Chapter 107: Summary of 1911
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of 1911.
After inspecting the army, Eder lives with his wife, Sophie Marie.
In the meantime, he also went to Constanta from the beginning to care for the two former maids who had been left out. This care almost made Edel unable to get out of bed, and if he hadn't relied on his good health, he would probably have been helped back to Bucharest. It seems that the two maids have a lot of grievances against him, which makes Eder's road to sleep with him a bit bumpy.
Now at the end of the year, Eder is watching the latest developments in the Italian-Turkish war. The situation in Libya was a bit difficult for Italy, and the Ottoman army was not difficult to deal with, but the local population resisted the Italian invasion in large numbers. Moreover, the invasion of the Italian army in North Africa aroused the opposition of the Arab countries, and the guerrillas and volunteers of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and other Arab countries waged a heroic struggle against the invaders, which caused heavy losses to the Italian army.
Now, with the increase of troops, Italy can only barely hold on to the cities along the coastline, and the vast inland areas have no place for them at all.
This led to a significant increase in the cost of the war in Italy, from 300,000 Italian lira per month to 800,000 lira per month (both lira and leu were one to one).
Eder saw this latest Italian intelligence, which gave him an insight into the plight of the Italian army in North Africa. It is estimated that Italy can only find a breakthrough elsewhere, and there is no good way to do it in the Libyan region. These local tribal armies were nomadic and had large numbers of horses and camels, much to the dismay of Italy's infantry-based army.
Just as Eder was looking at Italy's predicament. The chief of the guard, Calust, knocked on the door and walked in with a document in his hand.
"Your Highness, this is this year's economic report for Romania."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Eder took the report, thanked his chief of guard, and began to read it.
In this Romanian economic data, this year's gross domestic product (GDP) reached the scale of 5.53 billion lei, an increase of 7.8% and a deceleration of 0.2% compared to last year's 5.13 billion lei.
The main reason is that Volkswagen, a leading company in the automotive industry, has a lower share of automobiles than before. From 80% to 76% in Europe, it can be seen that other countries will not let Volkswagen gain ground in Europe. A lot of capital has been invested in the automobile manufacturing industry, and although Volkswagen has the artifact of the Model T, it is gradually ceding market share.
However, the decrease in market share is not a decrease in Volkswagen's production, in fact, this year's production of its cars reached a new high of 120,000. It's just that cars are becoming popular in the European market, and that's because cars are starting to enter thousands of households. At present, it is not possible to achieve one car per ordinary family, but one car for twenty households can still be expected.
However, in the deep processing of Romanian grain, the export volume is rising, thanks to the large use of tractors in agriculture. According to this data, the number of tractors in Romania has increased from zero to nearly 20,000 in one year. The machine shop in Ploiesti has now expanded in a year and now employs 20,000 people. Now they are able to produce 120 tractors a day, which is still in short supply, and is in demand both in Europe and at home for a product that frees up labor and increases agricultural productivity.
It's not that other countries haven't thought of imitation, but the time is too short and the technology content is much higher than that of cars, so that tractors from other countries have not yet appeared, so they can only watch Romania eat alone. It should be noted here that the price of tractors sold in Europe has also risen, from £180 to £200 per tractor. Now the tractor has become another great weapon for Romanian exports, which is the envy of other countries.
This year, Romania's agricultural acreage increased by 110,000 hectares compared to last year, reaching 6.24 million hectares. This is the result of a 50,000-strong drop in the agricultural population, which is Eder's greatest joy. This shows that Romanian agriculture has begun to gradually transform to mechanization, and shows that his thinking is correct, and he believes that the process of agricultural mechanization in Romania will be accelerated after the outbreak of one stop.
However, with the use of various internal combustion engines in Romania, oil exports have declined this year. In terms of refined oil products and pan-biotic products, Romania's export value this year is only 201 million lei, which is 12 million lei less than the previous year, which is the result of domestic consumption. Mr. Smith, the general manager of Romanian Petroleum Company, has applied to the crown prince to expand the scale of crude oil extraction and increase refining capacity. Eder has approved his plan to increase Romania's oil production to 2 million tonnes a year, while refining capacity to 1.8 million tonnes.
In terms of imports, Romania is still seeing an increase in machine imports this year. Now many people in China are seeing the benefits of industrialization, and a large number of people are looking for funds to open related enterprises.
You set up a grain processing plant in a grain growing area to produce canned flour, and I did a supporting business in the potash mining area. Now Romania has a good industrial atmosphere, which is what Eder would like to see.
According to the latest data, there are more than 80,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania, and most of them are working with relatives and friends. There are only more than 5,000 employing more than 50 workers, only more than 400 more than 200 people, only 65 companies with 500 employees, 13 companies with more than 1,000 employees, and none of them more than 3,000 people.
There are only seven state-owned or royal enterprises in Romania that have tens of thousands of enterprises, such as the Constanta Iron and Steel Plant, Volkswagen AG, the Ploiesti Instrument Factory, and the Romanian Oil Company. Among them, the royal enterprises occupy the majority of the share, which is one of the reasons why the government is suppressed by the royal family. There are many more people eating in the royal bowl than in the government bowl, and they all know that they must listen to the boss or they will not eat.
The Romanian Army also completed its training this year, and in the Balkans it was considered a regional hegemon apart from Austria-Hungary. The navy also added new warships, although it was not as good as Greece, but it was not a problem at all to suppress Bulgaria.
After reading the summary in his hand, Eder thought in his heart, now Romania's national strength can be said to be thriving, which is also where his confidence in dividing up the Ottoman European territory lies, and the management does not border with the Ottoman Empire, but who can ignore his opinion?
Now he waited for the Balkan countries to come to the door when they could no longer bear it, and they turned a blind eye to Romania. They are all people who are leaders of various countries, and they will have this common sense.
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