Chapter 749 Saint Prim High School (Part 2)

If you want to acquire large-scale land in one go, you can choose the land exchange method. Use land in Spain to exchange for large tracts of already cultivated land, then hire some almost free African locals to start your plantation business.

If you feel that land exchange is not very cost-effective, you can sell the land to obtain enough funds, and then cultivate farmland in the African Colony yourself.

Again, it is precisely because the African Colony has sufficient labor force that these nobles have more choices.

When the first batch of nobles who went to the African Colony made money, the remaining nobles naturally did not hesitate and joined the wave of development in the African Colony, joining the rush to make big money.

As of May 1889, the total amount of land exchanged by these nobles had exceeded 1 million acres, which translates to more than 4,000 square kilometers of land.

Because the land of the West Africa Colony is the most fertile and most suitable for agricultural planting, most of the land exchanged by the nobles is in the West Africa Colony.

Through a 1:3 exchange ratio, the nobles quickly mastered more than 12,000 square kilometers of land in the West Africa Colony. These lands are full of plantations or farms, each one being a place of labor for African locals.

This is also the reason for the rapid growth of agricultural production in the West Africa Colony. These 12,000 square kilometers of land are equivalent to 3 million acres, 1.214 million hectares, 18.21 million mu.

How exaggerated is such a large area of farmland?

This means that the grain production of the West Africa Colony is expected to surpass Spain in the future, and this so-called future is already not far away.

It is worth mentioning that the current grain yield per mu in the West Africa Colony is higher than that in Spain. First, the West Africa Colony can achieve two or even three harvests a year, which also doubles or triples the grain yield per mu.

Secondly, the West Africa Colony has extensively used fertilizer technology, and because the entire colony is crossed by rivers, it does not lack water source irrigation.

The land in Spain is relatively water-scarce, and coupled with the many mountains, in fact, the grain yield per mu in Spain is lower than that of other European countries.

The land of the West Africa Colony has well compensated for this defect, and in terms of grain yield per mu, it has already reached more than twice that of Spain.

Under such circumstances, this 18.21 million mu of land can easily produce nearly 1.5 million tons of grain.

Such a grain production has already exceeded one-third of Spain’s domestic grain production, and this only accounts for the land controlled by the nobles in the West Africa Colony.

Of course, the actual grain production of the land controlled by the nobles will not be so exaggerated, after all, these lands certainly cannot all be used to cultivate farmland.

Whether it’s buildings, roads, or other water conservancy facilities, they all require a lot of land area.

However, it can be confirmed that after the land controlled by the nobles in the West Africa Colony is fully cultivated, the grain production can be elevated to the level of millions of tons, which is a quarter of Spain’s domestic grain production.

Based on the estimate that 4 million tons of grain are enough for 20 million people, this 1 million tons of grain is also enough for 5 million people.

Besides the land controlled by the nobles, many immigrants have also cultivated a lot of land, and the land cultivated by the Spanish Government through the West Africa development plan can also provide nearly a million tons of grain production.

Based on the current total grain production in Spain, all grains, vegetables, and fruits combined, the annual grain production can support at least 35 million people.

This actually means that even if the scale of agriculture in Spain does not have much growth in the next few years, there will be no food crisis in Spain.

The nobles made huge profits in Africa, naturally clustering more closely around the Royal Family and Carlo.

Carlo would certainly not refuse the nobles’ allegiance, which is also part of Carlo’s plan to integrate all the nobles’ powers for his own use and for future successors to the throne.

The previously mentioned Saint Prim High School, the source of its name is evident, it is the former Prime Minister of Spain, Prim.

Although Prime Minister Prim’s reputation is not so good, after all, he single-handedly promoted reforms with far-reaching impacts on Spain, harming the interests of many classes.

But for Carlo, the capabilities and loyalty of Prime Minister Prim are definitely worthy of affirmation. This high school, which will cultivate members of the royal family and nobles, is named after Prime Minister Prim, also representing Carlo’s expectations, hoping this high school can cultivate more talents like Prim.

Ability is very important, loyalty is also important.

Carlo’s vision for such a high school has been in his mind many times, and after confirming his plan, the education department also took action accordingly.

This high school will be funded by the Royal Family, inviting the most famous teachers and experts from Spain and even the whole of Europe to teach students rich cultural knowledge and relevant theories.

Besides normal cultural classes, the high school also offers courses related to politics and military affairs to cultivate students’ interests and skills in these areas.

If certain talents and interests are determined, once graduated from Saint Prim High School, they can go to the corresponding university for further study to deepen their respective professional skills.