Ferdinand has just completed the reorganization of the army, and before the time is released, Prime Minister Constantine and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kennedy will come to the door.
"Prince, this is our expense report in this war. The war cost was somewhat unexpected, especially the battle of Constantinople, which was greatly beyond the budget!" The Minister of Finance said solemnly
Ferdinand nodded and said calmly, "This is normal, the battlefield is ever-changing, and it is normal to have a little accident!
After all, we won this war, and a little money loss is acceptable! By the way, how much is overspending? "
The Minister of Finance's eyes flickered, and then he calmed down quickly, saying, "Instead of overspending, we saved 70 million levs. Our original budget was 300 million levs for the war. Now the actual expenditure The sales are about 230 million levs! "
70 million levs were saved. This number flashed in Ferdinand's mind. It was a bit surprised. There was a balance in the battle? It was unexpected!
You know that 70 million levs, if it is equivalent to Kupin silver, is 18.66667 million, you can buy the Beiyang fleet! (Note: Exchange rate is 1901, 1 Kuiping Silver = 3.75 Lev = 0.15 GBP)
When he first crossed, Ferdinand would certainly be ecstatic to hear this number. By now, this number can no longer move him.
After a little surprise, Ferdinand opened the information casually and looked carefully.
First of all, the ammunition consumption is in sight. The Bulgarian army consumed a total of 3.87 million artillery shells and 270 million bullets in the Balkan War.
Ferdinand did not look down on the specific consumption of various types of artillery shells. Anyway, he saw only a total value of nearly 70 million levs, and continued to look down.
Among them, 70% of the shells and 30% of the bullets were consumed in the battle of Constantinople. It can be said that the major gold swallower in this war was the battle of Constantinople!
Well, this is just Bulgaria's own ammunition expenses. All the expenses are cost prices. Many raw materials for ammunition production only record labor costs, without considering profit at all.
If you buy in the international market, it would be impossible to buy without hundreds of millions of levs!
As for the heavy artillery provided by the Russians, as well as the shells consumed, they are not counted.
The Ministry of Finance also gave a preliminary estimate. The more than 300 heavy artillery pieces were hundreds of thousands of levs, and hundreds of levs were used for any shell.
If this cost is counted on the Bulgarian head, the value of more than 200,000 shells will not be less than 30 million levs. If the value of the artillery itself is not 70 to 80 million levs, it will not be able to get it !!
Of course, for Russia, there is no problem at all. It is less than 30 million yuan when converted into rubles, and only 3 million yuan when converted into pounds. The Russians have a great career and are crowded out.
After winning the Black Sea portal, it cost only three million pounds. How can Nicholas II make a lot of money!
You know, even if you don't consider military value, in terms of economic value alone: the annual tariff on this golden waterway is more than that!
Moreover, it also involves the issue of Russia's economic development, especially the export of agricultural products, which controls this golden waterway. The competitiveness of Russian agricultural products in the world will greatly increase!
Of course, the Russians are still talking to the Ottomans about this issue!
As for Bulgaria? Ferdinand resolutely chose to give up. Countless historical lessons told him that since ancient times, the boss who robs the meat will not end well!
After the mobilization, the newly opened weapons and equipment, more than 400,000 new rifles, this is really not expensive, less than 10 million levs, and it really is a work of imitation Maozi, real and durable, and inexpensive !!
The next is the artillery, mainly the primary version of the mortar and 75mm field guns, with a total of more than 1,000 and a total value of more than 30 million levs, which are not too expensive and acceptable.
Weapons already equipped are not counted!
Further down is the consumption of various materials, a lot of mess, including food, cloth, tents, military uniforms, medicine ...
Adding this together, the numbers are a little bit larger, up to more than 70 million levs, and the large sums of material seized by the army have not yet been recorded, they have been used directly and not counted.
Taking into account the actual situation, although Bulgaria has mobilized a total strength of more than 600,000 troops, in fact, only 400,000 troops have been invested in front-line operations.
In this case, based on the three-month combat time, the average daily consumption of material for each soldier is about two levs.
If the seized materials are also included in this figure, it is estimated that the number will increase significantly!
And these more than 400,000 people are not fighting every day. Except for the First Army who basically fought for three consecutive months, most of the other troops ended the war in the first month.
Such a calculation would consume a lot of money, but considering that the battlefield transportation and the gathering of a large number of guerrillas, it is probably almost the same!
In addition to these expenses, the rest is to start the army, and this need not be counted, Ferdinand knows that it is definitely an astronomical number!
Even if ordinary soldiers sent 100 levs a month in wartime, it would be okay for the 400,000 people directly participating in the war, which would be 40 million a month!
Oh, in fact, it must be more than that. Engineers who have been on the front line can't send them all by themselves, right? The rear did not directly participate in the war. The army responsible for protecting the transportation line must also give a little subsidy?
Seeing military spending, a total of 50 million levs! Looking at this number, Ferdinand was a little dumbfounded. Suddenly, I wanted to ask if you had written a zero?
Even if the Ministry of Finance provided the military expenses of two or three hundred million levs, Ferdinand would accept it. It would not be a surprise at all, but 50 million levs may not be enough for one month!
