The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The invention of the electric light will take some time, but the thermal power plant can now be built.

The electric motor will not be invented until the Vienna World Exposition three years later, but his predecessor, the generator, has reached the point where it is flooded.

The law of electromagnetic induction and the law of electromagnetic force existed decades ago. When I heard that the government was going to build a power plant, the engineers of the research institute scrambled to sign up for fear that they would not be able to participate in this world’s first one. Pioneering work.

However, a European power has the ability to build power plants, but it is limited by cost issues, and they don't know what power plants can do.

Don't think about it if these engineers want to stay in the history of this matter.

Having said that, Ernesto Estrada, the dean of the Institute, waved his hand and allowed 21 of the best engineers to participate in the construction.

Even if you can't get the honor, it's good to get a bonus.

What's more, the research on electric lights conducted by the team led by Swann knows that in the government's plan, this power plant will only supply electricity to the railway station, but if they plan properly, they can have excess electricity for the research institute. There will be no objection to power supply to several nearby commercial districts.

Due to the sufficient budget and sufficient site management, there was not much room for coordination. With the concerted efforts of the engineers, a complete plan was produced in just one week.

Construction of the power plant immediately began. Due to the lack of large-scale machinery, the construction level was not adequate. The time given in the plan was 2 years.

The person in charge reported the plan to the superiors very nervously. The government's attention to this can be seen by people. He doesn't know if the two-year construction time will satisfy the seniors.

What did Alfonso say about this... It was quite unexpected, because it was faster than he thought. He expected it to be 3 years, this time is just enough for them to invent the electric light and build a preliminary electric light production line.

In 2 years, probably the finished electric light will be built as soon as it comes out, and there may be embarrassing situations where the power plant is built but it is useless.

In any case, it's better to be faster than slower.

Alfonso found out when he inquired that it turned out to be 13-15 hours a day for construction this year, all year round, so it was faster than he expected. (Usually it is 4:30 in the morning to 7 in the evening, with half an hour for lunch in the middle, without breakfast.)

Alfonso has been in this world for one and a half years, and he hasn't been to the grassroots level yet. He really didn't know that the concept of weekend rest was limited to the middle level.

The government officials he contacted would take a half day off on weekends and afternoons, which led him to mistakenly think that half off on weekends is a universal rule, and no one talked to him about science. Even the teachers in Paris had not told him about it.

In fact, the spread of the half-rest to the lower levels is not far, probably after the Franco-Prussian War, Britain and France and other countries began to implement the half-rest system.

However, at present, there is really no country in the world that gives ordinary people a weekend vacation.

Alfonso is making a move. At this stage, the Spanish labor force is in a state of surplus, and there may be a lack of market for a while. If the half-rest can be implemented, both of these problems can be alleviated.

This is also the reason why the half-rest system is popular in history. The market is for the market.

However, after careful consideration, he temporarily gave up this idea. The conditions were not very sufficient. If the half-off salary remains unchanged, the labor cost will increase, which is not good for attracting foreign investment, and it is not easy to supervise.

If the salary is reduced accordingly, the workers will not be happy, and they will definitely ask for overtime, and even the overtime wage may be lower than the normal wage.

Alfonso didn't know when Britain and France had a half-rest. He decided to wait and see. If it hadn't been implemented within a year and a half, he would be the first person to eat crabs.

The construction of the thermal power plant has attracted some attention. It is not a lament of its grand scale, but a curiosity about what the Spaniards are doing. The laboratory power generation uses Volta batteries. There is no need for large-scale electricity in this world. thing.

Spain turned a deaf ear to these small-scale discussions and letters from some people, and didn't bother to care about them.

The British had speculated that it was no secret that Swann was poached by Spain. This matter is still slightly well-known in the engineering community in London.

The Times even set aside a small box for this, with the headline "Spain will build its first power plant."

It's a pity that the British people and the government are indifferent to this. Some time ago, Spain's large-scale establishment of state-owned enterprises made them laugh. This time, this backward country wasted taxpayers' money to fix a useless thing, and they were too lazy to laugh.

The British government can see the prospects of electric lights a little bit, but they don’t care. Spain can’t make anything comparable to Britain. Let them do it. If the electric light is really invented, they can quickly take advantage of their industrial capabilities. Kill the original.

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In order to understand the rest system of ordinary people, Alfonso took a circle around Madrid. To be honest, the smell of human and horse excrement made him a little unbearable, otherwise he would not stay in the grassroots for so long.

But he managed to persevere, not wanting to be the king of "why not eat meat" in later generations.

From this look, it is quite shocking. Madrid may be one of the few places in the interior that can compare economically with the coastal areas, and naturally has a siphonic effect on the surrounding population.

With the return of the Bourbon royal family, the country is stable and job opportunities are increasing. This situation has become more and more serious.

Rural people from the surrounding villages came to work in the factory, but the factory did not provide food and few shelters. They couldn't afford to rent a house, so they had to build sheds by themselves.

In this way, a large-scale slum was formed on the periphery of Madrid, all of which were quite crowded with wooden houses. The sanitary conditions were extremely poor. I don't know how many people could die in a fire.

After reading it, Alfonso felt very heavy. The capital of a country looked like this... He knew that London and Paris might be similar, or even worse, but he couldn't accept it.

There are still some funds in the government accounts, but they are all marked where they should go.

But it doesn't matter, the government has no money, and the royal family has money.

Counting the money for selling military watches and luxury watches, Wal-Mart gave him a dividend of 370,000 pounds this year, and the farm tool rental company gave him a dividend of 40,000 pounds. After returning to Madrid, the royal manor also began to make money. The government is repaying interest on the money previously lent to the government, and he currently has 1.03 million pounds in his hands.

The money is far from enough to completely change Madrid, and it is enough to afford the initial slum reconstruction plan.

And he didn't plan to renovate it free of charge. The operation can basically maintain a balance of income and expenditure, and maybe he can make a little profit.