My Italy

Things in the Far East have come to an end for the time being, but the atmosphere in the Far East will not be less tense. Because of the procrastination of Russia's withdrawal, the British Empire can see through the essence at a glance. Therefore, how to brew the hair next is what the gentlemen of the British Empire need to consider. Something happened.

However, to deal with Maozi, Italy can at best play a drumbeat on the side. More needs are the British who are eager to stop Maozi from all over the world, and the books who are anxious about Russia's occupation of the Northeast.

Therefore, Italy's first priority is to develop its own country quickly, and everything else needs to have its own strength. As one of the representatives of a country's strength, steel is the most important proof. In view of the lack of coal and iron ore in Italy, coal and iron ore from Kosovo and Libya are very important.

Especially when Italy's industry is developing rapidly, the mineral resources of the two places are indispensable.

Among them, the Kosovo region, which is Italy's main mineral producing area, needs to contribute to Italy's industrial construction.

With the deepening of industrialization in recent years, Italy's dependence on Kosovo's minerals has increased.

Because the minerals in Kosovo are urgently needed by Italy, and there is no substitute. For example, taking the coal mine with the largest annual mining volume in Kosovo, the annual coal mining volume in Kosovo currently reaches more than 11.1 million tons. Currently, the three coal mines owned by Kosovo are operating at full capacity, providing coal resources to Italy.

In addition, Kosovo also has minerals such as gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, chromium, asphalt, lead-zinc ore and cadmium ore. Together, these minerals require Kosovo to provide 13 million tons of minerals to the country every year.

Such a huge amount of materials needs to be transported, and there is no navigable river transportation in Kosovo. Basically, it relies on a railway from Durrës to Pristina, so the transportation pressure is very high. There is a heavy transport train heading to Durres every 12-20 minutes. If passenger trains are also included, the transport volume of 5-6 times per hour will make the carrying capacity of the Dupu Railway exceed the limit. In order to ensure the running of many trains and increase the number of trains running at night, Dupu Railway also creatively adopted electric lights along the line.

Such luxurious practices are all to ensure the transportation volume of goods.

Of course, this kind of high-intensity driving will cause a lot of wear and tear on the rails. In the eight years since the Dupu Railway has been in operation, the rails have been replaced twice.

So last year, the construction of the double track of the Dupu Railway began. Tens of thousands of road construction workers built bridges and dug holes to build Line 2 next to the Dupu Railway.

"Your Excellency, this is the largest tunnel of the Dup Railway, the Domirs Mountain Tunnel. The total length of the tunnel is 3281 meters. At the exit of the tunnel is the Gertu Bridge. This is the second largest bridge on the Dup Railway. The total length of the bridge is 882 meters. , using an arch design, and we use a new reinforced concrete design, the maximum bearing capacity of the bridge has reached the point where it can safely pass a train weighing 4,000 tons."

On the most difficult section of the Dup railway from Kukes to Lecheni, Kabore, a senior Albanian official, looked at the busy construction workers and listened to the person in charge of the construction of this section talking about the situation at hand.

The construction here is indeed difficult. It is located at the highest point of the Albanian Mountains, and the winding railway is laid in the valleys and river valleys. The manpower and construction materials required are also comparable to the Swiss railway across the Alps.

Kabore looked around and saw that the railway was located between two mountains. The two railway lines stretched straight to the mountain on the side. The rails extended from the two tunnel mouths to the mountain in the distance. It was obvious that it was another tunnel. On both sides of the railway, anti-slip slopes made of cement and stones show the hardships of construction of this railway.

"Mr. Elebik, you road construction workers have worked hard. You have sacrificed a lot for this railway that is vital to the kingdom!"

Seeing such a scene, Kabore couldn't help but praise.

And he's right, these road construction workers made a lot of sacrifices. In this era, there were far less large-scale equipment than in later generations, and in many cases manual excavation was needed to advance. So far, 19 people have died and 37 people have been seriously injured in order to build the Dupu Double Line. As for those with minor injuries, there are even more.

This is still considered good. During the construction of the Dupu Railway, a total of 59 people died, and more than 200 people were seriously injured.

Even if there are sufficient supplies such as explosives and detonators, the losses will be the same. At present, 120 tons of explosives have been used in the construction of the Dupu Railway. It can be said that explosives, detonators and other materials that can assist in excavation can be seen.

Of course, in addition to this, a lot of steel, cement, etc. are used. It can be said that this railway was built with all kinds of materials.

"If you need anything, you can tell me. If I can, I can help you as much as possible."

Kabore spoke to the person in charge and gave his promise.

"There's nothing else. I just want to give us more daily necessities. Everyone is tired after a long day, so it's best if you can have a few drinks."

"No problem. I'll ask the government to send a batch of wine when I get back."

Kabore still understood the needs of these road construction workers and immediately agreed to send a batch of wine.

"Thank you, Sir, for your generosity."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

The only thing lacking in such a harmonious scene was the lack of reporters to take photos of it.

But for Cabore, who had just been transferred from Puglia, this was irrelevant. This time Albania withdraws from the Viceroyalty and establishes a province. If he can seize a high-ranking official position, of course he has the ambition to do something in his career.

The top priority is to ensure that the double-tracking of the Dupu Railway is completed on time. As a senior official, I definitely need to come and take a look.

It should be noted here that Italy has removed the governorships in Libya and Albania and converted them into provinces. This kind of provincial organization is also somewhat different from the regions currently set up in Italy. That is, Italian regions are autonomous units with independent powers and functions, and enjoy legislative power, financial autonomy, etc. The provinces established this time are subordinate agencies of the central government, and their legislation and finance are not independent.

The regional system was also the finishing touch left by the unification of Italy at that time. In order to speed up the unification of Italy, Cavour and Carl's grandfather Emmanuel II gave certain powers to local governments.

This time, the overseas colonies were directly converted into provinces to prepare for centralization of power. Carlo had long wanted to take back these powers of local government. However, since such a takeover would cause local unrest, he had not taken any action. This time, he took advantage of the opportunity to reorganize the original colonial institutions, so he directly changed it to the central government. Directly affiliated agencies are also preparing to take back the powers of local governments.

Of course Carlo and the Roman government also knew that this kind of thing would not be smooth sailing, but since Carlo delayed reform until now, he must be fully prepared. Now let’s see who dares to stand up and object. Carlo doesn’t mind killing a monkey to show everyone. To describe Carlo's current mood in one sentence, that is, the organizer, co-organizer, and football license are all mine, so why do you trash fight with me?