Romanian Eagle

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

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

But Prime Minister Bretianu began to complain as soon as he came in. "Your Highness, the war cost more than our budget of 50 million lei."

Hearing the Prime Minister's grievances, Eder sat in a chair to reassure him. "At least this war is over, isn't it?"

Then he continued to ask his own concerns. "Then Prime Minister, how much will our war cost?"

Prime Minister Bretianu glanced at his own information and said. "Our total expenditure in this war has reached 73.2 million lei, mainly because the consumption of artillery shells is too large, reaching 15,000 tons. In particular, the stock of heavy artillery shells has been destroyed by half. The consumption of bullets has also reached 40 million rounds, accounting for our stockpile. One-fifth of it. Apart from ammunition consumption, which is the biggest expense, our military rations are the biggest expense, especially for horses.”

Eder knew about the consumption of ammunition. On the first day of the Battle of Tarnovo, 4,600 tons of ammunition were destroyed. In the following days, although the use of ammunition was relatively restrained, it was not less than 1,500 tons per day. In this case, the money is just like running water. You must know that a 75 cannon shell costs 30 lei, and the most expensive 210 cannon shell costs 1,350 lei, and this war is just 210 caliber shells. More than 3000 rounds. The money for artillery shells 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 the most food during the war. Each horse needs to eat 3 kilograms of grain and 6 kilograms of hay every day, and Romania used a total of 38,000 horses to participate in the war. That's still the result of having more than 3,000 cars as a supplement, and more if it's all horses.

After introducing the cost of the war, Prime Minister Bretianu went on to talk about other costs. "We haven't counted the pensions for the casualties. The pensions we plan to give to the fallen soldiers are based on the 50-month salary of senior sergeants, a total of 4,200 lei. The rest of the fallen officers are from their previous posts. Fifty months of salary, due to the current financial pressure, we are going to pay it off in five years. At the same time, we will let the local government take care of these families of fallen soldiers.”

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Edel nodded in approval of the government's proposal. In the Balkans, this is already a good amount. You must know that the British Empire only has a soldier's death pension of 300 pounds, while the Balkan countries are even lower. Among them, Bulgaria is only 2,800 lei, Serbia is 3,150 lei, and Greece is only 3,400 lei. amount of Iraq.

This is also due to the fact that Romania's fiscal revenue reached a new high last year. At the end of 1912, the Romanian government revenue reached 616 million lei. Although the Ottoman Empire briefly closed the Black Sea Strait at that time, Romania’s economic growth has not slowed down due to its excellent products and proper handling, and it still reached a growth rate of 7.1.

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

After asking about the pensions of the fallen soldiers, Edel became concerned about the soldiers who could not continue to serve in the army due to their injuries and disabilities. In Edel's perception, many countries in Europe are now giving disabled soldiers a resettlement fee and leaving them alone in society.

For him, who has been recognized by later generations, he thinks this is too impersonal. This would make many soldiers who made heroic sacrifices for their country 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 has done.

In the face of the crown prince's question, Prime Minister Bretianu told him the plans made by the government before. "Our government believes that for those soldiers who are not able to take care of themselves, we can give them an 80% subsidy of their in-service salary, and we expect to give 50 months of receiving time. For those soldiers who are disabled, we are prepared to give A subsidy of 70% of the monthly salary on the job. It also gives 50 months of time to receive it.”

"and then?"

In the face of the crown prince's questioning, Prime Minister Bretianu glanced at the plan prepared by the government and said. "Your Highness, that's all."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Eder said quite dissatisfiedly. "These are far from enough. We can't let the soldiers who fought bravely for the country give them a batch of money and send them away. We must give them care from the society and let his comrades still in the army know that they have protected them. The kingdom will also be their support after the injury and retirement."

Prime Minister Bretianu said clearly. "His Royal Highness, now all European countries deal with it this way, and we also follow the practice of various countries."

Facing the Prime Minister's rhetoric, Edel knew he was telling the truth. However, when he thought about the practices of later generations in his mind, it was too long for him to remember a little, but who called him the crown prince, he still talked about it with vague memory. "The government should try to arrange these soldiers who have retired due to injuries to various government departments. They can't fight. Can't they sweep the floor or guard the government's gate? If there is no way, give them an extended period of time to get their pensions."

After Edel finished speaking, he touched his head and felt that his memory of his past life became more and more vague and deeply rogue. He was afraid that he would forget to write down secretly about historical events, but he almost forgot every bit of his normal life in his previous life. Almost there.

After hearing a few suggestions from the crown prince, Prime Minister Bretianu was worthy of being a political expert and immediately added it to the crown prince. "His Royal Highness, our government department will also place these wounded veterans in state-run factories. Let them be responsible for cleaning or patrolling in the factory. They are also qualified candidates. Then the police department will receive a batch. Let them have nothing to worry about. If they can't do that, then the government can extend the pension period to 60 months."

Hearing Prime Minister Bretianu's approach, Eder nodded with satisfaction and told him. "Your Excellency the Prime Minister's plan is very good, just follow this principle."

Seeing that Edel was still satisfied with his arrangement, Prime Minister Bretianu said bitterly. "If this is the case, our war will cost as much as 150 million lei, and the government's budget deficit this year is estimated to reach 80 million lei. We will have a hard time for the next two years."

Hearing the cry of Prime Minister Bretianu, Eder was not afraid at all. Now all countries are avoiding fiscal deficits like snakes and scorpions. It would be strange if any country in future generations had no fiscal deficits. In addition to the special time next year, Edel told him proudly. "Don't be afraid, you can run the budget deficit next year at the level of 200 million lei."

Hearing the surprising words of the crown prince, Prime Minister Bretianu was shocked and said quickly. "His Royal Highness, it's easy for us to go bankrupt like this."

Facing the Prime Minister's uneasy expression, Eder couldn't tell him: the European war next year, the deficit you care about is impossible. So I can only pretend to be generous. "It doesn't matter, the royal family won't let it go."

Prime Minister Bretianu, who was given a carrot by the crown prince, knew that the assets of the royal family had multiplied several times in the past few years, and he was able to handle the possible problems of the government, so he felt relieved and stepped back after reporting. go down.