Chapter 818 The Lake Eyre Canal is completed

If Arthur remembers correctly, the two princes before Prince Juan seemed to have the right of succession historically.

Although this scene has not happened yet, it is not difficult to make it happen.

Taking this into consideration, Arthur did not stop Anna and Prince Juan from falling in love, and the two finally reached the step of getting engaged.

In 1, I finally met the last king of Spain, Alfonso XIII.

After discussions between the two, the engagement of Prince Juan and Princess Anna was set for the beginning of next year.

This is a good thing for both parties. For Arthur, Princess Anna can find someone she likes, which is the best thing for Anna, a royal princess.

For Alfonso XIII, his son was able to find a very powerful ally for him, which was very helpful for his plan to restore the throne.

Although Australasia is relatively far away from Spain, it is still recognized as the third great power in the world.

This kind of strength is completely enough to support his restoration, which also made Alfonso XIII smile almost the whole time, and his smile was very sincere.

In the outside world, the media have commented that the union of the two royal families is a high achievement for the Spanish royal family.

A royal family that has lost its throne and a royal family that has just become a royal family have naturally different statuses.

What's more, Spain itself is only a second-rate country in Europe, while Australasia is the top country in the world.

This is equivalent to the marriage between the richest man in an ordinary city and the top three rich men in the country. The one who climbs up is definitely the richest man in an ordinary city.

In addition to Princess Anna's marriage, there is another important news.

One is the official completion of the Lake Eyre Canal.

The construction of the Lake Eyre Canal took nearly five years.

During these five years, the Australasian government invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and finally completed the construction of an entire section of the canal.

On the day the construction was completed, Arthur attended the completion celebration of the Lake Eyre Canal and witnessed with his own eyes the "grand event" of a large amount of river water pouring into Lake Eyre.

Visible to the naked eye, Lake Eyre, which was originally dry, instantly became moist. In just a few days, a large amount of seawater poured into Lake Eyre.

These seawaters continue to soak the surrounding land along the soil, making the originally arid area around Lake Eyre suddenly become moist.

The domestic media in Australasia extensively reported on the completion of the lake, and began to publicize the beneficial effects that the large influx of lake water would have on the surrounding land after the completion of Lake Eyre.

However, even if there is any impact, it will definitely be a long time later. The arid environment around Lake Eyre cannot be solved in a short time, and the Lake Eyre Canal is more about long-term interests.

On the second day after the completion of Lake Eyre, Arthur took a cruise ship of more than 20,000 tons and experienced the entire Lake Eyre Canal from south to north.

Because when the Lake Eyre Canal was built, it was considered that the canal would bear part of the transportation for the surrounding mineral resources and industrial bases, which also made the width and depth of the canal larger than previously expected.

More than 20,000 tons of cruise ships sailing on the canal will not cause any congestion on the canal.

It was also on this day that a large number of transport ships began to pass through the canal, from south to north or from north to south, transporting a large amount of mineral resources in central Australia to other cities and at home and abroad through waterways.

Especially the Broken Hill Industrial Base, because of the completion of the Lake Eyre Canal, there is an additional transportation method available.

As a result, the development of the industrial base became smoother. It entered maximum production in 1 and successfully accommodated more than 500,000 workers.

The Broken Hill Industrial Base has entered maximum production, effectively alleviating the employment pressure caused by the large population in the surrounding areas.

Surrounding the Broken Hill Industrial Base, there are four major administrative regions: Victoria, the Capital Territory, Sydney Territory and New South Wales. It is also the most densely populated region in Australasia.

This also means one thing, that is, the development potential of the Broken Hill Industrial Base is far beyond imagination.

Arthur has also made an important decision in this regard, which is to carry out the construction of a new phase of Broken Hill Industrial Base and build Broken Hill Industrial Base and Leonora Industrial Base into a true east-west dual industrial center. layout.

These two major industrial centers have their own advantages. The Leonora Industrial Base is close to the minerals in Western Australia. The advantage is that it is extremely rich in mineral resources and is close to the Australian interior. There is no need to worry about enemy bombing in a short period of time.

As for Broken Hill Industrial Base, although the surrounding mineral resources are not as rich as Leonora Industrial Base, there are definitely a lot of mineral resources.

More importantly, there is a large population around the Broken Hill Industrial Base, which also represents the development potential of the Broken Hill Industrial Base, perhaps even greater than the Leonora Industrial Base that Arthur once had high hopes for. .

