The Rise of Australia

Chapter 922 The Royal Family with Branches and Leaves

While the whole of Eastern Europe was in chaos, Australasia was still in a peaceful state.

Because of the strength of the navy and air force, the negative impact of this war on Australasia was minimal. Instead, it promoted the rapid growth of heavy industry and military industry, allowing the economy to rise further.

Against the backdrop of the war, Australasia's per capita income has actually ushered in growth. At present, the national per capita annual income has reached 187 Australian dollars, and some more prosperous areas have even approached 210 Australian dollars.

Such data is absolutely excellent even if it is viewed from the world. Thanks to this, Australasia's GDP has also been rising steadily, and it is now firmly ranked among the top three economic powers in the world.

Although it is only the level of sitting third and competing for second, there is a premise that Britain has large colonies and Germany has occupied a large amount of European territory.

If only the mainland is counted, Australasia can even compete for the world's first economic power.

As time goes by, William's eldest son and Arthur's eldest grandson Alexander is about to enter his own school.

Born in July 1931, little Alexander is in primary school this year. Primary school in Australasia starts at the age of 6. After 5 years of primary school and 4 years of secondary school, it is the most critical stage of life, which is the 3-year high school study stage.

At this stage, most students will choose their future direction, either going to university for further study or entering a technical school to learn related skills.

In Australasia, whether it is a university or a technical school, there is actually no difference between high and low. According to Arthur, whether it is a college student or a technical student, the purpose of both is the same, that is, to fight for the beloved motherland Australasia.

It is precisely because of the rapid economic and industrial growth in Australasia that technical talents are still relatively scarce in various industries.

Because of the scarcity, technical talents are generally treated well, and the people have no dissatisfaction or hesitation about becoming technical talents.

Back to the point, as the eldest son of Crown Prince William, little Alexander is the second heir to the throne, only after his father William.

Arthur attaches great importance to the education and training of little Alexander. In order to train little Alexander to be a qualified monarch, Arthur even gave up most of the state affairs and handed them over to William.

William is now 27 years old and has gradually matured under Arthur's various training and education. At least now, Arthur is still very satisfied with his heir William.

Whether it is the ability as a monarch or the reproductive ability as the heir to the throne, Arthur is very satisfied.

So far, William and Princess Alexandrine have three children, namely the eldest son Alexander born in 1931, the second son Albert born in 1933 and the eldest daughter Anne born in 1935.

It can be seen from the birth years of the three children that William and Princess Alexandrine give birth to a child almost every two years.

The reason why they are so active in giving birth, in addition to Arthur's repeated urging, is Arthur's reward for the royal family members to give birth to offspring.

According to Arthur, Arthur will reward 2 million Australian dollars for each offspring William and the other four give birth to. Because of the fluctuation of currency value, the current reward has been increased to 3.5 million Australian dollars.

This is also a huge sum of money for William and his friends, because their assets are only in the tens of millions. Anna should be the one with the most wealth. With her jewelry company and other assets, her total assets should have exceeded 30 million Australian dollars.

Just by relying on the reward of having children, William and his wife received nearly 10 million Australian dollars from Arthur. Arthur was also happy about this. The expansion of the royal family can not only stabilize the status of the royal family, but also make the seemingly empty and cold royal family more lively.

Especially after getting older, the feeling of loneliness emerges involuntarily. Among Arthur's elders, Queen Victoria and Princess Louise should be the closest.

But it has been nearly 40 years since Queen Victoria's death, and it has been several years since Princess Louise left.

If it weren't for Queen Mary who had been with him all the time, and Alexander and several other little guys who often made Arthur happy, I'm afraid Arthur really didn't think he could last long in such an environment.

People are strong, but people are also fragile. People are strong in their hearts, but people are also fragile in their hearts.

Speaking of Arthur's children, William and his wife are not the only ones who have branched out.

Arthur's only daughter, Anna, has a daughter named Castina after her wedding with Prince Juan of Spain.

As for the remaining two sons, Peter and George, one was born in 1915 and the other was born in 1919. The oldest is only 22 years old and has not even married, let alone children.

Peter's marriage has become the most concerned issue for Arthur and Queen Mary. If it weren't for the war going on in Europe, Arthur would probably have planned another trip to Europe to choose a suitable marriage partner for Peter.

Fortunately, Peter is only 22 years old now, and he is not too old after being delayed by the war for a few years.

It just so happens that George has just turned 18. After a few years, George can choose a suitable marriage partner to get married, so that the royal family can expand again, with the number of members reaching more than double digits.

Speaking of the current Australasian royal family, it is now a branch of the British royal family, which can be understood as a branch family.

The British royal family is a branch of the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family. In addition, because the surname has been changed to Windsor, it has been completely separated from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family and became the founder of the Windsor dynasty.

Australasian is in an awkward situation at this time. In terms of blood relationship, the Australasian royal family should be closer to the British royal family.

But if it comes to family inheritance, as a member of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the same family, it is obviously closer than the branch Windsor family.

Such branch families are very common in Europe. After all, sometimes it is not in their own interests to bear the original family surname, just like the British surname change to Windsor.

Arthur also attaches great importance to the education of the second-generation heir to the throne, that is, his grandchildren.

As Arthur's eldest grandson and the second heir to the throne, Alexander has to receive a very strict elite aristocratic education.

