Rise of Australia

Chapter 448 Advance Layout
The war has continued until now, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the war has come to an end.The problem is, how the war will end is less certain.

If you carefully study the history of the countries in World War I, you can find that World War I was a civil war between European royal families, and even more so, a civil war among German nobles.

Why do you say that?
First of all, all the great powers participating in the war, except for the Republic of France and Italy, the royal families of other countries came from the German region.

Needless to say, the British royal family and the Australasian royal family are members of the German Saxon Coburg Gotha family.

The Romanov royal family in Russia came from the German region, and the Habsburg dynasty of the Austro-Hungarian Empire also came from the German region, but it was squeezed out by the Kingdom of Prussia at that time, and eventually became the Austrian Empire alone.

In addition to the royal families of various countries, there are a considerable number of German aristocrats in the UK, and a considerable number of British aristocrats in Germany.

The complex marriage relationship between the royal families of various countries has allowed the royal families of various countries to form an inseparable blood network.

Therefore, this war can also be regarded as an internal friction among European monarchs, which not only greatly weakened the strength of the European royal family, but even caused a large number of European nobles to lose their actual territories.

Even the British Empire, which seems to have a stable royal family, might even risk becoming a republic if it weren't for the powerful royalists.

Therefore, the sooner this world war ends, the less internal friction between the European royal families will be.

A stronger monarchy is not bad for Arthur, and it can even ensure that Arthur's throne is more stable.

Because of this, ending this war as soon as possible has become what Arthur is looking forward to.

But Australasia also had many problems to resolve before ending the war.

The first is the rapid development of the military industry and manufacturing industry in Australasia during the war.

Before the outbreak of the war, there were only a little over 2 employees in the military industry in Australasia. This was because the war was about to break out, and the military industry had undergone considerable expansion.

The current number of employees in the military industry is at least more than 10, and the industrial output value has expanded five times compared to 1913 and three times compared to 1914. The expansion speed is very exaggerated.

The placement of these military industry employees after the war is a problem. Australasia obviously does not need such a large military industry after the war. It must be reduced to at least one-fifth of its current size, otherwise it will face military industry overcapacity. The problem.

In addition to the military industry, the expansion of manufacturing in Australasia is also a problem.The European war created a large number of manufacturing orders for Australasia, allowing many private factories in Australasia to earn enough money, and also allowing Australasia's manufacturing capacity to far exceed the needs of the native population.

A rather exaggerated figure, Australasia exports nearly 200 million military uniforms to Europe every year, but the demand of the Australasian army is less than 50 per year.

You know, this is still the requirement for military uniforms after the military expansion.If it were before the war, Australasia currently produces enough military uniforms every year to meet the needs of the army for ten years.

The most urgent task at present is to gradually reduce the production value of the military industry and manufacturing industry to a reasonable range, so as to avoid the bankruptcy crisis of these enterprises.

In order to obtain larger orders, some factories can be said to be selling out production lines.

If the production value is easily reduced, it is easy for some factories that have bought production lines to face a debt crisis.

However, if production is not reduced from now on, these factories will face a financial crisis after the war due to overcapacity.

After careful consideration, under Arthur's instructions, the Australasian government decided to cut production ahead of schedule for the entire industry, encouraging factories to modify their production lines, and reducing the production of military products and daily necessities.

But it's not without good news.After the end of the war with the Netherlands, Australasia has basically mastered the entire Dutch East Indies.

This area has a population of tens of millions, and will be one of the dumping grounds of Australasia's products, consuming part of the manufactured products for Australasia.

Coupled with the material consumption brought about by domestic population growth, the number and scale of factories that need to reduce production are also acceptable.

For factories that need to reduce production, the government will provide certain subsidies to ensure that most factories will not close down due to production reduction.

This can be regarded as saving the hard-won industry of Australasia. Anyway, the money can be obtained from the reparations of the Allies.

Looking closely at the land acquired by Australasia for this war, it basically met the needs of Australasia to become a superpower.

After acquiring the land in the Middle East, Australasia has no defects in mineral resources, and can become an extremely developed country relying on mineral resources alone.

On the mainland, the defensive island chain in the north of Australasia has been completely perfected, which can perfectly resist the attacks from the island countries in the north and the United States in the east.