This can be judged by looking at the total production volume and profits of the Broken Hill Industrial Base.

But in any case, it is still necessary to continue to expand the scale of the Broken Hill industrial base.

In peacetime, Arthur would not have wanted to expand industry on such a large scale. But seeing that war was coming, there was no harm in expanding industry at this time.

After all, this war is more cruel than World War I, and consumes much more resources than World War I.

This also means that as long as the various war-related materials produced in Australasia can be safely transported to Europe, they will have no worries about selling.

Especially when Australasia is likely to fight a war with island countries in the Pacific, it becomes necessary to expand its industrial scale and output and crush its enemies industrially and economically.

At present, the industrial scale of Australasia is several times that of the island country. If the industrial scale continues to expand, Arthur really doesn't know how to lose this war.

This is why Arthur is unwilling to spend a lot of money on the navy. Otherwise, based on the current huge industrial and economic gap between Australasia and the island countries, the island countries will not be able to catch up with Australasia in terms of naval arms competition.

The economy and industry of the island countries have determined that although their investment in the navy is huge, it is also limited.

Australasia is different. If Arthur gets crazy, he can make it so exaggerated that for every island country building one warship, Australasia will build two.

Until the founding of Australasia, the government has not incurred particularly exaggerated debt. If we are really desperate, the economic scale of the island country is definitely no match.

But it's a pity that Arthur will not exhaust the country's potential just for such an opponent.

What's more, when the aircraft carrier is more powerful and the missiles are already ahead for who knows how many years, Arthur doesn't think that with the current size of Australasia's navy, it will lose when fighting the islanders.

Arthur did not have specific requirements for the new phase of construction of the Broken Hill Industrial Base, but he also expressed his own expectations, which is to form a layout of two industrial centers, one east and one west, with the Leonora Industrial Base.

This also means that the Broken Hill Industrial Base is catching up to the Leonora Industrial Base in size.

The Leonora industrial site is already capable of accommodating more than 1.5 million workers, while the Broken Hill industrial site is currently only a fraction of the Leonora industrial site.

To reach a scale of 1.5 million workers, it means that the Broken Rare Industrial Base must triple its current size.

This involves a problem, that is, the current Industry Secretary David Paul Oliver is actually conservative.

In order to allow the Broken Hill Industrial Base to develop smoothly, Arthur specifically granted the Chief of the Broken Hill Industrial Base District higher powers, so that he would not make any mistakes when planning the construction of the Broken Hill Industrial Base. I was influenced too much by Minister David.

As the time comes for the final preparations for war, Australasia gradually enters a state of war.

The most important one is the construction of transportation.

Although over the past 30 years, Australasia has caught up with European countries in terms of railways and roads, and the transportation environment has also improved too much.

But Arthur would not be satisfied with this.

In Arthur's meeting with the new Transport Secretary Perry Suckling, Arthur put forward a request for the transport department, which was on Highway 1.

Speaking of highways, they are no stranger to Australasia now.

From the simplest roads to now relatively flat highways, the efforts of the transportation department are worthy of praise.

Facts have proved that highways are very helpful for exchanges and communication among various regions.

The current speed limit on highways has been increased to 75 kilometers per hour, which means that in most cases, taking a car is the fastest mode of transportation besides airplanes and airships.

All things considered, cars are the fastest among the cheapest modes of transportation, and the cheapest among the fastest.

Because of this, people from all over the country have asked the government to build expressways to their cities so that they can also enjoy the convenience of high-speed travel.

One thing that cannot be ignored is that the development of the automobile industry has allowed highways to be continuously built in various places.

The first cars could not reach a speed of 75 kilometers per hour. But now, there are countless car brands in Australasia, and the fastest luxury sports cars can even reach speeds of up to 100,000.

However, because today's cars are not as stable, the speed limit on the highway remains at 75 kilometers per hour.

Even in urban areas, the speed on urban roads must not exceed 30 kilometers per hour, and the speed on suburban roads must not exceed 50 kilometers per hour.

Such regulations are more to ensure the safety of pedestrians on the road. After all, now that there are no cameras on the road, most drivers don’t have so many scruples when driving, and there are many cases of road rage.

This also forced the security department to strengthen the number of police officers in the city. Traffic police, in particular, are already one of the most important departments in the city police.

Technology is not that developed now. If you want to monitor the speed of vehicles on various roads, you can only let these traffic police control it personally.

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