Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 219 Military Cadets and College Students

Although he is very satisfied with the development of agriculture in Spain, Carlo decided to find time in the second half of the year to visit Andalucia and Extremadura in person.

It’s not that Carlo doesn’t believe the data reported by Minister Jovillar, but as the King of Spain, Carlo still has to personally see the development of Spain’s agriculture and animal husbandry, personally understand the problems faced by local farmers and herdsmen, and then solve them.

If Carlo only looked at the data reported by various departments in the Royal Palace of Madrid, he would not be able to understand the local development situation in detail.

Doing so would only make Carlo increasingly unfamiliar with the development of Spain and eventually lose control of the country.

If you want to make a development plan for Spain, the first thing you need to do is to see for yourself how the various departments and regions in Spain are developing, and then you can make a plan based on the information you have.

If we blindly make plans without a detailed understanding of the basic situation in Spain, either the subsequent development will not be too smooth, or we will take the wrong route, making a small problem worse.

After encouraging Minister Jovillar, Carlo ended the conversation with Minister Jovillar and dealt with the government affairs during his trip to Italy.

In fact, there is not much government affairs. Most of them can be handled by Archduke Serrano and Count Conovas. Carlo is more focused on watching the decrees issued by the Spanish government in recent times and the latest developments of various departments.

Because of the arms trade treaties signed with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Spain's military factories were still working overtime at this time.

A military factory is also a factory. The various raw materials needed by the military factory, such as gunpowder, steel and other parts, are provided by various factories.

Military factories are working overtime, and the factories that provide materials are also working overtime. Although it seems that only military factories have received orders, in fact, it affects dozens of factories behind them and the tens of thousands of workers in these factories.

This is actually why the United States was able to make a fortune quietly during World War I and World War II. It seems that the United States only made money from various trades, but in fact, the United States' industry and economy continued to develop and expand due to these trades.

Because of the war, factories in European countries were destroyed, the economy was in a mess, and they became more dependent on the United States, a large external factory.

The end result was that the United States sucked the blood of European countries, Europe was eventually devastated by the two world wars, and the potential of European countries was repeatedly reduced.

After reading the latest reports from various departments, Carlo is quite satisfied with Spain's development. According to the current development trend, the second five-year plan will be successfully completed, which also means that Spain's industrial scale and economic scale will reach a new high.

After the second five-year plan is fully completed, Spain's overall strength will take a big step forward, and it will not be difficult to surpass Italy, the bottom-ranked power.

In other words, Spain has now become a great power again and is qualified to stand at the negotiating table with other great powers, rather than being a pawn in the game between the great powers.

After staying in the palace for a few days, the bored Carlo decided to inspect the construction of the capital Madrid to see if there were any problems in the construction of Madrid.

Regardless of whether or not he trusts his subordinates, proper inspections are necessary. In addition to understanding the actual situation in each region, another point is to put enough pressure on officials in each region to let them know that Carlo is not so easy to fool.

Walking out of the palace with a small number of guards, crossing Bairon Street in front of the palace, you will arrive at the most prosperous city center of Madrid.

With his back to the Royal Palace, Carlo's left is the newly built House of Lords of Spain, and his right is the Cathedral of San Andres. Behind the cathedral is the House of Representatives of Spain, which is also the largest parliament building in Spain.

The city center of Madrid is still quite prosperous and clean. After all, it is the face of Spain. Carlo has also specifically requested that the streets be kept clean and sanitary.

Although Europe was the most developed and advanced region at that time, the only area where Europeans performed very poorly was in hygiene.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the medieval times where people urinated and defecated everywhere, you can still see a lot of garbage and excrement in the corners of the streets.

Due to the lack of large public toilets, many citizens go to the toilet in the corners of the streets, making those already dark and damp corners even more smelly.

This is not an exaggeration at all, but a common phenomenon in cities across Europe. In this regard, London, the most developed city at present, has a joke about "Luxury cars, fine wine, stinky London".

Of course, the stench of London comes not only from the garbage and excrement on the streets, but also from the smelly pollutants in the smog.

Compared to London, the environment in Spain is not that bad. Carlo also emphasized the importance of street hygiene. At least in the streets of central Madrid, there is no urination or littering.

Madrid is the capital of Spain, and the streets in the city center are the face of Spain. The Spanish government has placed a large number of trash cans here, which are cleaned on time every day to ensure that there is no odor.

In some of Madrid's busiest streets, the government has built a large number of public toilets to ensure that citizens have a place to go to the toilet instead of having to do it quietly in the corners of the streets.

In order to ensure that citizens do not pollute the streets, the Madrid City Government has also introduced relevant punishments. Once caught, they will be fined, and in serious cases they may even face imprisonment.

