With Jouferi's secret order, the French side began secret preparations. They first need to enlist the support of the United Kingdom, and now is the time for the United Kingdom to deliver on its promises.

As for the German side, the opportunity was quickly given. When Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated by the Narodnaya Volya, France, a friendly country, immediately sent important ministers to St. Petersburg, just in time for secret contact with German Chancellor Bismarck.

Of course, all this was done in secret, and the Italian side was completely unaware of it.

So what is Italy doing?

I'm sorry, but there are a lot of things to attend to in Italy at the moment, and there is no time to look elsewhere. The first is that Italy is currently suffering from drought. Since last winter, rainfall has been scarce in southern Italy, which is unusually severe for Italy, which has a typical Mediterranean climate.

You must know that the Mediterranean climate is rainy in winter and rainy in summer, and if there is little rain in winter, then don't expect summer. Therefore, in the face of the drought in the south, Cairoli, as the prime minister, is also anxious, on the one hand, he needs to arrange manpower to deal with the drought, and on the other hand, he has to control the political situation in Rome, which can be said to be very busy.

Of course, he also has to be glad that former Prime Minister De Pretis did not make any small moves during this period, so that he can deal with other aspects with all his might.

Of course, as a qualified politician, he would never give his back to others, and he did the same. At present, he is also staring at the former prime minister of Anfen.

In addition to the former prime minister who was targeted by him, the regent Duke Amedeo and King Carlo, who could have an impact on the situation in Rome, he could understand it.

It is because of this that he can focus his energy on disaster relief.

Of the three people he closely monitored, former Prime Minister De Pretis also did not sit idly by in the face of the drought, and he publicly stood up and called for everyone to raise money for the drought, which has so far raised more than a million lira.

And the regent is also rare to come out of Gentle Township, and go to the south as a royal family, of course, the problem has not been solved, but there are a few more confidants.

As for Carlo not going to the south to walk the catwalk, but running to Marino twice in three days, it is obvious that he is the treasure of the power research center.

"Your Majesty, here you go again."

Looking at Carlo who had just gotten out of the carriage, Tesla complained helplessly.

"Hahaha, Nikolai you're complaining again."

Faced with Tesla's words, Carlo replied with a smile.

The conversation between the two made Director Argos, who should have been the main person in charge of the reception, envious. But this envy was seen as soon as he saw it, and he didn't have any thoughts that he shouldn't have. After all, he and the king are not friends, but they are not qualified to talk like friends. And at present, Tesla alone in the research center is like a friend, talking to the king in front of him.

It is said that since the opening of the Electric Power Research Center, Carlo, as the king, will come to Marino whenever he has time. Of course, it used to be fine, and His Majesty still needed other influences, so he could come once a week at most, but now he comes once every two or three days.

The reception standard of the research center has also changed from the beginning of the lanterns to greet all the staff, and gradually changed to just one stop at the door of him and Tesla.

Of course, this is not that the research center wants to snub him, but it is taboo to snub the financier, and the experienced director will not make this mistake.

The main reason is that Carlo doesn't like to make it so grand, thinking that the R&D center should focus on research, not on cumbersome etiquette, and if you want to repay him, then come up with research results.

Therefore, the two directors and deputy directors of the research center naturally followed the flow and reduced the scale of the reception.

"Director Argos, has there been any progress in recent research?"

As a polished figure in the political circle, of course, Carlo will not just talk to Tesla, so he naturally gave the director the respect he deserved, and asked about the research and development results.

"You've been here for three days, and you're almost more familiar than us."

I talk about my own monarch in my heart, of course, I can only talk about it, but I can't say it, otherwise who knows what the consequences will be.

"Your Majesty, you also know that scientific research work is very boring, and it takes a lot of time to get results, and it is ...... at present."

"Okay, I got it. You need to redouble your efforts to achieve early results and make your contribution visible to the Italian people. ”

Carlo dismissed the director in a few sentences, and then he and Tesla walked all the way to the alternating current laboratory. That's right, at present, what he is looking forward to the most is the problem of AC e-commerce, but although AC has long been invented, practical AC has not been used for a long time.

The main problem is that AC power is more expensive to build than DC, and transmission losses are less than AC. Of course, alternating current is not without any benefits, and its long-distance and high-efficiency transmission makes many people look at it.

However, the current scale of electricity use makes the advantage of alternating current not very obvious.

Of course, having said so much, there is another point, that is, the current AC motor power is not enough, and the electricity generated is more expensive, which makes many people dislike AC.

Tesla's main task at present is to develop a high-frequency alternator in order to reduce the cost of alternating current. After all, it is also electricity, so why let others choose expensive ones. Capitalists don't care about these things in their pursuit of profits, as long as they are practical and cheap, it is the best.

As soon as you enter the laboratory, it is full of all kinds of motors, whether they are on the market or not, many of them are bought from other people's laboratories, many motors are still scattered, and many people are doing research and taking notes next to them.

These motors cost a lot of money, which shows what Carlo expects from them.

Tesla, of course, is not stupid, seeing that Carlo attaches so much importance to this, of course he also knows how heavy the burden is on his body, so he pointed to these disassembled motors and said. "Your Majesty, at present, we have studied all kinds of motors, which have a huge role in promoting the study of high-frequency AC motors."

"Very good." After looking at the busy crowd and exclaiming, Carlo turned his head to Tesla beside him and said. "Although I don't want to rush, I still hope that there will be results as soon as possible, even if it is not an AC project, and other things can be done."

Yes, Carlo was a little anxious, of course he knew that scientific research could not rush, but now he was still a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, I can understand your feelings, but science must not be false at all, and I can't give you any guarantees."

Tesla replied to Carlo with a guilty face. As a friend, of course, he wanted to help, but at the moment he didn't dare to say when the results would be achieved. This thing is a bit of a metaphysics, maybe there will be a major breakthrough tomorrow, but it won't make progress for several years.

Of course, Carlo knew this path, but he still couldn't help but be anxious, maybe it was the habits of his youth that made him anxious.

But after a while of exchanging with Tesla, Carlo left disappointed. Of course, he will not give up the laboratory, even if he can afford to fund the laboratory for ten years.

And while Italy is busy, France has made diplomatic progress.