Chapter 53: The Departure of a National Hero
Carlo has been in a very good mood these days, because he can't help but smile when he thinks of the embarrassment of the little maid because of the saliva on her face. Of course, the party who made the little maid show her embarrassment, Carlo had a big blue on her waist. The Nine Yin White Bone Claw is really a girl's specialty, and even the little maid has no teacher.
But to Carlo's delight, in addition to this, there is also the change in Nia. After winning the gamble and experiencing a failed kiss, Carlo's relationship with the little maid has developed rapidly, and now Carlo can hold the little maid's hand, and occasionally be held once, how can this not make Carlo happy.
So for a period of time after the New Year, Carlo's time to go out to visit was reduced, and he often took the little maid to feel the time between the two, of course, this made Carlo feel the kiss again, but this time he didn't make a face of saliva, which was a preliminary let the little maid feel the fun (it has come to an end at present, and I will continue to write down to be noticed by the river crab).
Of course, happy times are always short-lived, and soon Carlo needs to prepare for a visit to Germany. In fact, since the arrival of the New Year, the government has been preparing for a visit to Germany. The planning of the route, the people to visit the cities, the activities to be attended are all negotiated by the Italian government in consultation with Germany. For this reason, Foreign Minister Bakona is running to the Prime Minister's Office almost every day, and gossip is about to spread.
However, it is very clear within the government that the number one important event within the government in the past month or so is a visit to Germany, and the distance and the visit have been preliminarily planned, and the next thing is to show it to the prime minister and Carlo.
"Yes, that's how the itinerary is arranged."
In the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister De Pretis agreed to follow the plan after seeing the itinerary.
Although there are no problems on the Prime Minister's side, there are some problems on Carlo's side.
"Why is the agenda basically full of communication with Crown Prince Frederick?"
The official who arranged the itinerary, in the face of Carlo's question, immediately explained: "Your Majesty, the Kaiser is too old to work too much, so after consulting with Germany, the crown prince will do the work on our behalf." ”
"I know this, but you need to consider the age of me and Crown Prince Frederick, if you want to communicate between the royal family, it is best to be the same age, the eldest grandson of Emperor William is very suitable, and the age gap between us is much smaller."
That's right, Carlo's purpose was to exchange the Crown Prince for the future Wilhelm II, the eldest grandson of the Emperor.
In the face of Carlo's words, the official spoke with some embarrassment. "This will need to be renegotiated with the German side."
"Then go and renegotiate, and I believe that the German side will meet my small request."
It was clear that Carlo did not take into account the feelings of the official, and although he knew that it would increase his workload, the thought of preemptively establishing a relationship with Wilhelm II was simply ignored.
In the face of Carlo's insistence, the official was obviously defeated and had to do as he wanted, but he still needed to report the matter to the higher authorities beforehand.
"Since the king wants to communicate with his peers, let him do as he wishes."
Now Prime Minister de Pretis has a lot of things to do, and he doesn't have the time to pay attention to such a small problem.
The news from the Prime Minister's Office allowed Carlo's request to be fulfilled.
However, while the government was busy with the visit to Germany, news came from the island of Caprera that Mr. Garibaldi had died of illness.
The news shocked the whole of Italy, who is the idol of many people in Italy.
Therefore, the news of Garibaldi's death was bolded on the front page of major newspapers, and it immediately caused a sensation.
This is not only famous in Europe, but also in South America, you must know that the Red Shirts formed by Garibaldi were originally in South America.
So in addition to Europe, South America also reported on the Italian national hero.
Of course, no matter what is done abroad, there is no sensation in Italy.
The day after Garibaldi's death, Prime Minister De Preetis and King Carlo said in Rome that they would hold a state funeral for the national hero and carry his coffin himself.
After the Prime Minister spoke to the King, various figures spoke one after another, urging them to contribute to the aftermath of Mr. Garibaldi.
If you compare the treatment in front of the national heroes, it is simply a world of difference. During his lifetime, Garibaldi only had a high reputation among the people, but the government avoided it like a snake and scorpion.
But now that Garibaldi has died, the government has found out that Garibaldi is good and wants to join in the fun.
So it's ridiculous to say that living national heroes are like poison, and only when they are dead can they be considered valuable.
Of course, for Carlo, Garibaldi's death came more from the departure of a respected old man.
Of course, he still had a little anger in his heart, and Garibaldi did not receive the news until he died, and someone was derelict in his duties.
"Tell me, why didn't you get the news before?"
Carlo looked at the chief of guard in front of him, and after asking a question, he sat back, and the shield above made Carlo seem to disappear into the darkness, putting great pressure on His Excellency the Baron.
"Your Majesty......"
The captain of the guard, who knew that he had made a mistake, still told the truth after thinking about it, sometimes it is not terrible to make a mistake, but if you try to cover it up, it will cause more serious consequences. It is clear that the chief of the guard is the executor of this theory.
So in the mouth of the chief of the guard, Carlo learned about Garibaldi's life at this stage.
After Carlo took over the Red Shirts, a disappointed Garibaldi returned to his hometown of Caprera.
However, this time when he returned, Garibaldi's health was obviously not as good as before, so his old friend Cosenz went to the island with him.
At first, nothing happened, and Garibaldi and his friends lived a leisurely life every day.
Once, however, Garibaldi fell at home, and at first the national hero felt fine, but then it got worse and worse. However, at this time, Cosenz and Garibaldi's family hid the news, which is said to be Garibaldi's intention, and he did not want to disturb the others for his own reasons. He only recruited a doctor he trusted to treat him, but this national hero, who was already over 70 years old, did not survive in the end and died in early 1882 at the age of 75.
When the chief guard told the reason, Carlo couldn't help but praise him, this is really worthy of the title of hero.
"I'll make a note of it this time, and if there's a next time then you know what to do."
Carlo held it high and put it down with a kiss, which was regarded as revealing the matter.
A week later, in Rome, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to see off the national hero on his final journey. And Carlo and the prime minister also fulfilled their promise and personally carried Garibaldi's coffin.
The national hero will then be buried in Sardinia in accordance with his last wishes.
And with Garibaldi's death, it represents the departure of that magnificent era of unification. The old era is gone, then the new era is about to begin, and as for the future direction of Italy, that is what Prime Minister Carlo and De Pretis need to consider.