The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Back in his room, Alfonso wrote a simple greeting letter to Gisela.

Because he decided to slow down, the letter had no actual content, but it finally made a good start.

If the man sends the first letter, the other party will have to respond naturally.

While writing a letter, Alfonso recalled Gisela in history. She was a very ordinary woman with a plain appearance and no deeds. She was not a famous demon character. If it weren't her husband, it would be okay. Fang Suo is a history student and would not know this person.

Gisela's husband is Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the commander-in-chief of the German Eastern Front in World War I, and the fierce man who fought Russia to withdraw from the war.

Alfonso asked Isabella, and the Queen told him that Gisela and Leopold were cousins, and they were ten years apart.

Although Gisela will be three months old before reaching the age of 13, the nobles get married very early this year.

Alfonso estimated that in normal history, the two should get married within a few years. He didn't expect to have a marriage contract yet, so he was approached.

Gisela herself is not worth mentioning, but her identity has a lot of ways.

In history, Rudolph was the only child, he had three older sisters, Gisela was the second sister, and the eldest sister died at the age of 2, so she is the oldest child of Emperor Franz Joseph.

You know, Rudolph did not survive to succeed to the throne...

Alfonso shook his head and put aside these unrealistic fantasies. Rudolph died of suicide. With his own variables, he might not even commit suicide.

In addition, Austria does not allow women to inherit. Maria Theresa is a special case, but this is only one case. She even failed to inherit the throne of Shenluo after a battle. Only the Archduke of Austria, the King of Hungary, etc. title. (The throne was inherited by her husband)

I want to inherit Austria-Hungary. There are too many variables. The inheritance rights of Emperor Franz's nephew and grand-nephew (his two brothers died one after another), the interference of the great powers, the opposition of the people... The difficulty of operation may be the same as that of taking Spain to sweep Europe. almost.

Still have to focus on the present.

Spain's corner overtaking must rely on the second industrial revolution to achieve.

My biggest advantage is that I know what is the future direction of development.

Electric lights are undoubtedly one of them. He had already sent someone to contact Joseph Swann in the United Kingdom. He originally wanted to buy the patent directly. But after careful investigation, he discovered that Swann had no patent on electric lights at all. It is true that relevant research is being carried out.

Then it's easy to handle, you don't need to spend a lot of money to buy patents, as long as you invite others to become engineers.

Swan gladly accepted the invitation of a government. His previous job was an engineer in a photographic substrate manufacturing company, and his salary was only £350 a year.

Spain offered him an annual salary of £1,300, and he could continue to increase it if he did a good job of research. With such favorable conditions, he could not wait to give up his British citizenship on the spot.

Now that the Swanns have come to Spain, Alfonso is very interested in seeing historical figures. But the temporary institute is located in Barcelona, ​​which is too far away.

Such a high annual salary is of course not without cost. In addition to bringing his own smart brain, Swann also brought past research data. Any future inventions and patents also belong to Spain.

There are two problems that plague the development of Swann electric lamps. One is that no suitable filament material can be found, and the other is that the vacuum technology is not good and the lamp life is too short.

Everyone knows that tungsten filaments are used for filaments, but the mass production of tungsten filaments will be at the end of the century. Fortunately, in the previous physics class, Alfonso’s physics teacher said that carbonized bamboo filaments can also be used as filaments, and the effect is not tungsten filaments. So good, but it can be bright for hundreds to a thousand hours.

This is enough. In the absence of competitors, within a suitable range, the product can be damaged faster, which is actually beneficial to making money.

Researchers of the Institute have begun to search for suitable bamboo silks all over the world, and it takes the longest time to compare which bamboo silk is brighter.

The researchers of the Barcelona Institute come from all over the country. Although they are start-ups and need time to integrate, they are still quite good.

It is incomparable with Britain and France, but it is better than most countries in the world. It is firmly among the top six in the world, even more than the United States. To do a comparative experiment with a good range, Alfonso believes that they will not go wrong.

Solving the filament problem, the next step is the vacuum technology.

He really doesn't know who developed this unknown technology, but fortunately, he is not alone.

He sent people to various countries to inquire, and finally found that there are really a lot of engineers researching this thing, and the teams from Belgium and Austro-Hungary are at the forefront.

He didn't bother to distinguish it carefully, so he digs all the high salaries directly. Scientific research can spend a few dollars these years, and electric lights are the real lucrative business.

There are 3-5 members of these teams, so things are naturally not handled as fast as Swann, and it may take a month to arrive in Barcelona.

But in no hurry, there is no power plant in the world, and it is useless to research it out now.

He is going to try to build a thermal power plant in Spain and launch the power plant and electric lights together to achieve the best results.