Chapter 159： War cost

After commending his meritorious officers, Edel returned to the office because in the afternoon Prime Minister Bretianu wanted to report on the cost of the war and the administrative division of the new territory.

After having lunch with his parents, King Carol and his wife, Princess Sophie Marie, Prime Minister Bretianu came to him before Edel stayed in the office for a while.

But Prime Minister Bretianu started groaning as soon as he came in. "His Royal Highness, the cost of this war has exceeded our budget of 50 million lei."

Hearing the Prime Minister’s complaint, Edel sat in a chair to comfort him. "At least this war is over, isn't it?"

Then he continued to ask the questions he cared about. "Then Prime Minister, how much did our war cost?"

Prime Minister Bretianu glanced at his own information and said. "Our total expenditure in this war reached 73.2 million lei, mainly because the consumption of artillery shells was too large, reaching 15,000 tons, especially the stock of heavy artillery shells was knocked out by half. The consumption of bullets also reached 40 million rounds, which accounted for our inventory. One-fifth of the cost. In addition to the largest expenditure of ammunition consumption, our military ration is the largest expenditure, especially horse material."

Edel knew about the ammunition consumption. On the first day of the Battle of Tarnovo, 4,600 tons of ammunition were destroyed. In the following days, despite the restraint, there was no less than 1,500 tons per day. In this case, it costs money like water. You have to know that a 75 artillery shell costs 30 lei, while the most expensive 210 cannon shell costs 1,350 lei, and this war will only cost 210 caliber shells. More than 3000 rounds. The shell money is more than 4 million lei, not counting the consumption of other troops, adding up more.

As for the food consumption of horses, it goes without saying that these horses are the ones that can consume food the most during the war. Each horse needs to eat 3 kilograms of grain and 6 kilograms of fodder per day. Romania used 38,000 horses to participate in the war. This is still the result of more than 3,000 cars as a supplement, if it is all horses, more will be needed.

After Prime Minister Bretianu introduced the costs of the war, he continued to talk about other costs. "The pensions for the casualties have not been calculated. The pensions we are going to give to the killed soldiers are based on the 50-month salary of the senior sergeants. The total amount is 4,200 lei. The rest of the killed officers are from their previous posts. Fifty months’ salary, we are ready to pay it in five years due to the current financial pressure. At the same time, we will let the local government take care of these families with fallen soldiers."

After hearing the Prime Minister’s words, Edel nodded and approved the government’s proposal. In the Balkans, this is a good amount. You must know that the British Empire now only has a soldier's pension of 300 pounds, while the Balkan countries are even lower, of which Bulgaria is only 2,800 lei, Serbia is 3150 lei, and Greece is only 3400 lei. The amount of Iraq.

This is also due to the record high Romanian fiscal revenue last year. At the end of 1912, Romanian government revenue reached 616 million lei. Even though the Ottoman Empire experienced a brief closure of the Black Sea Strait at that time, the Romanian economic growth did not slow down with its excellent products and proper responses, and it still reached a growth rate of 7.1.

"Then our soldiers who have been discharged due to injuries, does the government have any arrangements?"

After Edel asked about the pensions of the fallen soldiers, he began to care about these soldiers who were disabled because of their injuries and could not continue to serve in the army. According to Edel’s perception, many countries in Europe now give soldiers disabled due to injuries a lump-sum placement fee and leave them to fend for themselves in society.

For him, who has been cognizant of later generations, he thinks this treatment is too impersonal. This will make many soldiers who made heroic sacrifices for the country become a destabilizing factor in society. So he told the Prime Minister before that he would give social help to these soldiers. Now let's see how the Prime Minister is doing.

Facing the crown prince’s question, Prime Minister Bretianu told him the plan made by the government before. "Our government believes that for soldiers who are not able to take care of themselves, we can give them 80% of their salaries. We expect to give them 50 months to receive them. For those disabled soldiers, we are ready to give them A subsidy of 70% of the on-the-job salary per month is also given for 50 months to receive it."

"and then?"

Facing the question of the crown prince, Prime Minister Bretianu glanced at the plan prepared by the government and said. "His Royal Highness, that's all."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Edel said quite dissatisfied. "These are far from enough. We can't let the soldiers who fought bravely for the country give them a batch of money and then send them away. We must give them social care and let his comrades who are still in the army know that they have protected. The kingdom, after being injured and retired, the kingdom will become their support."

Prime Minister Bretianu distinguished it. "His Royal Highness, all European countries are dealing with it in this way, and we also follow the practice of each country."

Facing the prime minister’s remarks, Edel knew that he was telling the truth. However, in his mind, he thought about the method of future generations, but it was too long for him to remember a little, but who called him the crown prince, still talked about it with vague memory. "The government should arrange these soldiers retired due to injuries to various government departments as far as possible. They can't fight. Shouldn't they sweep the floor or guard the government? If there is no other way, they can extend their pensions."

After Edel finished speaking, touching his head was becoming more and more obscure in his memories of his past life and was deeply rascal. He was afraid of forgetting himself quietly about major historical events, but he would forget every bit of his usual life in the past life. It's almost there.

After hearing a few suggestions from the crown prince, Prime Minister Bretianu was worthy of being a good political player and immediately added it for the crown prince. "His Royal Highness, our government department will also place these injured veterans who cannot fight after being injured ~ www.novelhall.com~ in state-owned factories. They are also qualified candidates to be responsible for cleaning or inspections in the factory. Then the police department Accepting a batch will save them any worries. If they can’t do this, then the government can extend the pension collection period to 60 months.”

Hearing Prime Minister Bretianu’s approach, Edel nodded in satisfaction and told him. "Your Prime Minister's plan is very good, so follow this principle."

Seeing that Edel was still satisfied with his arrangement, Prime Minister Bretianu said bitterly. "If this is the case, the cost of our war will be as high as 150 million lei, and the government's fiscal deficit this year is estimated to reach the level of 80 million lei. We will be very difficult for the next two years."

Hearing Prime Minister Bretianu's complaint, Edel was not afraid at all. Now all countries are avoiding fiscal deficits. It would be strange if there is no fiscal deficit in future generations. In addition to this special time next year, Edel told him proudly. "Don't be afraid, you can make the fiscal deficit next year at the level of 200 million lei."

Prime Minister Bretianu was shocked to hear the startling words of the crown prince. "Your Highness, we can easily go bankrupt like this."

Faced with the prime minister’s uneasy expression, Edel could not tell him: next year’s European war, the deficit you care about is impossible. So I can only pretend to be generous. "It's okay, the royal family won't ignore it then."

Prime Minister Bretianu, who was given a carrot by the crown prince to settle down, knew that the royal family’s assets had doubled several times over the past few years, and he was able to handle the government’s possible problems, so he relaxed and retreated after the report was completed. Go down.