My Italy

Of course, in addition to the good development of Italy in the mainland, the development of overseas colonies is also pretty good.

As a newly established East African colony, under the leadership of Governor Antonio, the development momentum was considerable.

With the help of East Asian trade lines, Governor Antonio expanded ports in Massawa, Djibouti, and Mogadishu, and built docks to provide convenience for repair and maintenance of passing ships. In addition, necessary food, water, coal and other ship necessities were provided to facilitate the development of East Africa. Able to use trade lines to strengthen themselves.

Of course, economic development is not Governor Antonio's main job. In more than a year after taking office, Governor Antonio allowed the indigenous people in East Africa to try his methods. After a series of tactics, the local indigenous tribes became submissive and obedient to the Governor. Go east if you are allowed to go, and go west if you are allowed to go west. Don't dare to complain at all.

Didn't you see that the disobedient tribes were all wiped out? Anyone who dissatisfied the governor must be mentally prepared to bear his wrath.

For a time, Antonio's prestige was unrivaled in East Africa.

Of course, regardless of the prestige of the East African governor, the Italian government was more concerned about the development of the Lanfang colony.

As the richest colony in Lanfang in Italy, its development momentum remains unabated this year. The putting into use of its Pontianak New Port has brought its development speed to a new level. Of course, Lanfang himself is not that capable. As the governor, Cairoli drew more funds from the Chinese and invested them in the construction of Lanfang.

The Chinese in Nanyang are basically from the Guangdong and Fujian areas, whether they are close or far apart. As a colony with the most preferential treatment for the Chinese, it allowed Chinese to serve in a series of public positions such as officials, police, etc., which naturally attracted more attention from the Chinese.

The Principle of the Cunning Rabbit's Three Acupoints In Nanyang, a place where Chinese people were harvested from time to time, the Lanfang Colony did indeed play the role of a safe haven. Therefore, a large part of Chinese capital flows to Lanfang, which also plays a role in promoting Lanfang's economic development. After all, funds cannot just sit there and eat dust; they also need to be invested to make money.

Of course, in addition to the above points, what reassures the Chinese is the performance of the Italian government. Compared with several other colonial countries with bad traces, the new Italy has no history of harming the Chinese. This is also very important. important.

Therefore, the good development of Lanfang is also something that the Italian government is very proud of. After all, the government has not invested much money in this colony, but the harvest is endless. The Italian government wants to give me a dozen of such excellent colonies.

Of course, it is not that there are no other voices popping up, such as whether Lanfang Colony will increase the amount of money it pays each year.

Well, those who make such noises mainly come from the Ministry of Finance, and of course there are some other departments, but the Ministry of Finance is the leader. The reason is very simple, that is, the Italian government is somewhat short of money. As its richest colony, should it contribute more to Italy's finances?

Among these voices, the voice that Lanfang should hand over 60 million lire per year is the loudest, and of course the voice of 50 million, 8,000 or even 100 million lire.

Of course, no matter how much fiscal revenue Lanfang is asked to hand over, these have not been approved by the Prime Minister.

Because he knew very well that Governor Cairoli of Lanfang had not yet completed the development of Lanfang.

This is a railway construction plan that calls for connecting Sankoyang to Sanfa from Pontianak, and was sent to the country by Cairoli. This made the call for Lanfang to hand over more fiscal revenue even louder.

Facing the domestic calls, the Prime Minister felt a little overwhelmed, but don't panic, someone else took over, that is the king, and then the document was transferred to Carlo.

Looking at this railway planning map from Lanfang, Carlo felt that these names easily reminded him of his previous life.

Of course, this emotion only lasted three seconds for him and ended, and then he resumed his identity as the King of Italy.

In this railway planning map, Cairoli, as the governor, also thoughtfully wrote an explanation. At present, the most important development in Lanfang is to connect the Chinese colonies north of Pontianak, which can promote the accelerated development of the area. Of course, the small piece of Lanfang colonial territory from Pontianak to the north is indeed somewhat inconspicuous, but this is currently the best developed area in Lanfang.

At present, capital from all parties is basically pouring into this area. In addition, some bold people have invested funds in the middle and upper reaches of Kunjiang River. They hire people to develop forest resources, then organize the land, and plant various tropical cash crops. . However, such a development cycle is too long, and only those with strong funds dare to do this.

Of course, in addition to Kunjiang, many people also went to Pengdu, Palang and other less developed places in the south of Lanfang, trying to seize the opportunity.

Of course, there are only a few such people, because the risk is too great. They may get rich overnight or lose everything.

This time, in addition to wanting to continue building the railway, Governor Cairoli actually had another reason, which was also the main factor why the Prime Minister felt that he could not bear it anymore.

That is why Cairoli wants to reduce the current annual financial contribution of 30 million lire to 20 million lire in the next five years.

Of course, he also knows that this will trigger a backlash in the country. Even if he is a former prime minister, the Ministry of Finance, which is short of money and is crazy, will not recognize his old face.

So later he also said that if his development plan is successful, Lanfang's annual fiscal revenue should reach 50 to 60 million lire, and it will not affect Lanfang's own development and growth. In addition, it will Let Italy capture the hearts of the local Chinese.

Although the conditions offered by Cairoli were somewhat tempting, Carlo knew that the people in the Ministry of Finance would not listen at all, because they wanted Lanfang to pay more now.

It's like you tell a hungry person, give me half of your steamed buns, and when I'm full, I'll catch fish and cook it for you. See who can do it.

The Prime Minister also anticipated the reaction of the Ministry of Finance, so he threw this hot potato to Carlo. Faced with the troubles thrown by the Prime Minister, Carlo could not throw them to others.

However, the more prosperous Lanfang is, the more beneficial it will be to Italy, so Carlo will make a decision.

Of course, this needs to start from the source, that is, from the Chancellor of Finance. Of course, it is not impossible to directly order the Chancellor of Finance to accept it, but this will cause dissatisfaction, so Carlo needs another method. After thinking for a while, Carlo rang the bell.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

An attendant came in and asked with his head down.

"Ask Your Excellency Tejela to come to the palace for me tomorrow."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

When the attendant was about to exit, there was a sound of rapid footsteps, which aroused Carlo's idea.

I saw the captain of the bodyguard, Baron Filmicchi, hurried in.

"What's the matter, captain of the guard?"

Facing the captain of the guard who rushed in, although Carlo looked calm, his strong hand grabbing the armrest of the chair betrayed him. Because he knew that it must be very urgent for the captain of the guard to disregard etiquette so much, and he hoped it was not bad news.

Facing Carlo's inquiry, the captain of the guard immediately spoke. "Your Majesty, we just received news from Berlin that Kaiser Wilhelm I has passed away."

"What!!!"