After the Franco-Prussian War ended, the situation in Europe also entered a period of calm.
Of course, the reason for the calm situation was that the troublemaker, Great Britain was preoccupied with Ireland's autonomy movement.
The official name of England is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Kingdom of Great Britain is composed of England and Scotland.
This also led to England having similar problems to Spain domestically; besides the main ethnic group, the English, the Scottish and Irish did not seem to accept the Government's rule fully.
However, at this time, Great Britain was the undisputed world hegemon, the most powerful naval nation. Thanks to the glory of the Victoria era, it temporarily suppressed the independence aspirations of the Irish and Scottish.
When the British had internal problems, the French were licking their war wounds, and the Germans received large sums of money and began to develop Industry, the golden age of development for other countries in Europe arrived.
More than two months quickly passed, and the main building of the Electricity Laboratory that Gramme had been longing for was finally completed.
At Gramme's urging, the Royal Electricity Research enterprise successfully moved into the new main laboratory building and officially began research on generators.
If direct current and alternating current are mentioned in later generations, the first thing people will think of is the war between Edison and Tesla.
But in reality, both direct current and alternating current were born very early. However, too much time was spent in the initial exploration phase, and they did not receive the attention of Governments in Europe. Only then did the large-scale application of electricity become possible at the end of the 19th century.
Why do I say this?
Gramme can be said to be a very outstanding talent in the field of electricity. His contribution to electrical energy can be considered among the top five in the 19th century.
But such talent was not valued in France. There were many talents like Gramme, including the famous Nikola Tesla, more than a decade later.
The first thing Gramme decided to do after moving to the new laboratory was to build an alternating current generator and a direct current generator separately, and then explore how to use electrical energy from them.
Although pioneers in this field, Faraday and Henry, had already determined the principles and feasibility of manufacturing generators, the generators they built were mostly for experiments and did not prove whether electrical energy could be used practically.
Gramme decided to continue the explorations of Faraday and Henry, striving to discover cheap electrical energy that could be practically used as soon as possible, to repay Carlo for his support.
Carlo actually had some knowledge reserves regarding electrical energy. Of course, these so-called knowledge reserves were just common sense in later generations.
Only after centuries of exploration by pioneers like Gramme could people in later generations enjoy such convenient electrical energy more than 100 years later.
Carlo even knew the accidental story of Gramme promoting the electrical Industry. At an exhibition, when Gramme was installing two generators, he accidentally connected the wires incorrectly, sending the electricity generated by one generator back to the other engine.
It was this accident that quickly made electrical energy practical. The scientists present were ecstatic; the practical application of electrical energy they had pursued for years was unexpectedly achieved so simply.
A generator is a generator, but it can also become an electric motor. This discovery quickly made electricity one of the most important energy sources of the Second Industrial Revolution and later changed the world.
However, all of this would have to wait until Gramme built his own generator. After all, only with the actual item would there be a reason to make his proposal. Without tangible proof, the rationality of this claim could not be demonstrated. It would be better to wait until the generator is ready and let Gramme demonstrate it practically, so it would be clear at a glance if it's true.
The Royal Engine Company and Gramme's Electricity Laboratory were almost adjacent. Calling it an engine company was less accurate than calling it an engine research laboratory.
Both were his enterprises, so Carlo would not favor one over the other and would naturally inspect both.
Compared to the Electricity Laboratory over there, the engine research laboratory here was much quieter.
This was unavoidable. Although Gramme was the only main researcher in the Electricity Laboratory, there were quite a few technical talents, who were completely sufficient to assist Gramme.
As for the engine laboratory, at most only Daimler, Benz, and Maybach possessed relevant research and development capabilities, and discussions were also conducted by these three people.
Although these three could be said to be among the best in the fields of automobiles and engines, it was clearly impossible to achieve anything significant in the engine field relying solely on them.
Carlo also set his next goal, which was to recruit as many senior talents as possible for the Electricity Laboratory and mid-to-low-level talents for the engine laboratory network.
In Carlo's mind, both laboratories should be equipped with at least 3 to 5 scientists plus dozens of technical talents with certain knowledge reserves as assistants.
As the research projects in the laboratories became more advanced, the personnel allocation for the laboratories was also continuously increasing.
That is, everything is still in the initial stage, and having fewer people can be managed. This also constantly reminded Carlo that Spain still lacked talent in relevant fields.
Moreover, it was not just the fields of electricity and engines; including the chemical Industry, physics and chemistry fields, and other various Industries, Spain needed a large number of mid-to-low-end talents to fill the gaps.
Thinking of this, Carlo could no longer sit still.
Carlo summoned Cadier, the head of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, and gave him a new task: to go to Europe to find destitute scientists and technical talents and invite them to immigrate to Spain.
If large-scale immigration were opened, it would be a burden for the current Spanish Government.
The income of a large number of farmers domestically had not increased. If a large number of immigrants were attracted at this time, wouldn't the Spanish see it as taking their jobs?
Therefore, apart from attracting a small number of laborers from Italy, Carlo did not intend to let the Spanish Government open immigration channels to attract a large number of immigrants.
The laborers introduced from Italy were engaged in relatively extreme physical labor, which was precisely the jobs that Spanish farmers were unwilling to do.
This would also not cause dissatisfaction among the Spanish, as these jobs were not within their scope of choice in the first place.
It was precisely considering the issue of immigration causing conflict with the Spanish that Carlo asked Carter to search for those destitute scientists and technical talents. By prioritizing quality over quantity, Spain could introduce a batch of mid-to-low-end talents it currently desperately needed, while also finding scientists who might be recruited for Spain.
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