Chapter 310 National Day Speech
Arthur would naturally give full respect and trust to light weapons experts like Browning.
As long as Browning uses all the funds for the research and development of weapons, what does it matter even if the funds are unlimited?
Anyway, the research and development of weapons does not cost hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars a year. If Australasia can obtain an extremely advanced light weapon, it will be much more valuable than those hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars.
You know, the types of light weapons are not limited to pistols and submachine guns. Including rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns, they are all counted as light weapons.
If Browning uses it well, Australasia's light weapons improvement and research and development in the next 20 years will not be a problem at all, and it will always be at the forefront of the world in military industry.
You know, the heavy machine guns carried by current aircraft and tanks are also very important sources of firepower.
This also means that the research and development of machine guns is also very important for heavy weapons such as aircraft and tanks. After all, the performance of the machine guns carried also determines the combat capability of tanks and aircraft, and is also one of the most effective killing methods for tanks and aircraft.
Although Browning had a half-month holiday, Arthur still gave him several tasks because Browning wanted to work hard.
Of course, it was just a preliminary understanding. Browning would not start the formal weapons research and development until the National Day holiday was over.
There were many talents in the military industry in Australasia, but there were not many people as famous as Browning in history.
As the saying goes, the more capable you are, the more work you will do. Since Browning can make such a big name in history, it means that his ability must be not low.
As the chief expert of light weapons in the Royal Arsenal, Arthur gave Browning the research and development tasks of submachine guns, pistols, light and heavy machine guns, so that he could quickly familiarize himself with and master the technology of these three types of weapons in the Royal Arsenal, and make certain improvements according to his own abilities.
Rifles are not among them for the time being. It is not that Browning does not know about rifles, but that the Gew-98 rifles and Lee Enfield rifles currently in Australasia are completely sufficient. At least in the next 20 to 30 years, the performance of these two weapons has been very excellent, and there is no plan to design new weapons for the time being.
Of course, if Browning could make further improvements to these two weapons, Arthur would have no reason to refuse.
After a pleasant conversation with Browning for several hours, Arthur handed Browning a check for 100,000 Australian dollars, and asked Browning to settle down his residence and bring his family to Australasia. The pleasant conversation finally ended.
100,000 Australian dollars is equivalent to 50,000 pounds, which is a huge sum of money even for Browning, who was previously the chief firearms designer of the Belgian National Military Factory.
You know, because the business of the Belgian National Military Factory is not very good, even Browning, as the chief expert, will not earn more than 2,000 pounds a year.
This check for 100,000 Australian dollars is almost equivalent to Browning's salary in Belgium for 25 years, which is enough to show Arthur's sincerity.
With this 100,000 Australian dollar bill, it is enough to buy a good property or a single-family villa in all cities in Australasia, or to fully purchase some small and medium-sized enterprises in Australasia, and it is more than enough to become a capitalist from then on.
Browning was very surprised by Arthur's generosity and was also very grateful. As the king of Australasia, Arthur respected and valued Browning very much.
This also gave Browning, who originally came because of the conditions of sufficient research and development funds, some impulse and motivation to die for his confidant.
Complete the task assigned by His Majesty Arthur well, at least to improve and upgrade some weapons in Australasia. This is the task Browning assigned to himself in a few years.
A weapons research expert like Browning can give up cooperation and go to Belgium in a fit of anger because the cooperative company does not like his weapon design. He can also make up his mind to work harder to complete Arthur's task because of Arthur's attention and trust.
Time passed quickly, and it was January 10th, the National Day of Australasia, a few days later.
This year's National Day is more grand. Although there is no military parade or other activities, there are many normal National Day activities, and it is rumored that Arthur and the royal family will also participate, so it attracted many people to come.
More importantly, this was the first time that Arthur's children, Prince William and Princess Anna, appeared in public, so it also attracted many domestic media.
Even many European newspapers came to report on Arthur and the royal family first.
In Australasia and some European countries, people still have a very good impression of Arthur.
Especially the two major powers, Britain and Russia. Prince William and Princess Anna, to put it bluntly, are also related to the British and Russian royal families.
Even if they were ranked again, Arthur would have the right to inherit the British throne, but the order was already very late.
As Arthur's children, Prince William and Princess Anna naturally have the right to inherit the British throne.
Although it is theoretically impossible to inherit the British throne, having the right to inherit actually represents the closeness to the British royal family.
After all, if you are not a direct descendant within three generations, it is impossible to have the right to inherit the British throne.
The flag-raising on National Day is different from other times. The national flag must be raised as soon as the sun rises.
This also means that the time of the National Day activities is different every year, but it is almost around six o'clock.
There is no way, January is also the summer of Australasia, and the sun rises faster.
After the flag of Australasia fluttered in the blue sky, Arthur began his speech.
"My people, I am very happy to meet you on this special day. January 10th of each year is a special day for Australasia. We have experienced the colonial era, from the integration of colonies to countries, and from the unification of countries to kingdoms. The royal family and the government have been committed to creating a peaceful and happy social environment so that all Australians do not have to worry about hunger, poverty, war, and oppression."
"So far, we have achieved considerable results and are still working hard for our highest goal. I believe everyone has already understood that although Australasia is a peaceful and stable country, there are still A lot of wars and crises. As the king of Australasia, I am committed to preventing Australasia from being involved in wars, and I hope that all my people can live in peace and happiness. "
"But at the same time, we should also make some preparations in advance. We don't want war to happen, but if any country or force wants to infringe on the interests of Australasia and its people, then all our troops will not hesitate to fight with it. Let us unite in this great country and fight for our highest dream - the rise of Australasia, let Australasia be remembered by the world, and let Australasia stand at the top of the world!"
