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Volume 1 528 This matter is not easy to solve

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    Central South, Prime Minister's Office.

    Prime Minister of the Republic Wu Jianguo put down his pen, first stretched his waist, and then stood up and walked straight to the floor-to-ceiling window. Through the clear glass, he looked at the palace in the distance that was under construction in the distance and would be completed in a few months. After completion, the Crystal Palace  That place is where he, the Prime Minister, has his office.

    In fact, there has always been controversy about the style of the Prime Minister's residence. Some people have proposed building the White House, Buckingham Palace, and the Elys¨¦e Palace, while others have proposed building a Forbidden City or the Kremlin. As a matter of course, there are unquestionable refutations for every proposal.  The style is inappropriate, the building materials are expensive, the construction period is longand so on. Congress will always come up with a lot of reasons to refute.  [com]

    This is embarrassing. The Republic of Australia has been established, but as the head of the government of the Republic of Australia, Prime Minister Wu Jianguo has never had an office location.  A while ago, I could only stay at the State Guesthouse in Zhongnanhai. A few months ago, I borrowed a floor of the Capitol Building yes, the Capitol Building.  Because the great director Qiu Hanyan was the first to occupy the xxx Concubine Iron Tower, the highest mountain building in Central and South China, the members of Congress could only do the next best thing.  A mountain with the second highest altitude¡ªperhaps less than two hundred meters above sea level¡ªwas chosen and renamed Capitol Hill, and then a six-story Capitol Building was built on it.

    The debate over the prime minister¡¯s residence continues and the demands are mounting.  The first is to reflect the style of modern Australian architecture, the second is to be beautiful and generous, and the third is to meet the cost budget At the end of the debate, Fatty Wang Wang Wei's design was finally adopted - the Crystal Palace.

    Just like the British Crystal Palace in the 19th century, it is built entirely of steel and glass, with only slight differences in style.  There is nothing else like it in Australia. It doesn¡¯t require too much steel and glass.  Of course, due to the construction of the Central Macau Railway, the supply of steel has become slightly tighter.  But if you squeeze, you will always squeeze out construction steel.  As for glass, this thing is simply terrible in Australia.

    Chu Bai¡¯s glass factory was expanded twice, and its output increased dramatically.  A while ago, there were glass factory workers who paid a certain amount of technology transfer fees and simply started their own glass factories.  All told, there are at least eight glass factories in the entire Central South area.  Manufacturers compete and competition intensifies, so the price will naturally come down.  That¡¯s all, the variety is also much richer.  From ordinary glass to colored glass to high-end fiber glass, we have everything you need.

    Of course, there is another important factor for Congress to choose this plan, and that is the fast construction speed.  Such a large palace can be completed in a few months.  Central and South China is located in the tropics, so there is no need for heating, which makes construction much simpler.  Of course, in order to avoid repeating the tragedy of the British Crystal Palace, the construction team paid special attention to the fire resistance of the building materials.

    Looking at the Crystal Palace, which has risen from scratch and is beginning to take shape, Old Wu Xiong is full of pride.  In the three and a half years since time travel, a group of time-travelers who were originally strangers have grown up from scratch, and surprisingly they have built up a huge fortune!  Lao Wu holds a high position and knows the situation in Australia well.

    Let¡¯s just say that this year, although a battle in Yangzhou was fought and a lot of military effort was spent, the harvest far exceeded the expenditure.  In terms of economy, with the complete opening of the Nanming market, and the addition of second-tier dealers such as XXX, Luzon, the Netherlands, and Portugal, this year's total GDP is expected to reach 42 billion Australian yuan, and the government's fiscal revenue will be nearly 8 billion.  With such a large increase, one is to expand production and continue to increase export share.  Then there are banks that are like money-making machines.  Whether it is China South Bank or HSBC, one of these two banks is located in Australia, Luzon, and Batavia, and the other is rooted in Nanming. They are like straws, continuously absorbing real money from these places.

    Not to mention the industrial aspect.  First of all, in terms of machinery manufacturing, the 500-horsepower steam engine has been finalized. Zhou Bi was so busy that he hit the back of his head. More powerful steam engines, hydropower facilities, thermal power facilities, textile machinery, petroleum machinery, etc. were all put on the agenda.  schedule, so that Zhou Bili and Shen Shen had to arrange their shifts.  Today, Billy is attending various meetings, meeting with various groups, and working as factory supervisor. He will be back tomorrow.

    ¡° Steel production is limited by the supply of coal, and has always remained at an annual output of 50,000 tons.  However, someone had already discovered the coal mine in Batavia and signed a supply agreement directly with the Dutch second-rate dealers.  The Dutch are responsible for the mining, and Australia will buy as much as it can mine.  After calculating the profits, the Batavia businessmen immediately went crazy.  This business is simply wonderful to them. They only need to find out where the mineral deposits are, spend money to hire a large number of mercenaries to search for indigenous slaves to mine, and the shining silver coins will be in their pockets.  There is no risk of strong winds and waves on the sea, and there is no damn septicemia. As for mining accidents and the like Anyway, those who died are Javanese natives. At the worst, they can just catch a few more.  Although it is not as profitable as maritime trade, it is better than maritime trade in terms of safety and stability.  so this is agood business.

