After confirming that the Electricity Laboratory and the Engine Research Room were operating in an orderly manner, Carlo finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to go abroad to attract some talent to join Spain personally.
Speaking of which, since Carlo became the King of Spain, he has not left Spain until now.
The situation in Spain was now stable, and with Prim and Serrano, two major figures, in charge domestically, there was naturally no need to worry about any unforeseen events in Spain.
Taking this opportunity, Carlo decided to return to Italy, on the one hand, to conduct a diplomatic visit to the Italian Government, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to attract a group of Italian technical talents and scientists to Spain.
The reason for choosing to go to Italy was primarily because the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, was Carlo's Father, which would, to some extent, help with Carlo's talent attraction plan.
Although Italy's overall illiteracy rate was very high, most of those who lowered the level were peasants in Southern Italy.
If one only looked at the Industry, economy, and education situation in the North Italy region, it could only be said that the reforms of the original Sardinia were very successful, which was also the reason why Sardinia ultimately unified Italy.
Compared to the corrupt and autocratic Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the more enlightened and powerful Sardinia also gained more support from those who supported Italy's unification, including Italy's true God of War, Garibaldi.
Yes, another purpose of Carlo's trip to Italy was to recruit some military talents from Garibaldi.
The current Ricciotti had been promoted to Regimental Commander of the Royal Guard, and Carlo was delighted with his military capabilities.
In fact, Garibaldi's Red Army also produced many talents, and many others later rose to high positions in Italy, such as parliamentarians and even Cabinet ministers, and it was not uncommon for them to become Prime Minister.
If he could attract a few talents to be loyal to Carlo, Carlo would have more people available to him.
Considering the successful reforms of Sardinia, when Prim heard that Carlo was going to Italy for a visit, he not only did not refuse, but also asked Carlo to bring some officials with him to learn from Italy's advanced experience in reforms.
Italy was, after all, a Great Power country, and there were certainly areas where Spain could learn. What's more, Italy was actually not weak in terms of Industry and economy, it was just that the per capita income was lowered after integration.
Even in terms of the military Industry, Italy was quite powerful, and the Italian Navy's research and manufacturing capabilities were also first-class in Europe, far superior to the current Spain.
In this way, Carlo's original delegation quickly expanded from a scale of less than 200 people to over 500 people.
In order to protect the safety of Carlo and the entire delegation, the number of accompanying troops also changed from a hundred-strong Royal Guard to an army of over 300 people.
After all, it was the King leading a large group of officials on an official diplomatic visit, and the Spanish Government also attached great importance to this.
Most of Spain's already small Navy was dispatched to escort the cruise ship carrying the King and a large number of officials.
On the other side in Italy, Victor Emmanuel II also received the news of Carlo's request for a diplomatic visit.
There was certainly no reason to refuse such a request, and Victor Emmanuel II decisively had the Government agree to Spain's diplomatic request and ordered the Government to prepare to receive Carlo.
Carlo was originally a prince of Italy, and now he was the King of Spain, so the etiquette for receiving Carlo naturally could not be low.
Looking at the King's smile when he heard the news that Spain was coming for a diplomatic visit, the current Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Lanza immediately understood the etiquette for receiving Carlo.
Was there even a need to ask? Everything was to be done at the highest level.
It was another familiar and uncomfortable sea journey. The speed of ships in this era was not slow, and the feeling of tossing and shaking on the sea made Carlo a little irritable.
The good news was that Spain and Italy were not far apart, so this uncomfortable sea journey would not take too long.
Rome.
The port of Rome was exceptionally lively on this day. The Italian Prime Minister Giovanni and Crown Prince Umberto personally waited at the port for Carlo's arrival, showing full respect to Carlo and Spain.
Looking at a cruise ship slowly approaching the port under the escort of Spanish warships, Crown Prince Umberto's mood was slightly complicated.
He didn't expect that his younger brother, who had been sickly since childhood, would become King earlier than himself, and he would have to wait for who knows how long to become King.
However, as the eldest son and Crown Prince, Umberto's future throne was quite stable. While his mood was complicated, he did not have too much jealousy towards Carlo.
After the cruise ship docked, the Royal Guard were the first to disembark from the cruise ship and stood in formation to await Carlo.
Carlo also slowly boarded the port under everyone's gaze, followed by several Spanish officials.
Prime Minister Giovanni and Crown Prince Umberto quickly stepped forward, showing the etiquette of hosts: "King Carlo!" "Carlo!"
"Brother Umberto! Prime Minister Giovanni!" Carlo also walked forward with a smile and began to exchange greetings with the two.
"Prime Minister Giovanni, there's no need to be so formal. For me, returning to Italy is like coming home," Carlo said with a smile.
The many Italian officials following Prime Minister Giovanni demonstrated the Italian Government's attitude of valuing Carlo, which made Carlo quite happy.
If he were to recruit some talents in Italy, the Italian Government probably wouldn't care too much, right?
After all, Italy's population was much larger than Spain's, and the education situation in Northern Italy was much better than Spain's, so some ordinary talents probably wouldn't be too valued.
What's more, in addition to being the King of Spain, Carlo was also the noble Duke of Chablais of Italy.
This was also a characteristic of European nobility; although the title of King was far greater than that of Duke, a King could also concurrently hold the title of Duke.
Before Spain completed its reforms, the title of the King of Spain was also quite complex.
Carlo's predecessor, Queen Isabella II, had an extremely long noble title. It included not only multiple King titles such as Castile, León, and Aragon, but also many Duke and Earl titles.
However, since Queen Isabella II, the ruler of Spain, has only held the title of King of Spain, with all other titles integrated into it.
Prime Minister Giovanni did not admit that he had prepared the grand welcoming ceremony, but instead attributed all the credit to King Emanuele and Crown Prince Umberto:
"This was all ordered by the King and the Crown Prince. I just carried it out. But I still want to say, esteemed King Carlo, welcome back to Italy."
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