Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 684 The Development of Australia

About 4 to 5 kilometers away from Xingxing Lake Ranch, it is a newly established southern town, surrounded by mountains and rivers with beautiful scenery, named Lijiabao Town, a coastal railway line winding from the south through Lijia Fort Town, continue to extend westward to Melbourne.

  This main railway line is the coastal railway. The Lijiabao Town Railway Station is one of the small stations along the way. It is still under construction. When the final construction is completed, the passing passenger express trains will not stop, and the local trains will stop.

The town of Lijiabao belongs to the fiefdom of the new aristocracy, Viscount Li Shuanzhu. This is a new town with a population of less than 2,000 people. Because it is a nobleman, everything here should be invested and constructed by Viscount Li Shuanzhu, including roads and bridges. , Castle estates and town buildings.

When Lieutenant Colonel Bian Chunsong met his commander, Major General Li Shuanzhu, he was leading a group of people to point out the town’s construction plan, because the construction of the territory lags behind other nobles’ fiefs, so he burst into flames.

  At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Bian Chunsong wisely did not step forward to make trouble, but waited quietly.

  After a while

  Major General Li Shuanzhu arranged the affairs of the squad, then waved his hand, and the group of people who followed him "hulled" and went to work on their own.

  He waved to Lieutenant Colonel Bian Chunsong, took a few sips from a big tea mug, and then said with a splash of water on the corners of his mouth; "A Song, are you here to report to me?"

   "Yes, I'm here to report to you."

"This is indeed a good opportunity to increase experience, but you have also seen it. I am very busy here. Lijiapu Town has only been on this scale for three years. It is considered the most backward new town to be built. It has been approved by the Victorian Development Commission. I called it and criticized it. I know the shame and then be brave. I will go to meet the representatives of Huitong Bank and Shangri-La Bank to discuss the issue of infrastructure loans in the town. Where can I go in a while!"

  "Master, is there anything I can help?"

   "When Brother Qi Rui was here, he was responsible for these things. I am not good at construction and management. Can you give me any good ideas?"

"Master, the people from the Royal School of Administration are the best at municipal construction in the kingdom. If you can get on the line of Count Wu Xuewen, Earl of Guangyuan, just ask him to recommend a few people. What do you want Lijiapu Town to be like? What style and how to plan are all left to them. If they are undecided, they can also come up with some planning schemes to choose, and leave the professional things to professional people to do. There is no need to do everything by yourself."

"It makes sense, it makes sense, I am a fan of the authorities!" Li Shuanzhu slapped his thigh with an annoyed expression, and immediately decided; "Okay, I will arrange for someone to call for help immediately, and I will see someone at the bank later. From now on, we are ready to go."

  "Master, then here..."

"It doesn't matter, I still have some face in Earl Guangyuan. He will definitely arrange a few reliable people for me to come over, and let the butler directly connect with them. It is still important for the military delegation. This is personally ordered by your Majesty. The errands must not be delayed."

   "Understood, everything is instructed by the master."

When the things on hand were almost finished, it was almost dusk, and after a simple meal, Major General Li Shuanzhu took a group of his men and guards, and hurried to Melbourne on a fast horse, just over two hours later. Just arrived at the division.

  After a little arrangement

  They took a northbound train to Songjiang City, where members of the Military Observation Group would gather there, receive a flight from His Majesty, and then take an ocean cruise to mainland China.

  The world was turbulent in 1894, and it was restless from Africa to East Asia.

   Far away in the Ocean Kingdom in the South Pacific region, the scenery is unique. People enjoy a stable and peaceful life while building their homes with enthusiasm.

There are construction sites everywhere in Australia. The construction boom is from Melbourne in the south, Sydney to the central metropolitan area, and then to Qingdao, Cairns and Darwin in northern Queensland. Railways are continuously extending forward, and highways are being constructed one after another. Towns Buildings continue to expand and develop, factories spring up like mushrooms, and new schools, newspapers, and hospitals are constantly being built and put into use.

In Melbourne, the super-large wool textile mill No. 17 has been put into production, and the Newcastle wool textile mill 18 is undergoing large-scale equipment commissioning. The purchase of wool raw materials has officially started, and a steady stream of carded wool will soon be produced. Strips and combed tops.

Located in the export base of wool textile products in Sydney, it is producing large quantities of wool blankets, wool quilts, wool gloves, sheepskin jackets, wool boots, wool scarves, wool socks, sweaters, wool pants, sheepskin jackets, sheepskin coats, etc., which are exported to the United States. And other specialty products, this export base is exclusively for products from the United States and South America, most of which are bright and strong in color, which are very eye-catching.

The industrial output value of the United States surpassed that of the United Kingdom in 1894, and a large number of affluent middle class emerged in the society, who have a higher pursuit of quality of life, especially the high-quality wool products and cashmere products that are specialty products of the Ocean Kingdom, which are almost essential for the middle class. Things.

Mid-to-high-end suits, trousers and coats made of high-quality woolen fabrics are light, breathable and warm. They look very high-end, soft and delicate to the touch. They have become the leading products exported by Ocean Kingdom, and more than a dozen well-known clothing brands have emerged. Therefore, the rapid development of the garment industry has been brought about.

