Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"Five years of railway life have allowed me to enter a wider world of European countries and join the powerful Kingdom of the Netherlands. In order to broaden my horizons, I am no longer limited to the island of Madagascar. Your Majesty, I am Rainieri." Warnie got this ticket."

He looked at Radama II provocatively and said: "I have decided on this knighthood."

"Reinile Yalivoni is better at specializing, but he is indeed very talented. In contrast, Radama II has great ambitions, but he is too high-minded to worry about it."

William IV smiled and said: "It is a good way to put the two people in Australia. Using such specialized talents to build the railway that is destined to be stained with blood will not be thought of by many people in Madagascar. It was me and the Dutch government who did it, but it was them Reinile Yalivoni and Radama II who did this evil thing. Wouldn’t it be more perfect in this way?”

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

Therefore, everyone cast a sincere look on William IV.

With the Dutch status of Madagascar established and the addition of the Dutch fleet, the island of Madagascar soon became impregnable.

Today, in addition to the 5,000 navy, 10,000 Dutch land army and 3,000 Transvaal troops brought by William IV, Madagascar's army now has 5,000 Malagasy troops.

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

So combined, there are more than 23,000 army and 7,000 navy personnel.

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

However, Madagascar's location was critical and the shipping lanes were not weak in importance, so William IV decided to keep 10,000 Dutch troops and the original 2,000 navy, and also transfer 10,000 indigenous troops from East India to form 2 Ten thousand troops were stationed in Madagascar.

Toliara, the center in the southwest, Fianarantsoa, ​​the center in the south, Toamasina, the center in the east, Antseranana, the center in the north, Mahajanga in the northwest, etc. William IV It was decided to deploy 3,000 people in each place, for 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 at the port of Mahajanga, the outlet of the Bezibuka River, and the port of Toamasina in the east, guarding the capital Antananarivo.

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

Many people did not understand what this meant, but William IV did not explain it.

After sorting out things in Madagascar, it was already October 20th, and half a month had passed.

Originally he wanted to go north to Tanzania and Kenya first, but the schedule coincided with his future engagement party, so William IV chose to go directly east to Australia, and it would not be too late to go back when he returned.

After sailing eastward from Toamasina for a week, we finally arrived at Perth, Western Australia, in Western Australia. On October 28, we landed on this continent that from now on belongs to the Dutch Dragon.

Due to the withdrawal of the British, the indigenous population in the south was also less present. Therefore, although Perth is the capital of a province, its population is not 50,000.

Here he met Ajax, the mayor of Perth, Western Australia.

After some research, he learned that most of the current immigrants disliked the poor land in Western Australia and it was difficult to farm. Therefore, after calculation, the entire Western Australia province, excluding the indigenous people, had a population of less than 150,000, including Perth. It occupies more than 50,000 people.

"The population of the Netherlands is now beginning to migrate to the Far East. This is a national policy and will not change. However, you all know that the population base of the Netherlands is not very large. Therefore, encouraging childbirth is what you need to work hard on. I ask you to encourage them. Each family has more than four children, reaching the goal of doubling in 20 years."

"The main purpose of economic development is the mining industry. I have asked the Ministry of Industry and the Dutch Ministry of Resources to be established to conduct mineral exploration in Western Australia. As long as minerals are discovered, Western Australia's economy will skyrocket, and then Then there will be a surge of population. As you know, South Africa is like that now. The population increased by an astonishing 10% in a short period of time, just three months.

Therefore, Western Australia also needs such a wave of population migration, but the premise is that you must implement population control policies and not make a mess, which will show the leakage of government management."

"Also, the indigenous population can also be used. They are also a kind of labor force. We need to slowly integrate them into the life of the Netherlands and Australia. In this way, we will have no worries. In this regard, the Ministry of Education is promoting various universities to build universities in the Far East. The purpose of the branch campus is to educate these indigenous people, in order to increase their loyalty to the Netherlands.

Now that there are universities at the upper levels, primary education at the lower levels must also keep up.”

Education Minister Lud Bales kept nodding his head to express his understanding.

Ajax, the mayor of Perth in Western Australia, strongly agreed with what William IV said and said he would fully cooperate with the Ministry of Education's assimilation policy.

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

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

In particular, Industry Secretary Kurt and Deputy Finance Minister Tom were particularly impressed.

If this place really becomes a mining area, it will indeed be a good place. After all, the coastline here is too long. It will have obvious advantages in transporting minerals and save a lot of waste in shipping fuel.

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

At the Northam weapons testing ground, just after reviewing the soldiers' training, William IV picked up a rifle in his hand, and the Director of the Dutch International Intelligence Agency Mackay Sean, the Minister of Industry Wem Cote, the Minister of Education Lüde Bales, Chief Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Venus, Army Chief of Staff Jop Iyer, senior officials of Western Australia Province Feyenoord and Perth Mayor Ajax were all commenting on the situation.

"The caliber is 7.92 mm, and the bullets are automatically loaded. If other countries in Europe know about it now, they will definitely rely on jealousy and hatred. Your Majesty's design is to bring hatred to the Kingdom of the Netherlands."

Army Chief of Staff Jopp Il picked up the Mauser semi-automatic rifle, fired one shot, and followed up with the second shot. However, two holes were pierced in the handle in the distance, and the difference was less than 2 centimeters. , can be called a sharpshooter.

This made William IV's hand tremble involuntarily. Just now, he was happy that he had hit the target with his shot, but the shot missed a little bit. But now with his shooting skills, William IV paused. Tons, aim, shoot, pierce the heart.

"Hit again." William IV took it easy and gave the gun to someone else. He said to Jopp Iyer "stingily" that it seems that the army's weapons are too advanced. In the future, the army will stop updating new weapons in terms of military expenditures, and the navy will give priority. ha"

Hearing this, El showed bitterness.

Seeing this, everyone laughed.

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

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

Vice Foreign Minister Venus frowned and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, this semi-automatic rifle is more than 10 years more advanced than others. If we are too pushy, will it cause attacks from other countries? I think, we It’s better to slow down the production speed to avoid bad news.”

William IV smiled and said: "I also thought this way when I was designing this gun. I just thought it was fun at the time. I didn't expect that the weapons factory under the William Group would actually produce it. It seems that the William Group has developed over the years. It’s so fast”

Education Minister Lüde Bales smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Wilhelm Group has become a giant enterprise like a towering tree in the Netherlands. Now the first choice job for many university graduates in the Netherlands is that besides entering the government sector, other options are... In addition to the family business and inheriting the family job, the third step is to enter the William Group. Now there is a legend circulating in the education circle, so it is: learn technology at William."

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

William IV nodded and reminded: "But be careful that William Group monopolizes the market, otherwise it will be difficult for other Dutch companies to develop and grow," he said to Industry Minister Cote.

The latter nodded knowingly.

Deputy Chief of General Staff Yi Dao: "Your Majesty, in order to avoid leaks of the current production of such advanced weapons, the firearms factories are too densely populated on Paradise Island. Although it is convenient for all the factories to be gathered together, they are also easy to be discovered, and It doesn't count as hiding there. After all, if other countries' navies attack from the Irian Gulf, they will reach those arms gathering areas as soon as they land. Therefore, the navy can remain, but the army and gun manufacturing plants cannot be located there. And it is easy to leak the secrets of the navy. After all, with the increase in population, Paradise Island is no longer secretive. Unfortunately, there are not many supporting conditions there. There are many people in Sulawesi, but it is too close to Kalimantan. Too safe and out of our control”

Others heard this and agreed that Paradise Island was indeed not suitable as an ordnance base.

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

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