If the Romanians had realized their enlightenment earlier, they would not have wasted so much time.
After all, hundreds of thousands of people consume a lot of food every day!
Of course, Mainz was not so kind. He had no intention of giving these prisoners of war a free meal, so most of the 100,000 prisoners of war were sent to the mines and various engineering teams to dig mountains and build roads.
Since they are prisoners of war, there is no need to pay them wages or anything. It is enough to feed them 70% to 80% full every day.
So on the whole, the German army actually made the profit. After all, the extra 100,000 labor costs are very low, almost free. These labor forces are very helpful to the development of Odili.
It is precisely because these prisoners of war can provide Hans with Development provided help, so after Ferdinand I paid the ransom and was ransomed, Mainz did not take the initiative to mention these prisoners of war. If it were not for the fact that the Romanians could not sit still this time, Mainz I also hope that this group of prisoners of war can contribute to Odili for a few more years!
Of course, these prisoners of war are still prisoners of war after all and cannot be held for life. Since the Romanians are willing to pay a ransom for them, it doesn't matter if they take these prisoners of war away. After all, there are 100,000 prisoners of war under their care. It is still very difficult. Odili must always be careful about whether they might break out in a riot or something like that. After they are sent away, there is no need to be so worried!
However, if you want to take people away, you have to spend more money and blood!
"We are willing to pay 100 pounds to take these poor soldiers away. Their relatives are looking forward to being reunited with them at home. We also hope that your country can let them go home as soon as possible!"
The Romani envoy played the emotional card at the beginning, hoping to use this card to impress the Germans.
However, Mainz was completely indifferent to the Romani's move, and he looked at it expressionlessly The Romanian special envoy took a look and said:"One million pounds? Is this the bottom line for your country?"
100 pounds is just a beggar. The value created by these 100,000 prisoners of war every day is not worth this amount.
Last year alone, with the labor of these prisoners of war, several railways were built in Odili.
This has greatly strengthened their ability to control remote areas in the country.
If they are invaded by foreign enemies in the future, the German army can take the railway directly from the mainland and quickly go south to fight in various parts of Odili!
It's not that good.
The country is mountainous and railway construction is hard work.
If there is no extra money, few people would be willing to work here.
In the past, when building railways, the Odili government had to add money to recruit enough workers. , and now they don't need to spend money. With these 100,000 prisoners of war, they can do things that they couldn't do before!
Therefore, Mainz would not be willing to release these 100,000 prisoners of war until the railway is built. If the existence of 100,000 prisoners of war brings great security difficulties to Odili, he will not negotiate with the Romanians at all.
At this time, the Romanians still cannot see clearly the situation. Can the British pound satisfy Mainz?
In the face of Mainz's straightforward inquiry, the Romanian envoy was stunned and shook his head subconsciously.
In fact, this was not Romaniya's bottom line. King Nan I didn't give him an accurate figure at all, he just asked him to try his best to make the German army's asking price lower!
"Haha, in that case, why not give your country a conscience price? According to the rank of the captured soldiers, we do not require ransom for ordinary privates. We will release them all. Each corporal will be charged a ransom of 10 pounds, and each sergeant will be charged a ransom of 20 pounds. British pounds, 40 pounds per staff sergeant, and so on. What does your country think?"
Hearing that Mainz said that the largest number of private soldiers could be released unconditionally, the Romanian envoy almost stood up with excitement!
Among the hundreds of thousands of people who were captured, ordinary soldiers accounted for the vast majority, and these Most of them are not nobles but civilians!
Ferdinand I did not strongly demand the redemption of these ordinary soldiers. He mainly wanted to redeem the noble officers!
Without the soldiers, they can continue to recruit, but Without these officers, he would not be able to control the army, and these officers have family support behind them. If they are not redeemed early, their families may unite against him, and his throne will definitely not be preserved by then. At first , the special envoy was worried that the German army would ask for an exorbitant price, but he was overjoyed that the German army actually offered such a preferential policy!
"OK, I promise you!"
After the special envoy agreed, he was still worried that the Germans would go back on their word, so he quickly said:"I don't know when you will start releasing people. We can sign an agreement with you now and pay the ransom immediately. I hope you can release our people as soon as possible. personnel!"
Seeing the other party's appearance of being sold and helping to count the money, Ribbentrop, Goebbels and others couldn't help but hold back their laughter, and almost burst out laughing!
"Well, no problem, we can sign an agreement with you now, but when releasing prisoners of war, you need to pay all the ransom at once, otherwise we will not release your officers, do you understand?"
Mainz also suppressed laughter, but in order to prevent the other party from going back on his word, he finalized some things in advance and blocked the other party's retreat.
"Understand, we also pay attention to the spirit of contract, and naturally we will not go back on our promises!"
The special envoy still didn't realize that he had been fooled, so he quickly signed an agreement with the German army.
After the agreement was signed, he immediately returned to Romaniya with this agreement to prepare the ransom!
"Hahaha, no, let me laugh for a while!"
As soon as the Romanian left, Ribbentrop burst into laughter.
From the way he was holding his stomach and laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up, you could tell how hard he had held it back!
"Haha, it's quite funny. By the way, Lieutenant Martin, what is the total ransom you calculated?"
The young secretary Bowman immediately stood up, saluted everyone with a military salute, and then said solemnly:"Among the 200,000 Romani troops captured, there are a total of 42,000 non-commissioned officers, 110,000 lieutenants, 2,100 school officers and 22 general officers, including 8 brigadiers, 7 major generals, 5 lieutenant generals and 1 general!"
"The total result of our calculations is that the Romanians need to pay a ransom of 150 million pounds!"