Romanian.

As a newly independent state from the Ottoman Empire, the former Grand Duke of Romania has now been elevated to the position of King of Romania, also known as Carol I.

Oil was an important industrial item in the economic structure of the Kingdom of Romania, with the exception of which Romania was almost indistinguishable from other agricultural countries.

In the area of the newly developed oil fields, the Romanian Petroleum Development Company has opened three new wells and built a refinery using the latest technology to develop more oil by-products on the basis of Romanian oil refining.

The so-called Romanian Petroleum Development Company is also Ernst's industry, and it is the starting point for Ernst to lay out oil resources, of course, Romania's oil resources are not as much as imagined, but it is indeed a good place for novices to level up, in other words, East Africa trains its own oil workers in East Africa in Romania in the future.

Before the entry of the Heshingen consortium, in fact, the development and utilization of oil in Romania was completely petty, and the production method was extremely backward, relying entirely on hand-dug pits for production.

After the investment of the Heshingen consortium, Romania's oil development was on the fast track, and initially Hexingen simply imported a large number of machines from the United States to increase production.

The US oil industry is almost completely monopolized by Rockefeller, and the Standard Oil Company occupies about 90 percent of the US oil market, and this figure will be further expanded to 95 percent next year.

Unlike the United States, Europe is an oil-scarce region, of course, Ernst refers to Western Europe, Eastern Europe is different, Tsarist Russia is quite rich in oil resources, Romania and Austria-Hungary have oil distribution, including the scraped Poland also has some oil reserves, Tsarist Russia has empty resources, no industry, which is the opposite of the current Western Europe.

And the market demand for oil is actually not very high, for example, Romania produces about 30,000 tons of oil per year, which can be said to be pitifully low, and more than 10,000 tons of this are purchased from East Africa.

In the 19th century, the use of oil was mainly focused on lighting and medicine, and Ernst had never heard of the Americans using oil to treat rheumatism.

As for East Africa, oil imports are mainly for East African machinery and ships of the river and lake forces.

East Africa's oil reserves are considerable, especially in the northern regions around the Nile Basin region, the Great Lakes region, and Lake Turkana.

However, Ernst does not intend to exploit these oil resources now, especially in the Nile Basin.

It is also the oil-producing area of North and South Sudan in the previous life, next to the border, and the northern part of the border is the semi-colony Egypt, behind Egypt is the United Kingdom, just like South Africa's resources are not developed for the time being, and Ernst does not want to conflict with Britain because of resource development.

Of course, the British may not be interested in the small amount of oil and water, and the gold mines in South Africa are fatal to the British, but the British are typical of hurting others and not benefiting themselves, in case they just want to make trouble! So it's better to guard against one hand.

And the Romanian oil development company is enough for Ernst to toss, after the future technology and personnel are trained, East Africa can be directly used, after all, the Romanian royal family and the Hexingen royal family are one family, and they can't write two Hohenzollerns in one stroke, so they don't have to worry about the Romanian government's East African neck at all.

"Well, you're all going back to East Africa?" The manager of the Romanian Petroleum Development Company asked the East African apprentice.

"Yes, manager, you also know that we came to Europe as a study student, isn't it the end of the year? So we plan to take time off work to go back to East Africa to see our families. ”

"Yes, you've been working here for two or three years, and I understand your feelings, but you can't all go back! Somebody has to stay and stand guard, so that's fine, you go back to China in three groups, and after the first group comes back, the second group can go back to East Africa, and then the second group comes back, and then the third group goes back to East Africa. ”

Of course, the manager wouldn't let them go, but he couldn't let them all go back to East Africa, so he came up with this idea.

"Manager, we came to Romania to work, and it was assigned by the government, but I wonder if the government intends to let us stay in Romania forever?"

It is no wonder that they have been foolish in thinking that since they were sent to study and work in Romania, East Africa has not allowed them to go back, and if it takes too long, they may all become Romanians.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, if you really don't care about you, I will give you leave to go back to visit your relatives? In fact, you should understand that the oil industry is a promising industry for the country, but the domestic development is late and the infrastructure conditions are poor, so there is no place for you, and now it is the best choice for you to learn oil extraction and refining technology in Romania. ”

Now back in East Africa, these oil apprentices are useless, and East Africa does not plan to develop the oil industry in advance, without the oil industry, there is naturally no need for oil workers, so these apprentices stay in Romania to continue to accumulate experience is what the country needs, and at the same time create value for the Heixingen consortium.

"What about you! It is the pillar of the country's future oil industry, the country will not let go easily, of course, you don't have to be nervous, just study and work hard, and we don't interfere in your private life, if you marry a wife and have children in Romania, it's okay, but I want to remind you that you still have to go back to East Africa in the future, so when you fall in love, you have to talk to the local girl, don't make a fuss when the time comes. ”

Workers in the oil industry, especially East African workers, are mostly middle-level or high-level or technical personnel in the Romanian Petroleum Development Company, and belong to the high-income group in Romania.

Therefore, it is very easy for the employees of the Romanian Petroleum Development Company to solve the problem of singleness, and East Africa encourages its own people to give cabbage from other countries from the outside, after all, the imbalance between men and women in East Africa has always existed, so if they can marry local girls after work, East Africa is supportive, killing two birds with one stone.

The manager's words amused this group of young men with strong blood and blood like a pig brother, and he said speechlessly: "One or two, what does it look like, if you want to solve the problem of singleness like this, the local girl will be scared away." ”

"Take advantage of this time to go home, after visiting relatives, remember to come back to work early, and next time you can only contact by telegram."

"Yes, manager."

East Africans who work overseas generally go home on a yearly basis, and going to sea in this era is a hassle after all, so it is really difficult for the Romanian Petroleum Development Company to give so many employees a holiday.

Of course, because of the peculiarities of the Romanian Petroleum Development Company, the company will let them return to their home country for a period of rest.

The oil bowl can be said to be a long-term work, and it is no problem to work for ten or eight years, which is why the Romanian Petroleum Development Company will encourage its employees to settle down in Romania.

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