The vigorous operation of applying for certificates in Italy is in full swing. Under the guidance (coercion) of the government, a large number of people have carried out the work of applying for their resident certificates.

For the lively domestic certification action, Carlo, who is the mastermind behind the scenes, of course, also knows.

However, since the resident permit is being processed in an orderly manner, there is no need for him to invest too much energy, and now he has one more thing to do.

Empoli is a small town on the western outskirts of Florence, just 24 km from Florence. In addition to the railway connecting Florence to the port of Pisa, there is also the Arno River that runs through Florence and flows through Empoli to the port of Pisa. This is also appreciated by the Italian Food and Material Reserve Agency, which a few years ago built the Empoli Grain Reserve in the town.

The warehouse covers an area of 19.7 hectares and has 31 medium and large storage silos, which can store 300,000 tons of various grains when fully loaded. The library has more than 300 employees and its own fire brigade. It is one of the 18 largest reserve warehouses under the umbrella of the Food and Material Reserve Agency, which is mainly responsible for ensuring food security in and around Tuscany in central Italy.

And today, the whole staff of the treasury is ready for the inspection of His Majesty the King.

"Your Majesty, please come here."

Without letting the person in charge of the warehouse come forward, Arglo, as the director of the Food and Material Reserves Bureau, personally greeted Carlo's arrival.

"Arglo, you have a heart."

As for the director of the Food and Material Reserves Bureau, Carlo agrees with his work. This Food and Material Reserve Bureau was slowly set up by itself, and the Bureau has not left behind in the work of grain reserves over the years.

In addition, this director is also very capable, taking advantage of the difference in the price of grain at different times, and adopting the strategy of selling high and buying low, so that the grain and material reserve bureau has always been higher than the progress in the reserve of grain and other materials. Of course, Carlo did not treat this director Alglo badly, although it sounds like he is only the position of director, but his actual rank is only half a level lower than that of cabinet ministers, which can be regarded as a high power.

Of course, the next protagonist is not him, because the person in charge of the warehouse has come. "Good afternoon, Your Majesty, I am Copeland, the head of the Empoli Grain Reserve Depot, and I will explain the situation of our warehouse to Your Majesty."

In the face of this somewhat humble Copeland, of course Carlo will not refuse, after all, the other party knows the situation of the warehouse better.

"Your Majesty, we currently have a total of 193,000 tons of grain in reserve, which has accounted for 64.3% of the energy storage in our warehouse, and then according to the plan of the bureau, our warehouse will complete the task of 300,000 tons of full warehouse within two years.

During this time, our Empoli warehouse trades in the old for the new every year according to the booking schedule. Wheat is stored for three years, corn for one and a half years, soybean for two and a half years, and rice for three years.

Our warehouse will inspect the storage warehouse every month to ensure that it is dry and ventilated, and to ensure the storage conditions of the grain. At the same time, we will also renovate the stored grain according to the plan, and send the grain stored for more than half of the storage time to the market for sale, so as to ensure that the stored grain in the warehouse is stored within a reasonable storage time. ”

Along the way, Copeland, the person in charge of the warehouse, introduced Carlo to the basic situation of their warehouse. Moreover, Copeland's introduction was very capable, allowing Carlo to understand the basic situation of the warehouse in the shortest possible time.

It can be seen that this person is still capable, and the act of meeting him just now should be about the panic and nervousness of seeing the big man, and now with his speech, it looks much better.

Later, the person in charge of the warehouse took Carlo and his party to check the grain reserves and other aspects.

"Your Majesty, this is granary No. 13, and its main role is to store wheat. The silo has a capacity of 12,000 cubic meters and can store 18,000 tons of wheat. It is currently the largest granary in our warehouse. ”

"Your Majesty, at present, the shortest interval between our granaries is 80 meters, and the longest interval is 150 meters, and there are reservoirs next to each granary, which can cope with unexpected situations."

This is not wrong at all, the granary is most afraid of fire, and once it catches fire, then the grain reserves will be lost. And the granary fire, in addition to the external threat of open flames, the biggest threat comes from the grain itself.

Friends who have been in the countryside know that the food itself needs to be constantly respirated, and the food needs to have enough ventilation, otherwise it will lead to heat accumulation, temperature rise, and finally spontaneous combustion.

Later, Copeland introduced the management rules of the reserve warehouse to Carlo and the transfer of personnel, so that Carlo, the king, also knew how difficult it is to manage a reserve warehouse without mistakes.

"Your Majesty, at the moment we have 117,000 tons of wheat in our warehouses, 49,000 tons of corn and 27,000 tons of soybeans. In addition to this, we have about 2,000 tons of rice, barley, and oats in reserve. ”

From here, it can be seen that the Food Reserve Bureau mainly reserves staple grains. In fact, this is true, for food reserves, the staple food needed by the people is the most important. After all, it bears the responsibility of life-saving food, and it is good to be able to ensure that it is full, but as for eating well, there is nothing that can be helped. After all, Italy is not financially rich, and there is not so much money to increase the type of reserves.

It took Carlo nearly three hours to get a deeper understanding of the grain reserves. Of course, Copeland is a good commentator.

When Carlo finished his visit and was ready to get into the car, he saw Director Alglo step forward. "Your Majesty, I have something I want you to report."

Director Arglo's words made Carlo stop. "Then get in the car and say, you and I will take a car."

With Carlo's words, Director Alglo was very honored to be the third guest in Carlo's car. The first two are the current and former prime ministers, and it can be said that Director Alglo is very good.

Looking at Director Alglo, who was a little nervous, Carlo asked very understandingly. "I was just about to leave, and you said that there was something, so it must be inconvenient to say it in public. My car is not bad, it's relatively closed, and it's convenient to tell it now. ”

Faced with the king's questioning, Alglo took a deep breath and said. "That's your majesty, according to the original plan, we should purchase 650,000 tons this year and increase the grain reserve to 6.4 million tons. However, this year, the Ministry of Finance has allocated us too little money for grain purchases, and we can only increase it by 300,000 tons, which is not enough to meet the requirement of 6.4 million tons. ”

Well, now Carlo understands why Arglo didn't dare to say it publicly, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer hears it, he must not be crushed to death.

Of course, he understood the purpose of Arglo's complaint, but Carlo could not give him an answer now.

"I know about this, I'll talk about it when I ask about it."

Although this may sound like an official statement, Carlo really can't give him an answer right now, at least he needs to understand the situation before he can give it. How can you just listen to the remarks of one party and make a decision directly, and it's not that a three-year-old child is so naïve.

Alglo was already satisfied with Carlo's answer, as long as the king knew about it. No matter what the situation is, he will at least be able to explain.