Chapter 422: Nicholas II's Big Spending

The inter-faction fighting happening within Russia didn't concern Arthur, but Russia's temporary abandonment of domestically-produced weapons in favor of imported ones, specifically those produced by Australasia, was definitely positive news for both Arthur and Australasia.

Firstly, Russia's decision to exclusively choose Australasian weapons could result in closer ties between Russia and Australasia.

In addition, the marriage alliance between the royal families of the two countries would make the Russia-Australasia alliance even more stable.

Although the second batch of Russian airplane orders wasn't voluminous, it still amounted to around 200 units. Including training expenses for sending flight students to Australasia, the total trade value exceeded 50 million rubles.

Even when converted to Australian dollars, the order was almost 11 million Australian dollars, potentially bringing Arthur and the royal family an income of around 6 million Australian dollars.