The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The smug Garcia settled down in South France.

Of all the French officers, he is almost the most speechless, and his only responsibility is to defend the western defensive line allocated to him.

I have to say that the gap is really big. Garcia originally wanted to be a hero to save France, but now he became a volunteer army commander. For this reason, he wrote to Alfonso more than once to complain.

Considering that the Chief of Staff shouldn't do this kind of work, Alfonso transferred him back and replaced Prim.

At this time, the garrison in Rome had been reduced to 13,000, which was similar to the French garrison here before the war.

These troops will be stationed here and rotate regularly.

The Papal State is responsible for 70% of military expenditures, and Spain is responsible for 30%.

As for the original Zuaf army of the Papal State, the previous act of assassination of the Pope was exposed and no longer trusted by Pius IX. The number was cut by more than half.

In addition to becoming the guardianship of the Holy See in the military, the same is true in the economy.

During the war, because land trade was blocked by Italy, the Papal State reluctantly joined the Spanish market.

Although the war is now over, the relationship between the Papal State and Italy has fallen to the freezing point has not been eased in the slightest.

All parties in the Papal State did not intend to delink from Spain.

At this time, they enjoy the same treatment as in Spain. Except that the administration does not need to be responsible to Spain, the population on both sides can move freely, and the goods do not need to pay tariffs, and they can freely enter the other’s market.

Of course, the Papal States are willing to do this, because they lack raw materials, and the degree of industrialization is considered to be the upper-middle level in Spain.

To be able to unconditionally enjoy the huge Spanish market is completely good for them.

For Spain, the addition of Rome, a small competitor, is nothing at all, but the other side's geographic location is very important.

With Rome, the nail nailed in the Apennines, and Sicily from the side, no matter who will be in charge of Italy in the future, it will all depend on Spain's face.

And from the map of Europe, it can be seen that Spain-Sardinia-Rome-Sicily has begun to take shape to control the Mediterranean.

The current Spanish navy is still relatively weak and the effect is not obvious.

Once the future is strong, all Western Mediterranean countries will have to go through Spain's permission to set sail.

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In a blink of an eye, it has been a week since Sicily and Sardinia were annexed.

During this period, people found that their lives were better than when they were in Italy.

Since Italy is a resource-poor country, commodity prices are higher than the European average, even food.

And Spain's resources, at least in Europe, are completely rich, as well as colonial support, which has a great price advantage.

In addition, Spain's tax rate is not like Italy's soaring during the war, and it is still the tax rate in peacetime until now.

And taking into account the effects of the war, the tax rates in Sicily and Sardinia were halved in the first year.

Let them live a better life, let alone recognizing the regime, at least for a while, it will mean nothing to cause trouble.

Now that they have decided to stay for a long time, the newly formed Autonomous Governments of Messina and Palermo, as well as the Autonomous Government of Sardinia, have all submitted requests to the country to join the Spanish Parliament.

Alfonso has nothing to do with him. He and the politicians in the autonomous region know that the domestic parliament is in name only, and this action is just a gesture.

The election of councillors cannot be resolved within a few months, and neither the people nor the government can wait so long.

At that time, Spain will say whether there is a parliament or not, and even if there is, it will not be what it is now.

Therefore, the governors of various districts and high-level government officials came to serve as temporary members of this first term.

The first thing they do when they take office is to approve the mobilization order submitted by the government.

Spain did not mobilize during the war, but now it is peaceful.

No way, it's enough for people like Italy.

In the fight against Prussia, the total number of people in the whole country was only 100,000, and many of them were inseparable by local guards.

This kind of people, even if they are all invested in, can they play a big role.

Although it is France's main attack on Spain's auxiliary, but the effort cannot be too little, otherwise it will not even be able to talk about things after the war.

Strength and contribution are the right to speak.

If Garcia had brought 300,000 people instead of 30,000, the treatment would definitely not be the way it is now.

The plan to mobilize 90,000 people this time is expected to be completed within two months.

To be honest, there are actually many people who are not in favor of Alfonso's move.

If France helped beat Italy, then they wouldn't say anything.

But France just helped the embargo a little bit, so why do they want to get involved with the law popularization? Sending a volunteer army of 30,000 people means it.

Quite a few people thought that Alfonso came to help out of his personal relationship with the Bonaparte royal family.

However, it does not matter what they think, and Members dare not pass the bill to be implemented by the government.

In the end, the mobilization order was passed in the House of Representatives with an absolute advantage of 247:32, and it could be implemented only after the Senate approved it again.

After the conscription was settled, the people who went to Greece and Ottoman for business negotiations also returned to the country.

Regrettably, neither country has agreed to use official power to expand tobacco cultivation.

But they did not completely reject it, and they all welcomed the idea of ​​Spanish Tobacco to establish a Greek Ottoman branch in their country.

Obviously, the governments of both countries are a little afraid of taking responsibility, mainly because in the near term, there is really no benefit in increasing tobacco production.

The signing is simple. If Spain runs away after a year, they will have to bear the consequences.

Unless a sky-high liquidated damage is established, the risk cannot be ruled out, but if the liquidated damages are too high, Spain cannot agree to it.

Alfonso also feels tricky about this.

To put it simply, Greece and Ottoman both agreed to buy land and grow West Tobacco, but don't want them to assign tasks forcibly.

In fact, this is good for making money. It is definitely cheaper to produce raw materials by yourself than to buy from others.

But the problem is that this requires a lot of start-up capital.

At present, there is not much money left in the Spanish account.

Originally owed a lot of money to France, this year it has been building roads and setting up state-owned enterprises. This year's fiscal deficit may be as high as 7 million pounds.

Although it didn't cost much to play Italy, it didn't make any money either.

The newly allocated port construction is another expense...

Spain's economic growth rate is still okay, and electric lights and cigarettes are also a lot of money, but these are not expected in a short period of time.

Thinking about it, either continue to sell mines and land and wood to foreigners, or the royal family can only pay the money.

Alfonso always feels that the former is not very good. He has sold a lot before. Selling resources again is a bit of a traitor.