The busy city of Rome was no different after Carlo ascended the throne. It was all so lively. Except for some pregnant girls talking about this good-looking king, there was still no change in life.
"Well!"
Carlo, who was missed by the girl, stretched for a long time, and then looked at the manuscript he had prepared with satisfaction.
This is a plan carefully prepared by Carlo, which plans to build one or two large-scale electric power experimental centers in Italy. Then use the results produced by the experimental centers to accelerate the electrification process in Italy and achieve overtaking in corners.
In Carlo's view, if Italy currently wants to achieve overtaking in corners, it can only start with electrification.
Now that we are ready to embark on the path of electrification, we must develop electrification laboratories.
This time, Carlo no longer planned to use the same trick as before, it was too low-grade. It was completely like a manual workshop, and the key point was that he couldn't even get the Tesla he wanted.
This time Carlo is directly targeting the future of General Electric. If it wants to build a large-scale R&D center, it will be too small to go out and greet people if there are less than 500 scientific researchers. It covers an area of less than 20 hectares and is considered small.
Of course, the cost is not cheap. The initial budget is 20 million lire. After completion, the annual research and development expenditure alone will not be less than 10 million lire.
In addition, Carlo certainly did not decide on such a large investment at once. The main reference was Edison's General Electric Company in the United States. Of course, Edison is still looking for suitable bamboo to make carbon filaments all over the world. There are also some mixed ones in Germany.
The prosperous Siemens Company is also within the scope of Carlo's reference.
Moreover, Carlo found someone to be responsible for formulating this investment amount. Because it needs to meet his requirement of producing results within a few years, issues such as funding and staffing need to be resolved urgently. Naturally, money must be used to pave the way.
, use enough funds and manpower to speed up the progress. After all, his laboratory needs to rush, otherwise the cost of purchasing patents will cost Italy a lot of money.
After Carlo put down the plan he was satisfied with, he called his confidant Domingo. "Where is my uncle?"
Facing Carlo's inquiry, how could Domingo, as his confidant, not report. "Your Majesty, the Prince Regent is currently a guest at Baroness Hells' house."
Domingo's words made Carlo's mood immediately deteriorate, and even this plan was not so good.
Since he became the regent, his uncle also brought his mischief in Turin. In just two months, there were several named ladies, and perhaps even more unknown ones. Perfect
He explained the word stallion. As the person who holds the actual power of the king, is it really okay to mess around like this?
Thinking of this, Carlo was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He didn't realize that he didn't even care about Nia, a young cabbage next to him. Those who want to do big things must have great courage. How can someone who can't even take care of his lower body have the courage to do something big?
What a prospect.
Although Carlo was extremely angry, he had no choice but to let it go in the end. What else could he do? He could only forgive him.
Who allowed me to have only such an uncle? Even though he was a bit of a loser, from a certain perspective, it was also good for me. But I didn’t know if I could get this kind of benefit.
With this worry, Carlo waited for the time to meet with his uncle and the Prime Minister. According to a certain practice, before the monarch reaches adulthood, there is one day every week or ten days, where the regent, the Prime Minister and others will meet.
Decisions on military and state affairs are discussed before the monarch.
Although Carlo has no decision-making power in this, it can at least give him a basic understanding of the government's handling of affairs.
And this day is very close, just the day after tomorrow.
Two days later, in the meeting hall of the Quirinale Palace, the young King Carlo was seriously listening to the discussions or quarrels of his ministers.
"This year's agricultural harvest in Sicily has been poor, so some taxes must be reduced or exempted, otherwise those farmers will not be able to survive."
"Mr. Custer, how much reduction do you think is appropriate?"
"I think it needs to be reduced by at least half, and for this reason the Governor of Sicily, Mr. Ambik, also agrees with me."
The one who was speaking generously was Agriculture Minister Mark Ryder. This man in his fifties, with a little old man’s head and a wine trough and a red nose, was arguing for tax exemptions in Sicily.
"This is too much and it is simply impossible. Our country currently spends too much. If Sicily's agricultural taxes are reduced by half, it will create a bigger hole. Who will fill it?"
The one who jumped out to object was the finance minister, Giacali, who was also a lean little old man who worried about Italy's finances. As a result, he was extremely smart and his shiny little head stood out in the crowd.
Carlo has seen a lot of situations like this in the past two months, but he still finds it very interesting. However, compared with Carlo, his uncle and regent Amedeo is different. He can't help but grow older.
A yawn.
This made Carlo feel uncomfortable in his heart, but he still asked in a low voice with concern on his face. "Uncle, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Faced with his nephew's words of concern, Amedeo felt a little embarrassed. "Uh, yes. Uncle didn't sleep well last night. He has been too busy recently."
Having said this, Amedeo thought again of those beautiful carcasses last night. Unfortunately, he exerted too much force and probably needed to take a rest.
But what he didn't notice was that when he said this, many of the ministers below couldn't help but frown. The regent's reputation spread throughout Rome in just two months, and now
Everyone knows this romantic regent.
Although Amedeo himself didn't notice it, Carlo did. This gave him a bad feeling. This uncle had lost his dignity among officials in two months, which was not good at all.
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Then Carlo didn't speak again and continued to observe the handling of government affairs, and in this, Carlo also discovered something. That is that Prime Minister Cairoli's authority among officials is increasing, including the handling of Sicilian taxation.
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After he spoke out, the dispute was resolved.
Of course, the Prime Minister's political level is very high. He does not take sides and tells the truth. Carlo vaguely felt that even without him and his uncle who was about to become a vase, he could handle these things well.
This is not so much that he is dissatisfied with the ability of the prime minister, but that the regent, as his uncle, is too unsatisfactory, which will lead to an imbalance of power and concentrate power on him alone. Leslie, another speaker of the three regents, is more
Most of them can exert influence in parliament. Now everyone knows that parliament is just a rubber stamp and of no use.
Thinking of this, Carlo became even more worried about this.
After finally handling all aspects of government affairs, Carlo immediately cheered up. He knew that his first proposal was very important and related to his own image.
"Please wait a moment, I have a proposal."
After calling everyone, Carlo came up with his own plan.
