Rise of Australia

Chapter 545 Foreign Workers and R107 Battleship

Speaking of the current system of royal guards and bodyguards, it is actually a bit complicated and repetitive.

Generally speaking, the royal guards are responsible for the safety of the palace, and the guards are responsible for the safety of royal members.

Because of the construction of the new palace, the number of guards and bodyguards has also been expanded. Currently, they have reached 3600 and 1200 respectively.

Because guards and guards are responsible for different areas, you can also see such a special scene during Arthur's travels. Both guards and guards are followed by a certain number of people.

If you include the Guards Division that protects the capital, there are three armed forces responsible for protecting the royal family, some of which are too complicated.

In Arthur's plan, the royal guards and bodyguards will eventually be integrated into a team responsible for protecting the safety of the palace and royal family members.

However, due to the tight time schedule, the integration of guards and bodyguards will have to wait until the future, approximately before the completion of the new capital.

After the travel work was almost ready, Arthur also had to make certain arrangements for government work in advance.

For some major events, you still need to contact the government at any time. After all, Arthur is the one who handles major matters.

In addition, all other affairs of the country were handed over to the government, and Prime Minister Kent was fully responsible. Arthur was very relieved.

Moreover, there is a Guards Division to protect the safety of the capital. In the event of any emergency, Arthur can return to Sydney at any time.

In order to ensure Arthur's safety, Arthur's travel routes are never announced to the public, and most of his travel routes are even decided on a temporary basis.

After leaving Sydney, the entire traveling team took a special train, preparing to head to Melbourne first and then head west to inspect the industrial base in Australasia.

As the second largest city in Australasia, Melbourne is still very well-known at home and abroad.

Among the targets of Arthur's many inspections was Melbourne. Arthur was very familiar with this already huge city.

Melbourne is located in the southern part of Victoria. Like Sydney, it is also a coastal city.

This is also a characteristic of an immigration country like Australasia. Including the capitals of other states, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle, etc., all are coastal cities and have ports of a certain size.

The two cities of Melbourne and Sydney, like the twin stars of Australasia, occupy an extremely important position in the entire history of Australia.

Before the establishment of the Principality of Australia, the two cities were comparable in size and development, and both became the largest cities in Australia.

However, after the establishment of the Principality, Sydney's development has been more advantageous than Melbourne, and it has now surpassed Melbourne by a large margin.

However, these two cities are both megacities for Australasia, with current populations of more than 200 million, and Sydney's population is close to 300 million.

This is actually a unique phenomenon in Australasia.Most of Australasia's population is in the Australian region, and most of Australia's population is in the southeast.

In the southeast, most of the population is in the two cities of Sydney and Melbourne, as well as the regions where these two cities are located.

Although Arthur's itinerary has not been announced to the public, there is not even any news about where he is going.

But the king's traveling team was so conspicuous that it quickly attracted the attention of a large number of Australasians and attracted thousands of people watching and cheering.

Arthur also decided not to hide anymore, waved to the people, and went to the port to inspect under the watch of the people.

Arthur was accompanied by the Governor of Victoria, the Mayor of Melbourne and a large number of government officials.

As one of the largest cities in Australasia, Melbourne's port naturally attracts a large number of ships to dock. The port's cargo throughput ranks second in Australasia, and it looks very prosperous and spectacular.

Although Sydney is the capital of Australasia, in the development of the two cities, the government has adopted a fair attitude and encouraged the two cities to develop according to their own conditions.

Of course, in addition to the constant flow of cargo ships, Melbourne's port also sees a large number of cruise ships and foreign tourists.

As one of the most economically developed cities in Australasia, Melbourne not only attracts foreign immigrants, it also attracts a large number of foreign tourists.

It is worth mentioning that compared to Sydney's port, Melbourne's port is more commercial, with few warships and more private cargo ships and cruise ships.

From the perspective of commercial ports alone, the size of Melbourne Port is larger than Sydney Port.

Arthur really didn't have any good suggestions for the development of the port.After all, these government officials are the professionals, and all Arthur does is to grasp the direction.

This is actually the most appropriate structure for a government.If development in any direction requires the monarch's own hands, then the country's development is destined to be no better.

This is also one of Arthur's smart points. Although he holds great power in his hands, professional matters should be left to professionals. Not dictating from the side is the best support for these professionals.

Of course, although these officials are given great power, Arthur will also be responsible for controlling the final results.

Those who do not do well will naturally have no political achievements and are unlikely to be promoted.For those who are corrupt, there is also oversight by the intelligence services and the House of Representatives.

Because he was out for fun and the inspection was only secondary, Arthur did not go to the Melbourne City Hall. Instead, he asked the Governor of Victoria and the Mayor of Melbourne a few questions at a private dinner.

The current governor of Victoria is Georg Philip Lugendas, a native Australasian.

Arthur obviously trusted the native Australasians more than the immigrants, which also allowed more figures like Governor Georg to ascend to high positions.

