The Kingdom of Italy is a new member of the club of world powers, and it was only in the first year of Tongzhi that the foundation for reunification was laid, and it was not until the tenth year of Tongzhi that it was truly completed. Moreover, with the rise of the Manchurian Empire, the center of the international community was no longer limited to Europe, and Italy's presence on the international stage has been very weak. Although in the spirit of international incorporation, Italy is also in the spirit of the idea, but everyone is almost forgetting his existence.

Another reason why Italy is so unsatisfactory is that neither the East nor the West will play with him. Because of the existence of the big and small Peter brothers, Italy had frequent commercial and technological exchanges with the Manchurian Empire during the rise of the Manchurian Empire, and the European powers such as Britain and France felt that they were on the side of the Manchurian Empire, so naturally they would not be called Italy if there was something. But in fact, the proud descendants of the Roman Empire did not look down on the monkeys of the Manchurian Empire at all. White supremacy, they feel that the yellow race can only be conquered, and there is no chance to be equal to them at all, and the big and small Peter brothers should be the emperor of Manchuria, and the Manchurian Empire is a colony of Italy. However, in fact, the big and small Peter brothers were part-time workers, and the Manchurian Empire did not like Italy at all, because of Italy's arrogance, the Manchurian Empire did not take them to play.

Not only is Italy's international status inadequate, but its own strength is also inadequate. The biggest feature of unified Italy is class antagonism, language and other differences. Because of the common cultural characteristics of Italy, the society is conservative, and the preference for sons over women is even more serious than in China. In other areas, Italy has serious cultural divisions. It is only the territory that is unified, and the Italians have been busy arguing when others have expanded their territories because of their different ideas.

In addition to this, the problem of literacy also plagues Italy. At the time of reunification, more than 60 percent of the population in Italy was illiterate, and more than 80 percent of women were illiterate, and the illiteracy rate was much higher than that of Western European countries at the same time. The standard of living of the Italian people is also low, especially in southern Italy, where frequent outbreaks of various diseases such as malaria and epidemics occur. Because the medical system cannot keep up, the mortality rate in Italy is very high, almost a death is a death, and most of them can only rely on the will to fight the disease.

The Kingdom of Italy also faces serious economic, political, social problems, and the Italian economy is still highly dependent on foreign trade and international prices for coal and grain. After reunification, Italy was a predominantly agrarian society, with 60 percent of the population engaged in agricultural activities. With technological advancements, foreign competition, and a rapid shift in export opportunities, agriculture has developed rapidly. However, these developments have not benefited all of the Italian people, and southern Italy continues to suffer from frequent summer droughts and severe crop losses. The only thing that has a core competitiveness is Italian wine, which is the largest wine exporter in Europe. After the reunification, the Italian government also invested heavily in the development of railways, but the progress was not very fast. And just three years ago, in a survey of more than a million workers in Italy were chronically underemployed.

Italy is such a poor country with a weak sense of existence, and if it has to be called imperialism, it can only be a poor imperialism. Casually arguing with that power can make Italy unable to eat and go around, and even the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which has been going downhill, has beaten Italy violently. However, Italy is a romantic country, full of poetry and longing for distant places.

Italy wants to develop into Africa and the Americas, but it is already overcrowded, and whoever takes care of Italy will have a surplus. Italy also wants to go to East Asia, but Goxinga has already let out the words that if Italy dares to put its claws into the Pacific Ocean, it will definitely beat Italy and can't take care of itself. Of course, in fact, these are just Italy's own thoughts, and their national strength simply cannot support them to go that far, at most they are shopping at their doorstep.

King Umberto I of Italy wore his beard every day, thinking about how he could make a name for Italy. Francisco Crispi and Giovanni Giolitti, who took turns to become prime ministers, also worked hard about it, but the situation in Italy was too bad. After all these efforts, the country's population had grown from 28 million to 32 million, but poverty had led to 6 million emigratings.

France's tariff war to contain Italy has led to severe economic hardship for Italy. However, Italy, which was bent on going out, still used the country's limited resources to push Italy to participate in the arms race, and the army was expanded from 10 armies to 12 armies with 420,000 troops, and the navy also built battleships comparable to Britain and France, ranking fifth in the world with a total tonnage of 250,000 tons, second only to Britain, Manchuria, France, and Russia. Italy took an active part in its adventures in Africa, and after an opportunistic move, took control of Massawa on the Red Sea and divided Somalia, a dependency of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, with Britain and France. Later, the idea was hit on the head of Ethiopia, which also believes in Christianity, but unfortunately the Italian army was not useful, and the distant expedition made it difficult for them to supply, and they were beaten by the African natives. The fiasco in Ethiopia led to the catastrophic bankruptcy of Italy's colonial journey.

