Chapter 61: The Joy of a Monarch

Primo's actions were very swift.

Not long after the military parade concluded, the Spanish government announced a reform of government departments, cutting away some meaningless departments and merging those with similar scopes of management.

Following the government reform, the number of cabinet departments in Spain was streamlined. The Army and Navy departments were integrated into the Ministry of Defense, and Grand Duke Serrano was promoted to Minister of Defense.

This was very necessary. The Spanish Navy was not strong to begin with, and there was no need to develop the navy in the short term (in reality, there was no money to develop the navy), so there was no need for the Navy department to exist independently.

It appeared that the two departments of land and sea had merged into the Ministry of Defense, but in reality, it weakened the importance of the Navy department. This was because the minister in charge of the Ministry of Defense was the Army Marshal Serrano.

The Ministry of the Interior was split into a Public Security department and a Livelihood department, which, together with Finance, Industry, Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, as well as Defense and Foreign Affairs, formed the new cabinet system of Spain.

The nine department ministers and Prime Minister Primo, totaling ten people, comprised the entire cabinet. Streamlining the number of cabinet members could also accelerate the administrative efficiency of the cabinet.

Looking at these nine cabinet departments, the most important ones at present were the three major departments of Defense, Finance, and Industry.

Finance and Industry concerned the overall development of Spain, while Defense concerned the territorial security of Spain. This also led to the heads of these three major departments being renowned figures in Spain.

There is naturally no need to say much about the Minister of Defense, Serrano. The Minister of Finance was concurrently held by Prime Minister Primo himself, and although the name of the Minister of Industry, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, was relatively unfamiliar, he was considered a figure of considerable prestige in the political arena.

Ruiz was born in Burgo de Osma, graduated from the Law Department of the University of Madrid, and was deeply influenced by radicalism.

In terms of ideological schools, Ruiz advocated for a revolution in Spain, which was also the reason he could become the Minister of Industry.

Having participated in several revolutions, Ruiz naturally accumulated a great deal of prestige and had served successively as Minister of Religion and Minister of Justice.

Although there was still a large gap compared to Primo and Serrano, Ruiz was considered the number three figure in the Spanish political arena and was quite popular among the revolutionary factions.

The reform of the cabinet government proceeded quite quickly. Most of the departments that were cut had no real power, so naturally, they could not stir up any trouble.

After the cut departments were merged into larger ones, it would increase the power of the existing cabinet ministers, so the guys in the cabinet naturally would not object.

On July 11, 1870, the first meeting of the reformed Spanish cabinet government officially began.

With a serious expression, Primo announced the first five-year development plan of the Spanish government and set specific requirements for the development of each department within the five years.

Among them, the two departments of Education and Industry were highlighted.

Education is the foundation of a nation; if Spain wants to achieve a revival, it must exhaust all its efforts to develop education.

And the industrial sector is the foundation of a nation's strength. If Spain wants to become a great power again, it must possess industrial strength of a certain scale.

Emphasizing education and industry meant that the other departments were destined not to receive much of a budget.

In reality, this was indeed the case. Except for the military budget of the Ministry of Defense, which would not see major cuts, the budgets of all other departments would be slashed by at least 10%.

This portion of the cut budget would be prioritized for the Education and Industry departments to deploy Spain's educational and industrial development.

At this time, the benefit of cabinet departments appointed by the Prime Minister was reflected; the other cabinet ministers would not have much of an opinion, after all, they were all promoted by Primo and could be replaced at any time.

After determining the development tone for Spain, the remaining matters became very boring.

Carlo suddenly discovered that government affairs seemed to have little to do with him, and the reforms basically did not affect him.

As the King of Spain, besides eating something good, it seemed that the only thing Carlo could do in a day was to play with something good.

Er, thinking of this, Carlo looked at the two maids serving him diligently by his side; hmm, it was quite good.

Looking at Anna, who appeared quite pure and cute, a smile appeared on Carlo's face, as if he were a bad uncle coaxing a little girl: "Anna, do you want to eat some Iberian ham?"

Upon hearing this, Anna, whose hands were already unable to restrain themselves, impatiently pressed them onto a certain spot, very skillfully took off Carlo's clothes, and lowered her head.

Hmm, what a truly pleasant aristocratic life.

While asking Anna to eat some Iberian ham, he cast his gaze toward Alice, who had a more statuesque and charming figure, and smiled as he ordered: "Alice, I'm hungry."

Alice immediately understood, took two snow-white and flawless round buns, and handed them over, letting Carlo play with them until they were finally eaten by Carlo.

It must be said that the two maids chosen for Carlo by Victor Emmanuel II each had their own characteristics. Anna was quirky and had a pure and cute appearance, but she often boldly seduced Carlo.

And Alice was a bit more subtle compared to Anna, but her proud figure invisibly increased her allure, and she was not a bit inferior to Anna.

The meanings of both Anna and Alice's names imply beauty, and it seems the level of naming was very excellent.

The looks of these two maids, whether in the present or in later generations, were absolutely one-in-a-ten-thousand beauties.

If it weren't for Carlo's astonishing willpower, he probably would have unfortunately lost his virginity before the age of 18.

However, the original intention of these two maids was to be Carlo's initiators, so when Carlo came of age at 18, he did enjoy some unspeakable happiness.

Carlo was also glad that he had transmigrated to the late 19th century, not some Middle Ages that people complain about.

At least the European nobles of today know the importance of bathing, and the bodies of the two maids were also fragrant, without any odors that would make people change color at the mention of them.

If he had transmigrated to the Middle Ages, even if he were facing several beauties of peerless elegance, just based on the fact that they didn't bathe, it would be enough to make one turn them away.

Carlo originally thought that his sickly body from childhood would not last long, but ever since he transmigrated, the physique of this body had been getting better and better.

Although he had not undergone careful testing, Carlo was certain that this body was definitely better than before he transmigrated. The well-defined muscles were clearly visible, and although they were not exaggeratedly large muscles, they proved the health of this body.

More importantly, it was stamina. Even when facing the two alluring maids, Anna and Alice, Carlo could battle several times without feeling sore or aching.

This was also the thing Carlo was most satisfied with since transmigrating; after all, what man wouldn't want to show his bravery during battle?

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