Rebirth: Romania Rising

The Trademark Department is one of the agencies with a small role and low presence in Romania. It is responsible for various domestic patented inventions. Unfortunately, Romania may not have a few useful inventions in a year, so there are very few subordinate officials in the department.

The person who received the letters and samples of the tricycle was a low-level civil servant named Sterling. He was already tired of this chore of signing signatures, and he was not interested in these patented inventions at all.

In fact, his real interest was in the military and battlefields. On weekdays, he and his colleagues often discussed with great interest the Balkan War that was raging in the southern part of the peninsula.

Recently, he also learned from Romanian military observers and reporters that the Balkan coalition now has more than [-] troops and is attacking at a rapid pace. In just one month, the Ottoman rule in Europe is in jeopardy!

But as an armchair military fan, he was keenly aware of a major blind spot.Because we were fighting on our doorstep in the middle of winter, the Balkan War was not yet far away. However, the coalition forces were unable to keep up with their food and supplies.

He was worried that if he traveled a long distance and the battlefield dragged on for a little longer, wouldn't it mean that before a decisive battle was fought, there would be "a large number of non-combat casualties", that is, many people would freeze to death and starve to death, and he thought again - -In case of severe winter, the horses cannot be supplied with food and grass in time. This is the responsibility of the army. If the logistics collapses, the war will not be fought!

On this day, Sterling was making a bet with his colleagues on whether there was any tool that could reduce the pressure on the coalition's logistical supplies so that the army could continue to expand its results.

As a result, an urgent letter from the Northeast suddenly arrived, along with the weird tricycle sample on the car, escorted by an experienced messenger.

Sterling guided the messenger into the room to rest, and then he informed his superiors about the invention patent and ignored it.

But after a while, the superiors recruited workers and technicians to go in again. After another hour, they heard a burst of admiration and exclamation from the technicians and workers inside...

Then someone came out and called him. He went to the court again, asked them to process the documents urgently, and sent several military representatives over.Sterling felt very strange, but he didn't ask any questions and silently followed the instructions.

He didn't know that in the next few days, the entire trademark department inspection team and some senior core officials were desperately discussing the feasibility of the "tricycle".

As for the usefulness of the "tricycle", after listening to the explanations from the workers and officials, and asking several soldiers to experience it for themselves on the spot, the officials naturally had no doubts.

This thing is not complicated. It is just a simple modification of a bicycle. It is a commonly used technology in this era. However, people have been obsessed with it for a long time and did not expect that a bicycle can carry cargo with a little modification.

At this moment, it only takes a few minutes to watch. In the minds of the workers who have learned how to use tricycles, it is as simple as a layer of gauze being pierced. They immediately understand - it turns out that this can still be done!

So the craftsmen did what they said, and after a few hours of hard work, they successfully copied two identical tricycles.Let people test it again, and the results are almost the same.It can indeed improve the transportation speed a lot, and the logistics transportation will not be so tiring.

"This thing can be made by a skilled craftsman at a glance, and the materials required are simple. Compared with cars that have to be imported at a high price, the bicycles that can be produced in China can be slightly modified into tricycles, and they can be promoted nationwide..."

Officials who understand the overall situation think so. Cars have been around in Europe and the United States for some time. It is said that a car company called Ford in the United States has designed and built the simplest Model T car, but it has not spread to Romania yet. .

"Whether it is wartime or farming time, whether it is arms or food, this can be used for transportation." More officials also touched their chins and thought. "If our country uses this product to replace livestock, the daily bread provided to frontline operations may even double. If frontline soldiers can have stable logistics, they will have a stronger combat effectiveness..."

Sterling, a military fan, thinks so.Nowadays, the Balkan coalition forces are attacking the Ottomans and approaching Constantinople. The biggest difficulty is not the fierce resistance of the Ottomans, but the bitter cold weather and insufficient supplies of food and ammunition.It is said that the coalition forces have mobilized repeatedly in the country, recruiting laborers to rush to the front line to support the troops, not for fighting, but to transport food and arms, which has greatly delayed domestic production.

In order to transport sufficient food and ammunition, local farmers had to be recruited. In some areas, people who originally belonged to the Ottomans were newly conquered territories. The situation was not stable, so the strong men were forcibly recruited to transport food to the front line. There are only some old, weak, women and children left. With the busy farming season coming soon, how can they still have time to work?How can such a policy win over the people?

If the Romanian army can be equipped with tricycles, wouldn't it mean that more grain, grass and ammunition can be transported to the front line in a shorter time and with fewer manpower?Sterling even imagined that if frontline soldiers could be equipped with tricycles, would the cavalry be eliminated?No longer have to worry about the shortage of troops and horses.

As a result, several high-ranking officials from the Trademark Office and representatives from the military, after discussions, submitted official documents to the Minister of War and the Minister of Economy. They all called the "tricycle" a "military weapon" and recommended that the drawings and materials of the object be sent to Counties can even compile it into textbooks, write it into teaching materials, and copy and promote it.

This suggestion was finally handed over at all levels, and was actually submitted to King Carol, who then asked the ministers to discuss it.

At this time, there was a little discordant sound. A bureaucrat responsible for managing horses worriedly believed that if tricycles were promoted, wouldn't horses, as the most traditional and common transportation vehicle in our country, be in decline? Wouldn’t our fine traditions exist in name only?

This question sparked widespread discussion, and in the end, King Carol himself gave an irrefutable answer.

"Maintaining tradition is not being conservative. I call on some of my people to have an open mind and accept new perspectives and changes. Society is constantly changing and progressing, and new problems and challenges are usually accompanied by opportunities. Only by accepting changes can we Only in this way can we adapt to and solve these problems..."

"Nowadays, since you can accept trains and steam engines, why can't you accept tricycles? New inventions are progressive, innovative, and scientific for me in Romania. I have always been pragmatic, and this kind of tool should be We have implemented it without hesitation. How can we stop eating because of fear of losing our national traditions?"

The king is worthy of being a king. His words left all the rebutters speechless, so they could only approve the matter.

"Furthermore, the inventor said that this thing is a military weapon and that it can be used on the battlefield. This matter needs to be discussed and can be practiced by the Third Army in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Minister of Culture and Education and the Minister of Economy are fully responsible for this matter. Officials have said that if this thing can be promoted nationwide, the efficiency of grain transportation and tax collection will be greatly improved in the coming year. The tricycle will be a well-deserved great invention. The country is expected to reward the inventor a large sum of money.

However, so far, there has been no heavy reward for the inventor.Because Romania's rewards for new inventions are indeed stricter than those for military merit.

Except for the tricycle, the names of the craftsman "Petru" and the inventor "Victor" can appear in the document, allowing the young official Sterling to remember this person...

So, at the end of March, when tricycles were being mass-produced from factories and were about to become popular across the country, its inventor Victor knew nothing about these things.