I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 856 Iberia-Apennines Summit IV
The Spanish Chief Minister desperately winked at his own Crown Prince. The latter had done a lot of homework before coming, and immediately understood what he meant. He stood up and said loudly:
"I hereby execute the authorization of His Majesty the King of Spain and formally request to join the 'Iberian-Apennine Security Defense Organization'. May we bring eternal peace and prosperity to the Mediterranean coast."

Spain was originally an ally of France, so it would naturally be happy to see the number of its military allies increase.

The second person to respond was Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Sardinia.

The Sardinian army is now following Napoleon in besieging the fortress of Mantua. It has actually been tied to the French chariot. It might as well behave itself to win the favor of France.

Parma, Lucca, Modena and other countries have also requested to join the security organization.

However, both the Speaker of Milan and the Governor of Genoa seemed very embarrassed and hesitated to speak.

Although Milan has freed itself from Austrian rule, it has not yet established a country and does not even have the status to join a security organization.

Genoa is a neutral country, which is written in their laws, and Governor Biasso has no power to change this.

Joseph first smiled and looked at Giuseppe La, the president of Milan: “The Duchy of Milan has a long history and has always been the ruler of the Lombardy region. It was only interrupted for decades by the shameless invasion of the Austrian bandits.

"I think it is time to restore the glory of Milan. Of course, Milan is now under the management of the parliament and should be renamed the Republic of Milan."

Giuseppela's eyes lit up immediately. The Austrian army was now in Mantua, only a hundred kilometers away from Milan, and could come back at any time. In addition, Milan was controlled by the French army, and the French government had not made any statement on Milan's future direction.

Therefore, until now, the Milanese parliamentarians dare not mention the establishment of a country.

Now with the approval of the French Crown Prince, the founding of Milan is a natural thing.

And it is still a republic. In other words, there will not be much change in the political structure.

As the interim speaker, Giuseppe La is likely to become the president of Milan!

He hurriedly bowed to Joseph and said with great fear: "Praise you, Your Highness the Prince of Wales, praise France! With just one sentence, you have brought freedom and hope to Milan. All Milanese will always remember your great achievements..."

Joseph interrupted his boasting and said: "You can use the Shap signal tower to transmit this decision back to Milan.

"Oh, you may not know this invention yet, it can help you get the message to Genoa within 40 minutes. This time tomorrow, the Milanese Parliament will be able to start drafting the law of founding the country."

Something like the Sharp Signal Tower is extremely large and must be built on open high ground so that anyone can see it from a long distance.

Previously, due to the war, the information on the Sharp signal machine was strictly controlled. After the war, as trade increased, the signal tower would soon be known to other countries.

So Joseph directly disclosed the matter of the Sharpe signal machine.

He even planned to open the signal tower to the post office to be used for private letter delivery.

The Shap signal tower is equivalent to the telegraph of this era. Once it starts to operate in civilian business, it will quickly make back the previous construction investment.

Giuseppela was somewhat hesitant - he really wanted to go back and personally preside over the founding of Milan, as such a major event would earn him a huge amount of political capital.

Joseph obviously saw what he was thinking and added:
"You have made outstanding contributions to the founding of Milan. I believe that all Milanese will regard you as the father of Milan."

Giuseppe was overjoyed. With the French crown prince's endorsement, he would surely become the father of the nation even if he was not one. If any Milanese politician was dissatisfied, he could protest to the French garrison.

He suddenly thought of something and bowed again, saying, "Your Highness, what I did is insignificant. You are the real 'Father of Milan'! It was you who created this country!"

Joseph did not dwell on this topic, but simply instructed: "Please urge the Milan Parliament to start the nation-building agenda as soon as possible."

He was quite satisfied with Giuseppela.

After Napoleon invaded Milan, it was the Deputy Speaker Giuseppela who stepped forward to stabilize the people of Milan and appeased Napoleon's army so that they did not cause any trouble. He was a capable "French expert" and was very suitable to be the first President of Milan.

"As you wish, Your Highness." Giuseppela bowed again excitedly and then sat back in his chair.

Joseph turned calmly to the Governor of Genoa.

Little did he realize that with just a few words from thousands of miles away, he could establish a whole new country on the Italian peninsula.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you can also use the Shap signal tower to let the Genoa Parliament vote on joining the security organization."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will call a special session of Parliament after I adjourn this meeting."

Last week, the Shap signal tower was built less than 30 kilometers west of Genoa, and it can actually transmit his instructions back within an hour.

After Joseph finalized the creation of the Iberian-Apennine Security Defense Organization, he handed over the task of presiding over the meeting to Archbishop Brian.

The second half of the meeting was mainly devoted to discussing the various terms of the security organization.

In fact, the terms had been drafted by Joseph long ago, and the representatives of various countries only passed them symbolically - the terms were very reasonable and fair to the member states. Given the level of politicians of that era, they could not find any faults even if they wanted to.

Of course, looking beyond the superficial equality, the security organization is actually still in the hands of France.

First of all, the headquarters of the security organization is located in France, so in addition to representatives from various countries, the staff responsible for daily affairs are basically French. In other words, even if the decision direction is determined, France has many means to use in the implementation stage.

Secondly, France has the highest military and political status in the security organization. Any military decision will be impossible without the support of France.

So it seems that every member state has the same voting rights, but France's vote can have an overwhelming effect.

Finally, given France's huge influence on other member states, the representatives of the security organizations of various countries are almost all "French experts". As long as it does not involve the life and death of their own country, other representatives will vote according to what the French representative says.

Once the security organization is established, it will basically belong to the "United Legion" under France.

Although the combat effectiveness of the armies of other member states is not good, they can provide tremendous support to the French army in terms of military expenditure, wartime passage rights, logistical supplies, intelligence sharing, etc.

Moreover, if the joint army is maintained for a long time, the interests of the member states will be more consistent and they will become militarily dependent on France.

France's "backyard" will become more and more stable.

(End of this chapter)