The economic effort was not only felt by the Allies and the Great Powers, but also by Germany and Austria-Hungary, which were defeated in World War I.

Because of the so-called foundry model, German industry has ushered in a recent recovery, and the industrial scale is already equivalent to that of Germany in 1905.

Although it is still some way from the scale of industry before the war, Germany has also seen a recovery in industry, at least in terms of industry, compared to the tragic state of confinement after the war.

The contrast is equally striking with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although Austria-Hungary had lost Hungary, the core of industry was still in Austria and Bohemia.

At present, the industrial scale of Austria-Hungary has recovered to the level of 1910, and apart from the loss of Hungary, they are in much better condition than Germany.

However, the industrial and economic recovery of these countries is characterized by the fact that the real value of their currencies is decreasing and the value of their currencies is depreciating.

Although it seems that the economies of all countries are constantly growing, and even the income of the people is constantly increasing.

But the problem is that the value of money is decreasing, and the purchasing power of people's wages is actually decreasing.

While such economic growth has created a false boom, it is like a bubble that could burst at any moment.

People's incomes seem to be increasing, but their living standards are decreasing. If all walks of life do not see such a crisis, it is inevitable that the scale of production of manufactured products will continue to increase, leading to an economic crisis.

But who would like governments to take the initiative to debunk such a potential crisis? Let's not talk about whether it is good for the government or not, it is not good for those who debunk it.

Anyway, as long as you survive your own term, there will always be the next government to take over. But if you make such a crisis clear in your tenure, how can you solve it?

Isn't it the best government to raise a crisis but not solve it?

Those politicians are not stupid, instead of exposing the crisis and dealing with the capitalists, it is better to survive their tenure, and they can also write books and speak by virtue of their fame, and even be hired by those capitalists as consultants for enterprises, taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and so on.

With their experience in high positions in government and their influence in politics. Even if the book they write is a mess, there will be people who pay for their fame, which is the celebrity effect.

The two options have become clear. Almost no one is willing to take the risk to debunk the crisis, and most people's choice is the second option, which is better to go with the times and the trend.

This is also where capital is more terrifying. While most of the time power is more important than money, money is attractive to anyone.

When a country's money and power are intertwined, for the people of that country, that is the most terrible time.

This is what Arthur can see, and which he tries to avoid.

As the largest capitalist in Australasia, Arthur set up the Election Commission and the Royal House to control the political parties, in order to separate Australasia's capital from the political power, and to avoid officials being influenced by capital.

In elections like those in the United States, it is easy for capitalists to meddle and cultivate influential candidates for themselves.

At its simplest, in order to gain higher support, a large number of speeches must be held, not only on a large scale, but also on a large scale.

This is equivalent to natural screening, and it is basically impossible for ordinary people to have enough assets to hold speeches, or the kind of large-scale speeches that are available all over the country.

This also means that it is difficult for candidates from ordinary people to frequently appear in front of the people, and how can the people know about the existence of this person and vote for him?

But if you get the support of capital, or even reach a cooperation with capital, you can easily hold large-scale speeches frequently and make your fame and popularity out.

Regardless of the quality of your speech and your purpose, let more people know about yourself first, which is the first step in running for president of the United States.

It is clear that such an electoral process can easily be controlled by the capitalists. Although there may be candidates from the common class who will succeed, it is more likely that they will succeed with the support of the capitalists, or those who are capitalists themselves.

Such a campaign is also unfair, because capital will always have an advantage, and the starting line of the candidates is already different.

This is also the reason why Arthur strictly controls the funds of the various parties, and even adopts the principle of centralized distribution.

In this way, the capitalists do not have much opportunity to support a particular party and its candidates, because the party's funds will be divided among more parties, and the funding gap between each party is not too large.

Moreover, Arthur himself is the largest capitalist in Australasia, which can also eliminate the possibility of some capital influencing the government.

In Australasia, what capital could be greater than Arthur? In front of the royal consortium, who can confront Arthur's capital?

