Make France Great Again

After the conversation with the French businessman Wilson, Cavour, accompanied by Varney, met with the famous businessmen and bankers in the hall, encouraging them to continue to work hard for the prosperity of Chambery, and at the same time promised We will consider implementing some tax-free preferential policies in Chambery.

After hearing about the possibility of tax exemption, foreign-funded companies and bankers expressed their approval of Cavour.

The reason why these foreign-funded enterprises came to Chambery was because of its low labor costs, which was the only thing that Chambery could offer.

If Cavour could give them some tax relief, they would make more money.

After saying this, Cavour ordered the servant serving the banquet to prepare a glass of red wine for him. After a while, the servant brought the red wine to Cavour.

Cavour picked up the red wine in his hand and said loudly to everyone present, "Everyone, please be quiet!"

Everyone in the hall stopped talking and turned their attention to Cavour.

Then, Cavour continued to say to everyone present, "Everyone, I still have official duties! Please forgive me for not staying too long. This glass of wine represents my apology to you!"

For the rest of the time, let Varney accompany you to continue having fun! "

As soon as Cavour finished speaking, he drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp, then handed the red wine glass to the attendant beside him, and bowed to everyone present.

Everyone in the hall was stunned for a few seconds. Wilson, who was the first to react, clapped his hands quickly, and the rest of the people responded and clapped their hands too.

Applause rang out in the hall, and Cavour turned and left amid the applause.

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President Varney caught up with Cavour on the steps outside the room, and said to him anxiously: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, how can you leave now? This is a welcome ceremony specially prepared for you by the Chambery business community. !」

Cavour stopped and said calmly, "I have already met with them, and now I am leaving!"

"You left, what happened inside?" Varney asked.

"Didn't I just say it? It's up to you to continue!" Cavour responded to Varney ***.

"This was originally meant to be a blessing for you! Now that you are leaving, how can it continue?" *** Varney responded to Cavour with a grimace.

"Why can't it be held?" Prime Minister Cavour continued, "The purpose of those businessmen holding this banquet is not to let me introduce some policies to reduce his tax payment.

I have just told them that I will introduce some policies to help them reduce taxes!

Now that their goal has been achieved, it doesn't matter whether I stay here or not!

Varney, you only need to complete the second half of the banquet now. "

When *** Varney heard this, he suddenly felt that what Prime Minister Cavour said did make some sense.

The mission belonging to Cavour has indeed been completed, and now it is no big deal even if he is not present.

"By the way! I'm curious! Where did you get the news about my leaving Turin?" Cavour asked doubtfully. He remembered that his departure from Turin did not seem to be so grand.

How did Varney know that he left Turin!

"His Majesty the King informed us via telegram!" *** Varney said to Cavour, "He informed us in the telegram the time of your arrival and asked me to take good care of you!"

"So that's it!" Cavour showed a look of surprise, waved his hand and said to Varney, "I don't need your care!

Now, your task is to help me take good care of the guests inside!

We must let them have confidence in our Kingdom of Sardinia, only in this way can they invest more money in Sardinia! "

"Yes!" Varney responded with a sonorous tone.

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"By the way, there's also the matter of expanding Chambery just now! Let me tell you, Turin doesn't have much money right now, so it's very likely that we won't be able to allocate funds to you!

You, the Chambéry provincial government, must solve the gap on your own. If that doesn't work, you can also borrow money from companies! "Cavour then said something to Varney ***.

After the economic crisis in the United States of America spread to the Kingdom of Sardinia, it turned the already sluggish finances of the Kingdom of Sardinia into a complete mess.

Sardinia now not only repays part of the borrowings from Britain and France, but also pays interest on the national debt from the stock exchange.

To make matters worse, they also charge a certain amount of interest to the railway system.

Sardinia's finance ministers have changed many people, but each of them has little to do with Sardinia's finances. They can only rely on the left and right to issue national debt to survive.

"Ah!" After hearing that Cavour had no money, *** Varney opened his mouth and was speechless.

"Who caused the sudden economic crisis not long ago!" After finishing speaking, Cavour sighed again.

Immediately afterwards, Cavour once again got into the carriage and left, while Varney returned to the hall and had a drink with the merchants in the hall.

