My Italy

Following Juffelli's secret order, the French began secret preparations. They first need the support of the UK, and now it is time for the UK to honor its commitments.

As for Germany, they were quickly given the opportunity. Russian Czar Alexander II was assassinated by Narodnaya Volya members. As a friendly country, France immediately sent its ministers to St. Petersburg, where they took the opportunity to secretly contact German Prime Minister Bismarck.

Of course, everything France did was done in secret, and Italy was completely unaware of it.

So what is Italy doing?

Sorry, Italy currently has a lot of things to deal with and has no time to think about other directions. The first is that Italy is currently plagued by drought. Since last winter, rainfall has been scarce in southern Italy, which is unusually severe for Italy, which has a typical Mediterranean climate.

You must know that the Mediterranean climate is rainy in winter and less rainy in summer. If there is little rain in winter, then don’t expect it in summer. Therefore, in the face of the drought in the south, Cairoli, as Prime Minister, is also overwhelmed. On the one hand, he needs to arrange manpower to deal with the drought, and on the other hand, he also needs to control the political situation in Rome. It can be said that he is too busy to touch the ground.

Of course, he is also lucky that former Prime Minister Depretis did not make any small moves during this period, which allowed him to fully deal with other aspects.

Of course, as a qualified politician, he will never leave his back to others, and the same is true for him. Currently, he is also keeping a close eye on the peaceful former prime minister.

In addition to the former prime minister who is targeted by him, he can also understand the regent Duke Amedeo and King Carlo who can have an impact on the situation in Rome.

It is precisely because of this that he can focus on disaster relief.

Among the three people he closely monitored, former Prime Minister Despretis did not sit idly by and ignored the drought. He publicly stood up and called on everyone to raise money for the drought. So far, more than one million lire has been raised.

As for the regent, it was rare for him to come out of Wenwen Township and go to the south as a royal family. Of course, the problem was solved and he gained a few more confidante.

As for Carlo, he didn't go to the South to do the show. Instead, he went to Marino every two days. It was obvious that he cherished the power research center.

"Your Majesty, you are here again."

Looking at Carlo who had just gotten off the carriage, Tesla complained helplessly.

"Hahaha, Nicholas, you are complaining again."

Facing Tesla's words, Carlo smiled and replied.

The conversation between the two made Director Argos, who was supposed to be mainly responsible for reception, envious. But he just saw this envy, and he didn't have any inappropriate thoughts. After all, he and the king were not friends, so he was not qualified to talk like friends. And at present, Tesla is the only one in the research center who can be like a friend and talk to the king in front of him.

By the way, since the opening of the Electric Power Research Center, Carlo, as the king, has come to Marino whenever he has time. Of course, it was fine before, but His Majesty still needs other influences, so he only comes once a week at most, but now he only comes once every two or three days.

The reception standard of the research center also changed from being decorated with lights and decorations to welcome everyone, to just him and Tesla standing at the door.

Of course, this is not because the research center wants to neglect him. It is taboo to neglect the funder, and the experienced director will not make this mistake.

The main reason is that Carlo doesn't like to make things so grand and believes that the R\u0026D center should focus on research instead of cumbersome etiquette. If you want to repay him, then just produce the research results.

Therefore, the two directors and deputy directors of the research center naturally followed the crowd and reduced the scale of the reception.

"Director Argos, is there any progress in research recently?"

As a well-educated figure in the political circle, Carlo certainly would not just talk to Tesla. He naturally gave the director the respect he deserved and asked about the research and development results.

"You come here every two days, and you are almost more familiar with us than we are."

Of course, I can only comment on my own monarch in my heart, but I can't say it out loud, otherwise who knows what the consequences will be.

"Your Majesty, you also know that scientific research work is very boring, and it takes a long time to achieve results. At present..."

"Okay, I get it. You need to work harder to get results as soon as possible so that the Italian people can see your contribution."

Carlo dismissed the director in a few words, and then he and Tesla walked towards the AC laboratory. Yes, what he is most looking forward to now is the commercial use of alternating current. However, although alternating current has been invented long ago, practical alternating current has not been used for a long time.

The main problem is that the construction cost of AC power is more expensive than that of DC power, and the transmission loss is less than that of AC power. Of course, alternating current is not without its benefits. Its long-distance and high-efficiency power transmission has attracted the attention of many people.

However, the current scale of electricity use does not allow this advantage of AC to be fully demonstrated.

Of course, having said so much, there is another point, that is, the current AC motor power is not enough, and the electricity bill generated is relatively expensive. This aspect makes many people dislike AC power.

Tesla's current main task is to develop a high-frequency alternator to reduce the cost of AC power. After all, it is still electricity, so why should others choose the more expensive one? Capitalists pursue profits and don't care about this. As long as it is practical and cheap, it is the best.

As soon as we entered the laboratory, we were filled with all kinds of motors. Whether they were on the market or not, you could find them. Many of them were bought from other people's laboratories. Many of the motors were still in pieces. Many people were watching next to them. Do research and take notes.

These motors cost a lot of money, which shows Carlo's expectations for them.

Of course, Tesla was not a fool. Seeing that Carlo attached so much importance to this, he certainly knew how heavy the burden was, so he pointed at the disassembled motors and said. "Your Majesty, we have currently studied various types of motors, which will greatly promote the research on high-frequency AC motors."

"Very good." Carlo looked at the busy people and praised him, then turned to Tesla beside him and said. "Although I don't want to rush it, I still hope that results will appear as soon as possible, even if it's not an alternating current project, it can be something else."

Yes, Carlo is a little anxious. Of course he knows that scientific research cannot be rushed, but now he is still a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, I can understand your feelings, but science cannot be false in the slightest. I can't give you any guarantee."

Tesla answered Carlo with a somewhat guilty look on his face. As a friend, of course he wants to help, but at present he dare not say when the research results will be produced. This thing is a bit metaphysical. Maybe there will be a major breakthrough tomorrow, but maybe there will be no progress for several years.

Of course Carlo also knew this path, but he still couldn't help but be impatient. Maybe it was his teenage habits that made him impatient.

After communicating with Tesla for a while, Carlo left with disappointment. Of course, he will not give up the laboratory, even if he can afford to fund the laboratory for ten years.

While Italy is busy, France has made diplomatic progress.