"Is the Kingdom of Britain really willing to help the Kingdom of Sardinia fight against the French Empire?"

Cavour's voice was not loud, but it pointed out the embarrassing situation that the Kingdom of Sardinia is now facing.

No matter how Cavour uses diplomacy to isolate the Austrian Empire, as long as the French Empire is still willing to support the Austrian Empire, then all the plans Cavour has made will become a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror.

The Kingdom of Britain's guarantee of the Kingdom of Sardinia was indeed able to restrain the great powers under certain circumstances, but this restraint was more of a verbal warning.

If the Austrian Empire's army chooses to ignore the British Kingdom's verbal warnings and insist on using its army to solve the problem, it is unlikely that the British Kingdom will actually send troops to help the Kingdom of Sardinia defend against the Austrian Empire.

The royal family and government of Britain were indeed willing to help the Kingdom of Sardinia, but this help definitely did not include sending troops to help the Kingdom of Sardinia.

In other words, the Kingdom of Sardinia really wanted to be safe, and Napoleon III was still the threshold they could not bypass.

"But if we really give Sardinia to Napoleon the Third, how are we going to deal with the angry Kingdom of Britain?

Didn't you say that the Kingdom of Britain was willing to help us!

The purpose is to make us a pawn against the French Empire!" Victor Umberto asked Cavour worriedly.

"Your Highness!" The old god Cavour replied to Victor Umberto on the spot, "The Kingdom of Britain is a very real country, and I am sure they will not alienate us because we have handed over Sardinia to the French Empire!"

On the contrary, I think that when we put Sardinia in the hands of the French Empire, it will be when the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Britain will truly establish friendship!

The French Empire, which owns Sardinia, can truly control the western Mediterranean, and if the Kingdom of Britain does not completely lose control of the Mediterranean, it will inevitably choose to win over our country!

At that time, we will just have to wait quietly for the time of reunification!"

Victor Umberto was stunned for two seconds, and then suddenly as if he had thought of something, he said to Cavour in confusion, "Your Excellency, you just said that we still need to wait quietly for the time of reunification!

What does this mean?"

"My dear Highness!" Cavour shrugged his shoulders and said in a sad tone, "You don't think that we can really unify the Italian Peninsula completely this time!"

Later, Cavour told Victor Umberto that according to the route he had designed for Sardinia, it was a blessing that the Kingdom of Sardinia would be able to successfully annex the Kingdom of Naples!

"Lombardy-Venice was the traditional place of taxation of the Austrian Empire, which we had to obtain by means of war!

The four states of Central Italy and the Papal States were satellite states of the Austrian and French empires, respectively, and France and Austria could not be avoided if they were to be annexed

Only the Kingdom of Naples is the only country that has no direct relationship with France or Austria!

It was the Bourbon kings who ruled the country, and their relationship with France was not as close as that between France and Spain!

As long as Mazzini was able to hold back the Austrian army in Lombardy and Venice, Giuseppe Garibaldi would be able to quickly defeat the Neapolitan army!

Sardinia will be able to completely annex Naples by referendum!"

Victor Umberto couldn't accept Cavour's answer for a while.

In Victor Umberto's mind, the promised lands of the Kingdom of Sardinia were Lombardy and Venice, and the next most important thing should be Central Italy.

A traditionally agrarian country like Southern Italy has no merger value at all!

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, have you worked so hard for so long, even to cede Sardinia to the French Empire, just to get a piece of rotten land?" Victor Umberto asked Cavour in disbelief.

"Your Highness, what seems good to you, what?

It's rotten!"

Instead of being angry at Victor Umberto's insistence on his plan, Cavour asked Victor Umberto in a serious tone.

Victor Umberto told Cavour what was on his mind.

After hearing Victor Umbato's thoughts, Cavour smiled slightly, "Your Highness, you all know that the richest lands in the Italian peninsula are Lombard and Venice, how can the Austrian Empire not understand!

That's why I say that if the Kingdom of Sardinia wants to take back the land from the Austrian Empire, it must rely on the means of war!

Do you think the present Kingdom of Sardinia will be able to defeat the Austrian Empire?"

Victor Umberto shook his head in denial.

