My Italian: Chapter 50 1 day of the Prime Minister

While France and Germany were fighting for Russia, the drought in Italy was finally over.

The number of people affected by this disaster reached nearly 9 million, the direct economic loss was 217 million lire, and the indirect loss was 641 million lire, which greatly damaged the Italian economy.

At the same time, the number of foreign immigrants in Italy has exceeded 300,000, and it is expected that more than 400,000 people will go to sea by boat to make a living this year.

With such a large-scale overseas immigration wave, it is conceivable to imagine the intensity of the disaster in Italy this time.

And the government is basically powerless to do this, because there is only so much money, and it can only give priority to ensuring that everyone will not starve to death. As for those who are insolvent and go bankrupt and seek another victory, the government really cannot manage.

This year is also a year of disaster in Italy. Not to mention Tunisia, which has been planning for a long time, and suffered such a severe drought, it is a feat for Prime Minister De Pretis to survive.

So after the disaster work came to an end, many people had a higher awareness of the new Prime Minister.

The praise of him in the public opinion is also justified, but most of the newspapers are still ethical, but they are called the best prime minister in the past ten years. Some shameless newspapers directly compare it to the existence of Cavour, and they are not afraid of the wind and flash their tongues.

No matter what the outside world says, Depretis, who is the client, has not changed in the slightest, at least not in front of others.

In his recent work, after solving the drought problem, he began to prepare for the visit to Germany.

Of course, he also paid a little attention to the news that France was going to visit Russia.

However, he paid attention to the news from France at most, mainly to cooperate with the visit to Germany.

"Usopp, bring the news from the French."

"Okay, Your Excellency."

Usopp, the secretary, immediately handed over the recently sorted documents. "This is the latest information sent back from France."

DePretis took over the document and opened it to see some of the latest news from France.

For example, French Prime Minister Jouferi said that the French economy is growing well, and there is no need to worry about it. This is the French Prime Minister's encouragement for the economy.

Next, French diplomat Gambetta said that France still plays a pivotal role in Europe at present, and France will still be one of the leaders in Europe in the future.

BNP Paribas said that the bank is expanding its business and has already seen new growth points, and investors should not be misled by gossip.

The Annan Dynasty recklessly oppressed my Catholics in its territory, and 19 Catholics, including my French priest, Father Manred Dounierc, were killed. France will definitely not let this evil dynasty go, and they will definitely pay the price. This news may be the next move for France, but it has nothing to do with Italy.

Then DePretis read some other news one after another. On the surface, however, many of these stories are newspaper reports.

But a lot of the time, intelligence is hidden in these reports.

For example, BNP Paribas reported that on the surface, the bank is trying to appease investors, but many things can still be seen.

The first is to find a new profit growth point. Just by looking up the activities of BNP Paribas' recent personnel, you can roughly infer where its profits come from.

As it happens, the Italian ambassador in St. Petersburg telegraphed to the country, informing that BNP Paribas has been very active here recently. Then combined with the news of France's upcoming visit to Russia, it can be concluded that the two countries should have just reached a loan.

At the time, this was also the time when Italy was staring at France and Russia recently, so it was possible to make this inference.

Of course, this can only be used as an inference, not as evidence.

However, sometimes inference is more effective than evidence, because it does not require real evidence, but it can be roughly guessed as a basis.

De Pretis therefore believes that France has hooked up with Russia, which is good news for Italy. It can make the visit to Germany smoother, and maybe a good result can be achieved.

However, as the Prime Minister of Italy, De Pretis cannot only focus on foreign affairs, but domestic affairs are the focus of attention.

Of course, he will not forget this. After reading the latest news in France, De Pretis began to deal with domestic government affairs.

The first thing that catches his eye is the planning of Milan's industry. At present, Milan is one of the largest cities in Italy, and its industrial level is very high. The city's textile, printing and dyeing and garment manufacturing are also well-known in Europe. Although it does not have the reputation of fashion capital, it has already taken shape. And this plan is to deepen Milan's advantages in this field and build Milan into a plan for Italian light industry.

DePretis read the plan carefully, and then drew a cross on the plan.

The plan was killed.

The reason why De Pretis killed the plan was not that it was a bad plan. If De Pretis was the mayor of Milan, he would not hesitate to show his approval, but unfortunately he is the Prime Minister of Italy.

Since he is the Prime Minister of Italy, he needs to consider the overall situation. At present, the development of industrialization in the north is booming, but in southern Italy, it is still in an agricultural society.

Unbalanced development is prone to problems, and Italy already has this problem, and the confrontation between the North and the South is already very serious, so it is impossible for the government to continue to support the North's policies and funds.

If the South, such as Palermo, Naples, etc., came up with a plan like this, he would immediately approve it without saying a word, even if the plan was almost all right, just let it be improved.

But unfortunately, what should the South say? If you want to speed up the industrialization of the South, you first need to make a big move on its officials, but at present De Pretis does not have the prestige and opportunity to attack it.

These are all problems left over from the unification of Italy, because due to the urgent need for unification, the landed aristocracy has not been greatly changed. Population and land were bound by the nobility, which, according to later generations, failed to liberate the productive forces of the South.

Since the productive forces have not been liberated, the funds invested in the South are half the effort.

In addition, a large proportion of Italy's fiscal revenue comes from the north, and the government does not have the organizational and synergistic capabilities of the later celestial dynasties, so it is impossible to tilt its financial resources to the south indefinitely.

Therefore, the gap between the north and the south has not changed until now, but it is suspected of widening.

De Pretis is not the first prime minister to be troubled by the issue of the North-South gap. In fact, since the first Italian Prime Minister Cavour, successive prime ministers have faced this problem. Not to mention the differences in culture and language between the two, sometimes it feels like two countries without borders.

However, problems always need to be solved, and DePretis has his own patience.