The end of the Spanish-American War brought peace back to the world. And in the following time, of course, Italy also developed step by step.

It should be noted here that this year has been an extraordinary year for the Italian shipbuilding industry. This year, the Italian shipbuilding industry received more total orders than the British Empire, ranking first in Europe.

This is a major event in the shipbuilding industry, you must know that the British Empire has never fallen since the Dutch took the first position in European shipbuilding, and after more than 100 years, this glory finally does not belong to the British Empire, how is it not big news.

There are two reasons for the vigorous development of the Italian shipbuilding industry, both internal and external, and the internal reason is that Italian shipbuilders use the most deterrent weapon in order to receive orders, that is, price. Any qualified businessman is very sensitive to price, let alone a large item like a ship, and needs to pay attention to the price.

Italy has achieved the lowest price in Europe for the same type of merchant ship, which makes it impossible for any shipping company to ignore Italian shipyards.

Of course, in addition to the price, Italy has also done well in other aspects, such as the design of merchant ships, relying on the excellent Italian ship designers, the Italian shipbuilding industry has innovated for civilian ships, and strives to meet the needs of customers of all kinds. Specialized transport vessels have even been designed for the needs of ships transporting one type of ore.

Relying on the two magic weapons of price and customer demand, the Italian shipbuilding industry is invincible in the European shipbuilding market.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on these two sharp weapons to win the first place in Europe, but fortunately, there is another external reason for the Italian shipyards, and that is the help of the government. That's right, the Navy promoted the integration of Italian shipyards that year, so that the strength of the major shipyards has grown rapidly. The major shipyards that have grown in strength are taking advantage of this to grab orders in the European shipbuilding market.

After all, I am the cheapest with enough quality, and the quality of ships with lower prices than me is difficult to guarantee, and shipping merchants from various countries will weigh the pros and cons.

The prosperity of Italy's shipbuilding industry has naturally led to the development of other related industries, such as the steel industry, the chemical industry, wood processing and many other industries. Moreover, the shipbuilding industry is also a labor, capital, and technology-intensive industry, which has a very good role in promoting the development of Italian industry, and is also conducive to absorbing many people and relieving the pressure on the Italian population.

For the great development of the Italian shipbuilding industry, Carlo, as the king, naturally seemed to be happy in his eyes. But the good news seems to be more than that, as Carlo was checking the development of the shipyard, he saw a report from the guards that Foreign Minister Bacona had something to see him.

If the foreign secretary wants to see himself, then what else is there to say, just see.

But when Carlo saw Bacona, he noticed that his foreign secretary walked in with a strange expression, but when he spoke, even Carlo had a similar expression to him, which was really strange.

"Your Majesty, our ambassador to the United States has sent a telegram that the US government wants to buy our warships and technology."

"The United States wants to buy warships?"

Well, the news was strange enough that Carlo couldn't help but ask again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a telegram from Washington from Dagotty, so please see."

Carlo took the telegram and immediately read it. I don't know if I don't know it, and I'm shocked when I see it. This old beauty has a lot of appetite, and she wants to buy three Genoa-class battleships, three Garibaldi-class cruisers in one go, and even wants to buy the drawings of these two battleships.

"How could the United States suddenly propose to our country to buy ships? And it is still so much to buy, it should be what happened and must be investigated. ”

That's right, this sudden willingness to buy made Carlo dare not agree, it is better to ask first.

After receiving Carlo's orders, Foreign Secretary Bacona went to gather intelligence.

"Your Majesty, this is the cause."

It didn't take long for the Foreign Secretary to appear in front of Carlo the next day with information.

After receiving the information, Carlo had an indescribable taste, which can be described in one sentence, Yankee, you also have today.

When the United States was preparing to deal with the Spaniards in the Caribbean, some people had the mentality of beating rabbits with grass and planned to take advantage of the opportunity of the United States' victory over Spain to solve the Hawaiian Islands, a transit point in the Pacific Ocean, in one fell swoop.

So when all countries were attracted to the West in the Caribbean, the President of the Republic of Hawaii, American Doerr, announced that Hawaii would be merged with the United States.

Well, isn't it a little uninteresting for an American to be president of Hawaii.

Actually, this is nothing, because the last queen of Hawaii, Queen Liukalani, opposed the privileges of the United States in Hawaii, so she was overthrown by the sailors of the American warship Boston. (In 1887, Lauren J. Brown, a member of the Assembly and Secretary of the Interior of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was appointed to the House of Hawaii. A. Thurston presided over the formulation of the Bayonet Constitution. The new constitution increased the influence of the inhabitants of Europe and the United States and weakened the power of the monarch. ）

And after the absence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, there was the establishment of a puppet government by the United States, the Republic of Hawaii, which was executed entirely by the Americans. In fact, after the overthrow of Queen Leucarani, the local Americans tried to promote the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, but was rejected by then-President Grover Cleveland.

The reason for the refusal is simple, because Hawaii is half Japanese, and Japan is also eyeing Hawaii.

I thought that I could rely on the victory of the Spanish-American War to logically achieve the annexation of Hawaii, but I didn't expect it to be messed up. The fiasco with Spain made the United States show its foreign face to the world.

And the poor performance in the war dragged down other US interests.

For example, Japan, which also has interests in Hawaii, took this opportunity to send a formation consisting of the battleship Fuji and the Yoshino to demonstrate in Hawaii. They argue that the U.S. annexation of Hawaii is a violation of international law and that Hawaii's relationship with the U.S. needs to be redefined.

In addition to this, the Japanese fleet also brought a big killer weapon, the former queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Ryukalani. The queen of Hawaii, who was forced to abdicate, had been living in London before, and this time she was able to be brought over by the Japanese, obviously with the help of the British.

The queen even announced on a Japanese warship that she had previously announced her abdication because the people of the Republic of Hawaii promised to guarantee Hawaii's independence, and now they have reversed their word and will rebuild the Hawaiian kingdom themselves.

Well, with the Japanese mixture, this Hawaii made waves again, leaving the American army, which had just suffered heavy losses, on fire. At this time, former Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt took the opportunity to voice his voice, "The United States cannot be so insulted, we should build a stronger navy to protect our security and interests." ”

And Roosevelt's words made the American people boil, well, mainly the capitalists, who now need more markets to accommodate the goods in the factories.

With the support of the capitalists and the popular demonstrations and rallies led by them, the US government decided to stand firm on the Hawaii issue, and any cat or dog could bully itself, and the Yankee's blood was stimulated.

However, although I plan to work hard, this Hawaii is far away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and this is a competitive naval strength. This is a bit embarrassing, the current strength of the US Navy is not enough, and this requires a bloody ship.

So the U.S. government immediately thought of Italy.

That's why the United States asked Italy to buy warships, and in order to boost the confidence of the people, it was also for Japan to see, so the U.S. government wanted to pack new Italian warships.

Seeing this, Carlo didn't know what to say. Only one sentence, Yankee you also have today!

If I don't kill you, my conscience will hurt.