With Juffelli's secret order, the French began secret preparations. They first needed to obtain the support of Britain, and now it was time for Britain to fulfill its promise.
As for Germany, it was quickly given the opportunity. Russian Czar Alexander II was assassinated by Narodnaya Volya members. As a friendly country, France immediately sent its ministers to St. Petersburg, where they took the opportunity to secretly contact German Prime Minister Spiesmer.
Of course, everything France did was done in secret, and Italy was completely unaware of it.
So what is Italy doing?
Sorry, Italy currently has a lot of things to deal with and has no time to think about other directions. The first is that Italy is currently plagued by drought. Since last winter, there has been little rainfall in southern Italy, which is very important for Italy, which has a typical Mediterranean climate.
In other words, it is extremely serious.
You must know that the Mediterranean climate is rainy in winter and less rainy in summer. If there is little rain in winter, then there is no hope for summer. Therefore, facing the drought in the south, Cairoli, as Prime Minister, is also very worried. On the one hand, he needs to arrange manpower to deal with this drought.
Drought, on the other hand, he had to control the political situation in Rome, so he was very busy.
Of course, he must also be lucky that former Prime Minister Despretis did not make any small moves during this period, which allowed him to fully deal with other aspects.
Of course, as a qualified politician, he will never leave his back to others, and he does the same. Currently, he is also keeping a close eye on the peaceful former prime minister.
In addition to the former prime minister who was targeted by him, he was also able to understand the regents, Duke Amedeo and King Carlo, who could have an impact on the situation in Rome.
It is precisely because of this that he can focus on disaster relief.
Among the three persons under his close surveillance, former Prime Minister Despretis did not sit idly by in the face of the drought. He publicly stood up and called on everyone to raise funds for the drought. So far, more than one million lire has been raised.
It was also rare for the regent to come out of Wenwen Township and go to the south as a royal family. Of course, the problem was solved and he gained a few more confidante.
As for Carlo, he didn't go to the south to do a show. Instead, he went to Marino every two days. It was obvious that he cherished the power research center.
"Your Majesty, you are here again."
Looking at Carlo who had just gotten off the carriage, Tesla complained helplessly.
"Hahaha, Nicholas, you are complaining again."
Facing Tesla's words, Carlo smiled and replied.
The conversation between the two made Director Argos, who was supposed to be mainly responsible for the reception, envious. However, he saw this envy as soon as he saw it. He did not have any inappropriate thoughts. After all, he was not friends with the king, so he was not qualified.
Talk like a friend. And Tesla is the only one in the current research center who can talk like a friend to the king in front of him.
By the way, since the opening of the Electric Power Research Center, Carlo, as the king, will come to Marino whenever he has time. Of course, it was fine before, but His Majesty still needs other influences, so he can only come once a week at most, but now every two or three days
Just come once a day.
The reception standard of the research center also changed from being decorated with lights and decorations to welcome everyone, to just him and Tesla standing at the door.
Of course, this is not because the research center wants to neglect him. It is taboo to neglect the funder, and the experienced director will not make this mistake.
The main reason is that Carlo doesn't like to make things so grand and thinks that the R&D center should focus on research instead of cumbersome etiquette. If you want to repay him, then just produce the research results.
Therefore, the two directors and deputy directors of the research center naturally followed the crowd and reduced the scale of the reception.
"Director Argos, is there any progress in research recently?"
As a well-educated figure in the political circle, Carlo certainly would not just talk to Tesla. He naturally gave the director the respect he deserved and asked about the research and development results.
"You come here every three days and you are almost more familiar with us than we are."
Of course, I can only say something in my heart about my monarch, but I can't say it out loud, otherwise who knows what the consequences will be.
"Your Majesty, you also know that scientific research work is very boring, and it takes a long time to achieve results. At present..."
"Okay, I get it. You need to work harder to get results as soon as possible so that the Italian people can see your contribution."
Carlo dismissed the director in a few words, and then he and Tesla walked all the way to the AC laboratory. Yes, what he is most looking forward to now is the commercial use of AC. However, although AC has been invented long ago, it is still practical.
The alternating current has not been used for a long time.
The main problem is that the construction cost of AC power is more expensive than that of DC power, and the transmission loss is less than that of AC power. Of course, AC power is not without its benefits. Its long-distance and high-efficiency power transmission are noticed by many people.
However, the current scale of electricity use does not allow the advantages of AC to be fully demonstrated.
Of course, having said so much, there is another point, that is, the current AC motor power is not enough, and the electricity bill generated is relatively expensive. This alone makes many people dislike AC power.
Tesla's current main task is to develop a high-frequency alternator to reduce the cost of alternating current. After all, it is electricity, so why should others choose expensive ones? Capitalists who pursue profits will not care about this, as long as it is practical and cheap
That's the best.
As soon as we entered the laboratory, we were filled with all kinds of motors. Whether they were on the market or not, you could find them. Many of them were bought from other people's laboratories. Many of the motors were still in pieces, and many people were watching them.
Do research and take notes.
These motors cost a lot of money, which shows Carlo's expectations for them.
Of course, Tesla was not a fool. Seeing that Carlo attached great importance to this, of course he also knew how heavy the burden was, so he pointed at the disassembled motors and said, "Your Majesty, we have studied various methods so far.
The motor will play a huge role in promoting the research of high-frequency AC motors."
"Very good." Carlo looked at the busy people and praised him, then turned to Tesla beside him and said. "Although I don't want to rush it, I still hope that there will be results as soon as possible, even if it is not an AC project, other projects as well.
Can."
Yes, Carlo is a little impatient. Of course he knows that scientific research cannot be rushed, but now he is still a little impatient.
"Your Majesty, I can understand your feelings, but science cannot be false in the slightest. I can't give you any guarantee."
Tesla answered Carlo with some guilt. As a friend, of course he wanted to help, but at present he dared not say when the results of the research would be produced. This thing is a bit metaphysical, and there might be a major breakthrough tomorrow, but
There has been no progress for several years.
Of course Carlo also knew this path, but he still couldn't help but be impatient. Maybe it was his teenage habits that made him impatient.
After communicating with Tesla for a while, Carlo left with disappointment. Of course, he would not give up the laboratory, even if he could afford to fund the laboratory for ten years.
While Italy is busy, France has made diplomatic progress.
