Chapter 548

  On the third day of holiday after Christmas, Australasia's coast is crowded with tourists and locals alike.

  This is also a unique feature of Australasia in terms of tourism, which is in the middle of summer while the northern hemisphere is still in the cold winter.

  Because of the polar opposite seasons between Australasia and the Northern Hemisphere, it is still a great attraction for tourists from Europe and the United States in the Northern Hemisphere.

  No one can refuse to go to a cold place to escape the heat in the hot summer, and no one can refuse to go to a warm place for a vacation in the cold winter.

  Coupled with the uniqueness of Australasia in the southern hemisphere, as the most powerful country in the southern hemisphere, it naturally has the best tourism resources in the entire southern hemisphere and can enjoy the vast majority of tourists in the northern hemisphere.

  Indeed, the year-end tourism figures show that tourism in Australasia has been on the rise since the end of the war, with the number of visitors receiving each year increasing at an exaggerated rate.

  Throughout 1920, the tourism industry across Australasia welcomed a total of 37,352,000 visitors, of which domestic tourists accounted for 57.1%, with a total of 21,327,990 visitors. Foreign tourists accounted for 42.9%, with a total of 16,024,610.

  The data here only counts the number of people received by the tourism industry in various places, and does not count the specific number of people.

  One person may have to visit several tourist attractions in a year, which is the real reason why the total number of tourists received is as high as 37 million.

  A total of 37,352,000 tourists brought $44,873,300 in revenue to the Australasian tourism industry and $3,879,000 in tax revenue for the Australasian government.

  These figures are a significant increase compared to 1919, and they also make Australasia's economy look more prosperous.

  Although all countries have a fairly serious unemployment crisis, this does not prevent the rapid economic development of countries around the world.

  In particular, the countries that participated in the world war on the European continent recovered at a fairly rapid pace, as if the post-war boom had arrived.

  According to the economic reports published by various countries, the economic growth rate of almost all the major powers is above 6%, except for Russia, which is in the midst of a civil war.

  Such good news has coaxed people from all over the world to turn around, and many media are also boasting about the arrival of world prosperity.

  Is it really prosperity? Not necessarily, I'm afraid

  Although the economies of all countries have experienced tremendous growth, which countries are now returning to the size of their pre-war economies?

  With the exception of the United States, Australasia and the island nations, no great power country has been able to return to its pre-war level, is this real prosperity?

  But why are European countries still preaching such economic prosperity?

  In the final analysis, there is only one, and that is that the politicians of those countries are just dressing up the current state of the country for their own political achievements.

  Can they not see the crisis in their own country? Nature is impossible. However, in order to solve this kind of crisis, under the constraints of various conditions, it is not only quite difficult to solve it, but also some of the gains outweigh the losses.

  Anyway, the term of office of these foreign politicians is only a few years, as long as they can survive their term of office, who will work hard for the next government?

  Thanks to the government's efforts, agricultural progress in Australasia has yielded quite good results.

  Australasia now has a total arable land area of 39.77 million acres and a total grain production of 19.2 million tonnes, a growth rate of 4.1% over last year.

  Although Australia's population has reached 22.574 million, such a developed food production is still enough for the entire population of the country to feed for three years.

  The government has met the food targets of the four-year plan, and Australasia's food production is expected to reach more than 20 million tonnes by the end of the four-year plan.

  Although grain production is far greater than domestic demand, there are many countries abroad with food crises, and the income from growing grain is still quite good.

  According to the statistics of the Ministry of Finance, in 1920, Australasia's per capita income reached 60.1 Australian dollars, which was also the first time that it exceeded 60 Australian dollars.

  The income from planting one acre of land in Australasia is about 17 to 22 Australian dollars, and based on the per capita arable land area of nearly three acres, the per capita income of farmers is almost between 51 Australian dollars and 66 Australian dollars, which is basically above and below the per capita income level.

  Although it may seem to be a little different from per capita income, in fact, the price of grain in that year will also affect the income of farmers.

  At the same time, peasants' daily food expenses are basically at cost price, and although their income may be slightly lower than that of the urban population, their expenses are much smaller, and their living standards may not be much lower than those of the urban population.

  It is precisely because of the fairly good income from farming that a considerable number of people in Australasia choose to buy land to start a farm.

