Chapter 403: The Gap in Industry
Eder pondered which other people in Germany's unemployment frenzy were urgently needed by Romania.
Then the first place must be the education talent, which is also the most urgent and in demand in Romania.
Yes, universal education in Romania has been going on for decades. From the time of Carol I, the kingdom issued a decree requiring every child who had reached the age of six to attend school for five years of education (since primary school was five years, and later primary school was changed to six years of compulsory education).
However, unlike later education, schools in this period mainly taught the Cyrillic alphabet, which was gradually changed to the Latin alphabet in the later period. By the time Edel came to power, it had all been changed to the Latin alphabet. Primary schools mainly involve subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, geography, and history. Compared with other powers, Romania is not much different in terms of disciplines, the main gap is the lack of teachers. From 4-6 teachers in a primary school, it has gradually expanded to 8-11 teachers to educate students.
The main gap between Romania and the Great Powers is the lack of teachers in higher education. Romania's better-known University of Iasi, for example, was founded in 1640 as the Vasily Loup College and the Royal Academy of Iasi, founded in 1714. After the unification of Romania, it was established in 1860 on the initiative of Kuza and named after it. In the early days of its establishment, there were three departments of Language-Philosophy, Law, and Theology, and there were only a few professors.
Later, the teaching of natural sciences was introduced, and it was expanded to 8 departments of philosophy, law, language and literature, physics, chemistry, mathematics, medicine and economics, and the teaching staff reached more than 20 people. In 1908-1914, the faculties of agriculture, electrical machinery, chemical engineering, and geography were added, and it gradually became a more comprehensive institution of higher education.
Until now, the University of Iasi has not added any more faculties, but it has been subdivided among the faculties. For example, physics has established mechanics, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics classifications, while other disciplines have also been subdivided. At present, the University of Iasi, together with the personnel hired from abroad, currently has a faculty of nearly 100 people, and it can also rank among the top three in Romania.
In Eder's view, what is most enviable in Germany at the moment is, of course, the various professors and scholars in Germany. Speaking of which, since the end of the 19th century, various world-famous scientists have emerged in Germany. Whether it is Gauss, Ohm, Einstein, who are already famous all over the world, or Hertz and others, who are not famous at present, German scholars have always shined in the world.
And what scientists in Romania can get their hands on?
Shamefully, there is only one Konstantin I. Bahon, who is still a medical scientist and is not too well-known at the moment. So Eder couldn't sleep at night for the star-studded German scientists.
Fortunately, the current chaotic situation in Germany is an opportunity for Romania to take advantage of. (Someone tried to invite Albert Einstein to teach in Romania, but was politely declined.)
In addition to educational talents, Romania currently has a large shortage of high-level talents in all walks of life.
Take, for example, Romania's most famous automotive and petrochemical industries. Volkswagen, which represents the automobile manufacturing industry, has been slow to make a breakthrough in the research of gasoline engines in the power system. The main reason is that there is a shortage of basic research talents for various materials, which slows down the research progress. So far, Volkswagen has still not been able to develop a new main model to replace the Model T and Dongfeng trucks, which have been selling for many years.
In terms of petrochemical industry, it still mainly produces various basic chemical raw materials, and these are basically imported technologies from Germany. For the production of a variety of organic chemical raw materials and synthetic materials from basic chemical raw materials, Romania still needs to purchase due to the lack of technology. Therefore, apart from the synthetic ammonia that Eder was strongly advocating at that time, Romania is still less involved in other industries that rely on the petrochemical industry.
So don't look at the current Romanian industrial development is good, in fact, the most important thing is because of the lack of the previous industry, which is to make up for the gap in Romania. Coupled with the outbreak of the Great War, various industries have developed rapidly in order to get through the most dangerous initial stage. Otherwise, the Romanian industry, which had just emerged, would have been ruined by the state. After all, you can't force people to buy high-priced and low-quality domestic products and give up good foreign products.
Even Japan, where **** is the most widespread, is forcing the people to buy inferior steel produced by Nanman Company. This is still in Asia, and no other government in Europe has been able to do that.
As for the military industry, at the moment Romania is not technologically developed. The technology imported from Germany from Eder is still used, with a few minor changes in the details.
If Romania is still a little unprogressive in the development of army equipment, then it is a completely forgotten child in the manufacture of warships. Yes, at present Romania is not much different from before in terms of the capacity to manufacture warships, and the current inland river and offshore patrol boats are the limit of the industry's capabilities.
It's all about money. The Constanta Naval Shipyard, as the main manufacturer and maintainer of Romanian naval vessels, mainly relies on various civil vessels to survive on weekdays. To count on naval orders and maintenance, this shipyard has long since collapsed.
Think about it, in terms of Romanian military spending, the navy is basically only a fraction of the army. After deducting all kinds of expenses, where is the money to buy a battleship. So don't say that the navy is not powerful, the Coleburg-class "Count Dazira" cruiser currently purchased from Germany is a treasure of the navy. Even when it had to be dispatched in various wars, it was used cautiously for fear of rubbing. It can be said that the days of the Navy have always been very hard.
But there is no way to do it, who puts Romania on the Black Sea, and there is no other country that can threaten its coast except Russia and Turkey. And Romania does not have the money to develop a large navy, or there is not enough overseas interests to develop a large navy.
However, in Eder's view, after the end of the war, the great development of the navy was coming. However, it will have to wait until sufficient shipbuilding capacity is obtained from Germany. The Royal Shipyards, Wiesel Shipyards, Vulcan Shipyards, Germania Shipyards, Krupp Shipyards, etc., are all first-class shipyards capable of building battleships.
The fate of these shipyards in the future, of course, Eder knows it well. The shipyards that built warships for Germany had enough hard life to live on, and Britain and France would not let go of these shipyards, not to mention that Britain and France would not let them go. They will not give up if they do not destroy Germany's shipbuilding capabilities. And at this time, Romania appeared as a savior, and took over the equipment and workers of these shipyards, which I believe would also be a great help to Germany, after all, there are fewer hungry people, isn't it?