After the Battle of Constantinople ended, the hearts hanging in the throats of people across Bulgaria finally settled—but Ferdinand became even busier!
After the victory, there was still a whole series of postwar matters requiring his attention. Whether it was promotions, resettlement after the war, or pensions for the wounded and fallen, Ferdinand had to personally oversee them all! Whenever it came to winning people's hearts, Ferdinand was almost always there.
Then there was postwar reconstruction and the appointment of officials. Many of those matters also required Ferdinand's personal approval. Even so, he still had to spare attention for the progress of the London negotiations, working himself until heaven and earth blurred together!
Ferdinand was now suffering and rejoicing at once—or rather, the entire Bulgarian government was. On one hand, they were overjoyed by the victory; on the other, every day brought endless work, piled up like mountains with no end in sight!
Ferdinand could only be grateful that Bulgarians of this era still had hot blood in their veins!
By now, he was using bureaucrats like beasts of burden. Since the outbreak of the war, many Bulgarian government officials had not gone home even once in several months. They worked overtime until deep into the night every day, then showed up the next morning as spirited as ever!
And Ferdinand did not even have to pay them a single penny in overtime wages. Even so, no one raised any objections!
The common people were much the same. Since the war began, Bulgaria had become like a war machine, running at high speed!
Months of relentless work had left everyone exhausted in body and mind, but the string of good news from the front made them temporarily forget their weariness!
Even though their work had become harder and their standard