Chapter 925: National Education Nursing Home

When the Lake Eyre Canal was built, it was built according to the specifications of 44 meters wide and 11 meters deep, and it can accommodate super-giant ships of less than 50,000 tons.

Because the battleships have been completely eliminated in the Australasian Navy construction plan, the heaviest aircraft carrier currently built is only the 130,000-ton standard displacement of the Imperial-class aircraft carrier.

This also means that all new warships in Australasia can go to Lake Eyre through the canal, which will be the safest place for the Australasian Navy.

However, it is obvious that at least for Australasia now, this safe place will basically not play a role.

Because Australasia's achievements in aircraft have greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of Australasia's aircraft carriers.

According to the rough forecast of the Navy Department, the main force of the Australasian Pacific Fleet can still fight even if it encounters the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet.

If it is a deadly battle, the Australasian Pacific Fleet may even hope to destroy the Royal Navy's Home Fleet with the advantage of missiles.

This is already a very good result. Although the British fleet is spread all over the world, the Home Fleet is only a relatively strong squadron in the Royal Navy.

But the problem is that Australasia not only has the Pacific Fleet, but also has three fleets, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Home Fleet.

Considering that Australasia has not invested much in the navy, it is quite surprising that it has achieved such excellent results.

The reason why the British Royal Navy is so powerful is that in addition to the large amount of real money invested by the British in the Royal Navy every year, there are also hundreds or even hundreds of years of foundation that the British have in the development of the navy.

Let's look at Australasia again. It has only been 37 years since the founding of the country, which is equivalent to overtaking in the navy.

If Arthur did not intend to waste a lot of money on the navy, I am afraid that Australasia would be qualified to compete with the British Empire for the title of the world's strongest navy.

After confirming that the construction plan of the Lake Eyre Canal was very effective, Arthur was completely relieved.

This construction project, which Arthur invested a lot of money in, attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign media.

If this construction fails completely, although it will not impact Arthur's status, it will have a certain impact on his reputation.

Although Arthur does not care about his reputation, since he has invested a lot of real money, he naturally wants to achieve some results.

Moreover, once the Lake Eyre Canal Project succeeds, it will definitely bring more than a little change to Australasia. The improved land area alone is enough to make other countries jealous.

More importantly, Australasia is no longer short of land, and the demands for post-war interests also need to be changed to a certain extent.

After the improvement, Australia is already a huge land that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people. In addition to large islands such as New Zealand, New Guinea, Java and Sumatra, the population that Australasia can accommodate is at least 500 million.

Of course, the accommodating population mentioned here is not the maximum accommodating population, but an approximate number calculated after a series of residents' living factors.

If the maximum accommodating limit of the entire empire's population is to be calculated, this limit must at least exceed 1 billion people.

But then again, Arthur never thought of increasing the country's population to such a huge number. Even now, after 37 years of long development, the population of Australasia is only about 46.81 million.

Let alone 500 million or 1 billion, even the 100 million population mark may take decades to accumulate slowly.

Of course, there is also a more tricky way, which is to quickly establish the status of world hegemony after the war, and then continue to attract immigrants through developed economy and advanced technology, and quickly increase the population through immigration.

But for Arthur and Australasia, this method has obviously become a bad idea.

The United States in later generations is almost the same method. Not counting the natural growth of the domestic population, only counting the annual immigration, the population growth is a huge number.

But the problem is that such population growth data is gratifying, but it is obviously a hidden danger for the security and stability of the country.

The reason why the United States in later generations is still stable is also very important for the strong strength of the United States itself. But such stability is only temporary, and the problem has not been solved.

Once the United States is no longer strong, all kinds of problems will come and disintegrate this huge country at a very fast speed.

Arthur also understood this point. After the national population exceeded 40 million and basically closed the gap with the powerful countries, he no longer attracted a large number of immigrants.

In the early days, the number of immigrants in Australasia reached hundreds of thousands or even millions each year, of which Russians accounted for half.

But now, the number of immigrants each year remains below 300,000, and they are all high-quality immigrants who have been screened through layers.

Now the growth of the domestic population mostly depends on the natural growth of the local population. In order to encourage Australasia to have more children, the people's livelihood department has racked its brains to come up with various subsidy policies.

