05) Migration to the South Bank

After all the ceremonies were completed, Ferdinand also rushed to the military hospital in the Sofia region, visited the wounded, and went to condole with the families of several martyrs. It took most of the month before the work came to an end.

Of course, there is no shortage of journalists to follow to collect news material, and there are photographers to accompany the scene, as valuable film and video data to preserve.

The people are even more lively, and although The Bulgarian-Serbian War has passed, the propaganda has continued, and the joyful atmosphere has not yet faded.

Anyway, the media came up with too much evidence that would show that this war in Bulgaria was completely just:

We fought for the nation's rise, the liberation of our compatriots who were oppressed by Serbia, the recovery of our homeland, and the expulsion of the Serbian invaders!

The new part of the country has been an integral part of the Holy Land of Bulgaria since ancient times. Believe it or not, you can check the historical data!

Many Slavs arrived in the 6th century AD and merged with a small number of Turkic-speaking Bulgars led by Asparukh, who had migrated from the northern coast of the Black Sea and the North Caucasus to Moesia, giving rise to the Bulgars.

In the area south of the Danube River and north of the Balkan Mountains, the First Bulgarian Empire was established. Look carefully, including the entire Balkan region. There are historical sources that indicate that that is the area traditionally inhabited by the Bulgarians. If that's not enough, there's the Second Bulgarian Empire. There's always what you want!

The entire population was now living up there. All Bulgarians can testify that the Bulgarian military liberated them from the clutches of Serbia. They dare to swear on their faith in God, from their heart, without any falsehood at all!!!

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For the propaganda in the Bulgarian domestic media, except for the Bulgarians who believe it, everyone else is tacitly saying that they have seen nothing.

It's shameful. Are the Serbs still protesting? All 300,000 people in the northern pass, so they are just replaced, and the idiots are the ones who left voluntarily!

But it doesn't matter. The land is now populated by Bulgarians anyway. Each of them has evidence that they have been ethnic Bulgarians for generations!

Who dares to say otherwise nonsense, get in trouble with anyone! It has to be ethnic Bulgarians even if the agricultural tax for Bulgaria is only half that of Serbia!!!

The Bulgarian government under Ferdinand was very open-minded, and one could obtain Bulgarian citizenship quickly by showing evidence of being of Bulgarian ethnicity, being willing to accept the authority of the Bulgarian government, learning Bulgarian culture and knowledge, and loving Bulgaria.

So the new 20,000 compatriots, all Bulgarians, were properly native, and naturally, there was a lack of baseless oppression and enslavement.

Ferdinand, who had been idle, became concerned about immigration again and called a cabinet minister to hold a special panel on immigration.

"Prime Minister, what is your government's plan regarding the retrieval of the homeland?" asked Ferdinand.

Konstantin, the named Prime Minister, replied excitedly, "Your Highness, the cabinet plans to divide three regions for governance, but since the population is now too small, the most important task of the cabinet right now is still immigration!"

Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction and continued to ask, "How is the migration going?"

Konstantin paused, sighed, and said with difficulty: "Immigration is going well, but the population of Bulgaria is limited. Even if the people sign up in great numbers, many do not meet the conditions. After being rejected, now includes the military immigrants, adding up to more than 50,000 people, basically has reached the limit!!!"

Ferdinand knew that having just won a war, it was a time when Bulgarian nationalism was in full swing, and plenty of people didn't care about personal gain to support the country's growth.

But it still does not change the nature of Bulgaria's sparse population, four million people spread over more than 100,000 square kilometers of land, which is already very small, and it is indeed too difficult to develop new land.

And the government can't just abandon the old land just to develop new land! There simply aren't more than enough people in the community to make slow progress on immigration, that's for sure!

Ferdinand thought about it and continued, "Let's focus our efforts on the new citizens! Then find a way to bring in a group of immigrants from Russia!

It is still the same old rules to farmers mainly, after all, the situation in the Niš region, you are all clear, we focus on the focus can only be the development of agriculture!

The Serbs are too violent. If we developed this land to support a million people for farming, it would not be a problem!"

At the end of the 19th century, the level of agricultural mechanization worldwide was still very low, and there was still value in spreading it on the plains. Still, it was better to use manual labor in the mountainous and forested areas, honestly!

Besides, Ferdinand was only to increase the population and strengthen the control of the land. He did not intend to let everyone rely on that little land to become prosperous. As long as the output can be self-sufficient is enough. As long as the agricultural tax is, of course, good, there is no matter.

The cabinet members looked at each other and smiled. It seems that now every time Bulgaria lacks manpower, the Russian Empire can generously provide it, and of course, it would be nice if they could do it without paying!

Konstantin said with a bitter smile: "Your Highness, if we let them migrate from the Russian region just to farm the land simply, then the cost would be too high!

The plains along the Morava River are still valuable for economic development, but the other mountainous hills and forests are too low in agricultural output ratio!

And the cost of our migration is now, however, not low at all. On average, the cost of importing a young and strong labor force from Russia is now up to 300 Leva (about £12) and 125 Leva (£5) for the old and weak.

At this price, it will take at least twenty years before we can recover the cost from them; if we engage in industrial production, we can recover the cost in three to five years! Economically speaking, the benefits of introducing immigrants to develop mountainous and hilly forest areas are not worth the losses!"

Ferdinand nodded. For the prime minister's concern, he understood. Nowadays, most European countries value industry and despise agriculture, and they don't care much about human resources.

It is also related to the Great Powers' vast colonies with a sizeable rich labor force. It is natural to ignore the population's role and the country's weight!

But Ferdinand decided that another way of thinking to convince them, after all, by the limits of the times, it is beyond their understanding to talk about this now!