At the Bucharest train station, a train from Serbia slowly stopped at the platform. There was a rush of people on the train getting off the train one after another and rushing to their respective destinations.
There were still a few passengers in a private room who had not gotten off the bus. One of the young passengers gently approached the window and whispered to an older passenger who was still looking at the scenery. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we are here."
The one who was alarmed was Serbian Prime Minister Protic. He stood up, glanced at the staff he brought with him and said to them, "Then let's go down."
After getting on the bus in Belgrade, they passed through Targuzyu and Petrosani and entered Romania. In Romania, Protic looked at the busy scene of Romania with envy. Now is the time for wheat pulping, and there are a lot of wheat in the fields.
Farmers are fertilizing and irrigating, and he can see a large number of machinery and equipment being used in the fields.
And he found that there were a lot of freight trains running on the railway. He calculated that five freight trains passed by in an hour, three of which were bound for overseas and two of which were bound for Romania. From this, we can see the economic performance of Romania.
Busy. And when driving into Bucharest, it was obvious that there were more factories than Belgrade. I heard that Constanta, the largest industrial city in Romania, was even more prosperous. This made Prime Minister Protici worried, worried that Romania's price was too high.
After they got off the train, several staff members in suits on the platform who were obviously waiting for someone came over after seeing their faces clearly. One of the leaders walked quickly to Prime Minister Protich and asked those who followed him to come
The person planned to stop the other party. The other party saw the actions of the people on the Prime Minister's side and stretched out his hands to show that there was no malice. Prime Minister Protich stopped the actions of his people and asked the leader to come over.
The leader walked up to Prime Minister Protic and said in a low voice. "Prime Minister Protic, I am Barnoske, the Romanian Foreign Minister. I welcome you to Romania. Due to confidentiality reasons, we have not arranged a welcome ceremony. I hope you can
understanding."
After hearing the introduction of the Romanian Foreign Minister, Prime Minister Protic also said politely. "Thank you to the Foreign Minister for coming to greet me in person. The situation between our country and Bulgaria is relatively tense now, and I hope that negotiations can start as soon as possible."
"Okay, Prime Minister, this is also our expectation in Romania. So, can you take a rest today and start tomorrow?" Foreign Minister Barnoske also understood Prime Minister Protic and told him the correct time for the negotiation.
After hearing the words of Foreign Minister Barnosk, Prime Minister Protich also said politely, "This is best. I hope our two countries can reach a consensus in the subsequent negotiations."
Then Foreign Minister Barnosk took the Serbian delegation to the Kingdom Hotel where Romania was hosting them, and arranged for Prime Minister Protic and his entourage to stay in a separate three-story building.
Looking at the Romanian Foreign Minister leaving in his room, Prime Minister Protic turned to the staff who were following him and said, "You all go out and rest, and you have to prepare for negotiations tomorrow."
"Then let's go out. Prime Minister, you should go to bed early." A staff member who was obviously the leader said to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Protich waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
After everyone left, Prime Minister Protich also lay down to rest. He was exhausted from riding the train for several days.
The next day, in the conference room of this hotel where negotiations with Bulgaria had been held, Prime Minister Bratianu and Foreign Minister Barnosk were waiting for Serbian Prime Minister Protic. While they were waiting, they chatted casually.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you said that if Protich knew that Bulgaria's Prime Minister Gaishov was also negotiating with us in this conference room about the conditions for joining the alliance, I wonder what he would think."
"Foreign Minister Barnosk, you are so boring. If he really knew about it, he would probably ask for a different room." Regarding Foreign Minister Barnosk's boring topic, Prime Minister Bretianu first criticized it and then said
Draw your own conclusions.
Faced with the Prime Minister's conclusion, Foreign Minister Barnosk really thought about it before answering. "This is very possible."
These two were still joking when the negotiations were about to begin. It seemed that they had no requirements. In fact, the conditions for Romania's accession to the EU are very simple. They need Serbia's support to join Bulgaria's Dobrich, Ruse, Suman, and Varna.
