The spring breeze of 1905 blew through Peresh Fort, and everything was revived and the grass was growing happily. Su Wen looked at everything in front of him, and he was not unfamiliar with it at all. Of course, that was because Su Wen had lived there for sixteen years now.
Dressed in a luxuriously decorated castle, Su Wen once again felt a little unreal.
Now he is the son of King Carol I of Romania, an unprecedented person in history, Edel Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. This is Su Wen’s current full name. Because of the invitation of the Romanian nobles, he was still
Carol I, who was a prince in Germany, came to Romania and became king.
"In this world, I have rights and a life that are unbelievable to ordinary people, and I can also rewrite and influence history. This kind of life is quite good." Su Wen thought in his heart, and now he is quite satisfied with his life. In satisfaction
After meeting his material needs, he now needs to satisfy his spiritual needs. Now he can play a real-life strategy game. This is Su Wen's idea. But first, Romania's strength needs to be increased.
As a young country that only became independent in 1880, Romania exports agricultural products and primary minerals. The industry is not large-scale, with only some small factories and workshops, which basically do not require good technology. The military industry can also produce some light weapons (Manciali 1893
rifle, which is an improved model of the 1877 model), the output cannot meet the demand at all. As for the quite famous Romanian oil, unfortunately it is still in Ploiesti, where there are several small oil fields, and the technology is quite primitive.
Such a national foundation is considered good among the new countries in the Balkans. You can imagine the degree of backwardness in the Balkans. Now if we, Edel (Su Wen), want to gain some benefits from the First World War, it will be quite ugly. Now
Our Highness Eder needs to make some preparations for this.
"Generally speaking, Romania still has considerable potential for development." The young prince commented after spending three years learning about Romania's situation. The most important thing is that the Romanian royal family is very rich. Although the government's finances are not very good,
Who said this is a monarchy? Now he first needs to convince his father, the sixty-six-year-old Carol I, to get money.
"Father, this is a report on large-scale exploitation of the Ploiesti oil field. According to this report, we need to purchase oil extraction equipment, a large refinery and an oil pipeline to Constanta. It can reach an annual output of 1.5 million tons.
The scale of crude oil requires about 3 million pounds of capital investment."
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 carefully read through it and did not answer, but looked to the side.
Viscount Edry, the palace steward. The latter is responsible for the main daily work of the Romanian royal family, so he has a very good understanding of the royal family's funds.
The palace steward stood behind the old king and said. "At present, in addition to the maintenance of several castles, we must reserve enough funds and 5 million pounds, of which 200 are bonds. However, the king has 58 properties in the country and 43 abroad.
Excluding necessary properties, 32 domestic properties can be sold to obtain 840,000 pounds, and 26 overseas properties can obtain 1.04 million pounds. There are also some shops. The annual income from the government and industry is about 1 million pounds, but
Most of our property is land, of which..."
King Carol I waved to Governor Edley to say no more, turned to the Crown Prince and asked, "How much do you need?"
"I plan to give Standard Oil of the United States an investment quota of 600,000 pounds. I think they will be interested." Edel replied. He felt it was necessary to explain. "The main reason is that the technology currently owned by Standard Oil is useful for us to develop oil fields.
It’s a great help. If we go to Germany, I believe they will also invest 600,000 pounds. We only need 1.8 million pounds, and the land is still ours. They can’t get too high a stake.”
Carol nodded with satisfaction. "You go ahead and do it. I will ask Adri to prepare the funds for you." "Thank you, father. Then I will go and make preparations." After finishing speaking, Edel walked out of the old king's room.
Room.
Now with his father's consent, Edel happily asked the guard to find Smith, the person in charge of Standard Oil in Romania. The next day, Smith and his assistant came to Peresburg to meet Edel.
"Hello, dear Prince Edel, do you know if there is anything Standard Oil can do for you?" Smith and his assistant asked after saluting Edel.
"Mr. Smith, you know the Ploiesti oil field. We are not satisfied with the production there now and plan to exploit it on a large scale. I think your company should be interested."
"Yes, we are very interested in this. I wonder how the crown prince plans to develop your country's oil?" Smith replied.
In the 20th century, with the large-scale application of internal combustion engines, Europe's demand for crude oil also increased significantly, and oil prices also increased slowly. Standard Oil Company had invested in Ploiesti as early as 1871, but because of the Romanian government
The scale of intervention (Edel's influence) is not large. Now that Romania wants to develop it itself, the profit from the investment is also very considerable.
Edel asked the guard to give the contract to Smith and said, "You can take a look at it first before talking."
Smith took the document and saw that the development of the Ploiesti oil field was led by the Romanian royal family and invested 1.8 million pounds and the mining license plus land accounted for 75%. Standard Oil invested 600,000 pounds and technology, accounting for 100%.
12.5. When it comes to mining equipment and refining facilities, with the same quality and price, Standard Oil Company is preferred.
Looking at this contract, Smith thought it was very reasonable, considering that in Europe, the United States does not have as much influence as Mexico.
Satisfied, Smith said to the crown prince. "Your Highness Edel, I will send this document to the company. In my personal opinion, I think there is no problem."
Edel replied. "I hope Mr. Smith can bring good news. You must know that Britain, France and the Netherlands will be interested in this."
"Your Highness, I will send it back to the company as quickly as possible, and Standard Oil Company has the best technology. I believe this is a wise decision." Smith obviously has full confidence in his company.
Smith went back and sent a telegram to his company. Edel asked the guard to invite the German ambassador. Edel had full confidence in whether Germany would invest in this oil field. If it were not for insufficient funds, he would not let other countries invest at all. Standard Oil and
Germany was carefully selected by Edel. The United States had little influence on Europe before World War I. Germany was to pave the way for future plans. Romania was in great need of industrial support.
Borges is the German ambassador to Romania. He is just like many people's image of Germany, serious, punctual, and rigid. However, he sometimes knows how to adapt, otherwise he would not be able to be a diplomatic ambassador.
"Is there something wrong, Your Highness Edel?" Ambassador Borges, who was invited to the palace by Edel, asked the crown prince.
"We plan to develop the Ploiesti oil field. I wonder if your country is interested."
"I don't know how your country plans to develop." Borges planned to say hello in advance.
"It's all written here. Mr. Ambassador, please take a look first." Edel asked someone to hand the contract to Mr. Ambassador.
The total investment is 3 million pounds. The Romanian royal family contributed 1.8 million and land plus influence accounted for 75%. Germany contributed 600,000 and received 12.5%. It seems to be a very good investment. It only needs
I'll make it back in a few years, Ambassador Borges thought.
"There is no problem. I believe our government will give a reply soon."
"Ambassador Borges has one more thing."
"Your Highness, please speak"
"I hope to visit Germany, mainly to purchase some equipment and technology." This is good news for Germany, whose economy has just improved at this time.
PS This is my first time writing a book, I hope everyone will be satisfied with it. The author is a handicapped person. The coding is super slow so it is a bit difficult to update. But as long as readers like it, Mantou will finish the book. I will never be a eunuch. Mantou can also be regarded as reaping the consequences.
, as an old bookworm who has been reading for eleven years, I gradually couldn’t find any books to read. Finally, I gritted my teeth and stamped my feet and wrote it by myself. I became a shareholder through stock trading, a landlord through real estate speculation, and became a husband by picking up girls. Reading and reading
To become an author, I think I have trapped myself.
