The world in 1910 was in a peaceful atmosphere, and although the smoke of gunfire began to fill over Europe, this did not affect the current tranquility.

If there is one thing that attracts more attention in this peaceful world, it is the news of the death of Edward VII, the monarch of the British Empire, this year. The British king, who reigned for only nine years, died at Buckingham Palace on May 6, 1910, and the cause of death was pneumonia.

The Edward VII was known for his romantic nature, and his father, Prince Albert, had made a hasty trip from London to Cambridge and died of typhoid fever two weeks later.

Affected by his father's death, his mother, Queen Victoria, has not allowed him to intervene in politics or clan affairs. It wasn't until he was nearly 50 years old that he began to get involved. One can imagine how angry Queen Victoria was with her son.

But despite this, this Edward VII monarch, in addition to his romantic nature, still has a lot of achievements in politics. For example, during his reign, he vigorously restored the British monarchy, which had been bleak by the Queen's long widowhood, and his visit to Paris in 1903 laid the foundation for the signing of the Anglo-French Entente.

In any case, as the world's number one power, the death of the monarch of the British Empire and the accession of a new monarch must be extremely grand and grand.

The funeral of Edward VII was also a gathering of monarchs from all over the world, with nine monarchs, five crown princes, seven queens, and more than 40 members of the royal family attending his funeral, especially the famous photo of nine monarchs gathering together, which was taken before the funeral.

For this luxurious funeral of the century attended by dignitaries from various countries, Italy also sent a delegation headed by Foreign Minister Bacona to participate, and did not send members of the royal family or monarchs. The reason is simple, because the Savoy family is not married to the British royal family, and the relationship between the two countries is now a little delicate, so there is no need to send such a high-profile delegation.

And in addition to the succession of the Emperor, a bourgeois revolution broke out in Portugal.

The revolution began with naval vessels. At the instigation of the Republican Party, a man named Santos led two cruisers in a blatant rebellion and shelled the palace, and the army refused to carry out King Manuel's order to suppress it, and instead formed a coalition with the navy.

Manuel was playing a leisurely game of bridge with the visiting Brazilian president, and after learning the news of the outbreak of the revolution, he knew that the general trend was gone and he could not stay for long. So he didn't care that the game was not finished, and hurriedly took a boat from the harbor to England.

Not to be outdone, the republican-minded soldiers in Lisbon took the opportunity to arrest their sleeping officers, quickly rein in the army that might interfere with the revolution, and distribute weapons to the city's population hungry for change.

Everything was too easy, and the Republicans found out that they had taken over a country so quickly. So they quickly patrolled the streets, protecting the private property of the people, and suppressing all signs of anarchist tendencies.

Teofilo Braga was then elected president, and the new government quickly carried out political, economic, and foreign policy reforms.

The visiting president of Brazil dramatically witnessed the hasty curtain call of the Portuguese monarchy, and yesterday he played bridge with the monarch, but the next day the sky changed, and the sunshine of the republic sprinkled on the land of Portugal.

The revolution in Portugal was child's play. It is simply too small compared to another revolution, which is the Mexican Revolution.

This year, Mexico held another presidential election. President Díaz has always been the "love" of the people, ruling the country for more than 30 years, and Mexico's economy is in serious disarray, and the people are even more miserable. In addition, Mexico's elections are quite democratic, because Díaz always declares himself re-elected without being elected, and he has now been re-elected as president for six terms.

The point is that Mr. Dias not only wants to generate electricity for Mexico himself, but also wants his family to generate electricity for Mexico all the time. This dedication to Messina made the populace dissatisfied.

Among them, the liberal Madero put forward a program of opposing dictatorship, protecting national industry, and establishing a constitutional state, which was very popular with the people.

Dias then locked Madero in a dark room and held a sham election in July to declare himself victorious. As for Madero, who was locked up in a small black room, he was released after the election.

