Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"With the opening of those railways, Australia's traffic environment has been greatly eased, and it has also promoted more immigration. Even now, because of the war, many people in Europe have begun to choose Where will I seek refuge? As for what I regret most about not being in Europe, who knows.

Even in the Commonwealth of America, it is said that many people are willing to immigrate there, especially in the southeastern area of ​​​​Sydney and Melbourne. Among them, the Dutch are the majority, accounting for more than 60%, and the number is about 100,000. "

Home Secretary Joan Leer gave an overview of the railways in Far East Australia at a meeting of the Privy Council of the Netherlands.

William IV's heart, which had been calm for a long time, was a little boiling. This was a construction he had single-handedly promoted, and now it was slowly bearing fruit. How could he not be excited?

Australia is almost like his kid.

It was acquired from the United Kingdom in 1862 and watched it transform from a barren continent into a residence for millions of Dutch people today.

From a wilderness trail to the current railway crawling all over the place, it was completed in just a few years, which is almost a miracle.

When he first started planning, he thought that it would take more than ten or even twenty years to build a railway. After all, the current technology is not as advanced as that of later generations.

But he was wrong, and very wrong.

Because according to Jonler's plan, these items were completed in just four years.

I didn't believe it at the time, but the answer in front of me made my doubts disappear.

Only now do I suddenly realize that this is not the future life.

There is no need to acquire land now, and there is no need for high labor costs, especially the latter one, which is very important.

In the previous life, there were not many railways in the Australian continent. Why, because the small population is one reason, but the other is that much of the land is owned by capitalists and British nobles. It is very difficult to expropriate it, and compensation can allow their governments to Damn it.

Labor costs are even more sky-high. You must know that when the world's per capita income was about US$10,000, Australia's per capita income reached US$50,000.

If 10,000 workers are required to build a railway, then they will have to be paid US$500 million a year, not counting other labor, security, welfare and other expenditures. This is very stressful for finances.

But the current era is different. Why? Because where is the ceiling of per capita income in various countries?

It's the Netherlands.

After several years of development, the white Dutch have surpassed the United Kingdom. Their per capita income is 90 pounds, while the United Kingdom is only 80 pounds. The United States of America is less than half of the Netherlands.

Although the indigenous people in the Netherlands are slightly better off, the Dutch government is not a charity and only gives different bonuses. For example, the indigenous people in Australia and East India are given 20 pounds a year, while the indigenous people in Africa, including Madagascar, are 10 pounds. GBP.

"Your Majesty, we have recruited more than 100,000 African natives, and more than 200,000 East Indian and Australian natives."

Jonler calculated carefully: "The annual salary expenditure for African indigenous people is about 1 million pounds, while the Australian and East Indian indigenous people need 4 million pounds."

William IV had already digested the cheap news brought by these hundreds of thousands of laborers, and at the same time couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The labor force of this era is not the young master or uncle type labor force of later generations.

There is no 8-hour working day here. The working hours of these cheap laborers are even more than 12 hours all year round. This time is signed in the contract.

Don't think it's inhumane, that's how it was in those days. Even in Africa, every time there was a recruitment, there were still many people queuing up in the hope of being selected for such a good job.

After all, an income of 15 pounds is just the income of the lower-class people in many European countries. It can be said that for Africans, it is an upper-class salary, so there is no reason not to want to go there.

Therefore, the working attitude and mental outlook of workers cannot be understood by those who watch videos and read novels. Even William IV thought that maybe people who lived in the 1980s and 1990s can still feel it. After all, there were few black and white TVs in those days, and people had a hard-working style of work and rest.

“How much does Australia spend in a year?”

William IV asked the Chancellor of Finance Jan von Cappello next to him.

Jan von Capello: "Over £10 million last year,"

What a huge number!

You must know that the current GDP of the Netherlands is only about 300 million pounds, and the fiscal revenue is more than 50 million pounds.

It was funny when William IV saw Jane von Capellor looking distressed. Sure enough, no one who knows how to manage money is generous.

“What was Australia’s fiscal revenue last year?”

"£9.7 million"

“It’s not that big of a difference”

When William IV heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the most important thing. If expenditures are not directly proportional to revenue, the consequences will be serious. Just like the United Kingdom now, due to various war support, there has been a huge fiscal deficit, which caused a headache for the Creston cabinet.

Needless to say, the Tsarist Empire borrowed 50 million Dutch guilders (worth 2 million pounds) from the Netherlands some time ago in order to maintain the war. William IV agreed in order to get an annual interest rate of 10%.

After all, the two major social forces that made fortunes during the war were arms dealers and banks.

Nowadays, the Netherlands has become the two fields that William IV hates the most, and it is also the best in the world, which makes him feel helpless in life.

"I don't want to be a bad person, but circumstances have made me the most hated person in my heart."

Australia has entered the formal stage, so the Netherlands' relocation plan can be accelerated. Specially equipped factories for both military and civilian aspects, as well as security, can be accelerated by then.

Looking at the map of Australia, the leaders began to plan the intensive construction of Australian military bases.

Speaking of which, Australia's total economic output has reached one-fifth of the mainland of the Netherlands, and together with the same fifth of the East Indies, it accounts for almost two-fifths of the mainland of the Netherlands. In other words, if the Netherlands is calculated as 300 million pounds, East India and the Australian mainland now account for 120 million pounds of the Netherlands' GDP.

This is already higher than the GDP of Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Greece and other countries, which shows the strength of the Netherlands' comprehensive national strength.

With the rise of thermal weapons in the wars of the 19th century, arms negotiations have completely become a political force, affecting the decision-making of European and American governments.

War is the result of many factors intertwined. Especially the struggle between big powers, and it is no surprise that there are almost always arms dealers behind them. Arms dealers are defense contractors in European and American countries, and they are the so-called military-industrial complex. In some countries, the government does not If they are not strong enough, they will basically start a war because they have become a scientific monster in the country that will never be happy without war and no one can control it.

These arms dealers produce and develop various weapons every day like civilian industrial products. Therefore, a small amount adds up to a large amount. When the producing country cannot sell them due to peace, wars and conflicts are needed to open up the market.

The British occupied such a large share in previous years. This is why although the Netherlands is in second place, it is still difficult to catch up.