In the blink of an eye, Alfonso has been in Catalonia for a month.

Catalan's education industry is gradually on the right track with the development of women workers.

Childcare centers are graded, with children under the age of 6 being sent to primary childcare centers, and children between the ages of 7 and 12 being sent to senior childcare centers, and only senior childcare centers have teachers.

Although there are still many families who choose to keep their children at home because there is no shortage of people to take care of their children, or they are reluctant to pay for childcare.

But the school of the trusteeship gives civilians with ideas a chance to receive education and change their fate, and that is enough.

Speaking from the heart, this kind of education method has many shortcomings, such as difficulty in supervision, difficulty in assessment, opaque effect, and only simple language and mathematics......

But this is really the least costly way at the moment, both for the government and the people, and it is the most acceptable for everyone.

Alfonso and Campos discussed it privately, and this could only be done as a temporary measure.

If it can develop in the future, when the government income is high enough and the number of teachers is large enough, it is still necessary to popularize compulsory education and send everyone to school.

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On February 15, 1869, another party meeting was held, and now the leaders of all the important departments had joined the Progressive Party, except for the director of the Press and Publication Administration, Joan, and the secretary of police, Fernando (Hugo's boss).

Not only were all the top Progressive Party members present, but Alfonso, Garcia and Adolf were also present at the meeting.

Needless to say, Alfonso will accept the report of the party meeting this month, which can be regarded as fulfilling his monarchical rights in advance.

In a sense, an intra-party meeting can be counted as a cabinet meeting.

Garcia is here this time for the military council business, to report to everyone.

And Adolf was for the matter of forming a party army.

The hottest political issue in the recent limelight is naturally the education of the trusteeship, and the Minister of Education took the lead in saying:

"There are currently 210 schools in the city, including 86 senior ones, all of which have teachers, and more than 4,000 school-age children are being educated.

Barcelona has a relatively young population, with more than 40,000 children under the age of 15 and more than 15,000 children between the ages of 7 and 12.

It is estimated that in the next year, more than 10,000 children will be educated in the city's nursery with the development of female workers. ”

Everyone smiled and nodded, the Ministry of Education used to be a pure marginal department, and this time it was rare to have a major event handed over to them, and the department was naturally dedicated to its efforts and the efficiency exceeded everyone's expectations.

Alfonso praised: "Well, the school work has been basically completed in just two weeks, which is worth encouraging, and it should be maintained in the future, in addition to paying attention to the development of education in the trusteeship schools in other provincial cities." ”

He did not mention the rural population, which made up the majority of the population, without which many tenants might not even be able to afford to pay for the custody and travel.

The second report was given by the Minister of Agriculture Fidel: "The Catalan farm tool rental company set up by the party has been successfully listed and can be officially opened within a week."

At present, more than 3,000 plows, 1,000 seed drills, and a number of other basic agricultural tools have been imported from Britain, France and Prussia, which are expected to meet the production needs of 15,000 farmers.

It is planned to lay two plow production lines and one for each other agricultural tool production line, and professional engineers have been invited from Prussia to assist, and all of them can be laid within six months. ”

The farm tool company is a private company, and it stands to reason that it should not be put in this kind of meeting, but who let the basic people present have all the shares, and everyone listens more seriously than just now.

"15,000...... Is it too little? Campos asked with a frown, he didn't know much about agriculture, but he felt that 15,000 was too small compared to the millions of agricultural people in Catalonia.

"Overall, it is a bit less, but people's current willingness to use it is not too strong, and it is enough for the time being. Fidel patiently explained in the face of the layman's doubts.

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Seeing that everyone no longer had any doubts, Enrique hurriedly said: "The 300,000 funds given by His Royal Highness have basically been spent, in addition to the 50,000 pounds allocated to the Ministry of Education, it is the cost of the agricultural reclamation group and the cost of building the railway.

If I could, I would like the government to borrow £500,000 from the Bourbon family first, as soon as possible. ”

After saying that, he looked at Alfonso hopefully, expecting the other party to make good on his promise.

Alfonso smiled, how could he go back on his word, and immediately said, "Yes, I said that 1.5 million is 1.5 million, it will not be less, but for the time being, it can only be 500,000 pounds immediately."

The rest of the antique calligraphy and paintings must be processed in batches, otherwise the price will be greatly reduced, and the 1.5 million can be completed within a year. ”

Enrique breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the money would not be cashed in, and many plans would have to be postponed.

After only getting along for more than 1 month, he couldn't quite be sure of Alfonso's personality, so he deliberately said 500,000 to test it.

He was just about to sit down when he saw someone look at him suspiciously, after all, not everyone understood where the money went.

He is not angry, and the money has been spent a little faster than in the past.

"The £250,000 was allocated to the reclamation group £150,000, and in addition to the salary, there was also money for seeds and fertiliser, which had to be set aside a little.

After the leasing company opens, it plans to lease a certain number of farm tools from the company, which can greatly improve the speed of reclamation.

There was also £100,000 to build the railway, the railway between several provincial towns and the railway to France, which was contracted to be built by a private company, so I didn't feel that there was too much money to spend on it.

But for military purposes, we are building a border railway, which is bound to lose money in the short term, and no private company is willing to contract.

We can only ask state-owned enterprises to come forward to repair it, and there are many hills on the Catalan border, and the cost of road construction is very high, so all the 100,000 pounds are filled in, and it is far from enough.

A significant portion of the next £1.5 million will also be spent on railways.

Of course, you don't have to worry, you will lose money in the short term, but when the time comes, you can connect it with the rest of Spain and make money as a national railway. ”

What is the "right time", Enrique did not say, but everyone understands that it is natural that it will be the time to unify the whole country and the border railway will become a domestic railway.

Seeing that everyone had finished speaking, Campos came out and concluded: "The overall development of all departments is good, in addition to everyone's efforts and the help of His Highness, it is also inseparable from the development of women workers.

Two days later, the legislative process was to be initiated in the House of Nobles, where it had been agreed that the employment of women would be made mandatory by law as long as it was passed.

I believe that all of you have seen the benefits of female workers and exerted their influence, and we have done it together! ”