Rise of Australia

Chapter 310 National Day Speech
For a small arms expert like Browning, Arthur will naturally give full value and trust.

As long as Browning uses all the funds for the research and development of weapons, what if there is no upper limit on funds?

Anyway, the research and development of weapons does not cost hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars a year. If Australasia can obtain an extremely advanced light weapon, it will be more valuable than the hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars.

You know, the types of light weapons are not limited to pistols and submachine guns.Including rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns, they are all counted as light weapons.

If Browning uses it well, Australasia's light weapons improvement and research and development in the next 20 years will not be a problem at all, and it will always be at the forefront of the world in terms of military industry.

You must know that the heavy machine guns carried by current aircraft and tanks are also very important sources of firepower.

This also means that the research and development of machine guns is also very important for heavy weapons such as aircraft and tanks. After all, the performance of the machine guns carried also determines the combat capabilities of tanks and aircraft, and it is also one of the most effective means of killing tanks and aircraft.

Although Browning had half a month's vacation, Arthur still gave him a few tasks because Browning wanted to devote himself to work.

Of course, it's just to know in advance. Browning will not devote himself to formal weapon research and development until after the National Day holiday is over.

There are not many talents in the military industry in Australasia, but there are not too many people with a name as big as Browning in history.

As the saying goes, those who can do more work, since Browning can achieve such a big name in history, it means that his ability must not be low.

As the chief expert of light weapons at the Royal Military Factory, Arthur handed over all the research and development tasks of submachine guns, pistols, and light and heavy machine guns to Browning, allowing him to quickly familiarize himself with and master the technologies of these three types of weapons at the Royal Military Factory. Ability to make certain improvements.

Rifles are not included for the time being, not because Browning is ignorant of rifles, but because the Gew-98 rifles and Lee Enfield rifles currently in use in Australasia are completely sufficient.For at least 30 to [-] years, the performance of these two weapons has been very good, and there is no plan to design new weapons for the time being.

Of course, if Browning can make further improvements to these two weapons, then Arthur has no reason to refuse.

After talking happily with Browning for several hours, Arthur handed Browning a check of [-] Australian dollars, allowing Browning to settle down in his own residence and bring his family to Australasia. The pleasant meeting finally came to an end.

One hundred thousand Australian dollars is equivalent to fifty thousand pounds. Even for Browning, who had previously served as the chief gun designer of the Belgian National Arms Factory, this was a huge sum of money.

You must know that because the business of the Belgian national military factory is not very good, even as the chief expert, Browning's annual salary will not exceed [-] pounds.

The 25 Australian dollar check was almost equivalent to Browning's salary in Belgium for [-] years, which was enough to show Arthur's sincerity.

Holding these [-] Australian dollars in banknotes is enough to buy a good real estate or a single-family house in all cities in Australasia, or buy some small and medium-sized enterprises in Australasia with full capital, and it is more than enough to become a capitalist from now on.

Browning was amazed at Arthur's generosity, but also very grateful.As the king of Australasia, Arthur gave Browning great respect and attention.

This also gave Browning, who came here because of sufficient R&D funds, the impulse and motivation to die for his confidant.

To fulfill the tasks assigned by His Majesty Arthur, at least to improve and upgrade some weapons in Australasia, this is the task that Browning assigned to himself within a few years.

A weapon research expert like Browning can give up cooperation and go to Belgium because the partner company doesn't like his weapon design, or he can make up his mind to work harder to complete Arthur's task because of Arthur's value and trust.

Time passed quickly, and within a few days came January 1, which is the National Day of Australasia.

This year's National Day is relatively grand. Although there is no military parade or other activities, there are many normal National Day activities, and it is rumored that Arthur and the royal family will also participate, which attracts many people to come.

More importantly, this is also the first time that Arthur's children, Prince William and Princess Anna, have been on the road publicly, so it has also attracted many domestic media.

Even many European newspapers came here in order to give priority to reporting news about Arthur and members of the royal family.

In Australasia and some European countries, the people still have a very good impression of Arthur.

Especially the two great powers of Britain and Russia, Prince William and Princess Anna, to put it bluntly, are also related to the British royal family and the Russian royal family.

Even if you line up another row, Arthur also has the right to inherit the British throne, but the order is already very late.

As Arthur's children, Prince William and Princess Anna naturally also have the right to inherit the British throne.

Although it is theoretically impossible to inherit the British throne, having the right to inherit actually represents the closeness to the British royal family.

After all, if it is not a direct descendant within three generations, it is impossible to have the right to inherit the British throne.

The flag-raising on National Day is different from other times, and the national flag should be raised at the first moment when the sun rises.

This also means that the time of National Day activities varies from year to year, but they are all around six o'clock.

No way, January is also summer in Australasia, and the sun naturally rises faster.

After the flag of Australasia was flying in the blue sky, Arthur began his speech.

"My people, I am very glad to meet you on this special day. Every year on January 1, it is a special day for Australasia. We have experienced the colonial era, from the integration of the colony to the country , Unified from the country to the kingdom. The royal family and the government have been committed to creating a peaceful and happy social environment, so that all Australasians do not have to worry about hunger, poverty, war, and oppression."

"So far, we have achieved considerable results, and we are still working hard for our highest goal. I believe you have already understood that although Australasia is a peaceful and stable country, the current worldwide There are still a lot of wars and crises in the country. As the King of Australasia, I am committed to avoiding Australasia being involved in wars, and hope that all my people can live in peace and happiness."

