My Italy

As France and Germany engaged in intrigues over Russia, Italy's drought finally ended.

The number of people affected by the disaster reached nearly nine million, with direct economic losses of 217 million lire and indirect losses of 641 million lire, which severely damaged the vitality of the Italian economy.

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

With such a large-scale overseas immigration wave, one can only imagine the intensity of the disaster in Italy.

The government is basically powerless to do this, because it only has so much money, and it can only prioritize ensuring that everyone does not starve to death. As for those who are insolvent and bankrupt and seek another victory, the government really cannot control them.

This year can also be considered a disaster year for Italy. Not to mention Tunisia, which has been planned for a long time, it also encountered such a severe drought. The ability to survive it is considered a feat of Prime Minister Despretis.

So after the disaster relief work came to an end, many people became more aware of the new prime minister.

He is rightly praised by public opinion, but most newspapers are quite honest and just call him the best prime minister in the past ten years. Some shameless newspapers directly compared it to Cavour's existence, and they were not afraid of the wind blowing their tongues.

No matter what the outside world says, Depretis, the person involved, has not changed at all, at least not in front of others.

Recently, after solving the drought problem, he began to prepare for his visit to Germany.

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

However, he only pays attention to the news in France at most, mainly to cooperate with the visit to Germany.

"Usopp, bring the news about the French."

"Okay, Your Excellency."

As a secretary, Usopp immediately handed over the recently compiled documents. "This is the latest intelligence sent back from France."

Depretis took the file and opened it to see some of the latest news from France.

For example, French Prime Minister Jouferry said that France's economic growth is good and that everyone does not have to worry about it. This is the French Prime Minister's encouragement for the economy.

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

BNP Paribas stated that the bank is expanding its business and has new growth points. The majority of investors should not be misled by hearsay.

The Annan dynasty wreaked havoc on our Catholics in its territory, and 19 Catholics, including our French priest Father Manred Dunyok, were killed. France will not let this evil dynasty go, and they will definitely pay the price. This news may be France's next move, but it has nothing to do with Italy.

Then Depretis read some other news one after another. But on the surface, many of these news are reported in newspapers.

But oftentimes, intelligence is hidden within these reports.

For example, the BNP Paribas report clearly shows that the bank is trying to appease investors, but there are still many things that can be seen.

The first is to find new profit growth points. As long as you check the recent activities of BNP Paribas personnel, you can roughly deduce where its profits come from.

As it happened, the Italian ambassador in St. Petersburg sent a telegram to the country, informing the Bank of Paris that it had been active here recently. Then combined with the news that France is about to visit Russia, it can be inferred that the two countries should have just reached a loan.

At that time, this was also Italy's latest focus on France and Russia, so this inference could be made.

Of course this can only be used as inference and 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.

Depretis believes that France and Russia have hooked up, which is good news for Italy. It can make the visit to Germany smoother, and maybe even achieve a good result.

However, as the Prime Minister of Italy, Depretis cannot only focus on foreign countries. Domestic affairs are the focus of attention.

Of course, he would not forget this. After reading the latest news in France, Depretis began to deal with domestic political affairs.

The first thing that caught his eye was the plan for Milan's industry. At present, Milan is one of the few large cities in Italy with a very high industrial level. The city's textile, printing and dyeing, and garment manufacturing are also famous in Europe. Although it does not yet have the reputation of being a fashion capital, it has already taken shape. This plan is to deepen Milan's advantages in this field and build Milan into a plan for Italian light industry.

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

The plan was killed.

The reason that made Depretis kill the plan was not that it was a bad plan. If Depretis were the mayor of Milan, he would have approved it without hesitation, but unfortunately he was the Prime Minister of Italy.

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

Unbalanced development is prone to problems, and Italy already has this problem. The North-South confrontation is already very serious, so it is impossible for the government to continue to provide policy and financial support to the North.

If the south, such as Palermo, Naples and other regions, come up with such a plan, he will immediately approve it without saying a word. Even if the plan is almost different, it doesn't matter, just let it be improved.

But unfortunately, what should I say about the South? If we want to accelerate the industrialization of the South, we first need to take big action against its officials, but at present, Depretis does not have the prestige or opportunity to take action against him.

These are all problems left over from the unification of Italy, because due to the urgent need for unification, the landed aristocracy did not receive major changes. The population and land were restricted by the nobility. According to later generations, it failed to liberate the productivity of the south.

Since productivity has not been liberated, the funds invested in the South will achieve twice the result with 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 coordination capabilities of later dynasties, so it is impossible to infinitely tilt its financial resources to the south.

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

Depretis is not the first prime minister to worry about the gap between the north and the south. In fact, starting from the first Italian Prime Minister Cavour, every prime minister has faced this problem. Not to mention the cultural, language and other differences between the two. Sometimes it feels like two countries without borders.

But problems always need to be solved, and Depretis has his own patience.

Two chapters today, I hope everyone is satisfied