Chapter 767: Princess Alexandrine is pregnant
As long as Arthur speaks for such an equity distribution, the government and other institutions will naturally not have any opinions.
And then again, Australasia is also Arthur's property, which is stipulated in the constitution.
The oil fields in the Persian Gulf belong to the territory of the Persian Gulf, and if Arthur really wants to own these oil fields exclusively, he can use many methods to occupy them reasonably and legally.
But Arthur chose to win with the government, which is already the greatest respect for the government.
If the government still doesn't know what to do, Arthur can only let the government officials understand why Australasia is a kingdom.
The oil price negotiated with the British is the most suitable oil price for the economists of the two countries to predict based on the current situation of the people in both countries.
It will not only allow the two countries to make enough profits, but also keep the people from burdening.
After all, oil is only a small part of people's daily needs. If the population is saddled with high oil prices, it is very likely that the people will be replaced with horses and wagons, which will have a negative impact on the development of the country and the functioning of society.
Besides, Arthur's expectation of raising oil prices is actually to let the government have more revenue, which can better develop and drive the country's economy and people's income.
If it is because it puts a huge burden on the people, it will be self-defeating to pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.
At the very least, Arthur felt that he was still different from the British capitalists.
Although Arthur also wants the royal consortium to make more money, the basis of everything is to ensure the interests of the common people and daily life.
Of course, the approximate range of international oil prices negotiated between the UK and Australasia is actually different in different regions.
For Australasia, domestic oil prices are definitely cheaper than abroad. Anyway, you will make money no matter what, so there is really no need to make money from people in your own country.
In addition to slightly lowering oil prices, the government will also introduce subsidies on oil in the future, making it more cost-effective for people to use oil.
Abroad, then export according to the normal international oil price. Anyway, the Europeans are out of the effects of the economic crisis, and it is good to squeeze the Europeans in suitability.
The reorganized Persian Gulf Oil Company soon became operational. Coupled with the continuous investment of the royal family and the government, the next few years are bound to be in a state of crazy expansion.
Arthur's vision for Persian Gulf Oil is to make Australasia's oil industry the second best in the world.
You know, the oil industry is much more than just extracting oil. When oil is extracted, all you get is turbid crude oil.
After refining crude oil in the petrochemical industry, gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products are obtained.
This also means that the price of gasoline and diesel is definitely more expensive, and the export of petroleum products is definitely more cost-effective than the export of crude oil.
This is also equivalent to the export of ore and the export of industrial processed products, and the profit that can be earned is certainly different.
At a time when steel and other industries are at a standstill, making significant progress in the petrochemical sector will be vital to Australasian industry.
What's more, the Persian Gulf Territory will become increasingly important as oil is extracted from the Persian Gulf.
Oil extraction requires a large number of oil workers, which also means that there will be a constant migration to the Persian Gulf territory for some time to come.
That's also good news. But with the increasing number of Australasian people in the Persian Gulf Territory, it also means that Australasia has a stronger control over the Persian Gulf.
Even if there was a slight problem with the British rule in the colonies in the future, Australasia could take advantage of the fire and take the Straits Settlements and some colonies along the Persian Gulf coast.
If you can completely control the oil of the entire Persian Gulf coast, with the huge profits from the extraction of oil and the export of oil processed products, you can smash Australasia into a superpower with just a lot of money.
The oil matter was settled, and Arthur was relieved. At present, the government will basically not lack revenue in the next few years, and the large-scale construction can also be larger.
After some free time, Arthur decided to find something to do for himself.
Before, it was Princess Louis who urged herself to have a child, but now it has become Arthur urging William to have a child.
After William married Princess Alexandrine, he had already said goodbye to his military career and was now gradually getting involved in government affairs.
After all, the wedding at that time was still very famous in Australasia, and William's appearance was well known with news reports.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for William to return to the army in a low-key manner. Coupled with the fact that William has been in the army for nearly three years, the training he should have is enough, so there is no need to waste time in the army.
William is now 21 years old, and it's time to start working in Australasia.