  The cashmere sweater produced by the "Edelweiss" textile factory in Zhuque City is more expensive than gold and has become a famous luxury brand. In the upper class of Europe and the United States, few Edelweiss cashmere sweaters are very embarrassing.

  Upper society gatherings

  The burning fireplace brings strong warmth. Everyone is listening to the elegant classical piano performance or poetry recitation. At this time, removing the coat, holding a glass of champagne in their hands, wearing a fitted cashmere sweater is the most elegant dress.

  If you can have an expensive cashmere skirt, it would be even better. The thin and soft cashmere skirt can well outline the graceful figure of women. A suitable diamond necklace on the white neck is intellectual and elegant.

  Gentlemen can wear cardigans printed with Scottish stripes, faintly showing strong pectoral muscles, full of masculine taste, just right to reflect the economic abundance.

  Cashmere products quickly occupied the high-end market of the upper class in Europe and America with their irresistible temptation, opened up financial resources for the Ocean Kingdom to win huge profits, and quickly emerged as a major pillar of the kingdom’s finances.

  Different according to the division of labor;

The wool products export bases in Songjiang and Beilun are oriented to Europe and the Arab regions. The products include the Nordic high-cold style, the British style, the romantic Mediterranean style, the rigorous German style, and the solid-colored Arabic style, which are widely accepted in the above regions. welcome.

The export base of wool products in Sydney is oriented to North America and South America. The products include strict monochrome Puritan style, warm and rugged western style, brightly colored Texas style, and brightly colored stripe style. They are on the market. Quite selling well.

  Ocean Kingdom and the United States continue to be politically cold and economically hot. The economies of the two sides are highly complementary and attach great importance to trade exchanges. However, due to the rift formed by the Hawaii incident, there are fewer high-level political communication channels and relatively indifferent.

  Ocean Kingdom imports oil drilling equipment, pipelines and components from the United States, imports gasoline, diesel and asphalt, complete sets of machinery and equipment, petrochemical products, instrumentation, telephone equipment, wires and cables and other products, and the demand is quite large.

The United States imports wool products, ready-made garments, sheepskin and sheepskin products, combed tops and carded tops, agricultural machinery and crawler tractors, various power diesel engines, cane sugar, tobacco leaves, spices, tires and natural rubber products, bicycles from the Ocean Kingdom. , Cashmere sweaters, toffee, canned fruits and seafood, etc., are widely sold in the market because of their unique competitiveness.

  It can be seen from the above export catalogue that there is no substitute for the exports of Ocean Kingdom.

  After years of development

The Ocean Kingdom has become the world's most important natural rubber and cane sugar producing area. Shangri-La Island, Borneo, and Hawaii are all important cane sugar producing areas. The produced cane sugar accounts for more than 60% of the world's production, and the produced natural rubber occupies the world. Half of the output, as a large number of natural rubber plantations enter the harvest period, this proportion is still growing rapidly.

The East Indies are the export destination of traditional spices, tobacco, cocoa, coffee and other special agricultural products. The above tropical agricultural and sideline products occupy an important position in the trade. They are hard currencies that are widely demanded by European and American countries at high latitudes but cannot be produced. They have irreplaceable trade. status.

Based on the advantages of natural rubber production, with the establishment of Goodyear Rubber Company in May 1882 as the leader, Ocean Kingdom gave birth to a series of important enterprises mainly producing natural rubber products, including Phoenix Bicycle Factory, National Bicycle Factory, and production " The Beilun Machinery Factory, Fushuntai Plastics Company, Guangchang Plastics Company, etc. of “Labor” bicycles are all in bloom.

Based on the advantages of sucrose production, combined with the advantages of dairy cow production, the milk candy produced by Ocean Kingdom is of high quality and low price. "Rabbit", "Mickey" (licensed authorization), "Snow White", "Bang Ye", etc., are very well-known, and they are essential items for middle-class families.

  Most of these companies are concentrated in Rockhampton, which is the beef capital of Australia. More than half of the country's beef and more than 70% of dairy cows are produced here.

  So buying beef here is cheap and good. Toffee milk powder is a major export product. Beef is transported by refrigerated ships to Saigon Governor’s House in France, British Indian Governor’s House, Straits Governor’s House and Hong Kong, occupying the tables of Westerners.

Rockhampton is located in the Bowen Basin. The climate and pasture conditions here are very suitable for the growth of beef cattle and dairy cows. The Linyi Coal Mine, Australia’s largest coal mine, is located here, and it is also the only coal mine exported by the kingdom. It is the city’s finance except for beef. Another major source of revenue.

According to this, Qingdao City has gradually developed into an industrial and trading city. It is a textile industry center, a non-staple food additive production center, a leather industry, and a sugar industry. It is also the kingdom’s only coal export port. It is produced based on local resources. Food additives are not only sold domestically, but also exported overseas.

  On one side is Australia, which is immersed in development, and on the other side is the turbulent international situation in Europe, Asia and Africa. Here we have to lament the natural geographical advantages of Ocean Kingdom, which prevents the turbulent international situation from spreading here, and the isolated corner can develop with peace of mind.

  (End of this chapter)