Romanian Eagle

Chapter 210 Refugees (Part 2)

"This problem is really difficult to handle."

Edel pondered to herself, holding the telegram from Led Uzzi and other places in her hand. He could already see that this was not an isolated smuggling incident, but a natural reaction from the refugees who had gathered outside the border after Romania closed its borders. If Romania continues to close its borders as it is now, this kind of thing will continue to happen, and it will be more and more frequent.

It's not that the government departments didn't see it, otherwise the Prime Minister Bretianu would have dealt with this matter long ago and would not have forwarded the telegram to Eder. It also made him underestimate the desire of these war refugees for a peaceful and quiet life.

Getting such a bad telegram close to Christmas also disrupted Edel's plans. Why Eder will close the border, knowing that these refugees will cause tension on the Romanian border, but still stubbornly ordered the border to be closed, this is still related to the domestic economy of Romania.

In Eder's prediction, this war will make Romania prosperous, and it will also drive factories to absorb a large number of peasants to work in cities, which can improve industrial efficiency and the most important level of agricultural mechanization. After all, the agricultural population is small. In the face of the current boom in grain export trade, it is necessary to use machinery to improve the efficiency of farmers. This will allow Romanian agriculture to change from the traditional distribution of individual farming to farmers, to the large-scale mechanized farming that Eder yearns for. This is also the point that Eder values ​​most, and it is also the key to the success of Romania's industrialization.

But Eder's plan was based on the lack of manpower in both industry and agriculture, and it could only be realized. If Romania opens its borders to allow war refugees to continue to enter, this shortage of people will be completely impossible, and these refugees who have nothing will squeeze the salary environment of Romanians, but will make the people of the country dissatisfied with these refugees. At that time, even the king himself will not be able to solve it. After all, this is about the people's jobs.

Therefore, Eder can only choose the lesser of the two evils, temporarily closing the Romanian border and waiting for the completion of the transformation of industry and agriculture before allowing these refugees to enter. It's just that he didn't expect that this large-scale refugee smuggling incident would cause this problem to erupt, and now he has no good way to solve it.

"It's really a headache."

Edel thought about it again and again, but it was still difficult to make a decision. At this time, an unusual person came to Edel's office, his wife Queen Sophie Mary.

"Edel, I heard about this large-scale smuggling of refugees. I don't know what you plan to do?"

Sophie Marie still had a newspaper in her hand, she asked with concern. Edel saw in her eyes how concerned her wife was for these refugees.

When Edel looked at the newspaper in her hand, she knew where she got the news. Edel scolded these disruptive media in his heart and told his wife. "I haven't thought about it yet. You can rest assured that I won't be too harsh on these refugees."

After the incident, domestic newspapers published it, and even the media of the two warring parties reported it. Except for Russia and Austria, it was not a glorious thing for them. After all, how could these news media let go of such a big thing? They are not government departments who know that there are opportunities for these refugees and the public to compete for jobs behind this incident. Talking without back pain.

Seeing that Edel did not answer directly, Sophie Mary, who had been promoted to queen, expressed her opinion. "Can Edel give these poor people some work so they can solve their own life problems?"

Edel was a little strange about his wife's reaction to the sudden request from his wife,

So asked. "What's wrong?"

"I saw in the papers that most of these people were Austro-Hungarians, and their lives at home were ruined. I just wanted to help these suffering people and think it was for my sake, Edel."

After hearing his wife's words, Edel finally knew the reason. Most of these refugees were Austria-Hungarians, so his wife Sophie Marie moved with compassion and wanted to help the people of their home country. Perhaps in the Queen's view, this is only a matter of two or three thousand. She did not think that there might be an influx of millions of refugees behind this. And the media report this time is not that simple. There are probably some factory owners behind this.

Looking at his wife's begging eyes, Edel quickly turned his brain to think of a way. Suddenly an idea came to his mind, so he told his wife. "Okay Sophie Marie, I promise you this time, but..."

Hearing Edel's unfinished words, Sophie Marie immediately put on a delicate face to fill in for her husband. "Understood, there is no next time, right?"

Seeing his wife's rapidly changing expression made Edel really suffocate. Seeing her husband's uncomfortable expression, Sophie Marie squeaked and laughed.

After sending off his wife, Edel called for a guard. "Go and call Prime Minister Bretianu over and say I want to adjust the refugee policy."

"Okay Your Majesty."

After Edel instructed the guard, he began to perfect the thoughts in his mind. He now faces many questions that he can't solve and answer for the time being, and he will think about the situation in his previous life for reference, which also makes Romania now have a strong style of the celestial dynasty of later generations. But who asked him to come from there, if he came from the beacon country of the future, then it is estimated that Romania has the taste of the beacon of democracy.

Maybe you shouldn’t shut out these refugees across the board, you can first select the talents that Romania urgently needs to supplement domestic development. As for the remaining refugees, didn't my queen say to give them a bite to eat, then Romania's infrastructure construction needs to use them. As for wages, it is settled according to the current Romanian minimum wage standard. If anyone doesn't want to do it, then kick them out. Some refugees want to live in a peaceful environment.

As for the factory owners who are behind the scenes, they will not get a single refugee laborer. They still need to use domestic workers to produce materials that are urgently needed by countries. As for whether this will have an impact on the environment of workers in Romania, Eder can only say that it has been reduced to a minimum. Now that refugee laborers are assigned to repair infrastructure such as railways, roads, bridges, docks, etc., and their wages are reduced to a minimum, if this is not satisfactory, then there is really nothing he can do. He also has no problem with anyone in the country who is willing to work as infrastructure labor at 90 lei per month.

After Eder perfected his ideas, Prime Minister Bretianu also rushed to him.

"Your Majesty, how do you plan to revise the refugee measures now?"

In the face of the Prime Minister's inquiry, Edel said his own way. "I plan to first select the engineers, professors, doctors, etc. that Romania needs most now. As for the remaining refugees, they can build infrastructure for Romania. You can set an economic level for the treatment. After all, we need to spend too much money. More, there is not a lot of money to spend on infrastructure.”

Prime Minister Bretianu heard Eder's words and knew what to do, and he went on to ask a likely question. "What if these refugees want naturalization?"

Edel replied without thinking. "Except for the talents we urgently need, all others will be given a three-year inspection period, during which violations of law and discipline will not be considered."

Eder and the Prime Minister discussed the various problems that may arise in the introduction of refugees, and they all targeted them one by one. The purpose is a sentence, stay if you are willing to accept it, and don't come if you don't want to.

After getting the answer from the king, the prime minister returned to the government and immediately came up with new refugee management methods. In the new approach, the government will decide how many refugees to admit each year. Talents urgently needed in Romania will no longer be regarded as refugees, and will be resettled in accordance with the new talent introduction bill. As for other refugees who do not belong, they will be arranged to work in a unified manner, basically all kinds of Romanian infrastructure construction. Refugees who do not accept the arrangement will be expelled by the government and no longer accept refugee applications from these people.

With the introduction of the new measures, except for a small number of refugees who are unwilling to be deported, the vast majority of refugees have chosen to accept them. Among them, those who belong to the talent introduction bill are the happiest, and they will receive a salary that matches their ability according to the salary of the industry they belong to in Romania. As for the others, they can only guarantee a monthly salary of 90 lei, but even this can guarantee the needs of their family, which is much better than the precarious times of war. Refugees waiting at the border need to apply for Romania to give refugee indicators every year, which also reduces the pressure on border police such as Bruno.

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