Edel held the telegram jointly sent from Ledeuzi and other places in his hand, thinking secretly. He had already seen that this was not an isolated smuggling incident, but that after Romania closed the border, it had caused refugees to gather outside the border.
This is our natural reaction. If Romania continues to close its borders as it is now, this kind of thing will continue to happen, and the frequency will become higher and higher.
It’s not that the government department didn’t see it, otherwise Prime Minister Bretianu would have dealt with this matter long ago and would not have forwarded this telegram to Edel. It also made him underestimate the desire of these war refugees for a peaceful and quiet life.
Receiving such a bad telegram just before Christmas also disrupted Edel's plan. Why did Edel close the border? He knew that these refugees would cause tension on the Romanian border, but he was still stubborn.
The order to close the border is still related to Romania's domestic livelihood and economy.
In Eder's estimation, this war will make Romania prosperous, and will also drive factories to absorb a large number of farmers to work in cities, which can improve industrial efficiency and, most importantly, the level of agricultural mechanization. After all, the agricultural population is small, and facing
In order to prosper the grain export trade, it is necessary to use machinery to improve the efficiency of farmers. This can transform Romanian agriculture from traditional farming to individual farmers to the large-scale mechanized farming that Edel longs for. This is also what Edel values most.
It is also the key to the success of Romania's industrialization.
However, this plan in Eder can only be realized when there is a shortage of people in industry and agriculture. If Romania opens its borders to allow war refugees to continue to enter, this shortage of people will not be possible at all, and these refugees who already have nothing will still be there.
Squeezing the salary environment of Romanians will actually make the country's people dissatisfied with these refugees. At that time, even the king himself will not be able to solve it, after all, this is about the people's jobs.
So Edel could only choose the lesser of two evils, temporarily closing the Romanian border and waiting for the transformation of industry and agriculture to allow these refugees to enter. But he did not expect that this large-scale refugee smuggling incident would cause this problem to explode. Now he has taken
There is no good way to solve it.
"What a headache."
Edel thought about it again and again but still couldn't make a decision. At this time, an unusual person came to Edel's office, his wife Queen Sophie Marie.
"Edel, I heard about this large-scale refugee smuggling, what are you going to do?"
Sophie Marie, still holding a newspaper in her hand, asked with concern. Edel saw in her eyes his wife's concern for these refugees.
As soon as Edel looked at the newspaper in her hand, he knew where she got the news. Edel cursed these troublesome media in his heart and said to his wife, "I haven't thought about it yet, don't worry.
I won't be too harsh on these refugees."
After this incident happened, all domestic newspapers published it, and even the media from the two warring parties reported it. Except for Russia and Austria, this was not a glorious thing for them. After all, how could these news media let such a big thing go?
They are not government departments who know that there are refugees and people competing for job opportunities behind this incident. They just ask the government to consider the life issues of these refugees. They are just standing up and talking without hurting their backs.
Seeing that Edel did not answer directly, Sophie Marie, who had been promoted to queen, expressed her opinion. "Can Edel give these poor people some jobs so that they can solve their life problems?"
Edel was a little surprised at his wife's reaction to his sudden request, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
"I saw in the newspaper that most of these people are Austro-Hungarians, and that their lives at home are ruined. I just want to help these suffering people, just think it's for me, okay, Edel."
After hearing his wife's words, Edel finally understood the reason. Most of these refugees were Austro-Hungarians, which made his wife Sophie Marie feel compassion and want to help the people of her homeland. Perhaps in the Queen's view, this
It was just a matter of two or three thousand. She didn't think that behind it might be the influx of millions of refugees. And the media reports this time were not that simple. There might be some factory owners behind it.
Seeing his wife's pleading eyes, Edel quickly turned his brain to think of a solution. Suddenly an idea came to his mind, so he said to his wife. "Okay Sophie Marie, I promise you this time, but...
…”
Hearing what Edel had not finished speaking, Sophie Marie immediately put on a delicate face and finished it for her husband. "I know, there is no next time, right?"
Seeing the rapid change in his wife's expression, Edel was really taken aback. Sophie Marie saw her husband's expression of suppressed pain and burst into laughter.
After sending his wife away, Eder called the guards. "Go and call Prime Minister Bretianu over and tell him that I want to adjust the refugee policy."
"Okay, Your Majesty."
After Edel gave instructions to the guards, he began to improve the ideas in his mind. Now faced with many problems that he could not solve for the time being, he would think about the situation in his previous life for reference. This also gave Romania a strong celestial style of later generations. But who
Let him come from there. If he comes from a lighthouse country in later generations, then Romania will probably have the flavor of a democratic beacon.
Maybe I shouldn’t shut out these refugees across the board. I can first select the talents that Romania urgently needs to supplement domestic development. As for the remaining refugees, didn’t my queen say that I should give them a bite to eat, so Romania’s infrastructure construction needs
Use them. As for the salary, it will be settled according to the current Romanian minimum wage standard. If anyone doesn't want to work, then they will be kicked out. There are refugees who want to live in a peaceful environment.
As for the factory owners who are behind the scenes, they will not get a single refugee laborer. They still need to use domestic workers to produce materials urgently needed by various countries. As for whether this will have an impact on the domestic worker environment in Romania, Eder can only say that this has already happened.
It has been reduced to the minimum. Now refugee workers are assigned to repair infrastructure such as railways, roads, bridges, docks, etc., and their wages have been reduced to the minimum. If this is not satisfactory, then he really has no choice. If domestic
He has no problem with anyone willing to do infrastructure labor for 9 lei a month.
After Edel perfected his idea, Prime Minister Bretianu also rushed to him.
"Your Majesty, how do you plan to revise the refugee measures now?"
Faced with the Prime Minister's inquiry, Eder said his own solution. "I plan to select the engineers, professors, doctors, etc. that Romania needs most now. As for the remaining refugees, we can let them build infrastructure for Romania, and you will be treated accordingly."
Set an economic level. After all, we need to spend too much money and don’t have much funds for infrastructure construction.”
Prime Minister Bretianu heard what Edel said and knew what he should do. He went on to ask a question that was likely to arise. "What if these refugees want to naturalize?"
Edel replied without thinking. "Except for the talents we urgently need, all others will be given a three-year inspection period. During this period, any violations of law and discipline will not be considered."
Edel and the Prime Minister discussed various possible problems that may arise from the introduction of refugees, and they all dealt with them one by one. The purpose is just one sentence: those who are willing to accept, stay, and those who are unwilling, don't come.
After getting the answer from the king, the Prime Minister returned to the government and immediately came up with new refugee management measures. In the new method, the government will decide how many refugees to admit every year. Talents that Romania urgently needs will no longer be regarded as refugees, and will be treated according to the number of new talents.
The bill will be introduced to provide resettlement. As for other refugees who do not belong, they will be uniformly arranged to work, basically in various Romanian infrastructure construction. Refugees who do not accept the arrangement will be deported by the government, and refugee applications from these people will no longer be accepted.
With the introduction of the new method, except for a few who are unwilling to be deported, the vast majority of refugees have chosen to accept it. Among them, those who fall under the talent introduction bill are the most happy. They will receive wages in line with their abilities based on the wages of their industries in Romania.
Salary. As for others, they can only guarantee a monthly salary of 90 lei, but even this can guarantee the needs of their family, which is much better than being precarious in the war. Refugees waiting at the border need to apply for Romania’s annual salary
The refugee quota is enough, and it reduces a lot of pressure on border police like Bruno.
