Chapter 9: Carlo's Proposal

The busy city of Rome made no difference after Carlo ascended the throne, it was all so lively. Except for some young girls who are pregnant with spring to talk about this good-looking king, there is still no change in life.

"Ugh!"

Carlo, who was missed by the girl, stretched out for a long time, and then looked at the manuscript he prepared with satisfaction.

It was a carefully prepared plan for the construction of one or two large electric power experimental centers in Italy. Then, using the results of the experimental center, the process of electrification in Italy was accelerated and overtaking in corners.

In Carlo's view, at present, if Italy wants to overtake in corners, it can only start with electrification.

Now that we are ready to open the path to electrification, we must develop a laboratory for electrification.

This time, Carlo no longer plans to use the same set of small fights as before, it is too classless. It's completely like a handicraft workshop, and the key is that I can't even pull the Tesla I want.

This time, Carlo directly benchmarked the future of General Electric, and built a large-scale R&D center. Researchers with less than 500 people are embarrassed to go out to greet people, and an area of less than 20 hectares is considered small.

Of course, the cost is not cheap, the initial budget is 20 million lira, and the annual R&D expenditure alone will not be less than 10 million lira after completion.

In addition, with such a large investment, Carlo certainly did not decide on the head with a pat on the head. It is mainly a reference to Edison's General Electric Company in the United States, and of course, Edison is still looking for suitable bamboo as carbon filaments all over the world. There is also Siemens, which is mixed in Germany, and it is also within the scope of Carlo's reference.

And this investment amount was also formulated by Carlo. Because it is necessary to meet his requirements for producing results within a few years, whether it is funding or staffing, etc., it is necessary to expedite and speed up the solution. Naturally, money must be used to open the way, and sufficient funds and manpower must be used to speed up the progress. After all, his laboratory needs to be in a hurry, otherwise the cost of buying patents alone will cost Italy a lot of money.

When Carlo put down the plan he was happy with, he called his henchman Domingo. "Where's my uncle?"

In the face of Carlo's inquiry, as a confidant, Domingo could not report. "Your Majesty, the Lord Regent is currently a guest at the house of the Baroness of Huls."

Domingo's words made Carlo feel worse immediately, and even the plan was not so good.

This uncle of his own, since the regent of course, brought his nonsense in Turin with him. In just two months, there are several wives with names and surnames, and there may be more unknowns. Perfectly explains the word stallion, as the person who holds the actual power of the king, is it really good to mess around like this.

Thinking of this, Carlo had nowhere to spread the fire in his belly. I didn't see that I didn't even arch the tender cabbage beside me, and those who want to do great things must have great courage, and those who can't even manage the lower half of their bodies can have any interest.

Although Carlo was so angry that he couldn't do it, in the end he had to let go. What's the solution, it's not just forgiveness.

Whoever lets himself have only such an uncle, although he is a little wasteful, but from a certain point of view, it is also good for himself. It's just that this kind of benefit, I don't know if I can get it.

With this concern, Carlo waited for time, the time to meet with his uncle and the prime minister. According to a certain custom, one day a week or ten days before the monarch reaches the age of majority, the regent, the prime minister and others are in charge of the decision of the military state in front of the monarch.

Although Carlo does not have the right to make decisions in this, it can at least give him a basic understanding of how the government handles affairs.

And this day is also very close, just the day after tomorrow.

Two days later, in the council hall of the Quirinalale Palace, the young King Carlo was listening to the ministers and arguing with each other.

"This year's agricultural harvest in Sicily has failed, and some taxes must be waived, otherwise those farmers will not survive."

"Mr. Custer, how much do you think is appropriate?"

"I think at least half of the reduction is needed, and for that reason, the Governor of Sicily, Mr. Ambique, agrees with me."

Giving generous remarks is the Minister of Agriculture, Makede, a 50-year-old man with a red nose on his trough and arguing for a tax break in Sicily.

"It's too much to be possible. At present, our country's expenditure is too large, and if Sicily's agricultural tax is reduced by half, it will create an even bigger hole, and who will fill it. ”

Jumping out against it was Chancellor of the Exchequer Jagalli, an equally shrewd little old man who was heartbroken by Italy's finances, resulting in a brilliant little head that stood out in the crowd.

Carlo has seen a lot of this situation in the past two months, but he still finds it very interesting. However, compared to Carlo, his uncle next to him, the regent Amedeo, was different, and he couldn't help but yawn.

This made it difficult for Carlo to discuss in his heart, but he asked in a whisper with still concern on his face. "Uncle, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Amedeo felt a little embarrassed by his nephew's concern. "Uh, yes. Uncle didn't sleep well last night and has been too busy lately. ”

Speaking of which, Amedeo remembered the beautiful carcasses last night, but unfortunately he used too much force, and he probably needed to take a break.

It's just that what he didn't notice was that when he said this, many ministers below couldn't help but purse their mouths. The regent's reputation spread throughout Rome in just two months, and now everyone knows about the merry regent.

Although Amedeo himself didn't notice it, Carlo did. It gave him a bad feeling. This uncle lost his majesty among the officials in two months, which is not good at all.

Then Carlo did not speak again, and continued to observe the handling of government affairs, and in this, Carlo also made some discoveries. That is, Prime Minister Cairoli is gaining authority among officials, including in the treatment of taxes in Sicily.

It was also after he spoke out that the dispute was resolved.

Of course, the prime minister has a very high political level, he does not take sides, and he is reasonable with facts. Carlo had a vague feeling that even without himself and his soon-to-be-vased uncle, he could handle these things.

It's not that he's dissatisfied with the prime minister's ability, it's that the regent as an uncle is too uncompetitive, which leads to an imbalance of power and concentrates power on him alone. Leslie, the other speaker of the three regents, is more likely to exert influence in the Parliament, which now everyone knows is nothing more than a rubber stamp.

Thinking of this, Carlo was even more worried about this.

After all aspects of government affairs were finally taken care of, Carlo immediately cheered up, he knew that his first proposal was very important, related to his own image.

"Wait a minute, I have an offer."

After stopping everyone, Carlo came up with his own plan.