In the eyes of his sister Miaka, Tesla saw the expectation and eagerness, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and agreed to Arthur's request.

Seeing that Tesla finally agreed to stay and work in Australasia, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Mr. Tesla, welcome to join the Australasian family." The Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry has a lot of top experts like you, and I'm sure you should have a lot of good topics in common. ”

The Royal Australasian Society of Physical Chemistry was established to enable these top physical chemistry talents from Europe and the United States to have a good research environment.

Up to now, the total number of members of the Royal Society of Physical Chemistry has exceeded 100, and these hundreds of people are well-known physical chemistry experts in Europe and the United States.

These experts are Australasia's top talent pool in physical chemistry.

These people are conducting a variety of research, which is of extraordinary significance to Australasia.

That's why the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry has funded more than $3 million a year in research so far, with an average of nearly $30,000 per person.

$30,000, that's definitely not a small number. At the exchange rate, this is equivalent to 15,000 pounds, 75,000 US dollars.

In this period when the war had not begun and the currencies of various countries were not depreciating so quickly, the value of 15,000 pounds was equivalent to two kilograms, that is, four catties of gold.

Of course, there is also a high and low level of research funding for each member of the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry.

Talents with big names like Albert Einstein and Tesla will naturally enjoy a higher proportion of research funding.

Of course, the research funding for these talents, most of the time is provided by Arthur in addition, and is not counted in the total research funding of the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry.

The Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry has collaborated with a number of universities in Australasia, and many of the members of the research associations have become honorary professors and lecturers at these universities.

Of course, as the president of the research association, an expert of Einstein's level directly became the honorary dean of the physics department of the National University of Australasia.

In addition to their research, these experts occasionally give lectures at universities where they work to train future high-end talents in the physical chemistry industry for Australasia.

At present, Australasia's talent training system has basically matured, and talents in all aspects also have the ability to cultivate independently.

Whether it's a proliferating technical school or a university that specialises in mid-to-high-end talent, it has become common in Australasia.

If ten years ago in Australasia, a high school degree was already precious, then for Australasia today, the truly valuable talents are those who have graduated from technical schools and universities.

Tesla nodded and agreed to join the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry in Australasia.

There are still many top talents from Europe and the Americas in this association, and Tesla is also very much looking forward to joining such a top academic association.

In the end, under the slightly expectant eyes of the Miyaka family, Arthur promised that someone would come to pick up the Miyaka family tomorrow, and after settling down in the city of Sydney, he would find a job with a better salary for them in a place closer to their residence.

Of course, it is also necessary to find a place for Tesla to live. Now that Tesla has agreed to join Australasia, it is natural that he cannot be wronged to live in a cheap hotel.

Fortunately, the size of the city of Sydney is constantly expanding, and some vacant properties can be found everywhere.

It's okay to settle Tesla and Miaka's family, and even if they want to, they can move into a new house the next day.

After successfully winning over Tesla, Arthur was in a very good mood, and immediately rewarded Tesla and Miaka's family with 2,000 Australian dollars each, so that they could buy some furniture and decorations after moving into a new house in the past two days, and start a new life.

As for Tesla's two remaining sisters, who are still in Serbia, Arthur promised to bring them all to Australasia within two months, and they will also enjoy the treatment of the Miyaka family.

Upon returning to the palace, Arthur summoned the Kent butler and asked him to contact Davy, the head of the house, who was far away in Europe, to take Tesla's two younger sisters and their family to Australasia.

The Balkan War had entered into a state of peace because of the signing of the treaty.

This is also a good thing for Tesla's two younger sisters, after all, only Serbia in a state of peace allows them to come to Australasia easily.

Of course, even if Serbia was at war, it would not be too difficult for Arthur to bring Tesla's two younger sisters and their family to Australasia.

After all, Arthur is related to Russia by marriage, and Russia is the backer of the Balkan states.

Even for the sake of Russia's face, Serbia will definitely not detain two ordinary civilians.

After meeting with the Kent butler, Arthur learned that with the support of the royal consortium and the government, the shipyard in Australasia was about to begin a major expansion.

Prior to this, Australasia had more than a dozen full-scale shipyards across the country.

But with the exception of the Royal Dockyard in Sydney, most of the other shipyards are a product of colonial Australia and New Zealand, and their main business is to build sailing ships and small fishing boats.

The vast majority of these shipyards are capable of building ships with a tonnage of no more than 50 tons, just a few small and medium-sized civilian vessels.

And there are only three shipyards capable of building warships in the whole of Australasia.

In addition to the Royal Shipyard, the remaining two military shipyards can only build shore defense gunboats, small frigates and other warships weighing no more than 1,000 tons.

This is very limiting for the development of the navy in Australasia.

Taking the current development status of the Royal Dockyard, after receiving naval orders from Russia and Chile, the Royal Dockyard has entered a state of full capacity, and in a short period of time, it will not be able to undertake orders from Australasia at all.

While the level of construction of the Royal Shipyards, the level of skilled workers and the scale, are absolutely world-class.

But the problem is that the shipbuilding industry in Australasia has only the Royal Dockyards as a façade.

This is very unhealthy for the development of the Navy, and the expansion of new military shipyards is already imminent.

The Royal Shipyards are 100% owned by the Royal Consortium and are a private property of the Royal Family.

The two newly expanded shipyards are both jointly owned by the government and the royal family. The royal family holds 49 percent of the shares, and the government holds 51 percent of the shares.

