The Sun Never Sets In Spain - Chapter 197

Ricardo didn’t dare to disobey Robert’s wishes, and gloomily found a job laying stones at a nearby construction site.

While working, Robert found that there were more than one or two people who wanted to go to Guinea, and everyone was basically discussing this matter.

After all, this is a very rare opportunity to rise, and the most important thing is that the requirements are not high, as long as you are between 16 and 45 years old, and you have no obvious diseases, and there are no requirements for gender and origin.

Finding a chance to talk, Ricardo ran to Robert’s side for the fourth time and whispered:

“This time, 2,000 people will be recruited, and there will be no more if it is too late.

With your prestige, Kasapa, David and the others will definitely follow.

We will open up the manor together, and you will be the owner of the manor.

Please, Robert, I don’t want to lay stones here all my life. ”

“Alas.” Robert did not rush people as before, but sighed heavily:

“The mortality rate in Africa is even higher than the battlefield in Italy. We finally escaped from Naples to go to another more dangerous place?

And we still have a chance to go home when we stay in Madrid. If we go to Africa, we will never be able to come back. Just think about it! ”

When he said this, Robert showed hesitation. Like many people who saw the announcement, he was struggling between ideals and reality.

…class jump…preserving lives…

“This is different!” Ricardo said decisively: “We won’t get anything but disability to help the king in the war, but we have a chance to get everything when we go to Africa!

Spain is already a long way from Naples, don’t care a little further! ”

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On the other hand, Alfonso has already received Campos’ work report, and the people’s enthusiasm for adventure is much stronger than he imagined.

In just two days, the number of registrations reached 700. According to this trend, the number of people can be filled within a week.

“Good job.” Alfonso said sincerely.

Colonization is arguably the most dangerous job these days. Except for North Africa and South Africa, the average mortality rate for the rest of Africa is about 55%.

The death rate is higher than that of the Franco-Prussian battlefield.

To be able to recruit so many people in a short period of time, Campos’ work ability is worthy of recognition.

“Haha.” Campos laughed: “It was His Majesty’s wise rule that led the people to be grateful and willing to die for the country!”

Alfonso shook his head. He didn’t know about others. Most of the people who wanted to go to Africa were definitely not very good. It was hard to say how much they had feelings for him as a king.

Seeing that the king was so concerned with colonial affairs, Campos even praised him for a rare moment. After thinking about it, he pursued the victory and said, “Your Majesty, I have a proposal. We can exile all the prisoners to Guinea, which has no cost and no source. lack!”

Most of the current Spanish prisoners are from the civil war and the Cuban anti-insurgency war. Some of them are weaving cloth, while others are building roads.

If Alfonso hadn’t been so serious, Campos would not have given up these free labor.

He thought he could get the king’s approval, but he didn’t expect Alfonso to reject him without even thinking about it.

“No, future prisoners can do this, but the previous prisoners are basically all prisoners, and the felons have been killed.

We have a promise that hard work can reduce the sentence, how can we send them directly to Africa.

In particular, the government should pay attention to commitments, and this matter should not be mentioned again. ”

After rejecting Campos’ immoral proposal, Alfonso talked about the purpose of calling him here this time.

“We are going to set up a “Colonial Ministry” to manage overseas affairs in a coordinated way, lest you, a prime minister, be busy with this and that, and you won’t be able to manage it.”

After much deliberation, Alfonso felt that it was necessary for the Colonial Department to do something about it.

Although no one dared to mention it in front of him, he also knew that most people had quite a problem with his investment in Black Africa.

This time, only 2,000 people were recruited to test the water, or to supplement the original colony, so the resistance can be ignored.

But to develop new colonies in the future, it will cost tens of millions of pounds. Rather than confronting government officials, it is better to cultivate a group of forces interested in overseas development as soon as possible.

At present, Britain and France have similar institutions, but Spain does not.

The reason is that Spain has lost its motivation to establish a colonial ministry because of the accustomed to the governor system and the fact that there are not many colonies in Africa.

The treatment of Africa is very different from the treatment of the Americas. The Americas are relatively developed, and there is a strong America on the other side. High-pressure rule will only bring about continuous wars of independence, so Alfonso can tolerate them self-government and statehood.

Africa does not work. Except for North Africa, which needs to be localized, the population base of other places is already quite large. The most important thing is not to develop, but to feed itself back through colonies. The degree of autonomy must be controlled.

“The Colonial Department… manages overseas affairs, what about Cuba and the Philippines? Also under the Colonial Department?”

“No, apart from Cuba, the Philippines and North Africa, the first two have their own governments, and there are not many things to worry about domestically. North Africa is not a colony.” Alfonso said lightly.

Campos nodded, and after saying this, he understood that it was nothing more than managing the African territory as a province by province, and the Colonial Department was their central government.

Alfonso continued: “At present, the only colonies in Africa are Equatorial Guinea and a few small islands, and the officials there are all included in the colonial ministry.

In addition, recruit some people from the nobles, like the Count Alonso of the Gusmao family, I remember he just graduated from Compston University.

The department’s headquarters is right there, um… I remember 11 Princess Street was still vacant. ”

For the first batch of the main officials of the Colonial Department, Alfonso plans to appoint all the children of the great nobles, and find some civilian officials to help them.

There is no way, adventurers can be born from commoners, but those who can deliver colonists on a large scale have to be big nobles.

To this end, Alfonso even intends to turn a blind eye to a little corruption in the future, as long as they can throw people at the colony.

The king’s decision was quickly spread through Campos. If it was not certain before, everyone knew that the king was going to play for real, and it was not a whim.

Alfonso has set a very high level for the Colonial Ministry, which belongs to the same level as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Finance.

Send people in now, and soon you will be able to become ministerial officials in a natural way!

Ten years ago, the great nobles did not pay much attention to official positions.

But after Alfonso ascended the throne, he relied on the army to coerce the Quartet, and it took time for the nobles to rebuild their influence.

During this period, even the most prominent family had to rely on the king’s breath to live, and the importance of official positions was infinitely elevated.

Even if this aspect is not mentioned, noble children can take this one step to the sky and save 30 years of struggle. Who can ignore it?