The commissioning of the Roma heralded the advent of the era of 380 mm guns for the navies of various countries. In addition to Italy, British and German warships armed with 380-mm guns have already been launched, and it is believed that they will appear on the battlefield in the near future.

Of course, in addition to Britain, Germany and Italy, other countries with spare power are also following suit, such as the United States, which has decided to equip the New Mexico-class battleships that are about to start construction, with 380mm guns. As for Japan, it was also decided to install 380-mm guns on the new Ise-class battleships.

Because Germany and Italy developed 380 mm early, other countries had to choose to follow suit. It also shows how much influence Italy has on the world.

However, no matter how big the impact is, it is not as important to the current Italian government as the national wartime management system.

Today was the day after the wartime management system was promulgated, and Carlo was in the palace watching the newspapers about it.

For the Italian newspaper industry, the Censorship Service of the Ministry of the Interior has a life-and-death deterrent.

Although it generally does not interfere in the affairs of newspapers, once it does, it will mean the life and death of newspapers.

Although some foreign media have called for the abolition of censorship in Italy, a fair and free environment for the media. But this is useless, the censorship should be censored, and the newspapers that dare to violate the rules should be shut down and sentenced.

While newspapers do whatever they need on weekdays, they must fully cooperate with the government when it is needed.

Therefore, after the wartime management system was promulgated, the newspapers were full of praise as the best way to achieve victory in the war.

In addition to front-page headlines praising the system, the newspaper also published a variety of commentators' comments on the wartime management system. It has to be said that these commentators still have the goods, and they have analyzed the benefits of the wartime management system.

Of course, the newspaper report was only to appease the people, and they were full of nervousness about the supply of materials in the future.

It's just that Carlo knows that this control regime is better not to last more than three years. There are two reasons for this, one is that the organizational capacity of the Italian government is only medium in Europe, although Carlo has been leading the government to strengthen the handling of things, and at the same time promoting some Confucian characteristics, but everyone knows what the nature of Europeans is like.

On the other hand, the wartime system is a very strict system of control, which the Italians have never experienced before, and although there is an element of war, no one knows how long the Italians can endure it.

Therefore, based on the extrapolation of various data, three years is considered to be the most reasonable number.

The core of the wartime management system is that the government controls the goods, such as food and daily necessities. Of course, this kind of control is very strict, because it is not a lighter control such as setting prices, but directly redistributing goods that affect people's lives directly from the government.

According to the material distribution plan formulated by the Italian government, the material distribution is divided into four categories, according to the five categories of ABCDE.

Among them, category A is a military enterprise, whose workers are the highest, receiving 35 kilograms of flour, 15 kilograms of potatoes, 3 kilograms of olive oil, 4 bottles of wine, 5 kilograms of meat, and other materials such as cloth, vegetables, milk, condiments, etc.

Category B is for workers in enterprises related to military supplies, such as automobile manufacturing, shipbuilding, and so on. It receives 35 kilograms of flour, 12 kilograms of potatoes, 2.5 kilograms of olive oil, 4 kilograms of meat, and other supplies every month.

As for category C, there are other ordinary workers, who will take 30 kilograms of flour, 10 kilograms of potatoes, 3.5 kilograms of meat, 2 kilograms of olive oil, and a little lower for other materials.

Category D is a waiter with only 25 kilograms of flour, 10 kilograms of potatoes, 2 kilograms of olive oil, 3 kilograms of meat, and other materials are a little lower.

Category E is for underage children, which is divided into two parts. Under the age of 12 at the age of 12, each person should have 12 kg of flour, 5 kg of potatoes, 1 kg of olive oil, and 3 kg of meat. For those over 12 years old, 15 kilograms of flour, 8 kilograms of potatoes, 2 kilograms of olive oil and 3 kilograms of meat per person.

Note that this is a quota. It had to be purchased with money from the supply malls in the cities, and it was also necessary to bring with them the supply books, which were distributed by the government according to the household registers of each household. This is a big project, and the government department has spent a lot of effort to count it, and it is awarded according to each person's occupation and the attributes of the factory.

In addition, this is only for the urban supply system, and for the vast number of rural governments, this is the implementation of the procurement policy.

Since the promulgation of the wartime management system, peasants can only sell agricultural products through government purchases, and those caught collecting and selling them without permission will be punished with prison sentences. Of course, in addition to the purchase of agricultural products, the government will also sell various agricultural needs, and of course other commodities are also available.

