Rise of Australia

Chapter 266 The End of the Parade
Arthur stayed in Wellington for about a week. He not only visited Victoria University of Wellington, but also gave a speech in Victoria University for more than an hour.

Although I don't know the actual impact, judging from the awe and fanatical eyes of the teachers and students of Victoria University of Wellington and the hard-working responses of the students, the effect of the speech should be good.

After leaving Wellington, the cars transported with the fleet came in handy.

Taking a car, Arthur set off all the way to the northwest, and his destination was Opnaki, a small town in Taraki Bay, South Tasman Hainan.

This town is no different from an ordinary fisherman's town in New Zealand, but it is of great significance to the current New Zealand and Australasia.

Since the typhoon landed in New Zealand on November 1903, 11, the situation in New Zealand and the entire Oceania has ushered in a huge change.

First, New Zealand voted to join Australia in the aftermath of the disaster, forming the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand, and later the Kingdom of Australasia.

The first area where the typhoon landed in New Zealand was Opunaki, a small town that looks no different from other areas.

Outside of the current town of Opnaki, there is also a monument about the typhoon at that time.

This monument attracts many Australasians to visit, it is not only one of the great disasters of New Zealand, but also one of the great disasters of Australasia.

The losses brought by this disaster to New Zealand include not only the casualties of more than 135 people, but also the loss of millions of cattle and sheep and large areas of crops. This is also the real reason why New Zealand's total population is only [-] million so far.

Arthur stood in front of the typhoon disaster monument for a long time and presented a bouquet of flowers.

Although this is just a normal behavior in Arthur's view, it makes many New Zealanders who have personally experienced the typhoon very grateful.

After all, after the typhoon, Australia not only made donations to New Zealand, Arthur also made two donations in the name of the Duke of Australia and a private individual.

After finishing what he needed to do in the small town of Opnaki, Arthur went straight up the Western Highway of North New Zealand, passing through New Spoutmouth, Piopio, Hamilton, Huntley, Port Waikato, After Manukau, finally arrived at the second destination in northern New Zealand, Auckland.

At this time, Auckland is the Auckland reconstructed after the disaster, and it has been quickly rebuilt into the second largest city in northern New Zealand.

This is because many citizens of Auckland chose to stay in Auckland, even though Auckland at that time had become a wasteland after being destroyed by the typhoon.

After arriving in Auckland, Arthur found that the area had been rebuilt very well.Although the industrial area is not very developed at present, agriculture and animal husbandry are everywhere, which clearly expresses the current development status of Auckland.

In Auckland, there is also the University of Auckland, one of the three universities in New Zealand.As usual, Arthur also visited the University of Auckland and gave a speech.

The people of Auckland are even more grateful to Arthur. After all, if it weren't for the generous donations from Arthur and Australia, I am afraid that Auckland would not be able to rebuild so quickly.

It can be said that Aucklanders were able to quickly restore the good life before the disaster within a few years, thanks to the donations from Arthur and Australia.

After the same boring but necessary inspection and review, Arthur took the fleet and arrived at Picton, which is across the sea from Wellington, which is the capital of South New Zealand.

The degree of development of North New Zealand and South New Zealand can be described as very different.

In terms of area, the area of ​​South New Zealand is larger than that of North New Zealand, but the population of South New Zealand is only about half that of North New Zealand.

As the largest city in South New Zealand, Picton has a population of over [-].But New Zealand's second largest city, Auckland after disaster reconstruction, has a population of more than [-].

If North New Zealand has a certain scale of industry, then the only advantages that New Zealand has are animal husbandry and agriculture.

Compared with North New Zealand, South New Zealand is much behind in all aspects. This is Arthur's clearest feeling after passing through North and South New Zealand.

However, more lush farmland and larger livestock areas can also be seen in South New Zealand, and the faces of the people of South New Zealand are also full of smiles.

There is really nothing to inspect in South New Zealand. The three major cities, Picton, Christchurch and Invercargill are all small cities with a population of less than 50, and the total population of South New Zealand is less than [-], less than half of Sydney.

After wandering around the three cities casually, Arthur inspected the New Zealand garrison in Picton.

After encouraging all the soldiers, and personally handing out salaries and supplies to some soldiers, Arthur ended his journey in New Zealand with satisfaction, and went to the next destination of the parade, the colony of New Guinea.

