Romanian Eagle

Your Highness. This is the report that we spent three months sorting out.

The captain of the guard stood in front of Edel and handed the Romanian Economic and Population Survey Report to the Crown Prince sitting behind the desk.

Thank you for your hard work, Carrust. Edel took the report and replied.

The captain of the guard replied in a deep voice. It's not hard to do things for Your Highness.

According to the demographic statistics written at the beginning of this report, at the end of 1910, the domestic population of Romania was 7.78 million, which was 790,000 more than in 1905. Among them, 110,000 are foreigners. Most of them come to Romania for work and business. Among these 110,000 foreigners, 90,000 are Romanian. Among them, Transylvania accounts for 67%, Bessarabia accounts for 21%, and other regions account for 22%. This can be seen from the Transylvania region's identification with Romania.

Regarding Romania's 7.67 million population, 3.82 million are males and 3.85 million are females. At present, it seems that the gender is relatively balanced. In terms of population growth, the birth rate per thousand in Romania is 42.3, the death rate is 24.4, and the annual population growth rate is 1.79%. Compared with the 1.51% data in 1905, the growth rate is larger.

In terms of ethnicity, Romanian has an absolute advantage of 94%, and others such as Germans, Bulgarians, Ukrainians, and Jews only occupy 6%. Among them, Germans generally live in the middle and upper classes of society, which is the influence of Father Carroll I. Bulgarians mainly live in the area close to Bulgaria in Constanta, and the number of Jews has declined more than in 1905. This is due to the anti-Semitic action led by Eder in 1906, which caused more than 30,000 Jews to leave Romania. Ukrainians mainly live in the region near Bessarabia.

In agriculture, the area of ​​arable land is 6.13 million hectares. Among them, the sown area of ​​wheat is 2.443 million hectares, the sown area of ​​rye is 127,000 hectares, the sown area of ​​barley is 650,000 hectares, the sown area of ​​oats is 454,000 hectares, the sown area of ​​corn is 2.37 million hectares, the sown area of ​​sugar beet is 14,000 hectares, and the sown area of ​​potatoes is 2.37 million hectares. It is 15,000 hectares. In particular, it should be pointed out that in the original history of the peasant uprising in 1907, the cultivated area in Romania quickly decreased by 21%, and it was not restored to the cultivated area in 1906 until three years later. From this point on, Eder inadvertently helped Romanian agriculture. very busy.

In terms of production in 1910, Romania produced 3.206 million tons of wheat, 256,000 tons of rye, 601,000 tons of barley, 511,000 tons of oats, 3.214 million tons of corn, 184,000 tons of potatoes, and 292,000 tons of sugar beets. In general, Romania’s agricultural level is still relatively poor. Taking wheat as an example, Romania’s yield per hectare is 1.31 tons, while Germany’s is 2.13 tons per hectare. The grain yield per hectare is 820 kilograms lower than Germany’s, and only 61.5% of Germany’s per hectare. Yield. Romania still has a long way to go in agriculture.

Romania still needs a lot of development in agriculture, but in industry Romania can be said to have achieved good results. There are now 1.38 million workers in Romania, including 760,000 in mining and manufacturing, 102,000 in commerce and finance, 158,000 in transportation and communications, 348,000 in services, and 12,000 in other industries.

This shows the status of the mining manufacturing industry in Romania. The mining industry is mainly oil and potash mining, and the manufacturing industry is also dominated by metallurgy, internal combustion engines, and automobile manufacturing. Together with a steel plant with an annual output of 400,000 tons, and a chemical plant that mainly produces potash fertilizers, this is the main large-scale industrial plant in Romania. It can be seen here that Romania's industrialization mainly relied on the promotion of the state and the royal family. The domestic bourgeoisie is still relatively weak and can only be supported first.

In terms of external exports, Romanian agricultural products began to decrease (mainly domestic demand is now strong),

Exports of grain and other agricultural products are worth 182 million lei, a decrease of 10 million lei compared with the previous year, but it is still the second largest grain exporter in Europe. The top export products in Romania are still vehicles and spare parts, reaching 267 million lei. The second place is the export of refined oil products. Thanks to the vigorous development of the automobile industry, the price of oil has risen a lot. In 1910, the export volume of Romanian refined oil products and generic products reached 213 million lei. Including other types of exports, Romania's total exports in 1910 reached 956 million lei, 2.2 times more than five years earlier. This fully shows the strong momentum of Romanian exports.

Total exports are strong, and imports are unambiguous. In 1910, Romania's imports totaled 891 million lei, which was 2 times more than five years earlier, Eder said. Among them, mechanical equipment occupies most of them, and the rest are light industrial products, such as textiles, leather products, daily necessities, etc.

The culprit behind the slow development of Romania's heavy industry and the slow development of light industry is the crown prince himself.

Because of the memory of the previous life and the experience of this life (the mainstream thought in the world before the First World War was Darwin's theory, Mr. Yan Fu's most famous sentence is to explain that in this world, the weak eat the strong, and the fittest survive. In fact, it is the same now, but the strong People should pay attention to their face.), the development of heavy industry is the best way to increase national strength, and Edel paid special attention to this when developing industry. Every time we build a large factory, we try our best to purchase some accessories from the outside. This can absorb funds from the society, develop heavy industry, and save money and costs.

This went against the prevailing view at the time. Take Volkswagen and Ford as examples, both of which are large factories with an annual production capacity of 100,000 cars. There are more than 96,000 employees directly under Volkswagen and supporting factories, while the Ford factory has 87,000 people. Volkswagen made a profit of 51 million lei ($9.95 million) last year, while Ford made a profit of $12.1 million last year. From this, it can be seen that in the case of high efficiency, Ford's approach can achieve more benefits.

Edel read the import and export and continue to turn back, the next page is the household savings. This is very simple because the number is small, Romania's national commercial deposit is 87.14 million lei. The crown prince was a little unconvinced and continued to check, and the result was 52.46 million lei in 1905. Looking at the commercial deposits with an average of 11 lei per person, Eder thought to himself that it is no wonder that the Romanian bourgeoisie cannot develop, and how can it develop with this deposit. It still needs the country and the royal family to do a good job of industrialization, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

In terms of banknote circulation, Romania is not too high, only 493 million lei. However, it is more than five years ago. In 1905, only 192 million lei were in circulation, which was twice and a half times higher. You must know that this is the era of the gold standard, and every banknote needs gold to back it up. This shows that Romania is gradually changing the face of poverty and backwardness.

Eder turned to the end, this is the Romanian gross domestic product (GDP) calculated at present, and the popular statistical methods in Europe are: gross national product (GDP), gross domestic product (GNP), net national product (N ·NP). In the end, Edel chose the most listened to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The figure of 5.13 billion lei ($1 billion) is Romania's gross domestic product, an increase of 8 percent from the previous year's 4.75 billion lei and half the 1905 figure of 3.43 billion lei. Edel was also full of pride when he saw this number, and he didn't waste his hard work. Now Romania ranks first in the Balkans in terms of economy, and Eder is not worried about the military. With the enhanced version of the German division, apart from Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, no one is his opponent.

(Sorry for the difficulty in finding the information, but the steamed buns are late. The one about currency exchange steamed buns is the most recognized. One pound = 4.88 US dollars = 20 German marks = 25 lei, francs, and lira. If you don't understand, you can compare them.)