More than a decade had passed since the outbreak of the Balkan Wars in 1897, and it was now 1908.
After more than a decade of Ferdinand's diligent governance, Bulgaria had now fully digested and consolidated its domestic foundations.
Bulgaria was now a great power with a population exceeding twenty million and an industrial output approaching that of Italy, yet Ferdinand still felt it was not enough!
Although Bulgaria was developing rapidly, Ferdinand remained unsatisfied. He knew the world war was not far off!
With Bulgaria's current strength, it would be enough to preserve itself in a world war. But when it came time to divide the cake after the war, it would probably be left with only scraps and cold leftovers. That was something Ferdinand could never tolerate!
It was already disgraceful enough for a transmigrator not to contend for hegemony over the world. If he could not even become a regional hegemon, then that would be... well, whatever! In any case, Ferdinand had ambitions of his own!
Ferdinand knew that the long-shelved "Third Five-Year Plan" was finally time to unveil! This also meant that the Bulgarian government, which had only just repaid its debts, would once again be drowning in debt!
Time flew by. At Ferdinand's command, the Cabinet government produced a Third Five-Year Plan in the shortest possible time.
Naturally, the old plan had been scrapped! After all, more than a decade had passed, and the strategic objectives within it had long since been achieved!
Other than being placed in a museum for future generations to view, it was probably only of some use to historians studying the background of that era!
Compared to the first two plans, this one was on an entirely different scale. "Wildly ambitious" was a far more fitting description!
After all,