My Italy

"Your Majesty, there is no need to send any more."

"Well, bye Mr. Pedersen."

"Goodbye, Your Majesty."

After waving to the Minister of Transport who boarded the carriage, Carlo returned to the palace under the sunset.

"Captain of the guard, go and do your work."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

Carlo returned to the office. After sending everyone away, he sat tiredly on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

He has seen too many people these days, and when talking to these old foxes, he must be very alert to deal with them. He could handle one or two games, but having too many people would naturally make Carlo physically and mentally exhausted. After all, people's energy is limited.

Suddenly, a pair of jade hands gently pressed on Carlo's forehead. Smelling the familiar fragrance, Carlo knew who it was without opening his eyes.

"Nia, why are you here?"

Nia, who was becoming more and more radiant, looked at him with love on her face. "I see that you are very busy these days, so I care about you."

The concern from Nia made Carlo look energetic, hugged him in front of him, and looked at him.

"Thank you, my Nia cares, as a king, this is what I should do."

"By the way, I see so many people coming here these days. What's the reason?"

Seeing Nia with a curious look on her face, Carlo decided to satisfy her curiosity.

"Isn't this the victory over the colony of Kalimantan? These ministers who smell something are eager to get involved."

Carlo did not finish speaking, because there is another reason, that is, he is about to come of age, and his power will be greatly increased. Many ministers also know this, so except for a few, others are trying to release goodwill.

Of course, it is also reasonable to seek some benefits for the forces behind you, because the decision-making power of Italy's first Governor of Borneo currently lies in Carlo's hands.

Of course, these people had no intention of choosing the governor, because they also knew that this position would definitely be filled by someone from the king's faction. They were more competing for various departments of the colonial government.

Don't underestimate these departments. As overseas colonies, the oil and water in these departments must be much richer. With the power in their hands, as long as they tilt a little in a certain direction, it will be huge wealth.

You must know that these are the first batch of officials, and the profits involved are extremely huge.

According to estimates by the Italian government, the value of various minerals and cash crops in Lanfang is as high as more than one billion lire. If coupled with the seizure of a large colony from the Netherlands, the value will be even more astonishing. Although such a large amount of wealth is occupied by local Chinese, the profits are still astonishing. After all, Lanfang's territory has been invaded to the point where only a small piece of territory in the lower reaches of Kunjiang River is left, and the rest is due to the withdrawal of the Dutch. of.

Such a large territory naturally has various mineral and plantation industries. Although there are currently owners of these places, I believe these people are also mentally prepared to sell off these industries.

And Italian domestic capital can't wait to become the recipient. After all, this is a ready-made industry, so it won't suffer a loss if it takes a little bit. That's why so many people come to visit His Majesty King Carlo. After all, he is the loyal object of the army. At present, this Italian colony is still under the jurisdiction of the military and needs to wait for the government to send officials to take it over.

But these are not problems for Carlo. His bigger problem is that he has difficulties in selecting the first governor.

That's right, although Carlo currently has the right to choose the first governor, it is simply difficult to choose the people he brings along.

Let's put it this way, Carlo didn't have many people to choose from who were qualified for the position of governor, and their abilities still needed to be improved. Because of the victory in the previous Sino-French war, some high-level people in the government moved closer to him. It was not until the Dutch colonies were taken over this time that officials began to gravitate towards their own monarch. However, among these people who fell in love with them, they wanted to choose someone who suited them. It's really not easy for people who expect it.

The reason is simple. Carlo has high requirements for this position. First of all, as Italy's first colony (the Somali book club can retreat), it needs to have enough ability to mediate the relationship between the local indigenous Chinese and the Italians, because Italy is pursuing the idea of ​​​​developing and making money in this colony. So it can't be cleaned up first like other countries, which will reduce its revenue for several years.

Of course, large-scale cleanup is not possible, but small-scale killing of chickens to scare monkeys is still possible.

But in addition to these, the region also needs to assume the task of a transit station from Italy to the Far East, which is also urgent. Because the first batch of goods from Italy to the Qing Dynasty had arrived at its destination, and lacked its own maintenance base, the use of British shipyards and other facilities in the area caused the merchants who were not originally very profitable to lose some expenses. It's okay for a short period of time, but it becomes uncomfortable over a long period of time.

In addition, we must also prepare to infiltrate the remaining Dutch colonies in Borneo. You must know that Italy only promised to invade other Dutch islands, but did not say that it would not take small measures against Borneo. This was a deliberately left loophole. Of course, as a Dutch diplomat Minister Becchio also saw it and asked to amend it on the spot, but the Italians dragged him over on the grounds that the border had not yet been demarcated. Otherwise, why did the Dutch rush to send five thousand troops? This was to prevent the Italians from continuing to cause trouble.

Of course, considering that the ink on the treaty is still wet, it is still okay to send people to investigate and infiltrate first. After all, the remaining Dutch colonies in Borneo were vast and sparsely populated. It was not easy to catch these wandering expeditions in the dense rainforest.

You see, so many tasks require high capabilities, including coordinating ethnic disputes, developing the economy, building port transfer stations, penetrating the Dutch colonies, and, by the way, dealing with the former Lanfang. In terms of official relations, this is just like a trumped-up Prime Minister.

At present, Carlo knows that there are no more than five people with this ability, and they are at least ministers in charge of one department. This makes Carlo find another one from where.

Moreover, these people had nothing to say to a maid, so Carlo could only smile and speak to Nia.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

"I know this. His Majesty Carlo is the most powerful. Nothing can trouble you."

Looking at Nia who looked at him with admiration, Carlo became playful for a moment and said with a straight face. "No, one thing is difficult for me."

The little maid who didn't know the truth asked curiously. "What can trouble Your Majesty?"

"I can't do it to have a baby."

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, you are so funny."

As Nia said this, she couldn't help but quietly touched her smooth and flat belly with her hand.

Why is there no movement at all?

Not noticing Nia's little movements, Carlo hugged Nia and kissed her several times.

"Okay, Nia, please go back first and come back to see you in the evening, okay?"

"Well, I'll give you a surprise then."

After sending Nia away, Carlo cheered up and prepared to continue thinking about the candidate for governor.

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