As the announcement came, the people present immediately lined up in a neat queue to welcome Carlo's arrival.

After greeting the dignitaries present one by one, as Carlo took his seat, this also meant that the meeting officially began.

"I think everyone should have some guesses about today's meeting, but before that, I need to announce a discipline, today's meeting is top secret, no notes can be taken, no paper can be taken, and the minutes will also be made by the chief of the guard."

With the first order announced by Carlo, everyone present became serious. Because the king's words have already explained the importance of the next meeting.

Bismarck agreed to the demands of the two countries, and the outcome of the negotiations was largely implemented. However, in the end, the signing of the three parties was delayed until ten days later, because many disputes over details made the negotiations longer. But in any case, when this new alliance treaty appeared in front of Carlo, he was sincerely gratified. The negotiations were not easy, and they almost angered Germany for this. Even if Italy pays the price of two colonial naval bases. Of course, it was worth the effort, at least for Italy to gain support from its allies.

"Good work, Lord Bacona."

After signing his name to the treaty, Carlo thanked Bacona, who was standing in front of him.

"Your Majesty, I'm ashamed."

Bacona, who knew his own affairs, felt that he had not contributed much to this negotiation, and the praise from the king was greatly appreciated.

"It's nothing, Bacona doesn't need to dwell on it as long as we achieve our goal."

Carlo, who knew what his foreign secretary was thinking, casually persuaded. "Besides, Bismarck is very familiar with you, and sometimes a little surprise may be able to achieve the goal, isn't that how we achieved it!"

Well, Carlo's persuasion was still effective, and the foreign secretary was no longer dwelling on the matter.

After a few more conversations, Bacona left with a document signed by Carlo's name.

When the Foreign Secretary was gone, the Chief of the Guard walked in with a large amount of information.

"Your Majesty, this is the information you asked the intelligence department to collect."

"Let's put it here for now."

In the face of Carlo's orders, Felimich put all these materials on Carlo's table, and the towering materials completely covered Carlo's entire person.

"Your Majesty, this is all information collected by the intelligence department in the past ten years, in addition to military information such as garrisons, communications, military stations, and supply points, there is also social information on the population, property, and ethnic contradictions in various regions. In addition, climatology, hydrology and other information also occupy a part. ”

Listening to Felimich's words, Carlo picked up an intelligence document and looked at it. The cover is just a few words, a summary of Albanian regional intelligence.

Recreate pick up a book, which is a summary of Cretan intelligence. Next, the intelligence of the Macedonian region, the Thracian region, the Libyan region and other regions appeared in Carlo's eyes.

Seeing that the king continued to pick up the intelligence materials and look at the cover, Felimich, who was the chief of the guard, spoke. "Your Majesty, this is a deliberate compilation by the intelligence department, mainly because the original materials are too cumbersome and affect reading."

Ferimic's explanation made Carlo smile. "I have a heart."

After feeling that it was almost the same, the chief of the guard quietly retreated, leaving Carlo alone to flip through the information in his hand.

This situation continued until the lights were on, and Carlo, who felt his eyes glazed after watching for most of the day, got up from his chair.

It's okay if he doesn't stand up, but as soon as he stands up, he feels a feeling of dizziness.

"Oops, I'm a little tired."

However, there is a saying that the ignorant is fearless, although Carlo aimed the next target at the Ottoman Empire, but after carefully studying the situation, he found that the Ottoman strength was not weak.

Although it was beaten by the Russians one after another, it also brought to the Ottoman Empire an army that had always had rich combat experience, and its equipment closely followed Europe, and its troops stationed in Europe were generally equipped with breech-loading guns.

However, the Ottomans relied more on their large army, a standing army of 400,000 to 500,000, which made it the key to suppressing local separatism.

Of course, the large number of ethnic groups in the Ottoman country, the backward political system and the backwardness of the military organization are also the main reasons restricting the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman army.

For Italy, it was still difficult to completely defeat the Ottomans militarily. The main thing is that Italy's economy can't drag on the war for too long, and the combat effectiveness of the Italian army makes it a bit difficult for Carlo to put his mind at ease.

But around Italy, apart from Ottoman, Carlo really couldn't think of anyone to shoot. Don't think about the rest of Europe, Spain just can't move at all, Greece also has Britain behind it, as for the two neighbors, it's good if they don't fight.

It seems that there is no choice but Ottoman.

But this is the first step in Italy's rise, and Carlo says he wants to take it down, even if it is a drag on the economy. I didn't see that I paid such a big price, and I couldn't say anything if I didn't get started.

However, if he wants to fight against the Ottomans, Carlo still needs to prepare in advance, so he has already thought of a way.

The weather on the weekend was nice, with sunny and sunny skies, making it a great time to get around.

However, today's royal palace is also a little different, because several carriages have been parked in front of the palace. The guards, who were familiar with the carriages, whispered to each other what meeting the king was going to convene to bring together the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Minister of the Navy and Army.

But as guards guarding the door, they have no right to know this.

In fact, except for the chief of the guard, no one else knows. And in the conference hall, the important ministers also chatted with each other before waiting for the arrival of the king.

However, their chats are still very distinct, and the ministers on the government side are just chatting by themselves, completely ignoring the military side.

"These civil officials are really hateful."

Admiral Saragate, who was the Minister of War, naturally went to Admiral Goleck, the Minister of the Admiralty, and complained.

"What's wrong, Saragate?"

Faced with the War Secretary's sudden words, Admiral Golek asked.

"What else could it be, didn't our army hold an exercise last month, when the crops of some local residents were crushed, and these civilian officials held on, didn't we lose money, what do you want us to do?"

Admiral Salagate said that Admiral Golek also knew about it, but it was not as simple as crushing a little crop. One of the troops in the exercise at that time, reading the wrong map, built its fortifications on the cultivated land. The successive trampling and storage of all kinds of military supplies had ruined the land.

The head of the household stepped forward to theorize, but was beaten up, and this incident happened to be seen by a reporter who came to cover the incident, so the army was disgraced and embarrassed. For this reason, Admiral Golek was still in his office and laughed at the other party for a long time.

However, the Minister of War is at the moment, and Admiral Golek will certainly not expose the other party. "Yes, these civil servants did write it, and they shouldn't hold on to it."

Admiral Saragate was about to say something in the face of the Admiralty's understanding, when the door suddenly opened.

Immediately after, an announcement came. "Your Majesty King Carlo, here."