As expected, Arthur's speech received a response from the Australasia people. When the audience rang out cheers and applause, Arthur knew that he was ready for the possible participation of Australasia in the future.
After all, Australasia is an Oceania country, and the future war is a European war.
If you don't prepare in advance, it's not so easy to get the people of Australasia in a peaceful environment to support the war against a certain military group in Europe.
After all, wars are bound to have casualties and losses.
Once Australasia participates in a war, military casualties, material consumption, and financial losses are inevitable.
Although a large amount of compensation and benefits will be obtained after victory in the war, the people will not be able to enjoy these things, not to mention the illusory time after victory in the war.
Behind Arthur, William and Anna stood obediently beside Queen Mary. After seeing the Australasians in the audience applauding, the two little guys also applauded, so happy.
Arthur smiled when he saw this scene. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last time these two little guys can enjoy.
As the only two princes and princesses in Australasia, Prince William and Princess Anna will receive a very good and traditional aristocratic education from the age of three.
Even Princess Anna, who is only the second heir to the throne, must receive various aristocratic etiquette education and cultivate various hobbies from an early age.
As the first heir to the throne and the only prince, Prince William must receive a more demanding aristocratic education.
It was OK in the first few years, just some aristocratic etiquette education and ideological education, accompanied by some simple language courses.
But from the age of six, Prince William began to be exposed to history, politics, psychology, language, economics and other education, and also learned how to become an excellent heir to the throne and future king under the training of various private teachers.
Especially in a monarchy like Australasia, Arthur attaches great importance to the training of heirs.
All kinds of education that can be thought of and cannot be thought of are what Prince William has to learn before he becomes an adult.
Take language for example, the official language of Australasia, English, the popular French of European aristocrats, the mother tongue of Queen Mary, Russian, and the language of the third largest ethnic group in Australasia, German, are the most basic languages that Prince William has to learn.
In addition, even if the more popular languages in Europe, such as Dutch and Spanish, are not learned very thoroughly, simple communication is also necessary.
And history, politics, economics, psychology, etc. are the necessary knowledge for the ruler of an autocratic country.
Without understanding these, it is easy to be deceived by your subordinates. If you don't have the ability to come up with some plans to improve the current situation of the country and promote development, how can you govern a country?
Although the subject of history seems to have the smallest effect, it is actually very important.
Only by using history as a mirror and learning the good qualities of those great monarchs can you better become a great monarch.
In Arthur's plan, if the training of the heirs is not smooth, it is possible to turn Australasia into a constitutional monarchy with certain military power before he abdicates, rather than an absolute monarchy.
Although an absolute state can improve national cohesion and strengthen the administrative efficiency of the government. But the disadvantage is that the requirements for the monarch are very strict, and such a government system is only suitable for a generation of wise monarchs.
Of course, even if the national system is reformed to a constitutional monarchy in the future, Arthur will give future monarchs hope and trump cards to grasp power.
As long as the monarchs of later generations are capable and can obtain enough royal power from the cabinet government, then even a constitutional monarch can have monarchical power like an autocratic monarch.
Vice versa, the power of the emperors in the Eastern dynasties is more autocratic than autocracy, but many emperors are still easily sidelined, aren't they?
This also represents a truth. A monarch who is capable and can gain the trust of the people will naturally have a certain voice in the government.
If a monarch who is indifferent to the people's livelihood, even if he has a lot of power by relying on the monarchy, he will push the country into the abyss and let the royal family go to ruin.
However, Arthur turned his head and looked at Prince William and Princess Anna with a silly smile on their faces. He felt that his two children would at least not become the kings of the country under his careful training.
After Arthur's speech, the government's external report on the work of the previous year followed.
This is actually almost the tradition of the Australasian government, because the National Day is at the beginning of each year, so the National Day is also the time for the cabinet government to publicly report on the work of the previous year.
Of course, although most of the people listening to the report were Australasian citizens, there were still many foreign tourists and media.
Therefore, not all news would be reported to the outside world. In addition to the most basic ones such as the approximate growth of industrial scale, the growth of economy and agriculture, education, medical care, the popularization of policies, and the construction of transportation, there would not be too many other reports to the outside world.
Because this information had already been reported in detail in the cabinet meeting, Arthur had no intention of listening to it again.
Arthur sat in his seat, apparently listening to Prime Minister Kent's report, but in fact his eyes kept looking at Prince William and Princess Anna, with many smiles on his face.
The National Day event lasted for several hours, starting at six o'clock and ending at more than ten o'clock.
But even after the National Day event ended, there were still a large number of Sydney citizens who chose to stay.
Because after a while, in Sydney Square, the movie was about to be played.
Although the Australasian Dream had not yet started, the promotion in Australasian had lasted for a long time.
Previously, the price of a movie screening was not cheap. Now, you can watch a movie for free. It is a movie that Arthur participated in shooting and is related to the Australasian people. This makes many people very interested. Even if the movie is still a few hours away, they are still reluctant to leave.
As the largest square in Australia, Sydney Palace Square has prepared ten equipment for playing movies this time.
And Arthur will also show up to watch the movie. For the Australasians, Arthur can watch the movie with them, which is more valuable than watching several movies for free.
What's more, although the movie will be played simultaneously across the country today, this place is definitely the first to start playing, which is why the Australasian people are reluctant to leave.
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