Rise of Australia

Chapter 489 Splitting the Royal Consortium
During the construction of the new royal palace, it was not that Arthur had not considered the construction of an underground air-raid shelter, or an underground security base, but it seemed that it was not necessary at present.

First of all, the island chain outside Australasia has already determined that it is basically impossible for foreign aircraft to enter the mainland of Australasia.

If the mainland of Australasia is really threatened, then what Australasia will face must be an unprecedented war, or even a full-scale nuclear war.

Not to mention how far away that time was from now, even if we build an underground air defense base that we think is safe now, it may not be able to block the attack of weapons at that time.

Especially the air-raid shelters specially used to prevent nuclear weapons. With the development of science and technology, various radiation-proof materials will also be slowly invented.

It is better to wait until the radiation protection materials are mature in the future before building a complete underground base, instead of adding unnecessary pressure to the construction of the palace now.

After a few days of inspections in Fort St. Arthur, Arthur finally felt relieved and decided to go home.

There are still a few more important things to deal with, which also leaves Arthur with little free time, not even in the mood to travel around.

It was already the end of March when he successfully returned to Sydney. As soon as Arthur arrived at the palace, Steward Kent had already asked to see him.

"Butler Kent, what happened?" Arthur asked a little curiously.

As the chief steward of the entire royal palace and the real controller of the royal consortium, Kent's steward has no less work than Arthur.

The hard work and dedication of the Kent housekeeper is absolutely indispensable for the royal consortium to develop into a huge enterprise that is currently incomparably wealthy.

"Your Majesty, the royal consortium has developed to its current situation, and I think it's time to split it up." Steward Kent said with a formal look and a hint of seriousness.

"Split? Why so suddenly?" Arthur was taken aback suddenly and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, the royal consortium owns thousands of factories and enterprises, and the number of employees has exceeded one million. It is not easy to have such a scale, but the royal consortium should not have such a large scale. As your apparent industry, the royal family The size of the consortium needs to be reduced to at least one-third of the current size before it can be accepted more easily," Kent Butler explained.

The development of the Royal Consortium covers Australasia's minerals, steel industry, petroleum, automobile industry, aviation industry, military industry, shipbuilding industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, light industry and food industry, which can be said to be related to the life of Australasians closely related.

While this may seem powerful, the implications behind it are also terrifying.

The royal consortium controls almost all aspects of the country. Perhaps there were no problems during Arthur's reign, but there will definitely be problems in the future.

After all, it is no joke that people are fearful. Not every monarch has such a high reputation as Arthur, and not every prime minister is as loyal as Prime Minister Kent.

"Do you have any plans? Steward Kent?" Arthur nodded, approving Steward Kent's plan to split up the royal consortium.

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of the overall situation, we must at least split the royal family consortium into 3 to 4 large consortiums. The royal family consortium only retains military industry, shipbuilding and banks, and all others are divided into new consortiums. It seems that we have nothing to do with the royal family. Relationship." Butler Kent hesitated sometimes, and put out the plan in his heart.

Military shipbuilding and banking are definitely one of the most important industries of the Royal Consortium.Needless to say, several military factories and shipyards possess the most advanced military technology in Australasia, which the royal consortium cannot give up.

In addition, the Royal Bank is currently the largest bank in Australasia, and its users far exceed those of several idle banks and the National Bank established by the government not long ago.

The royal consortium, which owns the military industry, shipbuilding industry and royal bank, is already considered one of the giants in Australasia, and its assets on the bright side as a royal consortium are completely sufficient.

As for the remaining factories and enterprises in various messy industries, they are divided into three to four consortiums, large and small. Arthur only needs to control them secretly, and introduce a bright controller to completely separate them from the royal consortium. .

But this still belongs to Arthur's property, but it seems that the royal family's property is not so exaggerated, and it is not easy to be envied by others.

There is another important reason for splitting the royal consortium, that is, the current royal consortium is too large and it is not easy to manage.

As the actual manager of the royal consortium, Kent's butler has a deep understanding of this.Handling the affairs of the royal palace and the consortium at the same time exhausted Steward Kent.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of requesting to split the royal consortium, the butler of Kent also wanted to resign from his position as the head of the royal consortium, and serve the Arthur family well in the few remaining days as the steward of the royal palace with peace of mind.

