Chapter 7

Garibaldi finally accepted Gao Da's invitation and became a collaborator of the Italian 24-Hour Sun, publishing his own stories in the newspaper.

Although Garibaldi still had some hesitation at first, after Gao Da obtained the permission of his father Vittorio Emanuele II, all obstacles disappeared.

The reason why Vittorio Emanuele II agreed to Garibaldi publishing his own articles was also very simple. After all, the owner of the Sun was Gao Da, and Garibaldi's articles would still be reviewed, and it was impossible for articles of any nature to be published.

As for whether Gao Da would be deceived by Garibaldi and agree to Garibaldi publishing articles advocating republicanism, Vittorio Emanuele II was not worried at all.

Luo Lun was a talent he personally selected, and his loyalty to the royal family and support for the monarchy were trustworthy.

Gao Da was naturally very excited. At this time, the attitude of Italians towards Garibaldi was equivalent to the attitude of brain-dead fans towards their favorite stars in later generations, and the word fanatical was simply not enough to describe it.

Once Garibaldi's articles were published in the Sun, the 24-Hour Sun would immediately become one of the most famous newspapers in Italy and achieve extremely rapid expansion.

Perhaps the task Gao Da assigned to Luo Lun would not need two years to be completed, and Gao Da could also have more time to lay out other things.

Time passed, and soon three and a half months passed.

Thanks to Garibaldi's huge prestige, although only two articles were published in three and a half months, it still made the Italian 24-Hour Sun one of the most famous newspapers in the entire Kingdom of Italy and easily achieved the achievement of 10,000 daily sales.

The current Sun has achieved profitability and is still expanding rapidly with the help of Garibaldi's fame.

Also because of the developed industrial area in northern Italy, there was no obstacle to the expansion of the newspaper, and it was expected that the daily sales would exceed 20,000 this year, becoming a large newspaper in the true sense.

This era is different from later generations, and newspapers are already the most effective means for people of this era to understand outside news.

Although only 10,000 newspapers were sold, there were definitely more than 10,000 people watching the newspapers. According to the scale of 3 to 5 people per family, the number of people that the Italian Sun could influence had already reached nearly 50,000.

Relying on the word-of-mouth transmission of these 50,000 people, the news published in the newspaper could reach the ears of hundreds of thousands of Italians in a short time.

This is also the power that public opinion can show. In the present when the amateur life of the people is not developed, the power of public opinion that the newspaper can show is huge.

The two people responsible for sending the manuscripts were Garibaldi's second son, Defense Qiao Di, and Gao Da also cultivated a good relationship with him through two meetings with Defense Qiao Di.

A tiger father has no dog son, this sentence is very reasonable to describe Garibaldi's two sons.

In Garibaldi's many military operations, both sons played relatively important roles, just like Garibaldi's assistants.

And compared to the old Garibaldi, his two sons were in their prime, which was the peak age of a person.

To be honest, Gao Da was still quite greedy for Garibaldi's two sons.

Although they were not outstanding military talents compared to Garibaldi, their level was definitely above passing, and they had been influenced by Garibaldi for a long time, and their personalities were not rigid.

It is a pity that Gao Da is still too young now, otherwise he would have the idea of trying to invite Defense Qiao Di to be his palace guard officer.

As time came to June 1866, Gao Da's originally calm heart finally became a little nervous.

The good news is that the Austro-Prussian War will most likely happen as it did in history, because there had already been border conflicts between Prussia and Austria at the end of May.

This was indeed a war that could not be avoided at all. Influenced by the general trend of German unification, the two major powers in Germany, Prussia and Austria, were destined to decide the winner.

Fortunately, Italy was on the side of Prussia, the winner of history. And Italy could achieve lying down to win, and while the Austrians were guarding against Prussia, easily recover the Venice region.

But the bad news is that the Italian army showed a very poor side in this war, setting a good start for the Italian army in the first and second world wars.

If it weren't for the fact that Prussia was too powerful at this time, I am afraid that the newly born Kingdom of Italy would become a meteor passing through the Apennine Peninsula in a hurry.

For Gao Da now, how to influence his father Vittorio Emanuele II was the most arduous problem.

Because the Italian army that was quickly defeated was led by his father Vittorio Emanuele II, and he soon sent his head.

That is to say, the southern battlefield could not affect Prussia in the north, otherwise, perhaps the world situation would be another look.

Gao Da understood that with his ability and status, it was impossible to influence the development of the Austro-Prussian War at all.

If he wanted to change the poor performance of Italy in the Austro-Prussian War, he had to invite the current true God of War of Italy, Garibaldi, to command the Italian army.

But this was precisely the most headache-inducing problem. Under the current situation, it was basically impossible for Vittorio Emanuele II to agree to let Garibaldi command the Italian army.

Gao Da, who had no choice, could only save the country by a curve and use another way to facilitate Garibaldi's early participation in the war.

As time came to June, the conflicts between Prussia and Austria on the border became more intense. The two major powers in the north and south of Germany were destined not to coexist peacefully for a long time. Whoever won this conflict would be able to unify the entire German region and thus achieve the strategy of dominating Central Europe.

The tense situation not only affected the entire German region but also affected Italy, Prussia's ally.

Vittorio Emanuele II had already held two cabinet meetings regarding the tense situation in Germany and demanded that the Italian army be ready at any time.

Under such a tense situation, Gao Da also began his own attempt.

"God, Gao Da, do you understand what you are saying?"

In the small luxury restaurant of the palace, Vittorio Emanuele II, who was originally eating breakfast comfortably, was surprised at this time, looking at his favorite son opposite him, asking in disbelief.

"I naturally understand, Father." Gao Da nodded and took a deep breath before saying: "That's why I understand the importance of this matter."

"I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will consider the danger of you getting close to Garibaldi." At this time, Vittorio Emanuele II was more like the King of Italy than an ordinary father, looking at Gao Da with deep and serious eyes, saying word by word.

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