New Development Plan

Throughout 1920, the Spanish government's tasks were actually very simple: develop industry at full speed, build infrastructure, and develop agriculture.

With the industrial and economic development of every country in Europe at a standstill, this was indeed the best opportunity for Spain to widen the gap with the rest of Europe.

In order to develop faster and more effectively, Carlo ordered the Spanish government to formulate an entirely new national development plan, with every government department setting initial targets.

This brand-new development plan would begin in 1920, aiming to greatly develop Spain's industry, economy, and agriculture, while significantly improving the current educational and medical environment.

In order to achieve this goal, every government department made major moves as soon as the development plan was officially announced.

The agricultural department's major move was mainly focused on agricultural mechanization. For present-day Spain, whether on the mainland or in the colonies, the development of arable land had actually reached a bottleneck.

Although large amounts of arable land could still be reclaimed, relying on reclamation to increase agricultural output was no longer realistic.

It could bring a certain amount of growth, but that growth would be negligible and clearly could not support the agricultural department in meeting the development plan's designated targets.

After turning the matter over and over in their minds, the agricultural department concluded that there were only two ways to greatly increase grain production: comprehensive agricultural mechanization and the widespread use of chemical fertilizer.

The latter had basically already been accomplished in Spain. Spanish agricultural production could no longer do without chemical fertilizer, and this was also why Spain had been able to rapidly become an important exporter of agricultural products in Europe.

As for the former—comprehensive agricultural mechanization—Spain had yet to make any effective progress.

The reason for the lack