The Rise of Australia - Chapter 1006

c984 Bonus: East Asian cooperation

(The story takes place after Chapter 548. All the following country names are fictitious, please do not associate them with reality.)

January 12, 1921, Sydney, Australasia.

A group of Asian faces were sitting in the tavern, tasting red wine. This was low-priced red wine from the royal family’s private winery. The customers they faced were ordinary people.

One of them took two strong sips, frowned and swallowed, and then said to his companion next to him: “I really can’t get used to drinking this foreigner’s wine. I might as well go back and take a few sips of our Shaodaozi.”

The leader with an Asian face smiled, not caring about the man’s abrupt words, and said: “If it weren’t for seeking information, I wouldn’t be willing to drink this foreign wine. And a bottle of foreign wine is our food expenses for one or two days, so this It’s really fatal.”

“By the way, everyone, have you noticed the attitude of Australasians towards islanders?” A silent Asian face suddenly spoke, and said to the others excitedly.

“Didn’t we just sentence those two islanders to heavy sentences? Aren’t those foreigners always looking down on us Asians? Isn’t it natural for them to be sentenced to heavy sentences?” someone asked.

“Of course that’s different.” The man explained: “If the Australasians just look down on us Asians, they can definitely implicate us who are watching the show.

And compared to the so-called great powers of the island country, isn’t our country easier to bully?

But they didn’t. They just sentenced the two islanders severely. Doesn’t this prove that Australasians are also defensive and hostile to the island countries?

As for those foreigners who look down on us, haven’t they been the ones who have brought harm to our great country for hundreds of years? If we had paid attention to foreigners’ new gadgets earlier, we wouldn’t have traveled thousands of miles to come to this foreigner’s country to learn. ”

“Weizhang is right.” The leader nodded and said in agreement: “Our country is weak, and it is normal for foreigners to look down on us. When our country becomes strong, it will be time for us to look down on foreigners. ”

“There has been some cooperation between the Tatars and the Australasians, which proves that these foreigners are still willing to spend some technology to help us. No matter what their purpose is, at least until we become truly strong, they will not be able to Self-selected.

So, fellow compatriots, only by learning all the new things from foreigners can we make the country we love stronger. At least we won’t have to be looked down upon by these foreigners or oppressed by those bastard islanders. ”

“Brother Jinlong, do you think we can get in touch with the top management of the school and become a bridge of communication between the two countries? If we can help the country get support from Australasia, at least we will have the confidence to develop ourselves. No need Worry about those bad islanders,” someone suggested.

“The hope is not high, but it is still a way.” The leader named Jinlong nodded and said: “You don’t know if you don’t come here, but the gap between us and these foreigners is really too big.

Even from those small days, there is still a huge gap. But we have the heart to serve the country with fists and the courage to die for the country. I don’t believe that our huge country of 40 million compatriots can be inferior to this small island country?

Only when we are strong will we not have to worry about any invasion from foreign enemies. Only when we become stronger can we clean up the world and rebuild our great country. ”

The good news is that there is indeed access to the Australasian Government through schools, albeit only a small part of it.

This also benefits from Australasia’s emphasis on East Asia. After all, this is a super market with a population of 400 million. Australasia’s industrial and agricultural and animal husbandry products can generate huge income here. This is the fundamental reason why Arthur and Australasia pay attention.

Because there had been relevant cooperation with the Qing Dynasty before, it was relatively simple for the two parties to reach a cooperation like this.

Australasia is still very scarce in such a huge market, and does not care to exchange some relatively backward technologies and technologies for huge resources and benefits.

More importantly, in the future development layout of Australasia, it may also become the first front to balance the island countries.

After all, the island nation at this time was Australasia’s only opponent on the west coast of the Pacific, and it was impossible for Arthur not to take precautions.

Although the island country has shortcomings of one kind or another, it has to be denied that the island country’s army still has relatively strong combat effectiveness and a relatively tenacious will.

The current population of Australasia is not too large, and Arthur does not intend to waste the precious population in competition or even war with the island countries.

The best situation would be for Australasia to develop powerful weapons similar to atomic bombs, and then use the simplest way to end the war with the island countries and turn the island countries into their own colonies.

Although the research and development of atomic bombs has not yet occurred, Arthur believes that as long as Australasia is willing to invest huge investments and long time costs, there will be no problem in becoming the first country in the world to develop and use atomic bombs.

As for the country where the atomic bomb was dropped, of course the island country is a very suitable target.

Who makes the island nation Australasia’s biggest competitor in the Western Pacific? Coupled with the poor reputation of the island nation in history, even to prevent Australasia from being used by the island nation with various biological and chemical weapons, Arthur had to develop an atomic bomb in advance and use it on the heads of the island nation.

Apart from anything else, reaching cooperation with East Asia is of great benefit to Australasia.

A huge market can infinitely increase the upper limit of Australasia’s industrial development, without worrying about the economic crisis caused by output far exceeding demand.

The economic crisis in the United States in history was caused by output far exceeding demand, and there was no large colony to absorb the excess products, which eventually led to the collapse of the economic system.

Although Australasia is still a long way from overproduction, it is not a bad thing to have a huge market, even if it can only occupy a certain proportion of the huge market.

The most cooperation with East Asia should be in agricultural and animal husbandry products and military industry.

For various reasons, East Asia was very short of food in the first 50 years of the 20th century, and various natural disasters and man-made wars occurred frequently.

Australasia’s food exports can not only alleviate the crisis in East Asia, but also earn enough income for Australasia, which is a win-win situation.

The same is true for arms trade.

Australasia needs a large enough arms market to allow its military industry to continue to expand and improve.

The demand for weapons in Australasia alone is very small. After all, after the end of World War I, Australasia’s army has been reduced to the pre-war level.

There are too many powerful countries in Europe and America to divide the market, and it is difficult for Australasia to grab enough arms market to maintain the vigorous growth of its military industry.

Therefore, arms trade with East Asia is also a win-win situation. Australasia can obtain enough profits through arms exports to maintain the expansion of the military industry and develop more advanced military technology.

East Asia can obtain the arms it urgently needs to change its historical situation of urgent shortage of weapons and ammunition.