The visit of the Earl of Garland to Austria was destined to be a futile result, and the Austrians were not enthusiastic or even very cold in the face of the Italian visit.

Austria had signed a treaty of alliance with Germany only two years earlier, and after removing the threat from the north, the Austrians had the confidence to face the Italian threat, and although he was in a state of competition with Russia on the Balkan question, relations between the two countries did not fall out under the mediation of Prime Minister Bismarck.

Now Russia is not the time to form an alliance with France, and he is still full of expectations for Germany's friendship, trying to maintain the Three Emperors Alliance system through Germany as a mediator.

True, the contradictions between Russia and Austria-Hungary did not expand, before the collapse of the Three Emperors system. Therefore, under the condition that Austria-Hungary did not bear the burden of the enemy, the olive branch extended by Italy was not very tempting for Vienna, so it was also doomed to be fruitless during the visit to Austria.

After a round of peddling, the Italian government finally found that it was difficult to find a good ally in the absence of diplomatic changes in Europe, which made the Italian government very embarrassed and worried.

"That being said, Prime Minister de Pretis's diplomatic efforts have failed this time."

"Yes, Your Majesty. At present, the government is discussing countermeasures so that there may be a possible situation against Italy in the future. ”

After listening to the words of the chief guard, Carlo stood up, looked out the window, and spoke. "Leave the government alone, the Tunisian crisis has scared them out, and they are almost paranoid."

In the face of Carlo's words complaining about the government, Baron Felimich, who was the chief of the guard, lowered his head and pretended not to hear.

Although the chief guard pretended not to hear, the voice continued to fall into his ears.

"Everyone knows that rushing is not a deal, and they only want to remedy it when they get out of the basket, these officials are really bad."

In Carlo's view, the government should now focus more on the development of domestic affairs, although Italy's natural conditions are not good, and resources are insufficient, but industrialization must not be left behind, how to do things everywhere, and still run into walls everywhere. The first is not the point, the point is that the latter sentence is what Carlo wants to say.

In Carlo's view, Italy is not strong enough in Europe at the moment, and it is better to target other regions, such as the declining Ottomans.

I didn't see that Russia also bullied the Ottomans, and gradually gained self-confidence in order to wrestle with other countries in Europe. Italy can learn from Osmans and regain their self-confidence.

It's not that Carlo has taken a fancy to the current Libya, which is of no use to Italy except for the desert and the herdsmen, and it is unwise to put precious funds in the present Libya. Although Libya has oil, it is buried at a distance that cannot be extracted by current technology. So now there is no use for taking Libya except to eat sand.

Carlo eyed the Ottomans on the territory of Europe.

At present, the Ottoman territory in Europe is not small, Macedonia, Albania, Thrace, Epirus and other territories are its territory, and many islands such as Crete in the Mediterranean Sea are under Ottoman jurisdiction. Such a vast territory was enough for Italy to claim a part.

And Carlo has a clear goal, and he is not willing to go too deep into the Balkans and cause hostility between Russia and Austria-Hungary, and only needs to get Albania (including Kosovo). This would allow Italy to lay a nail in the coffin in the Balkans while still gaining the advantage of the Adriatic.

Although the Austro-Hungarian navy is not strong at present, for Carlo, ensuring Italy's superiority in the Mediterranean is an inevitable choice in the future.

Of course, all of this requires Italy to have strength, and with the current strength of Italy, it is still unknown who will lose and who will win in a war with the Ottoman Empire. But Carlo estimated that nine times out of ten it was a bad deal, with the Ottomans having the upper hand on land and Italy having the upper hand at sea.

In this case, he naturally does not show interest in Osman now, but hides it and does not reveal it at all. This thought can only be his future vision, and no one will say it now.

For Carlo now, strengthening Italy is key. He now divides this hope into two parts, one for the electrical research center in Marino, and the other for the construction of two Venice-class armored cruisers.

But it's a little annoying to say, I don't know if I changed the trajectory of Tesla, and the alternating current he has been looking forward to has not yet come to fruition.

There are other gadgets, such as more accurate electric meters, electric drills, hair dryers, and so on. Although these inventions are good, they can only be regarded as daily necessities, and he can't make Italy rich with these gadgets like the novels he read in his previous life. First of all, there is the question of how many people can afford to buy this thing.

You must know that these gadgets need to be driven by electricity, although the current development of electricity in Europe is good, but the only thing that can enter the home is the electric lamp for lighting. In addition, in this era, electric lights were basically installed in wealthy homes and factories. It was installed in factories because it needed to make a profit for the capital, and in the case of wealthy families, the price of electric lights was not low, and the electricity bill was not cheap at all.

At present, the lack of efficient high-power generators makes it impossible to reduce the price of electricity, so Carlo asked Tesla to give priority to this aspect, trying to reduce the cost of power generation and let electricity be used on a larger scale.

Of course, this is also Carlo's desire to make a small contribution to the development of society, and of course, letting Italy board the electrification train is a small requirement of the contribution.

But now Tesla's research on high-power motors has been delayed, which makes Carlo a little anxious. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't learned electricity in his previous life, Carlo would have wanted to go into battle on his own. As for what you want to ask Carlo about what he learned in his previous life, it's a little ashamed, less than three years after leaving school, all the knowledge he learned has been returned to the teacher, only the keyboard is getting more and more slippery.

I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed to be worthy of the title of traverser.

While Carlo is anxious about Tesla's delayed research results, the person he has been thinking about is conducting a new round of experiments at the electrical research center.

"Prepare for the ninety-second experiment."

Tesla, with messy hair like a bird's nest, wears a stinky shirt and a pair of panda eyes, and gives orders to his assistants.

His eyes were fixed on a motor without a casing, ready to experiment. This motor looks hand-built at first glance, and it still has the mark of hammer striking on it.

But this is not important to Tesla, he has not been able to develop the desired results for a long time, and the anxiety in his heart is almost written on his face.

This is his new experiment, and I hope it will succeed.