"The Serbs played well in Kumanovo."

Eder sat behind his desk and looked at the telegram in his hand, praising the Serbian army to the chief of the guard in front of him. In response to the crown prince's questioning, Chief of the Guard Calust nodded in agreement with his speech. Edel continued. "Serbia is not the most capable of participating in the war, I wonder what will happen to Bulgaria at that time?"

"It should be soon, the military observer mission we sent has now followed the Bulgarian army into Ottoman territory."

The chief of the guard still knows some news about this issue of the crown prince.

"That should be known soon."

"I think so."

There was a knock on the door, interrupting the conversation between the crown prince and the chief of the guard.

"Come in."

As the crown prince called, a guard in a white dress came in and saluted the crown prince and the chief of the guard. "The German Ambassador, Mr. Baslober, asks for a meeting."

Hearing that it was the German ambassador who asked for a meeting, Eder had already been prepared. Ever since Romania had declared war on the Ottomans, he had known that the ambassador would come to him sooner or later, but he had not arrived for four days, so he spoke to the guard. "Ask him to come in."

The chief of the guard, Calust, consciously followed the guard out of the crown prince's office.

In a few moments, the ambassador Baslober walked into the crown prince's office. In the past two years, Ambassador Baslober has not had a very good time, because the Romanian government has gradually turned from Germany to neutrality, and he has been reprimanded by the German Foreign Ministry many times, saying that he has done a terrible diplomatic job in Romania, and if it were not for someone in the government to protect him, he would probably have been recalled to China.

Ambassador Baslober walked up to Eder and bowed down before entering. "Good day, Your Highness."

Edel asked knowingly. "I wonder what Mr. Ambassador is looking for me?"

"Your Highness, we, the German government, are very concerned about the current Balkan war. The war has already taken its toll, with many more people left homeless. It is not known what Romania's position in this war is. "Ambassador Baslober first made clear Germany's attitude.

His concern for Romania had a lot to do with the interests of the German Ottomans. Now Germany occupies an important position in the Ottomans: it undertook the restructuring of the Ottoman army and received the concession to build the Baghdad Railway. So diplomatically it chose to support the Ottoman Empire.

In this Balkan war, the European powers all took different positions, Britain and Russia chose to support the Balkan alliance because of their interests in the Balkans, in which Russia supported Serbia and Bulgaria, Britain supported Greece, and France followed the attitude of Russia and Britain in favor of the Balkan countries.

Romania's neighbor, Austria-Hungary, now also supported the Ottomans. This is because for Austria-Hungary the strategic location of the Balkans is particularly important. He wanted to annex the northeastern part of Serbia and give the rest of Serbia to Bulgaria. It had already received concessions from the Turkish government to build a railway from Uvac to Kosovo Mitrovica, which had already been built to Thessaloniki, and it was not surprising that it had chosen to support the Ottoman Empire due to the country's ethnic problems.

Italy was more complicated, on the one hand, it had just fought with the Ottomans before signing a peace treaty (Treaty of Ushi 1.Turkey had to withdraw all its military personnel from Benghazi province, but in return, Italy would return Rhodes and 12 islands close to Turkey). 2. The province of Benghazi will have a special status, with a regent and judges representing the caliphate. 3. Before appointing these regents and judges, the Turks will ask the Italian government. 4. The Turkish government will be responsible for the costs of the regents and judges), on the other hand, Italy also has its own ideas about the Balkans, so he chose to secretly support the Ottoman Empire.

In response to Ambassador Baslober's question, Eder gave the answer that had been prepared long ago. "Mr. Ambassador, we in Romania can only express regret for this war."

Seeing that Ambassador Baslober was still staring at him, Eder continued to speak of the topics that mattered to him the most. "Mr. Ambassador, you should know that this declaration of war was only made by us because of the alliance, and this was a last resort, and in fact our country did not have the idea of mobilizing the army. I hope that Mr. Ambassador will convey our attitude to the German Government and let them know that Romania is not really very interested in this war, that we are just fulfilling the basic obligation of an ally, and that we can call the relationship between Romania and the Ottoman Empire the Cold War. ”

After hearing Crown Prince Eder's speech with a combination of voice and appearance, Ambassador Baslober secretly breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the burden in his heart. Because the German government gave him the task of ascertaining the attitude of the Romanian government, and if there was a tendency to send troops, he could persuade the Romanian idea.

