On July 7, 9, Arthur ded his tour in Europe and boarded the Austrsian Battleship to return to Austrsia.
Wh he set off for Europe, in order to keep up with the funeral of Edward VII, Arthur managed to rush to London in just over 0 days, under the full escort of the Austrsian Battleship.
This rush, however, left the remaining supply ships to trudge slowly to catch up, shielded by the Australia Battleship and the New Zend battleship.
On the return, there was no rush, hce they could rx and slowly integrate both fleets into one, deliberatively heading towards Austrsia.
Inte August, after a month of chasing, Arthur finally arrived in Sydney Harbour.
Prime Minister Walter and Minister Andrew wt to prepare for official duties and work, while Arthur, who temporarily had nothing to take care of, returned to the Royal Pce to y with his childr.
William and Anna Miller are now nearly a year old and can crawl on their own. However, their mother, Princess Louise, and Que Mary, are deeply in love with these two youngsters. Besides letting them crawl a a bit daily for exercise, they carried the two little ones most of the time.
This prevted Arthur from being able to carry either of his childr himself since Princess Louise and Que Mary were extremely affectionate towards their grandchildr. Arthur felt a slight neglect.
But Arthur didn''t mind these things and shook his head and plunged into his busy work.
After resting for a few days, Arthur summoned the head of the Royal Shipyard to inquire about the progress of the shipyard.
The news was couraging. The construction of two Unified-ss battleships was more than halfplete, and they were expected to be fully finished by the d of the year and would th ter the sea-navigation testing stage.
If the test was sessful, they should be able to officially join the navy''s formation betwe the d of 9 and the beginning of 9 to strgth Austrsia''s naval forces.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
As for Russia''s order, it was also expected to begin construction by the d of the year or early next year, and it should have no problempleting the four warships for Russia by the d of 94.
Wh Arthur learned that the two Unified-ss battleships still had no artillery installed, he had a sudd inspiration and immediately issued themand to the shipyard to suspd the instation of the main gun after the other construction of the ship waspleted.
After all, they managed to acquire 305mm, 50-calibre artillery technology from the British. They might as well rece the guns of the two Unified-ss battleships with 305mm 50-calibre guns and make the firepower of the battlecruiser ev more pott.
Without any unexpected evts, the aid from Britain, including the relevant experts, should arrive within a month.
Theoretically, there would be time for the gun recemt, and it esstially won''t dy the two battlecruisers'' from being constructed by the d of this year.
After arranging the affairs of the shipyard, it wasn''t many Days before, on August 4, Arthur weed guests from the Qing Empire who had travelled a great distance.
The external conditions for this Empire hadn''t be very good in rect years, with all sorts of cmitiesing one after another.
In early August, a number of regions were hit by a flood disaster, which affected several provinces. Although it was not as severe as previous national disasters, it still represted a significant loss for the country.
The fact that they came to visit Austrsia was for two reasons. Firstly, they wanted to buy more food from Austrsia to alleviate the famines caused by the flood disaster in their country.
Secondly, they asked for a visit from a represtative of Austrsia, as the implemtation of constitutionalism has shown a certain amount of achievemt under the guidance of Austrsian experts. Moreover, the Consultative Bureau, which took a great deal of money to construct, is also about to be established.
The Consultative Bureau was set up by the Qing Empire. It was a ctral consultation organ established in ordance with the legal system of Austrsia to prepare for the Parliamt.
The Bureau was set up because the authorities felt that the Houses of Parliamt couldn''t be established at the momt. The Bureau wouldy the foundation for the establishmt of these Houses.
Nothing else to say, the construction of the Consultative Bureau, which is effectively the Congress of the Qing Empire, was extremely magnifict.
Continuing the consistt style of the Eastern Empire, the Bureau is luxurious and top-grade, impressive and profound. Besides the obvious disadvantage of extravagance and waste of money, it is undiable that the Consultative Bureau of the Qing Empire has surpassed the scale and construction of the Administrative Court of Austrsia.
But this is normal. After all, one country has a poption of only over 8 million, while the other has a poption surpassing 40 million (ording to the csus data issued by the Qing Empirest month). The ie level and economic situation of the two countries arepletely iparable.
Hearing this news, Arthur shook his head. If they could use this money construct their Military and Navy, th they could at least build the top Navy and Army in Asia, couldn''t they?
In the final analysis, the country had decayed to its core. Superficial reform could not change this situation.
As for Austrsia''s Administrative Court, Arthur has no ns to expand it in the short term. It is just ough to barely amodate the Cab Governmt, departmts of the governmt and other departmts of the national governmt, it isn''t very crowded.
At least until the overcrowding impacts the operation of the office, Arthur thinks the currt Administrative Court would suffice.
With the country''s finances, save where it is possible to save. Couldn''t the money be used for other constructions or expanding the Navy and Army?
As to the matter of dispatching an voy to attd the oping ceremony of the Consultative Bureau, Arthur resolutely handed it over to Foreign Minister Andrew.