Rise of Australia

Chapter 118 Returning to Australia (please subscribe!)
On May 1902, 5, after making all the arrangements in New Zealand, Arthur left New Zealand on a warship and embarked on a journey back to Australia.

This trip to New Zealand took one and a half months, and it also took a lot of manpower and material resources.

Of course, it's all worth it.If all the plans in New Zealand can be successfully completed, then not only is it hoped that Australia will annex New Zealand, but Arthur will also get a large territory.

New Zealand currently has three forces, the garrison, the colonial government, and the Political Council. The checks and balances between each other can also make New Zealand more stable.

In addition, the eyeliner arranged by Arthur in New Zealand, that is, the head of the Royal Relief Committee in New Zealand, Joshua Bullock.

With various guarantees, it can be ensured that the development of New Zealand will not exceed Arthur's control.

Three days later, on May 5, Arthur successfully arrived in Sydney, Australia, and returned to Australia.

Every time Arthur returned from the field, Sydney's harbor was surrounded by crowds who came to welcome him.

This time is no exception. In addition to the welcome team arranged by the government, Sydney's harbor is also surrounded by spontaneous crowds.

There was no speech this time, because Arthur's reputation in Australia had reached its peak and he did not need to rely on frequent speeches to maintain it.

After returning to Australia, Arthur's first stop was the gold mines on the New South Wales border.

Three months have passed since the discovery of this gold mining area.

During these three months, the Ministry of Industry conducted a detailed survey and division of the gold mining area, and sealed off the specific scope of the gold mining area to prevent unrelated people from entering.

It took as long as a month for the specific survey scope, and it took another month to prepare for mining and mobilize the indigenous people.

At present, after more than a month of mining, tens of thousands of tons of gold ore have been hoarded and are already being refined.

There are not many gold mines in Australia, which also leads to many factories that can refine gold.

Although many of them are private workshops of the gold diggers themselves, there are also large factories that belong to the Australian government.

The refinery closest to the new gold mining area is the refinery in southern New South Wales, which is also the second largest gold refinery in Australia.

The largest gold mine shutdown is in Victoria, the only state that can compete economically with New South Wales.

After arriving in the gold mining area, Arthur first met with the army stationed in the gold mining area.

Originally, the army of the first division should be stationed here, but because the army of the first division had just been reorganized and was still in intensive training, the task of protecting the gold mine was handed over to the guards.

Currently stationed near the goldfields is the [-]st Infantry Battalion of the Guards Division Infantry Regiment.

The garrison of the gold mine adopts the strategy of stationing in turns, changing guards every once in a while to mobilize new troops.

Under the protection of the army, Arthur successfully entered the large storage area of ​​the gold mining area, where all the gold-bearing ores mined from the gold mining area are stored.

These gold ores will be loaded here, transported to a refinery not far away to be refined into pure gold, then smelted into gold bars of fixed weight, and transferred to a more confidential place.

Although the storage area is only a few tens of kilometers away from the refinery, it only takes four or five hours to use a horse-drawn carriage.

But for the sake of safety, in addition to using at least hundreds of cavalry troops for protection every time the gold ore is transported, at least 100 troops will be mobilized to follow and protect.

With such a security force in Australia, it is impossible for any force to be able to snatch this batch of gold ore from the army. This is what Arthur and the government both agreed to protect their own interests.

Not to mention the refinery. In addition to the security forces of the refinery itself, an army of hundreds of people was stationed nearby, the purpose of which was to protect the refinery that could produce gold.

These golds are related to Arthur's success rate of issuing his own currency in the next step, so Arthur can't help but pay attention to it.

With the investment of thousands of natives, the current mining efficiency of the gold mine is already very good. The maximum daily mining volume has reached [-] tons of gold ore, and each native can mine more than two tons of ore per day on average.

It is precisely because of the investment of these a large number of indigenous people that not only the efficiency of gold mining has developed rapidly in a short period of time, but the cost of gold mining has not actually increased much.

This does have a disadvantage, that is, the loss of the aborigines is too high, and even dozens of aborigines die every day in the gold mining area.

But such consumption is far inferior to the purchases of thousands of aboriginals every month, not to mention that few Australians care about the life and death of these aboriginals.

Born in this society where the jungle preys on the jungle, one can only blame their ethnicity and country for not being strong enough.

After visiting the gold mining area, Arthur took his special seat to the refinery of the gold mine.

It has been a week since the first batch of gold ore was delivered to the refinery, and now it happens to be the day when the first batch of gold bricks are made and accepted.

Following Arthur to the refinery were Prime Minister Evan and Minister of Industry Pierre.

Compared with the carriage, the speed of the car is much faster.

Arthur, who can only ride in a horse-drawn carriage in New Zealand, can finally feel the speed and convenience of a car again.

The gold mining area is about 60 kilometers away from the refinery. It may take three or four hours for a horse-drawn carriage, but for a car, it can be reached in more than an hour.

Of course, this must be the premise of building a flat road.If there is no smooth and flat road all the way, then the cars at this stage can only be useless.

Just over an hour later, Arthur and his party arrived at the refinery.

This refinery is close to the industrial area of ​​New South Wales, which was owned by the Australian colonial period. The scale is not very large, but the variety is quite complete.

At the gate of the refinery, the person in charge had already waited at the gate with the staff of the refinery.

Seeing Arthur and others get off the car, Adam Root, the person in charge of the refinery, hurried forward and said respectfully to everyone: "His Royal Highness, Prime Minister Evan, and Minister Pierre, welcome to inspect the refinery!"

Arthur nodded and said, "The first batch of gold has been refined, right?"

"Of course, Your Highness. We have successfully refined the first batch of about 48 tons of gold ore, and obtained a total of [-] gold bars weighing [-] grams. During the process of refining the gold ore, at least [-] grams were lost due to wear and tear. Gold, this is because our refining equipment is relatively backward." Adam Rutter introduced.

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