第1章 寒夜账簿

Cold Night Account Book

In the cold winter of 1854, the small workshop in Genoa was on the verge of bankruptcy.

A mechanical engineer disguised himself as a fatherless military cadet, faced with a mountain of burlap, predatory loan sharks, and a mother with swollen eyes.

He grabbed a piece of war news from The Times and gambled his family's lives:

"I'll make the Brits' winter clothes!"

► 【The sewing machine is my Gatling gun! 】

★ Improved cotton fluffing machine? The Widow's Assembly Line boosts productivity!

Bribing Russian POWs? Confessions from Black Sea corpses become a deadly bargaining chip!

★ Gambling against the British Consul? The Ladder Agreement contains a sinister clause!

When the first pot of gold came into his pocket, he blatantly tore off his merchant coat——

► [From Bronze Ledger to Iron Throne]

❗ Newspaper predicts war: signed article ignites Turin, Cavour personally recruits!

❗ Private army surprise attack on the fortress: Nitroglycerin shatters the Bourbon dynasty, and thousands of black shirts are crowned knights on a bloody journey!

❗ Monopoly of sulfur hegemony: "One ton of sulfur for ten tons of grain", harvesting Sicily during famine!

In the turbulent times of roaring steam engines, he grasped the magic of bonds with his left hand and manipulated the struggle for supremacy among the great powers with his right hand:

Prussian-Austrian battlefield pits Austrian ships: sulfur-mixed coal explodes boiler, and Veneto is taken!

The Pope's Treasury moves gold: 50-year bonds to redeem the Holy City, and the Vatican is furious!

Suez secretly seizes shares: bottom-fishing at the window of France's defeat and strangling the throat of Europe and Asia!

When the Italian crown was crowned, he looked out over the Mediterranean:

"The so-called Caesar is nothing more than making the world believe—

The shadow that sits upon the Iron Throne is a god!"

1854年寒冬，热那亚小作坊濒临破产。  
机械工程师穿成丧父军校生，面对积压如山的粗麻布、虎视眈眈的高利贷、哭肿双眼的母亲——  
他抓起《泰晤士报》上一条战地新闻，赌上全家性命：  
“英国佬的冬装，我来造！” 

► 【缝纫机就是我的加特林！】 
★ 改良弹棉机？寡妇流水线狂卷生产力！  
★ 贿赂俄国战俘？黑海冰尸口供成致命筹码！  
★ 对赌英国领事？阶梯协议暗藏魔鬼条款！  
当第一桶金落袋，他悍然撕碎商人外衣——  

► 【从青铜账簿到铁血王座】 
❗ 报纸预言战争：署名文章引爆都灵，加富尔亲自招揽！  
❗ 私军奇袭要塞：硝酸甘油炸碎波旁王朝，千人黑衫军踏血封爵！  
❗ 垄断硫磺霸权：“一吨硫磺换十吨粮”，饥荒中收割西西里！  

蒸汽机轰鸣的乱世，他左手握紧债券魔术，右手操盘列强争霸： 
普奥战场坑奥舰：掺硫燃煤引爆锅炉，坐收威尼托！  
教皇国库搬黄金：50年债券赎买圣城，梵蒂冈气炸！  
苏伊士暗夺股权：抄底法国战败窗口，扼住欧亚咽喉！  

当意大利王冠加冕，他俯视地中海： 
“所谓凯撒，不过是让世界相信——  
坐在铁王座上的影子，即是神明！”