After leaving the palace, Lomodan and Nestacu arrived at the German embassy without stopping.

"Your Excellency the Ambassador, Rear Admiral Lomodan of the Romanian Navy, and Commander of the Fleet Nestacu have come to visit." The secretary pushed open the door and spoke to Ambassador Baslober, who was in his office to check the information.

After hearing his secretary's report, Baslober put the note in his hand in a drawer and spoke. "Come in, two generals."

Lomodan and Nestaku walked into the office with the secretary leading. Ambassador Baslober, who saw the two of them coming in, said with a smile on his face as if he had met a friend for many years. "It's been a long time since I saw the two generals, did you come here today to catch up with me, or is there something wrong?"

"The ghost is looking for you to catch up." Both of them cursed in their minds, but they also had smiles on their faces, and Lomodan stepped forward to speak. "I'm here to buy a warship."

As soon as the German ambassador heard Lomodan's words, he knew that it should not be a small boat, otherwise the two Romanian naval leaders would not have come together.

Baslober took over and spoke. "The Romanian Navy is really too weak and needs to be strengthened. I don't know how big a warship you plan to buy? ”

In the face of the ambassador's inquiry, it was Lomodan who answered. "If your country is able to provide a part of the loan, we intend to buy a Königsberg-class cruiser."

"How much money do you have?" Baslober asks the key question.

Nestacu answered the ambassador's questions. "We now have 3.26 million gold marks in funding."

When Baslober heard Nestaku's answer, he calculated in his mind according to his understanding. The gap is not too big, almost 1.7 million gold marks.

"I can't do anything about this now, but I will report it to China, and you two need to be patient." Baslober said to the two.

"No problem."

Originally, they did not expect the German ambassador to say yes, and this time they came only to see the attitude of Germany. After all, everyone likes good ships, and if you can buy a battleship with good performance, who will go to see the poor.

After sending the two away. Baslober sent a telegram to the country to report the matter and await a reply from the government.

After leaving the German Embassy, Lomodan and Nestacu returned to the Admiralty. This is an old-fashioned two-story building, which can be said to be too shabby compared to the War Department and the General Staff. When they returned, everyone in the Admiralty was very happy when they told them the conditions that the crown prince had promised to give this time. For the officers and men of the Navy, they have finally changed from picking up children to adopting, which can be regarded as the progress of the Navy.

There were still people in the navy who were not satisfied with this plan, and Lieutenant Colonel Midrafael was expressing his opinion to his friend Captain Birk. Now Midrafael was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel because he was the captain of the gunboat formation and usually led the gunboats in daily training.

"Does General Lomodan only have this cruiser in his eyes?"

"Midraphael, why can't you keep your mouth shut, sooner or later you will be killed by it." Bilke also has no way to be virtuous with his friends.

"Bilke, can't you let people speak their minds?" Midrafael began to complain about his friend.

"Alright, tell me your plan." Birk also wanted to hear from his friend.

"I think the cruiser should be demolished and funds should be spent to strengthen the construction of mine-striking ships and batteries, especially the one in Constanta. The Navy should make its own changes according to the needs of the country. We must do what we cannot do to others. ”

Birk heard his friend's meaning, because Romania's main enemy was Russia. In the face of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Romanian Navy did not have any chance. Now Constanta is becoming more and more important, now the caliber of warships is getting larger and larger, and the batteries built before are mostly old-fashioned, and the construction of large-caliber batteries has reached an urgent time.

Birk knew that his friend was talking about the urgent need at the moment, and he could only talk about it. "It's a pity that you are not the head of the Romanian Navy. Middrafael, you're only a mid-level officer now, too. If you really have an idea, you should keep it in your heart. Wait until you sit in that position to realize your dreams. ”

"Okay Birk, I'll try to get there." Midrafael spoke to his friend very seriously.

While the Romanian naval officers were expressing their views, a telegram from Ambassador Baslober was placed on Prime Minister Helvig's desk. For him, who only took office last year, he is no different from the previous chancellor, he is a puppet of the Kaiser. This telegram, like everything else that needed to be reported to the Kaiser, was brought to Wilhelm II by the Chancellor. The recent fierce naval competition between Germany and Britain has distracted many of the Kaiser.

"Helweig picked up the important ones."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Helweig took out the first document, the report of Ambassador Baslober.

"Your Highness, this is a report on the purchase of a cruiser by Romania."

Wilhelm II has been sensitive to warships lately, and this report piqued his interest.

"Take it, I'll take a look."

The Prime Minister handed him the report. Wilhelm II saw that this was a report that the Romanian Navy wanted to buy a Königsberg-class cruiser, but it was necessary to apply for a loan for payment. After reading it, Wilhelm II said with a smile to Prime Minister Helwig.

"These Romanians always like to take out loans, they don't have any money?"

The prime minister also checked the information and replied. "Your Highness estimates that they really don't have it, and they only got this batch of money by issuing treasury bonds. I heard that in Romania, the prime minister had a quarrel with the chief of the General Staff because of the arrears of the army. ”

"I have a lot of images of the chief of the general staff called Prishan and is a very capable person." Wilhelm II continued to speak after commenting on Mount Prie. "As for this loan, it can be counted as a big loan in Romania, and the more they take it, the more they will not be able to get rid of us. Tell them that we can provide a loan for them to buy the newest Corburg-class cruisers. ”

After sending off Prime Minister Helwig, Wilhelm II's dissatisfaction with Austria-Hungary intensified. If it weren't for the purpose of winning over Romania, would he have done so, because Romania was very satisfied with what he had done on the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a result, in Transylvania, the Hungarians began to oppress the local Romanians again, causing relations between the two countries to plummet. The Kaiser also had a headache, and this loan from the Romanian Navy gave him the opportunity to improve.

The German government's reply made Lomodan and Nestaku overjoyed, and they hurriedly reported to the crown prince with the news from Germany.

In the palace, Edel looked at Lomodan and Nestacu at his desk, his eyes watery with longing. Although he knew the Kaiser's intentions, he wanted to ease the relationship between Austria-Hungary and them, and pull them into the chariot to fight for Germany. But Eder couldn't refuse, it was a military pray, and he had to agree.

"I agree to this condition, and you can talk to the German side."

After seven days of negotiations, the results were finally satisfactory to both parties, and it was announced to the public. Romania purchased from Germany a newest version of the Kolburg-class cruiser, built by the Kiel shipyard, construction of which will begin at the end of September, with sea trials expected to begin in April of the following year and be delivered to the Romanian Navy in June. In order to be more adapted to the needs of Romania, the ship's main guns were changed to eight 150 caliber single guns, and the others remained the same.