Chapter 99： The army needs funding

Edel had been in the room for a day, and when he came out the next morning, the chief guard looked at the crown prince with a caring face, making him a little embarrassed. However, under the deliberate flattery of the two maids, Edel really felt a bit squeezed.

"Is there anything the chief guard is asking for me?" Edel asked after sitting at his desk.

"His Royal Highness, the Chief of Staff Puleshan is here." The chief guard said to the crown prince.

Edel heard that it was the chief of staff coming over and said to Carust. "Please come in, the chief of staff."

After a while, the Chief of the General Staff Puleshan walked in upright, wearing a military uniform and holding a document in his hand.

"I have seen your Highness."

Facing the crown prince, Puleshan is still very polite.

"Don't know what's the matter with the general coming over this time?"

Edel's concern for the army is still ranked first, especially the army that concerns him the most.

"This time, it is mainly for your Royal Highness to see our newly prepared army training plan."

Puleshan handed the training plan in his hand to the crown prince, and Edel began to read it after taking it. In Puleshan’s training plan, the training volume of each division has increased a lot. Armed marches in the field, military shooting training, medical rescue training, and newly joined transportation vehicle maintenance training have their respective focus increased. Especially the three worst divisions that were reorganized last year will receive targeted and strengthened training this year. This year Puleshan prepared 13 million rifle machine gun rounds for the three divisions, as well as 9,000 training rounds plus 600 tons of other munitions. He vowed that the three new divisions, who were dragging their legs, would be ruthless. Drill it out.

Edel took a general look and felt that the Chief of Staff Preeshan was still very attentive to this training plan, and strengthened training for each division's weaknesses. Even though Edel doesn't know much about military affairs, he can still see the general idea after the reorganization over the past few years.

"Very good job." Edel said to Chief of Staff Puleshan after flipping through it.

"The inspection last year was terrible, this time we have to let them show the results." Puleshan explained to the crown prince.

Of course, Edel knows how bad last year was. This year, the military is estimated to want to find face, but this still requires government cooperation. He directly asked the biggest question, ‘finance’.

"How much funding do you plan to invest in this training program?"

Facing the question that went out, Puleshan replied a little weakly. "For this training plan, our General Staff Department estimated 35 million lei. As long as the funds are sufficient, this training will wipe out the previous problems caused by insufficient funds."

After hearing the boast of Puleshan's chief of staff, Edel knew that the problem was with the funding. Otherwise, Preshan would not tell him that, so the crown prince had to cooperate with the chief of staff.

"How much difference is it now?"

Puleshan hurriedly said after hearing the question from the crown prince. "There is still 15 million lei short."

After hearing the answer from the Chief of Staff, Edel asked a little bit puzzled. "I remember that the budget for the army at the beginning of this year was 94 million lei. This year the army does not have a large sum of money for ordnance purchases. Is it not enough?"

Facing the crown prince’s question, General Puleshan could only tell him the specific expenses. "His Royal Highness, although the military expenditure this year has been reduced by a large sum of reorganization costs, this year's navy expenditure has risen by 6 million lei, and this year's replenishment of ordnance is still 13 million lei. In addition, training expenses make up for the lack of last year This is an increase of 17 million lei over the previous year. In fact, military spending this year is not enough."

After hearing Puleshan’s explanation, Edel knew that this was because the army had sufficient funds over the past few years, and its budget had been fluctuating greatly. This time the government got stuck with the military a little bit, and the situation is now like this. Puleshan is now looking for him, hoping that the crown prince can pressure the government to get enough military spending.

Edel's attempt to the military is now fully aware of it, this is to cry poor. But now Edel is also a bit surprised by the military's response to such a big one, which he did not expect.

"I know about this situation. Tomorrow I will issue an article to the Prime Minister to ask him to consider your difficulties." After thinking about it, Edel told Puleshan his solution.

This is the result of the Crown Prince’s deliberation. Now that the new Prime Minister Bretianu has taken office, it is time to consolidate his position. It is not easy for Edel to impose his will on the government, which is not good for the royal family. It is still necessary to leave some power for the Romanian nobles and political families to fight for, otherwise they will unite and express their ideas to the royal family.

After hearing what the crown prince said, Preshan knew that this was the crown prince’s final bottom line. It is estimated that the military will not have such preferential treatment in the future. After returning to the General Staff, they need to make these staff members prepare the military's budget in the future. It must be calculated clearly how much is needed to compete for the military's share in future budget meetings.

"Thank your Highness for your care for the army. We will act as the sharp edge of the kingdom to protect our own interests for Romania." Puleshan told the crown prince about the military's attitude This is what Edel needs most now. .

"General Puleshan hopes that you can help me sharpen the blade, so that I can see its radiant side."

Facing the crown prince’s encouragement, Puleshan left with satisfaction. Seeing the chief of staff walking out of the room, Edel knew that this was not encouragement but a request. If Puleshan could not come up with the standards he requested, he would be abandoned.

After the chief of staff left, Edel called a guard and passed the training report that Puleshan had given him to the guard. "You give this document to the Prime Minister and he will know what to do."

"Good lord."

At the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Bretianu is in his office, looking at the training plan given to him by a guard. He knew the intention of the crown prince to show him the training plan, but he was taken aback by the military's training plan. This is 7% of total fiscal revenue, and there are many major expenditures that are not as high as this cost.

Prime Minister Bretianu was walking back and forth in the office thinking, and now the crown prince meant that he could not refuse. On the one hand, he came to power and the power has not yet been fully controlled. On the other hand, this is the first time the crown prince has asked the government to refuse to do something bad, and the government has temporarily sufficient funds.

After thinking about it, Prime Minister Bretianu walked to the desk and wrote an instruction for the staff to send it to the Ministry of Finance. In this signed approval letter, 15 million lei was specially approved for the army to improve the army's condition.

Seeing the staff leave the office with their own approval note, Prime Minister Bretianu's plan to increase medical and education investment was lost again. He has no choice but to resolutely resist this situation next year.

(The steamed buns in this chapter have been dragged for a long time. I am sorry that the Chinese New Year is really not enough. Adding the code word of the mobile phone makes it difficult.)