After Britain and Australasia agreed to Russia's demands, the operation to rescue the Russian royal family was actually successful.

As long as Russia no longer intervenes against Nicholas II, it will be no problem for Nicholas II to reach the Far East with his loyal army.

Since the life of Nicholas II's family is no longer in danger, Arthur's concern at this time is naturally the follow-up issue about the establishment of the Australasian Empire.

Whether it should be established before or after the war, Arthur still had some hesitation.

If you build an empire before the war, you can make the new empire more stable after the war.

But if the empire is established after the war, there will be no opposition from all countries, and the new empire will become the leader of all monarchies.

On the whole, there are advantages to building an empire before the war and after the war.

And the longer the empire is established, the deeper the people's recognition of the empire. When the throne is passed to William in the future, no one will oppose William's throne, and the royal family and the country can exist for a long time.

With this in mind, Arthur decided to prepare as early as possible and try to build an empire of all Australasia before the war.

Although it is just a change of name and title, it is definitely a big deal for the whole of Australasia.

The same is true for Arthur. Whether it is the corresponding ceremony or costume, it needs to be carefully prepared to be worthy of Arthur's hard work.

To this end, Arthur decided to put the whole of Australasia in order, and waited for Arthur's most glorious moment, that is, the moment of becoming the emperor of Australasia, in the best condition.

Having determined that the lives of Nicholas II's family were not in danger, Arthur was no longer interested in when Nicholas II's family would arrive in Australasia.

After all, at this time, Nicholas II had no other way to ensure the survival and prosperity of the Romanov family than to fulfill his agreement with Arthur.

Arthur, who was really idle, decided to conduct a detailed census of the population throughout the country to find out what really existed in Australasia.

If we only talk about the population figures, Australasia's population has already exceeded 40 million.

However, because the statistics of various places are not so detailed, the proportion of each ethnic group in the total population, as well as the specific population figures, are still an approximation.

In order to better understand the country as a whole, it is necessary to conduct a large-scale census.

In addition to determining the specific population figures of the country, it is more important to exclude as much as possible the presence of spies from other countries in the country.

If Australasia is to have a war with the island nation in the future, then it is necessary to start the complete elimination of the island population now for the stability of the country in the future.

"Minister Hunt, how is the country's revenue and economy doing this year?" Arthur looked at the son of the old Kent butler, the younger brother of former Prime Minister Kent, Chancellor of the Exchequer Hunt, and asked with a serious face.

"Your Majesty, in 1931 our economic situation was still growing at a high rate. Our GDP for the year was $7,831 million, with annual revenues exceeding $437 million. Minister Hunt said excitedly: "

Our total fiscal expenditure was only $403.5 million, with a surplus of $33.5 million. ”

Hearing the economic and financial news reported by Minister Hunt, Arthur nodded with satisfaction, and recognized Minister Hunt's work.

Since the end of the economic crisis, Australasia's economy has begun to take off again.

Especially after the demise of the United States, with the arrival of a large number of American capital and European immigrants, Australasia has taken off much faster than before, and has become the country with the fastest economic and industrial development at present.

Although it is not as terrifying as the industrial and economic data of the United States in its heyday, the real industrial and economic data of Australasia at present can be said to be second only to the mighty British Empire.

If it weren't for some external data that Arthur deliberately concealed, I am afraid that the now recognized second power would have become Australasia, not France.

The reason why Arthur was relieved to let France stay on the throne of the second power was that in addition to the fact that he really needed France to attract the hatred of the British, another point was that Arthur was very relieved of the French.

Although France is also developing, there are still too many problems within France. France is not even developing as fast as England, and is not even a competitor to Arthur.

As long as Britain weakens in future wars, Australasia will become the most powerful country in the world.

With the exception of Russia, which has the greatest potential to become a strong enemy, the rest of the countries will not have any strength to resist the hegemony of Arthur and Australasia in a short time.

"How much budget does the Ministry of Finance have at the moment? If there is a super-war of the same magnitude as the previous European war in the next few years, will our economy be able to survive at least three to four years? Arthur continued.

