[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-empire-spain":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-empire-spain-rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-392":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Empire: Spain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2365320,4632,"Chapter 392: The Workers' Party","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-392",392,"\u003Cp>The first flight test of the Eagle No. 1 aircraft was a complete success, which was good news for both Yu Kaluo and Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there are no walls without cracks; to maintain high secrecy regarding the aircraft experiments, there had to be a similar substitute to attract the attention of various European nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be used to replace the aircraft? Naturally, the airship, which was born and developed during almost the same period as the aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aircraft and airships were both, in reality, human explorations into soaring through the sky; both products showed great potential while also possessing significant flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting aside the experience of later generations and looking at it purely from the current perspective, it is truly impossible to determine which—the airship or the aircraft—possesses greater potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using airships to attract the attention of European nations might not guarantee complete success, but at the very least, it could achieve the goal of delaying the progress of aircraft development in those countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that historically, European nations already placed great importance on airships. Even if Spain did not fan the flames, airships would have ushered in a golden age from the early 20th century until before World War II.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Spain were to fan the flames and make European nations value the development of airships even more? Without a doubt, airships would usher in a golden era of development even more prosperous than in history, and national capital would frantically invest in airship companies, establishing flight routes to earn massive profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the existence of aircraft and airships, people only had two ways to travel to distant regions: trains and steamships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of steamships was too slow; crossing the ocean required at least a month or more, and the tossing and turning on the sea made people uncomfortable, with seasickness occurring frequently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although trains were a bit more comfortable than steamships, they required tracks to operate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For inland regions, the mode of transport known as the steamship simply did not exist. For a country like Britain, whose territory consists of multiple islands, traveling to other regions became quite troublesome, sometimes even requiring a combination of steamships and trains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to steamships and trains, airships did not have such disadvantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Airships only required two relatively wide areas: one for takeoff and one for landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire flight process took place in the sky, where there were no obstacles; the construction of flight routes was quite simple and did not require large capital investment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is actually the reason why airships were valued by various countries; whether they were inland nations, coastal nations, or countries composed of multiple islands or archipelagos, they could all strengthen connections between regions through airships—something that original trains and steamships could not do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make the fake look real, Yu Kaluo had an airship research and development project team formed, establishing the entire R&D team within a factory on the outskirts of Barcelona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Kaluo also invested over two million pesetas into the airship project and required them to collect ideas from the civilian sectors of European nations regarding airship development to design an airship capable of conducting flight tests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the completely secret aircraft flight experiments, the airship flight experiments would be made public to attract the attention of European nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the airship technology matured, Yu Kaluo would even organize a global circumnavigation by airship to thoroughly capture the attention of European nations and those capitalists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, selling off the airship technology in hand would be enough to earn back Yu Kaluo's investment with interest, just from the income generated by selling the technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether European nations would go further with Spain's airship technology and develop airships with superior performance, that was not a problem Yu Kaluo worried about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how excellent the performance of an airship might be, it could not change the fact that airships were too large and cumbersome. As long as Spain mastered aircraft technology, destroying airships in the sky would be simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aircraft and airships are on different technological trees. Aircraft emphasize control, and their flexibility in the air is far higher than that of airships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Airships, however, focus on carrying capacity; their control and flexibility in the air are far inferior to aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the airship technology of European nations gradually matured, it would not be able to stir up much trouble in front of Spain's aircraft. Yu Kaluo even hoped that European nations would invest more capital into the R&D of airships; after all, airships and aircraft are products with completely different design philosophies, and valuing airships meant relatively neglecting aircraft technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yu Kaluo was laying out the plan to use airships to replace aircraft and attract the attention of European nations, the political situation within Spain was also quietly undergoing changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As mentioned before, Spain currently has four major parties: the Conservative Party, the Progressive Party, the Liberal Party, and the Workers' Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four parties each have their own history; the Progressive Party and the Conservative Party have both had their moments of glory, and the Workers' Party, as a party not established for long, is currently gradually flourishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, the Liberal Party, which started at the same time as the Progressive Party, now has an increasingly low presence in Spain. This phenomenon is not limited to Spain's cabinet elections and House of Representatives elections, but also appears in the elections for various state legislatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, the ideas of the Liberal Party are no longer recognized by the Spanish public. Without the recognition of the grassroots, the Liberal Party cannot attract new party members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without fresh blood, a party is bound to perish sooner or later. Furthermore, the Liberal Party has more than just this one problem; it is also at a great disadvantage in cabinet elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A political party that lacks a significant presence in both the House of Representatives and state legislature elections has a future that can be seen at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Liberal Party does not make any changes, perhaps in a few decades, Spain will return to a three-party structure, and the Liberal Party will disappear into the dust of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To change this phenomenon, the Liberal Party has already held many internal discussions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spain's four major parties all have their own party charters and platforms, and the political pursuits of each party are completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Progressive Party, carried forward by Prime Minister Primo, pursues a certain limit of comprehensive reform to change Spain's backward situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Conservative Party, with the longest history, pursues responding to all changes with constancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining the existing political situation and developing steadily is enough. The Conservative Party rejects overly radical reforms, which is also the reason why the Conservative Party did not maintain its status as the number one party during the era of Prime Minister Primo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Workers' Party advocates for protecting workers' interests and expanding the voice of the worker group. This party has already gained the support of a large number of workers; although it is an emerging party in Spain, its political power is already not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liberal Party pursues more radical reforms; during the era of the Spanish Revolution, the Liberal Party even pursued a complete republican system to improve Spain's current status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the political pursuits of these four major parties, it can be seen that the Liberal Party naturally stands in opposition to the Conservative Party, and its relationship with the Progressive Party is not that good either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Spain has already completed comprehensive reforms under the monarchical system, so the radical reforms demanded by the Liberal Party are unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spain has already become a powerful great power; is there still a need to carry out radical reforms? Not at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radical reforms demanded by the Liberal Party would only destroy Spain's existing development and make the originally peaceful and stable political situation chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>",1328,"2026-06-25T09:27:14.599Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bd0f8c25f7459d9e115fd1f09bb97017f3aa872c0ff91808cfe46a2bf74db836","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-393","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-391",493,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-empire-spain-cover.jpg"]