Germany's request soon reached Romania, and Eder received the news and, after a short thought, agreed.

Eder had his own considerations for agreeing to visit Germany so quickly. In the future, after solving the threat of the Soviet Union, Romania's attention will be turned to the Mediterranean direction. The reason is very simple, the Middle East, which is still a barren land, would have thought that there is a huge amount of oil underground.

And for the sake of Romania's interests, Romania in the Middle East must be in its hands, so taking it from Britain and France becomes the only option. Then as the key point of Romania's connection to the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean must be in the hands of Romania.

And now it would be better for him to personally go to Germany to negotiate with Hitler on the question of the Mediterranean, and of course Italy, as a sea power country in the Mediterranean, cannot forget. Romania alone could not take over the region, and Italy had to be a natural ally.

As Italy was negotiating an alliance with Germany, Eder planned to meet Mussolini again in order to pull Italy into the chariot.

Eder moved quickly, and after agreeing to Hitler, he immediately prepared to take a ride to Berlin.

By the time Eder set off from Bucharest, Mussolini, also in Romania, was about to leave. Compared to Eder's quiet trip without too many people seeing him off, Mussolini's trip was simply fanfare. Officials big and small appeared on the scene, and it was a huge momentum. And Mussolini, who likes to be in the limelight, also made a lot of remarks when he was interviewed by the media at the station. It was as if this visit to Germany was not to negotiate a treaty of alliance but to contribute to world peace.

And Mussolini's remarks naturally made Europe's attention focus on Munich, the venue of this meeting, which made Hitler, who originally planned to keep a low profile, scold, but Italy's naval strength made him unable to attack.

So when Eder arrived in Munich, he found that there were a large number of journalists.

"Your Majesty Eder, these are journalists who have arrived with Prime Minister Mussolini."

After sending one of them to understand the situation, Eder stopped talking.

He didn't care about that, because when the war broke out, it would be clear who was standing with whom, not to mention that Eder had history to refer to.

Although the rise of Romania has changed some of the possible directions of history. But who is the enemy at the moment. Who are the future allies, it is basically clear at a glance. Because the general direction has not been changed, many of Eder's movements can be used as a reference in history.

Naturally, this made Eder feel like a fish in water, and helped Romania get a lot of benefits from it.

And now for the next World War II, with the entry of Romania into the war, it is inevitable that Eder will no longer be able to grasp this advantage, so he can only rely more on his own judgment.

This feeling is really unpleasant.,It's like a person who relies on a strategy to play a game.,Halfway through the game, the strategy was taken away.。

Leave the station and board to the Nymphenburg Palace, where he will meet with Hitler and Mussolini to talk about issues concerning the interests of the countries.

While Eder was still in the car, Mussolini, who had already arrived at the Nymphenburg Palace, was discussing with his son-in-law Ziano that Eder was coming.

"What do you think of the visit of King Eder of Romania?"

Facing his son-in-law and confidant, Mussolini did not smug a lot outside, but with a little sad expression.

As a son-in-law, Ziano certainly knew why, seeing the smoke over Europe, but Italy was not ready. Although Italy had previously announced that it would expand its army by half, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was just an Italian plan, and the current division was changed from three regiments to two regiments, and a group of two-regiment divisions was formed.

The reason for all this is that there is no money to make trouble.

Speaking of which, due to the development of Libyan oil, Italy should be richer according to the road. But it backfired, with Libyan oil, Italy's resentment of the Mediterranean became even stronger, and they started a series of battleships, 380 and 406 large-caliber cannons, which were simply majestic.

But there is a price to be paid for being handsome, and Italy is no exception. These huge ships with a displacement of up to 3 to 40,000 tons not only require high construction costs, but also require more maintenance costs. Although the maintenance cost was reduced by decommissioning all the battleships built in the previous World War, the maintenance cost of the new ships was already higher than that of the old ships, which allowed half of Italy's increased income to be invested in it.

So it stands to reason that there should be half of it, right?

Yes, but Italy fought three wars in a row, the Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War (Italy was still the main force), and the Albanian War. These three wars, together with the investment in the colonies, spent the remaining half of it.

It should be said here that the Spanish Civil War is currently over. In December 1938, the Nationalist Army invaded Madrid and fled to the Soviet Union in the top echelons of the Republican government. And with the flight of the top echelons of the republican government, the end of the civil war was announced.

However, the newly elected Franco regime, faced with a devastated economy devastated by the civil war, asked for economic assistance from the three countries of Germany, Italy and Rome. Among them, the amount of aid from Deroger and Rogue is not large, but Italy is in demand for Spain, and the amount of aid is large. The aid of up to 80 billion lira has made the Italian treasury even more empty.

Originally, Italy's loans could be repaid slowly as soon as the Spanish economy recovered. However, I did not expect the situation to change so quickly after the Munich meeting, and Europe, which was originally only a little tense, was immediately filled with thick gunsmoke. It caught Italy off guard, and it was only then that they felt the consequences of their previous spending of money. At such a tense moment in Europe, its own treasury is empty, and even the basic expansion of the army cannot be completed.

So at this time, Italy could not rely on its own strength to benefit from it, and could only join one of them. Mussolini, on the other hand, preferred an alliance with Romania, which had always had close ties with Italy but was not at all anxious about forming an alliance.

Doesn't Romania need Italy as its ally, it's not. Romania has always wanted an alliance with Italy, but if Italy and Romania form an alliance, it will immediately bring about a sea change for both countries, at least if Romania wants to get Thessaloniki. Because the alliance between the two countries will inevitably become the target of British and French suppression, and it will take precedence over Germany, which is why Eder is not very concerned about the alliance with Italy.

Faced with his father-in-law's inquiry, Ziano, as his son-in-law and foreign minister, immediately replied. "Father-in-law, I think that the arrival of Eder this time is very beneficial to the negotiations in my country."

Ziano's words immediately pointed out Mussolini. True, both countries have demand for the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Until the two countries divide up the region, they need help from each other. Therefore, Romania and Italy are natural allies, not to mention that both countries are currently considered allies and quasi-allies of Germany. In the face of Germany's formidable strength, the two countries can ensure that their interests are not damaged.

So for Eder's visit, Italy is happy to see it.