After visiting Timor's agricultural construction, Arthur inspected Timor's animal husbandry and railway and transportation construction.

Thanks to the help of the excellent livestock industry in Australasia, the livestock industry in Timor is still very well developed.

Henry, a Timorese rancher who generously donated his cattle and sheep during the previous flu period, has been awarded the Victorian Medal of Remembrance and a knighthood, and the development of animal husbandry has become more and more smooth, and he has received strong support from the Timorese government.

At present, Sir Henry is not only the largest rancher in Timor, but also a member of the Timor Colonial Assembly, and is highly respected in Timor, and his identity and status have long been different.

When Arthur visited the livestock industry in Timor, he naturally couldn't avoid visiting Henry's farm.

Arthur still had great respect for this patriot who had generously contributed to the flu, and said many words of encouragement, which also made Sir Henry very excited.

Arthur's status in Australasia is undoubted, and those who can get Arthur's encouragement will have the capital to boast about in the next few years.

Even like Sir Henry, it is not impossible to blow for a lifetime.

After all, there were very few people whom Arthur personally met and encouraged, and Sir Henry was already a big step ahead of the others in this regard.

The development of animal husbandry does not need Arthur to worry about at all, and the Timorese ranchers, represented by Sir Henry, will take the initiative to develop their own livestock industry.

Australasia itself is a livestock powerhouse, so naturally there is no need to worry about the development of animal husbandry and the problems it faces.

The next thing to inspect was the traffic situation in Timor.

Before the mass immigration, Timor was only one city in Dili, and it was really small.

However, after a large number of immigrants, Timor has two cities and five towns and villages, and it is still developing.

This also increases the traffic pressure in Timor, after all, there was only one city before, and only the city roads in Dili City need to be built.

But now, roads between cities, villages and towns need to be connected, and even corresponding railways need to be built, after all, it is also an island of up to 30,000 square kilometers, and the population of the future will be maintained at least hundreds of thousands, and even more than one million is hoped.

In such a situation, it is difficult to meet the transportation needs of the whole of Timor without trains.

Even in the future, not only railways but also airports will be built, and the shorter the communication time with the mainland, the better.

After all, it is only a road between a few small cities and villages, plus a railway between two cities, not only the mileage is relatively short, but the manpower and material resources consumed are not too large.

As long as there were indigenous people, Timorese roads were under intense construction.

While most of the indigenous people have now been repatriated, Timorese's transport infrastructure will not regress.

It is worth mentioning that although it is only an island, the number of cars in Timor, driven by the Timorese colonial government, is not low.

Although it has a population of only 120,000, Timorese has nearly 2,000 cars, most of which are small and medium-sized trucks purchased by the Timorese colonial government and engineering corps.

Although there are hundreds of civilian cars, most of them are only owned by government officials and a small number of high-income people, such as Sir Henry.

Immediately after being knighted, Sir Henry bought a Benz car, both to support Arthur and to act as a façade.

After all, as an aristocrat, how can you not have a car that represents the high-income group.

This also increased the sales volume of the Benz Automobile Plant in Australasia.

You know, Benz cars have always been a representative of low price and high performance, not only lower than other cars, but also better performance and stability than other cars.

At present, more than 10 million Benz cars have been sold, and the profits brought to Arthur by these sales are even immeasurable.

According to a slight estimate, based on a profit of 35-45 pounds per car, the profit that tens of millions of cars can bring to Arthur has already exceeded 300 million pounds.

Although this has to be split with several United Automobile Plants, plus Benz's shares and so on. However, Arthur was able to make at least nearly 200 million pounds in profits, which is why the expansion of the royal consortium was so large.

With the royal consortium being split into multiple consortia, even Arthur is unclear about the size of the property he controls.

Arthur knew only one thing, and if he wanted to, he could earn more than the Australasian government at any time.

You know, Australasia has entered the great power hierarchy and is currently in the top five powers.

Arthur's personal income can exceed that of the entire country, and this is the true meaning of the wealth.