  Regardless of the size of the farm, there is basically no shortage of sales channels for food. At present, large and small grain companies have been born, which are responsible for the sale of grain.

  As long as it complies with the relevant regulations of Australasia, the government does not have much restriction on these grain import and export companies.

  It is worth mentioning that a considerable number of the new nobles who Arthur divided into fiefs also chose to build castles on their own fiefs and grow all the remaining land for food.

  Arthur would not stop this, after all, after the land was divided among them, the property rights were theirs.

  In addition to the fact that they cannot establish states and territories without sovereignty, they can do whatever they want on the land, which is in accordance with the law.

These new aristocrats took the lead in running farms, and Arthur actually wanted to see them. Most of the land that was given to these people was newly cultivated and would not affect the original development plans of Australasia.

  By establishing farms on these lands, they were able to increase the production of food in Australasia, and the production of this food was also in the hands of the nobility, which also strengthened Arthur's influence.

  As long as Arthur wants, the grain of these nobles can also be turned into Arthur's food reserves. There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. This phrase never goes out of style.

  As the time passed in 1921, Arthur's aristocratic school for the children of the new nobles was built and opened.

  This aristocratic school is called Royal College Sydney, and the annual tuition fee is unimaginable for ordinary people, and the admission conditions are very demanding, with an extremely strict censorship system.

  In addition to the children of the new aristocracy, those who can enter this school are basically high-ranking officials and nobles, or scientific research experts with considerable fame, and only the children of scientific workers can do so.

  This school has been set up from kindergarten, elementary school, middle school and university, so it can be said that it can take care of a person's entire learning career.

  The purpose of the establishment of this school is simple, firstly, to train the descendants of these new nobles, to ensure that the descendants of these nobles, that is, the future nobles, are not incompetent waste, and can serve the future royal family and the ruler of the country.

  Second, the aristocratic school could also unite the entire aristocratic class more closely. Arthur also decided to send a few of the little ones to this school, so that they could meet more descendants of the new nobles and cultivate relationships with his subordinates from an early age.

  It is precisely because of the unique purpose of this school that the school's training system is also very different from that of a normal school.

  The training system of the Royal Academy can be roughly divided into two types, one is the politics of national governance, and the other is the military of marching and fighting.

  Under these two categories, it is also divided into specific sub-categories including political science, economics, management, etc., and will tailor a better academic plan for each student according to their different personalities and characteristics.

  In a word, the Royal Academy is dedicated to cultivating talents in national governance and military affairs for the royal family and the country, and these noble children who graduated from the Royal Academy will also become the right-hand men of Arthur or the monarch behind him in the future.

  Because of the characteristics of the new nobles, it has been ensured that the new nobles will not rebel against Arthur. Their rights were all given by Arthur, and Arthur could control the class at will.

  In such a situation, it is necessary to improve the abilities of the new nobles and the new nobles in the future.

  The aristocratic class is always the right-hand man of the monarch, and the ability of the right-hand man also determines the ability of the monarch to a considerable extent.

  Of course, in order not to create class contradictions in education, not all members of the royal family will study at the Royal Academy.

  Except for those who are scheduled to be the heirs of the monarch, the other children are free to choose the school and major they want to attend.

  However, after so many years of development, Australasia's education industry is relatively well-known internationally.

  Like some well-known universities, national colleges, royal military academies, etc., they are quite famous in the great powers, and there is no need to worry about the education of these schools at all.

  Whether it's the Royal College or any other university, the universities in Australasia have something else to offer.

  Emphasizing practice over theory has always been the development direction of the University of Australasia. Of course, this does not mean that theory is completely disvalued.

  It's just that on the basis of emphasizing theory, practice is what Australasian universities feel is more important.

  Coupled with the military training held by the university once a year, college students who have graduated from various universities in Australasia can proudly praise themselves for their ability and physical strength.

  The ability of college students determines the development speed of various industries in a country to a considerable extent, let alone college students in this era.

  After 20 years of development, Australasian education has only improved to the junior high school level.

  Because of the influx of immigrants every year, it is difficult to raise the per capita education level to the high school level in a short period of time.

  After all, above high school is college, and the per capita high school degree also represents one thing, that is, the increase in the number of college students and the decrease in the gold content of college degrees.

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