Chapter 6: Surprise

Garibaldi's greatness is unquestionable.

The famous French writer Victor Hugo once said: "I don't want to hurt anyone with my words, but I must tell the truth. Among all the generals who fought for France, only Garibald was the first to be invincible. Invincible."

After the Franco-Prussian War, Prussian General Wild once admitted: "If all the French armies were commanded by Garibaldi, then there would probably be more than one captured flag in the 1870 War."

It was such a general who made his enemies involuntarily sigh and admire him. However, due to various reasons, he did not enter the top level of the Italian government. Instead, he lived in seclusion on the small island of Caprera.

The good news is that because of Garibaldi's high reputation among the Italian people and his contribution to the unification of Italy, Garibaldi was able to live leisurely in Italy without fear of being arrested by the government.

Of course Carlo wanted to meet such a person who was admired by everyone.

A presumptuous visit will only make people annoyed, and Carlo is still young at this time, so he is not in a hurry.

But this does not mean that Carlo can no longer contact Garibaldi at this time.

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

Relying on Garibaldi's reputation, the first printing of this book earned him a royalties of up to 21,000 lire, which is about 840 pounds.

Since Garibaldi had such interest, Carlo certainly wouldn't mind inviting Garibaldi to serialize some stories in the Italian 24-hour Sun newspaper.

If it were some of Garibaldi's combat deeds in the army, I believe most Italian people would prefer it.

Carlo's Italian 24-hour Sun newspaper could also achieve rapid expansion by relying on Garibaldi's reputation, and Carlo could also take this opportunity to get acquainted with Garibaldi.

But it all depends on whether Garibaldi himself is willing. If Garibaldi was unwilling to publish an article in the Italian Sun, Carlo had absolutely nothing to do.

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

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

If Garibaldi had not personally initiated a fundraiser and donated a pension to Giovanni's widow, I am afraid that Giovanni's family would have continued to live in the condemnation of the Italian people.

This also confirms the greatness of Garibaldi. For Italy and its people, Garibaldi had no faults.

In order to make a good first impression on Garibaldi, Carlo revised the letter he was going to send to Garibaldi several times and asked Laurent to check for anything inappropriate.

A few days later, Garibaldi's peaceful life was shattered on a small island called Caprera in northeastern Sardinia.

After Garibaldi announced that he would not receive any guests, this island seemed to have become Garibaldi's territory, with few outsiders coming and going.

In addition, there are many soldiers on the island dedicated to "protecting" Garibaldi, which further prevents foreign visitors from visiting.

At this time, Garibaldi, who was supposed to be living a leisurely fishing life, was frowning and frowning as he looked at a letter with the royal emblem on the table.

"What happened, father?" Garibaldi's second son, Jodi, looked at his frowning father and asked in surprise.

Since seclusion on Caprera Island, Jodi saw his father frowning for the first time, and he was still facing a letter.

If she didn't believe in her father Garibaldi's character, Jodi would even think that her father's lover outside was trying to get property.

"Nothing, Jodi. It's just a letter, a letter from the royal family." Garibaldi looked at the letter on the table and pondered while subconsciously answering his son's question.

"A letter from the royal family?" Jodi's surprise became even more intense, and she even said involuntarily: "A letter from the royal family? Did something happen again?"

"It's not that bad yet, Jodi." Garibaldi smiled, shook his head, and said self-deprecatingly: "Even if something goes wrong, they will never come to me unless the crown on Vittorio's head is gone." Guaranteed.”

"Then what is this?" The curiosity in Jodi's eyes still did not dissipate, and her eyes shifted to the envelope on the table.

"It's a letter from His Royal Highness Carlo." Garibaldi said with a faint smile on his face: "Speaking of which, I have seen that little guy before. Is his health feeling better?"

"It's him!" Jodi nodded and said happily: "I like His Highness Carlo among the royal family, but it's a pity that His Highness is not the crown prince of the kingdom."

"There are some things you can say here, but you'd better keep your mouth shut when you go out." Garibaldi glanced at his son, who was somewhat elated, and reminded: "

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

"I know, father. What's the purpose of your highness Carlo's letter?" Jodi was still curious about Carlo's letter and asked one after another.

Garibaldi nodded and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "This must be the first time someone in the royal family has praised me to such an extent!

Little Carlo hopes that I can publish articles in his Sun newspaper, preferably telling some stories about the Red Shirts. "

Jioti's cheerful words brought Garibaldi and Carlo closer, and Garibaldi changed his address to Carlo from His Highness to Little Carlo.

At this time, Carlo didn't know that the Garibaldi he had been thinking about had actually been in contact with the owner of this body a long time ago, and Garibaldi had a good impression of Carlo.

But it's normal to think about it. Carlo (the original body) has been sick since childhood, his father is busy with government affairs, and his mother died early, so his own personality naturally became submissive and friendly.

Having seen the arrogance and extravagance among the nobles, it is not surprising that Garibaldi has a certain good impression of Little Carlo.

"Is the Italian Sun newspaper His Highness Carlo?" Jioti's excitement became more obvious, and he couldn't wait to say: "Didn't you say before that you would write your story for more Italians to see? Isn't this a good opportunity? "

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

If my story affects His Highness Carlo's Italian Sun, it would be a loss.

However, it is difficult to refuse His Highness Carlo's invitation. Let me write a few less annoying stories first and see how the old guys in Florence react. "

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

Although Garibaldi made outstanding contributions to the unification of Italy, he was too close to the republic before. The story adapted from real deeds may be sought after by Italians, but it may not be sought after by the Italian government and the royal family.

It is precisely because of this that Garibaldi does not want to affect others because of himself, especially Carlo, who he still has a certain good impression of.

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