Speaking of the Far East, Arthur is still quite worried about the expansion of island countries in the Far East. In order to create a little trouble for the islanders, Arthur asked the military factory to contact the Far East and sold a large number of weapons and equipment at a low price.

Nicholas II's family spent more than a week in Australasia, and after a brief recovery, they asked to go to England.

Arthur, who had all the ideas reached, naturally had no objection to this. In order to protect the Nicholas II family, Arthur specially dispatched a navy to escort the ship, and used the royal family's 10,000-ton private cruise ship built at the Royal Shipyard to personally send the Nicholas II family to London.

After settling the matter of Nicholas II, Arthur suddenly became much more relaxed.

At present, there are no more troubles in the establishment of the empire, and all that is required is a period of preparation.

However, before the establishment of the Empire, there was one thing that needed to be done, and that was to strengthen the military strength of several countries in Australasia's sphere of influence.

A massive build-up in Australasia would cause other countries to follow suit and compete in arms, but countries like the Philippines and Kalimantan would not.

After all, they are all indigenous, and if these countries can cause panic in European countries, then Europe will not be the most developed and prosperous region in the world.

Because the Philippines and Kalimantan are relatively close to Australasia, Australasia has far more control over these two countries than the United States and the Netherlands before.

Although the Philippines and Kalimantan are both countries with populations of more than 10 million, they also have more than 100,000 troops.

But their military strength was not worth mentioning in front of Australasia, and with Arthur's various checks and balances, it was difficult to resist Australasia's rule.

On the Philippine side, although the Philippines is a republic, Philippine politics are almost controlled by Australasia.

For a great power, controlling a country of the size of the Philippines is too simple to be completed with Arthur's fingers.

The Philippines also has some industry, but it is not large and is completely under the control of Australasia.

Arthur Jean Royalty secretly set up a business in the Philippines that has now expanded to include the largest private industrial enterprise in the Philippines, Desumira Company.

Desumira controls more than 70% of the Philippines' factories, including a variety of mineral resources, as well as some roads and infrastructure.

It can be said that the position of the Desumira company in the Philippines is equivalent to the status of a complete royal consortium in Australasia.

It's just that the apparent head of Desumira is a native of the Philippines, but in fact all the shares are completely controlled by Australasia.

Naturally, this was used to deceive the Filipinos into shifting their conflicts to their own rather than rebelling against Australasian rule.

Some smart people may guess or understand the capital behind Desumira, but they can't do anything about it.

With the company's huge capital, Australasia has co-opted several Philippine political parties to become their donors.

The largest of these is the Philippine National Party. The party has a large number of Australasian intelligence agents within the party, plus many Filipinos who have been infiltrated and bought.

At present, the Philippine National Party has controlled more than 50% of the seats in the Philippine Congress, and the head of the Congress Party has also been successfully elected as the new president of the Philippines.

Under the dual control of economy and politics, the Philippines cannot escape the control of Australasia.

Moreover, most of the weapons and equipment of the Philippines came from Australasia, and the army was also trained by Australasia.

There are currently a large number of pro-Australia factions in the Philippine government, including the National Party and several small and medium-sized parties.

Thanks to the efforts of these people, tens of millions of Filipinos have also been imperceptibly influenced and are very close to Australasia.

According to the Philippine government, the population of the Philippines exceeded 12 million two years ago, and the estimated population has reached about 13.5 million.

For this country with a growing population, Arthur is still very optimistic. Even if there are only 13.5 million people, they can contribute at least tens of millions of troops to Australasia in the war, which is a big help.

At this time, the Philippines was quite different from the period when it was just independent.

The first president, Manuel, was abandoned by Australasia after completing his term.

Manuel is also a smart man who knows that his prestige in the Philippines is too high, and Australasia will not allow him to stay in the presidency for too long.

At the end of his first four-year term, Manuel announced that he would not run for a second term and gave up his army.

Manuel, who retreated bravely from the rapids, naturally also got Arthur's favor. In return for Manuel, at Arthur's behest the Philippine government publicly rewarded Manuel with 1 million Australian dollars, as well as several properties and luxury cars in the central urban area of the Philippine capital.

Knowing that Manuel also pursued fame, the Philippine government publicly praised Manuel as the father of the Philippine nation, the creator of the republic, and wrote Manuel's contribution into the constitution.

Such a commendation naturally satisfied Manuel, at least this was already the greatest compensation for him.

