Chapter 180

At the end of November, the temperature in Romania has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. Now people have put on thick winter clothes, but it is passed from the palace. The news that the crown prince was pregnant made people excited, and people were whispering about this topic.

"Andina, do you think the crown prince will give birth to a boy or a girl?"

A woman shopping for groceries on the street was talking to her friend about the pregnancy of the crown prince.

"I think it's better to be a boy, so as to ensure the continuation of the Romanian royal family."

The woman named Andina expressed her expectations. In fact, Romania now hopes that Crown Princess Sophie Marie will bring new male members to the Hohenzollern family in Romania this time.

In the past decade, the Romanian economy has been getting better and better, and people's income has also increased a lot. Everyone knows whose credit this is. People are also worried about the fact that there are few royal family members. So after the crown prince's wedding two years ago, people expected that the Austro-Hungarian princess could give birth to a new member of the Romanian royal family. Now the crown prince finally has news of her pregnancy. That's why the Romanian people have such a reaction.

When the news that the crown prince was pregnant in Romania was stimulating, the Princess Sophie Marie, who was in the spotlight of the public, was walking around the room with Edel. Now Sophie Marie is pregnant. In order to prevent accidents, the royal family directly hired the most famous obstetrician and gynecologist in Romania, Dr. Mactina, to sit in the palace. Several experienced nurses were also hired as a medical team to take care of Sophie Marie.

"Edel, don't you deal with things today?"

Sophie Marie looked at her husband by her side and said sweetly with a smile on her face.

"Nothing has happened recently. Besides, Prime Minister Bretianu will handle government affairs, and the army will be handled by General Prieshan, the chief of the general staff. I can relax for a while," Edel said and finally looked at his wife Sophie Marie. Speaking of love words. "The most important thing is to stay with you."

"Da~Da~Da"

When Edel was talking with his wife, there was a knock on the door. Edel was a little uncomfortable with the sound disturbing him and his wife, but he still shouted politely. "what's up?"

A woman's voice sounded outside. "His Royal Highness, we are here to examine the Crown Princess."

"come in."

Hearing that it was for Sophie Marie to be checked, Edel could only let them in. After all, it was related to his wife and the fetus in her womb.

As the crown prince's voice fell, Dr. Mactina walked in with a few nurses from the medical team in a white coat.

"His Royal Highness, we are just doing a routine check to ensure the development of the crown prince and her fetus, which will be completed soon."

Edel also understands Dr. Mactina's explanation very well. This is not the era when medical technology is very advanced in the 21st century. The current medical technology is still relatively backward, so for the pregnant Sophie Marie, this is the best. guard.

"His Royal Highness, please let me listen to your heartbeat."

Dr. Mactina told Sophie Marie with a hearing aid that she carried with her.

"The crown prince is very healthy without any problems, and I believe the fetus will develop well."

Dr. Mactina quickly finished the examination and talked to the Edels about the results of the examination.

Edel and Sophie Marie were very satisfied with this result. Doctor Mactina left after telling the two of the results, leaving behind their continued sweet words. It's a pity that happy times are always short. After being with Sophie Marie for three days, Edel began to deal with the piled up things again.

"His Royal Highness, this is the statistics of domestic grain output this year."

A guard brought the statistics that had just been counted and put it in front of the crown prince. Edel put down the latest statistical population report in his hand and began to check the grain statistics table that the guard had brought.

In the population report he put down, Romania now has a population of 8.68 million. After deducting the 310,000 new population living in the newly captured Bulgarian territory, the actual population growth is about 600,000 more than 1910. It took three years to rely on it. Romania's average annual birth rate of 4.3% can't be reached. After deducting the annual average mortality of 2.1%, Romania's domestic population can only achieve a natural growth rate of 2.2%.

Fortunately, Romania can make itself a net importer of population by virtue of its national income, which is a bit higher in the region. Most of the new Romanian nationals are from Lansivania and Bessarabia. Combining with the Romanians who occupy the majority in the area, you can understand what Romania is doing now.

Edel picked up this grain statistics table and began to look at it. In the most distinctive position of this document, Edel saw that Romania's total national grain output reached a record high this year, with a total output of 10.316 million tons. The largest increase was in wheat and corn, which were 3.767 million tons and 3.631 million tons respectively. The ability to achieve such a high output also has a lot to do with Romania's beginning to use a large amount of fertilizers.

It is important to know that before Romania's industrialization started in 1905~www.mtlnovel.com~ the fertilizer use rate per hectare of cultivated land was 0.05KG. It is necessary to know that the use of chemical fertilizers per hectare of the British and German contemporaries was 16.7kg and 18.7kg respectively. Romania basically did not use chemical fertilizers. The excessive use of chemical fertilizers can easily make the soil hard. However, European countries are now using chemical fertilizers on a large scale to increase their own food production to meet the growing populations of all countries. Romania's increasing total grain output is also related to its extensive use of chemical fertilizers and increased farming area.

There is a good explanation in this statistical table, among which Romania uses 7.46 kg of fertilizer per hectare of arable land on average. The cultivated area in Romania now reaches 6.711 million hectares, an increase of 10% compared to three years ago. This is also the result of Romania's beginning to use mechanical farming in a large amount, even though the domestic area using storage farming still accounts for the majority.

First, the big landlords in Romania have not completely changed their minds, and still adopt the method of subcontracting farming to farmers. Most farmers who rent land do not have the financial resources to buy tractors, and the landlords buy a small amount of each. Tractors are used on a small amount of land that has not been sub-leased, and cannot produce maximum benefits in terms of scale.

Secondly, the price of producing tractors is not too close to the people, and many landowners cannot spend so much money to replace machinery. Coupled with the fact that the production capacity of machinery plants cannot keep up with demand, Romania's domestic farming still occupies the bulk.

However, at any rate, a small gap has been opened in Romania's traditional farming methods and lease relations. Edel has reason to believe that with the strong absorption capacity of industry in World War I, the domestic big landlords were forced to change the current traditional model and The way the land is cultivated.