However, before contacting government affairs, Arthur thought most about William and Princess Alexandrine to add to the royal family, so that the Australasian royal family would not have only such a few poor people.
In order to achieve the purpose of his birth, Arthur can be said to have tried everything possible. First, Arthur explained it directly to William and Princess Alexandrine.
For every child the two have born, Arthur will reward both of them with $5 million in funding.
Moreover, there is no need for the two of them to worry about raising their children at all, Arthur and Queen Mary, and even Queen Mother Louis can help them raise their children.
At the urging of the royal family and William's efforts, finally, in September 1930, the Australasian royal family finally ushered in the good news of Princess Alexandrine's pregnancy.
As William's first child, Arthur was able to accept whether the unborn child was a boy or a girl.
After Princess Alexandrine became pregnant, Arthur did what he said he would do, and directly gave William a cheque with a face value of 5 million Australian dollars.
Because of his happy mood, Arthur said that he would also expand and renovate William's private castle to ensure that William's small family would not live in the castle from crowding.
In order to ensure the birth of the little one in Princess Alexandrine's womb, Arthur ordered the obstetricians and gynecologists of the royal private hospital to be on call at all times and stationed in the palace 24 hours a day.
William is about to pick up the baby, which makes Arthur start urging Anna. After all, William and Anna are the same age, William is already about to hold a child, and Anna's marriage is still inconclusive.
Speaking of which, if William is the most popular candidate for a future wife among European women, then Anna is the most popular candidate for a future wife for European men.
As the only princess of the Australasian royal family, Princess Anna is very favored by the royal family.
Not to mention the tens of millions of Australian dollars that Princess Anna herself owns, the annuity that she can receive from the royal family every year alone has actually exceeded the property of many European nobles.
What's more, backed by the super power Australasia, which is an important ally for many countries.
Many countries with unstable throne status have the intention of marrying Anna and forming an alliance with Australasia to stabilize their throne, and frequently let the young men of their royal family contact Princess Anna.
September 1930 was spent in Arthur's euphoria and royal laughter.
As the clock ticked into October, another big event happened in Europe, which made the British very angry.
This brings us to the question of counterfeit currencies. The currencies of various countries have developed to the present, and they are basically based on paper money, supplemented by coins made of various materials.
Australasia is like that. Most of the currencies are paper, with coins of $1 and below in different materials.
Because the Australian dollar and the British pound are highly bound, although there are fake Australian dollars, they are actually not so much.
After all, the Australian dollar and the British pound are highly bound, so why not just create a more valuable fake British pound and create a fake Australian dollar that is only half the value?
Coupled with the fact that the pound is currently the world's number one currency, some incidents of fake currencies are inevitable and even occur from time to time.
Originally, it was just a small area of counterfeit money in circulation, and it was not a big deal for the British.
However, since September, a large number of high-imitation pounds have been circulating into the market, which has begun to disrupt the normal order of the pound.
It is clear that it should be a gang that creates a fake pound, and even a country is not excluded.
Because of the repeated incidents of fake pounds in the market, the public's trust in the pound has been lowered by a level, and the pound has begun to depreciate strangely.
The British tried to investigate the source of the fake pound, but the other side was clearly an organized gang and so far no useful information has been found.
In fact, when the wig pound began to circulate to the market, Australasia was also affected to a certain extent.
Precisely because the Australian dollar and the British pound are highly bound, there is not much difference between the fake British pound and the fake Australian dollar.
However, there are only a handful of fake pounds circulating in Australasia, and through the efforts of the government, the number has become smaller and smaller.
But London, as the largest and most prosperous city in the world today, has a lot of fake pounds.
It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the difference between the real pound and the fake pound, which also makes the public lose trust in the pound when trading, and start to switch to other currencies for payment.
This situation is very uncomfortable for the British, and even if they have guessed who is making the counterfeit money, they will not be able to take action until they have enough evidence.
However, for Arthur, he actually saw an alternative opportunity.
Since other countries can create counterfeit currencies to disrupt the British pound, Australasia can also disrupt the currencies of other countries in the same way.
In fact, there are not many people who can choose to make counterfeit money, except for the British, and only the franc has an international influence.
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