In order to encourage the citizens of Madrid to use public toilets, Carlo even requested that Madrid's public toilets be banned from charging fees. Both Madrid citizens and foreign tourists can use the public toilets in Madrid for free.

Although this has increased the cost of the Madrid City Government, it has indeed made citizens more willing to use public toilets.

If public toilets are charged, citizens will definitely not want to use them. They will naturally violate the decree issued by the Madrid City Government and quietly relieve themselves in the corners of the streets.

Carlo was not going to the most prosperous Gran Via in Madrid, but the newly developed area in the north of Madrid.

Compared to the city center of Madrid, this is a new urban area that has just been expanded in Madrid, and it is also more likely to face many problems.

Going north from San Bernardo Street and passing San Cristobal Church, you will arrive at the new town of Madrid.

Compared with the old town further south, this place looks a bit deserted. This is where the Madrid Municipal Government focuses on resettling immigrants, and it is also a key development area in Spain.

On the west side of the church there is a road that leads directly to the northwest of Madrid city. This newly developed land not only has important research institutions such as the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, but also important universities such as the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, the Madrid Medical School, and the Royal Military Academy of Madrid.

Carlo's future plan is to build a large university town in this area and develop the surrounding land.

One advantage here is that it is close to Madrid's train station and some distance from the busiest streets in the city center, so transportation is convenient.

Of course, it is not too far from the city center, which is why the Madrid City Government regards it as a new urban area.

Carlo's destination is the university town northwest of Madrid. After all, it is almost July and graduation time for this year's college students is approaching.

Carlo attends the graduation ceremony of the Royal Military Academy every year. After all, Carlo is the honorary president of the military academy. These graduates will be the backbone of the Spanish army in the future, so it is necessary to pay attention to them.

As long as Carlo can gain the favor of these military academy graduates, the title of Honorary President of Carlo Military Academy will play a huge role and even be able to influence the military.

But if he cannot win the favor of these military academy graduates, what can Carlo do, let alone being just an honorary principal, even if he is the principal of a military academy?

Therefore, Carlo would participate in every graduation ceremony of the Royal Military Academy. He would not only give a speech to encourage these newly graduated military academy graduates, but also personally award titles to some of the more outstanding graduates.

This only took Carlo one day, but the actual effect was obvious. The Royal Military Academy has trained a large number of graduates so far, and some of them have been promoted to military ranks.

These graduates still respect and love Carlo very much, and many of them even have a fanatical admiration for him.

The main reason for this is that the ideological education courses Carlo taught in the military academy have achieved good results, but it is also related to Carlo's usual actions.

How could the people not love a king who cares about the income of the lower classes and sympathizes with their sufferings?
Regardless of which country, the demands of the grassroots people are actually very simple, that is, to have enough food, warm clothes, and a good life. In Spain today, having enough food and warm clothes has basically been achieved. Although there are still similar food safety issues, it is much better than the previous Spain.

Under such circumstances, the people have nothing but love for the current Spanish government and King Carlo, which is why these military academy graduates are quite loyal to Carlo.

Since its establishment, the Royal Military Academy of Madrid has trained more than 400 outstanding military graduates for Spain every year.

This year is already the seventh year, but the number of military academy graduates this year is still as high as more than 400.

If the graduates who will graduate this year are included, the Royal Military Academy has trained more than 3000 potential officers for Spain.

Currently, most military academy graduates can obtain the position of platoon leader after entering the army. Only a small number of military academy graduates can only temporarily serve as deputy platoon leader due to insufficient positions.

But this is also good news. When Spain needs to expand its military in the future, these deputy officers will be able to quickly become full-time officers, and they will not need too much time to adapt before they can start working.

Under the premise that the Royal Military Academy continues to train officers, the Spanish army has replaced most of the grassroots officers such as company commanders and platoon leaders.

Currently, most of the officers in Spain have received military academy education. Although it cannot be guaranteed that all these platoon leaders and company commanders are outstanding military talents, at least they can ensure that their military qualities are qualified.

In the past, a large number of junior officers in the Spanish army had not received any qualified military education, which also affected the combat effectiveness of the Spanish army.

There are many factors that affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but one of the important factors that can actually determine the combat effectiveness of the army is the military quality of these grassroots officers.

No matter how outstanding the general leading the army is, if the military literacy of the lower-level officers is not up to standard, the general's orders will be difficult to be fully executed.

If these low-level officers all possess good military qualities, even if the commander as a leader does not have much ability, at least the army can be guaranteed to be relatively stable.

Although the Spanish army has a limited officer establishment, the Spanish defense department also has important departments such as the General Staff and the Logistics Department, so it is not a problem to find a job for these military academy graduates.

As in previous years, Carlo attended the graduation ceremony of these cadets and selected a small number of outstanding graduates to join the Guards.

