Rise of Empires: Spain

Prime Minister Primo first reported to Carlo the recent work results of the government, and then extended the topic of discussion of the meeting to the current problems of the government, that is, the lack of technical talents in Spain when developing industry.

In fact, not only Spain, but any country that wants to develop industry will face the problem of lack of technical talents.

Industry cannot be built simply by accumulating money. In addition to using a large amount of advanced technology and equipment, technical talents with a certain knowledge reserve are also needed.

Even the most basic smelting of steel has very strict requirements on the technical level of steel workers. The technical level of workers not only determines the quality of steel, but also determines the efficiency and safety of work.

Carlo had already anticipated the lack of technical talents in Spain.

Although the vacancies of some talents have been solved by building universities and attracting foreign talents, the vacancies of technical talents, especially technical workers, have not been filled.

When the scale of Spain's industry was not large before, such vacancies were still acceptable. But now that the scale of Spain's industry has gradually taken shape in the long development, the vacancies of technical workers have to be taken seriously.

Spain's reserve of technical talents and skilled workers is only enough to meet the needs of a small Seville industrial base. For the Barcelona industrial base currently under construction, it is not enough to rely solely on the existing technical talents in Spain.

Compared with the Seville industrial base, the Barcelona industrial base is not only much larger in scale, but also completely different in importance.

The Seville industrial base can only provide about 30,000 jobs at best, but the first phase of the Barcelona industrial base can provide about 100,000 jobs.

If the construction of the three phases of the Barcelona industrial base is completed, the entire industrial base is expected to provide more than 500,000 jobs, which also means that the vacancies of technical talents are also as high as hundreds of thousands.

Hundreds of thousands of talent vacancies are not so easy to make up, and it is necessary to spend a lot of money to build relevant technical schools to train technical talents other than college students.

"Your Majesty, these are the development problems that the government is facing at present. It is not very obvious now, but after the Barcelona Industrial Base is built, our vacancies for technical talents and skilled workers may reach more than 50,000, and it is very likely to affect the development of the Barcelona Industrial Base." After reporting the current progress of the Spanish government's work, Prime Minister Primo said respectfully to Carlo.

"Does the government have any good solutions at present?" Carlo nodded and asked.

"Yes." Prime Minister Primo nodded and replied: "We can establish relevant comprehensive technical schools to help us train the technical talents we need.

However, because we need a large number of technical talents in the short term, it is still difficult to establish relevant comprehensive technical schools at present."

In fact, if we only talk about building comprehensive technical schools, it can be easily done by the power of the government alone.

But the problem is that Spain's demand for technical talents is not as simple as thousands or tens of thousands, but tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Under such a huge gap, it is difficult to do it by the power of the government alone. Even if the government can build so many technical schools, it will waste too much energy and funds in this regard, thereby ignoring the development in other directions.

The best way is to cooperate with the royal family. The royal family has enough funds, after all, the Royal United Bank has become the largest bank in Spain.

Prime Minister Primo also invited Carlo to attend this cabinet meeting because he knew this, and invited Carlo and the royal family to join the construction of technical schools as much as possible, so that Spain can make up for the lack of technical talents as soon as possible.

Carlo certainly knows Prime Minister Primo's idea. However, the royal family certainly cannot waste a lot of money to help the government build technical schools in vain, at least a certain exchange of interests must be achieved.

Carlo's goal is not only to help the government build technical schools, but also to let the royal family take the lead in the construction and popularization of technical schools and take the first credit.

When a large number of technical talents are trained from schools in the future and enter the positions of factories and enterprises, these people will be grateful to the royal family, after all, it is the opportunity given to them by the royal family.

If the royal family does not build technical schools to help them master a vital technical ability, they will never be able to be competent for some technical positions with higher requirements, and their income will naturally not increase significantly.

Prime Minister Primo is actually clear about some of Carlo's requests. No matter how Carlo cooperates with him in reform, it cannot change the fact that Carlo is a young king.

Young kings are ambitious, and there is no young king who does not want to take control of the power in his hands and point fingers at the work of the government.

Although Prime Minister Primo understands this, he will not stop Carlo's actions and requests. For Prime Minister Primo, the current reform and development of Spain is the most important, and other things are secondary.