Four cities and about 22,000 square kilometers of territory can be set aside for Romania. However, there is another condition, which is that it needs the endorsement of the Russian government.
While the two were chatting, a staff member came in and announced that the chat time was over.
"Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, the Prime Minister of Serbia is here."
The two arranged their clothes and said to the staff member, "Please come quickly."
When the staff welcomed Serbian Prime Minister Protic in, Prime Minister Bratianu and Foreign Minister Barnosk already had professional smiles on their faces.
After seeing Protic enter the door with an attendant, Prime Minister Bretianu and Foreign Minister Barnosk walked quickly to him. Prime Minister Bretianu held his hand and spoke happily.
"Welcome to Romania, Mr. Protic."
Protic is also a long-time political veteran, no worse than Prime Minister Bretianu. He also said with a smile like a long-time friend. "Thanks to my friends in Romania, I feel like I am at home."
After greeting each other, the negotiation officially began.
"Your Excellency Protic, you know that Romania has always been a peace-loving country. We rarely express opinions on external things that do not affect our country. As good neighbors of the two countries, we are actually very concerned about the current disputes. This time between Serbia and Bulgaria
The disputes can be resolved through negotiation, and I think Mr. Protich also means this."
Foreign Minister Barnoske started talking about peace negotiations. People who didn't know better thought he wanted to win the Peace Prize.
However, Protich acted politely when he knew that this was just to talk about benefits, indicating that I did not join for profit, but was forced to maintain regional peace.
Prime Minister Protic took over what Foreign Minister Barnosk said. "Actually, Serbia is also a peace-loving country, but Bulgaria has a prejudice against us. We also hope to resolve the current dispute through peaceful negotiation, but Bulgaria still maintains
The army of more than 300,000 people refused to disband. You must know that they had less than 100,000 people before. This is a dangerous move. It seems that Bulgaria does not intend to negotiate the issue peacefully. It seems that he has his own ideas. This is against the Balkans.
It’s an unfriendly move by all countries. I wonder what the Romanian side thinks of their dangerous approach?”
Prime Minister Protic described Bulgaria as a source of danger from the very beginning, as if disaster would occur if other countries did not stop it. The underlying meaning was that you, Romania, must make a price to join the alliance.
At this time, Prime Minister Bretianu took over and said, "In fact, we have noticed Bulgaria's actions that are not friendly to its neighbors, and we have also had the idea of stopping them. If we take measures to stop Bulgaria's dangerous actions, a large number of people will be generated.
Refugees. Based on our humanitarian thinking, it would be best if we could help refugees from the town of Svishtov on the Danube River along the town of Preslav to the Black Sea."
Prime Minister Bretianu was afraid that Protich would not understand, so he took out a map of regions and handed it to him. Prime Minister Protich took the map and saw, good guy, this is Dobrich, Ruse, Bulgaria.
The four cities of Suman and Varna were allocated to Romania. He estimated that the territory was at least 20,000 square kilometers. It seemed that Romania had a big appetite.
At this time, he heard Prime Minister Bretianu say again: "Your Excellency Protic, we hope that Romania's humanitarian actions can receive support from Russia."
After hearing what the Romanian Prime Minister said, Prime Minister Protic said subconsciously, "I can't help with this issue. We can't help him with Russia's decision."
After hearing what Prime Minister Protich said, Bretianu continued: "It is true that you cannot help the Russians make their decision, but you can influence how they make the decision."
Protich came back to his senses and asked reluctantly, "I think this condition should be discussed."
Bretianu retorted loudly. "Your Excellency Protic, this is our last condition in Romania."
After hearing the words of the Romanian Prime Minister, Prime Minister Protic now wants Romania to join the alliance only because of the status of Serbia in Russia's heart.
Now that the negotiations have stalled here, Protic said to the two representatives of Romania. "I suggest that we stop for three days and give Serbia some time, and then we can continue talking."
Prime Minister Bretianu replied, "That's fine."
"Then we'll see you next time."
"See you next time."
