The Rise of Australia

Chapter 925 State Religious Nursing Home

When the Lake Eyre Canal was built, it was built according to the specifications of 44 meters wide and 11 meters deep, and it can accommodate super-large ships with a displacement of less than 35,000 meters.

Because the battleships have been completely eliminated in the Australasian Navy construction plan, the heaviest aircraft carrier currently built is only the 31,300-meter standard displacement of the Imperial-class aircraft carrier.

This also means that all new warships in Australasia can go to Lake Eyre through the canal, which will be the safest place for the Australasian Navy.

However, it is obvious that at least for the current Australasian, this safe place will basically not play a role.

Because of Australasian's achievements in aircraft, the combat effectiveness of Australasian aircraft carriers has been greatly enhanced.

According to the rough forecast of the Navy Department, the main force of the Australasian Pacific Fleet can still fight even if it encounters the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet.

If it is a face-to-face battle, the Australasian Pacific Fleet may even hope to destroy the Royal Navy's Home Fleet with the advantage of missiles.

This is already a pretty good result. Although the British fleet is spread all over the world, the Home Fleet is only a relatively strong squadron in the Royal Navy.

But the problem is that Australasia not only has the Pacific Fleet, but also has three fleets, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Home Fleet.

Considering that Australasia has not invested much in the navy, it is quite surprising that it has achieved such excellent results.

The reason why the British Royal Navy is so powerful is that in addition to the large amount of real money invested by the British in the Royal Navy every year, there are also hundreds or even hundreds of years of foundation that the British have in the development of the navy.

Let's look at Australasia again. It has only been 37 years since the founding of the country, which is equivalent to overtaking in the navy.

If Arthur did not intend to waste a lot of money on the navy, I am afraid that Australasia would be qualified to compete with the British Empire for the title of the world's strongest navy.

After confirming that the construction plan of the Lake Eyre Canal was very effective, Arthur was completely relieved.

This construction project, which Arthur invested a lot of money in, attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign media.

If this construction fails completely, although it will not impact Arthur's status, it will have a certain impact on his reputation.

Although Arthur does not care about his reputation, since he has invested a lot of real money, he naturally wants to achieve some results.

Moreover, once the Lake Eyre Canal Project succeeds, it will definitely bring more than a little change to Australasia. The improved land area alone is enough to make other countries jealous.

More importantly, Australasia is no longer short of land, and the demands for post-war interests also need to be changed to a certain extent.

After the improvement, Australia is already a huge land that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people. Together with large islands such as New Zealand, New Guinea, Java and Sumatra, the population that Australasia can accommodate is at least 500 million.

Of course, the accommodating population mentioned here is not the maximum accommodating population, but an approximate number calculated after a series of residents' living factors.

If the maximum accommodating limit of the entire empire's population is to be calculated, this limit must at least exceed 1 billion people.

But then again, Arthur never thought of increasing the country's population to such a huge number. Even now, after 37 years of long development, the population of Australasia is only about 46.81 million.

Let alone 500 million or 1 billion, even the 100 million population mark may take decades to accumulate slowly.

Of course, there is also a more tricky way, which is to quickly establish the status of world hegemony after the war, and then continue to attract immigrants through developed economy and advanced technology, and quickly increase the population through immigration.

But for Arthur and Australasia, this method has obviously become a bad idea.

The United States in later generations is almost the same method. Not counting the natural growth of the domestic population, only counting the annual immigration, the population growth is a huge number.

But the problem is that such population growth data is certainly gratifying, but it is obviously a hidden danger for the security and stability of the country.

The reason why the United States in later generations is still stable is that the United States itself is very important for its strong strength. But such stability is only temporary, and the problem has not been solved.

Once the United States is no longer strong, all kinds of problems will come in at that time, and this huge country will disintegrate at a very fast speed.

Arthur also understood this point. After the country's population exceeded 40 million and basically closed the gap with the powerful countries, it no longer attracted a large number of immigrants.

In the early days, the number of immigrants in Australasia reached hundreds of thousands or even millions each year, of which Russians accounted for half.

But now, the number of immigrants each year remains below 300,000, and they are all high-quality immigrants who have been screened through layers.

Now the growth of the domestic population mostly depends on the natural growth of the local population. In order to encourage Australasia to have more children, the people's livelihood department has racked its brains to come up with various subsidy policies.