When Ambassador Baslober received this telegram, he wanted to put it into the mouth of his commander. He is only an ambassador to Romania, not the emperor of Romania, and such a major event as sending troops can also be persuaded by his small ambassador. It's just that this telegram was sent by the prime minister, and he didn't dare to express his attitude, so he could only come to visit Crown Prince Edel, hoping that Romania had no plans to send troops, and now it seems that he is lucky.

"We, the German government, are grateful to Romania for its restraint in this war, which is good news for the people who have suffered during the war." Ambassador Baslober also said words of thanks to Romania for its restraint, and it was hypocritical that there was no request from Germany itself.

For Romania, the country with the strongest size and mobilization power in the Balkan Alliance, Baslober still relied on his experience as an ambassador here for several years, and was able to deduce that Romania had no problem mobilizing 600,000 troops, and it was already a decisive force in this Balkan war. Nor is it to blame the German government for the intention of the German government to make Ambassador Baslober have to dissuade Romania from sending troops.

After Crown Prince Eder got the answer he wanted, Ambassador Baslober left after a few small talks.

Seeing Ambassador Baslober leave, Edel breathed a long sigh of relief. Now he does not want to contradict Germany, Romania's industrialization has not yet taken shape, and it needs a lot of support from Germany.

Just as Edel was about to take a break, a guard walked in to give a report. "Your Highness, Your Excellency the Prime Minister asks to see you."

As soon as he heard that it was Prime Minister Brettianu who asked to see him, Eder knew what he was looking for, and cheered up and commanded. "Prime Minister, please come in."

After the guard went out to pass the word, Prime Minister Bretianu walked in refreshed, and it seemed that power was really a man's lifesaver. He walked up to the crown prince and saluted, and spoke. "Your Highness, after the calculations of our government's transport department, by rail transport, this war will have a limited impact on our Romanian economy in the short term."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Eder asked with interest. "Tell me about the specifics."

Now Eder was most concerned about economic issues, and most concerned about joining the Balkan League, the Ottoman Empire closed the Dardanelles to them, and in fact the Dardanelles was closed to Romania on October 22, the day after Romania declared war on the Ottomans. Now their exit can only be by railway to Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. Fortunately, he got the government to plan ahead of time to transport exports by rail, even if it is more expensive than not being able to transport it at all.

"Your Highness, now we have 876 steam locomotives in Romania, with 23,700 carriages, including 6,700 passenger cars and 17,000 freight carriages. After deducting the domestic freight and passenger trains that we have to guarantee, we now have 527 steam locomotives to work with, and 11,000 freight cars to be transported. The average time for our trains to transport foreign goods is about three days, and after deducting the round-trip maintenance and repair time of the trains, we can send out three freight trains to foreign countries in one hour. ”

Mr. Prime Minister also explained after speaking. "The round-trip time is longer because most of my country's exports are going to Western Europe and Central Europe, which makes my country's transportation time longer."

After hearing the Prime Minister's detailed description of the current state of rail transport, Eder silently calculated in his mind. The shipment volume of 1,800 tons in an hour should be enough to meet Romania's foreign exports.

Eder still couldn't ask the prime minister with certainty. "Now the capacity of the railway can ensure our normal export code?"

After hearing the crown prince's concerned inquiry, Prime Minister Blettianu said in a very affirmative tone. "After our calculations, the rail capacity is able to meet the export demand." After saying this, the prime minister said in a different tone. "However, this full-load operation puts a lot of pressure on the railway, and we can only guarantee this state for three months, and after three months, we need to carry out comprehensive maintenance of the railway and trains."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Eder thought of the Spring Festival in his previous life, and it seemed that this situation was in explosive mode. Eder didn't have anything to do but say to Prime Minister Brettianu. "I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for making this transport statistics, and I hope that I can consult with the Ministry of Transportation after I come down and try to maintain the continuity of this state."

"I will."

After talking to the prime minister about rail transport to keep Romania's economy running, Eder personally sent him out of the door.

Crown Prince Eder, who returned to his office, can now only hope that the Balkan countries will be able to finish this war quickly.

In the face of Eder's wishes, Bulgaria, the strongest force in the Balkan Alliance, was now launching an offensive against the Thrace region.