 Cavour was reluctant to go to war due to the power of Russia at the time and the expense of doing so.Victor Emmanuel, however, was convinced of the rewards to be gained from the alliance created with Britain and, more importantly, France.After successfully seeking British support and ingratiating himself with France and Napoleon III at the Congress of Paris in 1856 at the end of the war, Count Cavour arranged a secret meeting with the French emperor.