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After the war to aid Italy ended, the news throughout Prussia exaggerated this matter. Under the official advocacy, it was correct and historically logical for the Kingdom of Sardinia to complete the unification of Italy.

Of course, it is hard to say whether it is really correct. The main reason for such propaganda is because Sardinia won the war of unification of Italy. Garibaldi became the sole commander-in-chief of the army of the Kingdom of Italy, and his prestige was at its peak.

Cavour was also widely recognized by the Italian people for his support of Garibaldi's landing on Sicily and his pro-Prussian diplomatic strategy, but his compromise with France and the handing over of Nice and Savoy to France were also The army led by Garibaldi was dissatisfied.

Of course, these differences seem insignificant at the moment. Sicily and Naples voted to join the Kingdom of Italy in a referendum on November [-]th with the intervention of Garibaldi. Since then, Italy has basically completed its unification, and its capital is Rome, although Rome is not at all in their territory. On hand.

Since the French Emperor Napoleon III was unwilling to give up his power in Italy, he coerced the Pope and obtained military access to the Papal States in the name of protecting the Pope, and directly stationed troops in Rome. France is now worthy of any powerful country, even if it is It is impossible for the British to directly conflict with France over those places in the Mediterranean.

Under this situation, two voices emerged in the Kingdom of Italy. One was the warring faction headed by Garibaldi. He demanded that while the national sentiment in the country was rising, troops should be sent to march into Rome and attack Rome like Caesar did. , and then move troops north to completely defeat Austria and seize the complete unification of the country.

The civil service group headed by Cavour had other plans. They saw the irreconcilable contradiction between Prussia, Austria, and Prussia. Cavour believed that as long as he succeeded in sitting on the fence and being a good wallflower, he could actually do it without paying so much. The cost is huge. Taking the opportunity to attack when the three powerful countries of Prussia, France, and Austria are killing each other is actually a great advantage. After all, it is impossible for Prussia to really come to help it, so it is better to turn Prussia into the main battlefield, and they will follow on the edge. Get some benefits.

Garibaldi sneered at this idea. He felt that the bourgeois politicians headed by Cavour were too weak. Now that there was a chance, as long as Rome could be defeated, Garibaldi still wanted to try if there was a chance. Although it is ideal to bring Nice back, the consecutive victories did give Garibaldi the illusion that he can take off with his hands.

Now the political center of Italy has been moved from Turin to Milan, because Rome has not been recovered yet and has to wait. Here, the Italian King Vittorio invited the Prussian Regent August to come for a state visit. He hoped to achieve friendly relations with Prussia.

Auguste had known for a long time that Vittorio would write to invite her, and she had already been prepared. Now that Italy had just been unified, its national strength was not yet strong. It did not want to conflict with any great power, nor did it want to be dependent on other countries. Great powers, so Prussia is indeed a good choice. The key is that it helped itself during the war, and its favorability level was directly maxed out.

August happily attended the meeting, but since there was no such convenience as airplanes in this era, it was not easy to get to Italy on the Mediterranean. Moreover, Prussia did not have an outlet in the North Sea. It could only go out from the Baltic Sea, pass through Denmark, and then to The Atlantic Ocean can only reach the Italian peninsula after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Originally, there was no need for August to go there by herself. She could have let Tina or other foreign ministers do it, but she just liked to do it herself.

Of course, she also wants to gain the interests of Italy. Of course she doesn’t want to directly rule Italy. This is not good, it is a loss, and the main ethnic group is not German. After all, Italy is still a relatively backward country. Italy needs technology but not technology. They need resources but not resources, they need money but they don't have money, and they don't fight well. They are also countries that originated from the Apennine Peninsula. Rome and Italy are indeed in the same sky and on the ground.

But if you want to talk about population, the total population of the Italian peninsula is really not that small. As a dumping market for goods, it is actually not bad. Moreover, the Italian peninsula has important resources such as mercury, sulfur, marble and aluminum ore.

August's battleship landed in Genoa, and there were many people accompanying it. One battleship was followed by four frigates. This was all the assets of the Prussian Navy. The main reason was that the navy was really expensive. It used to be I have no idea. Now if you look at the hundreds of British warships, even August can only say, they are so fucking rich.

So it’s hard for you to say why Great Britain doesn’t like to build this thing now. Of course they can build it if they want to, but now it can be regarded as Longchang Enlightenment. Compared with building a lot of aircraft carriers to patrol the world and serve as the world’s police and torture themselves, I tortured my wallet, was rejected by my son, and cuckolded by my wife. Why didn’t I use the money to build a few more villas to spend my old age?

But the Italians didn't know how awesome the British were. They couldn't stop the envy in their eyes when they saw the Prussian battleship. As soon as August got off the ship, he met a gentleman with a mustache and a suit.

He came to August and wanted to shake August's hand, but was stopped by Valentina. She had never seen the man in front of her, so naturally she couldn't let him get so close to August. What if it's an assassin?

"Who are you? Miss Auguste came here at the invitation of King Vittorio II of Italy. Where is the Cavour? Why don't you see him coming to greet you?"

Valentina looked at the battle and wondered why there were only so few people? When I visited the UK before, there were crowds of people everywhere, and Queen Victoria came to greet her in person. If Vittorio doesn't show any respect, why not ask Cavour to come over?

"Oh, you must be Miss Valentina, Secretary General of the Prussian Army General Staff, right? Hello, my name is Luigi Carlo Farini, I am Cavour's colleague, Mr. Cavour It was M. Cavour's own letter that sent me to fetch Mademoiselle Auguste, and it was signed by the King."

Farini handed the letter to Valentina, and Valentina opened the letter. The handwriting on it was indeed Cavour's, but she had not seen Vittorio, so she was not very familiar with the signature. trust.

Auguste took the letter directly from Valentina's hand. "Valentina, this is Vittorio's signature. I seem to know something about Mr. Farini. Mr. Farini is the Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Italy, right?"

"Exactly. I didn't expect His Highness August to know me a little bit, so let's talk while walking, shall we?"

August brought many people with her, and the people who followed her were all her cronies she secretly cultivated. August gave them economic privileges, and also gave them shares in Malaya, which was the foundation for the future. They all hold certain shares in engineering, railways, oil, etc., and even funds. They are the super monopoly group cultivated by August. They have less than [-] companies and now basically control [-]% of them. Fifty overseas markets, of course August also tied the reins to them.

As long as the Prussian government does not cross the line, moderate expansion can be tolerated, but there is a prerequisite. They must listen to the government. The Prussian government gives them special privileges and can naturally destroy them. In these monopoly groups, many managers have They are all members of the Prussian supervisory authorities, and some are directly affiliated with the Prussian stock exchange. The loyalty of these people can be trusted.

And will those capitalists be manipulated like this?

Yes, they didn't want to, but she gave too much.