Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 68 The Hope of the Second Industrial Revolution
Carlo also noticed the completely different attitudes between Maybach and Daimler at this time.

Kader had already investigated the identities of these two people before taking action.

"Mr. Daimler, if you are willing to stay and work in Spain, you and Mr. Maybach can enjoy the same treatment as Mr. Benz and own shares in the company.

I will not restrict your personal freedom. All universities in Spain are open to you. You can study and work in any university in Spain, and your family members can also study in the university.

Please believe my sincerity. I will not interfere with you in any way in the research of cars and engines. I will only provide you with a steady stream of funds for research. "Maybach obviously does not reject staying in Spain to work. At present, he only needs to persuade Daimler to basically form a cooperation among the three founders of Mercedes-Benz.

Carlo is also very much looking forward to it. What impact will the coming together of these three people have on the automotive industry?

"Well, Your Majesty, I don't seem to have a choice." Dalem nodded helplessly and said with a wry smile: "But I hope Your Majesty can follow his words and not interfere with our research, and provide us with sufficient research funds."

What Dalem was most worried about was that Carlo would use his status as king to interfere in their research, preventing him from conducting his own research as he wished.

If Carlo is willing to abide by the code of non-interference in research, working in Spain would actually be less intimidating.

After all, Carlo also promised to treat their family well, which is indeed attractive for a married person with children.

"Of course." Carlo smiled and nodded, and told his plan: "Considering that the three of you are all involved in the engine field, I decided to set up the United Engine Company and give each of you 5% of the shares to help you conduct engine research.

The annual R&D funding will not be less than 20 pesetas, but the patent rights to your R&D results belong to the entire company, is that ok?"

Daimler, Maybach and Benz looked at each other and all expressed no objection.

They also own shares in the company, and they also get a share of the company's profits. Moreover, for those engaged in R&D, how much money they make is not that important.

The R&D funds provided by Carlo every year are the best guarantee for them. Being able to continue investing in the industry they love is more attractive than any subsequent patents and dividends.

After successfully winning over the three men, Carlo gave a look and the servant next to him handed a check for 5000 pesetas to the three men.

This is a greeting gift for the three people, and it also shows Carlo's sincerity to the three people.

Although 5000 pesetas is not a lot of money, it allows the three Daimler men to not be so tight on money when they first arrive in Spain, and to arrange their lives and those of their families with ease.

Only when your life is stable can you work more easily and efficiently.

After taking the three people to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a luxurious lunch, Carlo asked Kadiel to take the three people to get to know their new home.

The residences arranged for these scientific research talents are all single-family villas built recently, and the cost of building a villa is actually not too high.

After all, there was no such thing as house price speculation in that era. Apart from the houses on the busiest streets in the center of Madrid, the prices of other houses near the outskirts were just so-so.

Even in the outskirts of Madrid, there are many houses built by the people themselves. Some of them look like slums. How could the housing prices be so high?

Compared with buying ready-made houses, people prefer to build their own houses, which is more cost-effective and cheaper. Speaking of which, the next step for the government to clean up is the slums in Madrid.

Not to mention Spain, this phenomenon currently exists in all European countries.

Although the Industrial Revolution made the entire country stronger, those who became wealthy were the capitalists, factory owners, business owners, aristocrats and politicians. For the common people, especially those below the middle class, life was not much better.

Even the capitalists' exploitation of workers made the lives of ordinary people even more difficult. How chaotic was Europe at that time?
The wages of male workers, female workers and child workers are different. In order to make a living, most civilian families have to let all men, women, young and old go out to work.

This is why many countries, including Spain, have high illiteracy rates.

In order to survive, these families have to send their children to work in factories and other places. If they are allowed to go to school, even if it is a free school, the original family will lose an income, which will make the situation even worse.

Europeans look glamorous, but only the wealthy middle class and above look glamorous.

The real civilians lived no better than those in other places. The oppression and exploitation by capitalists and factory owners was like a heavy mountain to all the civilians in Europe, making it impossible for them to breathe.

This is also the reason why Carlo has not paid attention to the progress of literacy. If the income of Spaniards cannot be effectively increased, the illiteracy rate of Spaniards will not be reduced.

Only the Spanish people's per capita annual income has gradually caught up with the level of other European countries, and there is hope for greater improvement in illiteracy rates.

After successfully winning over Gram and four others, Carlo was in a very good mood.

Driven by his good mood, Carlo also paid close attention to the establishment of the Royal Electric Power Research Institute and the United Engine Company.

Needless to say, electricity is one of the most important cores of the Second Industrial Revolution. The engine, that is, the internal combustion engine, is another core of the Second Industrial Revolution.

The development of electricity and engines would mean that Spain would make great progress in the Second Industrial Revolution.

Of course, because Spain itself does not have a large population, the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution will not be as great as that of Germany and the United States.

But for Spain itself, it undoubtedly brings more hope for revival.

If the hope of Spain's revival after completing reforms is only 30%, then by deepening the Second Industrial Revolution, the hope of revival can be raised to at least 60%.

What was the goal of the Spanish Renaissance?

Carlo is still unclear.

But Carlo knew that a small great power was not what he and Spain really needed. In the face of a large-scale world war, a middle- or lower-level great power often could not decide its own fate.

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