Rebirth: Romania Rising

"Now that the Ottomans can invade Adrian and the peace agreement has been signed, the Bulgarian refugees will probably return to Dobrich."

On August [-], the day after the Bulgarian defenders surrendered to the Ottomans, Victor, Alexei and others were also preparing to leave Dobrich.

Mistry had already recovered from the shock of hearing that Adrian's city had collapsed, the Bulgarian capital had fallen, and the royal family had moved westward.Strangely enough, although Mistry always claimed to be a Bulgarian and studied mechanics, Victor felt that he was not like some bookworms at all, but a pragmatist.

Whether it is the history books of historians or the religious culture of the church, he has learned more or less. He is a staunch egoist and actually does not care much about the fate of Bulgaria.

Mistry told Victor that the Bulgarian Tsar had an eccentric temperament, loved great achievements and was hedonistic.He doesn't care about ordinary people at all and has no civil or military skills, but he is obsessed with conquest and expansion and loves to toss.

"It's no wonder that the people don't like the Tsar." Victor thought.

They were not high-level military officials, so they had only read a few documents of the peace agreement, and were not qualified to check the full text. They could not see that the armies of various countries were searching for arms hidden everywhere in the occupied areas, dismantling a large number of factories and equipment, and moving large quantities of equipment. Cars and carts of treasure came out.

Victor only heard that in the direction of Adrianople, except for the noble officers who hid in Hadrian's Arch and basically survived, the city's population suffered a lot of casualties, some of them died of the disease, and some of them were killed when the city wall collapsed. Killed by artillery fire.

Because of the layer-by-layer blockade by the Ottoman army, it was difficult to transport supplies, and all the young men in the city were forcibly recruited to join the army.Therefore, there were many civilian casualties. Someone died in almost every household, and there was nowhere to bury the bodies. There were rotting corpses in every courtyard, and the smell was extremely unpleasant.

"Fortunately, I'm not a military observer sent abroad." Victor thought to himself, if he saw this situation, he would probably have to wait for a long time.

As a result, for the Ottomans, Adrian, who was plagued by plague and whose city walls were damaged, lost value. They asked those who were still alive and able to move out of the city on their own and disperse to various places.As for those who are too sick to move, there is no need to spend energy on treating them. Let them disappear together with this dead city...

Adrian will be rebuilt after the original population leaves.Come back in a few years, and the streets that are now deserted will be prosperous again.After the war, pieces of land absorbed the nutrients of the corpses and grew again.

But the destruction of a city and the surrender of wars are not something that can be done easily.Bulgaria was not simply destroyed by external violence, but also by internal festering and its own constant mistakes.This mistake has now forced more than [-] people from east to west, north and south to leave their homes in a hurry.

Therefore, the road near the Victor Military Camp was also crowded with people as far as the eye could see. Most of them had just returned home from the fleeing areas. There were oxen and carriages from rich families, and more rickshaws from poor families. Loaded with valuables they could salvage from their homes, the roads were filled with shouting, cursing and crying.

Lost people stumbled through the crowd looking for their relatives, and there were even criminals who blatantly robbed property and insulted women.Bulgaria no longer has the ability to maintain order, causing the endless returning team to move extremely slowly.These people will return to southern Dobroga, Thrace and other places, but their future livelihood is unknown.

With the land, the nobles can still have food and clothing. Peasants who have lost their land will become tenant farmers. Merchants who have better work skills can still go to the city to pick up their old business, but without Nandobroga in Bulgaria, they can It is still unknown whether he will be able to support himself and his family.

Victor was riding on the car, turned around, looked at the refugees slowly passing by, the numb faces and blank eyes, and sighed slightly... Conquest and reunification have never been as tender as tenderness. Civilization is more of a violent destruction, which only brings suffering to ordinary people.

Fortunately, on the day he received the armistice document, Victor had already asked Gruul and others to lead the whole city to organize it first. Now there are more than a hundred people in the army, and they can at least get ahead of the refugee team and do a good job first. Preparations to receive refugees.

When they arrived in Dobrich, they found that a porridge shack had been set up outside the city to provide relief to the Bulgarians who had returned here. They even arranged for a few Romanians dressed as doctors to stand outside the city.

Many people who fled from Bulgaria had infectious diseases, and doctors had to check them one by one to keep those with infectious diseases out of the city.The law specifically stipulates that people with epidemic diseases, such as leprosy, must be quarantined. If they are confirmed to have leprosy, they must be immediately sent to a remote rural area for isolation to prevent infection.But if the condition is serious, they may be "humanely killed."

Even the Romanian soldiers were not immune. After an officer rode to the door, the doctor inevitably came to inquire.However, the soldier outside the door is Victor's acquaintance Andrew. Because he has been receiving official documents and processing information at home these days, he has no chance to meet Victor who is fighting outside.

Now Andrew saw Victor, and after a few words of greeting, he winked and asked him to follow him to the porridge shed, and said to him: "Victor, I just have something to ask you! It's about the battlefield military exploits and rewards. I also asked Chief Yan, and he also wrote a reply!"

