The affair soon passed, and Eder continued to swim under the leadership of the old Count Ciano, without mentioning the offer of a private conversation with Mussonili.

The Delegation of Romania, on the other hand, seemed to have completely forgotten about the proposal and did not continue to bring it up. Over time, Romania has also entered into a number of cooperation with the Italian side, mainly on the import and export of grain and oil, vehicle manufacturing technology, large-caliber artillery and warship manufacturing technology.

In addition, Romania has entered into a number of naval and army cooperation agreements with Italy, in which Romania mainly sends officers to Italy to help retrain its army.

It is believed that after the baptism of World War I, Italy has a sufficient understanding of the combat effectiveness of its army, and the cooperation with Romania is also because the Romanian army is well trained, so it intends to learn from it. However, according to the grapevine, this is a proposal made by His Excellency the Leader, and the army is somewhat reluctant to do so. This made Eder pessimistic about the results of the training of the Italian army.

On the naval side, it was Italy that sent officers to help Romania retrain its navy. This is also the Italian Navy is not bad, and Eder does not miss the opportunity to learn from it.

In addition, there is also a lot of cooperation between the two countries in the air force and aircraft industry. As the famous Haige motherland, the Italian side attaches great importance to air power, and Eder, who is well versed in the history of World War II, certainly does not mind cooperating with Italy in aircraft manufacturing and air force construction.

You must know that there are many talented aircraft designers in Italy, and Eder also wants to be able to make them work for him. And now let's work together to see what talent emerges.

As for one of the important things of this visit, about the development of Libyan oil, Eder also mentioned it to the old Count Ziano at the end of the visit.

So when Eder expressed his desire to meet Mussolini in private, the old Count Ciano did not dare to slack off and immediately passed the news to the Italian leader.

"What does this Romanian king want to do?"

Mussolini, who was at the Prime Minister's residence, thought about it after hearing Eder's proposal.

"Tell me, what does the ruler of Romania want from me?"

Mussolini, who had no clue, looked up and asked the old Count Ziano, who had delivered the news.

In the face of the inquiry of his own leader, the old Count Ziano said in combination with the information he had received before and the contact during this time. "The Romanian delegation had offered to establish an oil company with us, but we had refused, mainly because we did not want other countries to infect our colonies. And now that Romania has once again offered its king a separate meeting with its leader, it is quite possible that it will get some news. ”

I have to say that Eder's actions over the years have made many people who pay attention to him feel some clues, and the old Count Ziano obviously has some guesses about his intentions.

And Mussolini, after hearing the words of his friend Count Ciano the Elder, continued to ask. "Do you think we should work with Romania to develop these resources?"

Faced with Musonieri's inquiry, the old Count Ciano replied after thinking for a while. It depends on what the leader is prepared to do. If it is to develop possible oil resources to alleviate the economic difficulties of the country, then we should cooperate with Romania, as long as we ensure the initiative in our country. ”

The old Count Ciano said this, and continued to speak after seeing that Mosoniri was a little moved. "Of course, from the perspective of maximizing profits, we should develop it ourselves. But it takes a lot of money to investigate, and we have to be prepared to find nothing. ”

Speaking of this, the old Count Ziano couldn't help but smile wryly. At present, it is somewhat difficult for the Italian government to spend a large sum of money on the survey of the colony.

You must know that after Mussolini's government came to power, it spent a lot of money and manpower at home, and paid less attention to the colonies. Whoever made his slogan so that the people could live a good life, and since he came to power, so much or less needs to be expressed. Therefore, at present, the government's work is mainly focused on developing the economy and ensuring that the people can feel the security and transportation.

Moreover, the colony is so large, they don't know how much money Italy needs to invest in carefully exploring resources.

Otherwise, who doesn't want to keep oil resources in their own hands, and who will share them with others will have a sick brain. The bloodline of industry is not just a sentence, just look at Romania and you can see how much money they have earned to develop their economy with an oil resource.

