My Italy

Faced with Carlo's shocking words, even the calm manager Alejand showed a pale expression.

"Your Majesty, are you sure?"

It's not surprising that Alejard asked this, because although it is not uncommon in Europe to want to sell land and property, most of them encounter difficulties and are forced to sell.

Actively selling land is very rare among nobles. Moreover, a monarch like Carlo who wanted to sell land on a large scale without financial difficulties was unique.

It's no wonder that Alejard asked this question. Of course, there was another meaning in his words.

Of course Carlo understood what Director Alejard said. Selling land was a big deal. Although Carlo is the patriarch of the Savoy family, he cannot decide such a major matter alone. Although Carlo is the king, the opinions of other royal members also need to be considered.

“I haven’t told anyone else about this idea yet, but the land returns are too low and it’s not in the economic interest to leave a lot of money on the land.”

Carlo said the reason for his consideration, but of course he didn't say a word. Italy's ongoing industrialization will lead to the growth of the bourgeoisie, and the kingdom's governing base will change from civilians-nobles-king to civilians-capitalists-king.

Although this time may vary (depending on the speed of industrialization), it cannot change this fact. And when the bourgeoisie grows stronger, what should the Savoy family, as the Italian royal family, do?

You must know that the characteristics of the bourgeoisie determine that they are not interested in royal power. Therefore, Carlo needs to keep the bourgeoisie under his control or influence from the beginning, which requires enough funds.

According to Carlo's estimate, at least 1 billion lire is needed to have an effect (note that it is only effective). Although the Savoy family is rich, if they want to get one billion lire out, they will basically have to spend more than half of their family property. In this case, if you don’t sell the land and property with the lowest return, what else can you sell?

It’s just that Carlo underestimated the aristocrats’ attachment to land in this era.

"No, this is absolutely not okay."

In the evening, when Carlo expressed his thoughts, his mother, Queen Mother Margarita, changed her previous attitude of unlimited support and immediately expressed her serious opposition.

Faced with a mother who looked like I don't want to hear your explanation, although Carlo had considered being rejected before, he didn't expect to be so determined. However, no matter how determined Carlo was, he still had to convince his mother, otherwise he would not be able to convince other royal members in the future.

"Mother, I know you have different opinions on selling land, but you must also take into account the current family situation. Although we don't need to worry about funds at the moment, you have also seen that the output of the land plays a large role in the royal family's operations. The proportion is getting lower and lower.”

Leng Buding's mother suddenly said something. "But this is better than stability."

Naturally, Carlo couldn't say the opposite to his mother's words. "Yes, yes. The output of this land is better than stability. However, although the land owned by our family is not bad, the output is too low."

"So what, at least it can add 6.5 million liras to us every year."

It seems that my mother also has a clear understanding of the profitability of the royal family industry.

In this case, Carlo could only use another method. "Yes, mother is right. As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, the land will always be profitable. But now my son needs a lot of money. Currently, only land in the family industry can meet my needs."

"What do you need, you want to sell the land?"

My mother immediately asked why Carlo needed such a huge amount of money, which attracted her interest.

Facing his mother's question, Carlo breathed a sigh of relief. He then expressed his concerns about the growing domestic bourgeoisie.

"No way. Those factory owners and businessmen dare to make such excessive demands. Aren't they afraid of military suppression?"

Well, facing his mother whose thoughts were still in the eighteenth century, Carlo continued to explain earnestly that if Italy wanted to be strong, it must rely on the bourgeoisie, and the government could not ignore their demands.

"Isn't this similar to the Huguenot religion in France?"

Well, my mother finally found an unreliable prototype from history. Carlo also recognized it, so he followed these words and said. "But these people are more difficult to deal with than the Huguenots. They are also much more difficult to deal with, but it is not impossible to control them."

"What is your job?"

"The weakness of these bourgeoisie is also obvious. Their weakness is money. Although I don't agree with Marx's crooked ideas in Capital, there is one sentence he said is right. As long as they want enough profits, capitalists can sell and hang themselves. of rope.”

Carlo's words silenced the mother. It seemed that she was convinced by her son's words.

"Then other nobles can join in, which can also share some financial pressure on the royal family."

Carlo was furious at his mother's words. After all, he still needed some land left.

"Mother, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, otherwise we will be very passive. You must know that we are still the loyal leaders of the nobles."

Her son's words made Queen Mother Margarida feel that she had made a bad idea.

As a remedy, Queen Mother Margarita couldn't help but say. "But it's not enough just for me to agree. It also needs the approval of other members of the family."

That's all I need from you.

Faced with his mother's words, Carlo took it up without hesitation. "As long as you agree, mother, then the matter is half done. As long as you support me, I have confidence."

Faced with Carlo's assurance, Queen Mother Margarita was a little doubtful. But after all, blood is thicker than water. If you don't trust your own son, who can you trust?

So under Carlo's explanation, Queen Mother Margarita reluctantly agreed.

For Carlo, convincing his mother was half the battle. How many people can the royal family currently have? Uncle Amedeo is easy to deal with. As long as this playboy increases his annuity, he will be on par.

As for the troublesome thing, he is his great-uncle, the Duke of Genoa, so the relationship is far away. Although this one is the eldest member of the family. But as long as the uncle can agree, then the great-uncle can't stand alone.

Then Carlo's next target was his uncle who was far away in Turin. After finding an excuse, Carlo rushed to Turin to meet his uncle in person.

The result was not what he expected. After Carlo promised to privately increase his annuity from 350,000 to 450,000 lire per month, the playboy stopped talking about what his ancestors had fought for in a bloody battle.

As for his brother who is about to become an adult, and his two sisters, they will be represented by Carlo.

With most support secured, Carlo convened a council of the House of Savoy.

At the meeting, Carlo proposed a plan to sell the land in exchange for funds to invest in industry. As expected, the great-uncle objected, but after seeing that others supported Carlo's plan, the old great-uncle was very sensible and no longer objected.

So Carlo's idea can finally be realized.

Of course, Carlo is not in a hurry to sell the land. After all, there is still some gold in the temple, so there is no rush yet. Carlo gave Steward Alejard four years to gradually sell at least 80% of the land in the hands of the royal family.

The proceeds from these sales will gradually be invested in Italian industrialization. Of course, you have to believe that Carlo's investment will not suffer any loss, after all, he knows the general trend of history.

Unlike Romania, the Italian bourgeoisie has already developed, so if it wants to take control, it needs more funds.