On Sicily, Gaboli met up with the local revolutionaries at an estate.
"Mr. Gaboli, our strength was severely damaged after the last uprising. We are incapable of launching another armed revolt in the short term."
The local revolutionary leader, Drekes, voiced his objection. Revolutionary organizations had existed on Sicily for a long time. It was the Sicilian January Uprising of 1848 that had kicked off the great revolution.
Yet its influence in Europe had been limited. It was suppressed before it could last long, and the outside world generally regarded France's February Revolution as the beginning of the great revolution.
In 1860, Sicilian revolutionaries launched another armed uprising. In history, after receiving word of it, Gaboli formed the renowned Redshirts and entered Sicily, raising the curtain on the revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
But things had changed in this timeline. By 1860, even the Kingdom of Sardinia had fallen into French hands, so naturally Gaboli could not have been allowed to organize the Redshirts.
Without a single force capable of fighting, this armed uprising in Sicily was suppressed once again, and the local revolutionary organizations suffered grievous losses.
Drekes's opposition to launching an uprising now was born of necessity. Over the past few years, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies government had kept a close watch on them. The revolutionaries had no choice but to lie low and had no ability to build up their ranks.
Unhurriedly, Gaboli talked him around. "Mr. Drekes, this is an exceedingly rare opportunity. Revolutionary organizations across Europe will launch uprisings in January, and we can reduce the chances of intervention by the great powers to a minimum.
"If we miss this chance, we will not only have to face the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies government, but also interference from Austria,