My Italian

When Beiyang wanted to find a telegram from an Italian naval officer to teach, and handed it to Carlo's desk, Carlo himself did not expect that Li Zhongtang would actually ask for Italy to teach.

I don't know if it was because of too much help that Li Zhongtang had a good impression of Italy, or whether it was because of the Italian navy's ability to conquer Li Zhongtang that he actually asked Italy to teach him. But Carlo himself estimates that there may be all of them.

Facing Li Zhongtang's request, Carlo still had to ask the Admiralty before he could give an answer. After all, the Navy still needed manpower.

"Your Majesty, of course you have to agree to such a good opportunity."

He summoned Admiral Gorek. Unexpectedly, as soon as Carlo said it, the Secretary of the Navy couldn't wait to agree. This made Carlo very embarrassed, and the admiral was not reserved at all.

This can't be blamed for Admiral Gorek's lack of restraint. Every naval power is very happy to be an advisor to other countries' navies. That is to say, the Italian navy is not very strong, and this is the first opportunity to become a consultant. What are you waiting for if you don't promise quickly.

I haven't seen how many countries the British navy has naval advisors. Moreover, there is no concern about the church apprentice starving the master to death, because the navy of the British Empire is the number one in the world. This is also recognized by the world. Even the German High Seas Fleet, which will compete with the United Kingdom in the future, has never thought of overturning the status of the United Kingdom, but it is only for self-protection.

Therefore, for the Italian Navy, participating in the construction of the Qing Navy is simply beyond expectation. Among them, the benefits are very considerable. If nothing else, let’s say that warships need bases, then maintenance docks, berthing docks, cranes for lifting heavy objects, and rail cars, etc., all need to have.

Many of these things can't be bought in the Qing Kingdom, so do you need to consider buying them abroad? At this time, if the consultant asks which one is better, isn't there a business?

Of course, this is just a petty profit, and there are other aspects.

But for Carlo, as long as the Navy's ideas are fine. However, he also wanted to ask if there is a suitable candidate for this Admiralty Minister.

"As for the candidates to be dispatched to the Qing Kingdom, your navy needs to think about it."

"Okay, Your Majesty, after the Admiralty has researched the candidates, you will definitely give His Majesty a look."

Obviously, Admiral Gorek understood Carlo's words.

After sending the Admiralty away, Carlo picked up another telegram. This telegram was sent from Berlin. The Berlin conference is currently being held, and a total of 15 countries are participating. The conference is nominally to resolve the issue of the ownership of the Congo River Basin, but in fact it is more about the division of power in Africa.

Italy also sent a delegation headed by Foreign Minister Barcona, who sent this telegram back to the country.

In fact, this time, when it comes to the division of Africa, the Italian government is very interested, but Carlo, who is the king, is not very interested.

It's not that Carlo doesn't know the importance of Africa, but that the places with oil and water are basically divided up by countries. Although the Congo River Basin has huge opportunities, there is no chance for Italy at all.

Although the Belgian picked up a big bargain, Carlo didn't want it at all. Because for the current Italy, the market is the key, and developing the domestic economy is much more important than seizing the colonies.

In addition, Germany, France, Britain and other countries can accept the weak Belgium, but they will never accept Italy's intervention in the Congo River Basin. Although Italy is the weakest, it is also a great power.

Otherwise, why did Britain, France and Germany withdraw some of their territories to Belgium, and Belgian King Leopold also took advantage of this, and proposed that companies from all countries could develop in the Congo River Basin, under temporary jurisdiction of Belgium. It is precisely because of this that the Belgians get a very large piece of the cake.

In addition, the development of colonies requires huge costs and has to endure losses for many years, which is also not available in Italy's current finances.

In this era, Africa can only serve as a raw material base, and its market is extremely small. How much industrial goods can you expect Uncle Black to buy? It was not until the end of the twentieth century that the African market was gradually developed, and its scale was still not comparable to that of Asia, America and Europe.

If nothing else, the harsh climate and various diseases in Africa caused the colonized countries to lose a lot.

For Italy, North Africa is the focus of its attention, because being close to the country ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ is very conducive to colonization and alleviating the pressure on the domestic population. It's just that North Africa has been robbed by Britain and France.

Only the Ottoman Empire has a part of Libya, but it is basically a desert, and only some Arab herdsmen graze here. Since it is too barren and there is the Ottoman Empire behind it, Italy did not attack it.

As for other places, Carlo believes that Italy has no energy to take into account at present, and it is the last word to give priority to the development of industry. The fist is not hard, and I dare not speak loudly, how can this rob

Unexpectedly, His Excellency Bakona had a good talk at the Berlin Conference, and Italy also won Somalia in East Africa. It is not known whether it was affected by the butterfly effect. Instead of insisting on its colonial stronghold in Berbera, Somalia, the United Kingdom used this stronghold to reach an agreement with Italy. Italy gave up its colonial stronghold in Hodeidah, Yemen, in exchange for the British stronghold of Berbera in Somalia.

Of course, in addition to this, Italy has also signed their respective spheres of influence in the Red Sea with the United Kingdom. It can be said that Italy has only one achievement in Africa, Somalia.

And Carlo felt a toothache when he saw the telegram sent back by the foreign minister as if offering a treasure. Italy really went to pick up some backcountry, if the Sudan was an Italian colony, it would be great, he would no longer have to worry about the small number of people in Italy.

However, this can only be Carlo's wish. The British would be crazy to exchange Sudan for Italy. No amount of money is possible. This is related to their core interests in Africa.

And this Berlin conference to carve up Africa will continue, but from the analysis of the news, the result is similar to the previous life. It would be nice to have a conference to carve up Asia. Compared with Africa, Asia has everything, and the market is also leveraged.

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