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Chapter 570 Retreating to Advance
The situation in the Balkans is complicated. Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece have all been powerful at different historical periods and have ruled the Balkan Peninsula to a certain extent.

Therefore, after gaining independence, these countries set the restoration of their largest historical territory as their ultimate dream and put it into practice.

The "Greater Bulgaria" that the Bulgarians dream of includes the plains between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains, North and South Dobruja, Sofia, Pirot, Vranje, Thrace, and Macedonia.

This plan seriously conflicted with the interests of the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbia, and was the main reason for the outbreak of the Second Balkan War.

After the Second Balkan War, the "Greater Bulgaria" plan had failed, and August could only hope to obtain the protection of George and the Russian Empire through Polis.

As for whether there will still be a chance for a "Greater Bulgaria" in the future, we will have to wait and see.

Accepting Albania into the Balkan Union was a joint decision of all Balkan countries, but Albania was a little less enthusiastic about this invitation.

At the St. Petersburg Conference, Kosovo was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbia and Northern Epirus to the Kingdom of Greece. Albania's current territorial area is almost half of what the Albanian government claimed.

Therefore, Albania had many complaints against the Russian Empire and the Balkan League, believing that Albania's interests were violated.

However, Albania did not dare to refuse the invitation of the Balkan League, because the Albanian Provisional Government knew very well that without the protection of the Russian Empire or the Balkan League, Albania could not survive.

As the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, Augustus hoped to use Adrianople to show a brand new Bulgarian Kingdom to other Balkan countries.

In order to eliminate the impact of the Second Balkan War, Augustus hoped to repair relations with the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Romania.

This now seems to be very effective. After George ascended the throne, the Kingdom of Greece moved closer to the Russian Empire.

The marriage between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania provided a second safety rope for the stability of the Balkan Alliance.

While August was receiving representatives from various countries, Boris was accompanying Ferdinand to visit the airport.

Ferdinand's mood was a little complicated. Adrianople Airport was the first airport in the Balkan Peninsula.

Ferdinand was very open to new things. After the Balkan War, Ferdinand asked the Russian Empire to help the Kingdom of Romania develop its air force, but after learning about the cost of forming an air force, he had to abandon this idea.

Building an air force is not as simple as buying a few planes from the Russian Empire; it requires a whole, mature supporting system.

Unlike the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Romania faced the threat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so it had to focus its main efforts on building its army to guard against the invasion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was unable to take care of its navy.

If they can't even afford to build warships, forget about building an air force. The price of a transport plane, even after a discount, is much more expensive than a patrol boat.

The most powerful warship currently in the Romanian Navy is a cruiser donated by the Russian Empire, which is more than 20 years old.

Polis had nothing to say about this.

If the Kingdom of Romania is willing to hand over its national defense to the Russian Empire, then the Russian Empire would have no problem helping the Kingdom of Romania to form an air force, or even just giving the Kingdom of Romania an air force.

Ferdinand was a little upset. You two are really not human beings.

Polis and Ferdinand met Vasily, who was also inspecting, at the airport.

"Bertie, when are you going to get Bob and Liz engaged?"

Vasily is concerned about his nephew's marriage.

"Hum-"

Ferdinand did not respond and was not very satisfied with the progress of Alexandra and Carol.

This is not because George is looking down on others, but because Carol took the initiative to retreat and did not dare to pursue Alexandra. "What are you humming about? Are you feeling unwell?"

Vasily was rude to Ferdinand, as his status and position were similar to Ferdinand's.

If the kings of the Balkan countries are not called Tsars, they are actually Grand Dukes, which is basically the same level as Dukes in the Russian Empire.

Vasily is the current Duke of Suvorov, and the surname "Suvorov" itself has its own advantages.

"Vassili, you must control your soldiers and not provoke border conflicts lightly."

Ferdinand was also dissatisfied with Vasily.

After the Kingdom of Bulgaria ceded Southern Dobruja to the Kingdom of Romania, the offensive and defensive positions were changed. Now it was the turn of the Kingdom of Bulgaria to ask the Kingdom of Romania to treat the Bulgarians living in Southern Dobruja well.

During the period when the Kingdom of Bulgaria ruled Southern Dobruja, the Romanians living in Southern Dobruja were indeed treated unfairly by the Kingdom of Bulgaria to a certain extent.

Now the Romanian government treats Bulgarians living in southern Dobruja with the same standards, which naturally arouses dissatisfaction among local Bulgarians.

The Bulgarians were treated unfairly, so they sought help from the Bulgarian Kingdom.

Therefore, over the past year or so, conflicts have occurred occasionally on the Romania-Baoding border.

"Uncle Albert, if you don't like the Bulgarians in Southern Dobruja, why don't you send them back to Bulgaria and we can resolve this conflict once and for all."

Boris behaved much more maturely than Ferdinand had imagined.

As long as the two places live together, similar problems will definitely arise and the conflicts will never be resolved.

Although Boris's method is not perfect, it is the best solution under the current circumstances.

Ferdinand frowned. This was not a trivial matter.

There are about 15 Bulgarians living in Southern Dobruja, which is not a lot, but not a small number either.

In this era when all countries regard population as the most valuable resource, it is hard to say whether releasing these people back to Bulgaria will be a blessing or a curse for Ferdinand.

Sending people back to Bulgaria would indeed be helpful in resolving the dispute between Romania and Bulgaria.

But if interpreted by someone with ulterior motives, it would become a reason to slander Ferdinand and the Romanian royal family.

After the alliance between the Kingdom of Romania and the Russian Empire, rumors began to circulate in Romania that King Carol I of Romania had ceded Romania's interests to the Russian Empire.

In 1907, a peasant uprising broke out in the Kingdom of Romania.

These rumors and the mastermind behind the uprising all came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"Little guy, who did you learn this from?"

Ferdinand felt like he was being grilled by Boris and was in a dilemma.

Looking at Boris, who still had a childish face and didn't even have a beard, Ferdinand had a new understanding of George.

(End of this chapter)