Prime Minister Bretianu and Foreign Minister Barnosk watched Serbian Prime Minister Protic leave.
After seeing the people walking away, Foreign Minister Barnosk asked, "Do you think this negotiation can be successful?"
Prime Minister Bretianu thought for a while and then replied. "I don't know about this. It depends on how important Serbia is to the Russians."
Prime Minister Protich left the conference room and whispered to the entourage around him, "Let's go to the Russian Embassy."
The attendant answered understandingly, "Okay, Your Excellency, Prime Minister."
After Prime Minister Protic came out, he thought clearly. Romania wants Bulgarian territory, so what does it matter to the Serbian Prime Minister? Not to mention that the two countries are still at war with each other over the Bitola and Ohrid regions of Macedonia.
.Not to add insult to injury, it’s just that Serbia wanted to do it for the sake of fellow Slavs. I was completely stunned by Romania’s appetite just now. You must know that the three countries of Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece are competing for Macedonia, which has less than 30,000 people.
square kilometers of territory. This time Romania is asking for almost half of Macedonia, and it is also a small grain-producing area in Bulgaria. After declaring war, he can find a way to pass Romania's intentions to Bulgaria. Then it will depend on Romania and Bulgaria
The fight is a life-and-death battle, and Serbia and Greece can reap the benefits.
Prime Minister Protic, who wanted to understand this, has completely accepted Romania's demands in his heart. Now he needs to persuade Russia to accept Romania's conditions, for which he has already made plans.
Russian Ambassador to Romania Filalovsky has had a good life in the past two years. As Romania has gradually become more neutral in the past two years, he has also received domestic awards in recognition of his diplomatic efforts, making this lucky man
The ambassador's life in Romania is quite prosperous. Now he is leisurely drinking coffee in the office.
"Da da da"
A knock on the door disturbed his mood. Filalovsky put down the coffee in his hand and said to the door, "Come in."
A diplomat pushed the door open and whispered in his ear.
"Is this true?" Ambassador Filalovsky asked the diplomat next to him in surprise.
The diplomat said, "Yes, I will not admit my mistake. It is indeed him who wants to discuss something with you."
"Invite them in quickly."
Ambassador Filalovsky still believes in his basic skills as a diplomat. For every diplomat, getting to know kings and heads of governments of various countries is a basic skill.
Under the leadership of this diplomatic staff, two people wearing hats to cover their faces walked in. After they came in, they took off their hats to cover their heads, and it turned out to be Serbian Prime Minister Protic and his entourage who had just concluded the negotiations.
Ambassador Filalovsky, who saw the two people's faces clearly, stepped forward and said enthusiastically to Prime Minister Protici, "Prime Minister Protici, I am very happy to meet you. We didn't even know you came to Romania."
"I just arrived yesterday."
Prime Minister Protich knew what the ambassador was thinking, but was not interested in going into details.
"So this time Prime Minister Protich comes to our embassy, do you need anything?"
Seeing the Serbian Prime Minister's lack of interest, Ambassador Filalovski was curious about his purpose.
Prime Minister Protich said straightforwardly, "I need the ambassador to send news back to St. Petersburg."
Seeing the Prime Minister's tone, it seemed that it was something important. Ambassador Filalovsky asked cautiously, "What news needs to be sent back to St. Petersburg?"
Protic knew that if he wanted the Russian ambassador to pass on information, he had to let him know. So he told the truth about his coming to negotiate, and also told the Russian ambassador in detail about Romania's requirements.
Ambassador Ralovsky listens.
Ambassador Filalovsky was also stunned by Romania's appetite, but he knew that this matter must be reported back to the country immediately, so he said to Prime Minister Protic. "Prime Minister, please wait a moment, I will give the confidential information right now."
The secretary sent a telegram to St. Petersburg."
After speaking, the ambassador hurried out, leaving Prime Minister Protich waiting here.
About an hour later, Ambassador Filalovsky returned to the office and said to Prime Minister Protich, "I have sent a telegram to St. Petersburg. Now we just need to wait."