Being treated like this by His Excellency the President, this old brother was also angry, and on October 3, he announced the "San Luis Petosi Plan" in San Antonio, Texas. Demanded the resignation of Dias, the distribution of land and the reform of the electoral system, and called on the people to revolt with arms.

Led by it, the revolution swept across Mexico. In the north, Orozco and Villa led peasant armies against government troops, and in the south, Sabata led the peasants in armed struggle.

Now Mexico is very busy, and at this time, its ardent neighbor the United States will naturally not live in peace. The United States has always been very wary of Mexico, because it needs to control it.

During the reign of the Díaz government, the United States exported a large amount of capital and technology to Mexico. Although Mexico's economy developed rapidly and its industry developed to a certain extent during the Díaz period, the economic development of the Díaz period was based on the unilateral export of the economy by the United States, rather than on its independence. So economically, Mexico has gradually come under the control of the United States.

As for the revolution that is breaking out now, the United States is naturally paying close attention, and as long as there is behavior that harms the interests of the United States, Uncle Sam will let the Mexican straw hat know the many benefits of his neighbors.

Although there are two countries that are making revolutions, their status in the international community is not high, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the world is peaceful.

And in this disaster-free and harmless situation, Italy's economy is developing very rapidly.

At present, the Italian economy is mainly driven by shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, power industry, military industry, etc.

In terms of automobile manufacturing, Italy alone has 197,000 people in the vehicle manufacturing industry, and the number of related industries has exceeded the million mark. This year, the total size of Italy's automobile manufacturing industry exceeded the 2 billion lira mark, reaching 2.11 billion lira. Among them, exports of automobiles and parts accounted for 15.1% of the total exports.

Although each country now has its own car manufacturing plant, the advantages of first-mover and large-scale production allow Italian cars to occupy more than half of the market share in each country. Especially in the truck industry, which pays the most attention to economic efficiency, Italian trucks account for eighty percent of the sales volume in Europe.

The sales of trucks are so high, more because Italian car companies are the earliest to enter the industry, taking Fiat as an example, which spends tens of millions of lireas every year on the research and development of truck technology.

This is something that other automakers can come up with, so it makes sense that Fiat is the largest truck manufacturer.

Italy's pillar industry, in addition to automobile manufacturing, is also booming.

Low labor costs, as well as continuous research and development of new technologies, make the Italian shipbuilding industry occupy an increasing share of the world's shipbuilding industry. At present, the displacement of orders owned by the Italian shipbuilding industry accounts for 18.9% of the total displacement of orders in the global shipbuilding industry, which is not a small amount.

In addition to the large number of shipbuilding orders, Italy is also innovating in related technologies. At present, the most powerful technology in Italy is the container and its supporting equipment. This is a technology developed in Italy under the guidance of a certain master.

That's right, it is a shipping killer container, and the benefits of containers are needless to say, first of all, they can be used repeatedly for a long time. In addition, there is no need to move or load and unload halfway, which effectively avoids the loss of goods. It can also be loaded and unloaded quickly, and the cargo is easily filled and emptied. Secondly, there are many specifications and standards to choose from, which can be stacked in ports and ships, saving a lot of space.

More importantly, the efficiency of the container is incomparable with other loading methods, whether it is in the efficiency of reloading or economic efficiency.

Therefore, once the technology was launched, it immediately attracted countries to follow suit, and everyone upgraded the tools such as terminals, stations, and ships to meet the use of containers.

Among them, as a promoter of container use, Italy has also made a lot of money in the container technology promoted in various countries. After all, the use of containers requires various facilities and equipment, and the facilities and equipment that are best used in containers are basically produced in Italy.

In fact, the container is very simple, and it is mainly a matter of thinking. After all, this is just a big tin box, and it is more of a management consideration.

In addition to these two pillar industries, Italy's power sector has also not been left behind. At present, Westinghouse Electric Company occupies a large proportion of electric transportation and production equipment manufacturers. And in addition to these, Westinghouse has also developed a lot of electrical appliances for production and life, which are currently being promoted in various countries.

