As the chief steward of the royal family, Alejad naturally has a lot of things to do every day, especially after Carlo asked for the sale of the royal family's property, which is even more busy. But fortunately, he only needs to control the overall situation, otherwise this old bone will have to be explained here sooner or later.

As for Carlo's summons, Alejad could only put down what he was doing and go to meet His Majesty first.

"Mr. Alejad, how much money do I have at my disposal at the moment?"

When Alejad appeared, Carlo was impatient to ask about the royal family's funds.

In the face of Carlo's inquiry, Alejad was still mentally prepared, otherwise he would not have come with a thick ledger. And when Carlo finished speaking, he opened the ledger, looked at the contents on it, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, at the moment we have sold 317 million lira of land. Because of the large number of sales in the past, the price of the field has dropped by 5%, so it is not appropriate for us to sell it at this time. ”

Well, from this side, it can be seen that the current Italian capital is not abundant, although the market is not very popular in the market, but the market only bears more than 300 million lira and began to reduce the price, which is very revealing.

In the face of Alejad's words, Carlo continued to listen.

"In addition, we made a profit of 375 million lira by selling those Indian gold and silver products, diamond jewelry, etc., and the remaining items worth about 80 million lira are too obvious to sell for the time being. Also we are in ......"

In the end, Alejad gave the money that the royal family can come up with at the moment.

"At the moment we are able to come up with 751 million lira."

This is comparable to the government's fiscal revenue for more than half a year, which is the wealth accumulated by the Savoy family for hundreds of years. Of course, if the land is sold, it will be a year's financial income, but this will take a process, and it is obvious that the king Carlo does not intend to wait, otherwise why would he call Alejad, the head of the court.

After reporting the proceeds from the various sales, Alejad explained why there was only so much money left.

"Your Majesty, 25 million lira has been allocated for the construction of the power laboratory before, and the 8 million lire needed for the electrical laboratory this year has also been crossed. Then there are the pensions of the members of the royal family, as well as the daily expenses, which cost more than 8 million lira. ”

With Alejad reporting his income and expenses, Carlo had a good idea of how much money he could spend now. However, although this money seems like a lot, it still feels a little less compared to the plan in his heart.

So, Carlo continued. "Chief Alejad, how long will it take for the property to be sold again?"

"You can't sell the land for a year and a half, otherwise the price will be much lower. The price will be reduced by at least 10% before it can be sold. ”

Alejad's words made Carlo dispel the idea of continuing to sell the property.

In fact, what Alejad said is still a conservative estimate, because there are not many people who can take over such a large-scale sale of land, how can it be sold quickly when there are limited buyers?

As for selling it in small plots, it is not easy to be honest, you must know that the scattered sale also depends on the demand, and the most demand-driven is the peasant class, but they have no money and cannot afford it.

As for the small and medium-sized landlords and aristocrats, they had limited money in their pockets and could afford this expenditure as little. Rather than bothering to sell the land in parts, it is better to sell the land as a whole to attract large buyers with deep pockets.

Now that Alejad has said so, Carlo will only have access to the money for a year and a half. Although it was a little short of what he expected, everything went his way, so Carlo felt pretty much the same.

So he began to prepare for the distribution of the money.

"I have an idea for this money, of which 5,100,000 lire will be kept as a reserve, and the remaining 700 million lira will be spent."

700 million lira is a lot, for an individual, this is indeed a lot, although it does not make him the richest man in the world, but it is still possible to become a billionaire in the United States. But if this money were to be invested in a country like Italy, it would be a complete splash.

So this money must be invested in key industries, and Carlo actually has a plan for the future development of Italy, so he is also ready for the flow of this money.

First of all, the shipbuilding industry, Italy's topography is destined to pay attention to the sea power, so for the shipbuilding industry in the upper reaches of the navy, Carlo must also pay attention, which is related to Italy's national defense and security.

At present, although there are many shipyards in Italy's shipbuilding industry, except for a few large shipyards, other shipyards are models of backward technology. These shipyards, which could only build wooden or vintage steamships, did not contribute much to the improvement of the Italian shipbuilding industry.

Therefore, Carlo plans to use his own funds and government policies to integrate Italian shipyards from both internal and external aspects, so as to make the shipbuilding industry bigger and stronger. Although this may cause a monopoly in the industry, in any case, this is an effect that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and it is worth Carlo's action.

Of course, he did not think about leading the development of the shipbuilding industry, on the one hand, the funds needed are too much, and on the other hand, there is no need for this, but appropriate guidance is still feasible.

In addition to shipbuilding, the use of electricity is also the thing he bothers the most, because this is one of the cores of the second industrial revolution, and the other is the use of internal combustion engines. These are the industries that Carlo must pay attention to, and they are also the gold eaters who cost him a third of his money.

In addition to the above industries, Italy's current weak heavy industries, such as steel, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemicals, materials, etc., Carlo has appropriate capital investment. However, due to limited funds, these industries are more likely to adopt policy support, and Carlo's little capital investment will not affect much at all.

However, it is not possible to support it without investment, because it will be related to the development of Italian industry, so Carlo can only invest a little like pepper noodles, invest a little like this, invest a little like that. However, although the investment is not much, Carlo's funds are invested in the research and development of new technologies, which can also play a role.

However, although the investment is small, the cost is not small, because there are so many of these industries, and the cost of piling up together is not a small amount.

This was the result of Carlo's careful consideration, and as the ruler of a country, he had enough talent to consider the advantages and disadvantages of Italian industry for him.

And as Carlo invests royal money in these industries, it will inevitably have enough impact that will also affect the lives of many Italians, and will also change the trajectory of their lives dramatically.

These changes are very beneficial for Italy.

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