"That's good, kid." Queen Victoria touched Arthur's forehead again and asked with a smile: "Do you have any preliminary plans for the development of Australia?" Do you have enough money? ”

"Grandmother, I think the most important thing for Australia at the moment is to develop basic industries and education. Compared to European countries, Australia is weak in all respects and needs to dramatically improve its most basic industrial strength. Industry and other industries need to cultivate a large number of talents in order to be able to develop. Therefore, education is also an important part that must be grasped. Arthur thought for a moment and said.

This was planned by Arthur in advance, and it was simply impossible to develop various advanced industrial systems in Australia in a short period of time.

First, Australia's basic industry is extremely backward, and second, the talent pool is seriously insufficient, and it lacks the necessary conditions for the development of advanced industry.

Rather than being ambitious, it is better to focus on building basic industries and developing education in a short period of time.

After a few years, when the initial development has borne fruit, the goal can be to focus on building advanced industrial and technological enterprises and catching up with European countries.

"Well, Arthur, I'm glad you didn't have a momentary success that led to ambition and arrogance. Even if you have a lot of money, within five years, Australia will not be able to catch up with the development of European countries. But through the accumulation of basic industry and the accumulation of talents through education, coupled with the attraction of a large number of talents and immigrants from Europe, Australia is still very promising in a decade. Queen Victoria nodded with satisfaction and said to Arthur with great satisfaction.

"For you, Australia is now in a very good environment, with the British Empire to the west and the vast Pacific Ocean to the east. Whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the island country in the north, it is impossible to take the initiative to attack you. In such a situation, you have a lot of time to develop. Queen Victoria continued to take Arthur's hand, and said as she went.

Arthur couldn't help nodding, what Queen Victoria said was right, Australia is indeed in the development stage of gold now, whether it is geographical location or mineral resources, Australia has the capital to become a powerful country.

The only relatively scarce population resources can also take advantage of the fact that the clouds of war in Europe are now in full swing and the European population is moving out in large numbers.

Overall, Australia is definitely the country with the highest development potential in this time period, and as long as the rulers do not have major problems in their decisions, Australia will definitely emerge as a great power group in the next few decades.

"You should still be living in that government building, right?" Queen Victoria asked suddenly.

When Queen Victoria was in Australia, she was arranged to live on the top floor of the government affairs building with Arthur.

Although the top floor has been simply decorated, it is still only a simple decoration, which does not match the status of Duke Arthur.

After Arthur owned more than 200 million pounds of property and an entire country, the building was even more inappropriate for Arthur's identity.

"That's right, grandmother. Even you live in such an ordinary manor, and I live there in a high-profile way. Arthur said with a smile.

Arthur knew what Queen Victoria wanted to ask, after all, Arthur now had the right and a lot of money in his hands, and it seemed that it was a matter of course to build a palace for himself.

But in reality, Arthur did not have such thoughts in a short time. Even if it is an extremely rudimentary palace, the amount of money spent is definitely not a small amount.

What's more, in the case of Australia's basic industry and infrastructure are very backward, even a small palace requires a long construction period.

Besides, once the palace is built, it will inevitably attract the attention of all Australians.

Arthur had just vowed to make Australia develop, and then he spent a lot of money to build a palace for himself, even if it was Arthur's own money, it would inevitably disappoint some people.

It is better to invest all the funds in the development of the country first, and then take back the funds after the country is built. In this way, when Arthur built the palace, the Australians would not only not object, but would take it for granted.

"Well, that's actually what I'm going to say to you. Although now it looks like you have a whopping 200 million pounds in money, which is richer than even the royal families of some European countries. But in reality, once you put these funds into the big hole of the country's development, you will find that these funds are only a drop in the bucket. It's great that you've gained a lot of prestige in Australia, so you can't afford to lose it easily. Queen Victoria nodded with satisfaction again, looked at the boy in front of her, who was already half a head taller than herself, and said with a little emotion: "Originally, I was worried about you, but now it seems that you have initially grown into a qualified ruler." Arthur, I'm proud of you, and your father would be glad to know all this. ”

Arthur didn't answer anything, just held Queen Victoria's hand more forcefully.

Pleasant times are always short-lived, as Queen Victoria and Arthur stop and go, and before they know it, the afternoon has flown by, and by the time they can react, the sun is already setting.

"Alright, Arthur, that's it. I know that you still have a lot going on in Australia, and Grandmother is not yet at the end of the day, so I don't need you to be with you all the time. Queen Victoria patted Arthur's hand one last and said to Arthur with a smile.

"Grandmother." Arthur was a little reluctant, he originally wanted to stay on the Isle of Wight to accompany Queen Victoria for a few more days, but he didn't expect that Queen Victoria had already rushed people in just a few hours.

"Good boy, go back to Australia. At all times, you must always remember that you must never be swayed by your emotions. As the ruler of a country, the country is the most important thing to you. Queen Victoria touched Arthur's forehead and instructed.

"Well, grandmother, I see." Arthur nodded vigorously and said his final goodbyes to Queen Victoria.

Port.

When Arthur stepped aboard the ship to return, Princess Beatrice arrived, handed Arthur a suitcase, and said, "Arthur, your grandmother asked me to give it to you." Your grandmother said that this is something you will use in the future, but she also asked me to warn you not to use it for at least five years, even for her sake. ”