Rise of Australia

Chapter 58 Edward's Coronation
The conversation with William II went very smoothly. Not only did Germany's financial assistance to Australia be finalized, but also a series of plans for industrial assistance and future war assistance were roughly agreed upon.

At least in William II's view, he has initially and successfully tied Australia to Germany's chariot, and Germany will also have one more ally in future wars.

Arthur and William II agreed on a time to go to Germany, which was around mid-December.

At that time, if the negotiation goes well, I can still have a good Christmas in Germany and then return to Australia.

However, before going to Germany, there is one slightly more important thing that needs to be negotiated, and that is the aid treaty with the United Kingdom.

Although Britain is certainly not as generous as Germany, for Arthur, whoever does not want this kind of free aid is a fool, and of course it is best to come as much as there is.

Moreover, the assistance from Germany and the United Kingdom does not conflict. Both countries are very strong in industry, and one is biased towards army equipment, and the other is biased toward naval warships. Both have their own world-leading technology, which can be studied and received by Australia. .

After leaving William II, Arthur returned to Buckingham Palace and called a meeting of the key members of the diplomatic mission in his office.

Fortunately, Buckingham Palace is very large, and the rooms allocated to each member of the royal family are also large.Not only does it have its own exclusive meeting room and conference room, but it is also relatively large in scale, and there is no problem accommodating more than a dozen people for meetings.

In fact, the focus of this meeting is to determine the direction that needs British support.After all, with the support of Germany, many industries and technologies no longer need the support of the United Kingdom.

It's not that Germany is more advanced than the UK in certain aspects of technology, it's just that it is wasteful and extravagant to use limited support in the same direction.

Australia is currently in a golden stage of development, and Arthur will naturally not tolerate that these precious resources and development opportunities will be missed or wasted due to such negligence.

The meeting lasted for several hours, and finally determined the technology that needed British support, mostly focusing on the shipbuilding industry.

This is also an inevitable result. Compared with Germany's industry, Britain has obvious advantages in the shipbuilding industry and the warship industry.

In terms of warship manufacturing, the UK is still number one in the world, and will not be surpassed by other countries in a short time.

Members of the diplomatic corps agreed that it was most reasonable and efficient to devote Britain's limited resources to shipbuilding, especially warships.

Although Australia occupies the entire Australian continent, it is actually a huge island country with a large number of overseas territories and territories.

This also means that Australia must have a strong fleet in order to protect its overseas territories and spheres of influence.

After all, for a non-continental country like Australia, the navy is more important than the army in many ways, and the safety of the coastline is the first line of defense for the national territorial security.

The shipyard Arthur originally owned was a shipyard with advanced British shipbuilding technology.

Although it is only a small shipyard and can only build small-scale warships, all the technologies used are relatively advanced shipbuilding technologies from the United Kingdom.

If it is possible to introduce and absorb some more advanced technologies and technologies for building medium-sized or even large-scale warships on top of this, then the Australian Navy will have the hope of rising.

As for the purchase of warships from the major European powers, the cost of warships ordered is generally expensive, generally speaking, it is about twice the cost.

Secondly, Arthur is not ignorant of the incident in Türkiye.Under the premise that the naval arms race among European countries is becoming increasingly intense, ordering warships now will inevitably lead to this risk.

It is the best way to master the means of building warships by yourself. Even if you pay some price for this, it is worthwhile in the eyes of Arthur and everyone in the diplomatic community.

After determining the direction to seek support, the next task for the diplomatic mission will be relatively easy. It is to establish a good relationship with people in the British political circle, buy a few small newspapers by the way, print newspapers urgently, and improve Arthur and the Australians. Favorability in the minds of the British.

Although this task may seem urgent, in fact, it is the easiest to complete.

With a background of being born in the British royal family, coupled with a slightly tragic situation and Queen Victoria's will, coupled with the fact that the enthusiasm for Queen Victoria's funeral has not dissipated, Arthur's popularity in the UK at this time is not low, and he is even loved.

With the busy work of Arthur and the diplomatic corps, Edward VII's coronation ceremony is coming soon.

On December 1900, 12, the coronation ceremony of King Edward VII of England officially began.

Different from the sad atmosphere of Queen Victoria's funeral a week ago, after a week of transition, the streets of London have become beaming, and the whiteness of London has disappeared, as if nothing ever happened.

In order to show respect for the late queen, Edward VII's coronation ceremony was streamlined, and the total duration was only about two hours.

This is much simpler than the coronation ceremony of Queen Victoria, not to mention that Britain is now the well-deserved number one power in the world.

However, this move of Edward VII has won the favor of many British people.

After all, the British still have Queen Victoria in their hearts. It is not a good thing for most of them to hold a special coronation ceremony at this time.

It is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most senior teacher in the Church of England, who is in charge of presiding over the coronation ceremony.

In fact, the more formal weddings, baptisms and funerals of members of the royal family are basically presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In the absence of the bishop, another bishop appointed by the monarch will preside, but this is relatively rare.

All procedures of the coronation ceremony were carried out in accordance with Westminster Abbey, a red manual that has never been published for nearly a thousand years.

After completing the grand ceremony, the royal family's musicians played celebratory music, and then Edward VII took a gilded carriage to Buckingham Palace amid the cheers of most of the British people.

Although the number of British people on both sides of the road was much smaller than that of the previous funeral, they were generally bustling.

Edward VII waved to the crowd with satisfaction, and walked towards Buckingham Palace amidst cheers.

As the most powerful country in the world today, the coronation ceremony of the British king still attracted many British people to watch.

If it weren't for the impact of the Queen's funeral not long ago, I'm afraid the crowd of onlookers would have increased.

　The second update, please support!In addition, let me talk about the problem that many book lovers are struggling with, immigration.Whether in terms of their own skin color or novel policies, white immigrants are the most preferred.Other immigrants can only say that they do not reject them, but accept them only after being tested.There will be no unfavorable situation, and only immigrants from Europe, especially the United Kingdom, are really accepted.Plus, there's no black in Australia!

　　
　
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