But romantic Italians don't give up, they always want to be careful next time, and then they can always get something back. However, their opportunities are too few, the power of the major powers is too large, and the emerging Germany is like a tiger, how can Italy have a chance to get something. The hard work paid off, and Italy waited for several years to finally have a new opportunity. Britain, the world's largest colonial empire, and Goxinga, the little overlord of the Far East, are fighting each other, and the two sides are on the brink of all-out war. The crisis in the Balkans was also very prominent, with Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, England, and Russia all involved, and everyone had no time to think about it, and Italy could finally strike at North Africa, which they had coveted for a long time.

When the Ottoman Turks wanted to mix well, the Quartet conquered and owned a large territory, spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa, and North Africa was their former territory. However, with the decline of Ottoman Turkey, the sick man of West Asia could not even take care of his own fundamental land, and the land of North Africa naturally became the dish of the European powers. As the European powers increasingly fiercely contested the North African coast, which was nominally part of Ottoman Turkey, Italy's attempt to seize Tripolitania and Cyrenaica as a base for expansion in North Africa was a very selective target.

Tripolitania and Cyrenaica are a desert of Ottoman Turkey in North Africa with limited economic value but strategic importance. It is across the sea from Sicily and controls the narrower seas of the central Mediterranean. This place meant so much to Italy that with this place as a base, they could control part of the Mediterranean. If you retreat, you can guard your own door, and if you enter, you can clamp down on Britain and France, and get the great benefits of North Africa. Moreover, this place is very close to Italy, so Italy does not need to engage in any expeditions, and there is no need to worry about being beaten by African natives again.

In the sixth year of the Chinese Revolution, during the division of the Turkish Porthai government to occupy the North African territories by the British and French governments, Algeria and Tunisia successively became French protectorates, and the titular territories of the Ottoman Turks in North Africa were also owned by Britain and France. Britain already has Egypt and other places, and is more concerned with sea supremacy, while France is preparing to use Algeria and Tunisia as bases to annex the Turkish provinces of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. This attempt was opposed by Germany, Italy, and Austria, especially Italy, which had long wanted to establish a colony in North Africa.

In order to deal with the French, Italy actively engaged in political and diplomatic activities, reached agreements and tacit understandings with various powers, and even formed a Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria and the two countries, in exchange for everyone's recognition of Italy's interests in North Africa. In preparation for the annexation of the provinces of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, Italy continued to emigrate and send merchants to the two provinces, buy land, and actively expand its power. Italian naval officers changed into fishermen's clothes and carried out coastal surveys under the guise of fishing for sponges off the coast of Tripolitania. In the name of missionary work, Catholic priests in Italy went deep into the interior to gather intelligence. Italy, so to speak, will do whatever it takes for the benefit of North Africa.

Moreover, Italy has learned the lesson of the collapse and sinking in Ethiopia back then, and constantly spies on the timing of choice, without rushing forward. When the Manchurian-British conflict broke out and Serbia was about to go to war, Italy thought that if it did not act, it might lose the opportunity, so it directly withdrew from the Balkan mediation, and preemptively attacked the Italians in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica under the pretext of the unfair treatment of Italians, and issued an ultimatum directly to Ottoman Turkey before Turkey sent troops to North Africa, threatening to invade Tripolitania and Cyrenaica.

Ottoman Turkey was stupid then, wasn't the focus of the whole world on East Asia and the Balkans? Why did the Italian bastard suddenly rush straight in. Ottoman Turkey had no choice but to appeal to all countries to stop Italy's invasion attempts, but there were too many bad facts in the major powers at the moment, and where could they have time to pay attention to this little thing in North Africa. They only hope to heal the crisis in the Balkans as soon as possible, and then work together to study how to deal with the Manchurian Empire in Goxinga. Therefore, Britain and France, which had always supported Ottoman Turkey, not only did not stop Italy, but persuaded Turkey to accept Italy's demands.

The Ottoman Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II was a man of great temper and a dictator who ruled bloodily. Since his succession to the throne, Ottoman Turkey has been endlessly bullied by the Russians, and the Balkan Peninsula, which is now in full swing, was taken away from him by the Russians. The Sultan has been made angry by the Russians, but Italy has come to bully him again, and he really can't bear it anymore. The Ottoman Turks are not very good, and Italy is only strong, so if it's a big deal, they will be unlucky together, it's not a big deal.

The Sultan's temper came up, naturally there was nothing to say, and the Turkish government categorically rejected the unreasonable demands of Italy. Italy then rose up and declared war on the Ottoman Empire, but the rest was awkward. Italy's diplomatic preparations were made, and war was declared, but it was delayed in sending troops, because the Italian army was not ready.