Restart Spain Sun Never Sets

A few days later, El Mundo published the government's railway tender policy.

The Spanish railways were officially divided and spread to the whole country with Madrid as the center.

The southeastern coastline cities dominated by Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Murcia, and Malaga are set as the main stations.

The northwest coastline cities dominated by A Coruña, Gijón, and Bilbao are set as the main sites.

Ourense, Leon, Zaragoza, Badajoz, Salamanca, Cordoba, and Seville are the main inland sites.

The coastline is basically connected to a line, and the French border is also formed.

Barcelona-Zaragoza-Bilbao line.

The Portuguese border formed the Ourense-Salamanca-Badajos-Sevilla-Cádiz line.

The major sites are linked to small cities in various regions, and the capital Madrid is linked to major sites.

The planned Spanish railway map looks like a large spider web is dotted with small spider webs.

Spain has newly planned a railway plan of about 19,500 kilometers, plus the original 5,000 kilometers. If the construction is completed, the total railway mileage in Spain will reach 24,500 kilometers.

This number will surpass the British and the French, ranking second in Europe and third in the world after the Germans.

To put it another way, the number one in the world at this time is the American, who is far ahead with a mileage of 125,000 kilometers.

The construction of the first north-south railway in the United States was completed, and the Chinese people contributed greatly. The railway, which was originally planned to take 14 years, was actually constructed in only 4 years with the efforts of about 15,000 Chinese workers.

It can be seen that the diligence and hard work of the Chinese are first-class in the world.

After talking about the Chinese, the Spanish railway planning has been completed since then, and the government has released various railway lines and publicly invited tenders throughout Europe.

Alfonso originally planned to use only domestic entrepreneurs, but there are countless railway tycoons in Europe in this era. If foreign capital can be attracted to invest, it is bound to greatly speed up the railway construction process.

Therefore, Alfonso deliberately set up a bidding center in the center of Madrid, and each section of the railway was placed on the exhibition stand of the bidding center.

Back then, the cowardice of British capitalists and parliamentarians was well known. In order to get a good line, big entrepreneurs bribed British parliamentarians by any means.

This kind of thing can be effectively prevented by the way of public auction.

The news of the Spanish government's efforts to encourage foreign capital to invest in railways in Spain spread throughout the European continent in just a few days.

Although the minimum standard of actual valuation makes their investment more, but the temptation to ignore manpower, land and the local government still attracts many people.

Major European capitalists poured into Madrid one after another. Although the railway has no actual management rights, the business that can get income only with money is still in the limelight.

In the Madrid Railway Tendering Center, a section of the railway has been continuously quoted, and major lines such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, and Seville have been looted.

And some capital in Spain has also begun to gather in Madrid, and there are only a handful of them that can effectively fight against the German and British consortium.

Most of the small and medium-sized capitals choose regional routes, such as the Leon region and the Ourense region. Although they are located in the inner road, the income is not as good as that of the major coastal cities, but it is a relatively safe investment.

The bidding for railway lines is in full swing, and the Spanish government has also stepped up contact with various railway designers in Europe.

And a good designer can ensure the quality of the railway, and related majors in the school are also required to participate in the study.

This is a rare practical opportunity. The arrival of major railway builders in the society can completely follow them to gain knowledge and experience.

However, in Europe in the 19th century, there were not a few professionals who built railways. As long as the starting salary was paid, there was no shortage of designers and engineers.

As for the steel needed for the railway, the four large steel plants that the Germans helped to build also began to make railroad tracks, after the Portuguese and Spaniards connected the railway.

The standard size of the rail is 1688mm, which is called the Iberian gauge.

Therefore, there is no problem in production technology, but steel production is limited after all, so importing from abroad is still essential.

In addition to the need to produce rails in the iron and steel plant, the armor of the Monarchy class warships is also in urgent production, but the technical content of the two is very different and cannot be compared, but it will have an impact on the output after all.

The technology, materials, and funding can be said to be tentatively resolved, while the most important worker problem has yet to begin.

You must know that Alfonso's goal is not as simple as 10,000 or 20,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people are the goal. Whether it is railway construction or some highly dangerous work, Alfonso has decided to replace it with Moroccans.

For example, ore mining, and later oil mining, when the technology is not enough to ensure safety, it is undoubtedly a good way to use other people's lives to fill, although it may not be the case for Moroccans.

However, the amount of labor must not cause large-scale unemployment in the society, which also needs to be controlled by the Spanish government.

At this time in the Kingdom of Morocco, when the Spanish railway construction plan was officially announced, Edmund, the ambassador to Morocco, formally proposed a diplomatic meeting with the Moroccan Sultan.

After Edmund wanted to recruit workers from Morocco to reduce the cost of building the railway, Sultan Hassan bin Mohammed agreed with little reaction.

Although Morocco is very weak at this time, it is still an independent country after all, and the temptation of the salary promised by the Spaniards is indeed very strong, which can be said to be a good thing for Mohammed.

Edmund, who was scheming, did not show the arrogant attitude of the great powers in this meeting, and tried to decorate this matter as an ordinary and equal cooperation.

The Moroccans obviously did not find the tricky. After simply signing the treaty, the Moroccan government allowed the Spaniards to recruit workers in Morocco.

Therefore, when Moroccan cities established the recruitment information of Spain, Moroccans began to sign up actively.

Even though Moroccans don't like Spaniards very much, but in terms of three times the salary, I can only say that it is really delicious.

The recruitment work went smoothly, and the number of applicants exceeded 30,000 in just a few days.

Under the arrangement of recruiting staff from various places, they began to travel to Ceuta and Melia in an orderly manner.

Under the management of the local garrison, these people slowly logged on to the transport ship heading to the other side of the strait.

What these poor Moroccans don't know is that there is no paradise waiting for them...