Rebirth: Romania Rising

When Victor returned home at night, he found that his whole family was waiting for him.As "someone else's child", I discussed with my father about participating in the war, and my father fully supported it.The relatives and neighbors who came to welcome him also praised him repeatedly and regarded him as a role model.

"Victor, just take me with you, brother, please!"

As a result, when he got up early in the morning, a young boy named Roll from his neighbor's house who was related to him became Victor's follower, trying to persuade Victor to take him with him when he went to the army.

In his opinion, after studying for a few years and joining the army, Victor could become an officer, achieve military merit and receive land. This majestic thing was very easy, so how could he be absent?

"Don't even think about it!" Victor rejected him flatly:

"Do you think I run the army and can take whoever I want? Let me tell you, even if I have the ability to take you to the army, it will be over if I am reported to the relevant departments. You and I will both be severely punished!"

Victor was not trying to scare him. Romania was harsh to military attaches and easy to civilian officials.Even though there are some talents among those who become civil servants, there are also countless bloodsuckers who engage in corruption and seek privileges. The Romanian government just turns a blind eye and even creates "political donations" and "letters of recommendation". Something like that comes.Moreover, when one person becomes an official, it is often the case that one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, and the family members can benefit more or less.

But just because ordinary civil servants are like this, it doesn’t mean that officers are the same. If Romania is lax towards civil servants and ruthless towards civilians, then it is even more ruthless towards officers than towards civilians, just like guarding against thieves...

For example, daily meals, officers of different ranks have different standard meals every day, and the amounts are checked every month. If someone is found to be corrupt, they will be punished.As for eating, drinking, traveling with public funds, and "private use of public vehicles", these are expressly prohibited!

After all, all the horses in the army are precious war horses, and they are rare treasures among the people. Therefore, the fines are very heavy. One fine is almost enough to buy a bad horse. The price of using the official car for private use is so heavy, so the officers Most of them dare not break the ban.

Sometimes you can see that the officers were so tired that they were holding the horses for a walk, but they didn't dare to use them easily. It looked a bit funny, but Victor was applauding in his heart.Romania attaches more importance to military integrity than later generations.

"But if you said there is going to be a war, then the army will definitely be expanded, then I can..."

He pulled Luo Er over and said: "There is no news at all about starting a war. Besides, you have not received military training. Look at your thin arms and legs. I am afraid you will be rejected without a physical examination." Stop talking nonsense about starting a war!"

"Oh, okay, I understand..." Although Rohr was a little discouraged, he didn't care too much, so he rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Victor, if you achieve great military exploits, you will be the leader of our village." He must be the biggest contributor!"

"It's possible."

It is for this reason that when Victor explained the matter yesterday, his father immediately agreed and even talked about going to church to worship and thank God for his blessing... After all, it was not easy for the family to cultivate such a high-level intellectual as himself. , it would be great to be appreciated, achieve military merit, or even become a hero!

Victor told Rolle to do whatever he had to do, and he walked towards the wild mountains.

In the village, every household relies on firewood for cooking. There are often a lot of firewood leaves under the eaves of the courtyard, which are used as fuel for cooking. The same is true in Victor's home.

The back door of the kitchen usually leads to the courtyard. When you step over the threshold, you can see the stored firewood and a small vegetable patch. The plant ash produced after cooking can be directly sprinkled on the vegetable patch to be used as fertilizer.

On weekdays, various fruits and vegetables are grown here, such as tomatoes, onions and carrots, Romania’s main vegetables.It's a pity that the vegetable field is bare at the moment, with only a few tough weeds standing tall to absorb nutrients.

Next to the vegetable field is a well, and on the right is a small barn, a small earthen house more than two meters high and about ten square meters, which stores the millet that the family will eat throughout the winter, as well as seeds for the coming year.

And walking two steps further, he reached the yard in front of the house. Victor heard noisy shouts, which came from the roadside, the sound of farmers carrying grain...

Wheat is the most important cereal in Romania. After being ground into flour, it can be made into bread, biscuits and other foods. After fermentation, it can also be used to make wine and alcohol.

The growth cycle of wheat is eight months, and in Romania it usually crops once or twice a year.Nowadays, Romanian rural areas still use the most traditional manual labor to harvest wheat, and mechanization is still an unattainable luxury in Romania.

When the grain is brought back from the field, the wheat and straw are still mixed together.Farmers will use stone rollers specially designed to crush wheat to separate the wheat and straw. The wheat will then be bagged, which is the most important source of income.Wheat straw can be taken home and burned on the fire.From harvesting to threshing, this process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and then transported home after threshing. This process does not avoid bumps on the road, and the grain will be lost to some extent, which is very hard.

Such a simple and monotonous life is often praised by poets, saying that it is farmers' respect for life and love for the land.But in fact, this process is far from that poetic and picturesque. The hard work of transportation is unimaginable to modern people who will buy food directly for cooking or even take out...

Victor walked around the barn and came to the front yard. He saw a man on the road, wearing rough clothes, struggling to lift a trailer full of heavy bags. The bags contained this year's bumper wheat harvest, which he was transporting to In the city.