Arthur pondered for a while, and finally agreed to Butler Kent's proposal.

On April 1919, 4, the work of dismantling the Royal Consortium officially began.

Except for military industry, shipbuilding and banking, all enterprises have changed their names and abolished the word "royal".

This also means that these companies have nothing to do with the royal consortium on the surface, and they will have their own person in charge, or be merged into other consortiums.

Within a few days, several large consortiums in Australasia were established one after another.The iron and steel industry established a separate heavy industry group, agriculture and animal husbandry established a joint group, and all oil companies were merged into the Royal Petroleum Company and changed its name to the Australasian National Petroleum Company.

As for the various enterprises and factories invested or established by the royal consortium, they have all changed their names and canceled the royal or royal title.

The unified explanation given by the royal consortium is that some properties are divided because of funding problems.

Coupled with the comprehensive control of the news by the propaganda department, no bad news has flowed out.

Even the folks are still spreading the story that because the royal consortium spends too much money on helping the poor every year, causing some companies to fall into losses and debts, they had to cut it off, which made Arthur earn a lot of prestige invisibly .

And the royal consortium, which was originally a behemoth, has become an irrelevant royal consortium, heavy industry group, United Group and major enterprises.

Like the well-known Benz Automobile Factory and Diesel Engine Research Laboratory, they still retain their original names.

After all, Benz and Diesel have a good reputation in Australasia, and most people think that the owners of these two companies are Benz and Diesel.

People saw news reports that the royal consortium only had military industry and banking businesses, and even requested to reduce citizens' welfare benefits to let the royal consortium breathe a sigh of relief.

Arthur naturally rejected this. After all, truly smart people would know what was going on. Using such an excuse to reduce welfare benefits would not be enough to stop the fire.

What's more, Australasia's current welfare benefits are an important guarantee for attracting immigrants.Although at least 200 million immigrants can be obtained from Russia every year, the country's ethnic composition will be unhealthy if it relies solely on Russian immigrants.

As an immigrant country, Australasia welcomes immigrants from Europe and all over the world, but it also needs to have a clear understanding of its own ethnic composition.

As the main ethnic group in Australasia, British descent is the unchangeable foundation and the guarantee for maintaining the stability of Australasia.

Of the current population of more than 2000 million in Australasia, the British population accounts for just over 1000 million, barely exceeding 50%.

After several years of catching up, the population of Russian origin is close to 40%, which is about 800 million people.

This also means that if there are no restrictions on immigration, the proportion of Russians will soon exceed that of British, which is not necessarily a good thing for the stability of Australasia.

Only by introducing a large number of British immigrants can the ethnic balance and national balance of Australasia be maintained.

Not long after the split of the royal consortium, Arthur attended the opening ceremony of the Noble Union Bank, the Noble Union Bank, in a costume.

The New Aristocracy is definitely a rising star in Australasian politics and is watched by everyone in Australasia.

With a total investment of 300 million Australian dollars, Noble Union Bank is the largest investment of the Noble Union consortium and the third largest bank in Australasia.

However, with the suppression of the royal consortium, the opening of the Noble United Bank did not cause too much splash.

After all, a single royal bank has more than 800 million users. Except for the National Bank established by the government, it is impossible for other banks to have any hope of catching up.

The National Bank is the bank that distributes the salaries of all officials and some workers, and has a total number of users of more than 500 million.

In addition to these two super-large banks, before the establishment of the Noble United Bank, the largest bank was established by European capitalists, but the number of users was less than 100 million.

More than 100 new aristocrats from Australasia were also present at the inauguration ceremony of the Union Bank.

All of them were smiling. After all, the profit and loss of United Bank was also related to their dividends. The larger the size of United Bank, the greater the benefits they had.

Union Bank has only set up its head office and branches in Sydney and Melbourne. After all, the expansion of the bank is not so easy.

After all, United Bank is not an official force like the royal family or the government. If it wants to have more users, it will inevitably compete with other small and medium-sized banks.

As the two largest cities in Australasia, the opportunities for development in Sydney and Melbourne are undoubtedly the greatest.

If Union Bank can establish a foothold in Sydney and Melbourne, it will have the capital to expand beyond Sydney and Melbourne and open branches in each state capital.

Before that, it is better to lay a solid foundation, operate honestly for a few years, and gradually gain a group of old customers.

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