At this time, Rome was still prosperous, and the pedestrians on the streets were laughing and laughing, and their faces were full of light.

They didn't know what Rome was going to face next.

After Mussolini stepped down in 43, Italy stabbed Germany in the back with skillful defection techniques and turned to the arms of the Allies.

The distraught Germans captured half of Italy in just a few days.

In the words of the old German, it took fifty divisions to defend Italy, but only two divisions were needed to defeat Italy.

The retaliatory bombing of the Germans turned Rome into an undefended city.

Russell disembarked at the port of Fiumicino, where Felisto picked up a car and drove to Rome near the Sanctuary of the Cross in Jerusalem.

By the time we arrived, it was already dark.

Because there were too many soldiers patrolling nearby, one after another, Russell got out of the car with the cash box and asked Felisto to wait in the car.

At the entrance of a two-storey building, there are two sentry soldiers.

When he saw Russell coming forward, he immediately raised his gun and was on guard.

"Stop! Who? ”

Russell said bluntly: "I came to Uncle Mar Wittini, my name is Russell Wittini. ”

The two soldiers looked at each other, and then one said, "Please wait. ”

Russell waited at the door for not long before the soldier returned.

"Sir, the minister is in the study, please come in."

Russell followed the soldier into the house, and as soon as he entered, he was greeted by the splendid decorations and ornaments.

To be honest, he had never met Vetini at all, had never dealt with him, and was not familiar with his hobbies and tastes.

But Russell analyzed from Wittini's reply that he was a middle-aged man who loved to brag, and he also liked gold banknotes. This is not difficult to guess, as can be seen from the ornaments in the house, except for a few gold-plated handicrafts, the rest are pure gold.

Bells.

"Mr. Minister, your nephew is here."

"Ask him to come in."

The soldier opened the door.

Russell walked into the study and turned his head to see a short, fat middle-aged man.

"Oh! Russell, I didn't expect you to come to see me so soon. ”

Marr got up a little excited, but his eyes kept on the box in his hand.

"I've heard that you like Sicilian specialties, so I'm here for you."

"Haha, open it quickly, I'll appreciate it first."

Don't look at his straightforward speech, in fact, it's all temptation.

Russell scolded inwardly, this old lamp is really realistic.

The meaning of the opening sentence is that things must be in a hurry to see me so soon, right?

The meaning of this second sentence is that there is too little gold, and I will not do it.

Italy's diplomacy during World War II was very flexible and changeable, and Mar could serve as a deputy minister, which must have something extraordinary, which is only shown in two sentences.

Opening the cash box, Marl saw 500,000 worth of gold, and his originally happy expression immediately returned to calm, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was disappointed.

"Sit down. How about we reminisce about the past? ”

"Of course."

Mar no longer looked at the cash box, and said bluntly: "You left the barracks, and you can get so much money in a short time, it should be the son who inherits his father's business, right?" Those old brothers of his, did you get in touch? ”

"No, they should all be dead."

Marr nodded: "I think so... So, are you self-made and laid your own foundation? ”

"So to speak."

Marr smiled: "I know that you are very capable, what kind of business are you doing?" ”

"Tobacco and alcohol... Recently, I have been engaged in oil. ”

Marr was calm at first, but when he heard the oil, his eyes lit up.

"Oil? Is there oil in Sicily? ”

"Yes, a very large oil field, my engineering surveyor said, a hundred liter barrels can be extracted a billion barrels!"

Marr was stunned, "More than a billion barrels? Make no mistake. ”

"Of course, there is a family near Catania that has shipped oil to Greece and sold it, and they have married the daughter of the Pelos family, which is very beautiful in Sicily."

"What is for sale? They are smugglers! Illicit. ”

Mar said sternly: "Even if there is the support of the Pelos family, what can it be? Nor can they harm the interests of Italy! ”

"Yes, Mr. Minister, may I write a whistleblower letter now?"

"You've already reported it to me, and I'm in charge of it...... Are you sure there is oil? ”

"Pretty sure! My men are watching, and if they dare to endanger the interests of Italy, they will be guillotined at the slightest command. ”

Mal looked up at him for a moment before he said, "You elaborate." ”

Russell told all about the Port Javelin and the Hogan family.

"Well... The son-in-law of the Pelos family is the captain of the Javelin, which is not good news. ”

Mar's heart was heavy, because the Pelos family's strength in the navy was a little too strong, and he and several allies couldn't stand it for a long time.

On top of that, Marr is a conservative, while Pelos is a radical.

Now that the Pacific War has broken out, the US military has declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan, although Italy is calm on the surface, in fact, there has been a lot of internal quarrel for a long time.

If the Pelos family impulsively gathered all their ships to fight the United States, Britain and France, the conservatives' efforts would be in vain.

The news brought by Russell made Marl very anxious, he and his allies were originally wary of the radicals, and now that the Pelos family is involved in oil again, what will happen if they have money?

The consequences are unimaginable, so they must be stopped, the oil must be firmly in the hands of the conservatives, and the money they will get will still support his election.

"Oil extraction can only be done privately, and now that Italy is besieged, we must beware of villains who are thieves."

"I'll give you news tomorrow," Mar said. ”

Hearing this, Russell got up and said, "Mr. Minister, then I will come at this time tomorrow." ”

"Where do you live?"

"I don't have a place to live at the moment, so I just got off the boat and came over."

Mar smiled and said, "Then go to the guest house, I'll have someone send you there." ”

"The two of us."

"Hahaha, you can live with ten people. Oh, Russell, get the box back..."

"Mr. Minister, you..."

Marr waved his hand: "I do like gold, but I also miss the old love, take it back and give it to your men." ”

Russell won't believe his nonsense and miss the old love? Bullshit!

Although Mal doesn't look down on such a little gold, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, and the gold is in front of him, who can not be impressed?

The more he doesn't want it now, the more he will want it in the future.

It's like lifting the ban in 30 days.

Marr sent them to the guest house and opened two rooms.

But Felistto did not go to the room to sleep, but stood at the door of Russell's room on alert.

Russell told him to go back to his room to sleep, but Felistto didn't listen, saying that it was his duty and that he had to do it.

The next day, noon.

Russell and Felisto were chatting, and last night Marl's subordinates came down.

"The minister said, let you go back, within two days the captain, first officer, second officer, chief and deputy gunner of the Javelin will be investigated for violating discipline, and the result of the investigation will be that the captain will be transferred, and the first officer, second officer and chief and deputy gunner will leave the barracks."

When Russell heard the news, he said, "Thank you, Mr. Minister, for me." ”

"Will bring it, this is the minister gave it to you."

The man handed out an envelope, and Russell took it, and he opened it only after the man had left.