Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 77 Hunting (Please order first!)
Carlo didn't expect that after coming to Italy, he would have solved most of the financial problems that had been bothering him for a long time.

With this funding, there will be basically no need to worry about funding issues for the expansion of steel mills and other factories in the next few years.

The Spanish government also hopes to borrow a batch of loans from Italian bankers, and there will basically be no too harsh additional conditions, which is already a very good result.

If officials couldn't get loans from Italian bankers, other countries would have little hope.

The reason why these bankers are willing to lend money to others is that they can obtain enough interest as income through the loans, and they can also make a lot of money through some additional conditions.

On the Italian side, thanks to Carlo's connections, Italian bankers should not ask for too much, and Vittorio Emanuele II will not allow those bankers to offer extremely harsh conditions.

But if it were in other countries, they would not care about the life or death of the Spanish government. As long as the capitalists can make enough profit from the loans and the government can get some benefits from it, who would care about the damage to the Spanish government?
That afternoon, Carlo appeared in a hunting ground outside Rome.

This place is more than 30 kilometers away from the city of Rome. After the capital of Italy was moved to Rome, it was designated as a royal hunting area by the Italian royal family and provided for royal members to hunt and play.

Carlo, dressed in casual clothes, followed behind Vittorio Emanuele II, along with Crown Prince Umberto and Duke Amadeo.

In the dense forest, you can occasionally see some wild animals flashing by.

King Vittorio Emanuele II was obviously very fond of such hunting grounds. He took the shotgun from the guard, patiently aimed at the target, and then pulled the trigger.

boom!
A wild deer a few dozen meters away fell down, its four hooves still kicking wildly, but it was too late to save itself.

"You can try it too, Carlo. I hope that more than a year of being a king has not made you forget how to hold a shotgun. I don't want my son to not know how to use a musket." King Emanuele II gestured to Carlo to take the shotgun and said with a smile.

With the development of firearms, the proficient use of existing firearms has long become a subject that European aristocrats need to learn from childhood.

Traditional elite aristocratic education requires a wide variety of subjects to be studied, which also reflects the aristocrats' expectations for their children, hoping to train their children into talents.

Even in terms of language, in addition to French, which is often used by European aristocrats, English and German are also required to be able to carry out brief communication.

Carlo didn't waste any time. He took the hunting rifle from his father, Prince Vimanuele II, loaded the ammunition, and started looking for his own prey.

boom!
After a gunshot, everyone looked and saw a gray-haired hare dead.

"Haha, not bad. It seems that you haven't forgotten this aspect of education." King Emanuele II nodded with satisfaction and said to his child:

A hunting rifle can be temporarily unused, but it cannot be completely unavailable. Only by holding a hunting rifle in one's own hand can a hunter have the most basic sense of security.

Carlo, you did well in Spain, but not well enough. You have to know that when the time comes, the only person you can trust is yourself, understand?

Being a king is not that easy. Republicans will try every means to push you off the throne. Liberals seem easy to control, but in fact what they want is a king who does nothing but have fun.

The current Spanish government seems stable, but it is only on the surface. Primo should be almost 60 years old, right? How many years can he last? Child, you should make your own plans. Whether the throne is stable or not depends on yourself. The external forces will be lost one day, and you will have to face the Spanish republicans and liberal forces alone. "

Italy and Spain are somewhat similar.

Both countries were plagued by republicanism, and the remnants of states that had been incorporated into Italy for various reasons were also seeking autonomy.

The difference is that the forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia are still very loyal to Vittorio Emanuele II, and the honor of unifying the Kingdom of Italy is enough to make Vittorio Emanuele II remembered by all Italians.

Carlo certainly understood what Vittorio Emanuele II was talking about, and he also understood the logic behind it.

The saying that political power comes from the barrel of a gun is always true in any era. If Carlo wants to secure his throne, he must have a large army in his hands.

The current Royal Guard has only about 2000 people, which is enough to protect the palace, but it is simply wishful thinking to want to maintain one's own regime.

Only by expanding influence to the Spanish army and gaining the loyalty of most of the troops could his royal power be truly stabilized.

Carlo is also thinking about these things and even taking action on them.

However, Carlo had too few available men at this time. In addition, the two military leaders, Primo and Serrano, were still there, so it was not appropriate to promote his confidants in the army with great fanfare.

"I know, father. It's just that I don't have enough talents. How about you transfer a few relevant talents to me from the Turin Military Academy?" Carlo said with a smile.

Regardless of how the Italian army performed in World War I and World War II, the graduates trained by the Turin Military Academy at this time were still of a certain level.

As for why the Italian army's combat effectiveness was not strong in the later period, it is most likely related to the demoralization of the army.

If there is no cohesion among the soldiers, it will naturally greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army.

Italian soldiers seem to be just ordinary people. They lack the courage to fight and die for their country. Naturally, it is impossible for them to burst out with strong will and combat effectiveness when facing the enemy.

King Victor Emmanuel II looked at his son helplessly, without any sign of anger: "I don't even have enough outstanding graduates from the Turin Military Academy, so where can I find a group of graduates for you?
Moreover, you are the King of Spain, how can you abandon the Spaniards and use a large number of Italians?"

Carlo certainly didn't think of making use of the officers trained by the Italian Military Academy. When he heard what his father, Vittorio Emanuele II, said, Carlo immediately started to cry poor again:

Father, I also want to train Spanish officers. The problem is that Spain's military academy system is obviously backward and lacks excellent military commanders to teach knowledge to military academy students.

How about you lend me some professors from the Turin Military Academy?"

King Vittorio Emanuele II knew what his son was thinking, and said unhappily, "The German Empire is the most powerful army country in Europe. If you want to build an officer training system, you might as well cooperate with the Germans."

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