It is worth mentioning that the current small umbrella and abortion technology have long been invented and widely used in Europe and the United States.

The impact of these two technologies on various countries is very obvious. The further decline in the birth rate of various countries is largely due to the invention of these two technologies.

Arthur naturally understands the impact of these two things on the birth rate, but Arthur does not intend to ban them.

First of all, regarding small umbrellas, although Arthur did not explicitly ban their use, he also used the media under the Royal Consortium to promote it, saying that the lubricants used inside would harm the body.

In this way, people will naturally have less thoughts about buying small umbrellas. The Royal Consortium will invest heavily and control the corresponding small umbrella production companies, and reduce the output to a certain extent, so that small umbrellas can be used less.

Although this cannot completely stop people from using small umbrellas, it does effectively reduce the number of small umbrellas used in the entire country.

According to the production and sales data of several small umbrella manufacturers invested by the Royal Consortium, the annual consumption of small umbrellas in Australasia, which has a population of more than 46 million, is less than 1.5 million.

You know, this is the consumption for one year. If converted to one day, the daily consumption of the entire country is even only about 4,100.

The number of small umbrellas used has decreased, which will naturally increase the chance of pregnancy.

At this time, abortion technology was still very backward. Although it was indeed available, it was also very harmful to the body.

It was still the same method, using a large amount of media to publicize the harm of abortion to the body, and then through the Australasian Protestant method, instilling in the public the idea that babies also have the right to see the world.

In this way, people who are really in financial difficulties can still choose small umbrellas or abortion to avoid burdening themselves with heavier economic costs.

People who are not in financial difficulties can naturally enjoy an unrestrained life without worrying about the harm to the body.

Moreover, in order to avoid a small number of people regretting after giving birth and even abandoning their babies, Arthur and Archbishop Steed established the Anglican Orphanage to specifically take in infants and young children.

If it is an abandoned infant, after entering the Anglican Orphanage, it will have no relationship with the original parents and will only be loyal to the royal family and religion. If the parents take the initiative to send them to the Anglican Orphanage, the expenses of these infants and young children in the orphanage will be recorded and will not be repaid until the infants and young children reach adulthood.

There are generally two ways to repay. One is to join the army or join the church, which can offset the debt.

The other is to work for the orphanage for a period of time until the debt is paid off.

The benefit of the orphanage is to help people solve the pressure of raising children and dispel the burden and worries of having children.

More importantly, because the children who enter the orphanage are basically taught from childhood, the ideological education of these children will naturally be more successful than that of older children.

Although some cases that are not affected by ideological education cannot be avoided, it can also ensure that most children who come out of the orphanage are full of gratitude to the royal family and religion in their hearts.

At this time, no matter which way they choose to repay the debt, it is good news for Arthur and the future royal family.

The children who come out of the orphanage join the army. No matter how good their combat quality is, their loyalty is definitely the highest.

Even if they join the church, the church is under the command of the royal family, which is equivalent to indirectly serving the royal family, and it is not in vain for Arthur's efforts.

It has been several years since the establishment of the National Church of Christ, and the number of infants and young children taken in by all the orphanages has reached thousands, which is definitely a great help to the future royal family.

In addition to the children taken in by a large number of orphanages across the country, with these two institutions and corresponding regulations, the royal family can obtain thousands or even tens of thousands of very loyal talents every year.

Especially the orphanage, the big tree planted by Arthur for future generations, has now almost supported lush branches and leaves, providing enough shade for William and others.

Precisely because these children lack something compared to ordinary children since childhood, they will also be more mature. At present, most of the children who graduated from the orphanage are relatively good at academics. Although there are some guys who are just messing around, they can be regarded as talents overall.

The person who is currently doing the best from the orphanage should be Martin Gregg, who Arthur pays more attention to.

The orphanage in Australasia has a special rule, that is, orphans of the same batch with a small age difference will be given the same surname.

Martin Gregg is like this. His surname comes from Mary Gregg, the director of the Sydney Orphanage at that time, and his name is chosen by himself.

The reason is that Martin Gregg admires Martin, the commander of the 2nd Guard Division who once helped the Sydney Orphanage, and his dream since childhood is to become a soldier like Martin.

Now, Martin has become the commander of the 3rd Army of the National Defense Army, and has reached the rank of Lieutenant General.

