late at night
In a grocery store in a small alley in the city of Turin, three middle-aged men were gathering together and talking in a low voice.
The older man asked, "Amor, how is the situation?"
"The plan went very smoothly. The people's patriotic enthusiasm is very high. Even without our guidance, I am afraid they will spontaneously protest!" Amor replied with a smile.
"You can't be careless. The more you get to this moment, the more careful you must be."
"You didn't attract the attention of others, did you?" the older man asked with concern
"Don't worry, Carmelo! My current identity is a patriotic little businessman from Venice, and now my behavior is exactly the same as my identity.
On the face of it, as long as the Sardinian kingdom occupied Venice, I could be rewarded handsomely.
In this case, my hostility to Austria is necessary and will not attract attention. ' explained Amor
For the sake of profit, the capitalists are not one or two people who advocate attacking Venice. At most, Amor is a little more active, which is not a problem.
"Well, it's fine if you don't. The most important thing in our line of work is to be cautious and complete the tasks in your hands. You must not be greedy.
Cecilio, how far is your mission? "The middle-aged man codenamed Carmelo continued to ask.
"It's not very smooth, I'm just an unknown person, and the big newspapers are not short of manuscripts. At present, my articles can only appear in the street tabloids." Cecilio replied helplessly.
He is only a young writer, and the articles he wrote can only be said to be good. He has not yet reached the point of shocking ghosts and gods. In Italy, where the cultural industry is developed, he has no advantages at all.
Fortunately, the article he is about to publish is very in line with the current situation, in exchange for belittling the Austrians and advocating the heroism of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
There have been a lot of articles like this recently, but Cecilio's article is more explicit and the content is more radical, which is just in line with the appetite of the middle and second year teenagers.
"Don't worry, just take it slow. The nationalism in the Kingdom of Sardinia is somewhat beyond our imagination. Even if we don't have the rhythm, public opinion will also force the government to send troops to Venice. Now we just advance the time.
Now that the heat has been brought up, it doesn't matter whether it was guided by us or not.
Now everyone needs to change the way of propaganda and promote the brutal rule of Austria. You can make up the content as you like.
If you can't think of it, you will bring out the dark history of the nobles and capitalists of the Sardinian Kingdom, make a new face, and put it all on Austria. "Carmelo nodded.
Speaking of this, Carmelo wanted to laugh. He also set a record. As a spy, he actually smeared his own country. It is estimated that no one will believe it.
Including his two younger brothers who developed locally, they did not know that they were serving the Austrian government. Carmelo always told them that this was a British secret intelligence organization.
Now the Sardinian kingdom is agitated to attack Venice, which is to cooperate with the strategy of the British Empire and establish a unified Italy.
Under the influence of money + chicken soup for the soul, the two did not feel that their actions were wrong at all, and they also believed that what they did was to strive for the unification of Italy.
There is no way, this is an order given by the country. In order for the Sardinian kingdom to send troops to attack Venice as soon as possible, it is now necessary to stir up their national emotions and put pressure on the Sardinian government.
There are still many people who carry out this task. Most of them disguised themselves as British and French intelligence organizations, and some of them even blended into radical groups.
In this era, there is no identity booklet, and communication is very troublesome. There is no way to verify the identity of a random Italian region.
In addition, the nationalism in the Kingdom of Sardinia is on the rise. As long as the identity of a patriot is assumed, what he does is politically correct. Even if the identity is discovered, the Sardinian government will not dare to arrest people easily.
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Someone brought the rhythm, and the fighting power of the nationalists in the Kingdom of Sardinia was naturally stronger. Facing the pressure of public opinion, King Charles-Albert finally couldn't hold it anymore.
You know, after the outbreak of the February Revolution in France, the revolutionary arrogance of the Sardinian Kingdom also began to soar. If he had not had the opportunity to declare war on Austria and diverted the contradiction, whether he could keep the throne now is a question mark.
In fact, Charlie-Albert had no plans to defeat Austria. Originally, he just planned to fight a war, and he could take advantage of the domestic trade.
Now that Lombardy has been occupied, it has already exceeded the task. It is too risky to continue to attack the Venice area, and the chance of military success is not high.
"Azelio, where are our allies' troops?" Charlie Albert asked with concern
Prime Minister Azelio's expression darkened, the benefits were eaten by the Sardinian family, can they count on other countries to contribute
Moreover, the Italian states were heavily influenced by Austria, and now everyone was forced to participate in this war by public opinion.
"The 5,000 volunteers from Tuscany are already on their way and are expected to arrive in the Lombardy region at the end of the month. The 7,000 troops from the Papal States have reached the Adige River, and the 40,000 reinforcements from Naples are expected to arrive in May." Azeri Ou replied embarrassedly
"To urge them to hurry up, and to continue to ask all countries to increase the number of reinforcements, we must attack the Venice area in May!" King Charles thought for a while and said
This is his last bottom line, and public opinion is really unstoppable. At this time, King Charles regretted prematurely announcing the annexation of Lombardy, otherwise he could use the partition of Lombardy to hang Turkana.
This idea passed by in a flash, and in an era when public opinion demanded great reunification, territorial division was politically fatal.
"Your Majesty, now is not the time for a decisive battle with the Austrians. At least we have to wait for the escalation of the Austrian civil war and the arrival of the 40,000 troops in Naples. The best time to launch an attack is!" Minister Li Qi advised.
Austria has not yet begun to suppress the Hungarian rebellion. At this time, it sent troops to Venice to stimulate the Vienna government. Maybe the main force of Austria will kill the Italian area.
Charlie-Albert explained helplessly: "Militarily, that's true, but politically we can't go any further. There's also the financial problem. The cost of occupying Lombardy is beyond our imagination. "
(Don't complain about the name, the Sardinian army minister is really called Li Qi when translated, not my Chinese name made up)