Chapter 489: A Visit to Germany (Part II)
The phrase that time is money was quite well shared between the Romanian delegation and the German delegates.
So the day after the dinner, the topic of cooperation between the two parties began.
In a conference room in the government building, a Romanian negotiating delegation composed of Foreign Minister Kostel and other high-ranking officials was discussing cooperation between the two countries with a delegation of government officials headed by German Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and mixed with German big capitalists and factory owners.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we hope to achieve mutually beneficial results in this negotiation and cooperation, so I wish the two sides a happy cooperation in advance."
As the monarch of a country, Eder was the first to express his expectations for this negotiation. German President Albert then said the same thing, and negotiations on cooperation between the two countries began.
In fact, Eder only showed up for the first time, and the rest was left to the government and the military to negotiate.
In general, Germany and Romania have no conflict of interest at all, and there is a good complementarity between the two countries. Romania needed German technology and equipment, and Germany needed Romanian money and agricultural products, and Romania also had the ability to cover Germany for secret research, and it was a complete match made in heaven. And after arriving in Berlin, the attitude of the German side also made Eder very reassured.
Now that everything is going well on the issue of cooperation between the two countries, Eder has other arrangements for his trip.
Sigmaringen Castle is located in the heart of the state of Baden-Württemberg on the Franco-German border, and was originally the seat of government of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Margarine, but is now the private property of the family and the birthplace of the old King Carol I.
As a side branch of the family in Romania, there was no reason why Eder should not visit Germany during this visit. In fact, he is currently a guest at Sigmaringen Castle under the leadership of the patriarch, Prince Wilhelm.
"This is my uncle's original room in Sigmaringen Castle, which he has kept since he went to Romania. Except for the time of the fire in '93, someone will be in charge of it at other times, and it has always been arranged according to his habits. ”
The gray-haired Prince William took the Eders to the room where his father, Carol I, had previously lived, and explained to him the origin of the room.
"Thank you cousin for the reception. My father had always been obsessed with Sigmaringen Castle, but unfortunately he never had the opportunity to come back to see the many domestic affairs. ”
Edel stood in the same room where his father had been, and told his cousin, Prince William, about his father's regret that he had not been able to come back. Of course, God knows how much of these words are meant by Carol I, and how many are polite words he said.
And Eder felt that the age gap between himself and this William's cousin was a little big, one was only in his thirties and could be said to be vigorous, and the other was already gray-haired and in his twilight years. But who can be blamed for this, who called Edel born so late.
Edel examined the room where his father had lived, and then walked out. In fact, the main thing is that there is nothing to see inside, it is all some ordinary room layout, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.
As the Eders and Prince William made their rounds around the castle, a commotion caught everyone's attention. A young man yelled there when he was prevented from entering the castle.
"Damn."
Prince William, who was the owner of the castle, cursed a few words and asked the butler to give him a few words, and then let him deal with the matter.
Eder, who saw everything in his eyes, asked with some curiosity. "Who is this man, who seems to be familiar with the castle?"
"Yes, this is my nephew Carl, a man who likes to live the most. We don't have to worry about him. ”
Seeing that Prince William didn't like to talk about his nephew Karl, Eder naturally didn't pay much attention to him.
This Karl was the eldest son of his cousin Ferdinand, and in the history without him, he simply gained notoriety in Europe. The beauty lover doesn't love what Jiangshan says is him, and he is still abusive. In addition to this, the succession to the throne from his son made him the second person in Europe (the first was when King Martin I of the Kingdom of Aragon took the throne of Sicily from his son).
But Eder didn't know all this, who made him unfamiliar with the history of Romania before, so he didn't feel much about it.
Eder stayed here for the day after visiting the castle. So for dinner that day, the main members of the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family had dinner with the Eders.
"Cheers, may God bless the land."
As the patriarch, William raised his glass and said a blessing.
"Cheers."
In the face of Patriarch William's hospitality, Eder naturally gave face.
In fact, the current Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family in Romania, to which Eder belongs, can be regarded as a new family. It's just that Eder, a guy with red oriental thoughts, is a little uninterested in the European aristocracy, so he doesn't care about his family, so that the current royal family members are only Eder's family.
Of course, in addition to Eder himself, there was also the reason why King Carroll was his only son. In the original history, the Romanian royal family was able to grow and develop, except because the old king had no children, he could only choose his nephew, so that other family members took this free ride and grew rapidly.
And in the face of Eder's visit this time, Old William also had the intention of remembering his help. After all, Germany is now a republic, although their noble titles can still be called privately, but this cannot solve the problem of food and clothing.
You must know that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. They are people who want to make a decent living, but they need a lot of money. At present, the family's assets are depreciating rapidly in Germany. And it happened to be a visit from a wealthy relative in Romania, so they naturally paid attention to it.
And Eder also has an indifferent attitude about funding these relatives, as long as the amount of money is not large, he will agree. After all, his current focus is different, and now he is using heaven and earth as a chessboard, playing games that only a few people can play.
Speaking of which, Edel came here for another purpose, and that was to meet a figure who would stir up the world in the future. Adolf Hitler, the organizer of the beer can riots who is currently imprisoned. Of course, after a visit to the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family, he stopped by to see the up-and-coming political rioter.
After all, His Majesty Eder has a lot to do, and when he walked to Munich, he happened to hear about this man's deeds, so it was reasonable to look at this Mr. Hitler with curiosity.