"The Kingdom of Sardinia wants Venice and Lombard from the Austrian Empire! Not only to have an army that can see through, but also to attack the Austrian Empire at the right time!

Only then will we have a chance to drive Austria out of the Italian peninsula!" Cavour went on to explain to Victor Umberto, "The Kingdom of Sardinia cannot sustain an army of more than 50,000 men with its existing lands, so we must expand!

And the population under the rule of the Kingdom of Naples is able to provide the Kingdom of Sardinia with an army of nearly 30,000 people!

As long as Sardinia can annex Naples, then the Kingdom of Sardinia will be able to have an army of 80,000 men!

We have even more hope of defeating the Austrian Empire!"

"However, the Austrian Empire has an army of nearly 400,000!" Victor Umberto said worriedly.

"That's why I say we have to wait for the right time, and I bet there will be a war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire!

We just need to take advantage of the war between Prussia and Austria and send troops to Lombardy and Venice!

If the Austrian Empire does not want to find itself in a two-front decisive situation, then they will agree to hand over Lombardy and Venice to us!" Cavour then explained to Victor Umberto, "Without the aid of the Austrian Empire, the satellite states of Central Italy will not last long!"

After listening to Cavour's explanation, Victor Umberto was once again struck by Cavour's diplomatic wisdom.

It is no wonder that after leaving the post of prime minister, Cavour can still be respected by all forces.

To date, no one in the Kingdom of Sardinia has been able to see further than Cavour.

At this moment, Victor Umberto suddenly had a wonderful feeling that Cavour in front of him was simply a great man who God had mercy on the people of the Italian peninsula and had specially descended for them.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are too strong!" Victor Umberto praised Cavour convincingly, "I am confident that the Kingdom of Sardinia, under your leadership, will be able to unify Italy smoothly!"

"I hope so!" Cavour smiled reservedly.

Of course, Victor Umberto did not know that his esteemed "Prime Minister" could face God's call at any time, and that he could not witness the birth of the Kingdom of Italy.

However, Cavour was also unaware of his physical condition, and although he sometimes suddenly became dizzy, he quickly overcame it with his own tenacious will.

Unable to resist the situation, Cavour reduced the intensity of his work slightly, and when the dizziness and headache disappeared, Cavour began to work day and night again.

[PS: Considering that Cavour himself is an obese group, and his life and rest are irregular, this can easily lead to symptoms such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction.

In the sixties of the 19th century, there was no effective intervention for these symptoms, and as long as Cavour continued his habit of staying up late and becoming obese, he could face death at any time. 】

……

For the rest of the year, Cavour and Victor Umberto remained in the hotel waiting for the British Cabinet to invite them to meet with them.

According to Cavour's knowledge of the British Cabinet, they were separated by Palmerston

The Prime Minister's meeting will not be too long.

During Cavour's stay in London, he was introduced by Mazzini to meet with Kossuth (the founder of the Hungarian Republic) in exile in London.

Through his clever diplomatic rhetoric, Cavour convinced Kossuth that a united Italian kingdom would help liberate Hungary from the Austrian Empire.

In order to free Hungary from the clutches of the Austrian Empire as soon as possible, Kossuth promised Cavour that he would instigate the anti-Austrian members of Hungary to sabotage the railroad at the right time, so as to delay the Austrian Empire's army and achieve the goal of supporting Italy.

Although Cavour did not think that Kossuth, who had been away from Hungary for ten years, could still command the forces in Hungary itself, Cavour still expressed his gratitude to Kossuth for his help based on the principle of uniting everything.

"I believe Hungary will be able to gain independence from the territory of the Austrian Empire!

We Italians are willing to work hand in hand with Hungary!

Long live Italy, long live Hungary!" Cavour shook hands with Kossuth and said impassionedly.

Kossuth also excitedly shouted the slogan "Long live Hungary, long live Italy".

The two of them reluctantly parted, and Cavour returned to the hotel and waited quietly.

As Cavour expected, the royal housekeeper John Brown reappeared in front of Cavour and Victor Umberto after nearly a week or so, and conveyed the royal family's invitation.

This time only Cavour was invited, with whom Victor Umberto would no longer be invited.

Cavour followed John Brown to Windsor Castle in a carriage, and was introduced by Prince Albert to Lord Palmerston, then Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Britain.

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