Martin Gregg, with the help of the orphanage, completed his studies up to high school, and successfully passed the Sydney Royal Military College, and graduated successfully two years ago.

The current Royal Military College is no longer the same as it was when it was first established. The current Royal Military College has many large and small campuses, and it is already a famous military academy in Australasia and even the world.

There are currently three major campuses, namely the Sydney Royal Military College, the Melbourne Royal Military College and the Fort St. Arthur Royal Military College.

The specific admission levels of these three military academies are different, and the students they recruit also vary greatly.

The Royal Military College Sydney has the widest enrollment range. Students come from the civilian, military and foreign countries, and are involved in the three services of the navy, army and air force. It is also the largest military academy branch in Australasia.

The Royal Military College Sydney mainly recruits domestic high school graduates, foreign high school graduates and outstanding military recruits. It is responsible for training middle and high-level backbone officers in the military and is also the cradle for the training of middle and high-level officers in Australasia.

Graduates from the Royal Military College Sydney can at least obtain the rank of second lieutenant. Those with outstanding performance can even obtain the rank of lieutenant or even captain, and sprint towards the youngest school officer.

The second largest is the Royal Military College Melbourne, which focuses on recruiting adult male citizens aged 18-28 with a high school degree or above, or soldiers who have made meritorious service in the military and meet the promotion requirements.

However, compared with the Royal Military College Sydney, which trains middle and high-level officers, the officers trained by the Royal Military College Melbourne are relatively grassroots. The rank obtained by ordinary graduates after entering the army is basically sergeant. After the military graduates return to the army, the highest rank they can obtain is only second lieutenant.

A little calculation will make it clear that the rank of sergeant obtained by ordinary graduates can generally only serve as a squad leader, and the rank of second lieutenant of military school graduates can only serve as a platoon leader.

However, the advantage is that it will be easier to apply for the Royal Military College of Melbourne, which is also one of the ways for the army to train a large number of grassroots officers.

As for the Royal Military College of Fort St. Arthur, which was established the latest and more mysterious, it is the smallest of the three major military academies and has the smallest number of students.

Because the purpose of the establishment of the Royal Military College of Fort St. Arthur is not to train officers, but to train outstanding new generals for the country.

There are only two ways to enroll in the Royal Military College of Fort St. Arthur, one is to select the best from the Royal Military College of Sydney, and the other is to select younger outstanding soldiers from the army.

Unlike other military academies, the study time of Fort St. Arthur Military College is as long as six years, of which three years are theoretical training and three years are specific practice.

As a senior officer training school that Arthur attaches great importance to, students of Fort St. Arthur Military College must only be citizens with Australasian nationality, and their parents must be Australasians.

Secondly, the applicants must have no criminal history within three generations, even if they have committed petty theft.

Because the students of the St. Asher Military Academy are basically outstanding graduates of the Sydney Royal Military Academy and outstanding young officers of the army, these students have reached the rank of second lieutenant or above before entering the military academy.

In the six years of study in 3+3, they will experience the military career of platoon leader, company commander and battalion commander, and after completing six years of study, they will at least obtain the rank of major.

This is also the reason why the St. Asher Royal Military Academy is called the General School, because the graduates of the military academy are generally between 28 and 30 years old, but their rank can reach at least the level of major.

As long as you don't make mistakes in your next military career, even if you don't have great achievements, you can survive to at least the level of colonel.

As long as you have some decent achievements, these guys who have reached the level of major at a young age can even break through the threshold from colonel to general officer. Even if it is only the lowest level of general officer, it is at least the level of brigadier general.

This is already ahead of many people. Even for officers at the level of major and battalion commander, if they slowly gain experience in the army, it is impossible to make the transition from second lieutenant to major in more than ten years.

But at the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur, it only takes six years to complete the huge transformation from second lieutenant to major.

And this is only for ordinary students. If the students perform particularly well, their rank after graduation will definitely be more than the level of major.

Martin Greg, whom Arthur is concerned about, is such a guy with outstanding performance.

When he was at the Royal Military Academy in Sydney, Martin Greg's performance attracted the praise of the then principal, and he soon entered the list of attention of the Royal Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur.

After graduating from the Sydney Military Academy two years ago, Martin Greg entered the Military Academy of Fort St. Arthur for further studies.

Two years have passed, and Martin Greg is already a captain-level company commander, and he has gone to Europe to fight with the army.