Rebirth: Romania Rising

As far as Victor knows, after Romania became independent, the country was divided into four levels of titles, from the lowest counts and viscounts to the highest-ranking princes and dukes.

According to the law, if you get a title, you can get fields, houses and servants to work for you.Every time you advance to a level, your salary will increase, and you can transform from a poor man without a foothold into a small landowner, a big landowner, or even a monarch with his own fiefdom.

The higher the title, the higher the position.Victor instantly understood that in history, the Romanian army's war fanaticism was just for those wealth.If he had a title when he was recruited, as an officer, having his own subordinates would be equivalent to holding his own life in his hands. As long as he was careful, he would definitely have a chance to survive.

I thought about it, but right now, he was the top soldier without a title. Let alone a prince or a duke, even the lowest-level officer was not easy to earn.

If you want to get a knighthood in Romania, there are probably the following ways. The fastest way is to behead someone on the battlefield and perform meritorious service!The law stipulates that if you kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, you can be rewarded with land, fields and houses.

In addition, a title can also be obtained by accumulating merit through diligent farming, reporting on traitors, catching thieves, and serving as an official. The problem is that farming is in name only, and there are only a few cases in the country; official……

Now Victor is just a young man who has just graduated and has no connections and achievements. Who will appoint him as an official?The reason why those people become officials depends on the reputation accumulated in the local area in their early years, and they are then elected by the local committee.The fledgling Victor had none of these.

There are so many thoughts, like the violent rain outside, crackling on the tiles, and the house seems like a lonely boat floating in the stormy waves.Victor felt that he was also a small boat in this era of great changes, being caught up in the turmoil. Even though he knew the general trend of "national independence, national liberation, and world war", due to his background, he could not find anyone to join him. Method...

In this way, after a sleepy night, Victor got up early the next morning and told his father that he would go to the county town to sign up for the army today.As soon as I opened the door, the rain outside had stopped.

A carriage passed by the yard. The carriage was painted red and black. It was so beautiful. Two horses, one white and one black, had been put on the reins and were ready to set off at any time. Unfortunately, I had to walk all the way to the county seat, fearing that my feet would be scratched. blister.

After bidding farewell to his father, Victor left home, but there was a man at the door asking for water. Coincidentally, he said that he was going to report to serve, but as a police officer.

Without waiting for Victor to say anything, Alexey eagerly wanted to talk to him: "We still have half a day's journey from the county seat, so why don't we go together and take care of him."

Victor thought that it was right. Traveling with fellow villagers would be a guarantee, so he went with Alexey.

The terrain of Arges County is low in the south and high in the north. The south is a plain, with hundreds of miles of fertile fields and thousands of hectares of fertile farmland; the central part has rivers flowing through it and converging into Transnistria, with river valleys and plains; the north is hills and mountains, with mountains and mountains, and is also the county seat. Once there, Victor and the two slowly headed north along the rugged road.

After a night of heavy rain, the entire county returned to calm. Fish jumped out of the water and wild beasts paced slowly on the shallows. Alexei was a local and was very familiar with this area. Plus he was a talkative man. Along the way, I was introducing the local scenery to Victor.

"Victor, do you know that Arges County and even the whole of Romania were still poor and remote areas more than 50 years ago?"

"Of course it's clear." Victor nodded. Romania was not independent at that time and had a sparse population, let alone rural development.

Decades ago, the founding king Carol I killed an advancing enemy soldier in the Prussian-Danish War, causing the Danish army to flee. Later, he was parachuted to Romania as the founding king.

"Then you should know that in our area, a piece of land was once designated as King Carol's hunting garden. My grandfather once told me about the grand hunting scene of the King. It is said that hundreds of horses marched together, and rare and exotic animals were captured. If you chase them all over the ground and shoot randomly into the forest, you can kill a deer..."

After finishing speaking, Alexey licked his lips again. As the conversation continued, Victor almost understood Alexey's temperament. He was talkative, clever, and a little out of touch, so he laughed at him and said, "You don't think so too." Did you hunt and eat meat?”

"You don't want to?" Alexei asked back, but he patted his thin belly and sighed: "Unfortunately, Romania was later opened up for agricultural reclamation, and all kinds of wild animals migrated to other places, even lakes close to roads that can be used for fishing. , no one dares to go now.”

Victor asked curiously: "Why is this?"

"Because recently many criminals have fled north and went up to the mountains to become bandits! I heard that many traders, fishermen or priests were robbed of their property and even killed when passing through here! The county has repeatedly ordered the police station to send people to encircle and suppress people, but they always fail The bandits escaped, and the original police chief was driven away. Because of this, I invited you to go together."