"But at the same time, we should also make some preparations as expected. We don't want war to happen, but if any country or force wants to violate the interests of Australasia and its people, then all our troops will not hesitate to Fight it. Let us unite in this great nation and fight for our highest dream - the rise of Australasia, let Australasia be remembered by the world, let Australasians, stand Top of the world!"

Unsurprisingly, Arthur's speech received a response from the Australasians.When there was continuous cheers and applause from the audience, Arthur knew that he was ready for Australasia's possible participation in the war in the future.

After all, Australasia is an Oceanian country, and the future war will be a European war.

It is not so easy to get the people of Australasia in a peaceful environment to support a war against a certain military group in Europe if you do not prepare in advance.

After all, there are bound to be casualties in war, and there are bound to be losses.

Once Australasia participates in the war, the casualties of the army, the consumption of materials, and the loss of funds are inevitable.

Although a large amount of compensation and benefits will be obtained after the victory of the war, the people cannot enjoy these things, let alone the illusory time after the victory of the war.

Behind Arthur, William and Anna stood obediently beside Queen Mary.After seeing the Australasians applauding one after another, the two little guys also applauded, very happy.

Arthur smiled when he saw this scene.If nothing else, this should be the last time these two little guys can enjoy.

As the only prince and princess of Australasia, Prince William and Princess Anna will receive a very good and traditional aristocratic education from the age of three.

Even Princess Anna, who is only the second heir to the throne, has to receive a variety of noble etiquette education, and has to cultivate various hobbies since she was a child.

Prince William, as the first heir to the throne and the only prince, has to receive even more demanding aristocratic education.

In the past few years, it was okay, that is, some noble etiquette education and ideological education, accompanied by some simple language courses.

But from the age of six, Prince William will start to be exposed to history, politics, psychology, language, economics and other education, and under the training of various private teachers, he will learn how to become an excellent heir to the throne and future successor. king.

Especially in an autocratic monarchy country like Australasia, Arthur attached great importance to the cultivation of heirs.

All kinds of imaginable and unthinkable education are all that Prince William will learn before he becomes an adult.

As far as language is concerned, English is the official language of Australasia, French is more popular among European nobles, Russian is the mother tongue of Queen Mary, and German, the language of the third largest nation in Australasia, is the most basic for Prince William to learn. language.

In addition, the more popular European languages ​​such as Dutch and Spanish, even if you don’t learn them thoroughly, you still need to be able to communicate in a simple way.

And history, politics, economics, psychology, etc., are necessary knowledge for the ruler of an autocratic country.

If you don't understand this, you will be easily deceived by your subordinates. If you want to come up with some plans to improve the status quo of the country and improve the development, if you don't have the ability, how can you govern a country well?

The subject of history, although it seems to have the least effect, is actually very important.

Take history as a mirror and learn the good qualities of those great monarchs, so that you can better transform yourself into a great monarch.

In Arthur's plan, if the cultivation of heirs does not go well, it is possible to turn Australasia into a constitutional monarchy with certain military power, rather than an absolute monarchy, before he abdicates.

Although autocratic countries can improve national cohesion and strengthen the administrative efficiency of the government.But the disadvantage is that the requirements for the monarch are very strict, and such a government system is only suitable for a generation of Mingjun.

Of course, even if the country system is reformed into a constitutional monarchy in the future, Arthur will give future generations of monarchs the hope and cards of power.

As long as the future monarchs are capable and able to obtain sufficient monarchy from the cabinet government, even a constitutional monarch can have the same monarchy rights as an autocracy.

Vice versa, the power of the emperor in the eastern dynasty is more authoritarian than autocratic, but aren't many emperors still easily emptied?
This also represents a truth, a monarch who is capable and able to gain the trust of the people will naturally have a certain right to speak in the government.

If it is a monarch who has never heard of the people's livelihood, even if he has a lot of power by virtue of the autocratic monarchy, he will push the country into the abyss and the royal family will perish.

However, Arthur turned his head to look at Prince William and Princess Anna with smirking faces, and felt that his two children would at least not become kings of subjugation under his careful training.

Arthur's speech was followed by the government's foreign exchange report on the previous year's work.

This is actually almost a tradition of the Australasian government, because the National Day is at the beginning of each year, so the National Day is also the time when the cabinet government publicly reports on the work of the previous year.

Of course, although most of the people who listened to the report were Australasian people, there were still many foreign tourists and media among them.

Therefore, not all news will be reported to the foreign exchange, except for the general growth of the industrial scale, the growth of the economy and agriculture, education, medical care, popularization of policies, and the construction of transportation, etc., other foreign exchange reports will not be too much many.

Because this information has already been reported in detail in the cabinet meeting, Arthur has no intention of listening to it again.

Arthur was sitting in his seat, apparently listening to the report from Prime Minister Kent, but actually kept looking at Prince William and Princess Anna, with many smiles on his face.

The National Day event lasted for several hours, starting at six o'clock and ending after ten o'clock.

But even if the National Day event is over, there are still a large number of Sydney citizens who choose to stay.

Because in a little while, at Sydney Square, the movie will be ready to be played.

Australasian Dreams hasn't started airing yet, but the promotion in Australasia has been going on for a long time.

The price of a movie before was not cheap, but now you can watch the movie for free, and Arthur participated in the filming, and it is about the Australasian nation, which makes many people very interested, even if the movie is still several hours away It's just started, and I still don't want to leave for a while.

As the largest square in Australia, Sydney Palace Square has prepared ten sets of equipment for playing movies this time.

And Arthur will also show up to watch movies. For Australasians, Arthur being able to watch movies with them is more valuable than watching several movies for free.

What's more, although movies will be played simultaneously across the country today, this place is definitely the first to start playing, which is why the people of Australasia are reluctant to leave.

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