On July 4, 1903, several transport ships loaded with weapons and equipment set off from the port of Sydney, Australia, aiming for their destination island nation.

It was loaded with 20,000 Gew98 rifles, 100 German-made Maxim heavy machine guns, 15 105mm Krupp howitzers, millions of rounds of ammunition, and tens of thousands of shells.

Of course, there are still a lot of bullets and shells being manufactured, and judging by Australia's current military industrial strength, it is already overtime to be able to produce so many weapons and equipment.

In less than half a month, this batch of weapons and equipment was successfully delivered to the port of the island country, and Arthur also successfully obtained the balance payment from the island country.

The total value of orders for the entire arms trade amounted to nearly two million pounds, and the price of that battleship alone was more than a million pounds.

Of course, the delivery of the battleship will wait until the next year, and the entire construction will take at least a little more than a year.

The total profit of the Australian side in the deal with these weapons and warships of the island country is as high as more than 700,000 pounds.

While more than half of the profits go to Arthur's arsenal, the royal consortium, nearly half of the profits go to the Australian government.

Although the Australian government's revenue is less than 300,000 pounds, this is a huge improvement for Australia, which has no income from the military industry before.

On September 4, 1903, another batch of weapons and equipment also departed from the port of Sydney, using a number of transport ships and several warships to escort the escort, but the destination was no longer the previous island country, but the Tsarist Empire, which had a fierce friction with the island country in the Far East.

For reasons of secrecy, the weapons were disguised as clothing and food in the open, and were transported to ports controlled by the Russian Empire in a very low-key manner.

Although the number of these weapons and equipment is almost half of that of the island nations, no one can deny the lethality and power that these heavy firepower weapons can bring.

If the island countries are not fully prepared, maybe these new heavy weapons of the Tsarist Russian Empire can make the island countries drink a good pot, although it will not completely turn the tide of the war, but there is still hope for changing a small war.

Although the arms trade on the side of the Russian Empire was not as lucrative as that of the island nations, it also brought tens of thousands of pounds of profits to Australia.

These two arms trades are also Australia's two main arms trades at present, and after all the orders of the island countries and the Tsarist Russian Empire are produced, Australia's arms factories can only supply weapons for the country.

During this period, there is also good news for Australia, that is, the first batch of students from the Australian National University has successfully graduated and entered all walks of life in Australia.

Although the first cohort of students at the Australian National University started more than a month later than they did, that did not prevent them from graduating three years later.

The first batch of college students involves a total of five majors, among which the more important mechanical major and physical chemistry major have 200 college students respectively, and they are also the two departments with the largest number of college students in Australian national universities so far.

This is followed by architecture and medicine. Architecture, also known as civil engineering, is about how to design and build. Needless to say, the medical profession can provide Australia with much-needed medical talent, which will also provide strong manpower for many of Australia's current major hospitals.

The smallest number of students is in literature. There were only 100 students in the first class of literature majors, and even the total number of literature students in the entire Australian National University is now less than 500.

But there are still many important uses for the literary students in Australia, and all the immigrants and native Australians that Arthur wants to see will depend on the pen and mouth of these literary students.

Don't underestimate the guidance of literati to the people's thoughts, as long as these people are crazy to publish their own articles about the Australian nation in various newspapers, there will always be many Australians who see and gradually believe and recognize.

The graduation of this class of college students has changed Australia the most in industry and medicine.

With 150 medical graduates, Australia's major hospitals are basically all in operation, except for some particularly important positions that are filled by foreign experts, and other positions have been basically mastered by these medical graduates.

Many graduates of mechanical and physical chemistry were invited to Arthur's military factories and shipyards, as well as various factories and laboratories built in the industrial area.

They are vital to Australia's scientific and technological strength, and while they are not decisive leaders, they can be very good backbones.

The enrollment of the Australian National University has been declining over the years, with only 600 students in the second class and 500 in the third and fourth sessions, except for the first 800 students.

As a result, after the current first batch of university graduates, the number of teachers and students at the Australian National University is less than 1,700.

Although the number of university students has decreased compared to the previous year, the teaching efficiency of teachers has also improved.

With the graduation of one batch after another, Australia's scarce mainstay talent can finally be filled, and on the basis of attracting top scientists with the Victoria Prize, Australia's middle and lower level scientists can finally develop.

On September 13, 1903, after presiding over the opening ceremony of the fourth Australian National University, Arthur Arthur received a request from the new cabinet government to convene a cabinet meeting, so he rushed to the government affairs building non-stop to attend the first large cabinet meeting of the second cabinet government.

The meeting was held in the same place where the Cabinet was elected, but it was a little empty at this time, with only eleven Cabinet members and Arthur.

"Prime Minister Evan, talk about it! On the purpose of convening this large cabinet meeting. Arthur asked.

In general, a small cabinet meeting can be held by the prime minister alone, with the participation of all cabinet members, and then only need to report to Arthur all the results of the meeting.

Of course, this kind of cabinet meeting does not decide major events related to Australia, and his purpose is only to let the cabinet deal with some of the political problems and difficulties that are encountered in ordinary times.

There is only one reason why a large cabinet meeting can be held, and that is that Arthur must be present to decide major events related to Australian politics.

The first is to ask for support!

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