Chapter 409: Departure
"Your Majesty, this is the casualty of our officers and soldiers."
In the Kingdom, Admiral Argil, the Minister of the Admiralty, presented Carlo with information on the casualties of Italian hired naval officers and sailors in the Spanish-American War.
This is a compilation of the casualties of Italian naval officers and sailors.
As soon as Carlo opened the information, the first article wrote the number of casualties. 447 people were killed, 249 were seriously wounded, 351 were slightly wounded, and 19 were missing, making a total of 1,066 people.
This casualty is enough to account for half of the casualties of the Spanish Navy, which also shows that Italy is definitely doing its best in this naval battle between the United States and Spain.
"What does the Spanish side say?"
After briefly flipping through the information in front of him, Carlo put it down and asked Admiral Kia Gill.
"Admiral Sulveira, Minister of the Spanish Admiralty, expressed his gratitude to the officers and men of our navy, and said that he would ensure that the pensions of the Italian officers and men who were killed and injured would be paid on time."
After listening to Admiral Yagill's answer, Carlo shook his head. "This is not enough, your navy also needs to pay a pension, these officers and soldiers who were killed and wounded on the battlefield have made sacrifices for the interests of Italy, and we cannot let them down."
"Okay, Your Majesty, the Navy will come up with a pension."
Admiral Yagill understood what the king meant, so he didn't hesitate to take a sip.
After Admiral Yagill left, Carlo picked up the casualty information again, which were the most combat-ready officers and men in the navy, who would do it if it were not for the good of the kingdom. Carlo looked at this information, and the names on it were all living beings.
Without giving Carlo much time to sigh, he saw an attendant hurrying to report. "His Excellency Foreign Secretary Bakona has an urgent request to see His Majesty."
Hearing that the foreign secretary was in a hurry, Carlo hurriedly said. "Invite him in."
"Lord Bacona, what is it that makes you so anxious?"
Seeing the foreign secretary with a sweaty head, Carlo was a little curious.
"Your Majesty, something happened in the Far East, the Empress Dowager in the Far East, imprisoned the emperor and killed six officials who supported the reform."
"Hundred Days of Restoration," a word immediately popped into Carlo's mind.
That's right, this is exactly what the Hundred Days Restoration is. Unlike in history, due to the Italian mixture, the call for change of the law this time is lower. However, it was still regarded by the young Guangxu Emperor as a help in seizing power. Of course, the result is still the same, the change still fails, the only difference is that the change time is no longer 103 days, but only 97 days.
As for Foreign Minister Bakona, it is understandable that he is so anxious. At present, the Qing Kingdom in the Far East is Italy's largest overseas market, and Italy imports a large number of special products from the Qing State every year, and exports various domestically made goods, which is very important to Italy's industrialization.
In addition, after the Qing emperor announced that he wanted to carry out political and economic reforms, European countries were full of praise and cheers.
European countries are not afraid of you industrialization, they are afraid that you will not industrialize, because this will allow countries to make more profits.
The reason is very simple, if you want to industrialize, do you need capital, what to do if you lack money, it doesn't matter if banks in various countries accept any mortgage to provide loan services. If you have money, do you need to buy all kinds of machines, hire teachers and scholars, and buy all kinds of technology? This money is borrowed and spent as quickly as possible (pure left-handed game).
When the debt is piled up, the banks of various countries will immediately change their faces and ask you to repay the money. If you don't have money, then I'm sorry, the armed debt collection teams of various countries are skilled in business, and they guarantee that you will voluntarily sell your children and daughters to repay your debts. It's not enough, then sell yourself.
So industrialization is a dangerous road, and countless countries have fallen on this road.
In Italy, which occupies the first place in the Qing market, it is even more geared up for this, wanting to share the largest share of the cake in the industrialization of the Qing country. (Officials, including Rome, thought the same way, and Carlo couldn't dispel the good thoughts of officials and merchants, so how did he know that the Guangxu Emperor could not succeed?) )
Therefore, in the reform of the Qing Dynasty, Italy participated in it and expressed its willingness to provide support for the Qing Dynasty, whether it was academic or technical.
Led by Italy, all countries are afraid of losing the opportunity and have expressed their willingness to provide support for the reform of the Qing country.
Okay, that's interesting.
Countries bet on the Qing Dynasty to change the law, and now the queen mother directly lifted the table. I didn't eat this meat, but I made a fuss.
How can this not make the foreign minister feel angry, even before he painted the pie, after painting the pie to hang his appetite, he directly said that he would not give it, how could it not make people angry.
"This news is a real headache."
What can Carlo say, he took the Foreign Secretary directly and said in passing.
"Your Majesty, this is not the worst, listen to the report of our Jia Liwen company, the empress dowager still wants to abolish the emperor and set up a new emperor, in this case, the situation in the Qing Kingdom will fall into turmoil, which is very unfavorable to our country's market in the Far East. So I sent a direct telegram back to Jia Liwen and ordered him to show the attitude of my country, and the other countries to show their support for the emperor. ”
"Very well done, I approve of Your Excellency's disposition of Far Eastern affairs."
What can Carlo say, this has triggered the practice of boxing into Beijing, in order to avoid being caught by crabs, so Carlo directly changed the topic.
Therefore, in the reform of the Qing Dynasty, Italy participated in it and expressed its willingness to provide support for the Qing Dynasty, whether it was academic or technical.
Led by Italy, all countries are afraid of losing the opportunity and have expressed their willingness to provide support for the reform of the Qing country.
Okay, that's interesting.
Countries bet on the Qing Dynasty to change the law, and now the queen mother directly lifted the table. I didn't eat this meat, but I made a fuss.
How can this not make the foreign minister feel angry, even before he painted the pie, after painting the pie to hang his appetite, he directly said that he would not give it, how could it not make people angry.
"This news is a real headache."
What can Carlo say, he took the Foreign Secretary directly and said in passing.
"Your Majesty, this is not the worst, listen to the report of our Jia Liwen company, the empress dowager still wants to abolish the emperor and set up a new emperor, in this case, the situation in the Qing Kingdom will fall into turmoil, which is very unfavorable to our country's market in the Far East. So I sent a direct telegram back to Jia Liwen and ordered him to show the attitude of my country, and the other countries to show their support for the emperor. ”
"Very well done, I approve of Your Excellency's disposition of Far Eastern affairs."
What can Carlo say, this has triggered the practice of boxing into Beijing, in order to avoid being caught by crabs, so Carlo directly changed the topic.