Chapter 217: Albert Einstein

With the end of the 1906 Annual Report Conference, the year 1907 followed.

Since the beginning of the new year, the Royal Government has issued decrees much more frequently, and many effective decrees have been issued, such as the Fertility Encouragement Act, which can greatly increase the local population.

According to this law, as long as you have legal citizenship of the Kingdom of Australasia, you can receive an immediate reward of 50 Australian dollars for each additional child born on the basis of one child, and you can receive 20 Australian dollars per year from the government.

The funds will be received until the child reaches the age of six, after which it will be converted to a lower level of tuition and tuition and fees waivers.

If a family is able to have more than five children, it will be given the title of Heroic Mother, not only will it be featured in Australasian newspapers, but all children will also be given priority access to school and even university.

There are even preferential treatment when applying for scholarships and bursaries, and it can be said that there are a large number of welfare policies from birth to university graduation, which greatly reduces the pressure on Australasian people to raise offspring.

This policy has been welcomed by many Australasian people. After all, Australasia's geographical location determines that it is not in the center of the world, and the various crises and wars around the world have basically nothing to do with Australasian people.

In addition to the daily newspaper ordering some melons and current political news, the leisure time of Australasian people at work every day is only to create people.

After the government solves their worries about raising offspring, Australasian people can rest assured that they can create human beings, and even receive a large number of rewards.

There have been many families who have decided to take the lead in winning the title of Heroic Mother, whether it is the benefits brought by this policy, or the funds and benefits that can be enjoyed by each offspring, which is heartwarming.

At the same time, Australasia's various transport fleets were also mobilized, including cruise ships and escort fleets, which frequently traveled between Europe and Australia to bring more immigrants to Australasia.

With the establishment of the Kingdom of Australasia, Australia has gradually entered the range of European immigrants.

Of course, this does not mean that no one has chosen to immigrate to Australia before, but in the eyes of Europeans at that time, immigration to the Americas was the mainstream.

The Americas have a wide range of land, a developed economy, and a similar language, so they can integrate well into the life of the Americas.

But now, Australia has similar characteristics to the Americas. Although Australia's economy is not so developed, the economy and quality of life are also growing steadily.

What's more, Australia is not plagued by any wars, and King Arthur of Australasia is closer to Europeans in blood.

Under the influence of various factors, Australasia has become the second choice of immigrants after the Americas, and more and more Europeans want to immigrate to Australia.

If nothing else, Australasia's population growth in 1907 would be the largest in years, and as long as there is no war in Australia, the size of immigration will continue to grow.

A strong source of immigration, combined with a large number of policies to encourage childbearing in the country, gave Arthur and the Australasian government hope of expanding the population to the tens of millions.

Before the population reaches the level of hundreds of millions, such a rate of population growth is something that everyone is happy to see.

Since the establishment of the Commonwealth, there has been much more frequent exchange between Australia and New Zealand.

After the establishment of the kingdom, it became even more frequent, and even a day or two of voyages between the two regions could not stop this economic close-up.

To some extent, this has also contributed to the growth of the shipbuilding industry in Australasia. Over this time, more and more people have taken out loans from the Crown Bank to start small private shipyards.

Most of the boats they built were very small fishing boats or sailboats, which were used for daily work and travel for people.

Because all the land is large and small islands and peninsulas, Australasia also has a thriving fishing industry.

For example, the famous Australian lobster, Australian abalone, as well as blue flag tuna and yellowtail, are produced in all major regions of Australasia.

In particular, the southern part of mainland Australia and around Tasmania have a large number of natural fishing grounds, and the people of Australasia are also one of the major features.

These abundant fisheries and aquatic products feed a large number of fishermen and practitioners in the Kingdom of Australasia.

This has also led many people to see business opportunities in it. At present, the shipbuilding industry in Australasia is not developed, although it is possible to build battleships and dreadnoughts at the top, there are not many shipyards that build small civilian vessels, and all kinds of small fishing boats and boats are even in short supply.

