Chapter 31 Undercurrent

Primo, who received Carlo's full support, was full of confidence, and stayed up late to work overtime that night to change his reform plan.

Since capitalists and the church are destined to be enemies of the Spanish government, there is no need to consider their opinions when reforming.

On January 3, 1870, the Spanish government applied to the parliament for an additional military expenditure, which was approved by the parliament and Carlo.

At this time, Primo still held the majority of seats in the parliament, and such a process was really just a simple process.

After receiving this additional military expenditure, Primo immediately sent a diplomatic team to purchase weapons and cannons abroad.

In Primo's plan, the Krupp cannon, which had experienced the test of the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War, was the first choice of the Spanish army.

However, considering that Prussia was experiencing a war with France, Primo also had an alternative plan, that is, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Italy.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Italian army was not very good, Italy still had certain research and development capabilities in weapons and equipment.

If it was impossible to buy the most advanced cannons from Krupp, buying a batch of substitutes from Italy would be barely enough.

On January 11, 1870, the Spanish Sun reported a news story about a factory that had been exploiting workers for a long time and withholding their wages.

Such reports are very common in today's Spanish society and did not attract the attention of the Spanish at first.

But soon after, a large number of newspapers in Madrid also published similar news, and most of the reports came from the original factory.

Soon, the continuous reports attracted the attention of the citizens of Madrid.

The workers who suffered greatly also began to speak out and demanded that the government ensure that all Spanish workers' wages could be paid on time.

After successfully attracting the attention of the Spaniards, on January 15, a member of the House of Representatives of a liberal party submitted a document of the "Draft of the Spanish Labor Law" to the parliament, requiring the parliament to formulate relevant legal bills to ensure that workers can get the wages and treatment they deserve.

This document can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves, and immediately aroused strong discussion in the parliament.

Of course, because Primo controlled the majority of seats in the parliament, the "Draft of the Spanish Labor Law" finally won the majority of votes in favor.

On January 16, 1870, the Spanish government issued a document on the "Spanish Enterprise Management Regulations", announcing that all enterprises and factories in Spain would be subject to preliminary control in accordance with the labor law.

This decree caused cheers from all workers and workers around Madrid, which also meant that the government valued their opinions.

But it was not so good for factory owners and capitalists in Madrid and even all of Spain. According to the decree issued by the government, they must pay workers and laborers' wages on a weekly basis, and those who owe wages will be punished by the Spanish government.

This has never happened in Spain before. Although paying full wages will not cause these enterprises and factories to lose money, for capitalists, it is definitely better to earn more than less.

Isn't this government decree just taking money out of their pockets? Or giving money to those useless workers.

The capitalists who were blocked from making money were unwilling to do it, intending to incite workers to launch a march and demand that the government cancel the decree that had just been issued.

But the workers are not stupid. The decree issued by the government was clearly for their benefit, so how could they stand up against the government that supported them?

Seeing that they could not encourage workers to launch a march, the capitalists finally panicked. They gathered one after another and tried to save the situation in other ways.

On January 18, in a factory in Madrid.

"Daniel, what should I do? If I really pay salaries once a week as the government said, won't my factory go bankrupt?" The owner of the factory, Gillen, was sitting in the office with a painful look on his face, next to his friend, Daniel, who was also a factory owner.

"Don't worry, man. It's not just you and me who have to pay salaries." Daniel smiled and didn't seem to be panicked at all.

"Damn, do you have any good ideas? Daniel. I don't want to pay salaries to those damn workers every week. That's my money, my money!" Gillen looked at his friend. He usually has a lot of tricks.

"Don't worry, man." Daniel's smile did not fade at all, and he looked confident: "Think about it, do we just need to pay salaries? No, it's all factory owners in Spain, how many people does that mean?

You don't want to pay salaries, and I don't want to pay salaries, so are they willing to pay salaries for those workers?

Just watch, if our Majesty Carlo forgets who put him on the throne, we don't mind changing the master of Spain."

"Oh, damn, is your way to rebel?" Gillen was stunned for a moment, looking at Daniel in disbelief.

"Why not, my friend. If we can get Isabel off the throne, we can also get Carlo off the throne. Spain should be ruled by capital, and we are the masters of this country, right?" Daniel smiled and nodded, not caring about his friend's surprised eyes.

"Damn it, that's it." When he thought about paying the workers' salaries every week, Gillen's rational mind went completely crazy. He nodded and agreed with Daniel, and then said angrily: "Whoever wants to take my money from my wallet will be my enemy, and God is no exception."

"Good job, man." Daniel laughed even louder: "Watch carefully, Primo and Carlo will regret it, because they offended the real master of this country."

It's not just Madrid that is surging, but also Catalonia and the Basque region.

The Carlos faction that has troubled Spain for decades is hiding in Catalonia, and is ready to walk into Madrid and ascend the throne of Spain at any time.

The current ruler of the Carlists, "Carlos VII", who claims to be the King of Spain, smiled at this time, with a look of impatience: "Thank God, I finally got the chance. The damn Primo gave up supporting the Bourbon, he and the fake king Carlo should be pushed to the guillotine!"

"Your Majesty, the Catalan army is willing to go to Madrid for you at any time. There is only one king of Spain, and that is King Carlos VII of the great Bourbon family!" The subordinates next to him also flattered him in time, and said to "Carlos VII" with a flattering face.

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