Thanks to being a keyboard warrior during the iron ore price increase controversy in his previous life, the slave owners knew the approximate location of Australia's iron ore. In Western Australia, the state has deserts and salt lakes, a vast land and sparsely populated areas, and is rich in minerals.

, the area accounts for one-third of the entire Australia, but the population is only one-tenth of Australia. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the population ratio was even lower.

This is just like the important transformation of the Sheffield family after Texas was annexed to the United States. As the boss of the joint company, he believed that investing in Australia was the basis for the second take-off.

Although Western Australia's environment is far from excellent, compared to its vast area, the sparse population has very terrible per capita resources. The British even created a special word in English to describe Australia's small population and large land.

You don’t need to do anything to live a very good life.

When the mining industry was popular, with the iron ore in Western Australia, Australia's population of more than 20 million could easily live a good life, and the per capita number easily exceeded that of the United States several times. And the pressures on both sides were completely different.

, the United States is a purely capitalist country, and the so-called welfare only exists in the mouths of some public figures. It is far inferior to countries in Europe with only half the per capita output value of the United States, let alone Australia.

In Sheffield's eyes, Western Australia is a super-enhanced version of Texas, and the best owner here is of course himself. Western Australia also faces the most populous Eurasian continent. No matter which country wants to develop, it needs Australia's

If the country sitting on the mine cart provides raw material support, it will definitely have no worries about food and drink for at least the next hundred years.

From the prosperous east side of Australia to Western Australia, it would not be an easy task if we did not have our own shipyards to provide the freighters for this voyage. Even Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan were interested in coming.

There is quite a bit of criticism about going to desolate Western Australia.

"Is it possible to invest without seeing the local environment with your own eyes?" No matter how much the two women thought about it, Sheffield remained unmoved and must come to see the most pristine scenery in Australia.

"There is nothing but grass and sand here!" Louisa Morgan curled her lips and said, "Even the population is so sparse. What is the value of completely self-sufficient agriculture and animal husbandry without a market?"

"If it's exploration, you have to be prepared to lose money. You Morgan family don't understand this." Edith Rockefeller lightly opened her lips and said, "Exploration itself is a high-risk thing. This risk cannot be eliminated. Some kind of risk cannot be eliminated."

In a sense, it is a matter of luck."

"Edith is right." Sheffield nodded. How much exploration will cost a country. This is an unimaginable huge sum of money. It can be said that the domestic exploration of later republics will be carried out all the time.

Among them, tens of millions to hundreds of millions are gone in the blink of an eye, and no one knows how much it costs.

After sailing along the Australian coastline and enjoying a lot of natural scenery, the ship arrived in Western Australia. When it docked at the port, Sheffield had already seen two familiar faces, the armored ships Port-au-Prince and Haiti, which originally belonged to Haiti.

, these two warships are no longer useful for naval powers in the early 20th century, when the tonnage was one year and the standard was three years, but they were still very threatening to some colonies.

Now the two warships are owned by the Kuwaiti Guards and are permanently stationed in the Persian Gulf to guard William Pasha's territory. They are somewhat similar to the Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy in later generations. They maintain the stability of the Persian Gulf region. Although they are not comparable to the British Royal Navy, they are still

It can have the effect of kneeling on the ground and punching.

After landing, Brown, the leader of the Black Gold Company's Kuwait base, was already at the dock to welcome his boss off the ship.

"These two ships should be considered as alternatives. Although I have a shipyard that can manufacture battleships, I can't sell them directly to my territory. This is a troublesome thing. Britain and Germany are in a naval arms race, and there is no free production capacity.

Time. It seems that I should let my wife think of a solution from Paris. Although the French warships are not as good as those of Britain and Germany, they can be used to deter some other forces!" Stopping in front of the two warships for a moment, Sheffield shook his head slightly and said, "You

Just use my name to send a report to Arlington and tell Anne about it."

Due to cost considerations and the fact that there is a shipyard, it is of course best to do this yourself, but you cannot bypass the federal government.

"By the way, I haven't been to Kuwait for many years. How is the place going? Do the British still cause trouble from time to time?" Sheffield asked while waving his hand and walking away, turning a deaf ear to some curious Australian locals.

"There has obviously been no friction in the past two years. As for Kuwait, there are currently more than 20,000 people, all of whom are Christian Eastern sects in the Middle East. Loyalty is not a problem." Brown honestly introduced the situation in Kuwait, "

The local people make a living by grazing and fishing. I can’t say how good it is, but it’s pretty good compared to the surrounding Arabs.”