It can be seen that the management system is controllable, and it can be said that the intermediate circulation link has been completely eliminated.

Of course, at a time when Soviet Russia had not yet appeared, this was definitely the most rigorous management system. Of course, it will certainly arouse the dissatisfaction of those engaged in the field of circulation, but for the sake of this war, in addition to the appeasement of newspapers, there are also thunderous means for these grievances.

"Mr. Norstein, you are suspected of violating the wartime management system, please come with us now."

In a Venetian manor, a team of law enforcement officers from the Ministry of the Interior broke into the estate and issued arrest warrants for its owner, several Venetian grain merchants.

"I'm friends with your director, and I'm also the mayor's guest, why are you arresting me?"

The owner of this room, who thinks that he is also a high-class person, loudly identifies himself to the police who lead the team.

"Mr. Norstine, maybe you can tell me about your relationship."

At this time, a middle-aged man in civilian clothes stood up from behind the police. Although this person spoke slowly and coherently, Northstein, who had been in the mall for a long time, immediately felt a little uneasy, and he didn't know why.

I saw someone coming, stared at him and spoke. "Mr. Norstein, may you speak to me now?"

Seeing that Northstin didn't speak, he saw the other party smile slightly. "Looks like Nordin sensed something and didn't want to talk to me. Well, now I solemnly inform you that my name is Larry Russell, and I am the Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of the Interior in Venice. I hate you profiteers the most, you will double the price of foreign grain by half, and I have sufficient means to make you feel that death is the greatest relief. In addition, I would like to say that the people in the ministry like to call me an artist, because my torture is called art, and I hope you like it. ”

The words of this deputy commissioner Russell made Nordine's face change greatly, and at this time he finally knew where the other party's aura came from. I saw him shouting, "I am only guilty of hoarding food, and according to the law, I can only be sentenced to 3-5 years, you can't do this to me." ”

"I know that."

In response to Northstein's shouting, Deputy Commissioner Russell walked up to him and whispered. "But if you are arrested and resisting with a gun, we have the right to shoot you on the spot. Or if you're injured, I'll take you back to appreciate my art. Of course, if you name all the locations where the food is hidden, then you are eligible for a 3-5 year prison sentence, give you three minutes to think about it. ”

Russell's words made Nording realize the seriousness of the problem at this time, and the deputy commissioner in front of him did not play according to the routine.

"I confess, I am willing to confess."

At this moment, Nordin was really scared, and he couldn't afford to lose his life for a little food. I knew that I should hand over all the food when the government notified me, which was really harmful to others and myself.

"Take him down and take a confession."

Soon, Northstin confessed all the more than 4,000 tons of grain he had hidden. In addition to the two in the possession of the Ministry of the Interior, there are three other places that he has voluntarily confessed.

In addition to Venice, the same scene is being played out in various cities such as Milan, Rome and Naples.

In Sicily, however, there is a difference in the inventory of grain merchants, which is purposeful in the island, mainly to co-opt grain merchants with overseas channels. The second is to investigate those grain merchants who have no channels.

Because of the war, the Sicilian mafia has made some resurgence, but unlike in the past, this will make the mafia learn from it, and they use their own channels to buy grain from Algeria, Spain and other places and sell it to these grain merchants.

After all, before the foreign price was halved, and the domestic price doubled, didn't this profit come?

As for keeping these mafia, it is obvious that they want to smuggle grain. Of course, if these mafias are not clever and dare to continue to engage in other illegal and undisciplined things, the Ministry of the Interior will let them know what it is like to remember the bittersweet feelings.

In just one week, the Ministry of the Interior found more than 300,000 tons of hidden grain, and some businessmen voluntarily handed over 180,000 tons of grain, which fully shows that the Ministry of the Interior has achieved remarkable results.

Of course, this time, the Ministry of the Interior mainly targeted the larger grain merchants, and then after the large grain merchants were investigated, the small and medium-sized grain merchants were also included in the inventory.

As for those who live on circulation, there are now two paths, one is to be mobilized to the battlefield, and the other is to join the government's rationing system.

For Italy, the wartime management system promulgated this time will allow Italy to give full play to its national strength to participate in this war.

This is yesterday, and there is another chapter today

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