Cruz has been to the Prime Minister's Mansion many times, but coming here as the owner, this kind of different feeling makes the new prime minister feel unusual, and every plant and tree here feels unusual.

Of course, what is even more unusual is the difference in identity.

"prime minister!"

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!"

"Master Prime Minister!"

In the meeting room of the Prime Minister's Office, the new and remaining cabinet ministers greeted Cruz. The attitude they showed invisibly is very telling.

"Everyone!"

Cruz looked at the many faces in front of him. These are the candidates for his next cabinet and the pillars of the future government. "This is the first cabinet meeting I presided over. I also believe that everyone here has the desire to contribute to the kingdom. I also have this. I hope that in the future, you can cooperate sincerely to bring the kingdom to life." build stronger."

Although the opening speech of the meeting was short, it was carefully refined by Cruz. On the one hand, he expressed his thoughts on governance, and on the other hand, he also expressed his expectations for the cabinet.

"Crack, clap!"

Unsurprisingly, the applause was the cabinet ministers' response to the new prime minister.

For the applause, Cruz signaled to stop, and then the conference room fell silent.

"Guys, let's move on to today's proposal, some tax changes."

As Cruz's words fell, the eyes of everyone present showed surprise. Isn't it the first meeting of the new cabinet that everyone should meet and be familiar with each other? Why are we going to discuss things so soon?

...

As the sun gradually turned to the west, the cabinet ministers came out of the prime minister's office one after another. Everyone had the same expression on their faces, with a serious look on their faces. This is already an obvious way to tell others that there is a problem with this first meeting today.

There is indeed a problem. In addition to taxation, several bills were discussed at today's meeting. These bills are all related to people's livelihood. Regarding the Prime Minister's unreasonable move, the cabinet ministers still couldn't figure out their thoughts, and these proposals put forward by the Prime Minister were not passed. The Prime Minister didn't seem to care too much about it. It was more like a proposal Let everyone know.

After today's meeting, the ministers will definitely not be able to sleep well, and must think about the Prime Minister's intentions in this regard.

Of course, there are people who can sleep, for example, representatives of the navy and army will not be bothered by this matter.

"Admiral Yagier, why don't you come and sit with me."

Admiral Simeone, the Minister of War who walked out of the Prime Minister's Office, opened his mouth and extended an invitation to his naval colleagues.

"Okay, how about some coffee from your War Department."

For Simeone's invitation, Yagier immediately accepted it. As for whether to taste coffee, only these two people know.

The very prominent five-story building on Koch Street is the new office of the Ministry of War. This building was the last project prepared by the old Field Marshal Cadorna during his lifetime. Since it was the old marshal's last wish, the construction of the new building could not be slowed down. In the second year after the old marshal passed away, the new army office building was completed.

"Try our army coffee."

In the office, Simeone is greeting Yajir warmly.

"The taste is not bad, not so bad."

After taking a sip, Yagiel began to comment on the coffee in a decent manner.

"It seems that the reputation of our army's coffee is not good in the navy!"

…

Chatting like bragging and farting is definitely not the wish of the two heads of the navy and army.

No, Simeone, who took the initiative to invite the other party, does not have so many cities, or is not so particular.

"Admiral Yagier, what do you think of the next financial appropriation?"

Seeing the Minister of War talking about business, Yagier immediately looked shocked. "How else can you look at it? Next, the Ministry of Finance's appropriation will definitely be tilted towards your army, and our navy can only pick up some leftovers."

Although there is no news from the government, and the discussion has not even started. But who are these two people, they have long known that the government will shift its focus to arms expansion and preparations for war. However, although it is military expansion and preparation for war, there are also priorities.

Unlike before, this time the Army has the last laugh in its military expansion and preparations. According to instructions given by someone in the palace, the next military expansion is mainly aimed at the army. The army needs to gradually expand the current 320,000 troops to 600,000. The final plan is that after a conflict between Italy and a neighboring country in the future, Italy will be able to prepare one million troops in one month, 1.5 million people in three months, and 2 million people in one year.

It should be noted that this military expansion plan needs to ensure that the expanded troops are well-equipped and well-trained. This means that the Italian Army must always have all kinds of equipment and materials to support the use of 1.5 million troops.

This is a lot of expenses. The weapons, ammunition, and equipment materials to equip so many people need to be purchased by the army. In addition, personnel training, reserve construction and other work are also heavy responsibilities. It can be said that the Army has already started preparations for military expansion.

And this time Simeone invited Admiral Yagier to come for a purpose.

"Admiral Yagier, although our army has benefited more from this expansion, I don't know if you have noticed it. In addition to the expansion of your navy, the Kingdom has already allocated all available resources to our army."

Having said that, Simeone looked at the other party and continued. "We are all soldiers. Of course we know what the kingdom invested so much in the first place, so who do you think our next target is?"

"French or Austrian."

Facing Simeone's inquiry, Admiral Yagier gave his own answer.

However, Simeone was not satisfied with the Secretary of the Navy's answer.

"Your Excellency Yagier, is it necessary to be so cautious in this answer?"

Said Simeone walked to the wall with the map and said. "According to the current situation, there are two alliances in Europe, Britain, France and Russia against us and Germany and Austria. The current expansion of the Kingdom's army is aimed at the confrontation between these alliances. First of all, the key point of this confrontation is the Mediterranean Sea, which is bound to It is our country that becomes the main force.”

Yagier did not deny what Simeone said. The Mediterranean has been at the crux of the many European confrontation simulations conducted within the Navy. The reason lies in the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Black Sea Strait, which make the Mediterranean Sea a convenient sea channel to communicate with North Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.

Whoever controls the Mediterranean~lightnovelpub.net~ will hold the initiative in future confrontations.

"So our military must express a sufficient attitude. If we participate in this confrontation, we must ensure that the kingdom receives sufficient benefits. Our army believes that Corsica, Savoy and Nice will definitely become an inseparable part of the kingdom. In addition, Tunisia and Egypt must also be respected enough."

"Isn't this the job of the foreign minister? Is it not good to say so?"

Facing Yagier's words, Simeone immediately spoke. "We did not get involved in diplomatic work, but expressed the attitude of the military. Is there something wrong with that?"

What Simeone said made Yagier a little moved. This kind of military directly expressing its attitude is indeed very attractive.

"If this is the case, then our navy believes that Malta and Tunisia should be an inseparable part of the kingdom. As for Egypt, the interests of the kingdom must also be respected."

Fortunately, these two are still relatively sober, and have never thought about bringing Egypt into the embrace of the kingdom.

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