After several years of construction in the colony of New Guinea, its capital, Port Moresby, has also grown into a city with a population of 5.

And because of the strategic granary plan proposed by Arthur, New Guinea has always been regarded by the Australasian government as a natural granary, and it is also one of the experimental sites for mechanized agriculture in Australasia.

At present, New Guinea has more than one-sixth of Australia's grain output, and the grain produced in New Guinea alone is enough to feed more than 400 million people for a year.

Because of the good relationship with Germany, part of the food produced in New Guinea was directly transported to the northern German New Guinea. This also led to the lack of arable land in German New Guinea. After all, Germany has no intention of vigorously developing in such an area. farming.

Officials of the colonial government of New Guinea attached great importance to Arthur's review. Arthur also encouraged the officials symbolically, and followed important officials of the colonial government to visit several large planting areas in New Guinea.

Then inspected the army of New Guinea, and these actions also made Arthur stay in New Guinea for three days.

After finishing these, Arthur rushed to Australian Timor without stopping, and continued the parade at the next stop.

The Governor of Australian Timor is Roman Peto, a member of the Royal Parliament and an official from New Zealand.

As one of the first New Zealand officials to swear allegiance to Arthur, it is not surprising that Roman Peto was granted the status of Governor of Australian Timor. After all, the team Arthur brought from the UK was basically entrusted with important tasks, and there was a vacancy. It can only be promoted from the talents of Australia and New Zealand.

But this is also a good thing, at least it can reassure the Australian and New Zealand forces loyal to Arthur.

After all, if Arthur only recognized the officials he brought from the UK, then the local forces in Australasia would never be able to integrate into Arthur's core subordinate circle, and their loyalty to Arthur would naturally decrease.

Australian Timor, as the latest region included in the territory of Australasia, naturally has a pitifully small population.

Even after several years of development, the current population of Australian Timor has only exceeded [-], and almost all of the population of Australian Timor is located in Dili, the capital of Timor.

If New Guinea is an important food producing area of ​​Australasia, Australian Timor is more like a military fortress and outpost.

Although there are only residents in the early 3000s, there are as many as [-] garrisons around Dili, as well as multiple radio stations, which can communicate with Australasia at any time.

In fact, Arthur and the government did prepare in this way.Australian Timor cannot be developed in a short period of time, so the government directly uses it as an outpost for the defense of Australasia.

Because Australian Timor still has thousands of Portuguese residents, Arthur spent the shortest time in Australian Timor.

Although Arthur was very interested in witnessing the folk life in Australian Timor, after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

After all, it has only been more than two years since this land was annexed by Australasia, and there are still thousands of grape residents living in the city of Dili.

Although in order to maintain the stability of Australian Timor, after the official annexation of Timor, Governor Roman has organized several weapons collection operations in this area, and residents other than Australasia are not allowed to own thermal weapons, and Residents of Australasia who own thermal weapons must register with the government, and each use of a weapon must be reported.

But who can guarantee that none of these Portuguese residents will hide hot weapons, just waiting for the arrival of senior officials of the Australasian government and Arthur.

As the saying goes, no matter how skilled you are, you are afraid of kitchen knives. Even if Arthur is fully prepared, he will not bet on whether someone will assassinate him.

After all, are there few such examples in history?There is a very similar one, that is, the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Ferdinand who caused the First World War.

There are also many kings and high-ranking nobles including King Alexander I of Serbia and King George I of Greece.

The bloody cases of these people told Arthur a truth, that is, no matter how noble his status is, no matter how many people love him, he is an ordinary person, and he will still die if he is shot.

Arthur would not be so stupid to be a good king, but to gamble his own life.

In fact, as long as Arthur does not take risks, the possibility of being assassinated is almost zero.After all, there is a regiment of troops to protect it on the surface, and secretly followed by many intelligence personnel from the Royal Security Intelligence Service. If there is any change in Arthur's surroundings, these intelligence personnel will take action immediately.

Not to mention that those who can get within 300 meters of Arthur are definitely those whose identities have already been checked.

Those who can get closer to 200 meters will even have to accept another round of search.Unless they are ministers or officials whom Arthur particularly trusts, Arthur's guards and members of the Royal Security Intelligence Service will not be sympathetic. If they do not accept the inspection, they will be arrested first.

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