In fact, the average daily wage of ordinary workers in Portugal is 5.25 joint dollars, and the average annual income is 1,916.25 yuan.
Construction workers, no matter what era they are in, are heavy labor jobs that ordinary people cannot do. Therefore, it is not surprising that the per capita income is 2.45 higher than that of ordinary workers.
Nowadays, the Portuguese Empire has a prosperous economy and great industrial development. Many recruitment information are posted on the job market every day, and most of the Portuguese people are engaged in factories, service industries, etc. and have easy jobs. Construction workers with heavy manual labor are not
Too popular. And now that Portugal is under construction everywhere, the imbalance between supply and demand leads to high wages, which is too normal.
Originally faced with a labor shortage in the construction industry, Portugal could definitely absorb foreign immigrants. North Africa, for example, has a population explosion and is very poor, so it is very suitable to find people there to work.
However, under the will of the emperor, the government promulgated a law that stipulated that in addition to its own citizens and immigrants, only the three countries of the Iberian League could enter Portugal to work.
This is essentially job protection. This is nothing more than allowing more Portuguese people to enjoy the fruits of economic prosperity. Therefore, labor-intensive jobs are not welcome, and the government deliberately raises wages to attract its own people.
Allied people work.
Since Portugal ended the chaos of political parties and entered the era of the Portuguese Empire under Pedro III, Portugal has entered an era of social stability, economic growth, and rapid industrialization.
When the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the population will naturally enter rapid growth.
However, high growth also brings some problems. For example, the price of food and supplies for infants and young children in Portugal is rising rapidly, which has brought additional economic pressure to many families. In addition, the future involves the education and future work of these children.
These are problems that need to be solved by government departments.
However, although these problems are not small, they are insignificant in the face of future demographic dividend.
With the emergence of the baby boom among the people, the Portuguese emperor keenly felt that it was time to start the process of subsidizing infants and their families to solve their difficulties.
After all, the Spanish-Portuguese War is over, and Portugal will not enter a state of war for some time in the future. Domestic development is now the most important thing.
In order to reduce the burden on families with newborn babies, Tangning Pedro summoned Prime Minister Tony on June 20.
"I have met His Majesty."
After Prime Minister Tony saluted, he sat on the chair next to him and naturally took out his notebook, waiting to record key things.
"The purpose of summoning the Prime Minister this time is to deal with the recent baby boom issue."
"Your Majesty, has Portugal entered a period of high fertility so quickly?"
"Well, it's similar to Brazil. Now Portugal is about to enter a baby boom."
Hearing what the respected emperor said, Tony felt the concern about this matter, and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want to reduce the current family's burden of raising babies?"
"Yes, that's my plan."
Pedro was very satisfied with the Prime Minister's ability to quickly understand his thinking.
"Does your government department have any plans for this?"
Prime Minister Tony quickly recalled the suggestions submitted by government departments in his mind and preached.
“Based on Brazil’s experience, our government believes that it wants to reduce the burden on these families and work hard on supplies for infants and young children.
The current prices of baby products on the market in Portugal are somewhat exaggerated, and it is urgent to bring them back to normal prices.
To solve this problem, government departments need to guide more companies to pay attention to the baby products market, and this requires more media reports so that companies can pay enough attention to this market."
Portugal is not as vast and rich in resources as Brazil, but its foundation is somewhat shallow. Because it has just entered industrialization, all industries require state subsidies, so many problems among the people are ignored.
But fortunately, Portugal is, after all, a part of the Portuguese Empire, and the problems will be solved slowly.
"This is good." Pedro praised Tony.
"But I think this is not enough. I think both Portugal and Brazil need to go further."
Prime Minister Tony knew that this was the emperor's test for him, so he thought hard for a while and said.
"We can also subsidize families with multiple children, just like we do for students.
Regarding the standard of infant subsidy, families can be subsidized at about 35% of the basic annual cost of an infant.”
"To be more specific, Tony, how many years do you think the government will provide subsidies to these families?"
Prime Minister Tony thought for a while and expressed the government's plan. "At present, our government believes that under five years old is a reasonable number.
4 years can ensure that the baby gets through the early dangerous period.
For this welfare benefit, it is roughly estimated that the annual cost will not exceed 200 million joint dollars. Although this is expensive, if implemented, the population growth of the entire Portuguese Empire will be further."
Hearing the Prime Minister's words, Pedro nodded with satisfaction, and then he suddenly thought of expanding socialized parenting.
The previous social management of raising children mainly targeted school-going students and did not include infants and young children. Even if some infants and young children were raised, they would still be discarded children.
"Tony, I think socialized parenting can be expanded.
What do you think if the government sets up a public welfare institution to help parents raise their infants and young children when they are busy?”
Tony agreed with Pedro's proposal.
"This is a very good idea. His presence will save parents from the time and energy required to take care of their children, like the previous schools."
"Yes, it's similar to that one. But this care for infants and young children does not focus on teaching them to learn. It just gives them a place to play with their peers. Of course, while playing, simple education must also be carried out..."
Pedro, tell Tony the information he learned later.
"Your Majesty, this method is feasible."
"Then your government will implement that plan."
This chapter has been completed!