Speaking of the development of the Benz Automobile Factory, the most representative Benz ONE is definitely the most representative car in the world today, and it is also the most well-known and the most sold car.

With more than ten years of sales, Benzone has entered thousands of households around the world and has become the first choice for many European and American people to travel.

Even if it is only the middle class, after solving the three problems of food, clothing, and housing, it is very likely that they will choose a car when faced with the choice of travel.

After more than a decade of development, the price of cars has already dropped, at least the middle class is completely affordable.

When Benz first went on sale more than a decade ago, it was generally priced at around £150, with a profit of around £70 to £80.

Today, more than a decade later, the price of the Benz car has been reduced to £110, and the profit remains at the level of £30.

You know, compared with more than 10 years ago, the car has added some equipment, but the price is still in a state of continuous reduction.

And that's not even counting the depreciation of currencies over the past decade or so, as well as the rise in per capita incomes around the world.

It can be expected that as long as the economy does not suffer too much crisis, the number of car sales will not decrease, after all, there are still many wealthy people in Europe and the United States.

The sale of automobiles can promote the development of more industries, which is also a good thing for the economic growth of Australasia.

Arthur's way of promoting the sale of cars in Australasia is also very simple, that is, the car is used as a reward for meritorious service, or it can be turned into a prize for some projects, and distributed directly to the target group.

Using a car as a reward is much more practical than food and other things.

First of all, the Benz Automobile Factory was originally Arthur's industry, and he could directly enjoy the cost price of the car, and the cost of using the car as a reward would not be too high.

Secondly, with the development of transportation construction in Australasia, the automobile has also become one of the main modes of transportation for Australasian people.

As a reward, the vast majority of people still accept the car.

After all, the official price of a car is as high as 100 pounds, which is the income of an Australasian person who has not eaten or drunk for two years.

Now government officials, capitalists, new aristocrats, small and medium-sized businessmen and other groups of people are the big users of cars, coupled with the large number of taxi drivers in Australasia, so that Australasia has the largest number of car users in the world.

According to the sales data of the Benz Automobile Plant in Australasia, the Australasian market has purchased a total of 713,700 vehicles, with an average of one car for every 28 people.

Although this number is not high, it is not bad at this point in time.

As more immigrants arrive, and Australasia's per capita income increases, so does the number of cars and car ownership per capita.

The biggest change that the frequent use of automobiles has brought to the world is the increase in the price of oil.

Both small family cars and medium-sized trucks use diesel or gasoline refined from petroleum.

This has undoubtedly significantly increased the demand for oil in the world market. According to the current situation, by 1919, the price of oil had more than doubled 19 years ago, and the price of gasoline had tripled.

As one of the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world, the rise in oil prices is actually a good thing for Australasia.

As of now, most of the world's oil-producing regions are in the hands of the United Kingdom, Russia and Australasia.

The situation in Russia is chaotic, not to mention whether it can develop oil or not, and even the right to develop oil in the country may fall into whose hands.

And the British Empire's control of some of the oil reserves is also a good thing for Australasia.

After all, the area with oil is too extensive for Australasia to fully control.

But if the British are also part of the oil interests, the British will try to control the oil reserves in the hands of other countries to achieve the goal of controlling the price of oil.

With the British attracting firepower on the open side, Australasia will not win the covetousness of other countries if it uses oil supplies to make profits behind the scenes.

In other words, if you want to covet the oil supplies of Australasia, you have to see if the British agree with it.

And until the two major calamities of France and the United States are completely eliminated, it is absolutely impossible for the British to abandon Australasia, a natural ally, for a little oil profit.

Thus, while European countries were preoccupied with restoring their war-damaged economies and industries, Australasia had developed plans for oil extraction, a well-developed defense system in the Persian Gulf Territory, and a full-fledged oil exploration and extraction campaign.

Although Arthur was very sure that the Persian Gulf region had more than 60% of the world's oil reserves, Arthur naturally told others this data without any basis before the oil reserves were thoroughly explored.

