In Ferdinand's view, having the government bankroll a market rescue after the war was an absolute bargain. Most of these companies were high-quality enterprises; they had merely been devastated by the war. With a shot of working capital, they could resume normal operations.
Even the excess production capacity would cease to exist after the war. Once the World War ended, Bulgaria's population was bound to soar: refugees + the population of the newly acquired territories + the whole families of mercenaries + the existing domestic population > 40 million. And if Bulgaria's expanded sphere of influence were included, it would ultimately form a vast market of fifty to sixty million people!
All right, this "vast market" was only relative. It simply could not compare with Britain, France, or Russia. Ferdinand had no expectations whatsoever for colonial markets; one look at the map made that obvious.
There were practically no people at all across Bulgaria's vast colonies now. There was no point expecting those nomadic peoples to possess much purchasing power!
In Ferdinand's view, if there was no market, then create one. With Bulgaria's current land area, resources, and population, even multiplying them threefold or fivefold would not be a problem. That meant the family-planning policy could continue.
As the population grew, the market would naturally grow as well. At the same time, the new population would consume a great deal of the people's wealth, strengthening their drive to strive!
After taking stock of the gains already in hand, Ferdinand could not help sighing that war truly was the best means of getting rich.
Without this World War, if Bulgaria had developed slowly on its own, even farming for another century or two might not have given it the foundations it possessed now.
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