Rise of Australia

Chapter 73 Population Issues and Aboriginal Labor

"Your Highness, because of the current number of workers and labor in Australia, we cannot carry out large-scale railway and road construction projects. Therefore, last year, our main goal was to repair the streets and roads in various cities, and to build some important areas and cities. The connecting road between them." Minister Conlette stood up and replied.

The construction of roads can also be regarded as a major project, especially in the complex terrain of Australia.

Coupled with the disadvantage of the lack of population, leading to large-scale construction in the country, there are not enough manpower to invest in the construction of roads.

This has also led to the fact that the main task of the transport sector is to refurbish existing urban roads, and at most to build connection roads to industrial areas and other important areas.

Arthur nodded with a slight headache, and his brows could not help but frown.

Population is currently one of the most important factors limiting Australia's development. Although immigration from Europe can alleviate this problem, it cannot achieve a complete improvement.

Australia currently lacks, or even very lacks, a large number of low-level population to serve as a labor force for Australia's industrial development and various constructions.

Immigrants from Europe mostly play the role of ordinary civilians. If they are squeezed too much, it will reduce their recognition of the country and affect social stability.

It is necessary to introduce ethnic groups with a relatively large population from foreign countries and can squeeze them out wantonly. These are the conditions for improving Australia's industry and various developments.

At present, Australia's labor problems can be solved, and it is still close to water to quench its thirst. In addition to Australia's own New Guinea, there is also the Dutch East Indies colony in Southeast Asia.

The number of aborigines in New Guinea is only over 90. Although it can solve some labor shortage problems, it must rely on colonies with tens of millions of aboriginals like the Dutch East Indies to completely solve them.

The Dutch East Indies colony also has a huge land area. Unlike Australia, the Dutch East Indies has a large indigenous population, which is conservatively estimated to be close to 4000 million.

But the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which rules this area, has a population of just over 500 million, not much ahead of Australia.

What's more terrible is that the mainland of the Netherlands is too far away from the Dutch East Indies, which also leads to the fact that, except for a few more important areas such as Java Island and Kalimantan Island, the Netherlands' control over most other areas is not strong.

In addition to the support of the British Empire, the balance policy of several major powers is also an important factor for the reason why the Netherlands can maintain its rule in this land.

Of course, Arthur's short-term goal is not to snatch this land.Before Europe fell into war, Arthur didn't want to cause more trouble.

But buying some natives is still a promising thing.Because the natives of the Dutch East Indies have their own religion and culture, it is not easy for the Netherlands to rule them.

What's more, the huge indigenous population is also a burden for the rule of the Netherlands, and it is also a good choice to be able to convert these bloated population into a certain amount of income.

Thinking of this, Arthur looked at Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrew and ordered: "Minister Andrew, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will try its best to communicate with the Netherlands to see if it is possible to introduce a group of aborigines from the Dutch East Indies. If the Netherlands is willing, we can sign a contract to introduce aboriginals. The treaty, at the cost of a handsome sum of money and the support of Dutch rule in the East Indies."

Australia is an outlier to the balance of domination in Southeast Asia.Because the mainland is close to Southeast Asia, Australia can also infiltrate its power into Southeast Asia at any time.

What's more, the relationship between Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany is not normal. If you really want to affect the situation in Southeast Asia, especially the rule of the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies, it may not be impossible.

Therefore, Arthur's promise is also good news for the Netherlands. After all, the resource-rich and wealthy Dutch East Indies can also bring a lot of income to the Netherlands every year. Of course, the Dutch government is not willing to lose this land.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will contact the Netherlands as soon as possible." Minister Andrew nodded, and instantly understood what Arthur meant.

Because of the huge population deficit, if Australia develops step by step, it will take a lot of time to make up for it.

However, if a large number of indigenous people can be brought in to contribute to the construction of Australia, it will be able to effectively improve the efficiency of Australia's construction and development.

Although hundreds of thousands or even millions of indigenous people may die for this, who cares?
Counting every European power and colonial country in detail, the rise of any powerful country is accompanied by bloody oppression and oppression.

It is a good thing for Australia and Australians to be able to transfer such losses to foreign aborigines.

"The task of the transportation department this year is to build roads connecting the states, which will also be the main task of the transportation department in the next few years. I hope that the new roads can strengthen the connection between our states, and at the same time improve Transport and economic development in Australia," Arthur continued.

"Yes, Your Highness." Minister Kang Laite nodded hastily.

"Has the task of the industrial sector been completed? I remember that we were asked to triple our steel production. Is it up to the standard?" Arthur looked at Pierre, Minister of Industry, and asked.

What Arthur said was the three-year industrial plan formulated at the meeting at that time.

According to Arthur's request, the industrial sector must, on the basis of Australia's annual steel output of 1899 tons and iron output of 14 tons in [-], follow the plan of tripling each year, and finally let the steel output reach [-] tons and [-] tons respectively. More than [-] tons.

It has been a year now, and the steel production should reach [-] tons and [-] tons respectively according to the plan.

"Your Highness, although it has only been more than six months since the formulation of the plan, the industrial sector has basically completed the tasks assigned by His Highness. In terms of steel production, our newly built industrial zone has well met our requirements for steel production. expectations. At present, the total annual steel output of the steel plants in the industrial zone has exceeded [-] tons and [-] tons respectively, slightly exceeding the mission target. With the construction of the industrial zone and the joining of more workers, our It is hoped that steel production will reach [-] tons and more than [-] tons by the end of this year." Industry Minister Pierre said with a smile.

The industrial sector is one of the most important sectors with the most tasks in Australia, but because of the £5000 million worth of industrial equipment that Arthur brought from the UK, the development of the industry was not as difficult as imagined.

Especially with the aid of Britain and Germany, the development of industry will enter a period of smooth sailing.

It only needs to combine the industrial development technology and experience of the United Kingdom and Germany according to the actual situation of Australia to make Australia's industrial development successful.

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