Chapter 68 The Hope of the Second Industrial Revolution

Carlo also saw the completely different attitudes between Maybach and Daimler at this time.

Kadier had already investigated the identities of these two people before taking action.

"Mr. Daimler, if you are willing to stay in Spain to work, you and Mr. Maybach can enjoy the same treatment as Mr. Benz and own shares in the company.

I will not restrict your personal freedom. All universities in Spain are open to you. You can study and work in any university in Spain, and your family can also go to university to study.

Please believe my sincerity. In terms of automobile and engine research, I will not interfere with you in any way, but will only provide you with a steady stream of funds for research." Maybach obviously does not reject staying in Spain to work. At present, he only needs to persuade Daimler to basically form a cooperation among the three founders of Mercedes-Benz.

Carlo is also very much looking forward to the three people getting together in advance. What impact will it have on the automotive industry?

"Well, Your Majesty, I don't seem to have a choice." Dailem nodded helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "But I hope Your Majesty can follow what he said, interfere with our research, and provide us with enough research funds."

Dailem is most worried that Carlo will use his status as a king to interfere with their research, which will prevent him from conducting his own research as he pleases.

If Carlo is willing to abide by the rule of non-interference in research, working in Spain will not be so repulsive.

After all, Carlo also promised to treat their families, which is indeed attractive for a married person with children.

"Of course." Carlo smiled and nodded, and said his plan: "Considering that the three of you are all involved in the engine, I decided to set up a joint engine company and give each of you 5% of the shares to help you conduct engine research.

The annual research and development funds will not be less than 200,000 pesetas, but the patent rights of your research and development results belong to the entire company, is that okay?"

Dailem, Maybach, and Benz looked at each other and said they had no objection.

They will also own shares in the company, and they will also have a share of the company's profits. Moreover, for those engaged in research and development, how much money they make is not that important.

The research and development funds provided by Carlo every year are the best guarantee for them. Being able to continue to invest in the industry they love is more exciting than any subsequent patents and dividends.

After successfully winning over the three people, Carlo gave a look, and the servant next to him handed the three people a check for 5,000 pesetas.

This is a gift for the three people, and it is also to show Carlo's sincerity to the three people.

Although 5,000 pesetas is not much, for the three Daimler people, they can make them not so tight when they first came to Spain, and they can arrange their lives and their families calmly.

Only when life is stable can they work more easily and efficiently.

After taking the three people to the restaurant next door to enjoy a luxurious lunch, Carlo asked Kadier to take the three people to recognize the way to their new home.

The residences arranged for these scientific research talents are all single-family villas built recently, and the cost of a villa is not too high.

After all, there is no speculation on housing prices in this era. Except for the houses on the most prosperous streets in the center of Madrid, the houses near the periphery are just so-so.

There are even many houses built by the people themselves in the periphery of Madrid, some of which look like slums, so how can the housing prices be high?

Compared with buying ready-made houses, people are more willing to build their own houses, which is more cost-effective and cheaper.

Speaking of which, the government will clean up the slums in Madrid next.

Not to mention Spain, this phenomenon currently exists in all European countries.

Although the Industrial Revolution made the entire country stronger, the rich were the capitalists, factory owners, business owners, nobles and politicians. For ordinary people, especially those below the middle class, life was not much better.

Even the capitalists' exploitation of workers made the lives of ordinary people more difficult. How chaotic was Europe at that time?

The salary was divided into male workers, female workers and child workers. In order to make a living, most civilian families could only let all men, women and children go out to work.

This is also the reason why many countries, including Spain, have a high illiteracy rate.

In order to survive, these families had to let their children go to factories and other places to work. If they were allowed to go to school, even if it was a free school, it would reduce the original family's income, which would make the situation even worse.

Europeans look glamorous, but those who are glamorous are only the middle class and above.

The real civilians did not live better than other places. The oppression and exploitation of capitalists and factory owners was like a heavy mountain for all civilians in Europe, which made people unable to breathe.

This is also the reason why Carlo has not paid attention to the progress of literacy. If the income of Spaniards cannot be effectively increased, the illiteracy rate of Spaniards will not be reduced.

Only when the per capita annual income of Spaniards gradually catches up with the level of other European countries, there is hope to make greater progress in illiteracy rate.

After successfully winning over Gram and other four people, Carlo was in a very good mood.

Driven by his good mood, Carlo also paid close attention to the founding of the Royal Electric Power Research Institute and the United Engine Company.

Needless to say, electricity is one of the most important cores of the Second Industrial Revolution. And the engine, that is, the internal combustion engine, is another core of the Second Industrial Revolution.

If electricity and engines are done well, it means that Spain will make great progress in the Second Industrial Revolution.

Of course, because Spain itself has a small population, the improvement of the Second Industrial Revolution will not be as great as that of Germany and the United States.

But for Spain itself, it is undoubtedly a little more hope for revival.

If the hope of revival of Spain after the reform is only 30%, then by deepening the Second Industrial Revolution, the hope of revival can be increased to at least 60%.

What is the goal of Spain's revival?

Carlo is not clear at present.

But Carlo knows that a small great power is not what he and Spain really need. In the face of a large-scale world war, a middle-low-level great power often cannot determine its own destiny.

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