After hearing what the Russian ambassador said, Prime Minister Protich stood up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your help. I will be staying in Building 3 of the Kingdom Hotel for three days. Please let me know if there is any news."
"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, I will inform you as soon as I receive the telegram."
After receiving the reply from Ambassador Filalovsky, Prime Minister Protich left the ambassador's office. Now both of them had to wait for news from St. Petersburg.
In fact, the Russian government attached great importance to this telegram sent from the embassy in Romania. It was sent to Tsar Nicholas II that evening. In the evening, the Tsar convened several ministers in the palace for discussion.
The contents of the telegram were written in several copies and sent to various ministers. These ministers felt incredible when they saw Romania's alliance request. They thought that the person who made such a request must be crazy about territory to have such incredible conditions.
Seeing that all the ministers had finished reading the telegram, Tsar Nicholas II said, "What do you think of Serbian Prime Minister Protic's request?"
Facing the Tsar's question, Foreign Minister Sasonov took the lead in speaking. "Actually, Romania's demands are easy to understand. The Romanians need us to endorse their conditions. In fact, they saw our support for Serbia.
Decision, one of which is because Bulgaria seeks support from Germany and Austria. Now it depends on our choice between short-term goals and long-term goals. The short-term goal is the empire's actions against Germany and Austria, which requires strong support for Serbia. The long-term goal
It is Constantinople, and this involves Bulgaria. What we are talking about now is actually the same as what we were talking about half a month ago, except that this decision pushed Bulgaria into the arms of Germany and Austria. However, there are two major benefits in the near future. One is that our country
With the strength of support for Serbia, I believe that this country will always follow the footsteps of the empire. Secondly, it can completely pull Romania towards neutrality and relieve the pressure on our western front."
The Foreign Minister told Sasonov clearly about the good and bad of both parties, which made Nicholas II secretly sad. From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to choose between Bulgaria and Serbia, but the reality was that he
This must be done.
Seeing that Nicholas II was undecided about this, the military made a message on behalf of his uncle, Duke Nicholas the Younger. "Your Majesty, our military has received intelligence. Romania just exported one to Bulgaria a few days ago.
We need to approve the shipment of arms. I suspect that the conditions this time are Romania’s way of testing us.”
Hearing his uncle's words, Nicholas II was immediately interested. "Uncle, please continue talking."
After receiving the Tsar's approval, Duke Nicholas Jr. continued. "If we reject Romania's request, I suspect that Romania will join forces with Bulgaria to declare war on Serbia and Greece. Otherwise, the three countries will declare war on Bulgaria."
After hearing his uncle's analysis, Nicholas II asked, "So, can the two countries of Serbia and Greece beat the two countries of Paul?"
"Absolutely impossible." Duke Nicholas Jr. replied first and then continued. "In terms of population and economy, Romania alone can defeat the Sisi coalition. Plus Bulgaria, unless Napoleon is reincarnated."
After hearing his uncle's explanation, Nicholas II said, "It seems that Romania is using this to blackmail us."
Seeing that several ministers did not answer, he continued to ask, "If Romania declares war on Serbia, can we also declare war on it?"
Upon hearing this, several ministers, with Prime Minister Kokovtsov as the capital, hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you can't."
Seeing that even his uncle, Prince Nicholas, had persuaded him, he asked strangely, "Why not?"
Prime Minister Kokovtsov said, "Your Majesty, this will trigger a European war, and it is totally not worth doing. Our best result is to agree to Romania's request."
Seeing that all the important ministers were opposed to his proposal, Nicholas II had no choice but to say, "Then let's do what you said."
On the afternoon of the next day, the Russian ambassador to Romania, Filalovsky, received a telegram from St. Petersburg, which fully agreed to Protich's request.
In the secret competition between Romania and Russia, Edel relied on his memories from his previous life to win a small victory.
PS I should actually write more, I don’t have enough time, so I’ll just read it, it’s a big chapter of 5500 words, subscribe and live till it’s ninety-nine.
