MTL - Restart Spain-Chapter 30 Railway network planning

A few days later, the Spanish newspaper Le Monde published the government's railway bidding policy.

The Spanish railways officially began to be 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 sites.

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

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

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

The Barcelona-Zaragoza-Bilbao line.

The Portuguese border forms the Ourense-Salamanca-Badajos-Seville-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.

One more word, at this time, the number one in the world is the American, and the American is far ahead with the 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 for 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 has a display stand of the bidding center.

Back then, it was well known that the British capitalists and parliamentarians were stubborn. In order to get a good position, the big entrepreneurs bribed the British parliamentarians by any means.

This kind of thing can be effectively prevented by means 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.

At 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 already been looted.

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

Most of the small and medium-sized capitals choose regional routes, such as the Leon area and the Ourense area. 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 railway designers in Europe. This time the expansion of nearly 100 large and small lines,

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 society can completely follow them to gain knowledge and experience.

However, in 19th century Europe, 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 mills that the Germans helped to build also began to make railroad tracks with all their strength, after the Portuguese and the Spaniards connected the railway.

The standard size of the railway track 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 production of rails in the 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 have been initially resolved, but the most important worker problem has not yet begun.

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 jobs, Alfonso has decided to replace it with Moroccans.

For example, ore mining, and subsequent oil mining, when the technology is not enough to ensure safety~www.novelbuddy.com~ It is undoubtedly a good way to fill in with other people's lives, 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 without much reaction.

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

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

The Moroccans obviously did not find the tricks. 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.

Don't look at the fact that Moroccans don't like Spaniards very much, but in terms of three times the salary, they can only say that they are 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 go 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 what awaits them is not the advertised paradise...

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