Chapter 154

"Five years of railway life allowed me to enter the wider world of European countries and join the mighty Kingdom of the Netherlands. In order to broaden my horizons, I am no longer limited to the island of Madagascar. Your Majesty, I am Rainier Leary. Warney's got the ticket."

He looked at Radama II provocatively, and said, "I've decided on this knighthood."

"Raini Lea Livoni is better at franchises, but he is indeed very talented. In contrast, Radama II has great ambitions, but he is so ambitious that it is not a cause for concern."

William IV smiled and said, "It's a good way to put the two people in Australia. With such specialized talents to build the railway that is destined to be covered in blood, what many people will not think of is me and the Dutch government. , but they are Rainier Lea Livoni and Radama II, so wouldn't it be more perfect?"

Hearing this, Chief of General Staff Booker and others all lit up. They have been thinking about how to control each other, but they did not expect that His Majesty William IV would have thought of being a scapegoat for infamy in the future. His Majesty has a long-term vision.

Therefore, everyone cast a convincing look at William IV.

With the establishment of Madagascar's Dutch status, and the addition of the Dutch fleet, Madagascar soon became invulnerable.

Today, in addition to the 5,000 navy and 10,000 Dutch native army and 3,000 Transvaal troops brought down by William IV, the Madagascar army has also added 5,000 Madagascar troops.

Originally, Leon Booker had more than 5,000 Dutch army troops and 2,000 navy troops here.

So put together, there are more than 23,000 in the Army and 7,000 in the Navy.

Such an army is second only to Britain and France in the north in Africa.

However, Madagascar's location is crucial, and the importance of the waterway is not weak, so William IV decided to leave 10,000 Dutch native troops and the original 2,000 navy, and also draw 10,000 native troops from East India to form Booker. 20,000 troops are stationed in Madagas.

Southwest center Tuliara, southern inland center Fiana Lanchua, central east center Toamasina, north center Anzeranana, northwest center Mahajanga, etc., William IV It was decided to deploy 3,000 people in each place, with a total of 15,000 people, while Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar province, deployed 5,000 people as support.

The main naval ports are deployed in the port of Mahajanga, the mouth of the Bezibka River, and the port of Toamasina, which guards the capital Antananarivo in the east.

Politically, this time it was shown that Booker was in charge, but the Queen, unexpectedly, was appointed advisor by William IV.

Many people don't understand what this means, but William IV has not explained either.

When things were straightened out in Madagascar, it was already October 20, and half a month had passed.

Originally wanted to go north to Tanzania and Kenya first, but the time to meet him after the engagement, so William IV chose to go directly east to Australia, and it would not be too late to go back when he returned.

The sea voyage going east from Toamasina finally arrived in Perth, Western Australia, in Western Australia after a week. On October 28, it landed on this continent that will belong to the rise of Longxing in the Netherlands from now on.

Due to the evacuation of the British, the indigenous population in the south is also less, so although Perth is the capital of a province, the population is not 50,000.

Here he met Feyenoord, a senior official in Western Australia, and Ajax, the mayor of Perth.

After some understanding, he realized that most of the current immigrants dislike the too barren land in Western Australia and it is not easy to cultivate. Therefore, the entire province of Western Australia, excluding the indigenous people, has a population of less than 150,000. Among them, Perth occupied more than 50,000.

"The Netherlands is now starting to migrate to the Far East. This is a national policy and it won't change, but as you all know, the base of the Dutch native population is not too large. Therefore, encouraging fertility is what you need to work hard. I ask you to encourage them. Each family has more than 4 children, reaching the goal of doubling in 20 years."

"The main purpose of economic development is the mining industry. I have called the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Resources of the Netherlands to be established to conduct mineral exploration in Western Australia. As long as minerals are found, the economy of Western Australia will skyrocket, and that There will be a rush of population, you know, South Africa is like that right now, the population has increased by an amazing 10% in three months in a short period of time,

Therefore, Western Australia also needs such a wave, but the premise is that you have to do a good job of population control policies, and don't make a mess of government-managed copper leakage."

"Also, the indigenous population can also be used. They are also a kind of labor force. We must let them slowly integrate into the life of the Netherlands and Australia. In this way, we will have no worries."

Feyenoord, the senior official of Western Australia, and Perth Mayor Ajax all agreed with what William IV said.

Western Australia is now desolate everywhere. Although the scenery is unique, William IV is not in the mood, because this can only prove that the pressure on the Netherlands needs to increase its efforts to develop here.

Those who accompanied them quickly recorded what they saw and heard along the way, including the model that His Majesty just mentioned to develop the province of Western Australia.

