1 July 1900, outside of Sydney.

Yesterday's meeting made Arthur clearly aware of the fact that Australia is now lagging behind in all aspects, although he has also drawn up detailed plans with ministers in various departments, and used up to 30 million pounds of funds, but if he wants to see results, I am afraid it will be at least a year later.

The good news, however, is that Arthur will have some free time after the Cabinet meeting.

It's not like there's nothing to do, but there's still a lot of time to spare compared to the busy days before.

But what Arthur didn't expect was that on the first day, he was invited by Hunter's butler to the outskirts of Sydney, on the grounds that Arthur's private winery was about to be built.

Because Roger Joseph Ebert, who previously managed Arthur's assets with Hunter's butler, became Australia's Minister of Finance, the responsibility of managing Arthur's private assets fell entirely on Hunter's butler.

This is no easy job, and Arthur's current private property includes two steel works, a munitions factory and a shipyard, as well as 132 million in cash and £150 million in property lent to the government.

After handing over all these assets to Hunter's butler, Arthur basically didn't bother to ask anymore.

European aristocrats have a special affection for red wine. For the aristocracy, wine was as important as the dress at a banquet.

In Europe, those who do not have a castle may not be a low-level nobleman, but those who do not have their own private winery are probably down-and-out or low-level nobles.

Wine has been given a special meaning in Europe, and is regarded as being blessed by God, and is sought after and loved by all European aristocrats.

Duke Arthur also had his own private winery in England, but it was sold by Arthur.

After coming to Australia, Hunter Steward has been selecting a site for Arthur's winery, and when Arthur was busy with state affairs, he had completed most of the construction of the winery, waiting for Arthur to visit it in person, give the winery a noble name, and it can be officially put into production.

Knowing that Arthur was going to the outskirts of Sydney, Margaery and Patricia also cried and shouted that they wanted to follow.

Arthur had no choice but to agree to follow them, but only if the Lord of Louis followed them.

After all, judging from the out-of-the-box personalities of Margaery and Patricia, if they didn't let Lord Louis watch them, they might have to do something.

In this way, what was originally Arthur's one-man travel team evolved into a convoy for the entire Australian royal family.

They were accompanied by many servants and guards, and the size of the entire convoy was already in the hundreds.

By the time the convoy arrived at the winery's address, it was already noon.

Steward Hunter had been standing outside the door for a long time, waiting for Arthur and the royal family to arrive.

"How's it going, Steward Hunter?" Arthur asked with a smile as he slowly got out of the carriage.

"Everything is going well, Your Highness. Just waiting for you, His Royal Highness the County Lord and the two Minor Highnesses. Butler Hunt made a noble salute very gentlemanly and said respectfully.

When Lord Louis and his two sisters got out of the carriage, Arthur smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go and see how the winery is." ”

It is said to be a winery, but it is actually a combination of a vineyard and a winery.

Coupled with the fact that Australia is currently vast and sparsely populated, the area of this winery has reached a terrifying three square kilometers, that is, 300 hectares, a full 4,500 acres.

How big is this winery? If you were to walk around the manor, you would have to walk at least six kilometers, and even if you speed up, you have to walk for more than an hour.

Thankfully, Arthur didn't come up with the idea of walking around the manor, otherwise it was a question of whether he would be able to return here after an hour.

"Steward Hunter, where do our vines come from on such a large wine estate?" Arthur asked curiously.

According to a normal trellis vine, about 140 vines can be planted on one acre of land. This is a good spacing to ensure that each vine receives enough sunlight without wasting too much land.

Although part of the estate is used for the production and fermentation of wine, the vines are not grown in such a large area, but at least 600,000 vines are needed to do so.

There are so many vines that you can't find them even if you search all over Australia.

"Your Highness, I was already hoarding the seeds of the vine long before you sold your wine estate in England. We currently grow nearly 500,000 grape seeds, 10,000 vines and 50,000 saplings and tens of thousands of fruit trees from Australia. Before the seeds grow into vines, our winery produces about 130,000 litres of wine per year. Steward Hunter explained with a smile.

Although the finished vines are not easy to buy, excellent grape seeds are available everywhere.

Although most of the winery is planted with grape seeds, after two or three years, a large number of finished vines can be harvested.

Arthur was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Steward Hunter Hunt had already started to lay out Australian wineries when he was already in the UK.

"Steward Hunter, we've got enough production right now, right? If the production is too large, it will not be sold, and at least for a few years, our wines will not be able to compete with French red wines. Arthur asked, slightly surprised.

Most of the most famous red wines in Europe are produced in France, due to the geographical location and climate.

In the absence of a large European market, even if the winery can produce more red wine, it will not be able to sell it, and it will only cause losses in vain.

"Your Highness, the winery's annual expenditure is less than 100,000 pounds, which is well within our acceptable range. Although we can't compare with European red wines in a short period of time, we can also firmly grasp the Australian market. As the number of immigrants increases, so will the Australian wine market, and it will not be difficult for wineries to break even. When the European wine market is volatile, it is not too late for us to enter the European market. No matter how bad it is, the vintage wine will be more mellow than the new red wine, and we can create two brands, one to take the high-end route and operate the European market, and the other to take the low-end route and operate the Australian market. Butler Hunt explained.

Red wine doesn't mean that the fresher the better. On the contrary, vintage red wine will taste more mellow and will be more sought after by European aristocrats.

The price of red wine produced by the same winery this year and ten years ago may be several times different.