Chapter 123 1876-1877 Summary

Unlike Cuba’s huge loss of blacks, Guantanamo in the far south has accepted batches of rich people who came to take refuge from the United States.

Guantanamo’s customs industry and gambling industry can be said to have been greatly stimulated in an instant.

Everyone who has been to Guantanamo now knows that the Spanish royal family has begun to build a large-scale casino in the city center.

The king has set an example, and there is no reason for the people not to follow suit. Casinos and custom shops of all kinds are opened in the streets and alleys of Guantanamo.

Although the various gameplays are still relatively immature compared to later generations, they can still make these American rich people linger.

Coupled with the tax-free policy, there is a steady stream of industries here, although these people can avoid paying taxes to the Spanish government.

But the purse still couldn’t escape the young lady who smiled and solicited customers, and she willingly emptied the small purse under her rhetoric.

The Spanish government only collects this part of the tax, and even in order to ensure that there is no tax evasion and evasion, the number of people in charge of the affairs is still exceeded.

In the era of no information, it is impossible to collect taxes, and we can only hope that these bosses are patriotic enough and law-abiding enough.

Guantanamo’s opportunity has come.

In Spain, although the affairs of the United States occupied a lot of Alfonso’s energy, the annual summary meeting officially started today.

1876-1877 was the first year after Alfonso came to power. In just one year, the whole of Spain can be considered to have changed a lot.

Schools are being built vigorously all over Spain, and compulsory education has begun to be carried out. The total population of Spain is 16.5 million, and the literacy rate is only a pitiful 30%.

Compulsory education is an urgent matter, and the general quality of the people is completely inferior to that of the great powers such as Britain, France and Germany.

Germany 70%. France 55%. UK 45%. Italy 32%. Spain 30%. Austria-Hungary 25%. Russia 10%

The literacy rate of Spaniards does not seem to be low, but the population base is at an absolute disadvantage in other countries, and the intellectuals in the territory are completely lower than those in European countries.

In 1877, Spain’s population was only 16.6 million, an increase of about 100,000 compared with the previous year.

Among the most populous countries in Europe, Russia has 77.3 million, Germany 41.81 million, Austria-Hungary 40.25 million, France 38.5 million, the United Kingdom 33.66 million, Italy 28.97 million, and Spain 16.6 million.

If the total population is multiplied by the literacy rate, the literate population of Spaniards ranks last in Europe, and there is still a big gap between the basic talents and the European powers.

And this is also an issue that Alfonso is more concerned about. The total number of Spaniards cannot be mentioned, and he is simply willing to be caused by the fact that Spain’s economy has not developed.

The people have no extra money to feed the extra children, and the total population will naturally not grow, and the Spanish government’s financial situation does not allow the government to carry out a policy of encouraging fertility.

The current calculation is only to vigorously develop domestic industry and commerce, and increase employment to stimulate population fertility.

People have spare money in their hands, so they will naturally consider having more children. Unlike the high-pressure elite policy of later generations, in this period, apart from food, clothing, and housing, there is no external pressure that restricts people’s fertility.

The Spanish economy has also returned to the level before the Carlos War this year.

Britain does not count India 195.5 billion, France 139.3 billion, Germany 133 billion, Russia 109.8 billion, Austria-Hungary 102.2 billion, Italy 78.6 billion, Spain 41.2 billion.

Perhaps in addition to Russia and Austria-Hungary, the per capita is lower than that of Spain, and Spain is basically at the bottom.

In terms of population and economic aggregate, Spain is at the bottom of Europe. Of course, this is not only compared with European powers. Besides Europe, only the United States can appear in this list.

For example, countries such as big countries or India, although the total GDP ranks first in the world, but they have not exerted the strength of this economic aggregate, so they are not included in it.

The Spanish army, although the army has the title of the strongest army in Europe, but the reputation of the most advanced army has come out.

All kinds of advanced weapons and equipment have emerged in an endless stream, so that Spain’s small army is not inferior to the other countries, not to mention the Castile-class battleships that have just been launched.

It is the world’s first super warship.

Therefore, although Spain is still at a disadvantage in terms of total population and economic aggregate, no one has questioned Spain’s status in the short term.

The Spanish Navy’s tonnage is not outstanding on paper, but it includes 4 Castile-class ships, and the rest are just some small frigates, with a total tonnage of 81,000 tons.

Beyond the 76,000 tons of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it ranks seventh in the world, and the gap between the German Navy, which is the third tonnage in the world, is only 40,000 tons.

Although the tonnage cannot exceed Russia, the United States, Italy, Germany and other countries, but because of the removal of a large number of old-fashioned warships, plus 4 Castile-class, the actual strength is not really weaker than them.

Therefore, the strength of the Spanish navy is still an existence that cannot be underestimated, and it is precisely because of this that Spain is qualified to continue to be the same as the first half of the century.

Continue to make waves with the British without being despised as clowns.

The naval strength of Britain and France still dwarfs the world.

500,000 tons in the UK and 350,000 tons in France.

France’s 370,000-ton capacity includes a 45,000-ton fleet led by a Castile-class warship purchased from Spain.

The total number of British fleets barely exceeds that of France and Germany combined, although the concept of a two-power standard has not been developed by the British of this period.

But its powerful navy still passively fulfilled this standard.

In general, although the Spaniards are at a disadvantage in terms of population and economy, they still maintain their status as great powers by virtue of their advanced navy and army.

Rather than as in history, after the Carlos War, Spain’s status as a great power declined directly to the second power.

A big country so conspicuous on the European map was forced to become a spectator on the European stage, just like the Netherlands and Portugal.

Although Alfonso XII in the original history was angry and revived, the war between the homeland and the colonies still exposed the fact that the Spanish army was too weak.

However, after Alfonso’s changes, the Army, after modernized training, completely matched the standards of the infantry in World War I, even if it was just a hasty training.

You can still look down on the countries that are still lining up to be shot.

In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the anti-dumpers were called the world’s No. 1 army in turn, but in the war they still queued up to shoot this ancient tactic~www.readmtl.com~ The Spanish army who can dig trenches and can fire machine guns, hit them In fact, the difficulty is not too great. The most fundamental reason is that the two countries have too much prestige, and Spain is still difficult to match for the time being.

The Russians, who are known as European road rollers, are even more tactical in a crowd of people who line up to be shot. They have fought back and forth with the Ottomans…

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