"Thank you to the great German Empire!" Sheffield suddenly said. If it weren't for the aggressive Allies pulled by the Germans, which attracted the attention of the British, there wouldn't be a good day today. "How was the discussion with the Portuguese? I have always been

I respect these seniors very much. In fact, we sat down and had a good talk. When facing resistance in the future, we can also let the rebels be more careful. It is indeed a long way from Kuwait to Western Australia. If there is a chance to transit in Goa,

It's all good for us, the Portuguese can create some jobs and we have a place to stay."

Goa is located in India and was a colony of Portugal. At that time, the traditional overland spice trade route to Europe was interrupted by the Ottoman Empire. Portugal's goal was to establish a colony in India to monopolize the maritime spice trade from India to Europe. Portugal's

Fleet Commander Albuquerque defeated the Punjabi king who had sovereignty over the local leader Timaya and occupied the old city of Goa. Different from other Portuguese-occupied enclaves along the Indian coast, Portugal not only stationed troops in Goa,

It also hoped to develop Goa into a colonial and naval base.

Consistent with the differences between other Latin colonies and the British colonies, the Latin colonies did not exclude intermarriage, while the British colonies were all racially discriminatory. The Portuguese encouraged intermarriage with local women, settled in Goa, and became farmers, traders or craftsmen. These married men soon became privileged

caste, Goa also had a sizeable Eurasian population. Subsequently, a council was established to maintain ties with the King of Portugal.

"We are discussing this matter with the Portuguese, it should not be a problem." Brown nodded and replied.

"Tell the Portuguese that the national consciousness of Indians is awakening, and that the upper class in India have learned from the British and have a high regard for themselves. If one day it becomes like Australia, Goa's status will be very dangerous. If we cooperate with our joint company, of course

I don’t dare to say that it can make Indians afraid to fight, but at least there is an extra layer of insurance. Louisa Morgan knows the insurance industry best, and what she buys is stability.” Sheffield pointed at Louisa Morgan and said with a smile.

, and successfully received a blank stare.

Sheffield is not sure that the Indians will not dare to attack Goa in the future. No matter how powerful it is, Sheffield can guarantee that its industry will be invaded and it will have to pay the price with blood. If that doesn't work, it will build a mustard gas warehouse. Then

The stuff was always kept in Texas, and he still felt it was dangerous.

"What's the difference between what you're doing and the East India Company?" Edith Rockefeller sighed softly. "Your black gold company has surpassed the private armed forces of ordinary companies."

"Why is there a difference? It is stronger and more numerous than the East India Company." Sheffield said lightly, "The Black Gold Transport Company is the pioneer force in the nationalization of the United Company, so of course it should be more international. Since it is an international enterprise

, naturally cannot be compared with companies whose business is all in China.”

The base layout of Black Gold Company in Sheffield's imagination, the Indian Ocean part is Kuwait, Goa and Western Australia, so that people can feel at ease.

So far, he is even planning to encourage United Company employees who come to Australia to naturalize and live in Western Australia, replicating the original family's move from Louisiana, leading westward immigrants, and settling in Texas.

nest.

After a short rest, Sheffield complained in a telegram to Arlington, saying that the two warships in Kuwait were no longer useful and asked his dearest wife to see if they could find a solution at the French shipyard.

Get two 10,000-ton ships to replace them for Black Gold Company.

After doing all this, Sheffield took Jimmy from United Mining to visit the ministers of Western Australia. He listened to the requests of these local officials in a gentlemanly manner.

This is absolutely impossible in the United States. The boss can tell the employees to do what they want. But it does not work in Australia, because Sheffield represents foreign-owned enterprises, and Australia is governed by the Labor Party. The Labor Party may be xenophobic, but it will never guarantee

Make mistakes on workers' rights, which is a vote bank for the Labor Party.

Now that you are abroad, it is different from being able to control everything at home. You must pay attention to things like food and appearance. But you don’t have to worry so much at home. Take the Republic as an example. In addition to state-owned enterprises, those who respect the rights and interests of labor laws the most are:

European and American companies, Japanese and Korean companies, Hong Kong and Taiwan companies, and private private companies are ranked in order.

Enterprises that call on the state to support national brands often exploit the labor force without any scruples, and the guarantee is at the bottom. The reason is because everyone is too familiar with each other. Since we are all from the same country, I am not polite, and so is I.

Part of the people, what can you do to me? Incite xenophobia?
Chapter completed!