Chapter 80 Scientists and Awards (Please Subscribe!)

On April 7, 1901, after sending off Crown Prince William, various aid materials were also transported to where they were needed.

One billion marks of funds were transported to the Ministry of Finance for safekeeping. Although all the German aid funds were in German marks, this foreign exchange could be used because many things would be purchased from Germany in the future.

The team of industrial experts went directly to the industrial zone in Western Australia. I have to admire their meticulous work attitude. Even though Arthur tried to keep them in Sydney for two more days, they were rejected by the experts with the words that work was important.

Compared with the future experts, these industrial experts from Germany are simply model workers.

The production lines of the Gew98 rifle and a series of artillery were transported to Arthur's military factory. Because these are aid to the Australian government, the military factory needs to invest two million pounds to rent these production lines, and build a new production line to return to the Australian government after thoroughly mastering these technologies.

Although it needs to invest two million pounds, and after mastering the technology, it also needs to build a new production line to return to the Australian government.

But it is still profitable for the military factory. After all, the technology contained in these production lines, under normal circumstances, is definitely not something that can be exchanged for two million pounds.

Even if a large amount of money is spent, it will take a lot of research time and talent to research it.

The most important Brunswick-class battleship blueprints were transported to Arthur's shipyard for protection.

The Australian government will work with Arthur's shipyard to form a professional team of experts to study the blueprints, strive to master them as soon as possible, and produce the battleships according to the blueprints.

Even with the technical assistance of the British and German navies, it is impossible to have the ability to independently build battleships without a few years of research time.

Arthur has made full preparations for this, as long as he can completely master the technology of building battleships within five years.

Fortunately, there are also several shipbuilding experts in the industrial expert team sent by Germany. They stayed in the shipyard in Sydney Port and will also become mentors for the Australian expert team.

In order to gain the favor of these German experts, Arthur prepared a small villa for each of them in Sydney, and gave each of them a subsidy of at least 500 pounds per month on top of their original salary.

This was also considered to have fulfilled the promise made in Berlin, not only paying all the wages of these people, but also bearing all their expenses in Australia.

Of course, all this was worth it, otherwise Arthur would not have done it. The changes and benefits that these expert teams can bring to Australia are definitely more than just the money paid.

Such experts are naturally needed as many as possible, even if the annual cost of each person is a huge amount of money.

April 11, Arthur's manor.

When all walks of life began to develop rapidly because of Germany's assistance, Butler Hunter also brought good news to Arthur.

It has been a month and a half since Arthur asked Butler Hunter to send people to Europe and the United States to find talents. Butler Hunter acted very quickly and had begun to look for frustrated scientists in Europe, and had made some progress.

"Butler Hunter, tell me, what is the good news?" Arthur sat down and said to Butler Hunter beside him with a smile.

"Your Highness, I have successfully sent people to Europe, and based on more than a week of investigation, I have come up with a very good news for Australia, that is, there are many talents like Benz and Diesel in Europe, and many of them are in debt and lack of funds. According to our people's investigation, a large part of these people are crazy about scientific research. As long as we are willing to provide them with sufficient research funds and venues, it may not be impossible for them to come to Australia." Butler Hunter did not keep it a secret and said it in detail.

Through the exploitation of colonies, Europe has built a prosperous industrial and economic system. It is the most dazzling pearl and the most developed and prosperous region in the world.

Because European countries generally attach importance to education, a large number of talents and scientists were born in Europe during this period, and they also made outstanding contributions to the rise of Europe.

But funds and resources are always limited. Even if European countries are very prosperous and developed, they cannot guarantee that they can provide sufficient research funds and opportunities for every scientist.

This has also led to a large number of scientists in Europe having to terminate their research for various reasons. Except for some talents who were discovered by capitalists by chance, others either sold their property to invest in scientific research, or could only be depressed for the rest of their lives.

Such talents are very common in Europe. It is not because of their poor ability, but because they lack support and appear bleak in the fiercely competitive environment in Europe.

But for Australia, these talents are the backbone that Australia lacks very much. There are even many talents who can become the founders and guides of various industries in Australia.

Australia only needs to pay a certain amount of money to attract these talents, and it can obtain the services of a large number of talents and scientists. It is definitely a sure-win business.

"If we are sure that these people are really capable, then what's the problem with paying some money to let them come to Australia?" Arthur said with a smile: "The more such talents Australia has, the better. Butler Hunter, I allow you to allocate 20 million pounds of funds to tap such talents in Europe and America. No matter what industry or field, as long as they are determined to be capable, they can be recruited."

"Your Highness, I think we should improve Australia's status in the hearts of all scientific researchers. As long as Australia is made into a holy place in the minds of these scientists, there will be no worries about scientists coming." Butler Hunter said tentatively.

"Oh? How to improve it?" Arthur smelled with a little interest.

Butler Hunter can say this, so he naturally has some ideas and plans in his mind.

Arthur is very interested in this. If Australia's status in the hearts of scientists can really be improved, it will be much better than spending money to recruit them.

"There are a lot of scientists in Europe who lack funding, so why don't we set up awards for scientific research? We invite scientists from all over the world to participate in our award selection. The winners can get enough research funds and reputation, and Australia can provide them with research sites for free to support their research projects. In this way, after a long period of development, it may not be impossible to gain the attention of those scientists." Butler Hunter suggested with a smile.

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