"Your Highness, the British Government has agreed to provide us with five and five million pounds worth of funds or other industrial equipment. The funds were paid over ten years, with a share of £5.5 million per year. Minister Andrew explained with a smile: "Prime Minister Robert agreed that we would choose the payment method of funds or industrial equipment and resources at will. Theoretically, with the exception of technology and industrial equipment at the strategic level of the UK, any industrial equipment and resources can be exchanged equally with these support funds. ”

"Can we redeem the naval technology we need?" Arthur asked with interest.

Britain's naval technology is one of the major factors in the British Navy's leading world, and another major factor is the huge investment in the Navy and the two-power policy.

I have to admit that even the German Empire, which is already the second largest in the world in terms of comprehensive strength, still lags behind the British Empire in terms of navy, and in addition to submarines, it can be said that it is lagging behind Britain in terms of naval science and technology.

Although Germany caught up with Britain in terms of navy after its rise, it took a long time to make up for this gap that had accumulated over a long period of time.

"Most of the navy technology is okay, Your Highness. However, Prime Minister Robert specifically explained that the drawings of all battleships and large warships in service in Britain were not within the scope of support. Defense Minister N'Golo Kante said helplessly.

Even after a long period of negotiations, the British government did not agree to include the drawings of battleships and large warships in service to the scope of support.

Although the availability of drawings does not mean that Australia will be able to produce warships, drawings are also the most important thing for warships.

With the drawings, it is also easy to study the weaknesses of the warship, especially for the potential enemies of the British Empire, the drawings of the warships in service are definitely a good thing.

In fact, during the period of confrontation between the two major military blocs, especially after Britain joined the Entente, the number of spies sent by European countries skyrocketed, and the theft of drawings and data from warships was one of the important tasks of these spies.

"It doesn't matter, Minister Kent." Hearing that Britain was reluctant to share the blueprints of the warship, Arthur not only did not look angry, but laughed.

"Your Highness, then, if we want to build a navy, we can only buy the blueprints of warships from Germany. However, compared with the British warships, the German warships are still slightly inferior in terms of performance. Minister Kent frowned and said helplessly.

The British stuck Australia in naval drawings, much to the displeasure of Minister Kent.

The navy is willing to teach everything, but the drawings of warships are not willing to be shared. Isn't this equivalent to the chef buying all the cooking utensils for the apprentice, but not teaching the apprentice recipes, isn't this blind?

"That's fine, Minister Kent. Australia's industrial strength is also limited, and for a short time, our navy is still dominated by small and medium-sized warships. Our shipyards are capable of producing such warships, and they only need to familiarize the workers with the shipbuilding equipment and grope for it. Arthur smiled and said comfortingly: "Our shipbuilding industry is still very weak, even if Britain gives us drawings, we will not be able to digest them in a short time." I think the German warship design is very suitable, and compared to the British, the German support for us is much larger, and we can master its technology more quickly. Would the British naval technology be used to build the warships on the drawings of German warships, and the performance would be better? ”

Arthur's words comforted Minister Kent well, and the unhappiness of the British card warship drawings quickly dissipated.

In fact, compared to what has been explained, the real Arthur doesn't care about those warship drawings, but it is actually a dreadnought that will be born in a few years.

The gap between the dreadnoughts and the main battleships before these dreadnoughts, in a more exaggerated sentence on the Internet, is that after the birth of the dreadnoughts, all the former dreadnoughts will be reduced to scrap metal.

Although the reality is not so exaggerated, the former dreadnought basically has no ability to resist in front of the dreadnought, whether it is the face data or the actual combat capability, the dreadnought can crush the former dreadnought.

The gap between dreadnoughts and former dreadnoughts is not in one aspect, but in all-round crushing.

For a warship, its combat performance is determined by sailing speed, armor thickness, firepower intensity, flexibility, and the quality of soldiers.

Excluding the external factor of soldier quality, whether it is sailing speed, armor thickness, vitality strength and agility, dreadnoughts have crushed the former dreadnoughts.

To use a more apt word to compare, the difference in combat effectiveness between the dreadnought and the former dreadnought is like a college student and a schoolboy.

After the creation of the dreadnought, the drawings of these warships in Britain are basically useless.

At that time, the naval arms race of various countries will again be dominated by dreadnoughts, and it is no longer these backward warships that will determine the strength of the navy, but the number and combat effectiveness of dreadnoughts.

There is not much left for these active warships to be able to shine, which is the real reason why Arthur doesn't care about the drawings of these warships.

"What about immigration? Immigration should be said to be one of the most important issues in Australia, and the introduction of immigrants cannot be delayed. Arthur said.

At present, Europe is in a relatively chaotic period, coupled with the increase in the population of Europe, which has led to the migration of major European countries.

According to rough statistics from later generations, from the beginning of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, about 60 million people in Europe emigrated abroad, including 35 million people who emigrated to the United States.

As the largest power in Europe, the United Kingdom has also emigrated more than 8 million people in the past 100 years.

In particular, with the confrontation between the two major military blocs in Europe and the increasingly serious arms race, the number of European immigrants has gradually increased since 1890, and about 780,000 Europeans choose to permanently emigrate overseas every year.

Although more than half of these immigrants chose to go to the United States, after all, the United States is one of the great powers that rivals the European countries, and although it is not outstanding in military terms, it has surpassed many European powers in industry and economy.

But Arthur was not greedy either, and it was impossible to absorb a huge number of immigrants like the United States in a short period of time.

But with Arthur's popularity in Britain and the support of British and German immigrants, coupled with the hype in Australia, it is still possible to account for a tenth of European immigrants.

"The British government has said it will do its best to help with the immigration problem. They promise never to oppose immigration to Australia in the UK and to help promote various immigration policies in Australia as much as possible. Foreign Minister Andrew said: "Although the British will not object to us attracting immigrants, I am afraid that there is no hope that they will help us directly." ”