Chapter 529: Applying to Return to China
Romania.
As a country that has just gained independence from the Ottoman Empire, the former Grand Duke of Romania has now been promoted to King of Romania, Carol I.
In the economic structure of the Kingdom of Romania, oil is an important industrial project, apart from which Romania is almost the same as other agricultural countries.
In the area of the latest oil field development, the Romanian Petroleum Development Company has opened three new oil wells and built a refinery using the latest technology to develop more oil by-products based on Romanian oil refining.
The so-called Romanian Oil Development Company is also Ernst's industry and a tool for Ernst to layout oil resources. Of course, Romania's oil resources are not as much as imagined, but it is indeed a good place for novices to level up. In other words, East Africa is training its own future oil workers in Romania.
Before the Hexingen Consortium entered the market, Romania's oil development and utilization was actually very small-scale, and the production methods were extremely backward, relying entirely on hand-dug wells for production.
After the investment from the Hexingen Consortium, Romania's oil development entered the fast lane. Initially, Hexingen simply imported a large number of machines from the United States to increase production.
The American oil industry is almost completely monopolized by Rockefeller. The Standard Oil Company formed by him occupies about 90% of the U.S. oil market, and this figure will further expand to 95% next year.
Unlike the United States, Europe is an oil-scarce region. Of course, Ernst was referring to Western Europe. Eastern Europe was different. Tsarist Russia had quite rich oil resources. Romania and the Austro-Hungarian Empire both had oil distributions. Even the divided Poland also had some oil reserves. Tsarist Russia had resources but no industry, which was the opposite of current Western Europe.
Moreover, the market demand for oil is actually not very high. For example, Romania produces about 30,000 tons of oil per year, which is a pitifully low output. More than 10,000 tons of it are purchased from East Africa.
In the 19th century, the use of oil was mainly concentrated in lighting and medicine. It was said that Americans used oil to treat rheumatism, but Ernst had never seen it.
As for the imported oil in East Africa, it is mainly used for East African machinery and river and lake force ships.
East Africa has considerable oil reserves, especially in the northern region, mainly near the Nile Basin, the Great Lakes region, and Lake Turkana.
However, Ernst does not plan to develop these oil resources now, especially those in the Nile Basin.
That was the oil producing area of North and South Sudan in the previous life, next to the border, and to the north of the border was semi-colonial Egypt. Britain was behind Egypt, and just like South Africa’s resources were not developed for the time being, Ernst did not want to come into conflict with Britain over resource development.
Of course, the British may not be interested in the small amount of oil, but the gold mines in South Africa are extremely attractive to the British. However, the British are typical in harming others without benefiting themselves. What if they just want to make trouble? So it is better to be on guard.
Moreover, the Romanian Oil Development Company is enough for Ernst to worry about. When the technology and personnel are trained in the future, East Africa can use them directly. After all, the Romanian royal family and the Hechingen royal family are one family. You can't write two Hohenzollerns with one stroke. There is no need to worry about the Romanian government strangling East Africa.
"Hey, are you all going back to East Africa?" the manager of the Romanian Oil Development Company asked the East African apprentices.
"Yes, Manager, you know we came to Europe to study abroad. It's the end of the year now, so we plan to take some time off and go back to East Africa to visit our family."
"Yes, you have been working here for two or three years. I understand how you feel, but you can't all go back! Someone has to stay to stand guard. How about this, you will go back to China in three batches. After the first batch comes back, the second batch can go back to East Africa. After the second batch comes back, the third batch will go to East Africa."
Of course the manager would not let them go, but he also couldn't let them all go back to East Africa, so he came up with this idea.
"Manager, we were assigned to work in Romania by the government, but I want to know if the government intends to keep us in Romania forever?"
It is no wonder that they would have such wild thoughts. Since they were sent to Romania to study and work, East Africa has never allowed them to go back. If the time is too long, they might have become Romanians.
"Haha, you don't have to worry about that. If I really didn't care about you, would I give you leave to go back and visit your family? In fact, you should understand that the oil industry is an industry that the country is optimistic about, but it was developed late in China and the infrastructure is poor, so there is no place for you to use your skills. Now studying oil extraction and refining technology in Romania is the best choice for you."
If they return to East Africa now, these oil apprentices will be useless, as East Africa has no plans to develop the oil industry in advance. Without an oil industry, there is naturally no need for oil workers. Therefore, it is what the country needs for these apprentices to stay in Romania and continue to accumulate experience, while also creating value for the Hexingen Consortium.
"You are the backbone of the country's future oil industry, so the country will not let you go easily. Of course, you don't have to be nervous. Just study and work hard. We will not interfere with your private life. It is fine if you marry and have children in Romania. But I want to remind you that you will have to return to East Africa in the future, so make sure you talk to the local girls when you fall in love, so as not to cause a big fuss."
Oil industry workers, especially those of East African nationality, are mostly middle and senior management or technical personnel in the Romanian Oil Development Company and are considered high-income earners in Romania.
Therefore, it is very easy for the employees of the Romanian Oil Development Company to solve the problem of being single. Besides, East Africa encourages its own people to marry girls from other countries. After all, the imbalance in the ratio of men to women in East Africa has always existed. So if they can marry local girls after work, East Africa will support it, killing two birds with one stone.
The manager's words made the young men look like perverts. He said speechlessly, "What kind of people are you? If you want to solve the single problem with this look, the local girls would have been scared away long ago."
"Take advantage of this time to go home and visit your family. Remember to come back to work early. Next time, we can only communicate by telegram."
"Yes, Manager."
East Africans working overseas usually go home on a yearly basis. After all, going to sea is a hassle in this era, so it is really difficult for the Romanian Oil Development Company to give so many employees a holiday.
Of course, because of the special nature of the Romanian Petroleum Development Company, the company allowed them to return home to rest for a while.
The oil industry is a long-term job, and one can work for ten or eight years without any problems. That is why the Romanian Petroleum Development Company encourages its employees to settle down and buy property in Romania.
(End of this chapter)
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