My Italian

"King Carlo, on behalf of France, I express the most severe condemnation of your country's violation of the neutrality treaty."

The Ambassador of France to Italy, His Excellency Plamont Goodwin, was in Carlow to send out a voice of protest from France. The tone of voice was unprecedented. Facing the most angry expression in the French ambassador's history, Carlo accidentally yawned.

Carlo's action was like a big hand grabbing the French ambassador's throat, making him instantly lose his desire to speak.

Seeing the constipated expression on Ambassador Goodwin's face, Carlo said a little embarrassedly. "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Ambassador, I didn't sleep well last night, don't mind, continue."

Continue, you big bastard, and your whole family will continue.

You don't have to be so casual if you want to find an excuse.

Good diplomatic etiquette made Ambassador Goodwin resist the urge to burst out, and the diplomatic rhetoric that he originally wanted to speak could not go on.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, maybe I need to suggest to Paris to carefully consider the diplomatic relations between our two countries."

In the end, he still couldn't hold back. Before leaving, Ambassador Goodwin put down a harsh word.

Of course, we don't know whether Ambassador Goodwin has the ability to realize his cruel words. But Ambassador Goodwin has decided to report to Paris that some worrying changes have taken place in Italy. Perhaps it really shouldn't have ignored Italy's attitude on the Tunisia issue in the first place.

Looking at the departing French ambassador, Carlo was a little helpless. In fact, he didn't lie to the French ambassador, he really slept late last night. Today, the French ambassador came to protest in a hurry early in the morning, and it is normal to yawn.

If the French ambassador was unhappy, Carlo wouldn't bother to care about him, and he didn't care about the threat of the French at all. As for why the ambassador did not find the prime minister who holds real power, but found himself?

The reason is very simple, that is, Prime Minister De Pretis threw everything about Italy's intervention in the Sino-French war to Carlo.

He doesn't care whether it's big or small. How could Carlo not understand the Prime Minister's intentions? After throwing all the problems to himself, no matter whether it is good or bad, it has nothing to do with him anymore.

Therefore, Carlo was actually a little busy under this situation. Last night, he was discussing the Sino-French war with the military personnel. He talked a little too far, so he went to bed late. This is not to deceive the French ambassador. As for whether yawning is too late, this is a question of what the benevolent sees.

Just as he was thinking about it, the captain of the guard, Felix Mitch, came in with a telegram.

"Your Majesty, this is a telegram from the Far East."

"Quickly show it to me."

As soon as he heard the telegram from the Far East, Carlo was instantly refreshed. After opening it, he couldn't help but swear. "These Qing people don't even have a maintenance dock, what are they doing?"

This telegram is not a complaint telegram sent by Lefer, Gomes and others, but a purchase telegram. Two Venice-class patrol ships still need to be repaired after a naval battle, and they are broken. The turret and gun barrel also need to be replaced, and so many shells have been fired, and they always need to be replenished.

So this is a procurement telegram, mainly to purchase the artillery, ammunition and other components of the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan ships. It's just that Leifer and others wrote in the telegram as a joke that the Qing Dynasty did not have a dock for two warships.

And when Carlo saw such a strange situation, he naturally burst into foul language. After all, it was related to the issue of his power. If the Qing Dynasty loses a lot, then don't think about anything, wait until he becomes an adult and see if he can get it from the Prime Minister. How many rights do you want?

If you win, this can take some power back directly from the Prime Minister. The difference between the two, I believe anyone who understands a little bit of power struggle can see the difference.

That's why Carlo cares so much about me, which is related to his own vital interests.

Of course, in addition to purchasing weapons and supplies, this telegram also introduced their situation. After a fight with France in the South China Sea, they were treated with even more courtesy in the Qing Kingdom. It is said that the Qing Kingdom intends to grant them the honorary title of Baturu, and knowing that they attach more importance to medals, they also specially prepared gold dragon medals for them in recognition of their heroic performance.

As for that Liu Buchan, he was also promoted, but they couldn't remember the official name, and they still call him Major Liu.

And now they have sailed to Shanghai, and the reason they came to Shanghai is to repair the two ships, Zhiyuan and Jingyuan. Although Shanghai does not have a suitable dock for them, there are a lot of skilled shipyard workers here, which can speed up their maintenance of the two ships.

Moreover, Shanghai has initially shown an internationalized city, which has made Leifer and others more adaptable to life. After all, they have only fought one battle and need some red wine steaks to treat them. In addition, there are milk breads that are more suitable for them. Western-style food, although there are cooks on board, but as long as you have been on a warship, you must know that the main role of these people is to keep them from starving to death.

As for the news that France was preparing to reinforce the Far East, Carlo had already sent a telegram to Jia Liwen, the minister in Qing. As for when the minister would inform the Qing, that was his question. I believe that the Qing Kingdom will not be ignorant of this. As for how to deal with it, it is their own business. But now, Carlo still needs to vigorously support the Qing Dynasty's anti-French cause.

After putting down the telegram, Carlo spoke to the captain of the guard. "The weapons and supplies on this list will be prepared as soon as possible."

"As ordered, Your Majesty."

The captain of the guard bowed slightly and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute."

"What's your majesty's order?"

"In terms of the navy, is it researching a new patrol?"

"Yes, at present, Admiral Golek is organizing people to study the battle report sent by Lefer and the others. In response to the problems raised in the report, Admiral Golek has asked the designers of Andoshar Shipyard to come up with improvement plans. ."

The captain of the guard's answer made Carlo very satisfied. It seems that the navy is not in such a hurry to start construction immediately, and can hold back and wait for a while.

Of course, it wasn't just that Carlo stopped the captain of the guard, I saw him continue to ask. "Has the ship carrying that batch of goods arrived in Guangzhou now?"

"It hasn't arrived yet. The latest news was sent back from Singapore yesterday, and they are already preparing for the last ride."

Filimic could see that the king was a little nervous. He was responsible for arranging people to load these supplies onto the ship, but he didn't know what to worry about. The ships are all British cargo ships, and it is also a fast freighter. The highest level of secrecy has been implemented throughout the entire process. Does France dare to intercept British merchant ships for inspection?

Carlo doesn't know about Filimic's thoughts, but he can't worry about it, there is a big killer on this ship, which is specially aimed at the French.

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