In November, it was snowing heavily in Romania, and people were dressed in thick winter clothes everywhere. In the royal palace of the capital Bucharest, Crown Prince Eder is sitting in a warm office and discussing the progress of material reserves with Prime Minister Brettianu.

"Prime Minister Bretianu, now Romania's reserves must be accelerated."

Eder watched the progress of the material reserves in his hands and expressed his dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Brettianu.

"Your Highness, the outdoor temperature has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero in winter, causing the efficiency of the workers to drop a lot. Coupled with the surge in imports this year, the terminal stevedores have not taken a vacation for two months. So now their efficiency has dropped too much, and now the throughput efficiency of the terminal can only be reached"

In the face of the crown prince's dissatisfaction, Prime Minister Brettianu can only say that he is in difficulty.

When Eder heard Prime Minister Blettianu's words, he spoke without thinking. "Then increase the number of dock workers and improve their treatment."

"Your Highness, the government has also made such a proposal to the port company before, but most of the terminal loading and unloading business is now done by private individuals, and our government cannot force them to increase their manpower."

Prime Minister Bretianu said that there was a situation encountered by the government. That's right, port loading and unloading in various countries is now run by private companies, who buy part of the port terminals and then recruit people to handle the loading and unloading business.

Romania's largest and most advanced port of Constanta, for example, has 18 private companies, large and small, that provide port handling services, and they compete with each other for the division of Constanta's civilian ports. Today you reduce the cost of loading and unloading, tomorrow I increase the speed of loading and unloading, sometimes they will use some shady means to attack the opponent, but in general the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

It's just that now in the face of the sudden busy scene of the port, these private companies also have the financial resources to not be able to purchase large-scale port machinery and equipment, and they cannot meet the current surge in import and export volume by manual labor. It is also more expensive to recruit more stevedores, and it is clear that these private stevedores are all about making a profit and recruiting more workers, while the loading and unloading equipment has not increased, and relying more on more manpower will reduce efficiency.

After hearing the Prime Minister's reasoning, Eder knew that the government was not going to intervene in this regard. However, this is not a problem for the crown prince, and his subordinates Milok and Karust are suitable for such a thing, and it is clear that Prime Minister Bretianu has this idea in mind.

"Prime Minister, tell me about this, you need to speed up the quantity of purchases."

Eder had not taken into account the throughput of the port before, and he vaguely remembered that in the past, Nigeria also had a time when the port throughput was insufficient, and it took a year for a large amount of purchased supplies to be loaded onto a transport ship. At that time, Nigeria had an ambitious plan to develop the country after independence, they bought a large number of machinery and materials around the world, and soon a large number of materials were transported to the Nigerian ports at that time, and then the government found that its port throughput was completely insufficient, so a large number of machinery and materials could only float at sea, waiting for the port to be unloaded. It was a well-known counterexample at the time, but I didn't expect Eder to make this mistake himself.

"Click~Click~Click"

As Eder and Prime Minister Brettianu discussed the problems at the port, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in"

Edel stopped discussing with the Prime Minister and waited for a briefing from the guards.

Sure enough, a guard walked into the office with a happy face, and he walked up to Eder and whispered a word.

"Really?"

After hearing the news, Eder asked again, a little uncertain

"Yes, Your Highness, Dr. Rodesk has already determined."

The guard told the exact news, and Edel knew that Dr. Rodeske, as the royal family doctor, would not dare to say such a thing without being sure, so what the guard said was true.

Prime Minister Brettianu saw the guards and the crown prince playing dumb riddles, and he had a guess in his heart, but he still asked with the same face. "Your Highness, can you tell me?"

Edel said with a smile on his face. "It doesn't matter Prime Minister, Sophie Marie is pregnant, and Dr. Rodeske has confirmed that she has been for more than a month."

After hearing Crown Prince Eder's words full of happiness, Prime Minister Brettianu also spoke happily. "Your Highness, congratulations on becoming a father."

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, today's matter is so much, I don't have the heart to continue to deal with things now."

Prime Minister Bretianu also said with a smile on his face. "It's understandable, you must know that after I first heard the news of my wife's pregnancy, I was even more unbearable than His Highness."

After the Prime Minister said his congratulatory words, he suggested it. "Let's go and see Her Royal Highness, she needs her husband to be by her side at this time"

Edel heard the Prime Minister's suggestion, and stood up and hurried to his room with the guards, who were now anxious to see his wife.

Prime Minister Brettianu looked at the departing crown prince and was not ready to stay any longer. He also has to share the news of the crown princess's pregnancy with everyone. Even in the era when the royal power has declined in later generations, the news about the royal family is still the focus of people's pursuit, not to mention in Romania, a country where the royal power is still very strong, the news of the crown princess's pregnancy is believed to be more expected. Not to mention the age when the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen family is now scarce.

Edel soon came to his room, where his parents, King Carol and Queen Elizabeth, had already arrived, to talk to his wife, Sophie Marie, who was lying in bed. At this time, seeing Eder hurrying back, his mother, Queen Elizabeth, turned to talk about him.

"Eder, you should care more about your wife, if I have tea with Sophie Marie today, and see her suddenly nauseous, I will let Dr. Rodesk check her pregnancy, otherwise we don't know that this has been more than a month."

In the face of his mother's education, Edel accepted his mother's reprimand with a smirk, and looked at his wife with a pair of concerned eyes.

Seeing Queen Elizabeth reprimanding her husband for not caring enough for her, Sophie Marie told Edel about the siege. "Mom, don't talk about Eder, he's also for the country, he's usually busy working, and I understand him very well."

Hearing Sophie Marie's words to free her husband, Elizabeth was just doing it, Edel was her son, how could she really reprimand, she turned to her daughter-in-law Sophie Marie and said. "Okay, I won't talk about him, it's all about you two, but now that you're pregnant, you need to rest more."

"Okay mom."

Elizabeth saw the loving little couple and told the two of them. "Then you talk more, and your father and I will go back."

Seeing this, Edel planned to send his parents, but was stopped by Queen Elizabeth, who had expected it for a long time. "You spend more time with your wife, and your father and I don't have to send it."

With that, he walked out of the room with Carol I.

After watching his parents walk out the door, Edel turned around and walked to Sophie Marie's side, leaned down and touched Sophie Marie's hand and said affectionately. "Thank you, Sophie."

In the face of her husband's concern, Sophie Marie also said happily. "It's okay, it's a wife's obligation that I should do."

Soon the news of the crown princess's pregnancy spread, and Romania was cheering. And Austria-Hungary also quickly sent people to care for Princess Sophie Marie.