Deka Sluth was very happy that Siemens won the bid, and it was not in vain that he had put so much effort into it. GM lost in the European market again, and Sisco also left disappointed.

In fact, the lowest price in the bidding is not Siemens but GM, but the price is only a reference, and there are other things affecting this bidding. In the end, Eder still chose the most advantageous option for Romania right now, so it is not difficult to understand that Siemens of Germany won the bid when the price gap was not large.

In the following discussions, Siemens will help the newly established Calder Power Company (the company established by the power plant construction project) to train personnel and guide the construction of the power plant. In return, Siemens can get the same price as other equipment, and prefer Siemens.

"Are there any other issues that need to be addressed now?" After finishing the power supply, Eder asked his chief guard.

"There are still many things that reflect the backwardness of medical care in China and the high neonatal mortality rate. There are military forces that reflect that the production of ammunition is less, which is not conducive to the requirements of future warfare, and there are also reports that the wages and benefits of workers in private factories are generally lower than those in state-run factories, not to mention the royal industry, and in terms of education, they ......"

Hearing Calustre's constant reports of various questions, Edel regretted his questioning. The chief of the guard reported that these are all related to people's livelihood, education, agriculture, national defense, etc., and now the solutions that can solve these problems require money and not a small amount, which makes Eder have the idea of robbing the Bank of Scotland vault.

Now Edel can only choose a problem that seems to be easy to solve. Edel was thinking about the various problems that the chief of guard had just reported, and the military industry could be solved first, and the lack of investment and quick results were related to national defense, which was a good solution.

Eder asked the chief of the guard to bring in a document on the army's low ammunition stockpile, and the Bucharest Arsenal was now basically at its design capacity, with an annual output of 50 million rifle cartridges and 5,000 machine gun cartridges, which was designed before the reorganization, and after the Russo-Japanese War, the amount of ammunition used by the armies in wartime was raised to a new level.

After the reorganization of the Romanian army, the standard amount of ammunition consumed for daily training was 100 rounds of ammunition per soldier per year, and 1,000 rounds a year for machine gunner training to meet the basic requirements. In addition, the army now fully uses Mauser's 7.92 caliber pointed bullets, which were not in stock before, which has exacerbated the military's worries, so it is urgent to increase the production of bullets.

"The chief of guard will help me meet Ambassador Baslober." Eder could only tell the chief of the guard, and now he could only hope that Wilhelm II would be more generous.

The next day, Ambassador Baslober came to the palace to see Eder, and the Crown Prince saw the ambassador with a smile like a spring breeze. "Ambassador Baslober is glad that you have taken time out of your busy schedule to meet."

"Your gracious Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the most important thing I do in Romania is to promote relations between the two countries, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the key to this, and it is a great honor for me to be summoned by the Crown Prince." Ambassador Baslober did not know what the Crown Prince was looking for him, but he did not forget his friendship with Eder for the release of Germany, and as Ambassador Mr. Baslober was still qualified.

"Mr. Ambassador, I have a business that I need to negotiate with the Ambassador." Edel spoke the good news first.

"I don't know what kind of business needs to be discussed by the crown prince himself?" Ambassador Baslober asked curiously.

"You know that in the ammunition production line that my country introduced before, there was a deviation in the estimation of the amount of bullets, and now we need to introduce two more bullet production lines. One 50 million rounds of 7.92 caliber rifle rounds, one 30 million rounds of 7.92 caliber machine gun rounds. Eder spoke up about his needs.

Ambassador Baslober roughly estimated the price of two bullet production lines in his mind, which was not too expensive, about 8 million marks.

"What's the problem, I can send a telegram to the domestic arsenal, and I'm sure they'll be happy to make this deal." Mr. Ambassador casually agreed.

"Mr. Ambassador, our government's finances are in financial difficulties right now, and I hope that this order can be included in the previous payment." Edel now says what he wants.

"Well, this is beyond my authority, I need to ask for instructions from the country, I hope His Highness won't mind." Ambassador Baslober was confronted with the Crown Prince's request and could only send a telegram to the country to ask for answers.

"No problem, I'll wait for your reply."

After seeing off the ambassador, Andel also gained a new understanding of the government's financial difficulties. If it weren't for the clear financial division between the government and the royal family, he would have the idea of helping the government to fund it, but this is unrealistic and it is not beneficial to anyone, so he can only ask the crown prince to come forward to solve this difficulty.

When Ambassador Baslober returned to the embassy, he sent a telegram to the country about Eder's request, and let the bigwigs consider these questions.

After receiving the telegram from Ambassador Baslober, the German Government put this Romanian request on the table of Prime Minister Bernhardt.

"Are these Romanians really that poor, and now their economy is doing well." The prime minister picked up the message and said to himself. When the secretary heard the Prime Minister's words, he handed the report of the investigation of the German military attaché in Romania to the Prime Minister, who took it up and read it for a while. "I see."

Chancellor Bernhardt was reluctant to make his own decisions in the face of Romanian demands, and took this telegram and other government reports with the intention of seeking the Kaiser's approval. Bernhardt knew why Wilhelm II had chosen him as prime minister.

In the royal palace, Wilhelm II listened to the report of the head of Bernhardt on the various construction of the empire, after talking about these domestic things. The Chancellor presented Romania's request to the Kaiser.

"Your Majesty, this is a message from Romania requesting a loan for the purchase of two bullet production lines."

The Kaiser took the telegram from the Chancellor and read it, and after reading it, he spoke to Chancellor Bernhardt. "I remember that Romania is doing well now, and I heard about their cars in Berlin."

Knowing that Wilhelm II was going to ask such a question, the chancellor told the Kaiser the report of the military attaché's investigation. "Your Majesty, now Romania's economy is developing well, most of which are played by the royal family's funds, and the government's investment is in infrastructure, plus they are now carrying the big burden of reorganizing the army, and now their government funds are very tight, so I hope to get a loan to relieve the pressure on the government this time."

After hearing what the Prime Minister had to say, Wilhelm II remembered his cousin who had visited him three years earlier. At that time, he was still a relatively young boy, but now he shows extraordinary strength. Make such a big contribution to economic development.

"That's a small amount to approve their request." Wilhelm II did not think that the number of 10 million marks was much of a problem, and it was the most important thing to pull Romania into the chariot. Now the Kaiser's impression of Romania was that it had a capable army (thanks to the advisory group) and that it had initially developed into a small country with a certain strength.

"We've been in Romania for more than three years, right?" Wilhelm II asked about the Prime Minister's military advisory group in Romania, whose head Ludendorff had been in Romania for more than three years. The Kaiser thought that it would be possible to send a new group of personnel over and let the military advisers in Romania return home to receive rewards.

"Yes, it's been more than three years, in fact, I can let them return to China to accept His Majesty's medals, and it's a good idea to change another batch of officers." Prime Minister Bernhardt suggested.

"Prime Minister, you deal with these things first, and I'll tell Moltke Jr. when the time comes."

Within a few days, Eder received a message that Germany had agreed to an increase in loans from Romania for the purchase of a bullet production line. While Eder was overjoyed by this, he did not know that the Kaiser intended to change the military advisory corps.