Years of monarchy taught Arthur a simple truth, a person in power wants to achieve one thing, but it is actually very simple.

For example, now Arthur wants to set up an internationally famous sports event, and he only needs to move his fingers and allocate a sum of money, and a large number of people will serve Arthur and enter the planning of this sports event.

In just one week, there have been some eyebrows about football sports in Australasia, and the specific system of sports events has been urgently discussed.

This is more important when it comes to the length of the sporting event. Because it is an international competition, it is not destined to be a league.

After all, it takes more than half a month for the participating national football associations to reach Australasia, so it is best to keep the duration of the tournament relatively short.

After careful consideration, the football tournament hosted in Australasia was named the Copa del Rey.

As you can tell from the name, it is a football cup match specially held by King Arthur of Australasia.

The duration of the competition lasts about a month, and the exact time depends on the number of countries that sign up.

In order to make the competition more international, it is necessary to sign up for the official football association of each country, not a private football club.

This also means that these participating football associations are in the name of the country, and they will win glory for the country in the sports arena, and also represent the dignity of the country.

In this way, I believe that the football associations that have signed up for this event can also pay more attention to this event. If you win, it's fine, but if you lose, it's not your own people who will lose, but the face of all compatriots in the country.

In order to attract more countries to participate in this football competition, the prize money of the Copa del Rey is also unmatched by other competitions.

First of all, there are prize money prizes for the top 10 finishers in the Copa del Rey, which is to encourage more countries to sign up for the competition and increase the motivation of these national football associations.

6-10 winners, the prize money is the same, expected to be $12,000.

The fifth place is expected to have a prize fund of 25,000 Australian dollars, which is already a lot compared to the 6th to 10th place.

Fourth place is also slightly higher, with a prize fund of around $36,000.

The top three places will naturally have the highest prize money, with the third place winner each receiving $50,000 in prize money, the second place in place at $88,000 and the first place prize in a whopping $150,000 in prize money.

The prize money for the King's Cup alone is as high as $409,000, plus the gold trophies that belong to the winners, as well as some commemorative gifts, the total cost is about $500,000.

Compared with the prize money, the cost of holding and promoting the King's Cup is the highest.

The good news is that the Sydney National Stadium is fully equipped to host such a football event, so there is no need for a dedicated football stadium for the time being.

This saves Arthur a lot of money and spends the budget on the promotion of the game.

In order to increase the motivation of other countries to participate in the event, Arthur still decided to cover the travel costs of all participating countries, as he did at the previous Sydney Olympics.

After all, Australasia has its own sea and air freight companies, and the cost of transportation back and forth is actually not high.

It is still a good deal to exchange a modest expense for other countries to sign up.

In order to make the Copa del Rey famous, it takes a long time to promote it, and at the same time, it is also a completely sufficient time for the football associations of many foreign countries to register.

The first Australasian Copa del Rey is expected to take place in October this year, just in time to avoid the Australasian winter and facilitate the hosting of football events.

The registration period began in January 1920 and lasted until May 1920.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, the Copa del Rey qualifiers were launched, and the 16 places for the Copa del Rey were determined through the group stage and the knockout round.

After all, there are not too many recognized countries in the world at present, and 16 places in the main competition are completely sufficient.

Then, in October, 16 teams representing their respective countries will compete for the winner in Australasia, with the winner receiving the opportunity to be received by Arthur.

This is probably how the whole schedule is designed, and as the schedule is preliminarily determined, the next publicity work will become a top priority.

In order to make the King's Cup internationally famous, Arthur spared no effort and instructed the Kent butler to use all the connections of the Australasian royal family to promote a large number of media coverage of the event in Europe and the United States.

This is not good news for Belgium, who have been crying and tearfully discovering that their carefully prepared Olympics have welcomed a formidable opponent before the flu is over.

At present, the Olympic Games are more famous in the world than the Copa del Rey organized by Australasia.

The problem is that the Olympic winners don't have such a big prize money. In addition to their respective gold, silver and bronze medals, most of the prize money for Olympic champions is given by their respective countries, not by the organizers of the competition.

The Copa del Rey hosted by Australasia is enough to attract a large number of national football associations to participate with the relatively generous prize money alone, which is currently incomparable to the Olympic Games.