What's more, it will take at least a few years for Carlo to cultivate his confidants and forces and slowly take power. In these few years, Carlo will fully support Prime Minister Primo's reforms as much as possible, which is also what Prime Minister Primo is most willing to see.

As for Carlo's desire for more power in a few years, it actually has nothing to do with Prime Minister Primo.

Prime Minister Primo will be 60 years old soon, and he will not worry about those long years. Moreover, with the support of Archduke Serrano and the royalists who were originally loyal to the Bourbon family, it is only a matter of time for Carlo to gain some power in the government and the army.

At present, the only one in the entire Spanish government who can prevent Carlo from taking power is Prime Minister Primo, but Prime Minister Primo will not do so.

Because Prime Minister Primo deeply and clearly understands that the stability of the Kingdom of Spain depends to a large extent on the current monarchy.

If Spain becomes a republic, there will not be so much tolerance between the various factions. Instead of letting the radical republic destroy Spain, it is better to let Carlo return to power.

At least under the observation of the past few years, Carlo is not like a fatuous monarch like Queen Isabel, at least a more qualified king.

What's more, even if Carlo wants to take over the power in the government and the army, it will not be smooth sailing.

Other parties may not be willing to see a king with absolute power. Even if Carlo has some power, he will be restricted by the parliament and the government.

This is another reason why Primo is relieved to be the prime minister. If Carlo's ability is not too strong, the opposition of these parties will be enough to ensure that Carlo's power is not too great. Spain is still a constitutional monarchy, so there is no need to impose too many restrictions on Carlo's power.

If Carlo can monopolize power under the opposition of many parties and other forces, and is deeply trusted and loved by the people, then it can also prove that Carlo is a king with excellent ability.

In this case, why does Prime Minister Primo need to prevent Carlo from taking power?

"It is indeed difficult to fill the gap of hundreds of thousands of technical talents." Carlo nodded, pretending to be in deep thought, and then spoke after a moment: "

Faced with the major difficulties in Spain's development, the royal family cannot sit idly by. Let's do this. I will withdraw part of the funds from the royal family's property to establish the Madrid Comprehensive Technical School and build as many branches as possible.

The construction requirements of the comprehensive technical school do not need to be too high, as long as it can train technical talents in related fields for us. The restrictions on the enrollment of technical schools can also be relaxed. As long as you have an elementary school degree, you can enroll in our comprehensive technical school, and after graduation, you can obtain a degree equivalent to high school."

This favor must be helped. After all, the stronger Spain is, the more benefits Carlo can get.

As for the role and contribution of the royal family in building technical schools, I believe that with Prime Minister Primo in charge, Carlo's intentions will naturally be understood.

Moreover, Carlo himself owns a large number of newspapers as public opinion institutions. A little large-scale publicity will naturally let the people know who made great efforts to build technical schools.

Hearing Carlo nod his head and agree to let the royal family fund the construction of technical schools, some cabinet members looked at Carlo with a slightly changed expression.

Prime Minister Primo's cabinet government follows the principle of reform first, and indeed a considerable number of cabinet members support the monarchy and Carlo.

But at the same time, there are also some people in the cabinet government who oppose the monarchy, or who are not very optimistic about the monarchy.

Mainly because of the influence of the Bourbon dynasty, Queen Isabel and her father on Spain, the Spaniards have experienced more than 50 years of dark rule.

Carlo was able to nod his head so straightforwardly to agree to the royal family's funding, which obviously exceeded the expectations of some cabinet members.

After all, if it was Queen Isabel's reign, not only would she not want the royal family's money to be wasted on these aspects, she would even use the government's funds to accomplish the royal family's affairs.

Although this cannot directly change the attitudes of some cabinet members, it at least makes them clear that Carlo is different from the previous Queen Isabel.

This is also one of Carlo's goals. Although most of the current cabinet government will bid farewell to the core political stage of Spain after Prime Minister Primo leaves office, there will still be some people who will continue to fight in the Spanish political arena and even challenge the position of prime minister.

What Carlo has to do is to change some people's views on the Spanish monarchy and try to select some talents that he can use and make them his helpers.

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