It is worth mentioning that the current small umbrella and abortion technology have long been invented and widely used in Europe and the United States.

The impact of these two technologies on various countries is very obvious. The further decline in the birth rate of various countries is largely due to the invention of these two technologies.

Arthur naturally understands the impact of these two things on the birth rate, but Arthur does not intend to ban them.

First of all, regarding small umbrellas, although Arthur did not explicitly ban their use, he also used the media under the Royal Consortium to promote it, saying that the lubricants used inside would harm the body.

In this way, people will naturally have less thoughts about buying small umbrellas. The Royal Consortium will invest heavily and control the corresponding small umbrella production companies, and reduce the output to a certain extent, so that small umbrellas can be used less.

Although this cannot completely stop people from using small umbrellas, it does effectively reduce the number of small umbrellas used in the entire country.

According to the production and sales data of several small umbrella manufacturers invested by the Royal Consortium, the annual consumption of small umbrellas in Australasia is less than 1.5 million for more than 46 million people.

You know, this is the consumption for one year. If converted into one day, the daily consumption of the entire country is only about 4,100.

The number of small umbrellas used has decreased, which will naturally increase the probability of pregnancy.

At this time, abortion technology was still very backward. Although it was indeed available, it was also very harmful to the body.

It was still the same method, using a large number of media to publicize the harm of abortion to the body, and then through the Australasian Protestant method, instilling in the public the idea that babies also have the right to see the world.

In this way, people who are really in financial difficulties can still choose small umbrellas or abortion to avoid burdening themselves with heavier economic costs.

People who are not in financial difficulties can naturally enjoy an unrestrained life without worrying about the harm to the body.

Moreover, in order to avoid a small number of people regretting after giving birth and even abandoning their babies, Arthur and Archbishop Steed established the Anglican Orphanage, which is dedicated to taking in infants and young children.

If it is an abandoned infant or young child, after entering the Anglican Orphanage, he will have no relationship with his original parents and will only be loyal to the royal family and religion.

If the parents take the initiative to send the children to the state church orphanage, the expenses of these infants and young children in the orphanage will be recorded and will not be repaid until the infants and young children reach adulthood.

There are generally two ways to repay. One is to join the army or join the church, which can offset the debt.

The other is to work for the orphanage for a period of time until the debt is paid off.

The benefit of the orphanage is to help the people solve the pressure of raising children and dispel the burden and worries of having children.

More importantly, because the children who enter the orphanage are basically taught from childhood, the ideological education of these children will naturally be more successful than that of older children.

Although some cases that are not affected by ideological education cannot be avoided, it can also ensure that most children who come out of the orphanage are full of gratitude to the royal family and religion in their hearts.

At this time, no matter which way they choose to repay the debt, it is good news for Arthur and the future royal family.

The children who come out of the orphanage join the army. No matter how good their combat quality is, their loyalty is definitely the highest.

Even if they join the church, the church will obey the royal family, which is equivalent to indirectly serving the royal family, and Arthur's efforts are worth it.

It has been several years since the establishment of the State Church Orphanage. At present, the number of infants and young children taken in by all the orphanages has reached thousands, which is definitely a great help to the future royal family.

In addition to the children taken in by a large number of orphanages across the country, with these two institutions and corresponding regulations, the royal family can obtain thousands or even thousands of very loyal talents every year.

Especially the orphanage, the big tree planted by Arthur for future generations, now has almost supported lush branches and leaves, providing enough shade for William and others.

It is precisely because these children lack something compared to ordinary children since childhood that they will be more mature. At present, most of the children who graduated from the orphanage are relatively good at academics. Although there are some guys who are just idling around, they can be regarded as talents overall.

The person who is currently the best orphanage graduate should be Martin Gregg, who Arthur pays more attention to.

The orphanages in Australasia have a special rule, that is, orphans of the same age will be given the same surname.

Martin Gregg is like this. His surname comes from Mary Gregg, the director of the Sydney Orphanage at that time, and his name is chosen by himself.

The reason is that Martin Gregg admires Martin, the commander of the Second Guard Division who once helped the Sydney Orphanage, and his dream since childhood is to become a soldier like Commander Martin.

Now, Commander Martin has become the commander of the 3rd Army of the National Defense, and has reached the rank of Lieutenant General.

