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 watched all this, and was not at all unfamiliar with it. Of course that's because Su Wen has lived here for sixteen years now. Looking at the luxuriously decorated castle, Suvin once again felt unreal. Now he is the son of King Carol I of Romania, a man who has never come back in history, Eder Hohenzollern. Sigmaringen This is Suvin's current full name. Because the Romanian King Carol I came from a side branch of the German royal family, Suvin also called William II his uncle.

"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 smiled slightly, but now it is necessary to increase Romania's strength. A young country that only became independent. Romania exports agricultural products and primary minerals. It does not have its own industry. The military industry can also make some light weapons. The output is not high. It is quite famous for oil. Sorry, it is still in Ploiesti. There are several small oil fields there. It's pretty primitive, and it looks good in the Balkans, but it's pretty ugly if you want to get some benefits in the first battle. Now it is time for our Highness Edel to prepare for this.

"In general, Romania still has great potential for development," 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." Eder sent a report to his father, Carol I of the Kingdom of Romania. The white-haired but still majestic king slowly turned a few pages without responding, but looked at Viscount Adri, the court chief next to him. The latter are responsible for the main day-to-day work of the Romanian royal family and therefore have specific knowledge of royal funds

'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 58 properties in the country and 43 properties abroad, except for the necessary ones, which can be sold domestically. The second place can get 840,000 pounds, and the 26 foreign places can get 1.04 million pounds. There are also some shops. We get £1 million a year from government and industry, but the bulk of our property is land. ' Carol I waved his hand to stop and asked the crown prince, 'How much do you need. ' Edel replied, "I'm going to look for US Standard Oil 600,000, they will be interested, and then go to Germany to pull 600,000 I believe they also want to invest. We only need 1.8 million pounds, and the land is still ours. They can't get too much. shares." Carol nodded with satisfaction, "You just let it go, and I'll let Edrie prepare the funds for you." 'Thank you father,' Edel said and walked out.

Eder, who has now obtained the consent of his father, is in high spirits and asks the guard to find Mr. 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 assistant asked after saluting Edel. "You know about the Ploiesti oil field. Our country plans to exploit it on a large scale, so your company should be interested." "Yes, we are very interested in this. I don't know how the crown prince is going to develop your country's oil?" Smith replied Before the First World War, with the large-scale application of internal combustion engines, the demand for crude oil in Europe also increased on a large scale, and the oil price also increased slowly. Standard Oil had an investment in Ploiesti as early as 1871,

However, because of the intervention of the Romanian government, this scale is not large. Now Romania wants to develop its own, so the profit of investing in it is also very considerable. Edel asked the guard to give Smith the contract. "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 an exploration license plus 70 percent of the land, and Standard Oil invested 600,000 pounds Accounted for 15% and invested in technology, extraction equipment and oil refining facilities, the standard oil company is preferred for the same quality and price. ' Looking at the contract Smith felt very reasonable.

"His Royal Highness Edel, I will send this document to the company. From my personal opinion, I think there is no problem."

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

"His Royal Highness Edel, 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 handpicked by Edel. One where the US had little influence on Europe before World War I, Germany was laying the groundwork for later plans.

Borges, Germany's ambassador to Romania, is as serious and punctual as most people's reflections of Germany. But sometimes know how to work around. "Is there something wrong with His Highness Edel?" Ambassador Borges asked the crown prince.

"We plan to develop the Ploiesti oil field, do you know if your country is interested?"

"I don't know how your country plans to develop it" Borges asked a little uncertainly. Eder had someone hand the contract to the ambassador. 'With a total investment of 3 million pounds, the Romanian royal family contributed 1.8 million and land and influence accounted for 70%, and Germany contributed 600,000 to get 15%. ’ It looked like a good investment that only took a few years to pay off. , thought Ambassador Borges. "There is no problem with this. 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 not a 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.