Chapter 122: Inspecting the Industrial Base

At the Seville Industrial Base, Carlo met the person in charge of the industrial base and the person in charge of the royal industry in the Andalusia region.

Because the scale of the royal industry is huge, in addition to Butler Loren who is in charge of the overall situation in Madrid, each region in Spain is equipped with a main person in charge.

They will regularly report to Butler Loren on the expansion of the royal industry in each region, and the corresponding income and expenditure will be reported once a month.

The person in charge of the Andalusia region is Jose Isis Golas, a tall and thin middle-aged man.

Jose Isis Golas is an orthodox Spaniard. He not only has a university degree, but also served as a manager of a bank.

However, after the establishment of the Royal United Bank, the bank where Jose Isis Golas worked went bankrupt soon. The bank was acquired by the royal family as a whole and converted into one of the branches of the Royal United Bank.

This is also the reason why the Royal United Bank expanded so quickly. While large banks expanded, many small banks often went bankrupt due to customer losses.

Royal United Bank will acquire these bankrupt banks and renovate them into new branches of Royal United Bank.

As the manager of the bankrupt bank before, Jose Isis Goras's ability was recognized by Butler Loren, and he was eventually promoted step by step to the head of the Andalusia region.

Of course, Jose Isis Goras is mainly responsible for the factories within the industrial base and the two Royal United Banks in the Andalusia region.

Other businesses are also managed by other persons in charge, and Butler Loren will not attach too much power to one person, which is the easiest to breed corruption.

Unlike Jose Isis Goras, who is tall and thin and looks like a cultured person, the person in charge of the construction of the Seville Industrial Base looks more like a military background.

But this is normal. The Seville Industrial Base is not only the first industrial base ordered to be built by Carlo since he became king, but also the first industrial base ordered to start construction by Primo since he became prime minister.

The success of the Seville Industrial Base is very important. It is not only the first step in the large-scale construction of Spanish industry, but also the first step for Prime Minister Primo to promote reforms and for Carlo to start his own rule.

In order to supervise the construction of the entire industrial base, the head of the industrial base, Leando Alesso, was drawn from the army, and the industrial base will also have a small army to protect and supervise the construction.

Being responsible for the construction of the entire industrial base is also a great credit to Leando Alesso. Although Leando Alesso is Prime Minister Primo's man, Carlo still encouraged him and said that the country and the royal family will not forget his contribution to the industrial base.

The encouragement from the king naturally made Leando Alesso excited. Although Carlo is only a young king, no one can ignore Carlo's influence in Spain so far.

As the head of the industrial base, Leando Alesso certainly knows how grateful the workers in the royal factory in the industrial base are to the king.

But this is normal. If anyone can provide jobs like those provided by the king, with less working hours and more salary, I believe these workers will be grateful to him.

To put it bluntly, the reason why these workers are grateful is not because of Carlo's status as a king, but because of the welfare benefits Carlo provides to these workers.

The overall scale of the Seville Industrial Base is not large. Carlo only took more than an hour to basically visit the entire industrial base.

Of course, during the visit to the industrial base, a team of soldiers accompanied Carlo to protect him, and the workers and other employees of the industrial base were not allowed to approach Carlo within 100 meters.

But this did not hinder the enthusiasm of the workers. Especially when they arrived around the royal factory, the workers had already gathered together, and they shouted words of gratitude to Carlo, and occasionally mixed with a cheer: "Long live His Majesty the King!"

Carlo naturally smiled and waved in response, while visiting the entire industrial base under the leadership of Jose Isis Golas and Leandro Alesso.

Although it seems calm on the surface, Carlo is actually quite satisfied and contented with the cheers of these workers.

At least this proves that Carlo's layout so far has not been in vain, and a considerable number of Spaniards have already recognized him as a king.

What Carlo has to do now is to change the people who support him from a minority to a majority, preferably to the vast majority.

As long as such a grand goal can be achieved, Carlo's layout in Spain can be considered completely completed, and in the future he can easily lead the Spanish government and the Spanish people to move forward together.

