My Italian: Chapter 561 Preparing for War in Advance Part 1

The continuous emergence of new technologies and machines in Italy showed the good state of the Italian economy's vigorous development.

Some economists once asserted that if Italy continues to develop like this, it will overtake France within ten years and become the third largest economy in Europe.

However, for Prime Minister Cruz, who has just left the palace, Italy's booming economy is no longer the focus of the next stage.

Because the matter that the king asked him to talk about today was too important, it made him restless.

Because today, the king informed him that he planned to spend 40% of Italy's fiscal revenue on the military. Having been prime minister for so long, Cruz certainly knows what it means to spend 40% of his income on the military.

Regardless of the current arms race in various countries, the highest military expenditure is only 36.7% of Germany's. Moreover, Germany has to contend with France in the army and compete with Britain in the navy to reach this level. As for other countries, it will only be lower than Germany.

In the past, Italy's military spending accounted for about 30% of its fiscal revenue, but now it suddenly has to be raised to 40%. How can this be acceptable to the government.

And this is why Carlo asked Cruz. If he wants the government to agree, it is not enough for Carlo to force him as a monarch. They need to be persuaded. And Carlo's solution is very simple, that is to persuade the prime minister, and then the prime minister will talk to the heads of various government departments.

Of course, how to talk about it needs to consider the ability of the prime minister.

For Cruz, it was a challenge to accept. In addition to the responsibilities of its prime minister, there is also a way out for Italy itself.

Regardless of whether the current Italian economy is full of flowers, it is just a first-mover advantage. Countries have reacted and started to support their own enterprises in shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, petrochemical and other industries. According to government surveys, Italy's share of these strong industries has been slowly decreasing. And because the scale of these industries continues to grow, it appears that Italian exports are still strong. But it is not without worries. The biggest worry at present is that a revolution has broken out in the Far East, Italy's largest overseas market.

The nationalists of the big country in the Far East raised the banner against the ruling Manchus in a city called Wuchang.

However, because of the conflict with the old Italian friend Yuan Xiangcheng, the high-level government officials did not send troops in time, which plunged the entire south into an uprising. The chaotic situation in the Far East has seriously affected Italy's local interests. After more than 20 years of intensive cultivation, Italy's annual trade with it has reached a scale of 800 million lire.

This also led to a direct shrinkage of 50% of the trade between Italy and the Far Eastern powers in the two months after the outbreak of the uprising. This can be related to many traders and factories, which is quite bad news for the Italian economy.

Previously, its government also did a mysterious operation, asking whether it could hire Italian troops to counter the rebellion. This is obviously a frustrating decision made by Qi Xungui Group's confrontation with Yuan Xiangcheng.

This request was directly rejected by the ambassador to the Far East. Wouldn't it destroy the image it has maintained in the Far East for many years if Italy is involved in it?

Since there are so many uncertainties in the Italian economy, the next most important thing is to find a market for Italy.

That's right, it is to find a market. At present, due to the early development and the gathering of major countries in Europe, the market has long been divided up. It is very difficult for Italy to move a small piece, and it may lead to war. At present, the only area that is relatively easy to get started is that the Balkan Peninsula was previously occupied by the Ottomans.

However, although this place is easy to use, there are many people staring at it. Austrians and Russians are the two countries that care most about it. It is very difficult for Italy to intervene.

Europe is difficult, so we can look at the world. At present, the North American market is the most dynamic, but this is the territory of the Americans, and even the powerful British Empire can only rely on Canada for leftovers.

In South America, that is the sphere of influence of Britain, the United States and France. Italy can only rely on its good relationship with Argentina to share the soup. If it wants to expand its scale, it will definitely be strongly suppressed by the three. (To make an extra digression, the greatest effect of World War I on the United States in history was to drive the British and French forces out of the Americas, making the entire America the back garden of the United States, so the United States did not get nothing)

It is impossible in the Americas, so how about another place.

Africa?

Very good raw material base, let alone the market. Black uncles in Africa need at least a hundred years of cultivation if they want to become a market.

As for Asia, which is currently dominated by Britain and France, it is already a gift from God that Italy can develop a large market in the Far East.

So looking around, if Italy wants to win new markets, it must compete from other countries. Or break the current pattern and let Italy take advantage of it. At present, Germany, which is also a rising star, is also planning for this, so Germany is now Italy's best ally, at least for now it is absolutely appropriate.

This is why Italy is very satisfied with the Triple Alliance.

Now Italy wants more markets to meet the needs of its own people.

We must know that the population of Italy is 14 million more than in history, which is the result of the rapid economic growth of Italy in these years. These extra Italians who grow up need jobs or land to support themselves and their families.

However, Italy's native arable land is not enough, and the land carrying capacity of North Africa and the Balkans captured is not too large, so it can only vigorously develop industries to accommodate the excess population. However, the industrially produced goods cannot be consumed in Italy at all, and more markets are needed to accommodate them.

Otherwise, there will be no way out for the goods, and the people will lose their jobs on a large scale. When these people without income explode, it will definitely be a big bomb that can blow Carlo and the Italian government to pieces.

Therefore, for their own safety, and for the safety of the Kingdom of Italy, they must find ways to grab the market, and force is also considered.

Since it wants to grab the market, Italy needs to show greater strength in the upcoming war. After all, in this era, only hard fists have the right to speak.

And Italy has no excess accumulation, so it must explode with greater strength than others. So step by step like other countries is definitely not suitable for Italy, it needs to prepare in advance.

Therefore, raising the military expenditure to a higher level has become an inevitable option for Italy. Since you are going to end, prepare in advance.

Of course, if you want to grab the market, you also need to talk about strategy. For the current Italy, there is still a trump card that can be used, and that is the Roman Empire.

As long as you know something about European history, you will know that the Roman Empire has no small influence on European countries. Although it has been dead for so long, basically every ambitious country will use it as its own signboard.

And Italy is definitely the most suitable heir to the Roman Empire, after all, Rome is the capital of the kingdom.

The slogan of restoring the glory of ancient Rome will definitely make most Italians proud.

The National Socialist Party, where Prime Minister Cruz belongs, relies on this to become bigger and stronger.

So for this prime minister, when Carlo proposed to increase military spending to restore the glory of the Roman Empire and make Italy greater, he could only choose to accept it.

After all, this is also the unanimous pursuit of the National Socialist Party, and it is impossible for him, the party leader, to go against the will of the entire party.

Now that he has accepted the king's idea, Cruz needs to consider how to achieve his goal next.

After contemplating for a long time in the car, Cruz spoke. "I'll call Zarge, Caleb, Andre soon... and tell them to come to my house for a party at night and have something important to discuss."

The names mentioned by Cruz are all ministers belonging to the National Socialist Party in the cabinet, and the ministers in the National Socialist Party should be negotiated first before they can negotiate with other ministers.

After all, this requires cutting the budgets of many departments, which is not easy at all.

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