After visiting the entire gold mining area and refinery, the problem of gold reserves needed to issue a new currency can be solved.

Only the issuance of a new currency can effectively reduce the degree of dependence of Australians on the British pound, and also reduce the degree of control of the British Empire over the Australian economy.

Of course, this is also a long plan. As long as the British Empire does not lose its status as the first great power, the pound sterling will always be an extremely important currency in any region.

Arthur did not seek to completely replace the British pound in Australia, but only hoped that the new currency would gain some circulation and reduce the influence of the British Empire on Australia.

After all, the current monarch of Australia is Arthur, and for Arthur, an Australia that is not affected by any country is his own territory.

At this stage, Arthur can only minimize the influence of Britain on Australia as much as possible, and it is impossible to completely eliminate it, after all, the ethnic composition of Australia determines the special relationship of Australians to the British Empire.

After returning to the manor, Arthur met Princess Louis and her two sisters, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month, and after a simple dinner with his family, Arthur returned to his room.

Now that we are back in Australia, it is natural to accelerate the pace of Australia's development.

At present, there are many constructions in Australia, in addition to the industrial areas in Western Australia, steel mills, military factories in New South Wales, shipyards, etc., the construction of industrial railways, the construction of hospitals and schools, and the construction of nursing homes and orphanages are all plans that Australia is currently focusing on development.

With a sufficient indigenous workforce, Arthur felt compelled to speed up the progress of these construction projects, even at the cost of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of indigenous casualties.

Although Australia had a golden period of development for more than a decade before the First World War, who can guarantee that the reality will be as it was in history?

If anything happens in Europe and Australia is not prepared, then Arthur's efforts will be in vain.

Therefore, in addition to having a more accurate grasp of the situation in Europe, it is also important to accelerate the pace of construction in Australia.

After making plans for the near future, Arthur fell asleep in his bed again after many days.

May 17, 1902, Benz Automobile Factory.

A year later, Arthur again arrived at the car factory in Bentz, adjacent to the engine factory in Diesel again.

The last time I was here was a year ago, when Benz and Diesel worked together to invent a new car.

It was at that time that Arthur first introduced the concept of an assembly line to Benz and Diesel, which surprised them and began to make changes to their factory.

More than half a year has passed since the last successful construction of the assembly line, and with the proficiency of the workers of the Benz Automobile Factory in the assembly line production technology, coupled with the repeated modifications and improvements of the assembly line production technology by Benz and Diesel, the cost of the car has finally been reduced to a figure that Arthur can accept, that is, more than 80 pounds.

Is the cost of producing more than 80 pounds high? If it is in this era, then it is indeed not high.

You know, even if the T-type car has a very mature technology in the future, the final price is as high as $260, which is more than 50 pounds.

The Model T was initially priced at more than $800, or more than £140.

This priced Model T was a crazy car at the time, and it was hailed as a car for the common people.

It is precisely because of such a low-priced T-type car that the car has truly gone to thousands of households and has become one of the most important means of transportation, completely replacing the horse-drawn carriage.

Judging by the initial price of the Model T, the profit of each car produced by the Benz Automobile Factory has reached more than 60 pounds, which is an extremely frightening figure.

If that were to be added to the 15 million models produced in the Model T, that would be at least £900 million in profit.

Although the price of a car will get lower and lower over time, the cost of a car will gradually decrease, and it can even be controlled to about thirty or forty pounds.

This means that each car has at least a net profit of more than a billion pounds, and the total profit of the entire automotive industry could exceed a billion pounds.

Now, the automobile industry in various countries is at an extremely backward level, Benz Automobile is fully able to take the lead, with excellent performance and low price, quickly occupy the world's automobile market, and earn a lot of profits.

This is why Arthur attaches so much importance to the car, not only to bring a lot of profit to himself, but also to allow Australia to achieve corner overtaking, for the economy and the military, the car is definitely an extremely important product.

It's been a year, but Benz and Diesel are still the same. With the expansion of their respective factories, Benz and Diesel also became billionaires worth hundreds of thousands of pounds because of their 10% stakes. Even their salaries are as high as hundreds of pounds a month.

But they didn't pay much attention to their appearance, and they always wore their work clothes in the factory, which were stained with large and small pieces of oil and stains, which didn't seem to fit their identity.

After meeting Arthur, Benz was very excited, and hurriedly asked Diesel to be invited next door.

Diesel was usually very busy with his studies, and even sometimes Minister Pierre had to wait for him for a while.

However, when Diesel learned of Arthur's arrival, he quickly stopped his research and went to the car factory next door.

Seeing the two again, Arthur was also a little emotional, and asked with a smile: "I heard that the car factory has started mass production now?" ”

According to the agreement between Arthur and Benz at the time, if the production cost of the car was not ensured to be around eighty pounds, the car would not have been mass-produced.

Now that the car factory has started mass production, it means that the cost of the car has been reduced to about 80 pounds, or the assembly line that Benz has developed has achieved initial success.

"Yes, Your Highness, as early as a month ago, our improved assembly line was able to keep the production cost of the car at around eighty pounds, which already meets your requirements for mass production." Benz smiled and nodded, and said excitedly: "But at that time, because you were not in Australia, we could not report to you. But the production of cars is something you have already ordered, so I will take it upon myself to let the car factories start mass production of cars. ”

The third is to ask for support! Restore the third watch, kneel and beg for support!

(End of chapter)