    So there was a coal craze in Batavia.  It can be expected that coal supply will increase significantly next yearof course, this requires shipping capacity to keep up.

    There is no need to worry too much about shipping capacity. The Hollywood Shipyard is operating at full capacity, with two ships launched every month.  And You Qi has designed a better ship type, even a specialized coal ship.  Faster speed, bigger load capacity.  The two shipyards in Darwin will be completed in the middle of next year. After they are put into production, Australia's shipbuilding capabilities will make the whole world stunned.

    In short, things will be better next year.  More steel production, faster development.  In fact, Australia's development can be described as a snowball.  After getting over the initial difficulty, the speed will only get faster and faster, and it will expand rapidly.

    It is now late December, and according to the latest statistics, the entire Chinese population in Australia has reached 150,000.  The urban expansion rate in Central and South China has not kept up with the population expansion rate, so recently everyone has been clamoring to vigorously develop new cities.

    With emotion, Lao Wu put his hands in his pockets with a proud smile on his face.  All of this was accomplished under his leadership.  Come to think of it, Wu Jianguo's name will leave a mark in the history of the entire world in the future, right?

    There was a knock on the door, and the secretary of the Prime Minister's Office walked in with a folder under his arm.

    He bowed slightly to Old Wu respectfully, and then reported: "Sir, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Xu sent a message saying that the negotiations with the Spanish envoy have ended. At ten o'clock this morning, the two sides signed the Treaty of Australia-Western Manila at the Shangri-La Hotel  "."

    Wu nodded: "How much advantage did we take this time?"

    "Everything that can be occupied has been occupied." The secretary said with a smile: "According to the treaty, Spain recognizes the sovereignty of Luzon, recognizes the failure of the war, and will pay ransom to redeem those nobles and officers. Spain recognizes the massacre of Chinese people.  They were willing to publicly apologize for the immorality of the massacre and repatriate war criminals. From the day the treaty was signed, the two countries established normal diplomatic relations and sent ambassadors to each other. As an additional clause, Spain was happy to exchange South American local products for Australian medicines and industrial products.  "

    "Drugs?" Old Wu frowned: "Do they know about sulfa?"

    "No, sir. Antlip named a specific drug to treat syphilisthe one that was given to Andrew."

    Old Wu burst out laughing.  He would be mistaken.  Compared with the lives of soldiers, the Spaniards were obviously more concerned about syphilis, which was causing trouble to the court and nobles.  Of course, since the Spaniards are happy to continue being stupid, let them continue to be stupid.  What Lao Wu cares more about are the local products native to South Americaalpacas, merino sheep, and rubber. Compared to real gold and silver, these are what Australia wants.

    Old Wu turned around and took the folder. As soon as he looked through it, the office door was violently pushed open.  The secretary saw Yu Lihong, the Minister of Education with an angry face, and then cleverly saluted both of them, not forgetting to close the door when he went out It is better to know less about the household affairs of the first family.

    Seeing his wife coming in, Old Wu immediately threw the documents on the table, held her shoulders and sat on the sofa, and then poured a cup of herbal tea: "You are so angry, who has provoked you again? Come on, come on, hurry up  Have a cup of herbal tea to relieve the heat.¡±

    "Don't drink!" Yu Lihong's anger could not be dispelled by good words and a cup of herbal tea.  She pushed away the quilt, followed by a lot of complaints: "Resign! I can't do my job as the Minister of Education!"

    "Huh? What's wrong? Didn't Congress approve additional education funds?" Lao Wu was confused.

    A century-old plan, education comes first.  This is related to the sustainable development of Australia, and no one dares to ignore it.  Despite this, Yu Lihong is still at loggerheads with Congress, and there are huge differences between the two sides on education funding.  Congress believes that it is necessary to adapt to the current number of school-age students in Australia, but Yu Lihong believes that it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day She plans to build 100 primary schools, 60 middle schools, a comprehensive university, and seven professional colleges within three years.

    At first, Congress refused even to death to allocate 40% of the annual budget to education. Then things took a turn for the worse, and Congress finally began to face up to this issue - the immigration wave from June to December, the influx of immigrants into Australia.  There are tens of thousands of school-age children!  Member of Parliament Chu Bai said with laughter and tears that Australia now has to face the difficult problem of the average age of society becoming younger.

    Yu Lihong¡¯s proposal was passed, so Sister Yu happily withdrew her resignation letter and started working hard every day without touching the ground.  It's only been a few days, why are you making noises about resigning again?

    "See for yourself!" Angrily Yu Lihong threw a stack of reports to Lao Wu.

    Old Wu picked it up and looked at it suspiciously for a long time, then scratched the sea and smiled bitterly This matter,It¡¯s really hard to solve.  ro!  .
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