However, Ferdinand watched it patiently. He was more and more shocked. The 50 million levs included not only the salary of soldiers, but also the casualty pension and wartime bonuses!
Well, when he saw the word "land", he understood it all!
This is due to Ferdinand's preferential policy of "Military officers and soldiers who have made military achievements and who are willing to emigrate to Albania can get twice as much land as their rewards, and the shortcomings can be used to make up the difference"!
The most important thing is that the land price of Ferdinand is half of the current domestic land price in Bulgaria!
It's cheap and it doesn't take up a lot of money, so much interest is moving. To encourage immigration, the government provides exchange services even if there is land in the country.
As for whether it will suffer, no one will worry! Anyway, this kind of immigration relocation, everyone is free to choose, a group of comrades-in-arms gathered together, even if there are only them to bully people, no one dare to find their fault!
Besides, the matter of professional placement has already spread!
If you stay in the same place and want to become a government public official, it will be really difficult and the competition pressure will be too great.
If you move out, it will be different. For ordinary soldiers, officials are mixed, but there is always a chance to mix ordinary staff!
After all, no matter their qualifications, achievements, or reliability, they are more dominant than the locals!
Even if it comes to the level of knowledge, these soldiers still have the advantage. Bulgaria's first level of basic education in the world is really not bragging!
Seeing the number of applications for relocation, Ferdinand will be dumbfounded. Is this a collective relocation?
"123,000 people!"
It doesn't look like much, in fact, it also represents the 123,000 families behind, involving hundreds of thousands of immigrants!
This number has far exceeded the previous estimate of the government! By the way, the government has nearly 2 million hectares of land, which is about to be distributed!
Among them, there are nearly six floors of land, all of which make up the difference. It seems that even if the excess part is not eligible for tax concessions, many people are still willing to buy land at low prices!
At this moment Ferdinand's turn was worried, and the land in Albania is probably not enough. These hundreds of thousands of families also have a lot of land on their own, and how much is still being counted. After all, it is definitely an astronomical figure!
"Let 's do this! Expand the scope of immigration. Albania alone cannot be resettled, and the immigrants will be scattered everywhere!
The specific location is left to the government to determine! According to the actual situation, the number of immigrants going to various places!
Considering the complexity of many areas, the choice of immigration should not be too scattered, at least one immigrant settlement must have at least 800 people!
In addition, soldiers who have made military achievements allowed them to buy their own rifles, but they must report to the armed forces around the country and purchase bullets with a limit! "
Ferdinand is still very short, and he still pays great attention to these soldiers who have killed him. Ferdinand knows that these soldiers are the cornerstone of his stability in Bulgaria in the future!
As for keeping them with guns, in addition to protecting their own safety, there is another advantage in that they can suppress rebellions everywhere!
Area rebellions like the Qian'er 800 people don't need to send troops. One hundred and eighty soldiers in a settlement will suppress them!
As for the bigger rebellion, are you stupid as an intelligence department? History tells Ferdinand that all civil spontaneous rebellions have grown from small to large!
As for the peasant uprising of 1.8 million, it cannot happen in the Balkans!
Even during the Ottoman Empire, Ferdinand gave money and fired guns, and even personally sent people to command, and did not toss out more than 10,000 peasant uprisings!
Even if it expands later, it is still learning how to fight pirates, all the way around! But this method has become more and more backward in modern times!
As long as they are stable in the future, Bulgaria will be stable!
With such obvious benefits, Ferdinand can see it at a glance, Constantine can't see it for no reason. Needless to say, as soon as Ferdinand proposed the plan, he immediately agreed.
Leaving only the Minister of Finance in pain, this time will lose a lot of money!
Seeing the response of the Minister of Finance, Ferdinand wondered, and asked, "Yes, so many people are buying land in excess, aren't they all so rich?"
You need to know that Bulgaria's land is not cheap. A hectare of land usually costs more than 16,000 levs.
For plain areas with good geological conditions, this figure can reach more than 23,000 levs per hectare. This figure is not cheap!
Ordinary workers do n't eat or drink fortunately for a year, they can probably buy more than one acre of land. Theoretically, they can buy an hectare of land after the income of about ten years. This is why Bulgarians are so enthusiastic about joining the army. The main reason!
These days, there is really no money for ordinary workers!
The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked at Ferdinand a little embarrassed and said: "No, Grand Duke, for ordinary soldiers, the money to buy these lands is still a huge sum!
But Royal Bank and Union Bank launched a loan service specifically for them, and soldiers could use the land they bought as a mortgage.
And it is still very low interest. Basically, they buy part of the land, and the annual income is enough to pay this part of interest!
Therefore, many people have applied for land. I estimate that if the government does not finalize these issues as soon as possible, the land that will be purchased in the future will continue to increase! "
Ferdinand was so happy in his heart that he did not expect that his people were so business-minded and tied a group of high-quality customers so quickly!
What is the easiest money to make? Follow the policy, of course! Now Ferdinand Ming is supporting the military class and using them to fight the world. Is it possible that they will go bankrupt on a large scale in this context?
Besides, agriculture is still a very stable investment path at the end of the 19th century. Basically, the income of agricultural land will not be too bad before ammonia is produced!