My Italian Chapter 69

Carlo, who had a large sum of his money divided by the Prime Minister, was naturally unhappy in his heart. Because of this, he was unhappy for several days, and even the little maid who had been teasing had not held hands for several days.

When he was thinking about his own mistakes, Carlo reflected more than once that he was not calm enough to do things, and he was a little flustered when he encountered an unexpected situation. What is the difference between spraying Zhang Da's prodigal son.

Of course, as a keyboard warrior, he criticized the young master Zhang in all directions on the Internet, and he has been imprisoned since he quit the Northeast, pointing out that he can't live without it. It's embarrassing that I didn't expect to make the same mistake. This also proves the saying, easier said than done.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the previous mistakes, Carlo reduced the time he went out and strengthened his self-reflection. After all, Carlo was an ordinary person before. After suddenly ascending to a high position, after forbearance for a period of time, some fluttered, and Prime Minister Depretis this time was a neither light nor heavy slap, just to wake Carlo, Let him know his character flaws.

So during this period of time, Carlo not only did not run to Brescia, but even Marino went less frequently. Carlo's performance made Maxim and Tesla think that there was no progress in their research and development, and disappointed their king friends, so the two of them worked even more without sleep.

However, although Carlo went out less often, he was well informed. For example, Karl Marx, the leader of the proletariat and author of Capital, died in London on March 14. The founder of a generation of communism passed away like this.

Of course, when Carlo saw the news, he sighed more. Now who can imagine how many followers of the communist theory he created in the future?

Of course, this is not the news that Carlo is most interested in, the news that he is most interested in is still from France. Ruferi, who had previously planned to annex Tunisia, was once again elected as the Prime Minister of France. Although he had greatly increased his prestige by annexing Tunisia, the failure of the economic revitalization plan made him bleak again at the end of 1881. Of course, among them There are also reasons why he supports Franco-German reconciliation.

Subsequently, in just over a year, France has changed three prime ministers, from Freycinet, Duclerc to Falière, all of whom have stepped down due to various reasons. (This can see the influence of France's frequent change of prime ministers)

In the January election this year, Ruferi was elected again. This time, the senior colonialist set his sights on Vietnam. He first asked the parliament to veto the Vietnam clause signed with the Qing, and finally trumpeted the importance of Vietnam to France.

In addition, he also made the newspapers widely report the persecution of Christians and French missionaries in Vietnam, which aroused the anger of many French people, and then used this force to promote the parliament's plan to invade Vietnam.

So when Carlo got the French invasion plan for Vietnam, he immediately realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come, and he would definitely let the French know how powerful Italy was.

Thinking of this, he immediately called the captain of the guard. "How about the Venice and Brescia now?"

Facing Carlo's sudden question about the two cruise ships, His Excellency the Baron quickly flipped through the information in his mind.

"Your Majesty, the outfitting of these two warships has been completed, and they are currently undergoing sea trials."

Carlo was very satisfied with the words of the captain of the guard. It seemed that the two cruisers had caught up with the progress and had time to appear in the Far East. Of course, Carlo didn't know that in order to launch the two cruise ships as soon as possible, the Andosal Shipyard deployed elite forces, and rarely adopted a two-shift work system. Finally, at the end of March, the two cruise ships were installed. complete. (Because there was no electric light installed, I did not go to work at night, and there was no three-shift system. In that era, high-power electric light suitable for the shipbuilding industry was not developed.)

"Send a message to Admiral Gorek to let their navy familiarize themselves with the battleship as soon as possible. It is expected that they will have a mission at the end of the year or next year."

"Okay, Your Majesty."

Carlo needs to wait next. He needs to wait for the outbreak of war before he has a chance to intervene.

Carlodo was not asked to wait, and there was news a month later, but this news was not friendly to the French at all. Captain Li Weiye of the French Navy. Died in a place called Paper Bridge in Vietnam,

This navy colonel is also a daring fellow~www.mtlnovel.com~ He led the French army to occupy Hanoi, Vietnam before he could wait for domestic reinforcements, threatening to attack China northward along the Red River. It is a pity, however, that the ambitious and talented navy colonel failed to see the Chinese border, and he clashed with the Black Flag troops stationed in Vietnam. The Black Flag Army is not simple. It was originally a peasant uprising army in Guangxi during the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom period. Because the seven-star black flag was used as the battle flag, it was called the Black Flag Army. After the failure, he was transferred to the Sino-Vietnamese side mirror, and was ordered by the Vietnamese king.

Facing the French invasion of the Black Flag Army, under the leadership of the leader Liu Yongfu, instead of fighting at Zhiqiao, the Black Flag Army won a big victory, killing the arrogant Navy Colonel and the more than 200 French officers and soldiers he commanded. .

When this news came back to France, it made France feel humiliated. The natives from the East actually defeated the heroic French soldiers and soldiers, and even the commander was killed. How can this be tolerated by the proud French people, and then France announced an increase in troops to Vietnam and allocated 3.5 million francs to the French army in Tokyo to support them in continuing to prepare for war. (Tokyo here refers to most of northern Vietnam. Vietnamese call it Beiqi)

It needs to be explained here that at that time, France had occupied most of Vietnam, and only the northern part of Vietnam near the Red River was still under the rule of the Kingdom of Vietnam. France has always wanted to operate Vietnam as a forward base, radiating Guangdong, Guangxi and Southwest China. However, due to the vassal relationship between Vietnam and the Qing Dynasty, it was not successful.

But this time, the French were determined to solve the Vietnam problem in one fell swoop. At the same time, they wanted to open up the southwest and Guangdong and Guangxi markets of Qing to find a market for French products. So this time, France would not give up until the goal was achieved.

In the face of the news of the French general manager's actions in Vietnam, Carlo is just like watching a play, and of course he will speed up preparations for small moves in private.

Chapter end