The Carlos rebellion was put down, and most of the soldiers of the two northern legions took a long vacation, one and a half months.

When the vacation is over, they are on standby on the east coast, ready to be loaded on a ship to Rome.

After the War for the Throne and the prisoner of war incident, relations between Spain and Italy had deteriorated considerably, and Alfonso's attitude towards the Roman garrison was not what he used to be, and his attitude towards cooperation was much more positive.

Of course, allowing the Reformation was a basic principle, and there were concessions elsewhere, such as lower garrison costs, and so on.

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When the war at home ended, the attention of the military department immediately turned overseas, and a steady stream of 50,000 troops was assembled in Valencia, and when they were ready, they crossed Gibraltar and then across the Atlantic to Cuba to quell the rebellion.

However, the Cuban War did not attract much attention at home and in Europe, and in addition to the distance, the large number of colonial rebellions in the past few years was also an important reason.

The only great power that paid attention to this, apart from Spain, was the United States.

The Cuban War of Independence was an indispensable part of the American arms dealers.

Fortunately, the United States has just finished its civil war, and even though its GDP has reached the same level as that of Britain this year, there is still a sense of reverence for the European powers.

According to the Cuban governor-general, no trace of American volunteers was found, and the few poorly equipped Americans were supposed to act spontaneously.

Therefore, the 50,000 troops only had to deal with the Cubans, and although most of the Cubans had emigrated from Spain, they could not have been opponents of their compatriots across the ocean without training and organization, and the war would not have been difficult.

Alfonso didn't care about them anymore, the real counterinsurgency war would start in a month or even two, and he had more important work to do at this stage.

The cause of the incident has to be said to Rudolph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who may have been too strictly controlled, coupled with the lack of suitable peers, obviously the two are not very familiar, but he writes to Alfonso from time to time.

In France and Catalonia, the phenomenon was not too serious, but now when he returns to Madrid, I don't know if he was instructed to do so, Rudolph writes letters much more frequently, almost more than Naiv.

Now that she has finally found out, even Queen Isabella has written a letter to Gisela Louise Marie, Rudolph's sister, to communicate with Alfonsodo, and the meaning is already obvious.

Alfonso's feelings about the matter...... How to say it, he personally doesn't care who he marries, after all, this matter can never be avoided.

In any case, aristocratic couples usually respect each other's hobbies, as long as they are not too bad.

And Gisela is not good-looking, but it is not ugly, and it does not have some Habsburg genetic characteristics, and it is also the daughter of Princess Sisi, one of the two great beauties in Europe, and she is not ugly.

So when Isabella talked to him about it, he said he could get in touch first.

"Very good, be more proactive with girls and write more letters." Queen Isabella was pleased with Alfonso's attitude, not so much politically motivated, but entirely out of the idea that Bourbon and Habsburg were in tune.

The Bourbon dynasty has a history of nearly 400 years, and although there are many families in Europe who can compete with him, most of those families exist in Protestant countries, and if she can, Isabella would prefer to marry Catholic countries.

This excludes many families in England and Germany, Isabella does not like the French very much, and the rest, who are worthy of power and seniority, the Habsburg princess is undoubtedly the best one.

And the two families have historical origins, and the relationship has always been good, which is really a good thing.

Alfonso consulted the matter with Campos, who was quite supportive, and he, like Alfonso, was more motivated by political considerations.

It is quite normal for two monarchies to marry, to get closer to each other, and even to form an alliance with the same interests.

It just happened to annoy Italy recently, one-on-one, Italy may not be afraid of Spain, but if Spain and Austria are in lockstep, Italy will definitely not dare to act rashly.

"Your Majesty, you have to take the initiative." Campos was more anxious than they were.

"If this matter can be preliminarily settled before the Franco-Prussian War, we will be able to have more say in the affairs of the Papal States, and when the time comes, we can bring France, Austria-Hungary, and we can hold a four-nation meeting, and maybe we can solve the problem without using a gun."

Alfonso shook his head, not very receptive to the idea.

West France and Austria are all in favor of the Pope, Italy will definitely not sit back and wait for the slaughter, when the time comes, there is a high probability that the British will be pulled, the four-nation conference will evolve into a five-nation conference, Russia and the United States will mix in again, and the seven-nation meeting and the eight-nation conference are all possible.

Anyway, it's about the Pope, and it's a Christian country that can say a few words, and for good reason.

If they all come, little Spain still has the right to speak, let alone the Reformation.

"We don't have an advantage in diplomatic negotiations, our only advantage is that we are close to Rome and Italy, and we don't talk if we can." He retorted, secretly determined not to involve too many countries.

Campos wanted to say something, Alfonso's attitude meant that he definitely wanted something from the Pope or Italy, and the intention was not small.

Alfonso hadn't told him what he thought for the time being, but through daily interactions, he had vague and some guesses in his heart, and he stopped talking at the moment.