Although we don't know when the next World War II will happen, it is necessary to be well prepared.

Although Australasia could theoretically have earned enough money by selling large quantities of resources and supplies during World War II, Australasia also had to face the relatively formidable enemy of the island nation.

As soon as the war starts, the expenses will continue to fall. If we can't prepare for it in advance, and wait for all kinds of supplies and equipment to wait until the war arrives, it will be too late.

Only by preparing in advance and being ready to deal with a super war like the previous European war, Australasia will be able to calmly deal with the next World War II.

"Your Majesty, there are currently about $257 million in funds available to the Treasury at the disposal." Minister Hunt quickly replied: "

Considering the good economic development at home, I think our economy can sustain at least five years of war.

As long as we can protect our maritime trade routes, we can hold out longer. ”

The war will certainly not be carried only by the little money in the treasury. Once a war breaks out, the government will issue various kinds of government bonds to raise as much money as possible from the private sector for military spending.

Second, after the outbreak of war, both state-owned and civilian factories are obliged to obey the state's dispatch and produce all kinds of materials and equipment needed by the state.

Add to that the two medium-sized markets like Kalimantan in the Philippines, and the large market of Europe, and Australasia has no problem supporting the war for at least five years.

"What is the current situation with the Ministry of Industry? Do we have sufficient reserves in terms of food and weapons and equipment? Arthur continued to look at the Minister of Industry and Agriculture, and asked questions of his own concern.

In order to cope with the war, the stockpiling of various industrial products, including weapons and equipment, and food, is actually very important.

Before the outbreak of World War I, Arthur had various factories produce a lot of weapons and materials in large quantities, and successfully made a lot of money in World War I.

This is also the reason why the royal consortium has quickly become the largest capital in Australasia, and its annual income is not much different from that of the government.

World War II and World War I were actually not much different, and Arthur also planned to prepare a large number of weapons and equipment and food and materials in short supply in advance according to the methods of World War I, and then sell them to Europe at a higher price when the war broke out.

Anyway, after the outbreak of war, the price of all kinds of materials will skyrocket. Producing these materials now at a low cost price will make a profit at least several times, or even tenfold, in the future.

The money earned from these weapons and food supplies can be used for Australasia's military expenses, which is equivalent to using European and other countries' money to feed Australasia's army, and Australasia only needs to be a middleman to make the difference.

"Your Majesty, last year our total steel production reached 14.552 million tons, second only to the United Kingdom, the Great Lakes Industrial Region and France, and slightly ahead of Germany.

Because of your order to limit industrial development, we have not significantly increased the total production of steel in recent years, but have focused on the development of the chemical industry and other industries.

We can expand total steel production to 20 million tonnes at any time if needed, and to 25 million tonnes within three years. Industry Secretary Joy replied.

Arthur nodded, not unhappy that the total amount of steel production had fallen to the fourth place in the world.

The previous economic crisis has shown the world the disadvantages of brutal development. Australasia's current market is not large, and in addition to the mainland, there are only two good markets in Kalimantan and the Philippines.

But these two markets can only be said to be good, and there is still a long way to go from being excellent. The ability of these two markets to digest industrial products is not strong, which is also destined to usher in a huge increase in the industrial development of Australasia in the short term.

Although it seems to be only ranked fourth in the world, Australasia's industrial strength at this time is definitely not weak.

As Minister Joy said, if Arthur wanted to, Australasia's industrial scale could expand to the top three in the world at any time, easily ousting France from the top three industrial thrones.

The problem is that it's not necessary. After all, France had a vast colony that could be used to dump all kinds of manufactured goods, but Australasia did not.

Once the industrial side expands blindly, it is very likely to face another economic crisis, which is obviously not in line with Arthur's plan.

It is worth mentioning that at present, Australasia's largest rival island country has not ushered in much development in its industrial strength.

In 1931, the island's steel production was only about 650,000 tons, and the total steel production was only 1.5 million tons, almost one-tenth of Australasia's.

With such a huge lead in industry, it is already destined that in the future war, the island country will definitely be the first country that cannot be supported.

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