When Beiyang wanted to find an Italian naval officer to teach and handed it to Carlo's desk, Carlo himself did not expect that Li Zhongtang would actually find Italy to teach.

I don't know if it helped too much to make Li Zhongtang have a good impression of Italy, or if the ability of the Italian Navy conquered this Li Zhongtang, and he actually asked Italy to teach him. But Carlo himself estimates that there may be both.

In the face of Li Zhongtang's request, Carlo still needs to ask the Admiralty before he can give an answer, after all, the Navy still needs to be manpowered.

"Your Majesty, such a good opportunity, of course you have to agree."

Admiral Golek was brought in, but as soon as Carlo said it, the admiralty couldn't wait to agree. This was very embarrassing for Carlo, who was not reserved at all.

This cannot be blamed on Admiral Golek's lack of reserve, this kind of thing as an adviser to the navies of other countries, every naval power is very happy. That is, the strength of the Italian Navy is not obvious, and this is the first opportunity to become a consultant, so what are you waiting for if you don't hurry up and agree.

I don't see how many countries the British Navy has naval advisers, it's just a surprise. And there is no concern at all about the apprentices starving to death of the master, because the navy of the British Empire is the best in the world. This is also recognized by the world, and even the German High Seas Fleet, which will compete with Britain in the future, has no idea of overthrowing Britain's position at all, but only for self-preservation.

Therefore, for the Italian Navy, participating in the construction of the Qing Navy is simply unwanted. The benefits are very considerable, not to mention anything else, let's just say that warships need bases, then repair docks, mooring docks, cranes for lifting heavy objects, and rail cars, etc., these all need to be there.

Many of these things can't be bought in Qingguo, so do you need to consider buying abroad, at this time, the consultant asks who is better, isn't that a business.

Of course, this is only a small profit, and there are many other aspects.

But for Carlo, it's just the idea of the navy. However, he also wanted to ask if there was a suitable candidate for this Lord of the Navy.

"As for the candidates to be sent to the Qing Kingdom, your navy needs to consider it."

"Okay, Your Majesty, when the Admiralty studies the candidates, I will definitely show them to Your Majesty."

It was clear that Admiral Golek understood Carlo's words.

After sending the Admiralty Minister away, Carlo picked up another telegram. The telegram was sent from Berlin, where the Berlin Conference, which is currently being held, with the participation of 15 countries, is nominally aimed at resolving the question of the ownership of the Congo River basin, but is in fact discussing more of the division of power in Africa.

Italy also sent a delegation headed by Foreign Minister Bacona, who sent this telegram back to China.

In fact, this time the Italian government is very interested in the division of Africa, but Carlo, as the king, is not very interested.

It's not that Carlo doesn't know the importance of Africa, it's that the places where there is oil and water are basically divided up by countries, and although there are huge opportunities in the Congo River basin, there is no chance for Italy at all.

Although the Belgians picked up a big bargain, Carlo didn't want to do it at all. Because for Italy today, the market is the key, and the development of the domestic economy is much more important than the seizure of colonies.

In addition, Germany, France, Britain and other countries can accept the weak Belgium, but they will definitely not accept Italy's intervention in the Congo River basin. Although Italy is the weakest, it is also a great power.

Otherwise, why would Britain, France and Germany withdraw part of their territory to Belgium, and King Leopold of Belgium also took advantage of this to propose that companies from all countries could develop in the Congo River basin, which would be temporarily under the jurisdiction of Belgium. It is precisely because of this that the Belgians get a very large piece of the pie from it.

In addition, the development of the colony required huge costs and years of losses, which Italy did not have at the present time.

In this era, Africa can only serve as a raw material base, and its market is unusually small. How many industrial goods can you expect Uncle Black to buy? It was not until the end of the twentieth century that the African market was gradually developed, and its scale is still not comparable to that of Asia, the United States and Europe.

Not to mention anything else, the harsh climate and various diseases in Africa have caused the colonial countries to lose a lot of money.

For Italy, North Africa is the focus of its attention, because its proximity to the country is very conducive to colonization and relieving the pressure on the domestic population. It's just that North Africa has been robbed by Britain and France.

Only the Ottoman Empire still had a Libyan possessions, but it was mostly desert, with only a few Arab herders grazing their cattle here. Because it was so barren and there was the Ottoman Empire behind it, Italy didn't attack it.

As for the rest of the world, Carlo believes that Italy simply does not have the energy to take care of it at the moment, and that prioritizing the development of industry is the last word. The fists are not hard, and they dare not speak loudly, how can this rob interests

However, I did not expect that His Excellency Bacona had a good conversation at the Berlin Conference, and Italy also took Somalia in East Africa. It is not known whether it was due to the butterfly effect, but Britain did not stick to its colonial stronghold in Berbera, Somalia, but used it to reach an agreement with Italy. Italy gave up its colonial stronghold in Hodeidah, Yemen, in exchange for a British stronghold in Berbera, Somalia.

Of course, in addition to this, Italy also signed its own sphere of influence in the Red Sea with Great Britain. It can be said that Italy has only one achievement in Africa at the moment, Somalia.

Carlo, on the other hand, felt a toothache when he saw the telegram sent back by the Foreign Secretary. Italy really went to pick up some poor countryland, and if the Sultan were an Italian colony, it would be great, and he would no longer have to worry about the lack of people in Italy.

However, this can only be Carlo's wish, the British are crazy to exchange the Sultan for Italy, no amount of money is possible, this is related to their core interests in Africa.

The Berlin Conference to divide Africa continues this time, but from the analysis of the news, the results are similar to those in the previous life. It would be nice to have a conference to carve up Asia. Compared to Africa, Asia has everything, and the market is also leveraged.