While Crown Prince Eder was waiting for an olive branch from Serbia and Greece, there was talk of the possibility of drawing Romania into an alliance in Serbia.

This time the talk was initiated by King Peter I of Serbia, with the participation of Crown Prince Alexander, Prime Minister Plotic, Chief of the General Staff Putnik, Foreign Minister Milanović and others.

Milanovic, as foreign minister, was the first to speak out. "Your Majesty, colleagues, I personally think that it is a very good idea to draw Romania into the alliance against Bulgaria. Romania is now the strongest of our Balkan countries apart from Austria-Hungary, and a long part of their border is with Bulgaria. If he joins the alliance, we can encircle Bulgaria on three sides and leave them to take care of themselves. ”

Hearing the words of Foreign Minister Milanovic, Serbian King Peter I and Prime Minister Protic both nodded secretly. The Chief of the General Staff, Putnik, felt that he needed to add something and said it. "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I think there is a situation to consider."

Seeing that in this Balkan war, Admiral Putnik, the hero of Serbia, had something to say, and the king motioned for him to continue.

After gaining the king's approval, Admiral Putnik continued. "It is terrible that Romania began to build up their army in 1905 and invested no less than £20 million in their army of 260,000."

Hearing Admiral Putnik's words, everyone from the king to the foreign minister was surprised, knowing that now a state-of-the-art super-dreadnought battleship costs less than four hundred pounds, and Romania can buy five super-dreadnoughts in the army. On the same scale, Romania is among the top three in Europe in terms of land spending.

The Prime Minister asked. "So according to what the Chief of the General Staff means?"

Hearing Prime Minister Protic's inquiry, Admiral Putnik said categorically. "We don't win over Romania, and if we are co-opted by Bulgaria, we and Greece will definitely not be able to defeat the Pauline coalition."

Hearing such affirmative words from the Chief of the General Staff, Crown Prince Alexander asked the Prime Minister. "Your Excellency Protic, then why didn't we extend an invitation to Romania?"

In the face of the crown prince's questioning, Prime Minister Protic said with a wry smile. "Your Highness, Bulgaria previously gave 4,000 square kilometers of territory in order to draw Romania into the alliance, and Romania did not send troops. If we draw Romania into the alliance, I estimate that the cost will not be small. Moreover, Russia has already expressed its readiness to support our territorial claims, not expecting that Bulgaria will find support from Austria-Hungary and Germany. ”

In the end, the Prime Minister was a little reluctant, and there was also a credit to the Russian Ambassador to Serbia Hartwig. During his tenure in Serbia, the Russian ambassador showed more love for Serbia than the Serbs, and during his tenure as ambassador he vigorously advocated Greater Serbian doctrine and advocated that Serbia should form a Greater Serbian state with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Montenegro. He also played a role in the founding of the Balkan League, and now he fully supports Serbia in the face of disputes with Bulgaria. According to his words. "The most important thing for Russia in the Balkans was to integrate the Slavs into one state."

It is clear that this country is Serbia when he speaks. Faced with the possible cost of an alliance with Romania, he believed that with the support of Serbia and Greece and Russia, Bulgaria could see the facts. And Prime Minister Protic was clearly influenced by him before.

Seeing the appearance of Prime Minister Protic, King Peter I spoke slowly. "I think it's better to get in touch with it first, after all, we're speculating here, let's get to know it first."

After seeing King Peter I speak, the Prime Minister, Chief of the General Staff and other cadres answered.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Then several important ministers left the palace, and when Peter I saw that everyone was gone, he couldn't help coughing again, and Crown Prince Alexander stepped forward and patted his father on the back gently.

Peter I said to his crown prince. "Alright Alexander, it's all the same, I don't have any other problems."

"But father, I can't help but worry about you now." Crown Prince Alexander said with concern.

King Peter I looked at his son and said. "Alexander, I intend to hand over Serbia to you next year."

Crown Prince Alexander said in shock. "Father, can I do it, and you can still work normally, isn't it good that this is the case now."

Seeing his son's expression, Peter I encouraged. "You have to believe in yourself, don't you look at the Romanian Crown Prince Eder next door who is just as good. And he's a few years younger than you, you have to have faith in yourself. ”

Hearing that my father compared himself to Eder in Romania, Alexander was really Alexander. Eder's achievements in Romania in the past few years are obvious to all, and it is still questionable whether he will be able to do it in the future.

Soon Serbia sent a telegram requesting the alliance through the ambassador to Romania.

Now the telegram was in Eder's hands, and the crown prince was silent as he watched the telegram in his arms, and Foreign Minister Barnoske asked. "Your Highness, what do you think of this telegram?"

Hearing Foreign Minister Barnosk's inquiry, Eder put down the telegram in his hand and said. "Send a telegram to Serbia and ask them to come over with a weighty person if they want to talk, there is no way to discuss it in the telegram."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosque sent Eder's message to Serbia.

Serbian Prime Minister Plotic received a telegram from Romania and thought about it. It seems that Romania is not resistant to the formation of an alliance, and it seems that there is still talk of it. Thinking of this, he rushed to the palace with a telegram and told King Peter I the news.

Peter I asked. "Prime Minister, who do you mean to shoot?"

Prime Minister Plotic named a surprising candidate. "Your Majesty, I intend to go to Romania to talk to them in person."

Hearing the Prime Minister's astonishing decision, Peter I asked with a little surprise. "Do you really have to go?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Protic replied first, and then explained why he wanted to go on his own. "When negotiating with other people in Romania, there are a lot of things that need to be consulted at home, which is very bad for negotiations. If I go there are a lot of things I can decide first, and I also want to see how Romania has developed in recent years, and by the way, I can find out what they are. ”

After hearing the words of the Prime Minister, Peter I thought for a moment and said. "That's fine, but do you need anything to prepare?"

Faced with the king's questioning, Prime Minister Protic replied. "I'm going to make a secret visit this time, so I don't need to bring many people, just a few staff members."

After a visit to King Peter I, Prime Minister Plotich explained his work problems and rushed to Romania with a few staff members on an ordinary train.