Rise of Australia

Chapter 219 East Asian Famine and Overseas Students
At this time, Einstein was only a second-level technician at the Berne Patent Office in Switzerland. Although he had just won the Victorian Physics Prize, he was considered well-known in the field of physics in Europe.But because of his age, the attention he receives in Switzerland is not so high.

At least with the status of Einstein's second-level technician, some top laboratories cannot be used.

But if you work for Australasia, you can not only become the president of the Australian Physics Association in an instant, but also use all the physics research laboratories in Australasia, and you can also hold the position of honorary professor of physics at the Australasian National University. The degree of attention received is naturally not the same.

Albert Einstein was a German who lived in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland successively, and he didn't recognize a certain country that much.

The reason why he chose to become a citizen of Switzerland is nothing more than to take a fancy to Switzerland's status as a neutral country and hope to work in a peaceful homeland without war.

It is also because of this that after Einstein accepted Arthur's invitation, he did not have the constraints and burdens of national justice, but was seriously thinking about the various pros and cons of staying in Australia.

For top scientists like Einstein, their own money is often not that important.

Besides, just by virtue of the Victoria Award, Einstein was able to get a lot of bonuses and reputation, and naturally he didn't value money even more.

For Einstein, the working environment and the satisfaction of scientific research needs are more important than other things.

At present, perhaps the academic circles in Australasia are not as developed as those in Switzerland, but at least the research sites and funds are absolutely sufficient, and there is no need to worry about outside troubles.

In the end, under Arthur's persuasion and temptation, Einstein agreed to stay in Australasia, temporarily serving as an honorary professor of the National University as a temporary resident of Australasia.

Although not directly becoming a citizen of Australasia, it is only a matter of time.

Arthur very generously promised to give Einstein at least 20 Australian dollars in research funding every year, and was willing to build his own scientific research team for Einstein.

With the exception of some more important research, all of Einstein's theoretical research is his own.

The arrival of Einstein not only allowed Australasia to add a master of physics, but also added a mentor to Australasia's physics talents.

It is believed that under the influence of Einstein, the honorary professor of physics at the National University, the Department of Physics at the National University can also produce more physics talents and experts, and Australasia's scientific research field is also at the forefront of the world.

In February 1907, with the arrival of the first funds from the Russian Empire, the Royal Dockyard in Sydney Harbor also started the construction of the Russian order.

The huge keels of the two dreadnoughts began to be laid, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign media onlookers. Arthur also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the two dreadnoughts.

Although these two dreadnoughts were built for Russia, all the technologies they used were Australasian masters, and all the workers and experts who built them were Australasians.

This is also a memorable thing in the naval history of Australasia. At least in the construction of dreadnoughts, Australasia has truly come to the top of the world.

Accompanying Arthur to attend the groundbreaking ceremony was the Russian diplomatic ambassador to Australasia.

After the marriage between Russia and Australia, the ties between the two countries have also become closer.Various products of Australasia began to be dumped to Russia, and Russia also began to send a large number of agricultural population to Australasia.

The two dreadnoughts were named Petropavlovsk and Poltava by the Russians. The names of these two warships happened to be the names of the first batch of dreadnought Gangut-class battleships in Russian history. Now they come out ahead of schedule. It's also a coincidence.

Because of the full load displacement of 20910 tons, it took a long time to lay the keels of these two battleships.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, all domestic and foreign media present were also invited to leave. The Royal Dockyard will then become a military restricted area. Before the two battleships are launched, basically no unrelated personnel are allowed to approach.

In fact, the construction time of the dreadnought is not long, but what takes a long time is the sea voyage and testing after launching.

The battleship Dreadnought of the British Empire took only four months to build under the premise of adopting a variety of new technologies, which is enough to show the industrial scale and efficiency of the British Empire.

The build time for Australasia is much slower.According to the estimates of experts, the Petropavlovsk is expected to be launched for testing at the end of this year, and the Poltava is expected to be launched for testing at the beginning of next year.

If all goes well and there are no problems, the two battleships are expected to be delivered from the second half of next year to the end of next year, that is, around the end of 1908.

In mid-February, after more than a month of site selection, the Royal Australasian Military Academy finally decided on the western suburbs of the Capital Territory.

Of course, this is only the location of the Army Academy and Aviation Academy of the Military Academy. The Naval Academy will be close to Sydney Harbor. After all, naval training cannot be separated from warships, and warship training cannot be separated from seas and ports.