Of course, Italy is not only Westinghouse Electric, what Erica, Delong, Tess and other electrical companies are more famous in the world, of course, the biggest and most important in Italy is Westinghouse Electric.

Needless to say, the military industry is constantly expanding its armaments, and Italy is certainly not left behind. The Arsenal of Turin, the Beretta Arms Company, and the Venetian Naval Shipyard provided sufficient support for Italy's expansion.

After all, the guns, ammunition, artillery, warships, etc., that need to be used in the expansion of the army, can be built from the above-mentioned companies.

Of course, in addition to producing a wide range of weapons for the Italian military, these companies also receive orders from abroad. The performance of the Italian army in recent years has made the lack of self-production countries and even various forces look at it, and in order to allow companies to develop better, the Italian government is also actively selling its own weapons to other countries. For example, the Qing State in the Far East did not purchase a lot of guns, ammunition, artillery, warships, etc., and Italy had a large share.

In addition, weapons produced in Italy in the Balkans, South America, the Middle East, and Africa can also be found everywhere.

In addition to the above-mentioned industries, Italy is also not to be underestimated in the petrochemical industry. At present, Italy is the largest oil exporter in Europe, and the oil from Libya is continuously supplied to European countries. With its own oil advantages, Italy has its own place in the petrochemical industry. All kinds of crude oil, refined oil products and their chemical products have become the fist products of Italy's foreign exports, bringing a lot of profits to Italy every year.

In addition to these pillar industries, various industries such as iron and steel, textiles, and mining have also performed well under the drive of pillar industries.

At present, Italy has more than 8 million workers in various industries, accounting for 18.7% of the total population.

That's right, the total population of Italy has reached 43 million people, benefiting from the great development of industry in recent years, coupled with the influence of Italian culture, so that the people who are willing to have children are not low, and this has led to the growth of Italy's population in recent years.

Italy's natural population growth rate is currently hovering around 2% per year. The increase in population has put a lot of pressure on the Italian government.

Of course, this also proves that the growth of the Italian economy has led to the gradual prosperity of the people, otherwise they will not be able to eat enough to have children.

Focusing on the natural growth of the population, the development of education, medical care and food and other related industries in Italy in recent years has also been slow.

In addition to the development of these industries themselves, the support from the government is not small.

In recent years, the development of the Italian economy has led to a new high in government revenue, which has reached a new high of 31.2 lira this year, according to the estimates of the Ministry of Finance. The gross national product (GDP) has reached 30.4 billion lire. It was already very close to the Franco-Russian level, much higher than Austria-Hungary. No one can wear the title of Poor Power on the head of Italy.

And with Italy's economic situation improving and its position in the Triple Alliance also rising, Germany needs to ask the Italians for their opinions in many aspects.

This is also the benefit of the rise of national strength, of course, in addition to the advantages, there are also disadvantages, for example, Britain, France and Russia have a strong unease about the growth of Italy's national strength. France, in particular, has built a number of fortifications on the border between the two countries. Paris has now adopted a programme of expenditure to increase the construction of its fortifications on the Alpine border.

Similarly, the British Navy has strengthened its Mediterranean Fleet, with two of its four newly built Elephant-class battleships assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet.

The British Mediterranean Fleet currently has six dreadnoughts, the second most powerful fleet among all fleets, after the Home Fleet against Germany.

As for Russia, because of its distance, it did not have many means against Italy, but to the west of its border with Germany and Austria, its huge army superiority was enough for the two countries not to ignore its presence.

As for the nervousness between Britain and France, the Italian side sent diplomats to show goodwill to the two countries on the one hand, and on the other hand, to speed up the construction of warships. At present, the construction of the fourth ship of the Cavour-class has begun, in addition to the second ship of the Milan-class has also started construction this year.

Italy's approach has made the situation in the Mediterranean equally tense.

At this time, the mixing of a non-adjacent country makes the Mediterranean Sea more dangerous, and it also makes the European countries like a great enemy.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.