After giving awards to his meritorious officers, Edel returned to the office because in the afternoon Prime Minister Bretianu had to report on the cost of the war and the administrative division of the new territory.
After having lunch with his parents, King Carol and his wife, Princess Sophie Marie, Prime Minister Eder had not stayed in the office for a while when Prime Minister Bretianu came to him.
However, Prime Minister Bretianu began to complain as soon as he came in. "Your Highness, the cost of this war exceeds the budget of 50 million lei we gave."
Hearing the Prime Minister's complaint, Eder sat on a chair to comfort him. "At least the war is over, right?"
Then he continued to ask the question he was concerned about. "So, Prime Minister, how much will our war cost?"
Prime Minister Bretianu took a look at his own information and said, "Our total expenditure in this war reached 73.2 million lei, mainly due to the excessive consumption of artillery shells, reaching 15,000 tons, especially the inventory of heavy artillery shells.
Half of them have been shot down. The bullet consumption has reached 40 million rounds, accounting for one-fifth of our inventory. In addition to ammunition consumption, which is the largest expenditure, our military rations are the largest expenditure, especially horse feed consumption."
Edel knew the ammunition consumption situation. On the first day of the Battle of Tarnovo, he destroyed 4,600 tons of ammunition. Although he used it more restrainedly in the following days, he never used less than 1,500 tons every day. In this case, it was simply a waste of money.
Just like running water, you need to know that a 75-caliber artillery shell costs 30 lei, and the most expensive 210-caliber cannon shell costs 1,350 lei. In this war, more than 3,000 rounds of 210-caliber artillery shells alone were fired. The price of the shells is 400.
More than 10,000 lei, not counting the consumption of other troops, the total is even more.
As for the food consumption of horses, it goes without saying that these horses consume the most food during the war. Each horse needs to eat 3 kilograms of grain and 6 kilograms of fodder every day, and Romania used a total of 38,000 for this war.
Horses. This is still the result of more than 3,000 cars as supplements. If it were all horses, more would be needed.
After Prime Minister Bretianu introduced the costs of the war, he continued to talk about other costs. "We have not yet counted the pensions for the casualties. The pensions we are prepared to give to the fallen soldiers are based on fifty months' salary of senior sergeants."
, a total amount of 4,200 lei. The remaining officers who died in action will receive fifty months’ salary from their previous posts. Due to the current financial pressure, we are prepared to pay it off in five years. At the same time, we will ask the local government to pay for the families of these fallen soldiers.
Give care.”
After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Edel nodded and approved the government's proposal. In the Balkans, this is already a good amount. You must know that the British Empire only has a death pension of 300 pounds for soldiers, while the Balkan countries are even lower, among which Bulgaria only has 2,800 pounds.
In Serbia, the amount is 3,150 lei, while in Greece it is only 3,400 lei.
This is also due to the fact that Romania's fiscal revenue reached a new high last year. At the end of 1912, Romania's government revenue reached 616 million lei. Although the Ottoman Empire briefly closed the Black Sea Strait at that time, it still relied on excellent products.
A well-handled response has prevented Romania's economic growth from slowing down and still reached a growth rate of 7.1.
"Then what arrangements does the government have for our soldiers who have been discharged due to injuries?"
After Edel asked about the pensions for the fallen soldiers, he began to care about these soldiers who were injured and disabled and could no longer serve in the army. In Edel's knowledge, many European countries now provide a pension to soldiers who were disabled due to injuries.
Just ignore the fees and let them fend for themselves in society.
For later generations, he thought that this treatment was too impersonal. It would make many soldiers who made heroic sacrifices for the country become unstable factors in society. Therefore, he had told the Prime Minister before that he would deal with this part of the society.
Soldiers help society, now let's see how the Prime Minister does.
Facing the Crown Prince's question, Prime Minister Bretianu told him the plan previously made by the government. "Our government believes that for those soldiers who are unable to take care of themselves, we can provide them with a subsidy of 80% of their on-the-job salary. We
It is estimated that it will take 50 months to receive it. For those disabled soldiers, we are prepared to provide a monthly subsidy of 70% of their on-the-job salary. It will also give them 50 months to receive it."
"Then what?"
Faced with the Crown Prince's questioning, Prime Minister Bretianu took a look at the plan prepared by the government and said, "Your Highness, that's all."
After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Edel said with great dissatisfaction. "These are far from enough. We cannot let the soldiers who fought bravely for the country send them away after giving them a batch of money. We must give them care from society and let them go."
His comrades who are still in the army know that they have protected the kingdom and that the kingdom will be their support after they are injured and retired."
Prime Minister Bretianu said clearly, "Your Highness, this is how all European countries handle it now, and we follow the practices of each country."
Faced with the Prime Minister's remarks, Edel knew that what he said was the truth. However, when he thought about what later generations would do in his mind, it was just that it was so long ago that he couldn't remember it clearly. But who called him the Crown Prince? He still relied on the vagueness
"The government should try its best to arrange these retired soldiers due to injuries to various government departments. If they can't fight anymore, shouldn't they be able to sweep the floor or guard the door for the government? If there is no way, extend their pensions."
time."
After Edel finished speaking, he touched his head and his memory of his previous life became increasingly blurred and deeply regretful. He could still secretly write down historical events for fear of forgetting, but he almost forgot every bit of ordinary life in his previous life.
It's almost done.
After hearing a few suggestions from the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Bretianu, who is worthy of being a good political expert, immediately added inferences for the Crown Prince. "Your Highness, our government departments will also place these retired soldiers who are injured and unable to fight, in
In state-owned factories, they are also qualified candidates to be responsible for cleaning or patrolling in the factory. Then the police department will accept a group, so that they have no worries. If they cannot do these, then the government can receive the pension
The period was extended to sixty months.”
After hearing Prime Minister Bretianu's approach, Edel nodded with satisfaction and told him, "Your Prime Minister's plan is very good. Let's do it according to this principle."
Seeing that Edel was still satisfied with his arrangement, Prime Minister Bretianu said bitterly. "If this is the case, the cost of our war will be as high as 150 million lei, and the government's fiscal deficit this year is estimated to reach 8,000 lei."
Wanlei's level. It will be very difficult for us in the next two years."
Hearing Prime Minister Bretianu's complaint, Edel was not afraid at all. Nowadays, all countries are avoiding fiscal deficits like snakes and snakes. It would be strange if any country in the future does not have a fiscal deficit. Coupled with this special time next year, Edel
He said to him proudly, "Don't be afraid, you can set the fiscal deficit at the level of RON 200 million next year."
Hearing the surprising words of the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Bretianu was shocked and said quickly, "Your Highness, it is very easy for us to go bankrupt financially."
Facing the Prime Minister's uneasy expression, Eder could not tell him: The deficit you are concerned about during the European War next year is impossible. So he could only pretend to be generous and said, "It doesn't matter, the royal family will not ignore it then."
Prime Minister Bretianu, who was given a carrot by the crown prince to stabilize himself, knew that the royal family's assets had doubled several times in the past few years and was capable of handling possible problems that might arise in the government, so he felt relieved and retreated after the report.
