The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The news of the cutting of the Sicilian region is not taken seriously, because this operation usually does not have any substantial impact on the lives of the people.

People are more concerned about where Spain will place Sicily.

Since Carlos III handed Spain and Sicily to his two sons, they have become two independent countries.

And Sicily is definitely one of the strongest areas in Europe, and it is a ruthless role that can give birth to the Mafia in the future.

If Spanish rule is unpopular, there will be no shortage of uprisings and resistance.

The reason why the Sicilians did not impede Spain's advance is simply because Spain has been happily cooperating with them in resisting the Ottomans and France in the past few hundred years.

But that was more than 100 years ago. Spain’s long rule of Sicily for more than three hundred years has long since disappeared into the dust of history along with the Knights of Malta.

Of course, Alfonso will not let them down. In addition to the two bad tactics of large-scale migration and humanitarian destruction, if you want to assimilate a region in Europe, you must implement a moderate policy.

To put it simply, it means respecting the local living habits, and then using time to slowly grind until the language and culture of the two sides merge.

During this period, no matter if the rule is unsatisfactory or the country is weak, it may fall short.

However, as long as the country can remain strong and prosperous, even if the degree of assimilation is not high, it can maintain a considerable degree of stability.

The best example is the U.S. Emperor. Because it has always been strong, there are not too many independent voices everywhere.

In order to promote a benevolent governance with European characteristics, the first thing Alfonso took over Sicily was to abolish the local low-cost crop collection bill.

Although logically speaking, after the original ruler has been defeated, all organizational structures should have been rebuilt, and there is no abolition or abolition.

However, Spain's previous organizational structure of Sicily and Sardinia was fully accepted, including the laws that were originally being implemented.

The bill to levy crops at low prices is one of them.

Sicily is an important grain-producing region in Italy. It not only produces a large amount of wheat, but also a lot of beef, mutton and seafood.

At the moment of the lockdown, Italy, which is short of food and money, is naturally squeezed. The price offered is much lower than the market price. The money saved in the process is used to subsidize the factories in Northern Italy.

Lively, the grain-producing areas in Sicily are hovering on the line of food and clothing.

However, after Spain took over Sicily, this decree was implemented on the surface and actually stopped. After all, the grain can not be sent out, so why do you still need to collect so much?

Now that Alfonso will announce the repeal of this decree on a formal occasion, it is a cost-free thing.

Immediately afterwards, Spain announced that it would allocate 850,000 pounds to rebuild and upgrade the Port of Palermo, which was damaged in the war.

The largest port in Sicily was destroyed in the first round of attacks by the decoy fleet, and I did not expect to have to repair it myself.

How happy it was when the gun was fired, how painful it is now when you pay for it.

But there is no way, the port of Palermo must be repaired. Although Sicily is an island without a coastline, there are not many such excellent deep-water ports.

As soon as these two news came out, the people of Sicily became settled a lot, at least they were not treated as a colony.

In addition to gaining benefits, Alfonso also found his cousin Francesco II, hoping that he could transfer his control over Sicily.

After Alfonso occupied Sicily, he did not return it to his cousin, but directly set up an autonomous region. This is quite taboo, and there are many criticisms within the Bourbon family.

The throne of Francesco II is righteously inherited from Carlos III, and the orthodox can no longer be orthodox.

Outsiders can ignore it, but Bourbon himself must take it seriously. After all, this is the source of his legitimacy.

In any case, the two Sicilian crowns are not on Alfonso.

It is true that there are frequent operations of wars between relatives in Europe, but it is only a matter of blood ties.

Civil wars in the same family, or annexation of each other’s territory are rare.

For the current situation, the normal operation is to rebuild an independent Kingdom of Sicily and then become an ally.

Once again, Francesco II was demoted to Grand Duke of Sicily and then merged into the Kingdom of Spain.

If you don't bring your cousin to play like this, it's hard to get any good comments from the European aristocratic circles.

In order to prevent someone from speaking badly about him in the future, Alfonso decided to get his cousin one step ahead.

As far as he knows, his cousin is now living in Rome, and Rome is his own place in Spain. Alfonso is the second best speaker in Rome.

Without further ado, Andrew found Francesco II who was living in seclusion on the edge of Rome.

The other party did not welcome Andrew's arrival very much. After the signing of the contract a few days ago, he even said: "My brother makes me more sad than the mob in Naples."

However, Andrew did not come alone, he also brought a lot of money. a lot of.

The current cousin’s financial situation is quite bad. Not only is his escape more hasty than that of Isabella II, but the two Sicilies themselves are far less wealthy than Spain.

Why did he spend so quickly? After he came to Rome, he gave generously, hoping to use some mercenaries and adventurers to help him recover.

It's a pity that most of the people he met were liars, and the best one had gathered more than 400 people, less than one camp.

However, Francesco II was not tired of this, especially seeing Nanyi's uprising under his name, which gave him hope. Turning around, he became more active in forming the Restoration Army, ready to help himself at any time. supporter.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to borrow heavily, and in just one week, he owed a huge sum of £250,000.

The reason why people are willing to lend him so much money is because Spain has been victorious on the battlefield, and everyone thought he would return to the throne.

After the West-Italian Peace Treaty came out, everyone was stupid.

It happened that the mercenary leader who had organized more than 400 people before took a huge sum of 200,000 pounds to buy weapons and disappeared.

A cousin who has no money and no one is now hiding from debt on the edge of the suburbs.

Francesco II shamefully accepted the astronomical purchase fee of £400,000, which was issued by Andrew to help pay off the loan and pay an additional £150,000.

After all, what Alfonso bought was only the crown of Sicily, and the crown of Naples was still on him.

He still has the opportunity to be a king, and there is no need to dwell on something that is destined to be lost.

Not to mention that Alfonso also generously promised that if the Kingdom of Naples can be rebuilt, it will provide asylum and avoid Italy's harassment.