It's November, and Edward has been playing in Madrid for two weeks.

During this period, Spain succeeded in taking Sardinia and Sicily, and the whole process can almost be described as bloodless.

The fate of the islanders was sealed long after the fall of the Italian fleet.

Especially when the army was withdrawn en masse, the inhabitants learned of their identity as the outcasts of the kingdom.

Although this is a helpless move, people can understand it, but it is always uncomfortable to be abandoned.

In the midst of this faint resentment, Spanish soldiers were stationed in various ports on the island.

Soldiers are like combs, bandits are like grates, this is a truth that everyone knows.

The citizens of the port city were so worried that there were even incidents of wealthy people fleeing inland with their families and possessions.

But as time passed, people were amazed to find that they had rushed into the city and looted it, and if they did not reach the port, they would not even know that the Spanish had occupied the island.

This is the latest occupation policy pursued by the military department, that is, it is self-controlled, and it is applied only in special circumstances.

Truth be told, even with the Progressive Guard, the discipline of the Spanish soldiers was not very good, at most slightly above the European average, and far from the level of the people's army.

However, Sardinia and Sicily are located in Europe, and the future will definitely be localized, and all risks that may provoke ethnic contradictions must be eliminated.

As a result, the military department confined the soldiers to the harbor and did not allow them to go out at will.

This method really works, and you can't even see each other, so naturally there is no need to say anything about conflict.

And this approach has the added benefit of being extremely low cost of occupation.

For the island, it only takes one or two thousand troops to control the port, and the entire island is indirectly controlled.

Gradually, the Italians in the occupied territories were living better than before.

Not to mention that the garrison's military supplies were procured locally, and the coal that used to be extremely scarce, as well as the limited supply of food, are now also openly supplied.

Within a few days, bold people took the initiative to go near the port and start the business of the army.

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"If this continues, there will not be too much confusion when Italy ceds and hands over in the future."

Campos looked at the report of the military department and was very satisfied.

"It's because we haven't changed their habits." Alfonso was not so optimistic: "Spain and Italy are two countries, two peoples, after all, and it will be quite difficult to assimilate. ”

"Not to mention the fact that Italy has a very deep cultural heritage, in a sense even more than Spain.

Again, in this kind of place close to the mainland, if something doesn't go your way, the risk of trouble will be very high.

So Prime Minister, don't take it lightly. ”

"Yes." Campos said solemnly.

As the only monarch in decades who could expand his territory, Alfonso's power was growing stronger from day to day, and even a trusted minister like Campos could not fail to take his reminders to heart.

"Good." Alfonso nodded: "Come up with a plan for an autonomous region as soon as possible, at present, some people in the country say that they want to form the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily, but I really don't want to use the model of the confederation anymore." ”

After receiving the order, Campos said another thing: "The Japanese who returned to China before are here again, and there are a lot more people coming this time, and they want to see you." ”

"Japanese." Alfonso raised an eyebrow: "Who is the highest-ranking person?" ”

"Right minister, what do you seem to be called...... Iwakura Vision? Campos spat out a somewhat lame Japanese pronunciation, a little uncertain.

Being able to remember a Japanese name is enough to show that Campos knows that the other party's status is very high.

Very high indeed...... Right phase, three princes!

"Schedule a time." Alfonso said briefly: "But to be able to send an official of this level, I'm afraid it's not just to come to see us." ”

"Well, more than 100 people came, and they planned to travel around twelve countries.

Moreover, after the other party came to Madrid yesterday, in addition to meeting with the diplomat, he went to meet Prince Edward as soon as possible. Campos speculated:

"I suspect that the country they really want to deal with is the UK, and the first stop to meet us may be just to put pressure on the UK."

"Really?" Seeing that Campos's expression was a little resentful, Alfonso smiled indifferently, in his opinion, there is a difference in strength between countries.

It just so happened that Edward was in Madrid, and the other party chose to have a relationship with the future British king, which is understandable.

However, this is not the case in Campos' view, Spain has always been a country on the same level as England, and even if it is now in a slight decline, its status is equal.

After a few more words of enlightenment and a few more trivia, Alfonso sent Campos away.

He will next go to another event, the ribbon-cutting of the "Madrid Workers' House".

After nearly half a year of construction, the simple but not simple workers' house was built.

As a super-large real estate project, it is still purely public welfare, and the completion of these buildings has even been mentioned in foreign newspapers.

Almost all of the most expensive real estate in this year is to build churches and castles, and spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to build dormitories, which is really ...... Too left.

After the Red Prince of France, newspapers in other countries even wanted to give Alfonso the nickname of the Red King.

France, where the workers' movement was at its most intense, left several newspaper headlines on his sidelines, even in the midst of a war of annihilation.

Needless to say, Germany, the second most fierce workers' movement, as a big aristocrat, could afford to spend money on such things, and it seemed to them that the ideological tendency was already obvious.

It is said that several leftist newspapers in Germany even wanted to contact Alfonso and make him a funder.

Alfonso, however, was not very sensitive to these ideological matters, and his construction of the workers' institute was purely realistic, only for the sake of Madrid's health and industrial development.

And at today's rate of development, it is the capital of Spain, and maybe in a decade this building will not be used.

When Alfonso arrived in a carriage, Edward was already waiting, chatting with a Japanese man next to him—in English.

"Edward." Alfonso said a brief hello and looked to his side.

Noticing Alfonso's gaze, Edward smiled and introduced, "Iwakura Gushi, the right minister of Japan. ”

Iwakura Gushi is a small old man, according to the information, he is only 45 years old this year, but he looks at least 50 years old, and he is a little short, especially around a group of tall people.

However, he himself was calm, and when he saw Alfonso coming, his eyes flashed with amazement, and he nodded respectfully to say hello.

Alfonso really wanted to chat with the other party, he was also very curious about Japan in this era, the previous Nishiki Koji Haoxing level was too low, and it was inconvenient to communicate.

But now is clearly not the time to chat, as the ribbon-cutting ceremony is about to begin.