In addition to this, in private, Arthur also promised to allow Manuel's descendants to study in Australasia, and to allow his descendants to move to Australasia and become a true Australasian person.

After all, Manuel was already recognized as the creator of the Republic of the Philippines at this time. If the news of Manuel's immigration to Australasia broke out, it would also be a blow to Manuel's reputation.

That's why Arthur put all the reward on Manuel's descendants. There is a huge gap between a Filipino and an Australasian in terms of status and benefits, and Manuel naturally understands the benefits of being Australian.

Back to the current Philippine government.

For the current army there are about 150,000 people, most of whom are ordinary infantry.

In addition to this, the Philippines has a cavalry division, an artillery division and a small number of coastal defense navy.

Such a large number of troops is not a problem to defend the whole of the Philippines, but it will be difficult to play a role in future wars.

After all, the Philippines cannot give up. With enough troops left to defend the Philippines, the number of troops that can be mobilized becomes handful.

In order to strengthen the Philippines' military power, it is necessary for the Philippines to expand its military.

The 150,000 army was obviously not enough, and it would have to be expanded to at least 300,000, and further to 500,000 during the war, to meet Arthur's initial expectations for the Philippine army.

All that is needed to expand the army is weaponry and military spending, which Australasia can afford.

Of course, it's not free. Weapons and equipment can be sold to the Philippines at a low price from obsolete equipment, and military spending can be provided to the Philippines in the form of interest-free or low-interest loans.

These two methods are enough for the Philippines to expand its army to 300,000, with a relatively sufficient number of troops.

In addition to the expansion of the Philippines, the United Sultanate of Kalimantan also needs to be greatly expanded.

Compared to the ostensibly independent Philippines, the Sultanate of Kalimantan, which is fully controlled by Australasia, is much more manageable.

Arthur only needed an order, and as the Great Sultan of Kalimantan, Muhammad, he had to do everything to meet Arthur's orders.

Otherwise, the few minor sultans around Muhammad would not mind overthrowing Muhammad's rule and making themselves the new great sultans.

When Arthur arranged the situation in Kalimantan, he considered whether Kalimantan would be out of Australasian control in the future.

Under the planning of Arthur and several henchmen, Kalimantan Island was divided into several pieces in a reasonable and premeditated manner, and became a multitude of stars.

The advantage of this is that the Great Sultan can better control all the other Sultanates and give full play to the advantages of the integrity of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.

The second is that other sultanates can also threaten the Great Sultan and guard against a possible rebellion in the Great Sultan.

With the help of Arthur, the Great Sultan of Kalimantan will have a very stable control over all the sultanates, and there is no need to worry about problems in Kalimantan.

But if the Great Sultan of Kalimantan rebelled against Arthur, the several sultanates around his influence would be the best pawns for counterinsurgency.

To be honest, Arthur didn't know how many people the current Great Sultanate of Kalimantan was.

Based on the previous population of the entire Dutch East Indies, the total population should have been 30 million to 40 million.

However, because of the previous war, coupled with the migration of the natives, many Dutch and mixed-race Dutch people fled to the Netherlands, and the population of the entire Dutch East Indies fell sharply.

When all the indigenous people were relocated to Kalimantan, there were quite a few indigenous people who did not want to leave.

Especially the indigenous people located on the island of Java. Although Kalimantan has a larger land area than Java, the soil is far less fertile than that of Java.

Moreover, 30 million people are crammed into a tiny island of Kalimantan, which is no better crowded than the previous island of Java.

This also means that Kalimantan will be more scarce and the life of these natives will be much worse than before.

In order to force all these natives to go to Kalimantan, Australasia used a lot of force at that time.

At least a million indigenous people were completely buried in their hometowns, which also reduced the number of indigenous people at that time.

According to the population growth of the Sudanese, the population of the current Great Sultanate of Kalimantan should be around 40 million to 50 million.

As for how much, no one knows. Arthur had no interest in conducting a detailed census of Kalimantan, and the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan itself did not have the capacity to conduct a detailed census.

However, as long as the population exceeds 40 million, it means that the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan has the capacity to raise at least 2 million troops.

Even if you are desperate to recruit troops and forcibly arrest strong men, it will not be a problem to form an army of four or five million.

With so many strong men and soldiers, even if it is to consume manpower with the island country, Arthur is completely untimid.

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