Empire Rise: Spain-Chapter 7: Austro-prussian Conflict

Garibaldi ultimately accepted Carlo’s invitation and became a collaborator for the Italian 24 Hours Sun Newspaper, publishing his own story in the newspaper.
Although Garibaldi was initially somewhat hesitant, once Carlo obtained permission from his father Vittorio Emanuele II, all obstacles disappeared.
The reason Vittorio Emanuele II agreed to let Garibaldi publish his articles was also very simple. After all, the owner of the Sun Newspaper was Carlo, and Garibaldi’s articles would still undergo review, so it was impossible for articles of any nature to be published.
As for whether Carlo would be deceived by Garibaldi and agree to publish articles advocating for the republic, Vittorio Emanuele II was not worried at all.
Loren was a talent he personally selected, and his loyalty to the royal family and support for the monarchy were trustworthy.
Carlo was of course also very excited. At this time, Italians’ attitude toward Garibaldi was equivalent to that of brainless fans toward their favorite celebrities in posterity; the word “fanatical” was simply insufficient to describe it.
Once Garibaldi’s articles were published in the Sun Newspaper, the 24 Hours Sun Newspaper would immediately become one of the most famous newspaper offices in Italy and achieve extremely rapid expansion.
Perhaps the task Carlo assigned to Loren could be completed in less than two years, allowing Carlo to have more time to layout other matters.
Time passed quickly, and three and a half months went by in no time.
Thanks to Garibaldi’s enormous prestige, even though only two articles were published in these three and a half months, it still made the Italian 24 Hours Sun Newspaper one of the most famous newspaper offices in the entire Kingdom of Italy and easily achieved daily sales of 10,000 copies.
The current Sun Newspaper had already achieved profitability and was still using Garibaldi’s fame to achieve rapid expansion.
Also because of the developed industrial zone in northern Italy, the newspaper office’s expansion faced no obstacles, and it was expected that daily sales could break through 20,000 copies this year, becoming a truly large newspaper office.
This era was different from posterity; newspapers were already the most effective means for people of this era to learn about external news.
Although only 10,000 copies of the newspaper were sold, the number of people watching the newspaper was absolutely more than 10,Considering a family size of 3 to 5 people, the number of people the Italian Sun Newspaper could influence was already close to 50,
Through word-of-mouth transmission among these 50,000 people, the news published in the newspaper could reach the ears of hundreds of thousands of Italians in a short time.
This was also the power that public opinion could demonstrate. In the present, where the public’s leisure life was not developed, the public opinion power that the newspaper office could exhibit was enormous.
The two deliveries of manuscripts were both handled by Garibaldi’s second son Giuseppe. Carlo also cultivated a good relationship with Giuseppe through the two meetings.
Like father, like son—this phrase was very apt to describe Garibaldi’s two sons.
In Garibaldi’s multiple military actions, the two sons both played relatively important roles, like Garibaldi’s assistants.
Moreover, compared to the already aging Garibaldi, his two sons were in their prime, at the peak age of a person’s life.
To be honest, Carlo was quite envious of Garibaldi’s two sons.
Although they were not outstanding military talents compared to Garibaldi, their level was definitely above qualified, and having been influenced by Garibaldi for a long time, they were not rigid in character.
Unfortunately, Carlo was still too young now; otherwise, he would even consider inviting Giuseppe to serve as his court guard officer.
As time reached June 1866, Carlo’s originally calm heart finally became somewhat tense.
The good news was that the Austro-Prussian War would most likely still unfold as in history, because border conflicts had already arisen between Prussia and Austria by the end of May.
This was indeed a war that was fundamentally unavoidable. Influenced by the trend of German unification, the two great powers within the German region, Prussia and Austria, were destined to decide a victor between them.
Fortunately, Italy stood on the side of the historical victor, Prussia. Moreover, Italy could achieve a win without effort; while the Austrians were defending against Prussia, they could easily recapture the Venice region.
But the bad news was that in this war, the Italian Army showed an extremely poor performance, setting a good precedent for Italy in the two world wars.
If it weren’t for Prussia being too powerful at this time, the newly born Kingdom of Italy would probably become a shooting star that briefly streaked across the Apennine Peninsula.
For the current Carlo, how to influence his father Vittorio Emanuele II was the most difficult problem.
Because the Italian army that was quickly routed was led by his own father Vittorio Emanuele II, and it quickly resulted in defeat.
In other words, the southern front battlefield fundamentally could not affect Prussia in the north; otherwise, the world situation might have been entirely different.
Carlo understood that with his own ability and status, it was impossible to influence the development of the Austro-Prussian War.
To change Italy’s poor performance in the Austro-Prussian War, he must invite the true God of War of current Italy, Garibaldi, to command the Italian Army.
But this was precisely the most headache-inducing problem. Under the current circumstances, Vittorio Emanuele II would basically not agree to let Garibaldi command Italy’s army.
With no other choice, Carlo could only take a roundabout approach to save the country, using another method to promote Garibaldi’s early participation in the war.
As time reached June, the conflicts at the border between Prussia and Austria became increasingly intense. The two great powers in the north and south of the German region were destined not to coexist peacefully for long; whoever won this conflict would unify the entire German region and thereby achieve the strategy of dominating Central Europe.
The tense situation not only affected the entire German region but also affected Prussia’s ally, Italy.
Vittorio Emanuele II had already held two cabinet meetings regarding the tense situation in Germany and required Italy’s army to be ready at any time.
Under such a tense situation, Carlo also began his attempt.
“My God, Carlo, do you understand what you’re saying?”
In the small luxurious dining room of the royal palace, Vittorio Emanuele II, who had been enjoying his breakfast with a contented face, now looked shocked. He looked at his most favored son across from him and asked incredulously.
“Of course I understand, Father.” Carlo nodded, took a deep breath, and then said, “That’s why I understand the importance of this matter.”
“I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation; otherwise, I will consider the harm of letting you get close to Garibaldi.” At this moment, Vittorio Emanuele II was more like the King of Italy than an ordinary father. He looked at Carlo with deep and serious eyes and said word by word.
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