Chapter 21 The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop
Time passed quickly and everything returned to its original track.
After the Prime Minister softened his attitude, all the turmoil calmed down. Especially after the two of them attended a public meeting together and made an intimate gesture, people with different thoughts were able to suppress their thoughts. For a time,
The city of Rome has a calm and peaceful atmosphere.
On Carlo's side, life is still going on. In addition to studying courses every day, he is still in contact with Garibaldi. However, there is not much progress. Carlo clearly feels that Garibaldi is resistant to the royal family. Seeing that
It takes a lot of energy and time to embrace this national hero, but he has enough time to wait.
So time slipped away quietly in such an environment, and the situation in the city of Rome calmed down again. In addition to the above things, Carlo was also paying attention to the scientific research center built by Marino.
This is good news. Under Carlo's attention, the electrical R&D center in Marino has made rapid progress and completed the construction task within three months. It has now entered the debugging period of the equipment. As long as the equipment is debugged, it can be used at any time.
for use.
This news was really good for Carlo, as it heralded his first step in intervening in Italy.
It was able to be built so quickly, of course, in addition to Carlo's urging, money played a greater role. With the royal family's guarantee, all funds were properly arranged, so the motivated workers quickly repaired the research institute.
center.
This also shows that the power of money can make people progress, even for people who are lazy by nature. Of course, the cost is not low, and the cost list of 12 million lire was placed in front of Carlo.
After taking a look at the list, Carlo said with satisfaction to the tall and thin old man in front of him, "Thank you for your hard work, Sir."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. This is just what I should do."
The knight Carlo refers to is Alejard, the palace steward. This person who is usually very inconspicuous in the palace and is easily ignored has the financial power of the royal family. This shows his status in the heart of the royal family.
This Alejard has worked for the royal family for decades, assisted three generations of the family, and can be trusted to control the royal family's finances. This shows his ability.
Although Alejard does not have many outstanding achievements in financial management, he is tight-lipped and willing to be lonely. He can quietly manage the royal family's assets when he is not needed, and he can always have money ready when needed.
Who wouldn’t want such a person? And in these two points, Alejard did particularly well, so he became one of the most trusted people by his grandfather and father.
And now Carlo is also very satisfied with him. He always only obeys the king's orders, does not ask, gives advice when needed, and does things silently when not needed. He is simply the perfect financial power holder.
"Your Majesty, do you still need funds in the near future?"
"No need, thank you."
"Then let me allocate funds to do other things."
"Go ahead."
Looking at the palace steward leaving, Carlo looked at the captain of the guard beside him and asked, "By the way, when will the research center be opened?"
That's right, Carlo can't wait to see the Electrical Experimental Center start working on the electrification of Italy.
"Your Majesty, it will take at least seven days to move in." "Well, let the recruited scientific researchers start working in seven days."
At present, the Electrical R&D Experimental Center has recruited more than 200 people, including not only Italian technical personnel, but also electrical R&D talents recruited from various European countries.
That's right, Carlo will not only recruit Italian electrical R&D personnel. Currently, any well-known European electrification research personnel can receive an invitation from Italy. And the treatment is favorable, generally compared to what they are currently receiving.
The salary can be 50% higher, which makes many people excited. Currently, dozens of such people have been recruited from various countries, and half of the reasons are for the generous salary.
Of course, Carlo also learned this trick from well-known companies in later generations. This approach is still effective in later generations, and it is naturally unfavorable now.
Of course, Carlo still feels a little slow in the R&D center alone. The main reason is that now is a great time for electrification research. He is not willing to let Italy miss the opportunity to get to the top position, so it needs to work faster. So Carlo is still preparing
One way is to use the relatively good universities in Italy to conduct electrification research and development.
He plans to fund well-known science and engineering universities such as the University of Rome and the University of Bologna to conduct in-depth research on electrification. He will share the results with the school after they have results. Of course, the royal family who sponsors them will get the lion's share, but this will also be very beneficial to the school.
There are benefits, I believe no one will refuse.
This kind of experience is not uncommon in later generations. It has become a waste of time, but I believe these universities have not experienced it now. However, these are successful experiences, and I believe no one will have a hard time with money.
In Carlo's view, this kind of advanced scientific research experience is very necessary for Italy, which is currently lagging behind.
In the previous survey, Italy’s investment in scientific research was far from enough. At present, most of the investment in scientific research basically comes from the government, and private investment is very rare. This has a lot to do with the weak strength of Italian capitalists. It is currently difficult for them to survive and thrive.
They are the first. Only when they have grown to almost the same level can they have enough energy to shift funds to scientific research.
But for Carlo, he couldn't afford to wait, and the capitalists' urinary nature made him afraid to put his hope in them.
Apart from capitalists, only government funding remains.
However, everyone knows the financial situation of the Italian government. It is very difficult to expect them to spend large sums of money to support scientific research. The small amount of funds is like sprinkling pepper. It is not enough to cover everything, so the funds can only be invested in more visible areas.
place.
Now that neither private individuals nor the government can rely on it, Carlo can only use royal funds to find a solution, so he attaches great importance to this. After all, only by making a good start can the situation be opened up later.
"By the way, Your Majesty, what do I need to prepare for then?"
Carlo was stunned for a moment by the words of the captain of the guard. Then he realized that he was asking who he invited to attend the opening ceremony of the R&D center.
Carlo originally didn't want to invite people to participate, he just wanted to keep it simple, but now that the captain of the guard mentioned it, he felt that it was too low-key. After thinking about it, he replied, "Then just invite people from the government."
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"Okay, Your Majesty."
The Baron responded to Carlo's words, but since only people from the government were invited, then His Majesty did not want to make a big fuss, so at least ministers of various levels could participate. Thinking of this, he had an idea.
The next day, invitation letters regarding the opening of the R&D test center in six days were handed to ministers and senior officials. Faced with the king's invitation, unless they really couldn't get away, they basically agreed.
In the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Cairoli looked at the invitation letter in front of him. After a moment of silence, he replied to the secretary in front of him. "Reply to the royal family and I will attend on time."
"As you command, Your Excellency."
When the Prime Minister responded that he wanted to attend, on the other side of Rome, former Prime Minister Despretis also received an invitation. "Be prepared, I need to attend His Majesty's invitation in Marino in six days, and I need to dress more formally."
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"Understood, sir, I will ask the tailor shop to prepare new clothes."
Yes, Despretis planned to pick up the young monarch at the airport, but only he knew the reason.
So in just one day, everyone in Rome was talking about His Majesty's ceremony. Of course, many people added some interesting things to talk about before and after tea.
As for Carlo, he had no idea that such a ceremony could become the center of attention.