In order to make the Royal Military Academy have a greater scale and reputation, Arthur has gone all out this time, and has extensively searched for military experts and professors in Europe and the United States to come to the Royal Military Academy.

Because the construction of the Royal Military Academy will take at least a year, the training institution of the aviation laboratory has not been relocated for the time being, but continues to stay in the aviation laboratory, carrying out the pilot training program.

So far, Arthur has had people go through multiple screenings in the army, selected hundreds of excellent soldiers who are suitable to become pilots, and handed them a glorious and arduous task, which is to master the flying skills of the aircraft as soon as possible .

There are almost 800 people who are training pilots.

After these people have thoroughly mastered the driving skills, Australasia can be considered to have mastered the first batch of air force soldiers.

Also in February, due to natural disasters such as insect pests, malaria, and acid rain, severe famine occurred in East Asia.

The major powers began to sell rice, flour and grain at high prices in these disaster-stricken areas, earning a lot of ill-gotten gains.

Arthur condemned this behavior very much, so he ordered the granaries in Australasia to mobilize a large amount of grain to East Asia to join the ranks of the great powers.

Of course, Arthur still took some action on the surface. He collected [-] tons of food in a very high-profile manner, and announced that it would be donated to the affected people for free.

It's just that Arthur can't guarantee how much of the [-] tons of grain will eventually reach the hands of the affected people.

This act of Australasia immediately made the affected people grateful.After all, in the eyes of these people, foreigners are superior, and there are not many foreigners who pity them like Australasia.

The slavish mentality of the people who have been oppressed, coupled with the current extreme backwardness of the country, has given birth to a very serious mentality of worshiping foreign countries and fawning on some people.

Even if the rest of them do not worship foreigners, they still have to bow their humble heads in front of the foreigners.

What Arthur didn't expect was that Arthur's little act of kindness on the surface actually made many people affected by the disaster think of getting closer to Australasia.

They put their hope of changing the country's situation on an advanced country like Australia, and believe that only by learning advanced systems and technologies and arming themselves with these can they change the current crisis facing themselves and their nation.

It can only be said that these low-level people are still too easy to deceive. If they know that the grain shipped from Australasia to the disaster-stricken areas is as high as tens of thousands of tons, except for the [-] tons of free gifts, all of them are several times the normal grain price. double or even several times the high price, I am afraid their mood will become very strange.

The natural disasters and famines in East Asia from February to March turned out to be a good opportunity for the great powers to exploit them.

According to the commercial banks opened in East Asia, in just over a month, Australasia has earned several times the usual grain export profits, and has also gained some goodwill from the affected people on the surface, which can be described as Both fame and fortune are collected.

Arthur thought that this was all the impact of the famine. Unexpectedly, in March, the government welcomed unexpected guests, a group of students from the Qing Dynasty, who asked the Australasian Open University to allow some Qing students were able to study in universities in Australasia.

Because it involved the interests of the great powers of the Qing Dynasty, government officials did not dare to make rash decisions, so they kicked the ball to Arthur's side.

At this time, most of the students studying abroad in the Qing Dynasty were relatively wealthy landlords and officials.As for the poor people who have no money, it is a problem for them to even have enough to eat, let alone go abroad for study.

Poor people are more likely to go abroad to seek a livelihood, rather than enter the university to study and enrich themselves to save the nation.

In fact, these people may also be the reason for worrying that Australasia will refuse, and the conditions offered are also very generous.

In addition to their own expenses for all expenses in Australasia, they will also pay tuition fees of AUD [-] per year per person.

If calculated according to the current exchange rate, one thousand Australian dollars is almost equivalent to three thousand five hundred taels of silver, which is enough to show that the current students studying abroad are all dignitaries, businessmen and gentry.

Arthur agreed to their request, but also made some corresponding demands.The most important one is that the rule of Australasia must be maintained, and any illegal and criminal activities must not be carried out in Australasia.

Once these international students are found to be engaged in any illegal and criminal acts, they will not only face huge compensation, but may also be held accountable by the Australasian government.

The reason why Arthur agreed to their request to study abroad was actually to cultivate talents close to Australasia.

If these people can go to a higher level in their country, or gain more rights and status, won't they also be able to influence their country to be closer to Australasia, and won't Australasia gain more benefits?

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