Of course, Italy's good development is not only the mainland, but also the development of overseas colonies.

As a newly formed East African colony, under the leadership of Governor Antonio, the development momentum was considerable.

With the help of the East Asian trade routes, Governor Antonio expanded the ports in Massawa, Djibouti and Mogadishu, built dockyards to provide convenience such as repair and maintenance of passing ships, and also necessary food, water, coal and other necessities for ships, so that the development of East Africa could use the trade routes to strengthen itself.

Of course, economic development was not the main task of Governor Antonio, who in the first year or so of his tenure let the indigenous people of East Africa try his hand. After some means, the local indigenous tribes faced His Excellency the Governor and called for submission. Let the east go to the east, let the west go to the west, and dare not have half a complaint.

Don't you see that the few tribes that disobey have been destroyed, and whoever makes His Excellency the Governor unhappy needs to be mentally prepared to bear his wrath.

For a time, Antonio's prestige was unrivaled in East Africa.

Of course, regardless of the prestige of the East African governor, the Italian government was more concerned with the development of the colony of Lanfang.

As Italy's richest colony, Lanfang continues to grow this year, with the opening of its Pontianak New Port bringing its development to a new level. Of course, Lan Fang alone does not have such great ability, as the governor of Cairoli, more from the Chinese side to invest in the construction of Lan Fang.

The Chinese in Nanyang are not close to each other, but they are not far away, and they are basically from Guangdong and Fujian. As the colony with the most preferential treatment for the Chinese, it is naturally more concerned by the Chinese to be able to hold a series of public positions such as officials, policemen, and so on.

The truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit In Nanyang, a place where the Chinese are harvested from time to time, the Lanfang colony does play the role of a safe haven. Therefore, a large part of Chinese capital flows to Lanfang, which also plays a role in promoting Lanfang's economic development. After all, it is impossible to put the funds there to eat ashes, and they also need to be taken out to invest and make money.

Of course, in addition to the above points, the reason for the reassurance of the Chinese is the performance of the Italian government, compared with several other colonial countries with bad traces, the new Italy has not harmed the history of the Chinese, which is also very important.

Therefore, the good development of Lanfang is also a thing that the Italian government is very proud of, after all, the government has not invested much money in this colony, and the harvest is endless. Such a fine colony, the Italian government wants to say, can give me a dozen.

Of course, it is not that other voices have come out, such as whether the Lanfang colony has raised the money handed over every year.

Well, it is mainly from the Ministry of Finance, of course, that there are other departments, but with the Ministry of Finance at the top. The reason is simple, that is, the Italian government is a little short of money, as its richest colony, should not contribute a little more to the Italian finances.

And among these voices, Yi Lanfang should pay 60 million lira a year is the loudest, of course, it is still 50 million, 8,000 or even 100 million lira.

Of course, no matter how much revenue Lan Fang was asked to hand over, it was not approved by the prime minister.

Because he knew that Lan Fang's Governor of Kairoli had not yet completed the development of Lan Fang.

This is not a railway construction plan that requires a connection from Pontianak to Sankouyang to Sanfa, but it was sent to China by Kayiroli, which made the call for Lan Fang to hand over more financial revenue even more.

In the face of domestic demand, the prime minister felt a little unbearable, but don't panic, there is someone else to take over, that is the king, and then this document was transferred to Carlo.

Looking at this railway plan from Lan Fang, Carlo felt that these names easily reminded him of his past life.

Of course, this mood lasted only three seconds before he reverted to his position as King of Italy.

In this railway plan, Cairoli, as the governor, also wrote a thoughtful explanation. At present, the most important development of Lan Phong is to connect the Chinese colony north of Pontianak, which can promote the development of the region faster. Of course, the small piece of Lan Fong's colonial territory from Pontianak to the north is indeed a little inconspicuous, but this is the best place for Lan Fong to develop at present.

At present, capital from all sides is basically pouring into this area, and there are also some bold people who have invested their funds in the middle and upper reaches of the Kun River, they hire people to develop forest resources, and then organize the land and plant various tropical cash crops. However, such a development cycle is too long, and only people with strong funds dare to do this.

Of course, in addition to Kunjiang, many people also went to Pengdu, Palang and other undeveloped places in the south of Lanfang to try to seize the opportunity.

Of course, such people are also a minority, because the risk is too great, it is possible to get rich overnight, and it is possible to go bankrupt.

In addition to wanting to continue building the railway, there is actually another reason why the Governor of Kairoli wants to continue to build the railway, which is also the main factor that the Prime Minister feels unable to bear.

That is, Kajroli wants to reduce the current annual budget of 30 million lira to 20 million lira in the next five years.

Of course, he also knows that this will trigger a backlash at home, even if he is a former prime minister, and the Ministry of Finance, which is short of money and crazy, will not recognize his old face.

So later, he also said that if his development plan is successful, then Lanfang's annual financial income should reach 50 to 60 million lira, which will not affect Lanfang's own development and growth, and will also allow Italy to collect the hearts of local Chinese.

Although the conditions offered by Cairoli were somewhat tempting, Carlo knew that those people in the Ministry of Finance would not listen at all, because they wanted Lan Fang to pay more money now.

It's like saying to a hungry man, "Give me half of your steamed buns, and when I'm full, I'll catch fish and cook it for you, and see who will do it."

And the prime minister also foresaw the reaction of the Ministry of Finance, so he threw this hot potato to Carlo. Faced with the trouble thrown by the prime minister, Carlo could not throw it to others.

However, the more prosperous Lanfang is, the more beneficial it is to Italy, so Carlo will have a decision.

Of course, this needs to start at the source, that is, from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Of course, it is not impossible to order the Chancellor of the Exchequer to accept it, but it will cause displeasure, so Carlo needs another way, and after a moment of contemplation, Carlo rings the rattle.

"Your Majesty, what do you command?"

An attendant came in and bowed his head and asked.

"Tomorrow I will come to the palace for your Excellency Teyela."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As the squire was about to leave, there was a rush of footsteps, which caught Carlo's idea.

I saw the chief of the guard, Baron Felimic, hurrying in.

"What's wrong, Chief Guard?"

In the face of the chief guard who rushed in, although Carlo looked calm, he betrayed him by grabbing the armrest of the chair with a strong hand. Because he knew that it must be very urgent to make the captain of the guard so disrespectful of etiquette, and hopefully it would not be bad news.

In response to Carlo's inquiry, the chief of the guard immediately spoke. "Your Majesty, I have just received news from Berlin that Kaiser Wilhelm I has died."

"What !!"

I'm in a good mood