conservancy facilities more difficult. According to internal statistics of the Bulgarian government, in the past few years of the economic crisis, Bulgaria's water conservancy facilities have been reduced by 18%. And among the water conservancy facilities that have not been lost, 31% of irrigation canals and pumping stations lack maintenance.

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

Therefore, in general, Bulgaria's farming land is shrinking. After taking office as Prime Minister Kelstef, the most important livelihood project is to allocate large amounts of water conservancy facilities to preserve the income of domestic farmers.

Of course, ensuring the income of farmers does not make Bulgaria wealthy. If you want to make Bulgaria wealthy, you must rely on industry. And Kelstef has a plan to deepen the tobacco industry and rose oil in response to the actual situation in Bulgaria.

Bulgarian tobacco and rose oil are also very famous in the world. Affected by the temperate continental climate and mountainousness, Bulgaria is very suitable for the growth of these two crops, so Kelstef has no reason not to make it bigger and stronger.

It is not that no one has thought about deep processing these two special products before, but they are all affected by insufficient funds. No way before, Bulgaria has encountered several wars in succession, and the poor in the treasury can starve mice to death.

But Bulgaria under Edel can rely on assistance from Romania to complete this plan. So Kelsteff had no psychological burden at all, and he started to build without hesitation.

Of course, Kelsteff is also well aware of the Romanian Kingdom’s careful thoughts that it wants to tie Bulgaria in one line, and he himself is also happy to see it.

Therefore, with the promulgation of the "Bulgarian Economic Revitalization Plan", there is also the signing of the Paulo Free Trade Agreement. In order to better link the economies of the two countries, the agreement has made clear provisions on personnel exchanges, economic trade, tourism and study abroad between the two countries.

The main purpose is to reduce border inspections between the two countries, and personnel exchanges between the two countries will no longer be inspected in the future. Moreover, the two countries will not make any restrictions on business, study, and work, as long as they do not violate the law. In a word, it is to reduce the work of mutual inspections 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 the same monarch, are also trying to achieve a result that satisfies both parties. But in general, Bulgaria is moving closer to Romania, and Romania has also made compromises on some of the customs of Bulgaria.

Its main purpose is to avoid the occurrence of the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire where the two sets of governments are in charge of their own. It is mainly promoted by Edel and the high-level officials of the two countries.

For the divided Austro-Hungarian Empire, many far-sighted politicians can see that apart from the lack of cohesion due to too many ethnic groups in World War I, there is also the inability to coordinate between the two governments. . For example, on the issue of naval construction, the attitudes between the two kingdoms are completely opposite. And the same is true in the attitude towards Serbia. The two governments spent too much time and energy on wrangling, completely letting them respond too slow in handling matters.

Naturally, Edel would not turn a blind eye. He has been dealing with this issue ever since he became the King of Bulgaria.

And there is another problem that bothers the governments of these two countries, and that is the naval base in Varna.

As Romania’s main naval base and shipbuilding center, Varna’s importance to Romania’s navy is obvious. However, after Edel assigned the area to Bulgaria, the presence of the navy here became very prominent.

In fact, when Edel returned South Bodoroga 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.

The best way is to merge the two kingdoms so that everyone does not need to be divided into each other. However, this method is not yet available. Not to mention the opinions between the people of the two countries, even other countries are unwilling to see the merger of the two countries.

It is not 1938 when Germany and Austria were merged with European crisis. Now if Romania and Bulgaria merge, Romania will inevitably be placed on the cusp of wind and waves, which is quite unfavorable. So this method is currently unavailable.

Since this method is useless then is there any other way. There is also the formation of a joint fleet between the two countries, which can quell possible disputes and strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

good or not?

Very good, and very good.

But the same cannot be used.

why?

Because in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Nai, Bulgaria cannot have a navy. If a joint fleet is formed, then the Treaty of Nai will in fact be broken. Edel 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 was torn up, there is no real benefit and only a nominal benefit, so Edel certainly wouldn't do it.

So this method cannot be used either.

Then there is only one last way left, and that is to rent. When Romania provided funds for Bulgaria, the navy proposed 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, it is also necessary to consider the strength of the two countries.

Moreover, among the investments in Varna, the Romanian Navy and its affiliated factories occupy an absolute share. The Romanian navy really wants to relocate, and the Bulgarian government can’t get the relocation fee alone.

So in the end, the two countries signed a lease clause for the Naval Port of Varna; the clause stipulates that the lease of the naval port between the two countries is ten years, and the annual rent is 5 million lei. After the lease expires, the negotiation of renewal of the lease will continue. problem.

However, both parties know that it is impossible to talk about lease renewal. The reason is simple. The future merger of the two countries is the general trend. They have all become one country, so what is the issue of rent renewal?

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