Rise of Australia

Chapter 4 The Queen's Decision

"I see, Arthur. I agree with you going out, but not now." Queen Victoria was silent for a long time, then nodded with difficulty, and said.

"Thank you grandma." Arthur finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and looked at Queen Victoria gratefully.

"When the matter of this period of time is settled, I will accompany you to Australia to have a look!" Queen Victoria suddenly said, but the words she said were amazing.

"Are you going to Australia?" Arthur was taken aback for a moment, and then thought of Queen Victoria's trip to White Island, a small island in the north of New Zealand, in the late 1900s just to remember Prince Albert and their children at the last moment of her life. Had a great time.

"Yes." Queen Victoria seemed to be in a good memory, and it took a long time to come back to her senses. She looked at Arthur and said with a smile: "Grandmother will be able to accompany Arthur for a while, and I may never see you again. .”

Hearing what Queen Victoria said, the tip of Arthur's nose suddenly became sour, and tears seemed to well up in his eyes, but Arthur restrained it forcefully.

"No, grandma. You can stay with Arthur for a long time, and grandma will live at least a hundred years." Arthur said hastily.

In fact, when Queen Victoria went to the Isle of Wight, she had already clearly learned of her physical condition, but she still chose to work hard to miss her husband and children.

Now that Queen Victoria has experienced the pain of losing her son again, she may have felt that her body is not as good as before, and she plans to go to the Isle of Wight to draw a successful conclusion to her life.

"Haha, okay, grandma will live a long life." Queen Victoria nodded with a smile, not refuting Arthur's words, but her slightly sad eyes and slightly trembling hands proved that she did not believe it.

"Arthur, are you really going to Australia?" After regaining her senses, Queen Victoria looked at Arthur with some seriousness and asked.

"You must be clear that Australia is no better than the British mainland. It used to be our criminal exile. Although it is no longer there, there are still a large number of Australians who are not civilized." Queen Victoria explained: "If you want to go to Australia, , then you have to be prepared at any time, the people there are not obedient citizens, you must hold your guns and wealth tightly to ensure that you and your most important people will not be harmed."

"Yes, I'm ready, Grandma." Arthur nodded, also solemnly said.

"That's fine, Arthur." Queen Victoria touched Arthur's head and said: "I will tell the government that all the territories you inherit now will be exchanged with Australia, and the title will also become the Duke of Australia. Of course , if you can't stand life in Australia, grandma welcomes you back anytime."

"Thank you grandma." Arthur nodded gratefully.

After all, Queen Victoria is good to her family, especially for Duke Arthur and Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria is the dearest mother.

Of course, Queen Victoria’s love for Arthur can also be felt now, especially after the unexpected death of Duke Arthur, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Queen Victoria cared more for Arthur.

Queen Victoria's action was very fast. On the second day, the British government issued a notice that several Australian colonies were merged into the Australian Duchy, ruled by Arthur.

The titles originally inherited by Arthur from his father were also returned to the British Empire.

On the surface, this exchange of territories was a huge loss for Arthur. After all, although the territories of his two dukes were not large, they were actually the core areas of the British Empire.

In exchange, Australia was once a place of exile for criminals of the British Empire decades ago. Now it is just a colony with a vast land area, but a sparse population and a backward economy and industry.

Even if it becomes a complete territory after integration, it still lacks infrastructure. At least for decades, it will not be comparable to Arthur's original two duchies.

Although the British government and the British civilians were all surprised by this exchange of territories, they understood something when they thought about the assassination of Duke Arthur not long ago.

1900 1 Month 31 Day.

At this time, 20 days have passed since the exchange of Arthur's territory, and everyone has accepted it, including Queen Victoria and Arthur.

During this period, in addition to Queen Victoria's occasional care of Princesses Arthur and Louise, Margaret and Patricia, Princess Beatrice and Crown Prince Edward also visited.

Perhaps knowing that Arthur would have no trouble inheriting the throne after he exchanged territories, Crown Prince Edward was also very kind to Arthur, and even promised to sponsor Arthur a sum of money when he went to the territory.

Because of Queen Victoria's deliberate concealment, Arthur still does not know that his father-killing enemy is his own uncle, Crown Prince Edward.

But in any case, Arthur would not refuse Crown Prince Edward's gift.

After all, the development of Australia in the future will take time and also require a lot of funds to support it.

Although Arthur has a way to obtain a large amount of funds, it may even be able to support the development of Australia in the next few years.

But this amount of funds is not easy to obtain in a short period of time, at least until Arthur has not fully grasped Australia, Arthur will not think of this unexpected wealth.

After 20 days of preparation, Queen Victoria also announced a message to all her children and the government, that is, she chose to drag her tired body to New Zealand's White Island to recuperate.

The queen's decision still caused turmoil in British politics. After all, when Prince Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria had lived in seclusion for more than ten years.

Although Queen Victoria became active again afterwards, and won the welcome of a large number of British civilians at the grand celebrations celebrating the 50th and 60th anniversary of the Queen's ascension to the throne.

But this does not mean that Queen Victoria's seclusion had little influence on British politics.

On the contrary, the current Queen Victoria plays an irreplaceable role in stabilizing both the British political arena and the entire British Empire.

Queen Victoria is a great and irreplaceable monarch in the British political arena and even in the hearts of all British civilians.

This phenomenon also appeared in the later generations of the Queen of the United States. The long-term rule greatly improved the prestige of the Queen and the royal family among the people. Coupled with the great rise of the British Empire in the Victorian era, Queen Victoria was very important to the United Kingdom. Saying is more important.

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