"The criminal fled north?"

Victor's heart couldn't help but look into the distance. The mountains here are continuous and the shrubs are growing everywhere. It is indeed a good place for the grass to turn into bandits and rob homes...

The county seat is adjacent to mountainous forests, and the border is intertwined with the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The mountains and forests here are densely covered. Whether they are refugees from Russia and Austria evading military service or taxes, or criminals from Romania, they all like to run into the mountains.

Another government document this year reluctantly admitted that since the crackdown on gangs in the capital, security in other areas has deteriorated.Arges County was the hardest hit area. There were many thieves in groups in the mountains, which made businessmen in this area afraid to run far alone.

Victor was not afraid. The original owner had learned some fighting skills and was in good physical condition. He could easily deal with one or two criminals, so he clapped the wooden stick in his hand and said with a smile: "If those criminals don't have eyesight, they can't rob." If it comes to you and me, then we have picked the wrong person!"

"You are ambitious, Victor!" Alexei laughed, and he was also beaming, slapping his chest and boasting: "Actually, I can also order capture. In our village, I, Alexei, are more effective than the county magistrate. …”

Victor looked at his small body and smiled without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, at the end of the path covered by bushes in front of him, countless sparrows were frightened and flew away. Then, they shouted for help at the top of their lungs: "There is a criminal! Help! Help!"

"Criminal?" Alexei, who had boasted so much just now, immediately jumped up and fell behind a tree stump on the ground.Victor stood up straight and squinted to observe what was happening over there. In the distance, he saw a person crawling out of the bushes and running towards the road. After a while, another person ran over there. Several men in ragged clothes and armed with sticks came out and chased after them with ferocious expressions.The direction in which they were running and chasing was exactly where Victor and Alexey were!

"one two Three……"

Alexey glanced at the number of people and retreated in his heart: "There are three people, and they are holding weapons. I'm afraid we can't deal with them. Victor, we'd better stay away. It's important to save our lives. It's not shameful to run away... …”

"..."

No one answered.

When Alexey turned around, he was surprised to find that Victor had already stood up and strode out! "What are you doing!"

Alexey was shocked. He wanted to run away by himself, but then he remembered something. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and followed him out. While chasing him, he cursed: "Victor, you don't want your life?!"

Victor turned around and found that Alexey had actually followed him. He couldn't help but glance at him and said with a smile: "There is no way to retreat, you can't hide, you can't run far, so why not help that man? Three Against three, you don’t necessarily lose.”

Victor made up his mind at the first moment. Since he could no longer escape, facing criminals and innocent passers-by who were blocking the road, robbing and killing people, Victor still chose to take action without hesitation.

Moreover, if you can catch criminals in Romania, you will be rewarded!The opportunity you have been looking for for so long is right in front of you, why are you still hesitating?He strode forward, raised the wooden stick in his hand, and shouted to the fleeing man: "Hey, come together, get armed quickly."

"Victor, you really don't know how to adapt, and you are doing a lot of harm to people..." Alexei held a dagger in his hand, carefully guarding against the thief in front of him, feeling very regretful.

I used to be such a shrewd person, but just now I didn't know why, my head was hot and impulsive, and I followed Victor to stand up.

The man who was chased before was probably a local merchant. While running for his life, he did not forget the heavy package on his body.When he saw someone coming to stop the criminals, he suddenly became happy, but he immediately got behind them, said "Thank you" and disappeared, leaving Alexey and Victor alone two against three.

The three criminals looked like exiled foreign bandits. Among them were ragged clothes, dark faces, and armed with simple weapons, either farm forks or axes.

Seeing that the two dared to stand up and let the prey run away, he opened his arms and asked the two accomplices to spread out and surround him on the left and right, and at the same time said: "If you want to survive, get out of the way!"

Victor was not afraid and said with a smile: "This is what I say to you."

At the same time, he pointed to Alexei's side and said: "One for you, two for me!" After saying that, Victor suddenly stepped forward, approached a man, and made a thrust, forcing the criminal to take a few steps back. …

Things happened very quickly. By the time Alexei reacted, Victor had already attracted the attention of two people, and the other one approached Alexei.

Although Alexey boasted that he was good at boxing and kicking, in fact he only learned some basic self-defense skills. Fortunately, the criminals he fought against were not very capable. Panting, but not hurt at all.

But Alexey was still flustered, feeling that Victor was definitely no match for one against two. Once the two criminals had dealt with Victor, they would besiege him...

This time it's bloody bad luck!Alexei was on the verge of tears and cursed in his mind: "I am still young, not yet married, and I have not fulfilled my filial piety to my parents. How can I live up to my reputation if I still lose my life like this?"