Rise of Australia

Chapter 984: East Asian Cooperation

(The story takes place after Chapter 548. All the following names of people and nations are fictitious. Please do not associate them with reality.)
January 1921, 1, Sydney, Australasia.

A group of Asian faces are sitting in the tavern tasting red wine, which is a low-priced wine from the royal private winery, and the customers are ordinary people.

One of them took two big sips, frowned, and swallowed it. Then he said to his companion next to him: "I really can't get used to this foreign wine. I might as well go back and drink some of our Shaodaozi."

The Asian man in the lead smiled, not caring about the man's abrupt words, and said, "If it weren't for gathering information, I wouldn't want to drink this foreign wine. And a bottle of foreign wine is our food allowance for a day or two, which is really deadly."

"By the way, everyone, have you noticed the attitude of Australasians towards the islanders?" A silent Asian face suddenly spoke up and said to the others with some excitement.

"Isn't it just that those two islanders were sentenced to heavy penalties? Those foreigners have always looked down on us Asians, so isn't it natural for them to be sentenced to heavy penalties?" someone asked.

"That's certainly different," the man explained, "If the Australasians simply looked down on us Asians, they could easily implicate those of us who were watching the show.

And compared to the so-called superpower of the island nation, isn't our country easier to bully?
But they didn't, they just sentenced the two islanders heavily. Doesn't this prove that Australasians are also wary and hostile towards island countries?
As for those foreigners who look down on us, aren't they the Tartars who have been causing trouble for our great country for hundreds of years? If we had paid more attention to the new things of foreigners earlier, we wouldn't have to travel thousands of miles to come to these foreign countries to learn. "

"Wei Zhang is right." The leader nodded and said in agreement, "Our country is weak, so it's normal for foreigners to look down on us. When our country becomes strong, it will be time for us to look down on foreigners."

"The Tartars and the Australasians had some cooperation before, proving that these foreigners are still willing to use some technology to help us. No matter what their purpose is, at least they cannot make their own choice until we become truly powerful.

So, fellow countrymen, only if we learn all these new tricks from the foreigners can we make our beloved country stronger, at least we won’t be looked down upon by these foreigners, and we won’t be bullied by those damned Japanese people. "

"Brother Jinlong, do you think we can get in touch with the school's top management and serve as a bridge of communication between the two countries? If we can help our country gain support from Australasia, at least we will have the confidence to develop ourselves and won't have to worry about those damn Japanese people." Someone suggested.

"It's not a great hope, but it's still a solution." The leader named Jinlong nodded and said, "You won't know until you come here. The gap between us and these foreigners is really too big.

Even compared to those ordinary days, there is still a huge gap. But we have a heart to serve our country and the courage to die for our country. I don't believe that my great country with 400 million compatriots can be worse than this small island country.

Only when we become strong can we not worry about any invasion from foreign enemies. Only when we become strong can we purify the world and rebuild our great country. "

The good news is that there is indeed a link to the Australasian government through the school, although it is only a small department within it.

This is also due to Australasia's emphasis on East Asia. After all, this is a super market with a population of 400 million. Australasia's industrial and agricultural products can generate huge income here, which is also the fundamental reason that attracts Arthur and Australasia's attention.

Because there had been relevant cooperation with the Qing Dynasty before, it was relatively easy for the two sides to reach such cooperation.

Australasia is still very short of such a huge market and does not mind using some relatively backward science and technology in exchange for huge resources and benefits.

More importantly, in the future development layout of Australasia, this place may also become the first line of defense to balance the island countries.

After all, the island nation was the only rival of Australasia on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean at that time, and it was impossible for Arthur not to take precautions. Although the island nation had shortcomings of one kind or another, it had to be denied that the island nation's army still had a relatively strong combat capability and a relatively tenacious will.

The current population of Australasia is not too large, and Arthur does not intend to waste the precious population in competition or even war with island countries.

The best scenario would be that Australasia develops a powerful weapon similar to the atomic bomb, and then uses the simplest method to end the war with the island country and turn the island country into its colony.

Although there is no sign of the development of atomic bombs yet, Arthur believes that as long as Australasia is willing to make huge investments and spend a long time, there will be no problem in becoming the first country in the world to develop and use atomic bombs.

As for the country where the atomic bomb was dropped, of course the island nation was a very suitable target.

Who made the island nations the biggest competitor of Australasia in the Western Pacific? Coupled with the bad reputation of the island nations in history, even to prevent Australasia from being attacked by the island nations with various biological and chemical weapons, Arthur had to develop the atomic bomb in advance and use it on the island nations.

If nothing else, reaching cooperation with East Asia would be of great benefit to Australasia.

A huge market can unlimitedly increase the industrial development ceiling of Australasia without worrying about economic crisis caused by output far exceeding demand.

Historically, the economic crises in the United States were caused by the fact that output far exceeded demand, and there was no large colony to absorb the excess products, which eventually led to the collapse of the economic system.

Although Australasia is still a long way from having overproduction, it is not a bad thing to have a huge market, even if it can only occupy a certain proportion of the huge market.

The areas of most cooperation with East Asia are probably agricultural and animal husbandry products and military industry.

Due to various reasons, East Asia was very short of food in the first 20 years of the 50th century, and various natural disasters and man-made wars occurred frequently.

Australasia's food exports can not only alleviate the crisis in East Asia, but also earn sufficient income for Australasia, which is a win-win situation.

The same is true for the arms trade.

Australasia needs a large enough arms market to allow its military industry to continue to expand and progress.

The demand for weapons in Australasia alone was small, after all, after the end of World War I, the Australasia army had been reduced to its pre-war level.

There are too many powerful countries in Europe and America dividing up the market, and it is difficult for Australasia to grab enough arms market to maintain the booming growth of its own military industry.

Therefore, arms trade with East Asia is also a win-win situation. Australasia can earn enough profit from arms exports to maintain the expansion of the military industry and develop more advanced military technology.

East Asia will be able to obtain the arms it desperately needs to change its historical situation of being in urgent need of weapons and ammunition.

(End of this chapter)