Although the French are unlikely to publicly release the blueprints of their most advanced ironclads, as long as there is new information to be accessed, these experts are surely able to learn something new.
What Carlo hopes for is that they can absorb France's valuable experience and unique design concepts in shipbuilding, allowing Spain to advance further in warship design, at least reaching the level of the Great Powers.
There's no helping it; due to Spain's smaller population, the domestic talent pool surely cannot compare with the Great Powers.
Not to mention that Spain's educational conditions were quite poor ten years ago, with the majority of the population being illiterate, outstanding talents are indeed rare.
In contrast, the educational conditions in other great powers are much better, along with much larger populations than Spain, which has resulted in talent reserves that far surpass Spain's.
