Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 92: The Vision of University (Please subscribe!)

Looking at the demonstration device of the generator and motor that he made with his own hands, Gram couldn't help but shed tears.

As an explorer in the electricity industry, Gramm devoted his entire life to electricity experiments, always thinking about whether his electricity research would be fruitful.

The results have already been achieved, but they were only possible because of Carlo's few words, which also made Gram feel a lot of emotion.

"Your Majesty, you are a true hero of the electric power industry. If electricity is fortunate enough to be adopted by countries all over the world, you will play a vital role in human progress and world development." Grampo said to Carlo with some emotion.

"No, this is not my work." Carlo shook his head and gave the credit to Gram and a group of electrical researchers: "This is the result of your hard work. I just provided an idea.

If it weren't for your long-term research on the power industry and the creation of generators that can be used for experiments, my ideas would remain just ideas.

Mr. Graham, all the researchers involved in this experiment, you are the heroes of human progress.

To celebrate the new achievements in electrical experiments, I will prepare a celebratory party for you, and each of you will receive a check from the Royal Bank.

Gentlemen, please keep up the good work. I will not let you down, and Spain will not forget your contribution! "

Carlo's speech won the favor of everyone in the laboratory. Apart from anything else, the number on the check represented real money, and even these laboratory staff whose salaries had already increased significantly were reluctant to refuse it.

What's more, they had no reason to refuse. Carlo had already attributed all the credit to them, and they had become the heroes of Spain.

As for these experimenters, Carlo still adopted the method of winning their hearts and minds.

After all, they came all the way from France to Spain, and Carlo would not treat these researchers who were willing to become Spanish citizens unfairly.

After encouraging the researchers in the power laboratory again, Carlo walked out of the power laboratory with great satisfaction and went to the engine research laboratory next door to check the progress.

Since we have already come to the experimental area for inspection, we might as well visit both laboratories. This will also allow us to see the progress of Benz and his team's experiments on the engine.

The engine laboratory is much quieter than the power laboratory. After all, all the employees combined only account for less than one-sixth of the number there.

However, Benz, Daimler and Maybach, who worked in the engine laboratory, all became famous figures in later generations, and Carlo's expectations for the engine laboratory were no less than those for the power laboratory.

After all, engines have a wide range of uses. In addition to common transportation tools such as airplanes and cars, they can also be used in agricultural machinery such as tractors and military weapons such as fighter jets and tanks.

If the engine is well researched, it will be of great help to both the civilian and military fields in the future. Although Carlo did not expect Benz and his team to develop a particularly powerful engine, as long as they could maintain a certain lead in the current engine research field of various countries in the world, or remain in the top three, Carlo's expectations would be met.

Anyway, there will be more talents in the engine field in the future, and it won’t be too late to recruit them one by one then.

Current engines, like electricity, are in their infancy. Even famous engine developers like Diesel are only in their teens.

Going straight to the engine laboratory, Benz and the other two quickly noticed Carlo.

"Your Majesty!" Several people saluted, unable to hide the surprise on their faces.

"The electrical power laboratory has achieved some results, so I came to take a look at your research." Carlo said with a smile.

Hearing Carlo's words, Benz and others immediately felt a sense of urgency. The construction time of the power laboratory and the engine laboratory was the same, and they and Gram and others came to Spain only a few days apart.

But during these few days, the electrical laboratory has achieved results that are enough to alarm Carlo.

Their engine laboratory is still in the midst of intensive research and design, and is clearly far behind the power laboratory.

"Your Majesty, our four-stroke engine is already in the process of design and testing. We expect that related finished products will be put into testing within two years, and relatively complete four-stroke engines will begin testing within five years." Benz hurriedly reported on the progress of the engine laboratory.

"Four-stroke engine?" Carlo inquired.

"Yes, a four-stroke engine will consist of four piston strokes, namely intake stroke, compression stroke, power stroke and exhaust stroke.

In our imagination, if such a four-stroke engine can be realized, the thermal efficiency will be increased from 11% of the atmospheric pressure engine to more than 13%, and the mass and volume of the engine can be effectively reduced.

If such an engine is realized, perhaps we can explore related vehicle improvements based on such an engine." Daimler went on to introduce.

Speaking of four-stroke engines, this is something that Daimler and Maybach have already started researching in Germany.

The so-called thermal efficiency is also easy to understand. It can be regarded as the ratio of the power output of the engine to the fuel input.

The thermal efficiency of the current common atmospheric pressure engine is only 11%, which means that about 89% of the fuel will be wasted, which is quite exaggerated.

Another problem is that the size of the atmospheric pressure engine is not suitable for installation on a carriage for vehicle modification.

If an atmospheric pressure engine is used, the vehicle will be too large. Because of its large size, the vehicle will not only look bulky, but also be quite bulky in motion.

Such a bulky vehicle is no match for a horse-drawn carriage, which is why a large number of factories are exploring engine improvements.

The engine is the heart of a vehicle, and its advancement is related to the advancement of the vehicle. If there is any problem with the engine, it is like a heart attack in a person, which is fatal to the vehicle.

Carlo nodded, but was somewhat dissatisfied with the progress of the engine laboratory.

It takes two years for a finished product to enter the laboratory, and five years for a perfect experimental product to be tested. Doesn't this mean that it will take at least five years for a four-stroke engine to be perfected and put into use?