Cavour, who was sitting in the carriage, ordered the driver of the carriage to take him to the border of France and the Kingdom of Sardinia. After listening to Cavour's order, the driver had no choice but to obey.

The carriage soon left the city of Chambery and then headed west.

After about an hour of galloping, the carriage slowly began to slow down until it came to a complete stop.

Then the carriage driver spoke to Cavour, "Prime Minister Cavour, we are here!"

Prime Minister Cavour opened the car door. It was already dusk now, and the setting sun was about to set on the horizon. The floating clouds were illuminated red, and the carriage also cast a long and narrow shadow under the setting sun.

Not far from the carriage, there was a group of soldiers and officers wearing the uniforms of the King of Sardinia. Behind them was a roadblock made of wood. The width of the roadblock could only accommodate one person. A carriage enters.

About 100 meters behind the roadblock, there was a group of soldiers wearing French military uniforms. There was also something similar to a roadblock in front of them.

"Thank you to Varney for me!" Cavour said calmly to the carriage driver, and then arrived at the border of the Kingdom of Sardinia with his suitcase.

"Who are you? Are you leaving the border?" The soldiers and officers of the Kingdom of Sardinia who were responsible for the interrogation quickly stopped Cavour and asked after seeing him arriving.

Cavour smiled at them and said, "I am Cavour, Camilo Cavour!"

After hearing Cavour's answer, the border officers and soldiers showed expressions of disbelief on their faces. They could not believe that Cavour, as Prime Minister, went to France alone without an entourage.

Out of caution, the leading officer hoped that Cavour could produce evidence.

Cavour smiled and pinned a medal of the highest honor of the Kingdom of Sardinia on his clothes. After seeing the medal, the officer hurriedly saluted Cavour and said, "Prime Minister Cavour, please forgive my rudeness!"

"Yes!" Prime Minister Cavour nodded and responded to the officers, "You have worked hard too! I can leave now!"

The Sardinian officers hurriedly cleared a road, allowing Prime Minister Cavour to leave Sardinia.

Cavour, who had stepped away from the Sardinian border, continued walking towards the territory of the French Empire. Upon seeing this, the French army in the distance quickly ran over. They asked Sardinia again the questions they had asked.

"I am Camilo Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Cavour had no choice but to repeat what he had said before.

The French officer also saluted the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and then asked Cavour if he needed help.

"Can you find me a carriage? I want to reach Lyon as soon as possible!" Cavour said to the French officer.

"Sorry, we don't have a carriage here, but you can

Go to the town not far away, where there should be a carriage heading to Lyon! "The French officer responded to Cavour.

"Thank you!" Cavour thanked the French officer and continued on foot.

After nearly half an hour of journey, Cavour finally arrived at the town before dark.

Cavour entered the town and immediately found the most luxurious hotel in the town to stay at.

Although this hotel claims to be the best in the town, the entire hotel is not as good as an ordinary hotel in Turin.

However, Cavour, who was not pretentious himself, did not particularly care.

After settling in for a while, he walked out of the town and asked the hotel owner if he had a carriage to Lyon.

The hotel owner told him that Cavour could take the only carriage to Lyon in the town at about 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, or he could rent one directly.

Considering that his time was precious, Cavour decided to rent a carriage and go forward the next day.

After bidding farewell to the hotel owner, Cavour returned to his residence, and then carried his suitcase in the town the next day in search of a private carriage that could go to Lyon.

Soon, Cavour found a private carriage. After discussing the price with the coachman, Cavour got into the carriage, and the coachman drove the carriage to Lyon.

After the entire journey lasted one day and one night, we finally arrived in Lyon in the afternoon of the next day.

Cavour, who had just arrived in Lyon, didn't care about enjoying the beautiful scenery of Lyon area. He quickly went to the train station in Lyon area and bought a train ticket to Paris at the train station.

Since the train ticket departed for the next day, Cavour had to stay in a hotel in Lyon again. This time, the hotel where Cavour lived was no longer a very expensive hotel.

After a night's rest, Cavour once again took the suitcase and got on the train to Paris.

Accompanied by the shrill whistle of the locomotive, the steam train started slowly.