Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 72: Spain lacks people
After the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the European situation also ushered in a period of calm.

Of course, the reason the situation was calm was because the troublemaker British Empire was preoccupied with Ireland's autonomy movement.

The official name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Kingdom of Great Britain is made up of England and Scotland.

This has also led to similar problems in the UK as in Spain. Apart from the majority ethnic group, the English, the Scots and Irish do not seem to agree with the government's rule.

However, the British Empire at that time was the undisputed world hegemon and the most powerful naval power. With the glory of the Victorian era, it temporarily suppressed the independence desires of the Irish and Scottish.

When the British were facing internal problems, the French were licking their wounds after the war, and the Germans were receiving large amounts of funds to start developing industry, the golden period of development for other European countries had arrived.

More than two months passed quickly, and the main building of the electrical laboratory that Gram had been dreaming of was finally completed.

At Gram's urging, the Royal Electric Power Research Institute was successfully moved to the new main experimental building, and research on generators officially began.

When people mention direct current and alternating current in later generations, the first thing they will think of is the current war between Edison and Tesla.

But in fact, both direct current and alternating current were invented very early, but too much time was spent in the early exploration stage and they did not receive the attention of governments. As a result, the large-scale application of electricity was not realized until the end of the 19th century.

Why do you say that?
Gramm was a very outstanding person in the field of electricity. His contribution to electricity was among the top five in the 19th century.

But such talents were not valued in France. There were many talents like Gramm, including the famous Nikola Tesla more than ten years later.

The first thing Gramm decided to do after moving to the new laboratory was to build an AC generator and a DC generator respectively, and then explore how to use electrical energy from them.

Although the pioneers in this field, Faraday and Henry, had determined the principles and feasibility of manufacturing generators, the generators they manufactured were mostly used for experiments and did not demonstrate whether electrical energy could be used for practical purposes.

Gramm decided to continue the exploration of Faraday and Henry, striving to discover cheap electricity that could be actually used as soon as possible, in order to repay Carlo for his support.

Carlo actually had some knowledge about electricity, but of course, this so-called knowledge was just common sense in later generations.

It was only after hundreds of years of exploration by pioneers like Gramm that people in later generations were able to enjoy such convenient and easy-to-use electricity more than 100 years later.

Carlo even knew the accidental story of how Gramm promoted the electric power industry. At an exhibition, Gramm accidentally connected the wrong wires when installing two generators, and the electricity generated by the generators was sent back to another engine.

It was this accident that made electricity quickly put to practical use. The scientists present were ecstatic. The practical application of electricity that they had been pursuing for many years was finally achieved so easily.

The dynamo is a generator, but it can also be turned into an electric motor. This discovery made electricity quickly become one of the most important energy sources in the Second Industrial Revolution, and later changed the world.

But all this had to wait until Gram built his own generator. After all, only when he had something would he have an excuse to make his proposal. Without evidence, it was impossible to prove the rationality of such a statement. It would be better to wait until the generator was built and let Gram actually operate it, so he would know at a glance whether it was true.

The Royal Engine Company and Gram's Electric Power Laboratory were almost next to each other. It was called an engine company, but it was better to say an engine research laboratory. Both were his own companies, and Carlo would not favor one over the other, so he would naturally inspect both.

Compared to the power laboratory over there, the engine research laboratory here is much quieter.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Although Gram was the only main researcher in the power research lab, there were many technical talents who were more than enough to assist Gram.

In the engine laboratory, only Daimler, Benz and Maybach have the relevant R&D capabilities, and the discussions are also conducted by these three people.

Although these three people can be said to be among the best in the field of automobiles and engines, it is obviously impossible for them to achieve something in the field of engines with just three people.

Carlo also set his next goal, which is to recruit as many senior talents as possible for the power laboratory and to recruit middle and low-level talents for the engine laboratory.

In Carlo's mind, both laboratories should be equipped with at least 3 to 5 scientists plus dozens of technical talents with a certain knowledge reserve as assistants.

As the laboratory's research projects become more advanced, the laboratory's staffing is also growing.

That is to say, everything is still in its infancy, and it is okay to have fewer people. This also constantly reminds Carlo that Spain is still too short of relevant talents.

And it's not just the electrical and engine fields, but also the chemical industry, physics and chemistry fields and other industries. Spain needs a large number of mid- and low-end talents to fill the gaps.

Thinking of this, Carlo could no longer sit still.

Carlo called the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Kadir, and gave him a new task, which was to go to various European countries to find those impoverished scientists and technical talents and invite them to immigrate to Spain.

If large-scale immigration is allowed, it will be a burden for the current Spanish government.

The income of a large number of farmers in the country has not increased. At this time, attracting a large number of immigrants, in the eyes of the Spaniards, isn't it just stealing their jobs?

So apart from attracting a small number of workers from Italy, Carlo does not intend for the Spanish government to open immigration channels and attract a large number of immigrants.

The workers brought in from Italy performed extremely physically demanding work, which was exactly the kind of work that Spanish farmers were unwilling to do.

This will not make the Spaniards dissatisfied, after all, these jobs were not within their range of choice.

It was precisely because of the concern that immigration might cause conflicts with the Spaniards that Carlo asked Cardil to accurately find those impoverished scientists and technical talents, and to introduce a group of low- and middle-end talents that Spain urgently needs by focusing on quality over quantity, while also looking for scientists who might be won over to Spain.

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