Rise of Empires: Spain

"How many troops can we deploy to Morocco now?" Carlo thought carefully for a moment before asking.

Seeing that Carlo had an idea, Serrano quickly replied: "20,000 Spanish troops can be deployed at any time, Your Majesty.

If we add the troops we deployed in Ceuta and Tetouan, there are about 30,000 troops that can be mobilized, which can completely deal with the Moroccan army."

Ceuta and Tetouan are Moroccan cities occupied by Spain by force, and naturally more troops are needed to suppress them.

Spain also regards these two cities as bridgeheads for colonizing Morocco. Whether it is during the reign of Queen Isabel or now, the garrisons in these two cities have never been reduced.

"What does the government plan to do?" Carlo looked at Primo.

"Make the situation in Ceuta more lively, so that it can affect the entire Moroccan region." Primo smiled and said: "As long as the rebellion of these Moroccans causes casualties to Spanish civilians, it is time for our army to declare war on Morocco."

The Moroccan government cannot escape responsibility for the rebellion of the Moroccans. As long as there are casualties to Spanish civilians, Spain has enough reasons to intervene in the situation in Morocco by force.

As long as the war breaks out, the direction of the final result will not be determined by the Moroccan government.

If the great powers do not intervene, it is not impossible to turn Morocco into a colony directly. Anyway, it is quite convenient to rebel because it is close to the Spanish mainland.

By constantly squeezing Morocco, Spain's industrial construction and economic growth can be accelerated, and domestic conflicts can be diverted.

"Very good, let's do it." Carlo nodded and no longer hesitated.

"Yes, your majesty." Primo smiled and nodded when he heard it, and walked out of the palace with Serrano.

Although Spain is not a great power, its desire for colonies is not inferior to that of the great powers. As the world's first empire on which the sun never sets, Spain once had a large number of colonies.

Although there are only a few colonies now, the Spanish government, including Prime Minister Primo, still has a desire for colonies.

This is also the norm for European countries in this era. If Spain and Portugal saw the huge income brought by colonization through the great colonial era, then the prosperity of the British Empire made European countries' ambitions for colonization continue to expand.

As long as it is a European country, basically there will be the idea of ​​expanding colonies.

Countries like Portugal and Belgium have colonies in Africa, which is enough to prove the influence of colonization on European countries in this era. This can quickly make a country rich without too much investment.

When Primo and Serrano walked out of the palace, Carlo called the butler Loren.

Primo and Serrano's desire for Morocco also reminded Carlo. Although Africa is very large, almost all the powers have focused their attention on this continent.

If Spain does not participate in the division of Africa earlier, perhaps only uninhabited deserts and uninhabited primeval forests will be left for Spain in the future.

Africa has an area of ​​up to 30 million square kilometers, with countless mineral resources and inestimable economic value.

As long as a part of Africa can be occupied, it will be a good help for Spain.

Since Morocco has been watched by the government, Carlo's target is naturally placed on other parts of Africa, such as Congo, which Belgium once obtained in history.

There are too many reasons why Belgium can obtain Congo, but in the final analysis, several European powers are unwilling to let the other party obtain this land.

The King of Belgium also happened to appear at this time and began to explore and occupy Congo.

Compared with Congo being occupied by other powers, Belgium, which is obviously weaker in comprehensive strength, is naturally not a threat.

It is precisely because of this that this land finally fell into the hands of Congo, allowing Congo to snatch this piece of fat from many powers.

How big is the Congo colony obtained by Belgium? The total area is as high as 2.34 million square kilometers, and it has a large amount of mineral resources.

Congo's copper reserves are about 75 million tons, accounting for 15% of the world's total reserves, cobalt reserves are about 4.5 million tons, accounting for 50% of the world's total reserves, and tantalum mud reserves are about 30 million tons, accounting for 80% of the world's total reserves.

In addition, Congo also has 206 million carats of diamond reserves and extremely rich iron ore, non-metallic minerals and other resources.

In addition to minerals, Congo also has a large amount of oil and natural gas reserves, and its economic value is definitely far beyond that of ordinary colonies.

Of course, what makes Carlo even more excited is that Congo has a large amount of uranium mines, and these uranium mines are extremely pure.

Uranium 235 extracted from uranium mines is the main raw material for making atomic bombs. If Congo can be occupied, it will be of great help in the future development of atomic bombs in Spain.

Uranium mines with higher purity can help Spain better extract uranium 235, which is very important for Spain's future strategic deployment, and its importance is no less than other mineral resources in Congo.

Apart from anything else, these extremely pure uranium mines alone made Carlo decide to take Congo at all costs.

At present, Spain's biggest enemy in taking Congo is actually Belgium, or King Leopold II of Belgium.

Because King Leopold II of Belgium did not use government funds in the process of colonizing Congo, all expenses came from the property of the Belgian royal family.

This also led to Leopold II successfully turning Congo into his own territory after gaining the right to rule Congo.

Carlo did not think that he would lose to Leopold II in this colonial competition. After all, he could also rely on the Spanish government, which was far stronger than Belgium.

Even if it did not rise to the national level, Carlo was confident that he would be better than Leopold II.

After the completion of Spain's five-year industrial development plan, Carlo's factory had already made a lot of money.

At least in terms of spending money, Carlo was really not afraid of Leopold II. Anyway, Carlo could make enough money at any time with the vision from the future and huge capital.

For example, the engine research being conducted by Benz and others. Once the car is manufactured and the production cost is greatly reduced through assembly line production, the sales of the car will be enough for Carlo to no longer worry about the problem of funds.

How much wealth did Leopold II have? How much did he dare to take out to fight against Carlo for colonization?

When Carlo explored the Congo region before Leopold II, it was destined that Leopold II had already lost in this colonial struggle.

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