"Governor Georg, are there any problems in the current development of Victoria?" After dinner, he looked at the two people who were very reserved and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there are no big problems with the current development of Victoria. If there is a problem, the recent influx of foreign workers from abroad has made some people very dissatisfied, thinking that they have squeezed out Australasians. jobs." After hearing Arthur's inquiry, Governor Georg replied without any hesitation or concealment.

"Foreign workers? Approximately how many are there?" Arthur frowned and asked.

Unlike those who want to immigrate but have not yet obtained citizenship, most foreign workers do not want to immigrate. They just want to find high-paying job opportunities in Australasia, earn a considerable income and then return to their home countries. .

Compared with native Australasians and immigrants, these foreign workers are certainly outsiders, and this issue naturally needs to be dealt with.

"The number of foreign migrant workers has been rising in recent years. The current situation in Victoria is not bad, but the number of foreign migrant workers is close to 5." Governor Georg continued to answer.

Compared with other Australasian states, Victoria's economic development is definitely among the best.

Coupled with the popularity of Melbourne, the capital, it naturally attracts a large number of foreign workers looking for job opportunities.

Compared with those who come to Australasia through immigration agencies, these people do not recognize Australasia as highly. What they recognize is the high-paying jobs in Australasia and the monthly salary. What they have in their hands is just the tempting Australian dollar.

Arthur nodded. The scale of 5 people is indeed not large. For the population of more than 300 million in Victoria, 5 foreign workers are only a small part and are still within a controllable range for the time being.

"What kind of jobs do most of these foreign workers do? Will it really have an impact on the work of local people?" Arthur asked the most crucial question.

Generally speaking, the job opportunities in Australasia for foreigners without Australasian citizenship are definitely not as good as those for native Australasians.

If most of the jobs of Australasians are easy and high-income jobs, then most of the jobs of foreigners should be more tiring middle-income jobs. The impact on the work of native Australasians should not be too great, at least two The work expectations of the class group are two levels.

"Of these foreign workers, 31% are from Europe and the United States, 4% are from Africa (whites in the colonies are not black, and blacks are not welcome), and the remaining 65% are from Asia. According to intelligence controlled by the state government Look, most of them are engaged in low- and middle-income jobs, but about [-]% of them are engaged in high-income jobs such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc.,” Governor Georg said.

This is not far from what Arthur expected. After all, most people who can come to Australasia to find jobs cannot find good jobs where they originally lived, which means they are destined to only work in low- and middle-income jobs. work. "Are these people not causing trouble in the country?" The safety of foreign personnel is always a problem. These people do not have high recognition of the country and are more likely to participate in things that endanger national security.

"No appearance for the moment, Your Majesty," Governor Georg replied.

"In this case, we will not deal with these foreign workers for the time being. For some foreign workers with high education and working in more important positions, try to win over them as much as possible and let them join Australasian citizenship. For example, those in the education and medical industries Talented people can receive certain preferential treatment, including free ferry tickets to Australasia for their families, etc. As long as they do not support actions that endanger the national security of Australasia, we will not exclude these foreign workers. Arthur said with a smile.

Overall, these foreign workers do not have much impact on the work of Australasian nationals.

Because the Australasian labor law has already stipulated that only Australasian citizens can enjoy the highest minimum wage protection policy.

Not being able to hold Australasian citizenship means that the minimum wage is at a lower level than other Australasians.

In addition, the government has regulations for all enterprises in Australasia. Australasian citizens must account for more than [-]% of the total number of employees. This also determines that enterprises cannot employ a large number of non-Australasian employees.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for migrant workers to have an impact on the working environment of Australasians.

A considerable number of these people are engaged in occupations that Australasians look down upon, which is helpful to enrich the occupational system in Australasia.

While these people earn some of the income, they also generate greater economic growth for Australasia.

What's more, the lives and consumption of these people in Australasia are all promoting the economic growth of Australasia. This is a completely profitable business.

In fact, this problem does not only exist in Australasia. Immigration countries like the United States also have problems with foreign workers.

The U.S.'s approach is very simple. When these foreign workers are needed, they are an important guarantee for promoting U.S. economic growth.

Once there is an economic crisis, or conflicts break out between U.S. citizens and these non-U.S. citizens, these people will be quickly abandoned and directly become illegal immigrants. At best, they will be deported, and at worst, they will not care whether they live or die.

After chatting with Governor Georg, it was the turn of Melbourne Mayor George Nugent Temple Grenville.

However, there is actually not much of a problem with Melbourne's development. In addition to being highly attractive and easily attracting foreign immigrants to keep Melbourne's city expanding, there seems to be no major problem that needs to be reported to Arthur.

This is actually the trick to reporting problems.Although Arthur requested that problems in urban development be reported and discussed for resolution.

But the question is, if every small problem needs to be reported to Arthur for resolution, then what else do these governors and mayors need to do?
The issues that can be reported to Arthur for resolution must be issues that the governor and mayor cannot decide on their own, at least to the extent that they are reported to the cabinet government.

If Arthur had to control even the construction of a building in Melbourne, then the country would not need to develop at all, because there are many things that Arthur cannot handle at all.