With an excellent army and a powerful navy, Australasia can proudly claim that before the invention of nuclear bombs and missiles, there was no risk of Australasia's mainland being breached.

As long as this war is over, the tone of Australasia will change back to developing the country, governing the great desert inside Australasia, and developing the newly acquired colonies at the same time.

If it can attract a large number of talents from Germany, obtain a large amount of industrial equipment, and digest these territories, it can be said that Australasia already has the strength of the top powers and can wrestle with powers such as Britain, France and the United States.

In order to better manage these areas, government officials are busy with meetings and investigations every day.

Some time ago, Arthur also vaguely proposed the idea of ​​moving the capital at a cabinet meeting. The investigation of the location of the new capital and the investigation of public opinion also caused headaches for the government.

It's just that, as the top decision-maker of the government, Arthur naturally wouldn't take care of these things himself.

As far as Arthur is concerned, he only needs to control the macro tone of the matter, and the detailed micro control is handed over to these cabinet ministers and their subordinates.

If the development of a country requires detailed control by the king in all aspects, then the development of this country will not last long, and it is very likely that it will only be prosperous for one generation.

For Arthur, he also has a more important task, which is to educate his three children.

Yes, Queen Mary gave birth to Arthur's second son just over a year ago, whom he named Peter.

Peter is only one year old now, so naturally he doesn't need any education.Arthur's eldest son, William, and daughter, Anna, are both in their early sevens, which is the time for proper education.

In order to exercise William's administrative ability more practically, Arthur decided to hand over the development of the Middle East to William.

Although William is only seven years old, he looks like a young adult after having undergone a relatively strict elite and aristocratic education.

Of course, if this was the case alone, Arthur would not have handed over such a large territory along the Persian Gulf to William for management.

There is also a very important reason, Arthur did not plan to vigorously exploit the oil along the Persian Gulf before he transferred more territories from the Persian Gulf coast.

This also means that the development of the territory along the Persian Gulf is not strong, and with the assistance of officials appointed by Arthur, it is safe to hand it over to William for management.

Not to let William experience a setback, anyway, the population along the Persian Gulf is not large, just to see what William has learned in the elite aristocratic education he has experienced in the past few years.

Anyway, the garrison along the Persian Gulf coast was not under the management of William, and no matter how much fun little William had, it would not affect Australasia's rule in this area.

As for the life and death of the indigenous population along the Persian Gulf, Arthur didn't care, and neither did other countries.

When Arthur first decided to hand over the Persian Gulf coast to William's management, he could clearly see the excitement in the little guy's eyes.

Clearly, the allure to a boy of running a sprawling territory on his own is enormous.

Arthur also asked William Jr. what he would do first after taking charge of this territory, and the answer he got was military management plus enslavement of the aborigines.

Such an answer is a proper hawkish thinking, but Arthur feels that there is nothing wrong with it.

Because of the impact of this world war, the hawkish main battle ideas in various countries are constantly increasing.

It was after the war that the peace faction was strong. After all, before the war ended, a large number of civilians were bewitched by the governments of various countries, but they only knew how to serve the country, and did not know the death threat that serving the country would bring to themselves.

When the war ended, people were surprised to find that most of their friends and relatives died because of the war, and the damage of the war was truly reflected in everyone's life.

For Arthur, there is nothing wrong with Serena Williams being a hawk, but he also scores against who is a hawk.

There is no need to care about the life and death of the aborigines. Even if there are too many local aborigines in the territory of Australasia, it is easy to be fooled by a future republic like the United States, allowing these aborigines to plan independence in the territory of Australasia.

Instead of this, it is better to settle these aborigines in advance, when all these occupied colonies and lands become legal territories for permanent residence of Australasians.

A clear example in later generations is Königsberg, the land of East Prussia occupied by the Russians after World War II.

Königsberg was once the capital of Prussia, but was occupied by the Russians after Germany surrendered in World War II.

Otherwise, in order to better defend this land, a large-scale relocation plan was launched, all Germans in a piece of land were expelled to West Germany, and a large number of Russians immigrated to live in this land.

As a result, this piece of German homeland became the land where most Russians lived, and it became the legal territory of Russians.

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