Chapter 1： The different Hohenzollern family

In 1905, the spring breeze blew over Peresh Castle, and the green grass was growing happily. Su Wen looked at all this, and he was not unfamiliar with it. Of course that's because Su Wen has now lived for 16 years. Looking at the luxuriously decorated castle, Su Wen once again felt unreal. Now he is the son of King Carol I of Romania, a man who has never been seen in history, Edel Hohenzollern. Sigmaringen This is Su Wen's full name now. Because Romanian King Carol I came from a branch of the German royal family, Su Wen also called William II his uncle.

"In this world, I have the right and life that ordinary people cannot easily believe. And I can rewrite and influence history. This kind of life is pretty good." Su Wen smiled slightly, but now we need to increase Romania's strength as a 1880 An independent young country just young. Romania exports agricultural products and primary minerals. It does not have its own industry. The military industry can also produce light weapons. The output is not high. It is quite famous oil. I am sorry that it is still in Ploiesti. There are several small oil fields. It's quite primitive and looks good in the Balkans, but if you want to make a profit in World War I, it's pretty unsightly. Now we need our Highness Edel to prepare for this.

"Generally speaking, Romania still has considerable potential for development," the young prince commented after learning the situation in Romania for three years. The most important thing is that the Romanian royal family is very rich, although the government finances are not very good, but who makes this a monarchy? Now I first need to convince my father, Carol I, who is 66 years old, to take the money.

"Father, this is a report on the large-scale exploitation of the Ploiesti oil field. According to this report, we need to purchase oil extraction equipment, a large oil refinery and an oil pipeline linking Constanta. The annual output can reach 1.5 million tons. The scale of crude oil requires an investment of about 3 million pounds." Edel sent a report to his father, Carol I of the Kingdom of Romania. The white-haired but still majestic king slowly turned a few pages without responding, but instead looked at Viscount Adri, the palace chief next to him. The latter is responsible for the main daily work of the Romanian royal family and therefore has a specific understanding of the royal family’s funds

'At present, in addition to the maintenance of a few castles, we must reserve enough funds to have 5 million pounds of which 200 are bonds. However, the king has 58 properties in the country and 43 properties abroad, except for the necessary ones, which can be sold in the country. The two offices can get 840,000 pounds, and the 26 overseas offices can get 1.04 million pounds. There are also some shops. Every year we can get 1 million pounds of income from the government and industry, but the bulk of our property is land. "Carol I waved his hand to stop asking the crown prince, "how much do you need." 'Edel replied, "I plan to find American Standard Oil for 600,000 yuan and they will be interested, and then go to Germany to get 600,000 yuan and believe that they also hope to invest. We only need 1.8 million pounds, and the land is still ours and they can't get too high. Shares." Carol nodded with satisfaction. "Let go and do it. I will let Adrie prepare the funds for you."'Thank you, father' Edel walked out after speaking.

Now that he got his father's consent, Edel enthused the guard to find him, Mr. Smith, the head of Standard Oil in Romania. The next day Smith brought his assistant to Peresh Castle and met Edel. "Hello, respected Prince Edel, I don't know what Standard Oil can do for you." Smith and his assistants asked after saluting Edel. "Do you know the Ploiesti oil field. Our country intends to explore on a large scale, so your company should be interested." "Yes, we are very interested in this. I don't know how the crown prince is going to develop your country's oil?" Smith replied It is said that with the large-scale application of internal combustion engines before the First World War, European demand for crude oil has also increased on a large scale, and oil prices have also increased slowly. Standard Oil had invested in Ploiesti as early as 1871, but the intervention of the Romanian government was small. Now Romania wants to develop it by itself, so the profit invested in it is also very considerable. Edel asked the guard to give Smith the contract. "You can take a look and then talk about it." Smith took the document and saw that the development of the Ploiesti oil field was led by the Romanian royal family to invest 1.8 million pounds and the mining license plus land accounted for 70%, and Standard Oil invested 600,000 pounds. It accounts for 15% and invests in technology, mining equipment and oil refining facilities. The standard oil company is preferred for the same quality and price. Smith looked at this contract and thought it was reasonable.

"His Royal Highness, I will send this document to the company. From my personal opinion, I think there is no problem."

"I hope Mr. Smith can bring good news. You must know that Britain, France and the Netherlands will all be interested in this."

"His Royal Highness, I will send it back to the company as quickly as possible, and Standard Oil has the best technology. I believe this is a wise decision." Smith obviously has full confidence in his company.

Smith went back to telegraph his company. Edel asked the guards to invite the German ambassador, and he was confident that Germany would invest in this oil field. If it were not for its own funds, it would not allow other countries to invest. Both Standard Oil and Germany are carefully selected by Edel. One had little influence in Europe before the First World War in the United States, and Germany was paving the way for future plans.

Borges is the German ambassador to Romania. He is as serious and punctual as most people's images of Germany, and he has a clear-cut approach. But sometimes I know how to work around. "His Royal Highness, is there anything wrong?" Ambassador Borges 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 asked a little uncertainly. Edel asked to pass the contract to the ambassador. ‘With a total investment of 3 million pounds, the Romanian royal family contributed 1.8 million and land plus influence accounted for 70%, and Germany’s 600,000 investment could get 15%. It seems that it is a very good investment and it only takes a few years to make it back. , Ambassador Borges thought. "There is no problem, I believe our government will 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 wrote a book for the first time, hoping to satisfy everyone. The author is a handicapped party. The codeword is super slow, so it’s a bit difficult to update the amount, but as long as readers like it, the steamed bun will be over. Never be an eunuch. Steamed buns can be considered a fruit for themselves. As an old bookworm who has read books for 11 years, he can't find a book gradually. Finally, I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet to write by myself, which is considered to be a stockholder, a real estate owner, a wife and a husband, and an author when he reads a book. Think of it as being locked up by yourself.