"Well, then, arrange for me to meet the Romanian king tomorrow, so that I may meet the shrewd Romanian king."

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

It has to be said that Mussolini, who has only just come to power, still has his own ability to fully understand what kind of decisions are beneficial to Italy.

So the next day, Eder met the leader again at the Prime Minister's official residence.

"Good morning, King Eder."

Mussolini, as the host, was the first to greet Eder.

"Hello, Your Excellency Mussolini."

At today's meeting, Mussolini and Eder were each with one person. Mussolini was on his side with the old Count Ciano, while on Eder's side was Costel.

After both sides were seated, Foreign Secretary Costel took the lead. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have come to meet this time mainly for the purpose of cooperation. It is important to know that our country has rich experience in oil exploration and exploration, and our petrochemical industry is also very developed, so we hope to form a new oil company with your country to contribute to the Italian petrochemical industry. ”

In the face of the Romanian Foreign Minister's remarks that he was thinking about Italy, the old Count Ciano took over and spoke. "Thank you for your selfless help to Italy, I wonder what your country intends to do?"

"We have invested in exploration, exploitation, transportation and other technologies, and your country has invested in Libya and Somalia exploration and exploitation rights, and each country has contributed 10 million dollars to form an oil company. Of course, in order to show your country's initiative in the company, we only need to get 40% of the shares, and the rest is distributed by your country. Of course, if oil resources are detected on the territory of your country, then the proportion of its contribution will also be implemented according to this plan. ”

After listening to Kostel's plan, the old Count Ciano nodded secretly, and the sincerity of the Romanians could be seen from this initial plan. This is to give them 20% of the shares privately, which is not a small amount. But there's more to be gained by continuing to talk.

"The plan given by your country is good, but is it too undervalued for China's exploration rights and development rights? You must know that the areas that need to be explored are very large, and it is too cheap to buy their oil exploration and development rights at this cost. ”

The words of the old Count Ziano made Eder feel relieved. At least the Italian side is willing to talk, which is a good thing, as for the distribution of benefits, this needs to be discussed by the two parties.

So he interjected, "I think we can leave the issue of the proportion of investment by oil companies and the right to exploit it to professionals, and I believe that we will come up with a result that satisfies both parties." ”

In the face of Eder's words, Mussolini also felt that it was inappropriate to let the leaders of the two countries talk about the specific details, so he gestured to the old Count Ziano.

The conversation ended, and the two sides tentatively agreed on a proposal to form a joint oil company.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I feel enough about visiting Italy these days, I feel like I am in my own country. So I think our two countries can strengthen their exchanges in the field of humanities, after all, we both belonged to the Roman Empire. Our people are also very interested in the ancient Roman era. ”

Eder's words struck Mussolini's eyes, and it had always been his dream to revive Italy to the glory of ancient Rome. Romania, as a member of the Latin culture, may be able to further strengthen the relationship between the two countries in this regard, which will be very tempting for Italy. It would also strengthen Italy's influence in the Balkans.

Thinking of this, Mussolini couldn't help but say. "His Majesty's proposal is very good, and ancient Rome has brought the two countries closer. I think we can start from this aspect and make the people of the two countries feel close to each other. And it's very good for both countries, it will be a union from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, and it will be a win-win outcome for both countries to be able to increase their influence. ”

Speaking of excitement, Mussolini couldn't help but talk to Eder about a course on cultural exchange between the two countries.

As for the formation of oil companies, there will be professionals from both sides to discuss. The end result is not much different, Romania and Italy jointly formed an oil company called Loyi, in which Romania won 35% of the shares with half of the funds, while Italy obtained 65% of the shares with exploration rights and development rights plus the other half of the funds, of which the Italian government held 40% of the shares, and the remaining 25% will be funded by its own people. It is believed that ordinary people should not be able to buy shares in this company.

And Eder, having got the results he wanted, continued his visit, followed by England and France, and then the United States across the Atlantic.

I hope that the next visit will have a good result.