After concluding his talks with Governor Georg and Mayor George, Arthur came to the Royal Melbourne Dockyard to inspect the shipbuilding progress of the Royal Melbourne Dockyard.

The predecessor of the Royal Melbourne Dockyard was actually a colonial shipyard in colonial Victoria. It was not large in scale and could only build warships of about a thousand tons.

After being acquired and expanded by the Royal Dockyard, it has now become a large shipyard capable of building [-]-ton giant ships, and is responsible for a considerable part of Australasia's naval construction work.

Of course, a [-]-ton warship is definitely not Australasia’s ultimate goal.Although naval limitation treaties have become inevitable, the total tonnage of each country's navy must also be limited.

However, it is impossible to guarantee how long this treaty will be able to control each country, and Arthur's actions to build a navy are absolutely impossible to be bound by a treaty.

According to the next phase of the Royal Dockyard's goals, the Sydney Royal Dockyard will be expanded into a super-large shipyard of [-] tons, and the Melbourne Dockyard and Oran Shipbuilding Shipyard will also be expanded into large shipyards of about [-] tons.

Of course, it is currently impossible to expand the shipyard.While all countries are negotiating a proper naval restriction treaty, Australasia is openly expanding its naval shipyard. Such behavior is a slap in the face of the British.

Arriving at the Royal Melbourne Dockyard, the person in charge of the shipyard and a group of technical experts had been waiting for a long time.

Arthur mainly visited the construction workshop of the shipyard and the design of the drawings.

While visiting the Royal Melbourne Dockyard, Arthur received good news about a new warship designed by the Australasian Navy.

The drawings of this new warship were jointly designed by warship designers from the Royal Melbourne Dockyard. It has not been officially named yet, and his design code is R107.

The current most advanced battleship designer in Australasia, the Hope-class battleship, is equipped with only a 15-inch 45-caliber main gun, which is far behind the world trend.

In the past, because Australasia attached great importance to the research of aircraft carriers, it only focused on research and development of new battleships and had no plans to build them.

This new battleship, named R107, is the result of the union of three royal shipyards in Australasia.

Speaking of this battleship, we must also mention the previously strengthened cooperation between Australasia and the British Empire in naval construction.

Thanks to the friendly relations with the British Empire and the close cooperation between the two countries, Australasia has obtained technology from the British Empire's 16-inch 45-caliber triple artillery, and is even conducting independent research on 18-inch artillery.

Of course, 18-inch artillery is currently unrealistic. The mainstream ship-based artillery in various countries is 16 inches.

Even with the restrictions of the naval treaty in the future, it is hard to say whether the size of ship-based artillery can be maintained at 16 inches, let alone the terrifying 18-inch artillery with a huge span.

The R107 battleship, based on the latest British warship design and the existing shipbuilding experience in Australasia, the comprehensive design is as follows:
Captain length: 217 meters; ship width: 32.5 meters; draft: 9.2 meters.

The standard displacement is about 3.2 tons to 3.3 tons, and the full load displacement is 3.7 tons to 3.8 tons.

The power plant uses eight oil-fired boilers with steam superheaters and four steam turbines. The power can reach about 46000 horsepower and the speed is close to 23.5 knots.

The R107 battleship can carry more than 2750 tons of fuel, and its maximum endurance has reached a total range of 12 nautical miles at a speed of 15000 knots.

How scary is the concept of 15000 nautical miles?It is equivalent to 27800 kilometers, and the circumference of the earth is only about 4 kilometers.

In addition to three triple-mounted 16-inch main guns, the R107 battleship also has six two-mounted six-inch secondary guns.

Because of the threat of aircraft to warships, the R107 battleship also added six single-mounted 120mm high-level dual-purpose cannons, four double-mounted 100mm high-level dual-purpose cannons, six eight-mounted 40mm machine guns and 47 27mm machine gun.

This kind of anti-aircraft firepower is excellent, and it is completely sufficient to deal with less advanced aircraft from other countries.

If paired with an aircraft carrier, such a battleship would be invincible. This is the world's mainstream and one of the most advanced battleship designs.

Of course, for Australasia to have such a battleship design, the help and technical support of the British is very important.

Perhaps the British saw the importance of Australasia's geographical location and the possibility of Australasia blocking the Americans, so they decided to strengthen Australasia's naval strength as much as possible to give Australasia the power to counter the United States. Capital.

In addition to the above anti-aircraft weapons, the R107 also has two 620 mm torpedo launch tubes to deal with the threat of submarines under the water.

The entire battleship is expected to be able to carry 1360 naval soldiers. The size and weight of the battleship are currently the largest warships in Australasia, and the targets of comparison are also the most advanced warships of other countries.

The design of such warships took into account the opinions of the British.In fact, the design of this warship has many similarities with the British design.

Based on the lessons of the Battle of Jutland, Britain made certain improvements to its shipbuilding concepts.

Australasia will naturally not reject such effective improvements. It is good at learning advanced thoughts and concepts from various countries. Only this can make a country stronger and stronger.

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