Chapter 180： Edel's ambition

A genius remembers the site address in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! Edel asked Carusta. "Is the message sure?"

The head of the bodyguard Carust said with some uncertainty. "This news was reported by the Zagreb Daily Newspaper, which revealed that the Grand Duke will go to Bosmia to observe military exercises in early summer, and then visit Bosnia and Herzegovina."

Because he was afraid that his arrival would affect the trajectory of history, this year he asked the chief guard to pay more attention to the news of Austria-Hungary, especially the whereabouts of Prince Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Carust didn't know what the crown prince intended, but he still carried out Edel's instructions seriously. Now that there is no certain news in a newspaper, he also reports to the crown prince in advance.

After hearing the source of his news in Carust's uncertain tone, Edel was quite sure that it was true. In his previous life, he wondered how Archduke Ferdinand met so many assassins in Sarajevo. Now it seems that the news leaked three months in advance, so the organized assassination made sense. I saw that the Austro-Hungarian Empire also made a lot of omissions in the management of intelligence.

Seeing the pensive Crown Prince Edel, Carust asked. "His Royal Highness, do we continue to follow the developments in Austria-Hungary?"

Edel regained consciousness and spoke to the chief guard next to him. "Continue to inquire about Austro-Hungarian intelligence, but be careful not to expose yourself."

After getting a reply from the crown prince, Carust left the office. Now he has a lot of things not only to pay attention to Austro-Hungarian intelligence, but also to cooperate with Millock to prepare Russian affairs, and he also needs to pay attention to domestic developments. Now he is too busy to even return home.

The two major Romanian intelligence agencies are the royal intelligence department controlled by Carust, and the government intelligence department controlled by Millock. Last year, Edel personally re-divided the two people's respective jurisdictions, one inside and one outside, so as to avoid friction between the two due to their spheres of influence. Only this year's Austro-Hungarian dynamics are very important to the crown prince, that's why Carust keeps his eye on the whereabouts of Grand Duke Ferdinand.

For this, Milok also assigned Carust in time, not only handing over several important chess pieces lurking in Austria-Hungary to him, but also preparing a separate line of intelligence for him. Therefore, the relationship between the two major intelligence agencies has gradually eased this year, and the atmosphere has not been as tense as before.

After it is determined that Grand Duke Ferdinand will still go to Sarajevo for his death visit, then the historical line is likely to still follow the established track. The focus of Edel's attention now is to seize the time to allow Romania to stock up enough materials.

He knew that the Ottoman Empire fell to Germany because of the dreadnought. In order not to bring assistance to Russia, the Black Sea Strait located in Ottoman territory would be closed to Romania. If Romania had the size of Germany, the Ottomans would not dare to make such a choice. As for the company’s military expenditure is now only one-tenth of that of the poorest power in Japan, where is the power to have the confidence to discuss with the allies.

Then, when the road to Romania’s maritime export is completely blocked, its land traffic will be the main means of transportation. Just open the map of Romania and you can see that there are not many neighboring countries except Russia, Austro-Hungary, Seville, The four Bulgarian countries happen to be the two alliances and two allies, but the economic direction of Romania’s exports is Central and Western Europe plus one Southern Europe.

It is completely idiotic to allow the two countries to agree to Romania's export of goods to Italy, Britain, France and other countries through the territory of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, so it is impossible. As for Russia and Serbia, they are not the traditional markets for Romania’s exports. Russia’s grain exports are still competing with Romania in Europe. In addition, Russia’s poor finances can’t buy any goods, so Romania can only export to the Allied countries.

Fortunately, when the First World War broke out, the allied countries' maritime trade was cut off. The surrounding countries were all enemies except the three Nordic countries. Moreover, Romania’s exports of grain, oil and automobiles are all necessities for life and materials that can be used in war. Therefore, in the early stage, it can only be exported to allied countries to obtain benefits. However, because the surrounding countries are in a state of war, Romania, which is able to export in large quantities, believes that it can also make good profits.

It's just that Edel still has a worry, that is, Romania will get enough profits in the early stage, will it become a thorn in the eyes of the British and French defenders of the European order after the war? You must know that the British and French libraries can run rats after the First World War. So, whether Romania, which has gained a lot of economic benefits, can escape the blackmail of the two countries will be a big question.

Moreover, Romania needs Britain and France to guarantee that it will obtain Transylvania from Austria-Hungary, which will be the key to its rise. UU reading www.uukanshu. Since the dividing line between com and Austria-Hungary is along the southern line of the Carpathian Mountains, it can be seen from the map that when Romania faces Austria-Hungary, its territory is considered to be a large recess. From a military standpoint, Austro-Hungary’s 100,000 troops can look at Romania’s 200,000 troops. Of course, this does not take into account the differences in equipment morale.

It can be said that if it had not always maintained a good relationship with Austria-Hungary, Romania could be seen as deadly by the pressure of national defense, just as the Soviet Union, which had Mongolia in the previous life, faced its motherland. Therefore, Edel has always wanted to eliminate this unfavorable factor. As for the Bessarabia area currently occupied by Russia, I believe that under the threat of its red Russia, the local people will be very willing to throw into the arms of Romania, a country of the same ethnicity.

But this requires a high level of diplomacy, and now only the current Prime Minister Bretianu has this skill. In addition, both Britain and France now consider him to be the leader of the Anglo-French faction in Romania, so Edel can tolerate this little action as the prime minister. So don't look at Prime Minister Bretianu here as meek as a cat in Edel, in fact, as long as he is out of the palace, he is the rightful Prime Minister of Romania, and he is also a strong prime minister.

However, he is also very smart and only argues with Edel on small matters. The crown prince considers the prime minister's prestige, so most of them agree with his proposal. This makes him a figure that can be balanced with Crown Prince Edel in the eyes of Britain and France. In the eyes of Britain and France, Edel is a completely pro-German. This makes I want to make Romanian powerful Edel dumbfounded. In fact, I should be regarded as the leader of the German faction.

After receiving the news that Grand Duke Ferdinand will go to Sarajevo to inspect as scheduled, Edel can now only step up and urge the domestic industries to make preparations, regardless of whether these people understand or not, they must implement it. Now he can only hope that everything will develop in accordance with the course of history.