In particular, Minister of Industry Kurt and Deputy Minister of Finance Tom are even more bright.

If it really becomes a mining area, it is indeed a good place. After all, the coastline here is too long, and it will have obvious advantages in terms of transportation of minerals, saving a lot of marine fuel waste.

On October 31, 1862, in the small inland village of Northam, east of Perth, Western Australia, there was a provincial barracks with a Dutch government here, with 5,000 Dutch soldiers stationed.

On the Northam Weapons Proving Ground, just after reviewing the soldiers' drills, William IV picked up a rifle, while the Director of the Netherlands International Intelligence Agency Mackay Sean, the Minister of Industry Wem Cotter, the Minister of Education, Rudd Bells, First Deputy Foreign Minister Venus, Army Chief of Staff Jopp Ill, Western Australia's senior official Feyenoord and Perth Mayor Ajax, etc., all commented on the sidelines.

"The caliber is 7.92 mm, and the bullets are loaded automatically. Now if other countries in Europe know about it, they will definitely rely on jealousy and hatred. This design of Your Majesty is drawing hatred for the Kingdom of the Netherlands."

The army chief of staff, Jopp Il, picked up the Mauser semi-automatic rifle and fired one shot, followed by the second shot, but two holes were pierced in the heart in the distance, and the distance was less than 2 centimeters apart. , a sharpshooter.

This made William IV's hand tremble twice. Just now, he had a shot in the heart for himself, but the shot was a little too far, but he was still very happy, but now that other people's marksmanship, William IV has stopped. Tons, aim, shoot, pierce your heart.

"I got hit again" William IV took the gun as soon as he saw it, gave the gun to someone else, and said "stingy" to Jopp Il. It seems that the army's weapons are too advanced. In the future, the army will suspend the renewal of new weapons, and the navy will give priority to it. what"

Hearing this, Il showed bitterness.

Seeing this, everyone laughed.

William IV also laughed, and then said: "This semi-automatic rifle is only the first step, and there is still work to be done on the development of automatic rifles."

Tom said: "Mausers are 3-5 years ahead of their line guns. Although there are rumors that some countries are imitating our Mausers, there is still a big gap compared with Mauser rifles. In contrast, in When they imitated the Mauser, they never expected that we would actually manufacture it and mass-produce it, which is at least a semi-automatic rifle that is more than 10 years advanced compared to existing firearms in other countries."

Vice Foreign Minister Venus frowned and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, this semi-automatic rifle is more than 10 years advanced than others. If we are too showy, will it cause other countries to attack? I see, we It's better to slow down the production speed, so as not to leak bad news."

William IV smiled and said: "When I designed this gun, I also thought about it, and I just thought it was fun. I didn't expect that the weapons factory under the William Group would actually manufacture it. It seems that the William Group has developed over the years. It's fast."

Education Minister Rude Bells said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the William Group has become a huge company in the Netherlands. Now, many university graduates in the Netherlands are the first choice for jobs. Apart from entering the government sector, other options are the first. In addition to the family business and inheritance of family work, the third is to enter the William Group, and now there is a legend in the education circle, so it is: learn technology, in William"

"William Group has become the company that attracts the most talents in the Netherlands. Among the 50,000 people who graduate from universities in the Netherlands every year, more than 10,000 people enter the William Group."

William IV nodded, UU reading www.uukanshu.com reminded: "But be careful that the William Group monopolizes the market, then it will be difficult for other companies in the Netherlands to develop and grow," he said to Minister of Industry Kurt.

The latter nodded knowingly.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff Il said: "Your Majesty, now producing such advanced weapons, in order to avoid leakage, the firearms factories are too dense on the Bliss Island. Although it is convenient for all the factories to gather together, it is also easy to be discovered, and He is not hidden there. After all, if the navies of other countries attack from the Irian Gulf, they will arrive at those arms gathering places as soon as they land. Therefore, the navy can keep it, but the army and the gun factory cannot be located there. And it is also easy to reveal the secrets of the navy. After all, with the increase in population, the island of Bliss is no longer secret. Unfortunately, there are not many supporting conditions there. Sulawesi is full of people, but it is too close to Kalimantan. Too safe to be out of our control"

Others have heard this and agreed that Bliss Island is indeed not suitable for use as an ordnance base.

Seeing this, William IV smiled and said, "You have forgotten the most suitable place."

As soon as William IV said that, the others were confused at first, and then suddenly came to their senses, their eyes lit up, and they shouted in unison: "Adelaide"