If he leads the Spaniards to recapture Gibraltar in the future, it goes without saying. Carlo will directly become one of the greatest monarchs in Spanish history, and his contribution to Spain is comparable to the merger of Castile and Aragon.

If this step of the plan can be completed, it is estimated that the Spanish people's recognition of the royal family will also turn to the recognition of the Savoy family.

Only to that extent can Carlo completely eliminate the influence of the Bourbon family's rule in Spain for more than 100 years, and let all Spaniards support the new royal family, that is, the rule of the Savoy family from the inside out.

After visiting the Seville Industrial Base, Carlo also actually inspected the transportation situation of the Seville Industrial Base.

Because the industrial base is not close to the sea, there is no river for sea transportation. This leads to the need to build a relatively complete railway environment around the Seville Industrial Base to help the industrial base transport the required mineral resources in, and at the same time transport the manufactured industrial products out for sale.

The good news is that Andalusia, as the southernmost region of Spain, its capital Seville is also relatively close to the ocean.

This makes the transportation environment of the Seville Industrial Base not so difficult. It only needs to transport industrial raw materials and industrial products to the port by rail, and it can be easily transported to various parts of Spain and even abroad by sea.

In addition, the current railway construction situation in Spain is not as bad as imagined. Although it is not as good as the railway mileage of tens of thousands of kilometers in various countries, the current railway mileage of more than 5,000 kilometers is enough for Spain.

As the capital city of the Andalusia region, Seville is naturally included in the planning of the Spanish railway loop. It is only necessary to connect the railway line to the surrounding of the industrial base, and various materials can be transported to various cities or ports on the railway loop.

In fact, there is nothing to check. The Seville Industrial Base is unlikely to have any problems. If even this industrial base, which has just been built for a few years, has problems, then the Spanish government will not have to talk about industrial construction.

Long before the construction of the industrial base began, the Spanish government invited a more professional team to plan the construction of the entire industrial base.

Anyway, the scale of the industrial base is not particularly large, and there is no need to worry about attracting the attention of other powerful countries. Such a small and medium-sized industrial base is already quite common in other powerful countries, and they also have relatively complete construction experience, which can naturally be used by the Spanish government.

In fact, Europe does have such a construction team with considerable construction experience. The transportation of materials is one of the main considerations for the construction of industrial bases, and naturally it has been taken into account when the industrial base is planned.

Including the Barcelona Industrial Base, which is currently under construction, various conditions were also taken into account before construction.

However, the Barcelona Industrial Base is close to the sea, and the transportation of materials will be more convenient than the Seville Industrial Base.

Moreover, Barcelona is larger than Seville and closer to other European countries. Except that it is too close to France and close to the sea, it is vulnerable to attacks from the sea fleet. There are no defects in other aspects.

Of course, Madrid is also suitable for building an industrial base. Madrid is located in the central part of Spain, and the transportation of materials here is relatively close to every region in Spain.

But Carlo, considering the damage of the current industry to the natural environment, still chose Barcelona as the location of the industrial base.

Madrid as the capital is also a strategic plan for Spain, which cannot be changed in a short time.

If the natural environment of Madrid is damaged too badly, or even a foggy city is created, Carlo, who needs to live around Madrid in the future, will suffer.

And Madrid has an advantage in road transportation. As a port city, Barcelona also has one of its advantages in sea transportation.

Carlo is quite satisfied with the inspection process of the Seville base. This is not only a new starting point for Spanish industry, but also the first step of the rise of Spain under Carlo's rule.

At present, the construction of the industrial base is very smooth. The major factories in the industrial base have already entered production, and several steel mills and other factories invested and built by the royal family have already been fully staffed and are working overtime.

Before the Barcelona Industrial Base is completed, the Seville Industrial Base will be one of the few "large" bases in Spain's heavy industry, providing Spain with steel and other important materials needed for industrial development.

Finally, after encouraging Leandro Alesso, the head of the industrial base, and José Isis Goras, the head of the Andalusian royal industry, Carlo took Queen Sophie and many servants and soldiers and set off on the journey back to the capital Madrid.

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