For these loan requirements, as long as the basic qualifications and conditions are fine, you can easily apply for a loan.

Of course, the amount of loans they can apply for is basically balanced by the amount of assets they can pledge.

Arthur is not worried about running away with the money, firstly, there are collateralized assets as compensation, and secondly, the Australian dollar is only circulating in the Australasian region at present, and whether he can escape the supervision of the intelligence department and the security department with the Australian dollar is not to mention, whether other countries recognize the Australian dollar or not is one thing.

Individuals who are eligible to apply for a loan must have lived in Australasia for at least 10 years and have legal citizenship of Australasia.

Under the layers of conditions, it is not easy for people with real ulterior motives to get loans.

In January 1907, Arthur attended the Victoria Award ceremony as usual.

This annual international award has attracted at least a dozen top international talents to Australasia, and it is still ongoing.

This year's Victorian Physics Laureate's name surprised Arthur and immediately decided to woo him into Australasia's arms.

Albert Einstein, this is a famous figure in later generations.

Einstein's achievements in physics were enough to make him one of the greatest scientists of the entire 20th century.

Einstein was still very young, and Einstein, who was born in 1879, was now less than 27 years old and had just received a doctorate in physics from the University of Zurich.

It was because Einstein's photon hypothesis successfully explained the photoelectric effect that he won the Victorian Prize in Physics in 1906.

In fact, when he first saw Einstein's name, Arthur was still a little hesitant.

According to Einstein's life trajectory and life experience, he was first a pacifist and humanitarian, and then a democratic socialist.

Einstein was denied immigration to the United States on refugee terms because Einstein believed in and advocated anarchism, and was also accused of being a participant and supporter of a movement from 1937 to 1954.

Coupled with the fact that he was still Jewish, Einstein also supported Zionism and the choice of the Jews to settle in Jerusalem, the ancient land of Judaism.

Faced with such a top scientist who seems extremely difficult to control, Arthur is also worried about whether co-opting Einstein will cause certain impact and fluctuations in the political environment in Australasia.

But after thinking about it, Arthur decided to woo him anyway. First of all, Einstein's ability and knowledge are definitely one of the top scientists in the world today, and since such talents have appeared, Arthur naturally cannot let them go.

Regardless of whether Einstein's political views are consistent with the political situation in Australasia, Einstein is still very young, and all he shows and supports is pacifism and humanitarianism.

Australasia is now free of war, and Arthur is keen to help the country's lower population.

Isn't this pacifism and humanitarianism at its simplest?

At least for a short time, Arthur was able to get this leading scientist in Australasia's hands and let him contribute more to Australasian research.

As for the future, Arthur is definitely not a kind person. If such a top scientist could not be mastered by Australasia, then Einstein would have to be invited to see the beautiful underwater world under the sea.

On the day of the Victoria Prize ceremony, Arthur invited all the scientists and talents who won the award to a small celebratory banquet.

At this banquet, Arthur launched a unified invitation to all talents to conduct scientific research and technical work for Australasia, which will bring them more advanced laboratories and more research funds.

None of them objected, at best, they said they needed to think more.

In fact, they are not stupid, offending Arthur on Arthur's turf, isn't this just playing a lantern in the toilet?

Of course, Arthur's main target was Einstein. The day after the banquet, Arthur invited Albert Einstein to the National University of Australasia, where he was invited to visit the major laboratories of the National University.

The National University was Arthur's first university to be established with a grant of funds, and the construction standards and goals at that time were also world-class.

As a result, many of the laboratories within the National University are among the best in the world today, and Arthur and the government have also paid millions of dollars for this.

After seeing all this, Arthur got straight to the point and invited Einstein to become an honorary professor in the Department of Physics at the National University of Australasia, where all research offices are open to Einstein and receive a research grant of at least $200,000 a year.

At the same time, Arthur also said that he would form the Royal Australasian Society for the Study of Physics, and invited Albert Einstein to become the first president of the Association for the Study of Physics to carry out academic research in Australasia.

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