Fortunately, the Copa del Rey is only a football event, and apart from football, there is basically no conflict with the Belgian Olympics.

Fortunately, the Belgians decided to reduce the weight of football and focus on a few other sports so as not to be diverted from the Copa del Rey.

The news of the Copa del Rey quickly spread in Europe and the United States, and FIFA led by Heath Homan quickly entered the attention of football federations around the world.

The first stipulation of the Copa del Rey stipulates that all participating teams must be the official football federations of the world, and must notify the World Football Federation and obtain real permission before they can be registered.

This also means that FIFA has jurisdiction over football associations that participate in the Copa del Rey.

Football associations in various countries must be subject to FIFA if they want to qualify for the Copa del Rey.

If FIFA can successfully obtain jurisdiction from the football associations of these countries, it will also be a good thing for Arthur.

After all, FIFA is based in Sydney, which also means that Australasia naturally has an influence on FIFA, which is simply not possible for other countries.

Even if more foreign high-level leaders will be ushered in after the formalization of FIFA in the future, as long as the residence is in Australasia, Australasia's influence on FIFA is the highest, which cannot be changed by other external forces.

The matter of holding the Copa del Rey is left to FIFA, after all, professional things need professional people to do, and Arthur's intervention will only make this matter more complicated.

Besides, Arthur, as the king of Australasia, if such a trivial matter needs to be done with his own effort, it can only mean that the officials of Australasia are all dry meals and have no ability and effect.

In addition to hosting the King's Cup, Australasia was a busy year in 1920.

First of all, there was the proposal of the British to limit the armament of the navies of various countries, and in order to determine the exact proportion of the size of the navies of each country, it was necessary to investigate the industrial and economic scale of each country.

At present, the survey of Australasia has begun, and in order to avoid suspicion, Australasian people cannot participate in the survey about their own country, but travel to other countries to conduct surveys to ensure the accuracy of the data.

Arthur welcomed the foreign investigation team from afar, and after holding a welcome banquet for them, he said that the whole of Australasia would investigate at will.

Of course, before the arrival of these people, some important industries in Australasia were hidden in advance, and they simply did not have access to them.

Most of the things that can be investigated are Australasian civil industry and light industry.

More important aircraft and tank manufacturing plants, military factories, etc., they do not have the right to approach to investigate.

This may have had an impact on the investigation of the eventual development of Australasia, but Arthur did not have much ambition for the proportion of Australasia's naval size, and it was more important to hide the development of Australasia's aircraft and tanks.

January 27, 1920, in the Persian Gulf Territory of Australasia, somewhere in an arid desert.

A well-armed exploration team, protected by a small number of troops, marched mightily towards the depths of the desert.

They were accompanied by more than a dozen trucks, loaded with supplies and equipment needed by the exploration team, including the precious water and food in the desert.

The head of the exploration team is named Rig Rogers, a native Australasian prospector with a good reputation and ability in mineral exploration, especially oil exploration.

Ropes & Gray has been involved in the exploration of some of Australasia's oil fields, making Ropes & Gray a respected and well-established expert in mineral exploration in Australasia.

This mineral exploration in the Persian Gulf Territory was naturally led by Ropes & Gray, mainly to explore oil reserves within the Persian Gulf Territory and make preliminary development preparations.

In addition to experts in the exploration of minerals and oil, the exploration team was composed of specialists, geographers, soldiers, doctors and employees, as well as indigenous labourers.

Once the oil reserves and regions have been determined, the next step of development is a natural step.

Because the Persian Gulf Territory has a large area of desert, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of roads and railways before real exploration can be carried out, so as to ensure the supply of materials to the exploration area.

The scale of this exploration team is very large, about 200 people in total, and the manpower is still very sufficient.

Dozens of kilometers away, there are also supply points set up by the exploration team in advance, and there are special personnel responsible for transporting supplies for the supply points, ensuring that the exploration team can obtain sufficient supplies at any time, and there will be no danger in the hot and arid desert.

The soldiers who accompanied them were to protect the safety of the entire exploration team, and then to ensure that the natives in the team would not have any dangerous behavior, after all, the natives also needed to be on guard against the language barrier.