Not to mention how shocking it is to say such exaggerated data from Arthur's mouth in advance, I am afraid that there will not be too many people who are fully convinced of the value of the Persian Gulf region until there is actual evidence.

September 1919, World League.

Although it was just a regular meeting of the World League, the attendees were generally serious-faced, as if something big had happened.

In the center of the meeting, above the four most spacious positions, the four delegates representing the four major powers of the Entente did not look very good.

"Guys, Russia needs your help!" Glenn Vasilyevich, the representative of Russia to the World Alliance, said with a serious and slightly pleading face.

Representative Glenn has appealed for help more than once, but the response has never been so great as it is today.

Hearing Representative Glenn's request, almost everyone looked at Billy Gray next to Representative Glenn.

Billy Gray was the representative of the British Empire to the World League, and his opinion was in fact the opinion of the British Empire.

In the current World Alliance, the opinion of the British Empire can influence the choices of most countries, and can even directly contribute to the decision-making of the World Alliance.

"Representative Glenn is right, we can't afford to sit back any longer. God will not allow a false faith to rule Eastern Europe, and as a part of Europe, we must do everything in our power to maintain peace and prosperity in Europe. Billy Gray stood up and expressed his attitude without hesitation.

The last time it intervened in the Hungarian Civil War, many countries, including the British Empire, tasted the sweetness.

Although the Hungarian civil war has now ended, Hungary has also paid a great price to withdraw the troops of the World League from its territory.

Russia is much larger than Hungary, and the World Alliance is destined to gain more from Russia.

"Yes, the civil war in Russia has exceeded our expectations, and it is time for the Russian people to enjoy a peaceful environment." The representative of Australasia, John Yandali, nodded approvingly and expressed his opinion.

In general, Australasia's diplomatic strategy is largely on par with that of the British. After all, now that Britain and Australasia are close allies, the cooperation between the two countries can also achieve greater benefits.

Just like this time, the British decided to intervene in the Russian Civil War, and interfering in the Russian Civil War would not harm the interests of Australasia, or even be beneficial to the interests of Australasia, so it was impossible for the Australasian side to prevent it.

In fact, at this time, two of the four major powers have already expressed their positions, and the other is the side that asks for help, which has basically determined the attitude of the entire world alliance.

Nor is it possible for the French to refute this almost certainly.

Besides, the continued existence of Tsarist Russia was not a bad thing for the French either. After all, it was Tsarist Russia that signed the Covenant with the French, not the current Soviet Russia.

After several major powers have expressed their positions one after another, it is now the turn of small and medium-sized countries to show their loyalty.

After some manipulation and voting, dozens of countries of the world alliance voted overwhelmingly to agree to intervene in the Russian civil war by force, and decided the number of troops to be sent by their respective countries.

Because the British were the leader, they were also the most troops in this war of intervention.

According to the promises made by the British, the British would raise at least 200,000 troops within three months, land at Danzig, and intervene in the Russian Civil War in conjunction with the armies of other countries.

In addition to Britain's 200,000 troops, the World Alliance's civil war coalition forces were: 100,000 troops in France, 100,000 in Australasia, 100,000 in Italy, 100,000 in Romania, 80,000 in Serbia, 50,000 in the Netherlands, 50,000 in Belgium, 30,000 in Greece, 20,000 in Montenegro, and 20,000 in Hungary.

The 850,000 allied forces of the World Alliance, together with the troops of Tsarist Russia, were able to maintain their numerical superiority over Soviet Russia.

Although there was no plan, or even expectation, to destroy the whole of Soviet Russia through this coalition, of course, it was also hoped that the flames of Soviet Russia would be extinguished, or at least that Soviet Russia would not expand as rapidly as it had historically.

The best outcome for Australasia would be for Russia to split into two. The continued existence of Tsarist Russia was a good thing for Australasia.

And the containment of Soviet Russia can allow Germany in World War II to continue to face the pressure of multi-front warfare in the future, so that Australasia will not be on top of itself.

Of course, judging by the current development of the world situation, no one can say what will happen in the future, but the division of Russia will not hurt for Australasia.

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