At the moment, Cavour doesn't know yet, Victor. Immediately after his departure, Manuel II appointed his chief chamberlain, Marshal Ramamor of the Kingdom of Sardinia, to temporarily replace the Count of Cavour, who had left Turin, as interim prime minister.

After more than ten hours of driving, Cavour, a city in Chambéry, part of the province of Savoyin (now Savoie, now controlled by Sardinia) on the Franco-Sardinia border, finally arrived here after more than ten hours of driving.

Chambéry, as the former capital of the Duchy of Savoyin and now one of the most populous cities in the Kingdom of Sardinia, the development of the whole city not only comes from the support of Turin, but also closely related to the neighboring France and Switzerland, the low-end textile industry from France and the financial industry from Switzerland have settled here, helping Chambéry to develop rapidly.

Now Chambéry has become the city with the largest foreign capital, and the whole city is very different in spirit from the people of the rest of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

One of the most spoken languages in the city is not Piedmontese, but French with a Sardinian flavor.

The French language was the first honour of everyone in the city, and the Piedmontese language became the object of contempt.

Walk directly away from the city and you'll be able to hear the mellow Piedmontese language.

The peasants of the Savoyin countryside, though speaking the Piedmontese language, had nothing to do to discuss that the last person was not the king of Sardinia, but the emperor Napoleon.

Especially after the death of the older generation, who personally experienced the devastation of Napoleon, the younger generation has become more and more fond of Napoleon's emperor.

So much so that they often fantasize about the emergence of another person like the Emperor Napoleon to help them bring down the tyranny that has entrenched them at their heads.

All in all, the city ...... No, it should be said that the entire province of Savoyin is a complete "Italian-style French province".

However, the province was not under French control.

As Cavour stepped off the train, a strong French smell hit his face, which made Cavour feel unwell.

Although he himself did not averse to French culture, it is not unfortunate that the whole city of Chambéry is French.

In particular, the city is also the land of the dragon of the Duchy of Savoyin.

The land of the dragon of an Italian nationalist family is not so Italian.

It's a bit of a shame to meet in Italy!

It was then that the Sardinian French language reached the ears of Prime Minister Cavour, "Welcome to Chambéry, Your Excellency!" ”

Cavour, who came back to his senses, hurriedly looked at the person who spoke, this was a somewhat sturdy middle-aged man, he was none other than Victor, a high-ranking official in Chambéry. Camelot. Varne.

"Hello, Senior Officer Valne!" Cavour smiled and replied in Piedmontese to the dignitary.

Seeing this, the high-ranking official immediately realized that Prime Minister Cavour was a pure nationalist, and he hurriedly apologized to Cavour in Piedmontese, "Your Excellency, I didn't change just now!" ”

"Nothing!" Cavour shook his head and replied to the senior Valnet official, "Chambéry has a special geographical location, so it is deeply influenced by French culture!"

I can understand this! ”

(Leon: ??? I'm almost becoming the official language, what the hell is going on! ）

Seeing that Cavour did not mean to blame, Varnet immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then stretched out his hand to invite Cavour to join him to the banquet, and said that many business owners, bank bosses and textile industry bosses could not wait to meet Prime Minister Cavour.

"Yes!" Cavour didn't choose to refuse, he nodded and agreed to Varne's invitation.

So, under the leadership of the high-ranking officials of Varne, Cavour first arrived at the provincial government of Savoyin and had a brief meeting with the officials of the provincial government at all levels, encouraging them to work hard for the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Immediately afterwards, with the officials of the provincial government cheering them off, Prime Minister Cavour followed them to the next place, one of the palaces of the former Duchy of Savoyin, now bought by a wealthy French merchant.

Varnet told Prime Minister Cavour that the meeting had been organized by the wealthy French businessman.

Hearing this, Prime Minister Cavour couldn't help frowning slightly.

Seeing this, the senior official of Varnet cautiously asked Prime Minister Cavour if he was not satisfied with this arrangement.

Cavour shook his head and said to the Valnet officials that he had just thought that there was still something left to deal with in the royal palace of Turin.

After hearing this, the high-ranking official Varne's originally nervous expression relaxed again.

Soon, Cavour arrived with Varnet, and two soldiers in the uniforms of the French Empire guarding the old palace hurriedly made way for them.

Cavour's brow furrowed again, and he asked the Varnet official again why there were French soldiers in Chambéry.

