Chapter 31 Shipyard Site Selection

After Arthur saw the manor with his own eyes, he realized that the small manor that Butler Hunter mentioned was not small, but even quite large.

Although it is not comparable to the large manors and palaces of the British royal family, it covers an area of ​​3 hectares, or 30,000 square meters.

If this is based on the housing area of ​​later generations, a community built on 30,000 square meters can accommodate at least thousands of people, but here in Arthur's place, it is just a manor for four royal family members to live in.

The main body of the manor consists of residential areas, gardens, streams, lawns, orchards, fountains and an artificial lake.

The building area of ​​the entire manor is not very large, only less than 3,000 square meters, of which the pavilion and stables occupy more than 500 square meters.

The area actually used for living is less than 2,500 square meters. It is a small palace built in the style of a British palace. The overall shape of the letter H, the middle is the highest point of the whole house, and it is also where the royal flag is hung.

Although the area is not large, this small palace with only three floors still has more than fifty rooms. In addition to more than ten small rooms for servants and subordinates, there are more than forty rooms available for allocation.

Among them, the conference room, dining room, reception room, broadcasting room, office and rooms for royal family members occupy twenty places. The remaining more than twenty rooms can be used as guest rooms in addition to placing items.

The largest room in the manor is the public conference room, which is more than 300 square meters in size. A huge oval conference table can accommodate more than 50 people.

On the periphery of the oval conference table, there is a large round table made up of circles of small tables.

The four circles of tables can accommodate more than 300 officials for meetings, which completely solves the need for the House of Commons to hold meetings when Arthur lives in the manor, and can even accommodate the expanded House of Commons in the future.

In the center of the innermost oval conference table, there is an oval step with a protrusion of 15 centimeters.

A podium will be placed on the steps, facing the top of the conference table.

This podium is used by representatives to speak during meetings, and the position facing the top can also reflect respect for Arthur.

After finally visiting the entire manor, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

Even though Arthur and others had a luxurious breakfast when they set out, they began to feel hungry after a morning of sightseeing.

"Your Highness, I have asked someone to prepare lunch, and the manor's restaurant has already been cleaned up. Do you want to eat now?" Butler Hunter was very considerate. When Arthur just felt hungry, Butler Hunter asked at the right time.

Arthur nodded, looked at Margaret and Patricia who were also looking forward to it, and said with a smile: "Then let's go to eat first. After walking for a whole morning, you must be hungry."

Unlike the top floor of the temporarily rebuilt government building, there are five restaurants in the manor, large and small, divided into private restaurants, which are where royal family members eat privately. There are also public restaurants, banquet halls and meeting halls.

Among them, the banquet hall is the most solemn and elegant restaurant, and the banquet hall is the largest restaurant.

Arthur and his companions' destination this time was the private dining room, located on the west side of the third floor of the manor.

The decoration of the private dining room was entirely based on the preferences of the royal family members. Because Butler Hunter knew that Arthur did not like to be high-profile, the decoration of the private dining room was relatively elegant. Except for a few oil paintings, it was relatively simple.

The lunch at noon was authentic British food, although Britain was not rich in food.

The staple food was a sausage and mashed potatoes, with some gravy poured on it, which seemed a bit appetizing. The main course was fish and chips, which was to remove the fish bones and fish heads, cut into strips, and fry them wrapped in wet dough.

There was also a Wellington steak made from Italian beef, the skin was baked golden and crispy, and the bloody beef could be seen inside when it was cut.

These dishes were the better-tasting British dishes, and they were also the British food that Arthur could accept.

After eating this relatively sumptuous meal, Princess Louise took Margaret and Patricia back to the government building.

Before the manor was completely renovated, they still had to temporarily live in the government building for a while.

Arthur stayed for a short time and rushed to the next place with Butler Hunter.

South of Sydney Harbor, in a wasteland.

It is not far from Sydney Harbor, but because the surrounding land has not been developed, it is still a deserted land for the time being.

It has to be said that the current degree of Australia's vast land and sparse population is really terrible. This land is located on the plains in the southeast of Australia and is a fertile land.

But because the population of Australia is too sparse, such a large amount of fertile land has not been developed.

Arthur walked around and observed the terrain. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said to Butler Hunter: "Butler Hunter, when will our shipyard be built?"

This is actually the address Butler Hunter chose for the new shipyard, which is an area close to the port.

The advantage here is that it is close to the port and convenient for material transportation. Comprehensive terrain survey, it is a good place to build a shipyard.

"Your Highness, our equipment and employees have basically been shipped to Australia. Now all we need is time to build the factory and install the equipment. I estimate that this time will not be too long. It is expected that our shipyard will be put into use in three or four months." Butler Hunter said.

This shipyard is one of the valuable assets left by Duke Arthur to Arthur, which can enable Australia, which has no shipbuilding capabilities, to take a big step forward in the shipbuilding industry.

This shipyard can independently design and produce small warships below 5,000 meters, and participate in the manufacture of heavy cruisers over 10,000 meters.

This is why Arthur insisted on moving this shipyard to Australia in its entirety. Such a shipyard that independently develops and produces small warships is definitely a resource that Australia cannot lose.

The same is true for military factories and steel mills, which can bring a lot of knowledge and experience to Australia, which has weak industry, and avoid many detours.

Thanks to Duke Arthur, Arthur can own these important factories. Thanks to Duke Arthur, Arthur can move these factories to Australia in their entirety after traveling thousands of miles.

If there were no such factories, it would probably take Australia at least ten years to master these technologies.

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