The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Chapter 41: Cabinet meeting in a sense

In a blink of an eye, it has been a month since Alfonso came to Catalonia.

Cathay Pacific’s education industry has gradually stepped onto the right track with the development of female workers as an opportunity.

The nurseries are classified. Children under the age of 6 including 6-year-olds are sent to the primary nursery, and children aged 7-12 are sent to the senior nursery. Only the senior nursery has a teacher.

Although there are still many families who choose to keep their children at home because there is no shortage of people to take care of their children, or because they are reluctant to take care of their children.

But the trustee school gave the thinking civilians an opportunity to receive education and change their destiny, and that was enough.

To be honest, this kind of education has many shortcomings, such as difficult supervision, difficult assessment, opaque effects, and only simple language skills...

But this is indeed the lowest cost method at present, whether it is for the government or the people, and it is the most acceptable to everyone.

Alfonso and Campos have discussed this in private, and this can only be used as a temporary benefit.

If it can develop in the future, when government income is high enough and the number of teachers is large enough, compulsory education must be popularized and everyone can be sent to schools.

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On February 15, 1869, there was another party meeting. Now all the leaders of important departments have joined the Progressive Party, except for the director of the Press and Publication Administration, Huo An, and the Minister of Police Fernando (Supervisor Ugo).

Not only all the senior leaders of the Progressive Party were present, but Alfonso, Garcia and Adolfo also participated in the meeting.

Needless to say, Alfonso will accept the party conference report this month, which is considered to be fulfilling his monarchy in advance.

In a sense, a party meeting can be counted as a cabinet meeting.

Garcia is here this time for the affairs of the military committee, to report to everyone.

And Adolf is for the formation of the party army.

The most popular political issue in recent days is naturally trustee education. The Minister of Education took the lead and said:

"The trusteeship schools are developing smoothly. There are currently 210 trusteeships in the city, of which 86 are senior trustees, all of whom have been assigned to teachers, and more than 4,000 school-age children are receiving education.

The population structure of Barcelona is relatively young, with more than 40,000 children under 15 and more than 15,000 children aged 7-12.

It is estimated that in the next year, with the development of female workers, there will be more than 10,000 children educated in care centers in the city. "

Everyone smiled and nodded. The Ministry of Education was a purely marginal department before. This time it was rare for a major event to be handed over to them. Naturally, the department did their best and the efficiency exceeded everyone's expectations.

Alfonso praised: "Well, the school work will be basically completed in just 2 weeks. It is worthy of encouragement. It should be maintained in the future. In addition, we should also pay attention to the development of trusteeship education in other provinces and cities."

He did not mention the majority of the rural population. Without this condition, many tenant tenants may not even be able to pay for the trusteeship and travel expenses.

The second report is the Minister of Agriculture Fidel: "The Catalan Farm Tool Rental Company, which was established by the party with funds, has been successfully listed and can be officially opened within a week.

At present, more than 3,000 plows, 1,000 drills, and other basic farm tools have been imported from Anglo-French and Pulp, which is expected to meet the production needs of 15,000 farmers.

Two plow production lines and one other farm tool production line are planned to be laid. Professional engineers have been invited from Prussia for assistance, and they can be laid out within half a year. "

The farm tool company is a private company, so it shouldn't be put in this kind of meeting. But who made everyone present to buy shares? Everyone is more serious than just listening to matters concerning personal interests.

"15,000... is it too small?" Campos frowned and asked. He didn't understand agriculture. He only felt that 15,000 was too small compared to Catalonia's millions of agricultural population.

"In general, it is a bit small, but people's current willingness to use it is not too strong, and it is enough for the time being. After the subsequent withdrawal of funds, the inventory will be raised after the production line is laid." Fidel explained patiently in the face of the doubts of the layman. .

Seeing that everyone no longer had any doubts, Enrique hurriedly said: "The 300,000 funds given by His Highness have basically been spent. In addition to the 50,000 pounds allocated to the Ministry of Education, it is the expenses of the agricultural reclamation group and the construction of the railway.

If possible, I hope that the government will first borrow £500,000 from the Bourbon royal family, the sooner the better. "

After speaking, he looked at Alfonso hopefully, hoping that the other party could fulfill his promise.

Alfonso smiled, how could he turn back, and immediately said, "Yes, I said 1.5 million is 1.5 million, not less, but for the time being, only 500,000 pounds can be credited immediately.

The rest of the antique calligraphy and paintings must be processed in batches, otherwise the price will be greatly reduced, and the 1.5 million can be collected within a year. "

Enrique breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the money could not be cashed out and many plans would be postponed.

He had only been with him for more than a month, and he was not sure who Alfonso was, so he deliberately said 500,000 to try.

As soon as he was about to sit down, he saw someone looking at him suspiciously. After all, not everyone knew where the money was going.

He wasn't angry either. Compared with the past, money has been spent a bit faster recently.

"The £250,000 was allocated to the reclamation team for £150,000. In addition to the salary, there is also money for buying seeds and fertilizer, and a little bit has to be set aside.

After the leasing company opens, it is planned to lease a certain number of farm tools from the company, which can greatly increase the speed of cultivation.

There are still 100,000 pounds used to repair the railway. The railways between several provinces and cities and the railway to France are contracted to private companies, so I did not feel that there was too much expense before.

But for military purposes, we are building the border railway. This part of the railway is bound to lose money in the short term, and no private company is willing to contract.

We can only let state-owned enterprises come forward to repair, and there are many hills on the border between Canada and Thailand, and the cost of road repair is very high, so all the 100,000 pounds are filled in, and it is far from enough.

A considerable part of the 1.5 million pounds in the future will also be used on railways.

Of course, you don’t have to worry, you do lose money in the short term, but when the right time is right, you can make money as a national railway by connecting it with other parts of Spain. "

Enrique did not say what is the "right time", but everyone understands that it is natural to unify the country and the border railway becomes a domestic railway.

Seeing everyone finished speaking, Campos came out and concluded: "The overall development of each department is good. Apart from your efforts and the help of your Highness, it is also inseparable from the development of women workers.

Two days later, the legislative process will be initiated in the House of Nobles. The House of Commons has agreed that as long as it is passed this time, the hiring of women workers can be enforced as a law.

I believe that you all have seen the benefits of female workers and have exerted their influence. Let's make this happen together! "

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