Chapter 89 Time Development and Industrial Railways (Subscribe!)

Queen Wilhelmina's full name is Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria. She has been the Queen of the Netherlands since 1890.

However, Queen Wilhelmina actually ascended the throne on September 6, 1898, and she only held power for less than 3 years.

The Netherlands has established a complete constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system. The Dutch monarch has very few rights, and most of the time it is just a nominal title without power.

Originally, Queen Wilhelmina ruled the Netherlands for 50 years, the longest among all Dutch kings and queens.

During her tenure, Queen Wilhelmina respected the Dutch constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system very much, and tried her best to balance the opposition between the counter-revolutionary party, the liberal party and the socialist party.

During Queen Wilhelmina's reign, she experienced historical turning points that were very important to the Netherlands and the world, namely the First World War, the Second World War, the 1933 economic crisis and the independence of the Dutch colonies.

All these deeds also made Queen Wilhelmina one of the more legendary queens of the Netherlands, and she was deeply loved by the Dutch people.

Of course, the current Queen Wilhelmina has just officially ascended the throne for less than three years, and is still very immature in politics. Even the original marriage in history has not happened.

Perhaps it was because of Arthur's butterfly flapping its wings that Queen Mother Emma actually decided to marry Arthur, and even went to Australia in person to negotiate this marriage with Princess Louise.

Thinking about this, Arthur was a little silent. Since the marriage with the Kingdom of the Netherlands has no disadvantages for Australia, it also has many benefits for Arthur.

Then, getting engaged to Wilhelmina seems to be a good choice?

Thinking about it, Arthur's brain began to become heavy, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

The indigenous purchase plan with the Netherlands will take some time to implement, but Australia's own indigenous transportation plan for the New Guinea colony has been implemented for a long time.

Since Arthur gave the order, Governor Anibal began to let people study the specific implementation methods of the plan, and just waited for the arrival of the troops promised by Arthur, and immediately launched the indigenous capture plan.

Arthur acted quickly. In less than a month, a full army of two thousand people set out and arrived in New Guinea.

This would be a painful past for the natives of New Guinea, if they could retain a few sparks.

But for Australia, the industrial development plan can inject fresh vitality and ensure the vigorous development of the country's various industries without harming the interests of Australians.

Starting from July 1901, at least five thousand natives were transported to Australia every month under the oppression of soldiers and put into production and construction in various industries.

They faced dangerous work that made Australians shudder, and they could even lose their lives if they were not careful.

Of course, they were also very well paid. The black bread and wheat paste carefully made by the logistics department, paired with clear soup made from unknown vegetables, were the hearty dishes for each native.

If placed in Germany after the end of World War I, these native foods might be worth at least millions of marks.

Arthur felt that he had treated them very kindly. Not only did he spend a lot of money to provide them with food, but he also allowed them to work only fourteen hours a day and rest the rest of the time. He was simply the most charitable entrepreneur of the contemporary era.

Of course, Arthur didn't know what the natives thought. However, since several aboriginals who talked nonsense were shot on the spot, it was obvious that the aboriginals treated the Australians around them with less hatred and disgust, and more fear and submission.

Minister of Industry Pierre and Minister of Transport Conlet were the happiest these days.

With the addition of sufficient aboriginal manpower, the most obvious changes can be felt in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Transport.

These two departments require a large amount of manpower. In the absence of a shortage of funds and equipment and materials, with the addition of these aboriginals, the construction of industrial zones and roads is changing with each passing day.

Not only is the speed of road renovation very fast, but even the Sydney urban reconstruction project, which was originally planned to take at least several years to prepare, has been put on the agenda, and the modification of urban planning has been in full swing.

For Australians, they are used to seeing these indigenous people in many places where they work.

Although most of them are separated by barbed wire and walls, the figures of the indigenous people can still be seen very clearly.

When seeing the indigenous people being "requested" to work by soldiers with guns, most Australians smiled proudly.

Don't be surprised, this is actually the norm in modern European society. A country that does not oppress colonial races will be looked down upon by other countries.

The rise of Europe can be summarized as a bloody history of oppression. Australia, which can transfer bloody oppression to the outside world, especially these indigenous people, has already satisfied these Australians.

The Australian people are also more and more respectful and enthusiastic about Arthur. If there is a polling organization now, then Arthur's support rate is at least 99%.

It is not surprising that it has not reached 100%, after all, every country has some talents with peculiar ideas.

All Arthur needs to ensure is that the vast majority of normal people respect and love his rule.

After surveying Australia's mineral resources and geographical environment, German industrial experts could not help but marvel at Australia's industrial development potential.

Previously, there were factors of manpower limitations. After sufficient indigenous people joined, Australia's industrial development was like a wild horse that was about to take off.

In order to ensure the supply of various resources in the industrial zone and the safety of the industrial zone.

Based on the original roads in the industrial zone, it is planned to build a railway from Western Australia across the five states of South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and name it the Industrial Railway.

Starting from the industrial zone in the west, it passes through Perth, the capital of Western Australia, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, and goes all the way to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland.

If this railway can be built, it will be able to connect the five existing states on the Australian continent and accelerate the economic development of southern Australia.

However, the total length of this railway exceeds 4,000 kilometers, which is not a task that can be completed in a few years.

According to the conservative estimate of German experts, this railway will take at least ten years to build and will cost at least two million pounds every year.

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