▁deal ▁with ▁commercial ▁disput es ▁and ▁promote ▁agricult ure , ▁industry , ▁and ▁commerce . ▁Not ▁having ▁enough ▁freedom ▁to ▁make ▁big ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁economic ▁system , ▁he ▁made ▁big ▁efforts ▁to ▁improve ▁education . ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁Camp oman es , ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁true ▁wealth ▁of ▁countries ▁was ▁human ▁ing enu ity , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁best ▁way ▁to ▁promote ▁industrial isation ▁was ▁through ▁education . ▁ ▁Bel gr ano ▁maintained ▁frequent ▁discuss ions ▁with ▁the ▁committee ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Cons ulate , ▁who ▁were ▁all ▁mer ch ants ▁with ▁strong ▁interests ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁mon opol ic ▁commerce ▁with ▁Cad iz . ▁He ▁made ▁many ▁propos als , ▁influenced ▁by ▁free ▁trade ▁ideas . ▁By ▁this ▁time , ▁Bel gr ano ▁thought ▁that ▁" The ▁merchant ▁must ▁have ▁freedom ▁to ▁buy ▁where ▁he ▁can ▁be ▁best ▁accommod ated , ▁and ▁it ' s ▁natural ▁that ▁he ▁does ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁supplied ▁with ▁the ▁best ▁price ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁ear n ▁the ▁best ▁profit ". ▁Those ▁propos als ▁were ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁committee ▁members ; ▁his ▁only ▁supp or ters ▁were ▁Juan ▁José ▁Cast elli , ▁Juan ▁Lar rea , ▁and ▁Dom ingo ▁Mat he u . ▁However , ▁Bel gr ano ▁had ▁some ▁success es , ▁such ▁as ▁creating ▁the ▁N aut ical ▁School , ▁the ▁Com merce ▁School , ▁and ▁the ▁Ge ometry ▁and ▁Draw ing ▁Academy . ▁He ▁created ▁the ▁Com merce ▁School ▁to ▁influence ▁future ▁mer ch ants ▁to ▁work ▁towards ▁the