Chapter 54 Urban Planning

"Have your officials been settled? There are many guests coming to the UK during this period. Uncle cannot greet you in person. Arthur, please forgive uncle." Prince Edward smiled and said.

After getting a satisfactory answer from Arthur, Prince Edward's smile became even warmer. Even the officials brought by Arthur, Prince Edward did not forget to care about them.

"They have been settled with the help of Aunt Beatrice. Uncle has grandmother's funeral and British government affairs to be busy. It is normal that he has no time." Arthur replied.

Although it is inevitable to get support from the UK, how much support can be obtained depends on the attitude of Prince Edward.

On the premise of not tearing his face, Arthur still does not mind to have a good relationship with Prince Edward. After all, Australia's interests do not conflict with the British Empire in the short term. At least before Britain sinks, Australia is not qualified to confront Britain.

"Hahaha, I hope Arthur doesn't mind. Come, try it. These are the foods you loved to eat in the UK. I specially asked the chef to make them for you. You must have missed them after being in Australia for a long time. Even if you have a few chefs given by your grandmother, it is not easy to make authentic British flavors in Australia." Prince Edward smiled and began to invite Arthur to taste the food that had been prepared.

Under the tacit greetings between Prince Edward and Arthur, a very warm uncle-nephew dinner was experienced in the banquet hall.

During the period, Prince Edward and Arthur talked about their own interesting stories for a long time like ordinary uncles and nephews.

Until the night deepened, the two ended the dinner as if they suddenly realized something at the reminder of the guards next to them.

Although most of the exchanges during the dinner were nonsense, Arthur also learned several important news.

One was the arrangement of Queen Victoria's funeral. After consultation between the British cabinet government and Prince Edward, it was decided that Queen Victoria's official funeral was scheduled for November 29, which was two days later.

The second thing is the official coronation of Prince Edward. Although in theory, after the death of Queen Victoria, Prince Edward automatically obtained the title of King of the United Kingdom.

But it will not be until Prince Edward holds the coronation ceremony that he will officially become the King of the United Kingdom.

The coronation of Prince Edward was scheduled for the seventh day after Queen Victoria's funeral, which was December 6, 1900.

As for the discussion of supporting Australia, it will have to wait until Edward actually succeeds to the throne as king and a meeting will be held, and the meeting will decide at that time.

In general, it is acceptable to Arthur. After all, Arthur still has a great favor and popularity among the British people.

Let the British cabinet government decide on the matter of supporting Australia, then the government composed of political parties will have to consider the ideas of the British people.

From this perspective, it is undoubtedly more beneficial for As and Australia.

Back in the room, Arthur was tired, and he simply made the bed and fell asleep on it.

In the two days when Queen Victoria's funeral was not held, Arthur and the Australian diplomatic visiting team were relatively relaxed.

Because there was nothing to do, Arthur took the diplomatic delegation to visit London these two days, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the British capital while studying various advanced things and discussing the possibility of realization in Sydney.

Sydney is a good capital for New South Wales, but for Australia, it can only be regarded as a qualified capital.

Sydney was not well planned because it was only a colony at that time.

Although the population is not large now, the problems exposed in various aspects are not very prominent.

But as more and more immigrants are introduced to Australia, the population of Sydney will gradually increase, and may even reach a population of 500,000 or even a million in the future.

Under such circumstances, Sydney's urban planning seems a bit backward, and many problems will become serious over time.

Now taking the diplomatic delegation to visit London is to seek opportunities for solutions. As the capital of the United Kingdom and one of the most developed cities, London's population has already exceeded two million.

In terms of development, London is definitely one of the most dazzling pearls in the world. Its urban construction may have some inhumane aspects, but overall, it is still worth referring to and learning from.

As long as problems such as serious industrial emissions are avoided, London's urban construction is still relatively excellent.

Most of the representatives of the delegation had seen the world, so in addition to appreciating the beauty of London, they also began to discuss whether London's various construction plans could be implemented in Sydney, or in other words, referring to London's urban construction, what improvements Sydney could make.

Unlike the original history, the current capital of Australia is Sydney, not Melbourne in history.

Melbourne is currently the largest city in Australia, and Sydney is right behind it, ranking second.

The reason why the second largest city Sydney was chosen as the capital is that Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, and Melbourne is the capital of Victoria.

In terms of size and influence, the influence of New South Wales is greater than that of Victoria, which is why Arthur chose Sydney as the capital.

But Sydney and Melbourne both have more or less shortcomings. Neither of them considered the possibility of becoming a huge city in design. Judging from the current urban design of Sydney, it can accommodate more than one million people at most. Any more will cause considerable trouble to the urban design and cause chaos.

Although a million people seems a lot, cities with a million people are now common for major powers and developed countries.

If Australia wants to become a powerful country, the upper limit of the capital must not be just one million, but at least millions or even millions.

This also means that the government must improve the construction of major cities in Australia, especially the capital Sydney.

Otherwise, there may be no impact in the short term, but when a large number of immigrants arrive, Australia and Sydney will suffer from insufficient urban planning, and chaos will also arise.

In addition to visiting the scenery of London, the three ministers were also given a task by Arthur, which was to find out the situation of the officials of the British cabinet government and try to get along well with one or two of them to deal with the next aid meeting.

After all, Britain's aid to Australia is decided by the cabinet meeting, so building good relations with these British cabinet officials in advance will also help Australia get more aid in the future.

Considering the relationship between Australia and Britain, as well as Arthur's reputation and the prestige of the late Queen Victoria, it should not be difficult for the three ministers to build good relations with British cabinet officials.

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