"Isn't this time too long? Can we shorten the time a little bit so that we can see the finished product of the four-stroke engine earlier?" Carlo frowned and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to compress the time. It's just that the laboratory is seriously short of manpower. Most of the design and testing needs to be done by us, and at least half of the entire R&D cycle is wasted.

If there are enough people available, I am confident that within three years, His Majesty will be able to see the finished product of the four-stroke engine, and it will be a product that has been tested, stable and applicable. " Daimler said helplessly. If it was the previous German company, although they were also responsible for the specific research and development, at least they had enough available people.

Unlike now in Spain, although the specific treatment is indeed impeccable, there are too few people available under your command.

The dozen or twenty people that Carlo tried his best to put together knew very little about engines, and they needed some time to learn and grow.

During this period, the research on four-stroke engines was almost entirely carried out personally by Benz and three others.

It is difficult for three people to develop a complete four-stroke engine, not to mention compressing the time cost, which is even more difficult.

Carlo nodded. He also knew about the current shortage of staff in the engine laboratory.

"As for the manpower issue, I will find a way to solve it. At least within two years, the number of people in the engine laboratory will be increased to more than 100. I will also invite technical experts in engines from all over Europe to try to get our four-stroke engine to the market earlier." Carlo comforted him.

Although the engine field is still in its infancy, this does not mean that there will be a shortage of engine-related talents around the world.

Apart from anything else, the very generous immigration conditions can still attract hundreds of relevant talents, but the quality is definitely not as high as Benz and the other three.

However, the current engine laboratory does not really need highly capable people. Someone with an upper-middle level who can help out is enough.

Benz and the other three have been tested in history. If they are not the top talents in the field of automobiles and engines, they are definitely above excellent talents.

Moreover, the four-stroke engine was originally researched by them, but it was only at Otto. Now that they have come to Spain, with Carlo's stronger support, I believe they will develop the four-stroke engine earlier than the original world, and manufacture experimental vehicles based on the developed engine.

Benz and others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Carlo promise to increase the number of researchers in the engine laboratory to more than 100 within two years.

Some experiments really cannot be carried out with just a few people. With collective wisdom, the feasibility of the experiment will be greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Carlo couldn't help but feel a headache.

It now seems that there is a huge gap between Spain and Italy.

Although Italy's overall level is not very good, the industry and economy of northern Italy are relatively good, and the Kingdom of Sardinia originally attached great importance to the cultivation of talents.

Although Italy does not have as rich a talent pool as Britain, France and Germany, it has more than enough upper-middle-level talent.

Spain is already lagging far behind in this regard. Not only is there a shortage of top talent in Spain, but even the backbone of the laboratories is also very scarce.

It’s not enough that there are not many physics and chemistry majors in Spanish universities. Most of them are just for show, and it is difficult to cultivate sufficiently good physics and chemistry talents.

After leaving the experimental area, Carlo went straight to the palace.

In order to improve the lack of talent in Spain, Carlo decided to build a university dedicated to training talents in physics and chemistry.

Carlo had already thought of the name of the university, which was the Royal Institute of Physical Chemistry. The name gave you an idea of ​​what the focus of the university was.

In order to express his importance to this university specializing in physics and chemistry, Carlo decided that all outstanding physics and chemistry talents recruited by Spain in the future will teach at this university, and strive to cultivate more potential new stars in physics and chemistry for Spain.

After informing Butler Loren of this idea, Butler Loren also agreed and gave his own reasons: "I think it is necessary to build such a university, Your Majesty.

The word "Royal" can also let the outstanding graduates trained by this university know who they should work for and serve. "

"Do we have enough funds? If we want to build such a university, when can we start recruiting students at the earliest?" Carlo nodded, and became more determined to build a university.

However, it still takes a long time to build a university from scratch. Whether it is school facilities, especially the construction of laboratories for experiments, or the purchase of teaching materials, the introduction of some famous university teachers and professors is very important.

Without good teachers, it would be difficult for such a university to produce graduates of sufficient quality. In order to attract sufficiently excellent physicists and chemists from all over the world, funding is indispensable, and even some additional conditions must be promised.

"It should be no problem." Butler Loren nodded. He knew how much money the royal family currently had. "If we want to build a university from scratch, it will probably take at least three years before we can start enrolling students.

However, if the reconstruction is carried out in a more suitable building and only relevant laboratories are built, the time cost should be shortened to a certain extent.

However, if you want to build a university that can continuously cultivate talents, it is essential to spend a certain amount of time.

I estimate that it will take at least 2 to 3 years to build the university, and the total amount of money we need to spend will be at least 1000 million pesetas." Butler Loren replied.

Carlo nodded, not surprised by the huge amount of money.

In fact, building a university itself does not cost much money. The biggest cost is setting up laboratories and purchasing teaching materials and experimental equipment.

The biggest expense is to introduce university teachers and professors, so that they are willing to train enough outstanding talents for Spain.

However, as the college develops and gains a certain degree of international fame, it will attract more people to apply to the college.

Even if it cannot maintain a balance between income and expenditure, it is very important to have a university that can continuously cultivate outstanding talents.

It’s not that Carlo doesn’t trust the universities in Spain, the problem is that their own majors are not of much use to Spain.

Several universities are famous for literature and art. Why does Spain need so many people engaged in literature and art nowadays?
At present, physics and chemistry are the top priorities in universities, and medical care is also very important. The next is education, which can train more excellent teachers and in turn train more students to apply for university in Spain.

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