Romanian Eagle

In fact, the impact of the Ottoman closure of the Black Sea Strait is far greater than Eder and others imagined. Among them, in Constanta, Romania's largest port city, the effect has now been shown.

On Rayford Street, where Constanta has the largest concentration of trading companies, people are now panicking about the news and talking about it.

"The Ottomans have closed the strait because of the war, and now my company's ship is full of cargo and can't get out."

A well-dressed middle-aged man sat at the table and talked to his friends worriedly.

"My company is not the same. It's only been 3 days since I got the order, and the factory is working overtime. Now that the strait is closed, I can only find a solution with the trading partner who placed the order."

Another friend shared what he knew. "I heard that the government has approached Bulgaria to discuss shipping it out?"

When the middle-aged man heard the news, he spoke with disdain. "I won't use this road unless I have to."

"why?"

"Those Bulgarian savages demand a 20% transit fee, and the transportation fee is calculated separately. In addition, the Bulgarian railway freight has also increased, and now it has increased by 50%."

It seems that this middle-aged man is also well-informed, and even knows the situation that the government is still talking about.

"What, so expensive. If so, the more we sell, the more we lose."

"Why don't these Bulgarian barbarians rob them?"

"They're just robbing."

Seeing the more and more angry friends, the middle-aged man could only sigh. "Now I only dare to take orders from Germany and Austria and Russia, and I dare not take orders at all because I am afraid that the freight will be too expensive and there will be no profit."

Hearing his words, the friend still spoke indignantly. "A year ago, it was being too kind to these Bulgarian barbarians to make them so lawless now."

Of course, they were not the only ones who were dissatisfied with the closure of the strait. In the famous Hawke Trading Company on Rayford Street, Hawker Sylde, who was at the helm, was also very worried.

The Hawke Selder is also a legend. He was born in a small fishing village in Tulcea. He was interested in the sea from an early age, and at the age of 18 he went to work as a sailor on a cargo ship. With his hard work and ingenuity, he quickly stood out as a sailor. At this time, he was admitted to the sailing school with the money saved by sailing for a few years, and he also stood out in the class with his excellent results.

After graduating from school, he served as a chief mate and captain. With his years of hard work, he bought a ship from a bankrupt businessman. Then he returned to his hometown to recruit people and make a fortune on this ship. Some people may ask, this is just a person with excellent efforts, and there is a legend there. The key is that after he recruited these hometown people, he taught them the knowledge he had learned without reservation.

You must know that the cost of training the captain and mate at that time was not low, and he himself suffered hardships. But he still taught his knowledge to his fellow villagers. And these fellow villagers are very grateful for his selfless help, work hard, and if someone wants to go it alone, he also provides tips that he knows. As a result, more and more people convinced him, and the business grew with the help of others, intentionally or unintentionally. Now, the Tulcea Chamber of Commerce formed by him and his fellow villagers occupies 45% of the Romanian shipping industry, and is definitely the leader in the shipping industry. .

Now Ottoman's closure of the strait has the greatest impact on them, and of course he has to discuss this situation with his fellow countrymen.

In his living room, there are more than ten people, all of them are frowning, including Hawke.

"If I say that this war may end soon, isn't Germany all on the edge of Paris, we will wait patiently to estimate that it will end.

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An optimistic person sees that everyone is helpless, so he says some optimistic words to enlighten everyone.

"Your news is outdated. Now Britain and France have withstood the German attack, and the situation has become stalemate. I think the German army is so powerful, and Britain, France and Russia have a large number of people, and this war may be fought."

A man better informed than the optimistic guy went on. "If the strait is not closed, now is a good opportunity for us to make money. Now the freight rate has generally increased by 35%, and we don't have to worry about freight transportation at all. I heard that the freight bosses all over Europe have made a fortune, and only we are trapped here. If it goes on like this, the sailors will all run away. Mr Hawke, what do you think we should do?"

