In fact, after Edel received the news that the ammonia plant was completed and started construction, he rushed to Ploiesti early the next morning and arrived at the ammonia plant at noon.
In fact, the synthetic ammonia plant is right next to the refinery. It is only separated from the refinery by a wall. It is mainly used to utilize the waste gas generated by the refinery, which is also one of the raw material gases for synthetic ammonia. There is also the associated natural gas produced by extracting crude oil, which can also be used as
The raw materials for ammonia synthesis were all considered when building ammonia synthesis plants before.
After receiving the news that Edel rushed to the ammonia factory without stopping, a group of factory managers headed by factory director Vilosev rushed to the door to greet the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness welcomes you."
After seeing the arrival of the Crown Prince, Factory Director Vilosev quickly led a group of factory staff to greet His Highness the Crown Prince.
Edel got out of the car and looked at Factory Director Vilosev in front of him. He knew the man in front of him. He had studied abroad at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the best chemical engineering university in Germany, and had good grades. He was later appointed as Foksha
He was the deputy director in charge of technology at the Niger Chemical Plant (a chemical plant built with German loans). During this period, he worked hard to improve the utilization rate of potassium salts in the chemical plant. Edel noticed him and became the director of the synthetic ammonia plant.
appointment.
Edel said to Factory Director Vilosev, "Let's go in and take a look."
The world's first synthetic ammonia plant, built in Germany in October last year, is capable of producing 30 tons of ammonia per day. However, Romania's plant, which is twice the size of Germany, needs equipment imported from Germany that can withstand 200 atmospheric pressure at that time.
Steel equipment was put at the back, so it has been delayed until now.
"Your Highness, this is our raw material compressor."
Director Vilosev pointed to the compressor in front of him and told Crown Prince Edel about the work process. "This is to put a small amount of natural gas into the compressor to raise it to 4MPA, and then mix it with a small amount of synthesis gas to heat it and enter the hydrogenation reactor."
Edel listened to Director Vilosev's explanation with great interest. In fact, he had forgotten this knowledge of chemistry long ago, but it did not affect his understanding that ammonia synthesis had a significant impact on the development of the entire chemical process.
The impact. And now synthetic ammonia can also increase Romania’s crop yields, which is of great benefit to Romania.
Factory Director Vilosev took Crown Prince Edel to explain a series of chemical terms such as converter, high temperature converter, carbon dioxide absorption tower, etc., which made Edel confused. However, in order to show his respect for the ammonia plant,
Although he paid attention to the lecture, he still showed an expression of listening attentively all the way and endured the bombardment of various professional chemical terms.
After finally arriving at the last place to visit, under the ammonia synthesis tower, the factory director Velosev finished explaining the entire process. Edel also saw the employees here transporting pressure-resistant cylinders filled with liquid ammonia one by one. Look.
Edel is very satisfied with the situation so far, and it is worth his efforts.
“How much ammonia can be produced per day now?”
Looking at the scene in front of him, Edel asked about the production issue that he was concerned about.
"Your Highness, because we have just started production, we can only produce 42 tons per day. But as long as you give me four months, I will let the factory reach the designed output."
After speaking about the current production capacity, Factory Director Vilosev did not forget to reassure Edel.
"Director Vilosev, you need to recruit more workers."
After hearing the assurance from Director Vilosev, Edel told him about his plan. "We have more than just this ammonia plant, and the current production cannot meet the needs of Romania at all. So we need you to cultivate more for Romania."
of ammonia workers, I predict that the scale of Romania’s ammonia synthesis will need to increase tenfold within three years to basically meet Romania’s needs.”
After hearing what the crown prince said, Factory Director Vilosev was very excited. Although the construction of ammonia plants will be diverted, relying on Ploiesti's rich oil and natural gas resources, he can be sure that at least half of the new production capacity will be built.
In this way, he can be called the godfather of chemical industry in Romania. For Vilosev, who has always specialized in chemical industry, this is an irresistible temptation.
"Your Highness, please rest assured that I will definitely make the current employees familiar with the work at hand as soon as possible, and then recruit new workers. I will never leave the new factory without skilled workers and management."
Seeing the excited Vilosev in front of him, Edel decided to talk to him about the chemical engineering knowledge that he still had some memory of. "Director Vilosev, you can't just do the ammonia synthesis process, you also need to use ammonia more.
Exploration, I think the current ammonia fertilizer has the potential to be improved. Maybe the synthesis reaction of ammonia and other chemical raw materials can allow us to obtain more fertilizers, such as carbon dioxide and so on..."
After Edel talked about his limited knowledge of chemical engineering, he refused Director Vilosev’s request to have lunch at the factory. It wasn’t that he couldn’t have lunch at the factory, because he wanted to meet Dore, who is now in Ploiesti.
Mayor of Er.
Mayor Dorell took over after Karaturi was transferred to Bucharest, but he is very capable and has developed Ploiesti from the fifth largest city (187,648 people) when he took over to the third largest city now.
cities (275,611 people). The top two largest cities in Romania are Bucharest (787,067 people) and Constanta (578,101 people). From here we can see the population flow brought about by Romania's industrialization.