The high-ranking official of Varnet replied to Cavour in a solemn manner that these soldiers were not regular French soldiers, but because the rich French merchants themselves loved the empire, and the clothes they wore were nothing more than the French army clothes that the rich merchants bought out of their own pockets!

Situations like this are not very common in Chambéry.

These "armies", dressed in French uniforms, also participated in the formation of the National Guard in the Chambéry region......

Cavour quietly listened to the response of the high-ranking Valne, and his face became more and more ugly.

He told the Valne officials with drastic measures that foreign friends must be prevented from joining the National Guard formed by the Kingdom of Savoyin.

"It's going to affect the security of the whole city!" Senior Varnet official retorted to Cavour.

"It's better to spend a little more money than to let those people occupy the National Guard!" The Count of Cavour replied uncompromisingly to the Valnay high-ranking official.

Seeing this scene, the senior official Varnet had no choice but to say on the surface that he would definitely follow Prime Minister Cavour.

Anyway, Cavour's stay in Chambéry was not long.

After he left, the whole Chambéry was not what he said.

Of course, the senior Varne officials did not know that at this moment, Cavour was already considering replacing the Varne senior officials.

For Cavour, it may be a bit troublesome to replace a high-ranking official, but it can be done if he wants to.

The two soon arrived at the gates of a palace, and the high-ranking officer Varnet pushed open the door and invited Cavour to get out of the car.

Cavour jumped out of the carriage and followed Varne into the interior of the palace.

As soon as Cavour entered the hall, he was immediately greeted by a middle-aged man in a simple black coat, who stretched out his hand and said, "Prime Minister Cavour, welcome, welcome!" ”

Cavour looked at the man in front of him, and he always felt as if he had met somewhere.

Cavour shook hands with the middle-aged man and asked, "Where do I think I've seen you?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then said to Cavour with a smile, "Prime Minister Cavour, I'm afraid the two of us met in Paris a few years ago!"

At that time, I had the privilege of attending a banquet for you by His Majesty the Emperor!

It's just that I didn't have enough funds to shake hands with you directly! ”

Cavour smiled at the middle-aged man, and then said with a hint of ridicule, "Now you are the big man in the whole Chambéry, and our high-ranking officials have to give you this face!" ”

The middle-aged man responded modestly, "It's thanks to the high-ranking official Varne who gave me this opportunity, otherwise, I would only be an unknown person!" ”

"What do you do?" Cavour asked the middle-aged man in front of him again curiously.

"At the moment, my main business is to provide support for high-quality companies in the Chambéry area!" The middle-aged man responded to Prime Minister Cavour.

"Mr. Wilson's bank has provided ample loans to many of Chambel's businesses, and our railroad is also thanks to the help of Wilson's bank!" The senior Valne official also helped.

"Your Excellency, I think Chambéry is in a great location and has a lot of room for improvement...... Wilson gushes about the idea of expanding the city of Chambéry.

Cavour, after listening to Wilson's words, made some action.

However, he was a little worried about whether this would change the debt of Chambéry.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, as far as I know, the provincial government of Paris has also borrowed a lot of money, but their current debt is still good!

So, we don't need to worry about that! Wilson swore a sworn response to Cavour.

Wilson, of course, did not mention the large number of housing in the hands of the Seine provincial government.

If house prices in the Paris region have risen too much, then Jérôme. Naturally, Bonaparte ordered the Seine to put housing in place to meet the needs of the market.

At the same time, a large number of low-rent housing will continue to be added, and the rent will be suppressed from rising.

At the end of the day, house prices and demand go hand in hand.

When there is more demand, housing prices will naturally be higher.

Cavour, who didn't know much about housing in Paris, believed Wilson's remarks, and he nodded in agreement with Wilson's thoughts, "Mr. Wilson, you can discuss this issue with Varnay!"

As long as it's in favor of Chambéry! ”

Wilson and Varnet's eyes flashed with joy that their plan to expand Chambéry was finally carried out.

Of course, the purpose of the two men to expand Chambéry was different, one really wanted Chambéry to become an international city and attract more people, and the other wanted to issue bank notes of the Banco de la Savoy in disguise through a real estate plan, so as to transfer the crisis of the Banque de la Intronicaire to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Forget to mention that the only bank in the Savoyin region with the right to issue bank bills has been taken over by Wilson, and behind the Wilson bank is the Industrial Bank of Paris.

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