Chapter 27： Steel Plant

As Volkswagen opened its doors in the European market, Edel also turned his attention to other places. Now Edel is in Constantia, inspecting the newly built steel plant.

As an important part of the German payment, the Constanta Steel Plant is the backbone of the Romanian industry. All industries need steel. Because there was no coal and iron before, Romania can be considered as having no steel industry. Edel, who knew that World War I was about to break out, was also worried about the status quo. In the previous life, Edel had learned about China's treatment in World War II. It can be imported from abroad in peacetime, and it is not only expensive but also not always available in wartime. This is why Edel must set up this steel plant.

Now that the first phase of the steel plant has been completed, Edel, under the leadership of plant director Duzweigan, visited the completed factory workshop. The first phase of the plant now completed can produce 30,000 tons of steel and 70,000 tons of iron. Coal is mainly imported from Russia and Austria-Hungary, and iron ore is mainly imported from Ottoman Turkey. Before the First World War, as long as there was no war, you could buy the goods you needed. Now even Germany can import steam turbines from Britain and equip itself with dreadnoughts to compete with Britain in the navy. This was unthinkable after World War II, but it is now the norm.

"His Royal Highness is now using the open-hearth steelmaking method. The steel plant workers can already operate the plant equipment independently, without the need for German experts to guide them." Plant Director Duzweigan stood beside Edel inviting credit. Now they are watching the Romanian workers in front of them busy working in front of the steel furnace. "You have done a good job, and the kingdom is very satisfied with your efforts." Edel praised the people behind the steel plant, and Duzweigan, who was praised by the crown prince, said with a smile on his face. "All this depends on the leadership of the kingdom to achieve the present results."

Edel knew that this Duzweigan said this to let himself remember his credit. In the investigation by the chief of the guard, Carrust, the fat factory director was not a good person. He deceived him and loved to be clever. The feet are not clean. If he plays too hard, he can be used to comfort the workers. But as long as the useful person Edel doesn't care about this person's habits, as long as he can help himself with things.

Edel visited the steel plant under the leadership of Duzweigan with a smile on his face. At noon, Edel saw that the time was almost up, and ordered the Duzweigan director.

"Let’s eat in your factory canteen today."

"His Royal Highness, please."

Under the leadership of this fat man, Edel and his party came to the canteen and saw the workers line up in the canteen to collect food. Thick soup, mashed potatoes, brown bread, and an apple per person, I saw the workers in the queue swallowing, and the people who received them ate the food in front of them. Edel knew that this was due to his arrival. A fleshy ball with pockmarked on his face, when he saw his group approaching, he quickly ran over with a smile on his face.

Edel was also a little dazed when he saw a meat ball running fast on his short legs. Seeing the expression of the crown prince, Director Duzweigan quickly said, "His Royal Highness, this is the steward of the cafeteria who just came to meet the crown prince." He turned his head and shouted at the meatball that ran over. "Polo, why don't you prepare food for your Royal Highness? What do you do?" This meatball named Polo heard the words of Director Duzweigan and immediately understood what the director Duzweigan meant. He knew what he meant. The honor may cause the crown prince's unhappiness. He hurried back to the kitchen, and Edel did not see the meatball after eating.

"Is there any difficulties in the work of Director Duzweigan now?" Edel asked the fat factory director with a look of concern, and Director Duzweigan quickly replied with a serious face. "Thank your Highness for your concern. The Constanta Steel Plant is bathed in the glory of the kingdom. Everything is so orderly. As the director of this steel plant, I have nothing to complain about." Edel was numbed by this fat man. Seeing that the crown prince’s expression was a bit wrong, the savvy fat man quickly remedied, "His Majesty just said it was a joke, but there is no difficulty." Edel nodded. " I don't care that I like your joke."

After dinner, Edel and his group came to the construction site of the second phase steel plant and saw busy workers working on it. Now next to Edel, there is a second-phase project chief Jatexman. He is the chief engineer sent by Knoop Steel Plant to Romania. The first-phase steel plant was also built under his guidance.

Gatxman is now explaining the progress of the second phase of the project to the crown prince, "His Royal Highness has benefited from the hard work of the workers. Now the second phase of the project has reached 20%. UU read a lot of materials and engineering. The machinery was completed during the first phase of construction. According to my estimation, the work can be completed three months in advance."

"Thank you for the great help of your country’s engineers, especially Mr. Gartxman’s contribution. I will write a letter of thanks to Krupp Steel, thank you for your support." Edel is also a human, knowing What way can these Germans work harder? Sure enough, after hearing that the crown prince wanted to write a thank-you letter to his company, specifically mentioning himself, he was very excited and insincerely said. "These are what every Krupp employee should do, and the crown prince is very polite."

"Excellent talents should get medals, otherwise it would be unfair to them. Mr. Gartxman is such a talent." Edel continued to be fascinated, and the group behind him was not stupid, and he also said. . "Only people like Gatxman can win more reputation for Krupp." Hearing the praise from everyone behind him, the rigorous chief engineer was not calm, and said quickly, "This is the wise company of the company." Decided."

Edel returned to his residence after inspecting the steel plant construction site accompanied by the crowd, and the chief of guard Carust stepped forward to explain to the crown prince the arrangements for tomorrow. "His Royal Highness, we are going to inspect the port tomorrow." "Okay." Edel said with a tired face, who made Constanta the key industrial city of Edel's plan now. Because Romania's resources are too unbalanced, salt mines, oil, gold mines, etc. all have good reserves. However, the iron and steel industry needed to develop the industrial base does not have a large amount of coal and iron. This allows Edel to use the convenience and cheapness of shipping to build steel plants in Constanta, so many factories that require a lot of steel can only be built in Constanta, such as the Volkswagen plant, which will help them reduce costs.