My Italian: Chapter 388 dissatisfied

"You mean, the government will not intervene in food procurement?"

For the first time, Carlo felt that something destructive happened before him, and this food purchase was one of them. The reason is very simple. Italy buys grain from Romania and Russia in Eastern Europe, and there are many large landowners in these two countries. Buying grain directly from them is cheaper than inter-governmental procurement, about 8-8 per ton. 12% off the price. If there is profit, there will be trading, and some people will use this price difference to specialize in this kind of business. Food procurement in Italy in recent years is basically this model, because it saves money. Italy's finances are not well-off, so saving one is one.

"Your Majesty, it is true that the private sector is much easier to talk about than the government, and it is also confidential."

Antonio explained the purpose of this to Carlo.

"Then follow the method you have been using."

What else can Carlo say? Of course it's good to save money, especially when the drought is so severe, every lira is precious.

For the next drought, the Italian government is in full swing, and all departments are busy with it. In particular, the most important funds for disaster relief, the Italian government issued a batch of ten-year government bonds worth 800 million lire in London and Paris in April.

The annual interest rate of this batch of government bonds is not high, only 4.25%, but due to the good development of Italy over the years, the sales of this batch of government bonds have been good, and more than ten securities contractors are willing to underwrite this batch of government bonds for Italy.

With the passage of time, the drought in Italy gradually revealed itself after the summer season.

Scenes of scorching sun, dry ground, and withered seedlings appear frequently in southern Italy. Especially as the most severe drought in Sicily, the drought is even more troublesome. The next set of data can illustrate the severity of the drought in Sicily. Since 1897, the climate monitoring station in Sicily has detected that the average rainfall in Sicily is only 35 mm. 73 of Sicily's 94 rivers are dry and 46 are completely dry. All 2.4 million people on the island were affected by the disaster, of which a 50% reduction in agricultural production is a foregone conclusion.

The drought in Sicily has not only affected agriculture. As the core enterprise of Sicily's industrialization, the Palermo Steel Plant recently announced that it will cut its steel production by half. The reason is simple, steel smelting requires a lot of water, and the current drought in Sicily has affected the production activities of the Palermo steel plant.

Of course, in addition to Sicily, Sardinia and the southern part of the kingdom also suffered a lot. The total affected population reached 13 million, accounting for 40% of the total Italian population.

With such a high disaster-affected population, the Italian government will of course not continue to wait. As summer approaches, Italy has announced several major construction projects one after another. The construction of the road from Naples to Taranto, the construction of the road around Sicily, and the roundabout in Sardinia. Large-scale projects such as road construction.

In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture has also opened many water conservancy facilities, such as reservoirs, dams, ditches and so on.

Since there are so many projects underway, there will naturally be a lot of labor needed.

As a result, notices about recruiting laborers are everywhere in major cities and towns, especially in areas with severe droughts, and grass-roots officials continue to publicize these notices about recruiting laborers.

In this kind of thing, the basic officials are very motivated. After all, they can directly feel the severity of the disaster and worry more about the victims than others.

Of course, there are so many people affected by the disaster, and the government cannot solve all the problems. It can only say that it will provide relief to most of the people who cannot afford to eat. This kind of poor and white government gives priority to those who have some savings in land assets, because there are too many people affected by the disaster, and the government can only focus on solving the serious problems first.

In this case, for these people who are still a bit thin, it is no less than a disaster.

There were no tears in Diane's eyes. Looking at the dry vines, his heart was full of despair. This year's harvest has been scrapped, you ask him what to do to make the family live.

Looking at the smooth cuts of the vines, Diane certainly knew where the problem was. It was all caused by this vineyard. Even if they worked hard, those people still did not let themselves go. When they saw that the drought could not subdue them, they went into conspiracy. These smooth-cut vines are proof, who else but those people.

"Stop crying, let's go back!"

Diane comforted his wife, who had been crying, and gently patted her shoulder.

"Diane, these people have destroyed our vineyard, why didn't the police arrest them."

Crying like a tearful wife, unable to accept everything in front of her, she asked in a hoarse voice unwillingness to her husband who was a pillar.

"Didn't the police say everything, they can't arrest people without evidence, unless someone sees what they do."

Diane said something to comfort his wife, but the policeman's casual answer appeared in his mind.

"Okay, stop crying, let's go home!"

After finally coaxing the crying wife, who looked like a child, the two returned to their house with arms.

But just when I got home, I heard that annoying voice. "Brother Diane, can we talk about the vineyard now?"

Thiago Ferro appeared in front of them again this time, but this time he was not alone. He came with two strong thugs. It seemed that even the Mafia was afraid of death.

Facing Thiago's question, Diane remained silent.

Who is Thiago? Seeing that Diane was silent, he knew that his heart was loosened, so the verbal offensive came.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, your annual income from this vineyard is only about 1,400 lire. After deducting fertilizers and other expenses, the money you earn is only 1,000 lire, which is only enough for your family of three. Now any job in the city can cost hundreds of dollars. Lira a month, you two workers are more than 200 lire, this year is nearly 3,000 lire, isn’t it more profitable than grape growing, so it is better to go out and find a job now if you are farming at home.”

This seems very tempting, and it is true that urban workers earn more than rural ones. The only problem is how to find this job. Jobs in the city are not so easy to find, and it is unknown whether the salary will be paid on time.

Of course, these situations are indeed tempting for the Diane couple who do not know the inside story.

"Well, I'll pay 10,000 lire for your vineyard, which is already the highest price I've given in terms of brotherhood."

Thiago raised the price, which was a thousand lire more than before.

"Okay, 10,000 lire, I'll sell you my vineyard."

Facing the price offered by Thiago, Diane accepted.

"My brother Diane, your decision is quite wise. We signed a land purchase contract, and the ten thousand lire is yours."

Thiago took out a contract and put a thick stack of lira bills in front of Diane.

Diane took a cursory look at it. This was the official contract to buy his vineyard. After seeing that there was no problem, Diane signed his name and put his fingerprints on it.

Thiago put the stack of banknotes in front of him according to the contract with his handprint and name.

"Brother Diane, this is your money, count it yourself."

"Not bad, it's exactly 10,000 liras~www.mtlnovel.com~ After the transaction was completed, Thiago held the contract with satisfaction and waved. "Goodbye, my friend. "

"Goodbye my friend."

Diane also smiled, like saying goodbye to an old friend.

After Thiago walked away, his wife, who had been silently watching all this, suddenly hugged Diane from behind. "Diane, you have to promise me not to do stupid things. For little Tony, he can't live without a father."

As someone who shared the same bed, the wife clearly felt that her husband Diane was wrong. The vineyard was gone, and she could no longer accept her husband's irrationality.

Facing his begging wife and thinking of his son, Diane finally had no choice but to swallow this breath. "Okay, I promise you, I won't do stupid things."

On Thiago's side, after leaving Diane's house, a subordinate said. "Head, I feel that there is something wrong with the man named Diane, and I need to be on guard."

Facing the admonition from his subordinates, Thiago said with a smile. "I know that Diane is very dissatisfied, and I hope he doesn't do stupid things, otherwise the 10,000 lire will be saved, and his family will be implicated."

That's right, as a mafia, since they dare to do black-hearted things such as forcing the good into a prostitute, how can they not be prepared at all.

Forcible mergers like Diane are not uncommon in Sicily but not uncommon. In fact, not only in Sicily, but also in the south to take advantage of this drought, there are also many things.

This is really a "building block" for the stability and unity of Italy!