Romanian Eagle

In 1905, the spring breeze blew through the Peresh Castle, and all things were revived and the grass was growing happily. Su Wen looked at everything in front of him, and was not unfamiliar with it at all. Of course, that's because Su Wen has lived here for sixteen years now, and looking at the luxuriously decorated castle, Su Wen feels a little unreal again.

Now he is the son of King Carol I of Romania, a man who has never come back in history, Eder Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, which is Suvin's current full name. Because of the invitation of the Romanian nobles, Carol I, who was still a prince in Germany at the time, came to Romania to become the king.

"In this world, I have rights and life that are unbelievable for ordinary people, and I can rewrite and influence history. This kind of life is quite good." Su Wen thought to himself, and now he is quite satisfied with his life. After satisfying his material needs, he now needs to satisfy his spiritual needs, and now he can play a realistic version of the strategy game, this is what Su Wen thought. But first need to increase Romania's strength.

As a young country that only became independent in 1880, Romania exports agricultural products and primary minerals. The industry is also not large-scale, with only some small factories and workshops, and basically does not need very good technology. The military industry can also make some light weapons (Manshali Type 1893 rifle, which is an improved model of Type 1877), and the output cannot meet the demand at all. As for the fairly well-known Romanian oil, I'm sorry that it is still in Ploiesti, where there are several small oil fields and the technology is quite primitive.

Such a national foundation is not bad for a group of new Balkan countries, and it is conceivable to imagine the backwardness of the Balkans. Now that we are Edel (Suvin) trying to get some benefits in the first battle, that would be pretty ugly. Now it is time for our Highness Edel to prepare for this.

"In general, Romania still has considerable development potential." The young prince commented after learning about Romania's situation for three years. The main thing is that the Romanian royal family is very rich, although the government's finances are not very good, but who makes this a monarchy? Now first of all, he needs to convince his father, Carol I, who is 66 years old, to take the money.

"Father, this is a report on the large-scale exploitation of the Ploiesti oil field, according to which we need to buy oil extraction equipment, a large oil refinery and an oil pipeline linking to Constanta. It can produce 1.5 million tons per year. The scale of crude oil requires a capital investment of about 3 million pounds.”

After Edel finished speaking, he handed his carefully prepared report to his father, Carol I of the Kingdom of Romania. The white-haired but still majestic old king did not answer after carefully flipping through the pages. Instead, he looked at Viscount Adri, the court chief next to him. The latter is responsible for the main day-to-day work of the Romanian royal family and therefore has a very good understanding of royal funds.

The steward of the palace said, standing behind the old king. "At present, apart from the maintenance of a few castles, we must keep enough funds and 5 million pounds, of which 200 are bonds, but the king has fifty-eight properties in the country and forty-three properties abroad, except if necessary, three domestic properties can be sold. Twelve locations can get £840,000, 26 overseas can get £1.04 million. There are also some shops. We get about £1 million a year from government and industry, but the bulk of our property is land, of which… …”

Carol I waved to Director Adri, needless to say, turned his head and asked the crown prince, "How much do you need."

"I'm going to invest £600,000 in Standard Oil, and I think they'll be interested," Edel replied. He felt the need to explain. "The main reason is that the technology that Standard Oil has now is very helpful for us to develop oil fields. If we go to Germany, I believe they will invest 600,000 pounds. We only need 1.8 million pounds, and the land is still ours and they can't get it. too high a stake."

Carol nodded in satisfaction. "You just let it go, and I'll let Edrie prepare the funds for you." "Thank you father,

Then I'll go get ready. " After Edel finished speaking, he walked out of the old king's room.

Now with his father's consent, Edel is in high spirits and asks the guard to find Smith, the head of Standard Oil in Romania. The next day Smith took his assistant to Fort Peresh to meet Eder.

"Hello, Dear Prince Edel, do you know what Standard Oil can do for you?" Smith and his assistants asked after saluting Edel.

"Mr. Smith, you know the Ploiesti oil field. We are not satisfied with the production there. We plan to exploit it on a large scale. Presumably your company should be interested."

"Yes, we are very interested in this. How the crown prince is going to develop your country's oil?" Smith replied.

In the 20th century, with the large-scale application of internal combustion engines, the demand for crude oil in Europe has also increased on a large scale, and the oil price has also grown slowly. Standard Oil had an investment in Ploiesti as early as 1871, but this was small due to the intervention of the Romanian government (Eder's influence). Now Romania wants to develop its own, so the profit of investing in it is also very considerable.

Edel told the guard to give the contract to Smith. "You can take a look at it first."

Smith took the document and saw that the development of the Ploiesti oilfield was led by the Romanian royal family, with an investment of 1.8 million pounds and a mining license plus 75 percent of the land. Standard Oil invested 600,000 pounds with technology, accounting for 12.5 percent. In the extraction equipment and refining facilities, the Standard Oil Company is preferred for the same quality and price.

Looking at this contract, Smith thinks it is very reasonable. You must know that in Europe, the United States does not have as much influence as Mexico.

Satisfied, Smith preached to the crown prince. "His Royal Highness Edel, I will send this document to the company. From my personal opinion, I don't think there is any problem."

Edel replied. "Hopefully Mr Smith will bring good news, knowing that there will be interest in the UK, France and the Netherlands."

"His Royal Highness, I will send it back to the company as soon as possible, and Standard Oil has the best technology. I believe this is a wise decision." Smith obviously has full confidence in his company.

Smith went back and telegraphed his company. Eder asked the guards to invite the German ambassador, and he had full confidence in whether Germany would invest in this oil field Eder. If it is not for their own lack of funds, they will not allow other countries to invest at all. Both Standard Oil and Germany were carefully chosen by Eder. One had little influence on Europe before the First World War in the United States. Germany was to pave the way for later plans. Romania needed industrial support too much.

Borges, Germany's ambassador to Romania, is serious, punctual and rigid, like many people mirror Germany. But sometimes he knows how to be flexible, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a diplomatic ambassador.

"Is there something wrong with Your Highness Edel?" Ambassador Borges asked the crown prince, who was invited by Edel to the palace.

"We are planning to develop the Ploiesti oil field. I wonder if your country is interested."

"I don't know how your country plans to develop it." Borges planned to say hello in advance.

"It's all written on it, Mr. Ambassador, let's take a look first." Edel asked for the contract to be handed over to Mr. Ambassador.

Total investment of £3 million. The Romanian royal family contributed 1.8 million and land and influence accounted for 75%, and Germany contributed 600,000 to get 12.5%. It looks like a good investment that will pay off in just a few years. Ambassador Borges thought.

"There is no problem with this, and I believe our government will give an answer soon."

"Ambassador Borges has one more thing."

"Your Highness, please say"

"I hope to visit Germany, mainly to buy some equipment and technology." This is good news for Germany, whose economy has just improved at this time.

PS This is the first time I write a book, hoping to satisfy everyone. The author is a handicapped party. The code word is super slow, so it is a bit difficult to update the amount, but as long as readers like it, the steamed bread will be finished. Absolutely no eunuch. Steamed buns can be regarded as self-feeding. As an old bookworm who has read books for eleven years, he can't find books to read gradually. In the end, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and wrote it himself. It was considered to be a shareholder by speculating in stocks, a landlord by speculating in real estate, a husband by picking a girl, and an author by reading and reading. It's like you're stuck.