Chapter 311 The Thoughts of the Kingdom of Italy
Most of the official medical personnel that already exist in East Africa are from the East, so Constantine brought a team of German private doctors over, and some of the other immigrants were from Europe." "Doctors", but most of these people are unscrupulous and use the methods of old Western medicine in the Middle Ages. After all, they come from rural areas. Most of them still rely on the inheritance of their ancestors. They often use axes and axes to disembowel their stomachs without disinfecting them. , who can bear this.
Doctors are still the rarest profession in East Africa. Most patients still rely on fate, and many people have their own home remedies. They don’t know if they will work, so just give them a try. Fortunately, people in this era Get used to it.
There are a total of 108 official clinics in East Africa, not a single hospital, and 285 registered doctors. There is a snake venom research institute that is considered the pinnacle of East African medical care.
As a whole, medical resources in East Africa are extremely scarce. Fortunately, East Africa is very suitable for the cultivation of herbal medicine. There are some inheritance among the indigenous people, and they are mastered by the East Africans.
For example, after being bitten by a black mamba, the natives of East Africa will find a strange-looking plant from the surroundings, pound it into a plaster, apply it to the wound, and then wait to die.
Although this matter is a bit ridiculous, the indigenous people believe it deeply. This shows that the indigenous people also have their own medicine, which can at least provide psychological comfort.
Of course, this is a case of failure, but there are also many successful ones. Most of them are prescriptions that can reduce inflammation, stop bleeding and relieve pain. After all, the indigenous people have been fighting wits with the beasts of East Africa for thousands of years, and they are inevitably immune. It was a minor injury, so I still summed up a set of systematic medical experience. In essence, it was still in a state of being undivided by witch doctors, but some results could always be achieved by applying the right methods.
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Austria took Venice, and then launched the final purge of the region. A large number of intellectuals, businessmen, and nobles fled to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Compared with Hungary in eastern Lombardy, , Austrian food is on the contrary more beautiful.
As the richest region in Italy, Lombardy greatly benefited the Hungarian nobles. Although they knew that the Austrians were using Hungary to block their guns, if the Italians wanted to regain their lost territory, they had to attack Lombardy first, but Hungary doesn't care, you What kind of level is Italy? No matter how bad our country is, Hungary is still a member of the great powers, with a strong motherland behind it.
Although Austria also expelled the Italians, most of them still had a stable destination because of the takeover of East Africa. Hungary was not so polite to Lombardy. It directly followed the agreement and expelled the Italians in the territory, and then removed them from the empire. In the mainland, a large number of Hungarian people migrated to occupy the magpie's nest. This time the Hungarian government tried its best. After all, one Lombardy can house many of its own noble children.
The actions of Austria and Hungary directly led to the emergence of many refugee groups in the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Papal States, and Naples was also affected.
At this time, the East African Kingdom can appear as a good person. As a major agricultural country, East Africa has far excess food production capacity. Even if it exports a large amount every year, it still has a surplus.
After all, in the European grain market, East Africa must not act recklessly and destroy people's financial resources like killing their parents. East Africa can only try its best to develop some differentiated products to expand grain sales. This is the case with Hechingen's food processing industry.
There is no need to worry about so much in Italy this time. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have poured in, and all Italian countries have been affected. If the problem of food rations for these people is not solved, lives will be lost.
Florence.
Ever since the defeat of the war, Emmanuel II has been looking sad all day, and he has become much older. This time the Kingdom of Italy lost his wife and lost its troops. Nearly half of the country was lost, and the Kingdom of Italy was defeated again. It has returned to its original state, but at this time, the Kingdom of Italy becomes more and more inseparable from itself, so it must continue to support it.
Emmanuel II asked the Minister of Agriculture with a sad face: "Has the food problem not been solved yet?"
The Minister of Agriculture said helplessly: "We lost a lot this time The land of the Po River Plain has also been lost in the food-producing areas of southern Italy. In addition, the kingdom's food output is far lower than that of European countries, and now it is even more unsustainable."
Emmanuel II: "Can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think of a way to ask other countries for help?" Foreign Secretary: "Your Majesty, the Spanish royal family is willing to give us some free assistance, but it is only a drop in the bucket. The internal situation in Spain is not very good. Prince Maddio has no choice. Germany and France have reduced their food production due to the war, so that food prices across Europe have now risen."
Emmanuel II: " Is there no solution? We must know that hundreds of thousands of refugees in Lombardy and Venice are unable to eat, and their final finger will be directed at the government."
Foreign Minister: "Your Majesty, actually. There is still good news. The East African Kingdom is willing to sell us a large amount of food at low prices, but it is mainly rice and corn."
Emmanuel II: "The East African Kingdom? Is it the country that was established last year? ”
Foreign Secretary: "Exactly, Your Majesty, the Kingdom of East Africa is a country founded in East Africa by Constantine, Prince of Hechingen, Prussia."
Emmanuel II said: "This Kingdom of East Africa has not been around for a long time, has it? Are they able to bear such a large volume of grain exports?”
Foreign Minister: “Your Majesty, you don’t know. In fact, the volume of grain trade between East Africa and us has been growing steadily in recent years. Before the establishment of the East African Kingdom, , the East African colonies have always been It is a food export area.”
Emmanuel II: “This East African kingdom is in Africa, right? Is Africa so rich?”
Foreign Minister: “Africa has poor climate conditions and diseases. It is rampant, but there should still be no shortage of land. After all, the African continent is vast and it was originally the birthplace of black slaves, so there is not much shortage of labor. This is probably the reason why the East African Kingdom became a food exporter as soon as it was established. "< br>
Emmanuel II: "You mean that the East African Kingdom developed its land by exploiting the indigenous people of East Africa and planted a large amount of food, creating huge wealth for the East African Kingdom?"
Foreign Secretary: "I think so. Is that true? Black people eat less and work more. , is strong, and does not need money. It is difficult for Prince Constantine not to make a fortune."
Emmanuel II suddenly became interested: "You said we are also opening a colony in Africa, come on. How about solving Italy’s food problem? ”
External The Minister of Foreign Affairs was not optimistic: "Developing overseas colonies is one way, but Italy lacks experience in this area, and now our finances are also a big problem."
Speaking of financial issues, Emmanuel II also If something goes wrong, the Italian government itself owes Britain has a huge debt. If it were not for fear that Italy would not be able to repay its debt, Britain would not care about the life and death of the Italians. It would mediate the war and try to maintain the continued existence of the Italian subject. Even the newly restored Kingdom of Naples was forced to inherit the Kingdom of Sardinia. Part of the debt owed was repaid to the British.
In addition, in this war, Italy also lost Venice and one-third of Lombardy, which are important financial and taxation areas. In comparison, the Kingdom of Naples is not that important. Although Naples is large in area and has a large population, its economy is not good. Although it pays more taxes, the Kingdom of Italy has more fiscal expenditures here, and getting rid of this burden now is not necessarily a bad thing.
Emmanuel II: "In this case, we should spend our money wisely first. First, import food from East Africa. As long as the price is low enough, don't worry about rice or corn. First, appease the refugees. As for opening up colonies, he can wait until we recover.”
The King of Italy. It’s no use if the country doesn’t want to colonize overseas. Anyway, Italy’s conditions in this area are not bad and it doesn’t have any experience. The Mediterranean is also a sea. Sardinia and Sicily are both ruled by sea routes. It’s nothing more than traveling far this time. It's just a matter of colonizing further afield. It's impossible to support such a large population by relying on the local area.
(End of this chapter)