Soon after the introduction of the new refugee management measures, time passed by in 1914.

During the year, the two major European blocs began to fight fiercely, and after the Battle of the Marne on the Western Front, the German and British and French armies formed hundreds of kilometers of continuous defense lines in northern France. And on the Eastern Front, after the Battle of Lodz, the German-Austrian army and the Russian army also fell into peace. As for the Serbian side, Austria-Hungary finally occupied Begelleder and Valjevo after launching the third offensive, but the Serbs would not admit defeat, and a counterattack was still brewing, so it was up to the Austro-Hungarian army to prevent it.

In addition to the dynamics on both sides of the battlefield, the biggest news is that Moltke Jr., the chief of the German General Staff, was dismissed from his post and replaced by General Falkingham. This was because General Moltke the Younger failed to defeat France on the vital Western Front, and was dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II as having failed his expectations.

Romania has also prospered as a result of the war, and by the end of the year Eder has received a report from the Ministry of Finance that Romanian tax revenues will reach 973 million lei this year. Among them, the largest increase was in export tariffs, which increased directly from 87.6 million lei last year to 218 million lei.

The abnormal increase in Romanian tariffs is also only explained by the increase in export tariffs. That's right, in order to ensure competitiveness in grain and oil exports, Romania's taxes were set very low (6%-10%). Now that Romania has become the sole buyer of several countries because of the war and its geographical location, tariffs have to rise, not much, but generally to 25%. This alone led to an immediate increase in Romania's fiscal revenue.

Of course, Romania's domestic tax revenue, etc., only flourished in the second half of the year, so this year's tax revenue growth did not show a rocket-like momentum. However, it was already reflected in the gross national product, which in 1914 reached 7.647 billion lei, an increase of 21.36% over the previous year. Within the expectations of Prime Minister Bretianu, it unfortunately did not reach the 25% increase, which also has a lot to do with the Ottoman closure of the Black Sea straits. Because Romania's previous export target, western and southern Europe was completely blocked, and now the factories can only turn to the surrounding Germany, Austria and Russia to provide the goods they need.

At present, Romania's private economy is basically a processing and export industry that imports raw materials from various countries for processing and then sells them back to other countries. For example, most of the raw materials such as cotton and wool in the textile industry were imported from the Ottomans, and a small part was imported from Russia, which was processed and produced in Romania, and a small part was sold to them.

Nowhere was the case more pronounced than in the steel industry, which was vital to Romania, and after the outbreak of the war, Russian steel mill purchasers were warned more than once by Russian officials. It was forbidden to export the steel products produced to the Ottomans, especially military supplies, and if they found out, they would stop exporting to Romania. They also knew that Germany and Austria did not need Romanian steel, and that only the Ottoman Empire had this need. For this reason, the Romanian government also summoned the Russian ambassador and told him that Romanian steel is only sufficient for domestic needs and will not be exported to other countries.

In the agricultural machinery and equipment that Eder is most concerned about now, there is also a very big development this year. As a major producer of agricultural machinery, the Ploiesti Machinery Plant is under the leadership of Director Podosriku. The plant, which mainly produces agricultural machinery, has expanded from 10,000 tractors per year to 45,000 at the time of its construction, and has 23,000 employees. After the outbreak of the war, the director of the Podosriku factory had the workers work overtime to produce tractors in three shifts, and his orders were scheduled until the end of 1915, which was more popular than Volkswagen. It is only because of the late start and the fact that these tractors are basically used in the countryside that the Ploiesti Machinery Factory is not so conspicuous.

However, half of the orders from the Ploiesti Machinery Plant are domestic. Now those large landowners in China are increasingly feeling the convenience brought by mechanized farming. Moreover, when the situation of farmers quitting their rents and going to work in cities is becoming more and more prominent, the use of machinery to replace the farmers who have passed away has also become their last choice.

In order to allow these landowners to change their thinking faster, Eder even ordered the director of the Podosriku factory not to accept foreign orders and make every effort to ensure the use of domestic tractors. In the face of the crown prince's request, where did the director of the Podosriku factory dare to refute, so he could only refuse orders from Germany and Austria abroad. For a time, the German-Austrian government thought that Romania was going to produce some kind of moth, so the Austro-Hungarian ambassador also specifically asked Eder for the reason, and he sent it back in order to improve Romanian food.

Now the number of tractors in Romania has reached 68,752, and other agricultural machinery is not worth mentioning in the face of the number of tractors. It should be pointed out here that the director of the Podosriku plant has not always been obsessed with the current achievements, he is not only trying to expand the production of tractors, but also wants to expand the range of his own products. In addition to working with Dean Diesel of the Power Laboratory to produce another large tractor, he also asked the factory's R&D department to prepare to expand the use of tractors.

At present, most of the tractors are still used for transportation and ploughing before sowing, and there is no other help for the harvest of grain afterwards. The director of the Podosriku plant considered that involving machinery in agricultural harvesting would improve its efficiency so that food would not be wasted during the harvest season because it was not harvested in time. Eventually, they improved on the traditional storage harvester and invented the suspended harvester.

The overhead harvester is suspended behind the tractor and the working parts are driven by a PTO shaft to rotate, which is suitable for large-area cutting and irrigation operations. It is mainly composed of frame, saw blade, transmission device, suspension device and push plate, etc. During the mowing operation, the tractor travels backwards at a speed of 5 km/h and can harvest 2.4 hectares of wheat per day. This is why they have only developed a new farm tool for the tractor this year.

Eder is still very satisfied with the economic situation this year, especially several Romanian leading enterprises, only these enterprises have good benefits, can drive the healthy development of small factories in the middle and lower reaches. Of course, the purpose of developing the economy is to allow Romania to invest more money in the army, or to develop new weapons and equipment, and there are too many benefits for Romania to seize in this big war. Without a strong army, there was no guarantee that Romania would hold on to its rightful part.

In addition, when the red regime appears next to him, Eder will not be reassured. Not to mention that Eder knew a thing or two about what the Red regime had done, and the institutions of the Kingdom of Romania were inherently hostile to it.