Carlo was unaware of what happened to the recruits of the 3rd Guards Regiment formed by the Red Shirts. But even if he knew, he couldn't do anything. Sending people to keep an eye on it is impossible for the military to go too far, and besides, the number of elimination places is still limited.

Now Carlo has more important things to do, and that is the work of two ships waiting for him. After he promised the Navy money to help him build two cruisers, Admiral Golek, as Lord of the Navy, ran very diligently.

From time to time, Carlo would be informed of how things were going, so much so that the Prime Minister asked curiously. But when he learned that Carlo was going to buy two more warships for the navy, that expression was wonderful. Because this is what Carlo did with royal funds, he can't do anything about it as prime minister. can only sigh, apart from the fact that the royal family is really rich, there is nothing else to say.

Since he was going to spend a lot of money, Carlo didn't want to hide it and announce it generously. The populace applauded the king's private money to help build the navy, and at the same time made Carlo reach a new high in popularity (which was not much).

Of course, among them, the newspaper added a lot of color to Carlo. In these newspapers, Carlo was portrayed as a young heroic king who was unwilling to accept the status quo in the face of foreign oppression, and took out all his money to add two warships to the navy.

Such a story is exactly what the masses of the people like to hear. Since Carlo has such expectations, he is bound to do what meets their expectations.

So for a period of time, Carlo frequently appeared in major newspapers, although he didn't make remarks that surprised the world like Wang, but his sense of presence was a wave of brushes.

Despite his frequent newspaper appearances, Carlo has not forgotten his mission. After Admiral Golek reported that the preparations were almost complete, he came to the Admiralty.

The Admiralty Building, located at 16 Mondivka Street, is in the Renaissance style, with three buildings arranged in a zigzag pattern, and the logo of the Kingdom Navy on the building is vividly visible, showing the extraordinary spirit of the Navy.

The Italian Navy was formerly known as the Navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1861, the maritime fleets of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the Kingdom of Piedmont merged to form the Royal Italian Navy, which currently has 87 combat ships with a total tonnage of 287,000 tons, ranking fourth in the world.

But don't look at the current tonnage of Italian warships, but most of the current Italian warships were built in the sixties. After the Battle of Lisa with Austria, the navy's budget was greatly reduced, but the Italian navy still built a number of ships with good performance.

Among the masterpieces are the Durio and the Enrico Dondollo. The class has eliminated all sails, is equipped with twin propellers, and is powered by a vertical composite steam engine, and the power of 12,000 horsepower is enough to allow the 12,000-ton giant ship to reach a speed of 14.8 knots, which is also quite good in Europe.

These two ships were the most powerful in the world when they were built, armed with 450 mm 20 times the caliber guns capable of taking on all warships.

However, its construction span was too large, from 1873 to 1880, and when it was completed, it was somewhat mediocre. The rate of fire of its main gun, which is fired every five minutes, is also impressive.

During the exercise, the Navy discovered that although the ship was extremely powerful, it still had various shortcomings, such as its main guns, which fired every five minutes, and the problem of insufficient firing range of the ship's main battery. (The Doulio class has three chimneys, and the two turrets are located between the first and second chimneys, and between the second and third chimneys. ）

Despite its shortcomings, the Durio class represents a great step forward in Italian shipbuilding.

At the moment the Navy has decided to make some modifications to the Durio class for its shortcomings, continuing the idea of building three improved versions.

Carlo wasn't unaware of this. However, he did not have many suggestions for the current ideas of the Italian Navy, firstly, he did not know much, and secondly, the time was not right, and the technology could not be reached. Even if he says the concept of dreadnoughts, it is impossible to get the approval of the Navy, because this is simply not realistic at the moment.

So this time Carlo came to the Admiralty, only to choose a good plan for his armored cruiser.

That's right, this time it was a tender for Carlo's two armored cruisers, because no one in the navy had designed the type of armored cruiser, so this time the navy planned to brainstorm and choose the most suitable plan for its own construction. Of course, the construction cost of the royal family may also play a big role in this. After all, this can bring the relationship between the navy and the king closer, so the navy did not invite bids internally, but called major shipyards to bid.

At present, the Admiralty has already sent the tender requirements to the major shipyards. According to the requirements of the Admiralty, the Italian patrol must have a speed of more than 18 knots, and must have sufficient firepower, in addition to the protection requirements to be able to withstand the bombardment of 150 mm naval guns, and the tonnage must not exceed 6,500 tons.

In the face of the Admiralty's requirements, the major shipyards have prepared their own plans and are ready to win the first Italian cruise.

In the face of such a bidding situation, the navy is so likely not to invite Carlo, after all, the Royal Navy, and besides, this is still the king's money.

So as soon as Carlo walked into the tender chamber, Admiral Golek, who was the Lord of the Navy, announced that the tender had begun. He didn't let Carlo say a word, and he didn't plan to say more, he deserved to be a capable soldier.

As Golek spoke, the bidding meeting immediately began, and the first to come was the Venetian Naval Shipyard, a powerful shipyard affiliated with the Navy, where the Durio-class battleships were built.

I saw that the person in charge of the shipyard came up with his own plan. "Your Majesty, all of you here, the design of our Tunisian shipyard is that the ship is 106 meters long, 14.7 meters wide and has a draft of 7.1 meters. The standard displacement is 6450 tons, and the full load displacement is 7130 tons.

In terms of firepower, we prepared two 203 mm guns, which were installed in the front armor battery at 2×1, and on the rear deck we installed four 152 mm secondary guns, in addition to eight 120 mm guns arranged on both sides of the middle of the warship, and in addition, we installed eight 57 mm guns to deal with small and civilian targets, and the ship also installed a 5×18-inch torpedo tube behind the island.

In terms of power, we use a 10,000 hp reciprocating steam engine with a top speed of 18 knots. The maximum range is 5700 nautical miles / 10 knots. On the armor we used flat armor, in which the main armor belt was 100 mm, the horizontal armor was 50 mm, the conning tower was armored 57 mm, and the gun mount armor was 57 mm. ”

The person in charge of the Venetian Navy Shipyard said a lot of things, although it sounded very good, but even Carlo, who didn't know much about the navy, felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally knew where the problem was. Such a configuration of fire was similar to that of a protective cruiser, and it was clear that the Venetian naval shipyards did not comprehend the essence of an armored cruiser.

Since Carlo felt it, then Admiral Golek, as the head of the Navy, naturally felt it too.

So he waited for the head of the Venetian shipyard to finish speaking, and then spoke. "We have learned about the plan of the Venetian shipyard, so we will ask the next person in charge of the Andosal shipyard to come up with a plan."

As Admiral Golek's words fell, a young man who looked to be holding on to the tail of youth stood up.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the slightly young designer said with some embarrassment. "I'm Vittorio Cuniberti, the designer of the Andosal shipyard, and I'm going to talk about our shipyard's plan."