Martin Gregg, with the help of the orphanage, completed his high school studies, and successfully passed the Sydney Royal Military Academy, and graduated successfully two years ago.

The current Royal Military Academy is no longer the same as it was when it was first established. The current Royal Military Academy has many large and small campuses, and it has become a famous military academy in Australasia and even the world.

There are currently three major campuses, namely the Royal Military College Sydney, the Royal Military College Melbourne and the Royal Military College St. Arthur's.

The specific admission levels of these three military colleges are different, and the students they recruit also vary greatly.

The Royal Military College Sydney has the widest enrollment range. Students come from civilians, the military and foreign countries, and the three services of the navy, army and air force are involved. It is also the largest military college branch in Australasia.

The Royal Military College Sydney mainly recruits domestic high school graduates, foreign high school graduates and outstanding military recruits. It is responsible for training middle and high-level backbone officers in the military and is also the cradle for the training of middle and high-level officers in Australasia.

Graduates from the Royal Military College Sydney can at least obtain the rank of second lieutenant. Those with outstanding performance can even obtain the rank of lieutenant or even captain, and sprint towards the youngest school officer.

The second largest is the Royal Military College Melbourne, which focuses on recruiting adult male citizens aged 18-28 with a high school degree or above, or soldiers who have made meritorious service in the military and meet the promotion requirements.

However, compared with the Sydney Royal Military Academy, which trains middle and high-level officers, the officers trained by the Melbourne Royal Military Academy are relatively grassroots. The ranks obtained by ordinary graduates after entering the army are basically sergeants. After the military graduates return to the army, the highest rank they can obtain is only second lieutenant.

A little conversion will make it clear that the sergeant rank obtained by ordinary graduates can generally only serve as a squad leader, and the second lieutenant rank of military academy graduates can only serve as a platoon leader.

However, the advantage is that it is easier to apply for the Melbourne Royal Military Academy, which is also one of the ways for the army to train a large number of grassroots officers.

As for the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur, which was established the latest and more mysterious, it is the smallest of the three major military academies and has the fewest students.

Because the purpose of the establishment of the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur is not to train officers, but to train outstanding new generals for the country.

The Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur has only two ways of admission, one is to select the best from the Sydney Royal Military Academy, and the other is to select younger outstanding soldiers from the army.

Unlike other military academies, the study time at Fort St. Arthur Military Academy is as long as six years, of which three years are theoretical training and three years are specific practice.

As a senior officer training school that Arthur attaches great importance to, students at Fort St. Arthur Military Academy must only be citizens of Australasian nationality, and their parents must be Australasians.

Secondly, the applicants must have no criminal history within three generations, even if they have committed any petty theft.

Because the students of Fort St. Arthur Military Academy are basically outstanding graduates of the Royal Military Academy in Sydney and outstanding young officers of the army, these students have reached the rank of second lieutenant or above before entering the military school.

In the six years of study of 3+3, they will experience the military career of platoon leader, company commander and battalion commander successively, and after completing six years of study, they will obtain at least the rank of major.

This is also the reason why the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur is called the General School, because the graduates of the military academy are generally between 28 and 30 years old, but their rank can reach at least the level of major.

As long as they don't make mistakes in their military career, even if they don't have great achievements, they can still reach the rank of colonel at least.

As long as they have some decent achievements, these guys who have reached the rank of major at a young age can even break through the threshold of colonel to general officer. Even if it is only the lowest level of general officer, it is at least the rank of brigadier general.

This is already ahead of many people. Even if it is a major battalion commander, if they slowly gain experience in the army, it is impossible to make it from second lieutenant to major in more than ten years.

But at the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur, it only takes six years to complete the huge transformation from second lieutenant to major.

And this is only for ordinary students. If they are students with outstanding performance, their military rank after graduation will definitely be more than the level of major.

Martin Gregg, who Arthur is paying attention to, is such a guy with outstanding performance.

When he was at the Royal Military Academy in Sydney, Martin Gregg's performance attracted the praise of the then principal, and he soon entered the list of attention of the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur.

After graduating from Sydney Military Academy two years ago, Martin Greg entered the Fort St. Arthur Military Academy for further studies.

Two years have passed, and Martin Greg has become a captain-level company commander and has gone to Europe to fight with the army.