Victor recalled it from memory.This man's name is Petru, and he is from the village next door to me. He has been farming since he moved here. It has been almost eight years now.Originally, when Petru first moved here, he was very high-spirited and high-spirited. Unfortunately, after being polished by life, he gradually lost his fighting spirit.

Although Petru did not achieve much in his life, fortunately he had a good temper and a happy and loving family.And his youngest son, who was only six years old, was squatting on the trailer, yawning, holding a stick in his hand, and fiddled with the wheat in the trailer from time to time.The children of the poor have to take care of their families at an early age. In rural areas, they have to take care of the family at a young age, and it is difficult to have a good night's sleep.

"Uncle Petru." Victor stepped forward, said hello to Petru, and said, "I'm here to help." After saying that, he took the handlebar of the trailer. The trailer was made of wood and the handlebar was In the hand, it has quite a bit of weight.To transport grain, Petru had to use human trailers from morning to night. After all, it was not cheap to use cattle and horses.

Petru squeezed his sore arm and pressed the wheat aside. He looked at Victor and said, "Victor, you just came back from the army. How was your life in the army? I also want my eldest son to join the army. It’s a pity that he didn’t want to.”

"Oh? How to say."

Yesterday, after Victor told his family and neighbors about his plan, the news also reached him.Petru also wanted his eldest son to join the army before, but unfortunately, after his eldest son went to the city to learn a skill, he found a job as a senior technician and no longer liked the army.

"Senior mechanic..." Victor said with a smile while pulling the car: "I have to trouble my uncle to say hello to him first and say I have something to ask him."

"My brat is tinkering with dirty machines all day long. Victor, you are an officer. What does the army have to do with this?" Petru raised his head and said in confusion.

"I have a drawing that I want to customize, because I have never found a suitable free time. Now that I am on vacation, I want to take the drawing with me to customize a tool. Anyway, I am idle. Rather than idle around and cause trouble all day long, it is better to do something useful. of."

This is a vague plan that Heifu has in mind, but he can't explain it clearly yet.Uncle Petru nodded: "When my brat comes home from get off work, I will definitely make arrangements for you tomorrow."

There is a small factory in the county. I remember it was built by two brothers who raised funds to specialize in the production of agricultural tools. The two brothers also made a fortune. The factory started to prosper, and its scale gradually expanded. The quality and output of the products were also pretty good. .Since Petru's son works there and is even a senior technician, it will be much easier to do things if he has an acquaintance.

Next, Victor and Petru were speechless. Victor and Uncle Petru took turns towing the truck. They walked for probably several hours. When it was already dark outside, they finally transported a cart of wheat. In the city, by the time the truck was loaded and unloaded, Victor's arms were sore and he was exhausted.A young and strong man like him is like this. No wonder the older Petru always has sore arms.

"Uncle Petru, how long does it take you to transport food like this on weekdays?" Victor asked, wiping his sweat.

"It takes an estimated two hours to get from the village to the county seat." Petru finally sold the money and was counting the amount.

Even if a trailer was used, it still took so long, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and animal power was needed to transport the grain, so the cost of livestock was not small.

Victor was thoughtful at this moment: "Productivity is really lagging behind these days, especially transportation and traffic, which is simply one of the biggest obstacles to productivity.

On weekdays when farming is busy, you have to work outside in the fields.After the harvest is harvested, it will take a lot of effort to transport it.Petru has been doing farm work for 20 years, and his whole body is already in pain, and his arms are almost useless. In a few years, he may not be able to move the cart, and it will be his eldest son's turn.In ten years' time when the brothers separate, will it be the younger son's turn?This is how generations of rural youth have been polished and roughened little by little..."

Victor sighed. He couldn't control other people's homes for the time being, but the villagers who lived with him couldn't let them suffer this hard life any longer.

"What should we do? Cars? Trucks? You can consider it. Foreign countries must have already had it, but a few countries are too far away from Romania. As for domestic production...those things still require internal combustion engine technology, and the cost is not low, which is quite troublesome.

I have only seen it in my previous life, so I can barely remember it. If I really wanted to do it, I would never do it.Even if you ask a craftsman to customize it, it will take less than ten days and half a month to make it, and it may not be productive. Is there something simpler and more practical? I have definitely seen it in my childhood..."

"what is it then?"

Victor scratched his head and temporarily forgot about the familiar yet unfamiliar means of transportation.At this time, Victor had already started to move the empty trailer, walked to the side of the road, and took a closer look at the structure of the trailer. The vehicle body was resting on the axle, which was composed of rubber tire wheels and iron axles.

Because the wheels are made of rubber, transportation can save a lot of effort. After seeing this object, Victor couldn't help but think of it!

"Tricycle, well, what I want is the pedal tricycle that was common in the previous life!" Victor high-fived excitedly: "Tricycles are the same as bicycles. They are cheap and simple in structure. If you go fast, you can make them in three or two days, Petru. My eldest son is a mechanic and should have enough raw materials. It seems that he can make it soon..."

Just do it. When Victor got home, he took out paper and pen and drew a sketch.