Rebirth: Romania Rising

The shop owner was a little surprised when he saw that the money amounted to thousands. He even asked with suspicion, "Where did you get this much money?" If the two of them showed any hesitation and nervousness, he planned to drive them away. , call the police!

"Don't worry, boss, this money is all legal business, hard-earned money!" Alexei stood up and said loudly: "That's because we captured the Piba Kul gang overnight and just received the reward from the army!" He deliberately He shouted as if he wanted all the customers in the store to hear him.

Sure enough, the few customers in the store looked at Alexei and Victor when they heard this and started pointing at them.The boss was slightly surprised and looked Alexey up and down: "Are you that Victor?"

Alexey quickly shook his head, pointed at Victor and said, "I don't have this ability. It's all thanks to Victor!"

The boss was amazed and said politely to Victor: "Yesterday, many residents heard the gunshots and thought it was a gang fight. But in the morning, the neighbors spread the word that it was the soldier Victor who captured the Bakur gang. I wanted to see you at noon today, you are indeed as extraordinary as the rumors say."

"Capture the Bacoor Gang? That would be really awesome!"

Several diners in the restaurant also cheered, and Victor could only smile awkwardly and thank them: "It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, it's just to protect the safety of one party!"

Victor felt nothing, but the boss suddenly became warm and said with a smile: "Please wait a moment, I will personally cook the signature dish 'Gulmi Soup' and give it to you." Add more meat to reward the brave men!" The strong contrast between this boss and his arrogant and respectful back caught Victor off guard. It seemed that he really admired people with military exploits.

While waiting for the food, Victor said nothing, and kept wondering what "Gulmi Soup" was. He was embarrassed to ask, for fear of making another joke about not knowing Christmas, so he could only take it literally. It should be some kind of Broth bar.

Gourmet soup, a traditional Romanian sour tripe soup made with tripe, vegetables, yogurt and other spices.It has a rich aroma and unique sour taste and is often served as an appetizer or main course.

When the food was served, the boss kept his promise and added a lot of meat pieces to the steaming soup, which greatly increased Alexei's appetite, but Victor shook his head inwardly after taking a sip.

He was accustomed to the delicious delicacies of various industrially prepared dishes of later generations, but when faced with the crudely made food of this era, he always felt that it was bland and tasteless.Moreover, in this meat porridge, there was a fishy smell due to how the meat was processed, and a lot of yogurt was added strangely. The taste was weird and made Victor almost nauseous.

But I was really hungry. In order to fill my stomach, and not to embarrass Alexei who was eating delicious food and the eager boss beside me, I had to swallow it in small bites and praised it for being delicious...

After returning to this era, the hardest thing for Victor to adapt to was not only written language, but also two things:

The first point is this food.

In Romania, a certain type of cornmeal bread is a staple food, often with butter inside.In addition, the favorite seasonings in Romanian food include garlic, cooking wine, herbs and various yogurts, which are completely different from the original taste...

The second point is that transportation is inconvenient. Trams are only laid in a short section of the city center.My daily commute relies entirely on my legs and carriage, but unfortunately I don’t have the time or energy to raise a horse.If only I could drive a car...forget it, this is Romania, that's not possible.

Although it is not a foolish dream to drive a car, although internal combustion engines, cars, and airplanes have long been invented and spread in Western Europe and the United States in this era, Romania still does not have strong industrial capabilities to develop and manufacture cars on a large scale. It’s embarrassing. If you want to buy one, you have to import it at a high price. If you don’t take good care of it, it will be difficult to repair the broken parts.

At present, the main mode of transportation in Romania is trains, and there are ships on waterways.As for the vast majority of people, personal transportation is still traditional horse-drawn carriages, which shows that Romania's road to industrialization is long and long.

"When I get back home from the holidays and I have money and time, I have to try to find some vehicles that can meet daily transportation needs." Victor has no other intention, just to create a vehicle that suits Romania's national conditions and is A vehicle that makes it convenient for you.

Alexey was very satisfied, holding the rice bowl hungrily, sipping the broth and chewing the greasy meat.In this era, poverty limits everyone's imagination. In the eyes of ordinary people, the richest life in the world is to be able to eat meat and refined bread every day.

Thinking about it this way, Victor looked back at his more than 20 years of life in his previous life. Although he had done nothing, he was already a rich boy in Romania a hundred years ago.

While eating, Alexey sighed: "It would be great if there was wine. On weekdays, the army is not allowed to gather in groups to drink. In the past, when I had no money in the county, I drank two bottles of privately brewed wine. Now that I work, I just hope to get rich." You can drink good wine if you are paid, but now...sigh..."

It seems that the imported cheap and good wine is gone, so I can only temporarily buy the domestic wine of poor quality. In the army, if I want to drink some wine, I have to sneak around for fear of being discovered.Christmas is coming soon, and we have to let people drink and have fun!

However, Victor was not interested in drinks, so he smiled and ignored them.The purpose of reducing imports is to support the development of domestic industries. If we endure the pain of reform, we will be fine in the future.If you are really addicted to alcohol, you can brew it yourself.

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After the two of them finished eating, they rushed to the city to buy "New Year's goods".Hey, it's Christmas soon and business is busy.For example, candy shops and bars are busy with business, and some horse dealers are selling themselves and boasting, which is very noisy.

At this moment, Victor suddenly heard a row of students marching behind them, waving national flags, holding high portraits of the king, and chanting slogans:

"Recover South Dobroga and unify Romania!"

There’s even “Hit Sofia and capture Boris alive.”

“South Dobruga, Unification, Boris, Sofia.”

Hearing these keywords, Victor's ears pricked up involuntarily, but he saw that the student parade was getting longer and longer, and more and more citizens and vendors continued to join in.

"Victor, what are you doing? What is South Dobroga? I only know that Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria next door, and Boris III is the king. Why do you want to capture the king alive?" Alexei scratched He scratched his head. Although he was moved by this angry scene, he did not join the team.

"Southern Dobroga is a province in Bulgaria. It is the outlet of the Danube River to the Black Sea. It has superior natural conditions and is of great strategic significance."

"What does that have to do with us in Romania?"

"The relationship is huge. As a Romanian, how can you not care about this matter?" the crowd on the side scolded.

Helpless, Victor asked Alexei to apologize and explained to him the territorial dispute in South Dobroga: It turns out that before the First Balkan War began, Bulgaria promised to cede South Dobroga to ensure Romania's neutrality. Broga gave Romania as a bargaining chip.

He could gain a piece of territory for nothing without doing anything, and of course Romania readily accepted it.However, once the war stabilized and Ottoman Turkey requested international mediation, the Bulgarian side broke its promise and stopped fulfilling its previous commitments.

When the news came back to Romania, people were immediately indignant. Large-scale anti-Romanian demonstrations broke out in many places across the country. The development of the situation caused the relationship between the two countries, which was originally on the rise, to suddenly deteriorate!