Chapter 636 - Naval Shipbuilding Plan Codenamed H (Part I)
With Eder's arrival in Bulgaria and aid money from Romania, Bulgaria was immediately full of life.
Although the political forces led by the BJP are still opposing Eder's accession, with the dissolution of Prime Minister Kerstoff, its momentum has long since deteriorated.
The reason is very simple, whoever can give them food and who can give them work, they will support whomever they want. And these are things that the opposition parties simply cannot give, but the Bulgarian government, which is financially supported by Romania, can.
As long as you don't be lazy, then you can't go hungry. So you can see busy people all over Bulgaria, some of them are building aqueducts and pumping stations, some are working on roads and cities. Although it was a bit hard, everyone had a look of hope on their faces.
And all this, Admiral Lomodan, as the Minister of the Romanian Navy, could not feel.
Although Admiral Lomodan did not feel the earth-shaking changes in Bulgaria by train, at least the gap was still visible compared to the rest of the country.
"Compared with China, Bulgarian folk customs are more simple."
Lomodan compared what the two countries had seen and heard, and gave a fair evaluation.
But although he was praising the Bulgarian customs, he still couldn't hide his worries from the depths of his eyes. Mainly with the expansion of Romania's naval strength, the attitude of the United States, Britain, France and other countries to include Romania in the naval treaty is also becoming more and more intense.
And this time he went to Sophia, in addition to Eder's summons, he also wanted to find out from His Majesty's mouth what his attitude was towards it.
For the sake of the Romanian Navy, Admiral Lomodan was also heartbroken. However, watching the battleships in the dock launch one by one, he felt that his hard work was not in vain. It was a good time to be able to see the rapid expansion of the Romanian Navy. When I first entered the navy, Romania did not even have ironclad ships, and the navy was full of old warships with iron-wood structures, and there were only two or three thousand officers and men in the navy, and the largest warship was the Elizabeth training cruiser.
The battleship was also a gift from Germany to strengthen relations with Romania. The other ships are either torpedo boats of tens of tons or gunboats of hundreds of tons, which makes you feel pitiful when you think about it.
Now Romania is better equipped to build the world's best battleships, which weigh ten tons of shells at one time, and are the backbone of sea power.
So in order to guarantee Romania's maritime power, then it is necessary to express one's attitude. However, the degree must be mastered, otherwise it will restrict the development of the Romanian Navy. Admiral Lomodan didn't want it to become a means to restrain himself.
The rumbling train carried Lomodan to Sofia, and the smoke left by the train drifted through the mountains.
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Sofia Railway Station has been busy during this time, as construction is going on everywhere in Bulgaria, so a steady stream of raw materials from Romania arrives here.
But today is a bit special, there are a lot of soldiers in military uniforms and weapons in the train station. They guarded the VIP passage at the train station, making many people secretly speculate that the big man was coming to Sofia.
And when some interested people saw that the king's chief of guard, Horria, also appeared on the platform to wait, these speculations were even more complicated. Some speculate that it was brought by the king's family, and some even speculate that it was a foreign royal family.
However, the people who eat melons guess that Horia, who is the head of the guard, does not know that this arrival is indeed a big shot. However, this was not important to Horia, the most important thing was that His Majesty could not make any mistakes if he let himself come to greet him, so he turned his head to look at the person in charge of the security work beside him.
The person in charge, who was staring at Horia, quickly replied. "Rest assured, we of the Praetorian Guard will not let you down."
Facing the words of the officer in charge of the team, Horia said lightly. "Your Excellency, how can I not be at ease. Everything is tiring. ”
After following Eder's side for a long time, Horia slowly learned the indifference on Eder's body, which can really be described as close to Zhu and red and black to ink. And his attitude is neither too close nor uncomfortable, just right.
And these Praetorian Guards, formed by the most loyal people drawn from Edel's guards, are also the troops that Eder is most comfortable with. The main responsibility is to protect Eder's security in Bulgaria, and by the way, to form a counterweight to the armed police.
"Woo woo"
The sound of a train horn announcing the arrival of another train at the station, and the addition of a distinctive car at the rear of the train also cheered him up.
Sure enough, after waiting for the train to stop, I looked out the window and saw that it was the person I was waiting for, Admiral Lomodan.
When the gray-haired Admiral was about to step off the train, Horia immediately greeted him.
"Your Excellency, welcome to Bulgaria."
Lomodan nodded with a smile at the personal greeting of the chief of the guard beside Edel.
"Your Excellency Lao personally greeted me, a bad old man."
In the face of Lomodan's self-deprecation, how dare Horia take it. "Your Excellency the Admiral is not old at all, at least it can guarantee the development of the Navy for ten years. Moreover, only with Your Excellency sitting in the navy can you ensure the stability of coastal defense, so Your Excellency must not say that you are old. ”
Listening to Horia's praise, even though he knew that he was slapping himself on the back, Lomodan still laughed heartily and made him forget the troubles of the journey. There are not many people in Romania who can make the chief of the guard treat him like this, even if he adds Bulgaria, it is only a handful.
"Your Majesty must have been busy lately."
Admiral Leng Bu Ding Lomodan turned the conversation to Eder.
In the face of the general's inquiry, Horia reported truthfully. "Yes, Your Majesty is busy in Bulgaria with his feet not touching the ground. In addition to receiving Bulgarian people from all over the world, it is to study the actual situation in various places. ”
Horia should have leaked Eder's whereabouts, but he could say anything to Admiral Lomodan as long as he didn't specifically need covert information. After all, these whereabouts are reported in Bulgarian newspapers, and they are not leaks.
"How's it going?"
Horria's answer aroused the curiosity of the Minister of the Admiralty.
In response to Lomodan's inquiry, Horia shook her head and replied. "It's not too good, the gap between the two is more than 10 years compared to Romania, and it's ......"
Horia continued. "Bulgaria has too many mountains in the country, and its agricultural base is not destined to be comparable to that of Romania. However, with the large-scale construction of bonds issued by the government, it will slowly catch up. ”
Of course, this is just Horia's rhetoric. He had heard Prime Minister Kirstev report to Eder that Bulgarian agriculture should not starve people at best, and that it was doomed to be impossible to develop and grow. Its natural terrain is flawed by a small-scale farm economy, and it is impossible to farm on a large farm like Romania. But in this case, he didn't dare to spread the word, otherwise he wouldn't have his own good fruit to eat.
And after Lomodan asked, there was no follow-up. Instead, he said. "Since Your Majesty is waiting for me to arrive, then don't waste any time, take me to meet Your Majesty first."
Hearing Lomodan's words, Horia hurriedly spoke. "Aren't you going to take a break, we have already prepared a place to rest, and we can meet Your Majesty in a better state by resting."
Horia knew that traveling would be tiring, and although His Excellency the Admiral was sitting alone, it was still impossible to rest well, and His Excellency the Admiral was so old.
"No, I'm already resting on the train."
Faced with the chief guard's concern, Lomodan didn't care at all.
"Alright, Admiral, please get in the car with me, and we'll go to the palace."
In the face of Lomodan's insistence, the chief of the Horia guard could only take him to see Eder first.