Chapter 176 Budget for 1914

Eder began to think about this year's budget situation after looking at Romania's economic, demographic and other statistics. Now Romania is going on a radical fiscal approach, all because Romania is now burdened with a lot of foreign debt, and needs to come up with 5 or 60 million lei a year to repay the debt. This amount represents 10 per cent of Romania's fiscal revenue, which is not a small amount.

Along with the statistics, of course, there is also this year's budget. Now Eder is looking at the budget plan for 1914.

In 1914, the Romanian army budget reached the level of 128.5 million lei, which is much lower than in 13 years, you must know that because of its participation in the Second Balkan War, Romania's military expenditure in 13 years reached a record 261.24 million lei. However, after deducting the expenses of 151.42 million lei due to the war, it is a lot higher than in 13 years.

A large part of the extra funds compared with last year is part of the cost of the two new divisions. After deducting this part, the army replenishes the ammunition reserves, and each division replenishes 6 105 howitzers is another amount of money, and then there are the costs of purchasing new equipment, army training costs, etc., which can actually only be considered to be maintained at the level of 13 years.

Of course, as a guarantee of Romanian force, Eder still left room for the army. This year, the government's emergency funds have reached an all-time high, with a total of 55 million emergency quotas. The main reason is that Prime Minister Blettianu may need financial assistance in order to prevent the newly occupied territories, and there are also preparations for the prevention of various natural disasters.

After looking at the details of the military's budget, which is the number one budget, Eder went on to look at the education budget, which is the second largest budget in the government. Spending on education in Romania has always been the second most important expenditure, and this year is no exception, with a budget of 115.4 million lei. Most of this is devoted to six years of compulsory education, but as funding increases, so does funding for secondary schools and universities. The Ministry of Education is now considering whether to add another university to increase the number of students in Romania's higher education.

Now with the increasing economic power of Romania, there are a large number of people from all walks of life who are making money, and their expectations of their children's education are also rising. At the end of 13 years, there were 8,946 university students in Romania, and now the six existing universities in Romania are basically operating at full capacity.

The university is not the level of education that has changed the most in Romania today, but the secondary school is the level that has changed the most in Romania. Before 1905, for an average of 100 students in six years of compulsory education, only 2.5 would go on to secondary school. Most of them return home to work or go out to work after six years of schooling to help reduce the burden on their families, but in the final analysis, the income level of Romanian residents is not enough.

After eight years of development, Romania is now able to achieve 5.7 out of every 100 primary school graduates going on to secondary school, which is a huge improvement. At present, Germany, which attaches great importance to national education in Europe, can only achieve a 10% enrollment rate in small secondary schools. However, this is not the highest, and the highest enrollment rate from primary to secondary school in Europe is now in the newly defeated Bulgaria next door. You read that right, Bulgaria tops the European rankings with a high secondary school enrolment rate of 17.2 per cent, far behind other countries.

However, in terms of the number of students, Bulgaria is far less impressive than its secondary schools, with only 2,455 students. In Europe, several countries with comparable populations can only be considered ordinary.

In addition to military and education spending, the third largest budget item in Romania is the construction of public facilities, which is 87.6 million lei. Among them, 217 kilometers of railways are expected to be constructed and 458 kilometers will be maintained and renovated. Among them, the new railway project will arrive in Bucharest, the capital of Iasi, via Bakwu, Falcnisha and Buzeu.

The railway is an extension of the line at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, which can better solve the travel problems of the local people. Of course, this is a foreign rhetoric, and in fact, it can also facilitate Romania to quickly move its army to the border of Austria-Hungary, and Eder also fought this idea. The railway has been under construction for almost a year now, and according to the plan of the Ministry of Transportation, it will be fully completed in two and a half years. When the time comes, Eder will not have to take this railway again to inspect the local customs.

As for maintenance and renovation, it is understandable that many of the current Romanian railways were built in the seventies and eighties of the last century, and too many facilities are no longer available. Now that the government is well funded, these aging facilities need to be replaced. So 34.1 million yuan of this year's public facilities budget is spent on railways.

In addition to railways, another major budget expenditure is the construction of roads, which now connect all counties in Romania to their neighbors. Some counties with rich finances also subsidize the asphalt pavement, and the poorer ones have only paved the pavement with gravel roads. The existing 25 counties and municipalities in Romania also need a lot of money, and the Ministry of Transport also has an ambitious plan to pave the roads connected to the counties with asphalt, so a lot of money is also needed in this area.

This year's budget for public facilities has also been set aside for 31.45 million lei, which has made the officials of the transportation department ready to do a big job. It is worth mentioning that Romania now has 11,500 kilometers of roads, of which 63% are dirt and gravel roads, so there is still a long way to go in the desire of the transport sector.

In addition, the Romanian seaports and river terminals are also expected to cost about 9 million lei, of which the main expenditure is on the river terminals in the county of Giuliju, which rely on the Danube River for transportation. The Ministry of Transport intends to turn the river terminal, located in the county next to the capital, into a transport hub on the Danube and expand the volume of traffic on the Danube.

After looking at the public facilities budget, Eder moved on to the next major budget: health care. In this regard, the government has prepared a budget of 51.1 million lei, the main part of which is to allow the counties and municipalities to improve their own medical standards.

The combination of private and corporate funding has also greatly improved the level of medical care in Romania, among which the second national hospital in the country, which is under construction in Constanta, is a representative of this aspect. The government of Constanta, together with Volkswagen and Romanian Iron and Steel Co., invested a total of 7.54 million lei in the construction of the hospital, 45% of which was financed by these companies.

According to the plan, the hospital will have 800 beds, and more than 120 medical staff will be hired, and more than a dozen senior doctors from Britain and Germany will be hired, according to the plan, it will reach the second level of technology in Romania, the first is of course the royal hospital in the capital. In Ploiesti, Iasi and other places, they have also combined their own realities, relying on enterprises and individuals, and opened a number of new hospitals, but not as eye-catching as Constanta.

Thanks to the improvement of medical conditions, the life expectancy of newborns and citizens in Romania has been greatly improved, and the mortality rate of newborns before the first year of life has dropped to the level of only 164 per 1,000 people, 89 fewer than eight years ago, which makes Romania on the same level as Spain and Portugal, and less than Austria-Hungary.

Eder then went on to look at budget items such as the agricultural water budget, the science and technology research and development budget, and the resource exploration budget. In the end, he signed his name on the budget, indicating that he accepted the amount allocated by the government. As for how many backroom deals this budget has gone through, he doesn't care at all. The most important thing for Romania now is to work hard to lay the foundation for the first war that will start this year.

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