"Kyle, move fast! Based on the geographical location, this is probably the most likely burial site if there is oil nearby. Rig, the leader of the exploration team, lifted his clothes and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to his apprentice and subordinate, Kyle, a recent graduate geography student.

"Okay, teacher." Kyle wiped the sweat from his forehead as well, and turned to convey his teacher's orders to the crowd behind him.

As the head of the exploration team, Ropes & Gray also has command of the team's armed forces.

However, Rigg naturally understands the reliability of his false command, so when conducting some operations, he still tries to listen to the opinions of the head of this small army, Gretel's platoon commander.

Arriving at what Rig thought was the most likely place to bury the oil, the driven natives stepped forward, set up tents and parasols, and then moved the sophisticated instruments off the truck under the command of a group of experts and trainees.

"What the hell, how can there be so much desert here?" Platoon Commander Gretel ordered the soldiers to be on guard and watch over the natives, and then he walked to Rig's side, took out the military water bottle he was carrying, took a sip of water, and complained.

"According to the geography of the Middle East, Platoon Commander Gretel, I'm afraid most of the area here is desert." The long-term exploration work has made the relationship between Rig and Gretel's platoon commander very familiar, and naturally he will say such words to hit Gretel's platoon commander.

Fortunately, Australasia's training of officers is still very complete.

Although Platoon Commander Gretel is not satisfied with the geographical environment here, as a soldier, Platoon Commander Gretel will not slack off in the slightest, let alone evade.

After all, the order to explore oil in the Persian Gulf territory was issued by Arthur, and the platoon commander Gretel would not question Arthur's order, because the most important thing for a soldier to do was to obey the order.

Fortunately, the exploration team has hundreds of indigenous laborers, who can do some manual work for the exploration team.

These natives were hired by exploration teams in the indigenous tribes at a small cost, and manpower was not valuable to the local natives.

The exploration team can take a natives with a bag of food, and the local indigenous chieftain personally promised that the natives who were taken away have been completely sold to the exploration team, regardless of whether they live or die.

Such natives are also more comfortable to use, at least there is no need to worry about casualties, at least the food of the exploration team is still enough.

The installation took several hours, and by the time the installation was complete, it was already dark.

Fortunately, during this time, the tents had been installed and the campfires had already been lit, so that the exploration team did not feel the huge difference in temperature between day and night in the desert.

"Mr. Rig, is there really oil in this area?" Platoon Leader Gretel sat next to the fire, wearing a piece of beef on a stick in his hand, and while roasting the beef, he turned back to Rig beside him and asked.

"God willing, there will be." Rig said with a hint of affirmation.

As the head of the exploration team, Ropes & Gray certainly wants the area to have oil.

This not only means that the exploration team's work for such a long time has not been in vain, but also that Arthur's orders are not groundless.

"When I find oil, I have to go to the city to relax. It's been a tiring time, and I feel like my stomach is full of sand, this damn desert! Gary Snyder, a geographer next to him, leaned in, took a sip of the hot coffee in his hand, and complained.

Every time an exploration team discovers a mineral or oil, they will also have the opportunity to go to the city to repair.

After all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and no one can bear long-term and high-intensity work, especially looking at the team, where the birds don't poop to carry out exploration work.

Although the exploration team has a large number of people, it is derailed compared to the development of society.

This is also a kind of torture for people's psychology, after all, if you have to be separated from your family for a long time, you will inevitably have a feeling of loneliness and loneliness.

At this time, a short vacation is necessary. Generally speaking, as long as mineral materials can be explored, a few days off is still no problem.

If the mineral material reserves found are relatively large, such as the discovery of a super-large oil field, or super-large minerals, etc., they will even get vacation ranging from a week to several weeks, so that the staff of the exploration team can relax and relax, so that they can better devote themselves to their work in the future.

Arthur is not stingy with these hard-working explorers. The salaries of these exploration personnel are generally relatively high, and after the exploration of mineral materials, there will be certain rewards.

There are more than a dozen exploration teams like Ropes & Gray's in the whole of Australasia.

For the teams with excellent exploration results every year, they will basically get quite generous rewards, including the most basic funds, as well as food, materials, cars and other rewards.

Tomorrow will be this more, tomorrow will start every day, ask for a monthly pass, ask for support!

(End of chapter)