"After the chief asked you to complete your official duties, you should return to the capital to receive your reward. He has some things he wants to arrange for you." Andrew sighed. He saw that he had been in the military camp for a month, and just when he thought he was forgotten, Yan They finally found him, but they just summoned him to find Victor and asked him to return to the capital for an interview.

This is very different from Andrew's previous expectation. Who is Victor?He's not a noble boy.Ion would not go to Victor excitedly just because of a trivial matter. That kind of reckless thing was not what Ion would do.

"Well, I'll excuse you Andrew." Victor was not too excited. There must be no rush for something like this that is destined to be done.Anyway, in a few days, he will be able to get a military rank and official position. This is the right way to be promoted. Military merit is there, and there is no need to look at anyone's face.

While Andrew was talking to Victor here, a large number of refugees had arrived. Victor could only shake his head at Victor, and after agreeing to have a chance to talk in detail, he went over and asked the soldiers to stop the refugees and inspect them one by one... …

It was already dusk now, and Victor and the others could rest in Dobrich for two days and live in the military camp.At night, Dobrich's military camp was celebrating the victory over Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War. Celebrations were held. Wine and wine, which were not allowed on weekdays, were also distributed to each camp in a grand manner, and even meat...

Mistry went to the Romanian army camp to attend a banquet. By the time he returned to the camp after drinking a lot of low-alcohol wine and patting his belly, everyone had already finished their dinner.But Alexey was a little restless. He kept standing up and looking outside. When he saw Victor coming back, he was overjoyed and said to him: "Victor...sir, I heard that Dobrich is here tonight." The city is so lively, especially the casinos and brothels!”

As soon as Alexei wagged his tail, Victor knew what he was planning. He was full of warmth and lustful thoughts.But it is true as he said. After Zlatar became the mayor, he used the underworld thinking to attract investment and introduce business, making Dobrich more prosperous, and even gray industries were flourishing.

Quite a few women from war-torn areas make a living and earn money here.The gray industry requires not only wine and meat, but also beauty and sex.This is why Dobrich is so attractive to refugees.When the Romanian army was stationed, the gray industry only fell silent for a few days, and then reopened after Victor and the two families "cooperated and achieved win-win results."

The gray industry was well-known, and the soldiers had longed for it, so they rubbed their hands and said: "We just had a war in July, so we didn't have the chance to go. A few days ago, we had to inspect the city, manage public security, and prepare to deal with refugees, so I didn't go either. Success. Now that the battle has been fought, refugees have been arranged, and a lot of bounties have been obtained in Varna. Do you think you can..."

"You can go if you want." Victor smiled and did not scold him as usual. The battle was over and everyone's spirits were relaxed a lot.Besides, the people under his command in Dobrich had almost no crime, not only because of their self-discipline, but also because Victor sent people to the city every week to buy wine and meat, and have fun regularly.

So he took out a full pocket, filled it with money, and threw it to Alexei: "Take a few comrades with you. This time I'm treating you. Come back quickly after finishing your work. Don't argue with others and cause trouble!" "

Alexei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately greeted several other people, but Victor did not get up. "Victor, aren't you going?"

"Someone has to stay and watch the camp." Victor pointed to the large wooden boxes in the tent.The reason why these few of them stayed in the Dobrich military camp for a few more days was to wait for the reward money to be distributed.

According to the previous military regulations, capturing Dobrich was a large sum, and capturing Varna was a large sum, because several regiments fought together, and in the end Victor and his regiment got the money.In addition, the overall management of many bridges did not cause trouble, and the funds originally provided to Victor for maintaining stability were not spent much. This is a huge sum of money.

Except for the officers who could receive bonuses individually and keep them in their pockets, the rest of the Bulgarian money was exchanged for Romanian money and was planned to be distributed to the soldiers in the camp after returning.In addition to leaving people to look after the money and the camp, there is another reason, and that is that Victor does not want to get involved in pornography and gambling.

"Mistry, you're not going either?"

Alexey looked at Mistry again, and Mistry quickly waved his hand and declined.So after a while, there were only less than 20 people left in the camp, Victor and Mistry.

"Just help me figure out how to divide the money." Victor asked Mistry to serve as an accountant and help him calculate his accounts.

"Of these tens of thousands of lei, I plan to distribute five thousand lei to the soldiers who died in the battle."

Victor and his regiment shouldered the heavy task of attacking the enemy during the Battle of Varna. Dozens of them were killed in action, and several more died due to injuries later on.

As early as a month ago, Victor had made an agreement with everyone that military bonuses would be given priority to those who died in battle, so their families would be given land as a posthumous gift and a pension would be remitted to their families. gold money.

This is not considered compensation from the state, but a gift from him as a chief. Although the family members can be allocated land, after all, they have lost a major labor force. This money may be able to help those families get over the difficulties earlier, which can be regarded as a bit of relief for him. .

"Sir Victor, you are so generous."

After Mistry wrote it down, he expressed his admiration. If sharing money with the soldiers during the war could be considered as a way to win people's hearts and make them obey the orders, now that the war is over and everyone is about to return home, Victor can still If you do this, you will have such a temperament. All soldiers are willing to follow this kind of military officer.

"If this matter can spread, Victor will definitely be admired by everyone in his army..."