Following this question, everyone's eyes were focused on Hawke Sylde. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Hawke, who was in his 40s, stood up and spoke. "I understand what you mean. It's just that the shipping is completely out of the way. But we all still need to live, and we have to support a large group of sailors to help us work. Now I have a solution. I don't know if you want to listen."

"Speak."

"We listen to you."

"Hawk, you are famous for your justice, and we trust you."

Seeing that everyone believed in themselves, Hawke didn't hide it and talked about it directly. "Thank you for trusting me so much. Now I have two options. The first is to gather all our ships outside the strait and temporarily open a new freight company to take orders for these ships."

Hearing what Hawke said, someone asked. "How will this profit be distributed?"

Hawke continued. "The person who ships this profit gets 85%, and the rest is evenly distributed to those who have no ships outside the strait. Let me tell you about myself first, there are four ships outside the strait, two 4,000-ton bulk carriers, and one 9,000-ton truck transport. ship, a 6,000-ton tanker."

Everyone knew that Hawke had seven ships, the most among them. Now he is willing to give out profits to give an equal distribution to those who can't be in the Strait, which is also very righteous. So other ships outside the strait also spoke of their own ships.

"I have two ships outside the strait, a 5,000-ton bulk carrier and a 4,000-ton bulk carrier."

"I also have two out there, a 6,000-ton bulk cargo and a 4,000-ton tanker."

"I have a 6,000-ton car carrier out there."

"And I……"

Soon everyone reported their ships. Hawke calculated that there were 17 ships outside the strait. It seemed that a not-so-small shipping company could be formed.

Everyone has chosen to take the lead for this new shipping company, who is responsible for operations and who is responsible for managing money and other issues. Originally, they wanted Hawke to be in charge of running the shipping company, but he gave up because he was unwilling to give it up, so they chose another one.

Having resolved ships outside the strait, the issue of ships trapped in the strait will now be dealt with.

Looking at everyone waiting for him to say a solution, Hawke said what he thought of. "As for the ships trapped in the strait, this is what I planned. You see now that the Ottoman Austria-Hungary has waited and the Russian economy has been completely cut off, we may be able to act as a middleman and buy their goods in our own name, And then transfer to another country?"

Everyone runs shipping, and they know exactly what is produced in various places. Those who are impatient will say it first. "This is a solution. Ottoman's wool, cotton and other items are also very popular in other countries. Russia is also very popular in grain and oil, and German machinery and equipment are also very popular. Now our profits are definitely not low."

When there are people for it, there are people against it. "But we have to take a lot of risk in this way, or we will be caught and shot."

Everyone is very clear about this, isn't this smuggling, or smuggling during wartime, and it really involves taking a lot of risks.

There are still people who are greedy for the huge profits. "If we don't do this, we will all starve to death. To be shot is to die, but not to be starved to death? At least in this way, we can leave enough wealth for our family to live."

Everyone was tempted by this. They were all rich people. No one wanted to make them live like they didn't make a fortune before. Now this road is also their last resort.

At this time, Hawke said the safety measures he had prepared. "It's really dangerous for us to re-sell like this, but we don't take all these profits, and share a portion with the port officials of various countries, so as to be stable."

After hearing his words, everyone felt a lot more at ease. When they ran the boat, they had to deal with these officials a lot, and they were also clear about the expressions of the port officials in the surrounding countries. There is nothing they dare not take. In this way, although it reduces their own profits, it is also a lot of insurance. At least these officials are afraid of being dragged into the water when they are in danger.

So everyone agreed after deliberation that everyone was doing shipping, and no one would be timid. Otherwise, a ship with cargo will sink, and the compensation will not drive people crazy.

So everyone agreed with Hawke's method, and then everyone began to discuss what to do to keep their profits. And Hawke himself did not think that the temporary solution that he came up with because of the strait was cut off, how powerful it would be in the future.

After writing PS, Mantou sleeps and prepares to write today’s two chapters. Thank you to the book friends who have never given up on Mantou. It is you who tolerated the willfulness of Mantou that was often broken and changed. Thank you all, Mantou is here to bow and thank you.

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