Although the Guards only has one division with 1.5 people, the current reserve of officers in the Guards is extremely rich.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Carlo is willing, the Spanish Guard can expand by 2 to 3 divisions at any time and there is no need to worry about the reserve of grassroots officers.

In other words, Spain now does not have to worry about war, and the country has become stable, which also made Carlo give up expanding the Guards.

Although the Guards are only the size of a division, as long as the Guards are stationed in Madrid, they can ensure the safety of the capital.

Considering the firepower of the Guards, Madrid would not be in any danger unless it faced a siege from a large-scale enemy army or a massive rebellion by the domestic army.

Even the Carlist rebellion a few years ago could not threaten the safety of Madrid. This is the sense of security that firepower brings to Carlo, which cannot be replaced by anything else.

After attending the graduation ceremony of the Royal Military Academy, Carlo had to prepare to attend the ceremony for graduates of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

If the Royal Military Academy is the military academy that Carlo values ​​most, then the Royal Academy of Sciences is the science university that Carlo values ​​most.

The Royal Academy of Sciences is a university built by Carlo according to the needs of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Its purpose is to provide additional job opportunities for scientists and researchers of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and to cultivate mid-level talents in scientific research for Spain.

Of course, Carlo would also be very happy if Spain could produce top scientific research talents through training.

Historically, Spain did not have many top talents in materialization, and a big reason for this was the neglect of scientific research in Spain from the 18th to the 19th century.

Carlo has attached great importance to scientific research for many years and believes that this can bring some changes to Spain. After all, Spain is also a medium-sized country with a population of more than 1000 million. Carlo does not believe that Spain will not produce any top talents in physics and chemistry.

Compared to the Royal Military College, which has over 400 graduates each year, the Royal College of Science has very few graduates, averaging only 200 per year.

But don’t underestimate these 200 graduates. They have been carefully trained by scientists and researchers from the Royal Academy of Sciences, and their abilities are naturally beyond doubt.

Because they were trained by scientists of the Royal Academy of Sciences, these graduates were directly divided up by the Royal Academy of Sciences after graduation and entered the research projects of those scientists and researchers to act as helpers, and learn more knowledge in the process.

This year's graduates are the fourth batch of graduates from the Royal Academy of Sciences. In all four batches combined, the Royal Academy of Sciences has trained no more than 1000 talents.

But the good news is that the success rate of these graduates is very high. Many graduates have been valued by members of the Royal Academy of Sciences, who even devote themselves to imparting knowledge to them and personally guide them in some experiments and research.

Teaching students of the Royal Academy of Sciences is the best of both worlds for the members of these academies.

They can receive part-time fees for serving as professors and other positions in the school, and the salaries for these positions are not low.

The students taught by the teacher can also serve as assistants in their scientific research projects. The teacher also knows the abilities of the students he has trained and it will be easier to use them.

It is also because of this that none of the scientists recruited by Carlo from abroad are opposed to teaching part-time at the Royal Academy of Sciences or other universities, and when they receive the part-time income, they are all smiling.

The income of the Royal Academy of Sciences members is not low, and they can get additional rewards for completing research and development projects. Their part-time jobs are also a large source of income, which makes their income higher than before abroad. This is also the way Spain attracts foreign talents to join the Royal Academy of Sciences.

When the economic crisis just broke out, there were less than 500 scientific research talents in the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, and less than 200 scientists who had obtained the title and treatment of second-level academicians.

Up to now, the number of scientific research talents in the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences has exceeded 1000, with more than 700 holding the title of academician, including 322 first-level academicians, 362 second-level academicians, and 46 third-level academicians.

If the graduates of the Royal Academy of Sciences are included, the number of R&D personnel of the Royal Academy of Sciences is close to 2000. It is precisely because of the continuous increase in R&D personnel that the various research projects of the Royal Academy of Sciences have been carried out smoothly and have made various progress.

As the per capita income in Spain increased, Carlo also increased the basic salary of third-level academicians.

The basic annual salary of first-level academicians has been raised to 2800 pesetas, and the basic salary of second-level academicians is as high as 5200 pesetas. The third-level academician is the highest level and title among researchers in the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, and the basic salary has reached an exaggerated 8500 pesetas.

Just to pay the basic annual salary to all the R&D personnel of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Carlo spends more than 500 million pesetas every year.

Not to mention the various R&D investments of the Royal Academy of Sciences. At present, the Royal Academy of Sciences has become one of the industries with the largest investment in all of Carlo, with annual expenditures reaching 3500 million pesetas.

Although he had to pay a large amount of money to the Royal Academy every year, Carlo was willing to spend it.

As long as any research and development project of the Royal Academy of Sciences can make progress, the profits gained will be several times or even dozens of times the 3500 million pesetas research and development funds.

If those important R&D projects made progress, the profits would be immeasurable. Carlo could still calculate the ratio of investment and return.

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