In the expansion plan given by the royal consortium, the royal consortium and the government will jointly invest 20 million Australian dollars to expand the Melbourne shipyard and the Auckland shipyard, so that the two shipyards have the capacity to build at least 10,000 tons of main ships.

Of course, in addition to the $20 million, the Royal Dockyard will provide some shipbuilding equipment and staff support, and within a short period of time, provide some expert technical support for the two newly expanded shipyards.

The good news is that Australasia's shipbuilding industry is supported by Germany and the UK, and there is no shortage of skilled workers and mid-range technical experts in the industry.

Even as long as war did not break out in Europe, Australasia was able to receive a steady stream of technical support from the British, so that its shipbuilding level would always remain world-class.

Before the outbreak of World War I, the expansion of the shipyard in advance could also be helped by the British, and the progress would be slightly faster.

Even if it goes well, according to the time of the outbreak of World War I in history, Australasia should still have about two years to go.

It would take about two years for the two shipyards to have the ability to build 10,000-ton capital warships, which was possible with the help of the British Empire.

Of course, theoretically, in the years after the outbreak of the First World War, Australasia also had good development time and opportunities.

After the end of World War I, it was also possible to bring in a number of military technical experts from the defeated countries of Europe to strengthen the technology of military factories and shipyards.

If the construction goes well, Australasia should have three shipyards to build super-dreadnoughts after World War I.

This was helpful for the plan to frantically expand the navy after World War I, bringing the strength of both the army and navy to the level of the great powers.

With the industrial level of Australasia, although it may not be as large-scale industrial development as Britain, Germany and the United States, warships are like dumplings, and they are completely capable of doing it.

On October 17, 1912, the expansion of the two major shipyards, the Melbourne Shipyard and the Auckland Shipyard, was officially launched with the approval of the Cabinet Government, as the first batch of shipyard equipment purchased from the United Kingdom had arrived.

Although the expansion of these two shipyards is a joint participation of the royal family and the government, it can actually be divided into government funding, royal family equipment and staff, and technology.

Plans for the expansion of the shipyard were still important, and Arthur also visited the Melbourne and Auckland shipyards, and personally attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the expansion of the two shipyards.

The good news is that the British are very supportive of Australasia's shipbuilding industry, and even many shipyard equipment is sold at a lower price than the market price.

The UK government has also pledged to send a team of more than 200 experts within three months to support the expansion of two major shipyards in Australasia.

Among the two hundred experts, in addition to experts in the design and construction of shipyards, there are also experts in shipbuilding, experts in the design of warships, and so on.

This is a good compensation for the two major shipyards with insufficient foundation. At least during the time these experts support Australasia, the two shipyards will be able to learn a lot and prepare themselves for the future.

Arthur did not yet know that the British government had decided to strongly support Australasia as a counterweight to the plans of the United States, which had formed a climate on the other side of the Atlantic.

Either way, the fact that the British are able to support Australasia is very helpful for the current development of Australasia.

Arthur was also concerned that if the Royal Dockyard separated some equipment and skilled workers and specialists, although it could speed up the expansion of the Melbourne and Auckland shipyards, it would also affect the construction of the Royal Dockyard's naval order.

But now, with the help of the British, the problem is solved.

The British equipment and technical assistance arrived much faster than expected, and in mid-October, the first teams of experts arrived in Australasia and were working on the expansion of the shipyards at the two major shipyards.

Most of the problems of the expansion of the two shipyards were solved by the British, and Arthur was happy to sit idle, leaving the government and the Kent steward to supervise and appropriately delegate authority to British experts.

There is also good news for the Australasian government, which is that the second phase of construction of the Leonora Industrial Base is nearing completion.

The construction of the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Site began in 1910 and has been under construction for almost three years so far.

The scale of the second phase has tripled compared to the construction of the first phase.

This also brings the construction area of the second phase to more than 3,000 acres, and the construction area alone is as high as 2,000 acres.

In addition, it has more than 200 acres of greenery and road construction, as well as improving the sewage problem of the industrial base.

If nothing else, the second phase of the industrial base will have at least 200 standardized factory workshops and more than 20 large storage areas.

This means that the second phase will be able to accommodate at least 100 large factories and hundreds of small factories.

In order to meet the needs of workers in so many factories, the government has moved a large number of migrants to Western Australia in advance, and even the neighboring state of South Australia has a lot of migrants.

In addition, there are several technical schools that have reached cooperation with the industrial base.

These technical schools are able to train skilled workers in all aspects of the industrial base, not only to recruit employees for the industrial base from other places, but also to retrain the skilled workers of the industrial base to make them have stronger technical capabilities.

According to the construction of the second phase of the industrial base, if nothing else, the construction of the second phase should be completely completed around November and December, and the factory can be settled and officially put into production from next year.

If the factory settles in and recruits workers relatively smoothly, the construction of the two phases of the Leonora Industrial Base will already be the largest industrial base in Australasia, and it is the most advanced, the most diversified, and the most comprehensive integrated industrial base involving the widest range of aspects and industries.

By that time, the Leonora industrial site could also be called the Ruhr area of Australasia.

Because according to the planning of the first and second phases of the industrial base, the construction of the two phases of the industrial base should be able to have hundreds of factories and at least 200,000 skilled workers.

It will become the industrial center of Australasia, and it will also be a base for the chemical industry, the coal industry, the machinery industry, the textile industry base and so on.

As things stand, the Leonora Industrial Base should have nearly 200,000 employees and hundreds of factories before World War I, and Australasia would be well prepared for all kinds of production in the war.

Just change it today and take a leave of absence

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