Chapter 6

Garibaldi's greatness is beyond doubt.

The famous French literary giant Victor Hugo once said: "I don't want to hurt anyone, but I must say a truth. Among all the generals who have fought for France, only Garibaldi is invincible."

And the Prussian general Werder after the Franco-Prussian War also admitted: "If all the French armies were commanded by Garibaldi, then I am afraid that there would be more than one military flag captured in the 1870 war."

It is such a general who makes the enemy sigh and praise involuntarily, but because of various reasons, he did not enter the high level of the Italian government, but lived in seclusion on the small island of Caprera.

The good news is that because of Garibaldi's high prestige in the hearts of the Italian people and Garibaldi's contribution to the unification of Italy, Garibaldi was able to live leisurely in Italy without worrying about being arrested by the government.

For such a person admired by thousands of people, Gao Da naturally wants to meet him.

Presumptuously visiting would only make people annoyed, and Gao Da is still young at this time, so he is not in a hurry.

But this does not mean that Gao Da cannot contact Garibaldi at this time.

In fact, Garibaldi also lived a colorful life in his retirement, and even published a novel "The Thousand-man Army," telling the story of how he broke through the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with only a thousand troops.

By virtue of Garibaldi's prestige, this book earned him a manuscript fee of as high as 21,000 lire, which is about 840 pounds, in its first printing.

Since Garibaldi has such an interest, Gao Da naturally does not mind inviting Garibaldi to serialize some stories in the Italian 24-Hour Sun.

If it is some combat deeds of Garibaldi in the army, I believe most Italian people still like it relatively.

Gao Da's Italian 24-Hour Sun can also achieve rapid expansion by virtue of Garibaldi's prestige, and Gao Da can also take this opportunity to get to know Garibaldi.

But all this depends on whether Garibaldi himself is willing. If Garibaldi is not willing to publish articles in the Italian Sun, Gao Da has no way at all.

Because in Italy, Garibaldi's own prestige even exceeded that of the royal family, and the Italian people simply did not allow any slander against Garibaldi.

In 1879, a reporter named Giovanni once wrote two stories to attack Garibaldi personally, and not long after, the reporter was assassinated.

If it weren't for Garibaldi himself initiating a donation for him and donating a pension to Giovanni's widow, I am afraid Giovanni's family would continue to live under the condemnation of the Italian people.

This point also confirms Garibaldi's greatness from the side. For Italy and the Italian people, Garibaldi has no shortcomings.

In order to give Garibaldi a good impression, Gao Da revised the letter he wanted to send to Garibaldi several times and asked Luo Lun to see if there was anything inappropriate for him.

A few days later, on a small island called Caprera in the northeast of Sardinia, Garibaldi's quiet life was broken.

After Garibaldi announced that he would not meet any guests, this small island seemed to have become Garibaldi's territory, and few outsiders came and went.

Coupled with the fact that there were many soldiers on the island specifically "protecting" Garibaldi, it further prevented visits from outside guests.

At this time, Garibaldi, who should have been living a leisurely fishing life, frowned and looked at a letter with the royal emblem on the table, frowning endlessly.

"What happened, Father?" Garibaldi's second son, Defense Qiao Di, looked at his frowning father and asked with great surprise.

Since living in seclusion on Caprera Island, this was the first time Defense Qiao Di saw his father frown, and it was facing a letter.

If he didn't believe in his father Garibaldi's character, Defense Qiao Di would even think whether his father's lover outside was pregnant and wanted property.

"Nothing, Defense Qiao Di. Just a letter, a letter from the royal family." Garibaldi looked at the letter on the table while contemplating, and subconsciously answered his son's question.

"A letter from the royal family?" Defense Qiao Di's surprise was even stronger, and he even couldn't help but say: "A letter written to you by the royal family? Did something happen again?"

"It hasn't reached that point yet, Defense Qiao Di." Garibaldi smiled and shook his head, saying self-deprecatingly: "Even if something happened, they would never look for me, unless the crown on Vittorio's head is no longer guaranteed."

"Then this is?" The curiosity in Defense Qiao Di's eyes still did not dissipate, and his gaze shifted to the envelope on the table.

"It's a letter from that Prince Gao Da." Garibaldi still had a faint smile on his face and said: "Speaking of which, I have seen that little guy before. Is his health better?"

"It's him!" Defense Qiao Di nodded and said happily: "Among those guys in the royal family, I only like Prince Gao Da. It's a pity that the Prince is not the Crown Prince of the Kingdom."

"Some things can be said here with me, it's best to keep your mouth shut when you go out." Garibaldi glanced at his son who was a bit high-spirited and reminded: "

If you don't want to live in seclusion with me in Caprera for the rest of your life, you'd better be respectful to those guys in the royal family."

"I know, Father. Is there anything about Prince Gao Da's letter?" Defense Qiao Di was still full of curiosity about Gao Da's letter and asked continuously.

Garibaldi nodded and said with a wry smile: "This should be the first time someone in the royal family has praised me to this extent!

Little Gao Da hopes that I will publish articles in his Sun, and it is best to tell some stories about the Red Shirt Army."

Defense Qiao Di's high-spirited words brought Garibaldi and Gao Da closer, and Garibaldi's address to Gao Da also changed from Prince to Little Gao Da.

At this time, Gao Da did not know that the Garibaldi he was thinking about had already been in contact with the owner of this body, and Garibaldi had a good impression of Gao Da.

But thinking about it, it is normal. Gao Da (the original body) was sickly since childhood, his father was busy with government affairs, his mother died early, and his own character naturally became a timid and friendly appearance.

Having seen too much arrogance and extravagance among the nobles, it is not strange that Garibaldi had a good impression of Little Gao Da.

"Is the Italian Sun Prince Gao Da's?" Defense Qiao Di's excitement was even more obvious, and he said impatiently: "Father, didn't you say before that you wanted to write your own stories for more Italians to see? Isn't this a good opportunity?"

Looking at his son who was cheering, Garibaldi shook his head helplessly and said: "Although I can write this story, whether more Italians can see it is not up to me.

If my story affects Prince Gao Da's Italian Sun, it would be more than worth the loss.

However, Prince Gao Da's invitation is also hard to refuse. Let's do this, I will write a few stories that are not so annoying first, and see the reaction of those old guys in Florence before deciding."

Although it is said that the ideology of Italian unification was created by Mazzini, no one can deny that Garibaldi's pure and deep love for Italy also affected the vast number of Italians.

Although Garibaldi made outstanding contributions to the unification of Italy, he had been too close to the republican system before, and stories adapted from true deeds might be sought after by Italians, but not necessarily by the Italian government and royal family.

And precisely because of this, Garibaldi did not want to affect others because of himself, especially Gao Da, for whom he still had a certain good impression.

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(End of this chapter)