As the chief steward of the royal family, Alejard naturally has a lot of things going on every day, especially after Carlo asked to sell the royal property, he became even busier. But fortunately, he only needs to control the overall situation, otherwise this old man
Sooner or later the bones will be revealed here.
As for Carlo's summons, Alejard could only put down what he was doing and go see His Majesty first.
"Mr. Alejard, how much funds can I use at present?"
After Alejard appeared, Carlo impatiently asked about the royal family's funds.
Faced with Carlo's inquiry, Alejard was still mentally prepared, otherwise he would not have come with a thick account book. After Carlo finished speaking, he opened the account book and looked at it.
After reading the content, he spoke.
"Your Majesty, we have currently sold 317 million lire of land. Because the previous sales were large, the price of the land has dropped by 5%, so it is not appropriate for us to sell it now."
Well, it can be seen from this aspect that Italy is currently not rich in capital. Although the land is not very popular in the market, the market only tolerated more than 300 million lire before prices began to drop. This is very illustrative.
Facing Alejard's words, Carlo continued to listen.
"In addition, the sale of Indian gold and silver products, diamond jewelry, etc. made us a profit of 375 million lire. The remaining items worth about 80 million lire are difficult to sell for the time being because their characteristics are too obvious. In addition, we are..."
At the end of the day, Alejand gave the funds that the royal family can currently provide.
"Currently we have 751 million lire in funds available."
This is comparable to the government's fiscal revenue for more than half a year, and is the wealth accumulated by the Savoy family for hundreds of years. Of course, if the property is sold, it will be a year's fiscal revenue, but this requires a process, and it is obvious that King Carlo does not
I was going to wait, otherwise why would I call Alejard, the palace steward, over.
After reporting the proceeds from various sales, Alejard talked about why there was only so much money left.
"Your Majesty, 25 million lire was previously allocated for the construction of the power laboratory. In addition, the 8 million lire needed for the electrical laboratory this year has also been transferred. Then there is the annuity and daily expenses of the royal family members, which cost more than 800
Ten thousand liras.”
As Alejard reported his income and expenses, Carlo had an idea of how much money he could use now. However, although the money looked like a lot, it still felt a little less than the plan in his mind.
Therefore, Carlo continued to ask. "Director Alejard, how long will it take for the property to be sold again?"
"The property cannot be sold within a year and a half, otherwise the price will be much lower. The price must be reduced by at least 10% before it can be sold."
Alejard's words made Carlo give up the idea of continuing to sell the land.
In fact, what Alejard said was a conservative estimate, because there are not many people who can take over such a large-scale property sale. How can it be sold quickly when there are only a limited number of buyers?
As for dividing the land into small pieces and selling it, to be honest, it is not easy. You must know that scattered sales also depend on demand, and the strongest demand is from the peasant class, but they have no money and cannot afford it.
As for small and medium-sized landowners and nobles, they have limited money in their pockets, and few can afford the expense. Instead of going to all the trouble of dividing the land and selling it, it is better to sell the land as a whole to attract large buyers with strong financial resources.
Now that Alejard has said this, Carlo can only use this money within a year and a half. Although there is a small gap from his expectation, nothing can ever go as he wished, so Carlo feels
That's almost it.
So he began to prepare to distribute the money.
"I have an idea about this money. I will keep 51 million lire as a reserve and spend the remaining 700 million lire."
Seven hundred million lire is a lot. For an individual, this number is indeed a lot. Although it cannot make him the richest man in the world, it is still possible to become a billionaire in the United States. But if this money is invested in a country like Italy, then
It's just a few splashes of water.
Therefore, this money must be invested in key industries, and Carlo actually has plans for the future development of Italy, so he is also prepared for the flow of this money.
The first is the shipbuilding industry. The terrain that Italy has is destined to attach great importance to sea power. Therefore, Carlo must also pay attention to the shipbuilding industry in the upper reaches of the navy, which is related to Italy's national defense security.
Although there are currently many shipyards in Italy's shipbuilding industry, except for a few large shipyards, other shipyards are models of backward technology. These shipyards, which can only build wooden or old steamships, have not done much to improve the Italian shipbuilding industry.
Great effect.
Therefore, Carlo plans to use his own funds and government policies to integrate Italy's shipyards from both internal and external aspects to make the shipbuilding industry bigger and stronger. Although doing so may create a monopoly in the industry, no matter what, this will
The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and it is worth Carlo's action.
Of course, he has never thought about leading the development of the shipbuilding industry. On the one hand, it requires too much funds, and on the other hand, it is not necessary. However, appropriate guidance is still feasible.
In addition to the shipbuilding industry, the use of electricity is also the thing that bothers him the most, because it is one of the cores of the second industrial revolution, and the other is the use of internal combustion engines. Both of these are industries that Carlo must pay attention to.
, this is also the gold-eating beast that cost him one-third of his funds.
In addition to the above industries, Italy's currently weak heavy industries, such as steel, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, chemicals, materials, etc., Carlo has appropriate capital investment. However, due to limited funds, these industries are more likely to adopt policy support.
Lord, if Carlo's small amount of money is invested, it won't have much impact at all.
But it’s impossible not to invest in support, because it will be related to the development of Italian industry, so Carlo can only invest some in this way and some in that like pepper. However, although the investment is not much, Carlo’s funds are all
Investing in the research and development of new technologies can play some role.
However, although the investment is small, the cost is not small, because there are so many industries, and the required expenses add up to a large amount.
This is the result of Carlo's careful consideration. As the king of a country, he has enough talents to consider the advantages and disadvantages of Italy's industry for him.
And as Carlo invests royal funds in these industries, it will inevitably have enough impact, which will also affect the lives of many Italians and will also cause huge changes in their life trajectories.
