Seeing Carlo look troubled at the mention of marriage, Victor thought Carlo was shy and said with a smile, "It's okay, Carlo, this is a step you must go through.
Your two Brothers are already married, and now it's your turn."
Carlo was certainly not shy, but it was not good to explain anything at this time, so he could only nod.
After all, although some members of the British Royal Family had been diagnosed with hemophilia at this time, the harm of hemophilia to the entire Royal Family in Europe had not yet been fully revealed.
"Alright, child. Don't worry, I will keep an eye out for you. If there is a suitable marriage candidate, I will notify the Spanish Government.
However, don't be too demanding in your criteria for finding a Queen, after all, for us nobles, political interests are greater than our own love.
If you really have a girl you like, can't you make her your mistress?" Victor stroked Carlo's head again and said with a smile.
When Carlo was not yet an adult, Emanuele would try to avoid discussing topics like mistresses.
But since Carlo was an adult and had become the King of Spain, such topics naturally needed to be discussed.
"However, child, although you can have mistresses, it's best not to have too many, and don't overly provoke women who have husbands.
With your status as King and the property of the Royal Family, there are plenty of young and beautiful girls for you to choose from." Victor reminded him, "If you don't want your reputation to be ruined by messing around, you'd better remember my words, child."
Although having mistresses among European nobles was almost the default status quo, this did not mean that the public was willing to see their King messing around with many married women.
After all, as the ruler of a country, reputation is quite important. If the public is angered, at best they will be forced to abdicate, and at worst they might even be driven off the throne by a Revolution, which would be a complete loss.
If it was a short-lived fling, it would be fine; usually, after it was over, they would become familiar strangers.
But if they were to be in a long-term relationship as a mistress, it was best to find unmarried girls with a relatively clean family background, so there wouldn't be too much trouble in the future.
Carlo could only nod again.
He also understood this point.
There were no designs like condoms in this era, and even contraceptive technology was very backward.
If he unfortunately contracted any related diseases, it would be a complete loss for Carlo.
Seeing Carlo nod frequently with a well-behaved look, Victor was in a good mood and said with a smile, "I heard that you copied the Sun Newspaper to Madrid, how is it developing now?
You have a good business mind. Now, the assets of the Spanish Royal Family should be considerable, right?"
The Il Sole 24 Ore, founded by Carlo in Italy, has now become one of the largest newspaper offices in Italy. Because Carlo became the King of Spain, after discussing with his Father Emanuele, Carlo sold 51% of the shares to the Italian Royal Family, retaining only 49% of the shares to wait for dividends.
More than a year later, Il Sole 24 Ore has now become one of the top three newspaper offices in all of Italy, and the daily sales of the newspaper have exceeded Carlo's initial goal, which was 50,000 copies.
Of course, the reason for such high sales is that Il Sole 24 Ore has opened branches in Rome and Turin, and the combined sales have exceeded 50,000 copies daily.
Although 50,000 copies may not seem like much, they can directly influence more than 50,000 families, at least tens or even hundreds of thousands of people.
If we consider the indirectly influenced group, it would probably be at least a million people. If the spread time is longer, even several million is not impossible.
After all, most illiterate people in Italy would not buy newspapers; their way of obtaining external information is through word-of-mouth transmission from person to person.
If nothing unexpected happens, the sales of Il Sole 24 Ore will basically remain at this level and will not increase significantly in the short term.
After all, the illiteracy rate in Italy is also close to 70%, and before the level of Education is improved, not that many people will buy newspapers.
But no matter what, the success of Il Sole 24 Ore has proven that Carlo's business acumen is quite excellent.
Victor holds more than half of the shares of the Newspaper, so he naturally knows how much money his youngest son has made by creating Il Sole 24 Ore.
"Father, you also know that the income from the newspaper office is ultimately a small part." Carlo said with a look of helplessness, "Spain's development plan dictates that steel plants will not lack money, but the Spanish Royal Family does not have that much capital to build steel plants.
Currently, the income of the Royal Family can only maintain the expenses of the palace and a guard regiment of more than 2,000 people; any more and the Royal Family will go bankrupt."
Although Carlo's current assets have increased by an unknown amount compared to when he just left Italy, he still had to plead poverty when facing his Father.
The Savoy Family has been entrenched in Italy for far longer than the Bourbon Family has ruled Spain, and the accumulated wealth is naturally quite considerable.
Carlo naturally wanted to get some money from his Father's hands; even through an interest-free loan, it would be much better than borrowing from other countries.
After all, not only do loans from other countries have high interest rates, but they also have various attached conditions, which are not conducive to Spain's future development.
However, if it is a loan from the Italian Royal Family, the loan amount may not be large, but it is likely to be an interest-free or low-interest loan, and there will not be any harsh conditions.
For Carlo, who is extremely short of money now, it is naturally better to get a little than nothing; even a small amount is still meat, and he won't dislike it.
"You child, you are already the King of Spain, why are you still coming back to me to complain about poverty?" Victor was somewhat amused and annoyed, but he still did not refuse Carlo:
Speaking of which, it has been more than a year since you left Italy, and you can get your annuity back this time.
If you are really short of money, I can give you an interest-free loan of 10 million lira in the name of the Italian Royal Family, which you can repay within 10 years.
If the Spanish Government is short of money, let them negotiate with the banks in Italy; I can't help them. Even if the banks in Italy are willing to lend to the Spanish Government, the necessary interest will not be less than, at most, some extra attached conditions will be waived.
Those bankers are not doing charity. If that fellow Primo wants to borrow from the banks in Italy, he has to be prepared to pay high interest rates."
Victor naturally doted on his son, but this did not mean that he would support the Spanish Government out of love for his son.
The Spanish Royal Family and the Italian Royal Family are naturally a close family, but when it comes to the interests between Spain and Italy, then it is naturally a clear account.
Victor would not harm the interests of Italian capitalists because of Carlo, and Carlo naturally understood this.
In fact, Carlo was already very touched that Victor was willing to provide an interest-free loan of 10 million lira to help him.
10 million lira is worth 400,000 pounds, which can be used to invest in steel plants, and it is not a problem to double the assets several times within ten years.
Lending such a sum of money, which is enough to build the most powerful ironclad, to Carlo as an interest-free loan, his love for his son is already self-evident.
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