Although Ploiesti has a good petrochemical industry and machinery manufacturing industry, two industries strongly supported by the Romanian government, one cannot deny the performance of its capabilities. The most direct evidence is that the per capita annual income in Ploiesti is now
The salary of 698 lei when he took over has increased to 884 lei now. An increase of 26%. He ranks among the top four counties and cities in Romania. He can be regarded as a very capable official.
Of course Edel likes this kind of capable officials. He wishes that his subordinates were all people with such outstanding abilities, and he can rest assured. In fact, the selection of Romanian officials is already quite good, and this is still due to Edel's previous life.
In my memory, various civil service examinations and the systematic training of administrative schools in that era provided too many talents for the country.
Now, under the influence of Crown Prince Edel, Romania is gradually improving in this regard. Among them, Romania’s latest government official assessment includes the assessment of local gross national product and per capita income. And Romania also started to assess the local GDP and per capita income last year.
The civil service examination attracts a large number of ambitious young people to join the government, but because these people are still at the lowest level now and cannot see the effect, sooner or later those old-school officials will be replaced as time goes by.
Moreover, Edel plans to establish an administrative college next year to provide more training for these government newcomers and improve the government's execution capabilities. This will allow the government to better coordinate Romania's resources and allow the territory captured after World War I to be better integrated into Romania.
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"His Royal Highness has arrived at the city hall. Mayor Dorrell and municipal officials are waiting at the door."
A report interrupted Edel's thoughts.
Edel, who was sitting in the car, said to the guard outside the car who reminded him, "I know, I'll come out."
"I have met His Highness."
Seeing the Crown Prince walking out of the car, Mayor Dorell and the main government officials came forward to greet him.
Looking at the Ploiesti officials who were saluting him, Edel waved to them and said, "Okay, let's go in."
After speaking, Edel walked to Mayor Dorrell, who led him into the city hall.
"Your Highness is welcome to Ploiesti for inspection."
After leading Edel into the city hall, Mayor Dorell said welcome words. In fact, apart from staying in the capital Bucharest, Edel has visited Constanta the most. He is also the third largest city in Ploiesti.
After Karaturi was transferred, there were very few.
"I am very satisfied with the development of Ploiesti. In just four years, your population has increased by nearly 100,000, and per capita income has also increased by a quarter. These are all inseparable from the results of your efforts. I
I would like to say thank you to all of you and hope that Ploiesti can develop even better in the days to come."
As Crown Prince Edel finished speaking, the officials present had excited expressions. They felt the goodwill from the Crown Prince and believed that as long as they did not make any major mistakes, they would all have good development in the future.
After seeing the expressions of the officials in front of him, Edel continued, "Of course we will not forget the meritorious officials among them."
At this time, Edel took out a royal knight's medal from his pocket and told Mayor Dorrell, "This knight's medal is to commend you for your contribution to it."
Facing the unexpected Royal Knight Medal, other government officials looked at Mayor Dorrell with envy. Although he had not been promoted to a higher position, the meaning of this Royal Knight Medal was clear to all the officials present.
This means that Mayor Dorell has been recognized by the Crown Prince, which is a huge opportunity. Who doesn’t know that the Crown Prince now has sole power, and Prime Minister Bretianu can only get the power and ability given to him by the Crown Prince.
There is absolutely nothing we can do if we don't give the Prime Minister permission to do things.
"This medal is too valuable, and my current merits are completely unqualified to enjoy it."
Faced with this knighthood medal that moved the hearts of all the officials present, Mayor Dorell resisted the temptation and spoke. It’s not that he didn’t know how rare this opportunity was, but now he thought that if he got it, he would stand out in the government.
, which is not conducive to future development.
Faced with Mayor Dorrell’s refusal, Edel certainly would not take it back. He continued, “This is to let everyone know that the country will not forget everyone who has contributed to it, so it must accept it.
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"Thank you for your great love to me, Your Highness. I will develop Ploiesti even better in the future."
After hearing these words from the Crown Prince, Mayor Dorell knew that he had to accept the knighthood medal, otherwise it would be a sign of dissatisfaction with the royal family. In fact, he regretted his refusal at the beginning. After all, if
If he was misunderstood by the crown prince, then he would really be wronged.
Edel put the medal on Mayor Dorrell's chest, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him. "Work hard and make greater contributions to Romania in the future, so that you can bridge the gap in the district."
A young man in his twenties patted a middle-aged man in his late forties on the shoulder to encourage him. No one present felt that the scene was disharmonious.
After conferring honors on Mayor Dorrell, Edel also met with the city hall officials one by one. Every official he met was cautiously grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. From this we can see that Edel is now in Romania.
Most of the domestic prestige is due to Romania's good economic and military development under the leadership of the Crown Prince in the past few years.
Moreover, in the Second Balkan War, it established its first position among the Balkan countries in one fell swoop. These achievements cannot be bypassed by the key figure in it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