As the future heir to the throne, Alexander must have excellent enough results in politics, military, economy and other aspects, so that Arthur can rest assured that he will inherit the entire country after William. This also means that Alexander will receive a very strict education since he was a child, and the difficulty of his education will be much higher than that of other royal family members.

There is no way, the abilities required by the heir to the throne and ordinary royal family members are different. Although the throne represents the highest power, it also represents huge obligations and responsibilities.

Since the age of 3, Alexander has received elite aristocratic education. At that time, he had already begun to learn English, German and Russian, three languages, which are also the three major mainstream populations in Australasia.

That is, this year, Alexander will be sent to a special aristocratic school, where he will receive education from elementary school to middle school.

During the entire study period, it is also the time for Alexander to discover and cultivate his right-hand man. The role of the aristocratic school is just like this, to cultivate loyal assistants and subordinates for the entire royal family.

In order to prepare Alexander for entering primary school, from the beginning of this year, Alexander's studies have been expanded to include French and Spanish, which are also one of the two mainstream languages ​​of European aristocrats.

In addition, Alexander will also be exposed to the study of modern history, as well as the etiquette, riding, archery, etc. required by traditional aristocrats.

Such traditional aristocratic education is what William, Peter and George have experienced long ago. Arthur's education method for Alexander is to combine the new elite aristocratic education with the traditional aristocratic education to cultivate an excellent heir to the throne.

For the noble titles of Alexander's little guys, Arthur did not wait until they came of age to confer them, but granted them when they were born.

As Arthur's eldest grandson, Alexander was conferred the title of Duke of Auckland, and Arthur also built a huge and prosperous palace for Alexander in Auckland, which will also be the place where Alexander will hold his wedding after he comes of age.

For the other little guys, Arthur did not favor one over the other.

Albert was conferred the title of Duke of Hobart, and his territory is located in Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia.

Princess Anne was conferred the title of Duchess of Burke, and her fiefdom is located in the north of the Capital Special Administrative Region, with a large area of ​​dense forest.

After these little guys were enfeoffed, the aristocratic system of Australasia suddenly had several top nobles.

So far, these little guys are also the pinnacle of the aristocratic system of Australasia. Except for members of the royal family, no one has been able to obtain the title of duke.

But this is normal. In the European aristocratic system, the importance of the duke is unquestionable.

The development of the aristocratic systems of various European countries is different, but the duke level already has a large territory, and in the Middle Ages, it was the lord of the unified side.

Although the aristocratic system of Australasia is much easier than the promotion of traditional European aristocrats, it is obvious that the promotion of dukes is not that easy.

The current war should be the most promising opportunity for the birth of non-royal dukes. After all, there are military merits everywhere in the war. Once a lucky guy has made great contributions, Arthur does not mind going with the flow and enfeoffing a few dukes.

Anyway, the aristocratic system of Australasia is a new aristocracy. Apart from the land awarded, the nobles basically have no territory.

Although they have ownership of these lands, it is only reflected in the economic aspect. It is impossible to become a state with political and military power like in the Middle Ages.

However, according to the current situation, it is unlikely that the officers of Australasia will make great contributions in the short term.

After all, Australasia's focus is still on the war with the island countries, and the staff at this time obviously has no plan to attack the island countries on a large scale, which also means that the officers are still far away from the credit.

Although Australasia has also invested a large number of troops in Europe, there are only about 300,000 Australasia soldiers, and it is difficult for these people to make any achievements.

This does not mean that the combat effectiveness of the Australasia army is not good. Except for the German army, the combat effectiveness of the Australasia army can be said to be at least one level ahead of other countries' armies.

But the problem is that the number of troops deployed by European countries is generally as high as millions or even tens of millions. The 300,000 Australasian troops have no chance to create excellent results in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of enemy troops.

At present, Australasia is just waiting for the counterattack of Britain and France. At least for now, it can rely on the war with the island country to delay for a while, allowing the three countries of Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Italy to fight internal friction.

Only when it is sure that the manpower of several countries has been almost consumed, will Australasia quickly solve the enemy of the island country, which is not competitive at all, and then send a large force to the European battlefield.

By then, it will be time for Australasia to harvest other European countries in large quantities. Although Arthur has no idea about most of the colonies of Britain and France, he still wants to get the Straits Settlements, which are relatively close to Australasia.

There is also the territory of the Persian Gulf, which has a large area of ​​oil. For every square kilometer of colony obtained, the reserves of thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of oil may be obtained.

As long as Australasia can firmly hold the throne of the world hegemony after the war, such rich oil reserves on this land can enable Australasia to firmly control the price of international crude oil, thereby manipulating the economies of countries around the world.

After all, even in the future, oil is a very important energy source and an important material that is indispensable for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of people in various countries.

Traveling by car and plane takes time, and all walks of life also need a large amount of oil processed products. Even plastic bags, one of the main raw materials is oil, which can prove the importance of oil.

Using a layout to exchange for a large amount of oil reserves and countless assets, such a deal is not a loss at all, which is also the purpose of Arthur's resistance to attacking the island country.

After all, the island country is just a country that can be destroyed at will. As long as Arthur is willing, dozens of atomic bombs will be dropped on the island country, and most of the people of the island country will evaporate instantly, and the whole country will become a hell on earth.

It's not that Arthur is unwilling to do this, but the time is not yet ripe.

Whenever the strength of European countries is consumed by more than half, the time is almost up to the time for the people of the island country to receive the atomic bomb express.