On January 3, 1925, Arthur traveled to the capital region to inspect agriculture in the Murray River valley.

The construction of Fort St. Arthur is nearing completion, and it is expected that the capital can be moved to Fort St. Arthur within two years at the earliest, and to move the capital to Fort St. Arthur at the earliest.

This will also be a big test of the agricultural situation in the vicinity of Fort St. Arthur, after all, the development of the capital zone is the top priority of the next construction plan, which will also usher in more people and more food consumption.

"Your Majesty, in the past two years, we have cultivated more than 500,000 acres of land in the Capital Special Administrative Region, and the current grain production in the Capital Special Administrative Region has reached 1.49 million tons." Agriculture Minister Mark said proudly.

Much of the land in the ACT was previously uninhabited, with only a small portion of land that once belonged to Victoria being inhabited.

This also means that most of the food production in the ACT will be increased, and the food production in Australasia will also increase considerably.

"1.49 million tons?" Arthur nodded, still satisfied with this grain production figure.

According to the current per capita food consumption in Australasia, the food production of the Capital Region alone is enough for nearly 3 million people to consume food in a year.

The population of the Special Administrative Region of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) has not exceeded one million at present, and the total population is less than 600,000, which is far from enough food production.

However, the Murray River Basin is an important production area for Australasia's future agriculture, so the more food production the better.

No country would dislike the production of too much food, after all, food, like gold, is definitely hard currency in times of chaos.

"Your Majesty, our total grain production has now exceeded 24 million tons, an increase of more than 7% over the previous year. By the end of the four-year plan, we are expected to be able to produce at least 26 million tonnes of food, far exceeding our consumption. Agriculture Minister Mark continued to say excitedly.

After becoming Minister of Agriculture again, Mark must have thought of doing something big.

As Minister of Agriculture from 1907 to 1918, Minister Mark had amassed a considerable amount of credit, and even received the title of knight.

But this is far from enough for Minister Mark. If he can create some new achievements during this term, it is not impossible to obtain a baronial title with his good performance during the First World War.

After all, a baron is a truly hereditary title of nobility, not only for himself, but also for his family and children.

If you can really take this step, this is a real big step towards the aristocratic class, at least in the future, if the Mark family does not make any mistakes, basically the life of the family can be guaranteed.

However, there is still a big threshold for the knighthood to the baron. This is also the reason why the number of knights is now as high as hundreds, and the number of barons is only more than 20.

There is still a clear gap between hereditary and non-hereditary nobles, and if such a gap is to boil qualifications, sometimes it may not be able to survive in a lifetime.

For Australasia's grain production, it still meets Arthur's expectations.

In fact, this is also a characteristic of this era, and the people's enthusiasm for agricultural work is still relatively strong, and there will not be too much discrimination against agricultural workers.

Although the profits of simply growing grain are not as good as those of the working class, the lives of agricultural workers are more chic, and the happiness index is higher.

Although the workers also had a strict eight-hour workday, the standard of living was not as good as that of the agricultural workers.

After all, most of the food of the agricultural workers does not need to be purchased, but almost all of the workers' clothing, food, shelter and transportation need to be purchased, and this has already formed a congenital difference.

If the workers work for others, then these farmers work for themselves, and this is the fundamental difference between the two.

Even most of the agriculturalists live directly on the farms and do not need to buy a house in the city, which also saves them a lot of money.

Farming and animal husbandry also have their own subsidies, and the government will help sell agricultural and animal husbandry products to ensure that these farmers and ranchers have enough income.

Compared with the hard work of working for others, many people have chosen to start their own farms or ranches and become free farmers and ranchers.

In particular, the price of land in the newly developed Murray River basin is still relatively cheap.

This is also a characteristic of Australasia, where the price of land can never be expensive when there are few people in the land.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, the number of farms and pastures in the Capital Special Administrative Region has exceeded 5,000.

Although most of them are relatively small farms and pastures, they can contribute a significant amount of food and meat production in small amounts.

These small farms also contribute to the rapid growth of food production in Australasia.

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