When the Black Shark surfaced like a deep-sea beast, the Royal Fleet immediately became vigilant, and the cannons silently aimed at the Black Shark.

Whenever the Black Shark shows the slightest hint of aggression, it will be immediately bombarded.

The Lemurians in the command center were very calm, the Black Shark was covered with a thick layer of steel plates, and the backward artillery alone was not enough to cause effective damage to the Black Shark.

The Black Shark submarine uses magic power, which is similar to the nuclear submarine in reality and can be submerged for a long time; Unlike diesel-powered submarines, they need to be regularly floated to the surface to recharge their batteries.

Seeing General Xu Chu coming out of the back of the "monster", Gan Ning immediately lifted the alarm.

The rest of the matter was simple, and after the Shenwuwei returned to the ground through the spiral steps and joined the fleet, the royal fleet set sail again.

The difference is that the Royal Fleet has a new member - the Black Shark.

Ouyang Shuo had already instructed Gan Ning to incorporate the Black Shark submarine into the battle sequence of the Royal Fleet, and at the same time arrange for capable personnel to enter the Black Shark to learn submarine operation techniques from Lemuria instructors.

When the royal fleet left, the white light flashed, and Mount Kinabalu disappeared into the sea again, who knew that there was a powerful ancient civilization lurking in this ordinary sea area?!

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Melbourne, November 28.

After a big circle, the Royal Fleet finally landed successfully in the port of Melbourne, Australia.

The word Australia originally meant "continent in the south", and when Europeans discovered this continent in the 17th century, they mistakenly thought it was a piece of land that directly connected to the South Pole, so they named it "Australia".

The royal city of Canberra, located on the southeast coast.

Surrounded by the sea, Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent, and is also known as the "country of sitting on a minecart" and "the country of riding on the back of a sheep".

Seventy percent of Australia's land is arid or semi-arid, and most of the central part is uninhabitable, with only 260,000 square kilometers of land for livestock and farming, mainly distributed in the southeast coastal zone.

In reality, Melbourne and Sydney alone are home to more than half of Australia's population.

As a result, there is only one lord left in the game, Avera, and the main city is located in Melbourne, which is the largest city outside of the royal city of Canberra.

Australia is rich in mineral resources, at least more than 70 species, bauxite reserves rank first in the world, gold, iron ore, coal, lithium, manganese ore, nickel, silver, uranium, zinc and other output also ranks among the top in the world.

Australia is also the world's largest exporter of bituminous coal, bauxite, lead, diamonds, zinc and concentrates, the second largest exporter of alumina, iron ore and uranium, and the third largest exporter of aluminium and gold.

Australia's abundant mineral resources are what attracts Ouyang Shuo the most.

The Great Xia Royal Fleet was able to successfully dock in Melbourne thanks to the envoys sent by the Honglu Temple earlier.

Aside from its mineral resources, Australia is not strategically located in the world's waters, but rather a remote place. That being the case, Ouyang Shuo naturally had no intention of wielding the butcher's knife and driving the Australians to the place of trial.

If you really want to do that, it's just to make Great Xia make enemies around the world. In that case, waiting until he arrived at the Hope Planet would not be of any benefit to Ouyang Shuo himself or to Great Xia.

"Minimize the damage in exchange for the maximum strategic benefit; Achieve a win-win situation with cooperation, continuously enhance Daxia's influence in the world, and expand the circle of friends. It has become the strategic core of Great Xia.

Therefore, as early as two months ago, the Honglu Temple envoys had brought Ouyang Shuo's peace promise to Avila. For Avila, it would be better to be able to avoid war and to be able to trade ore with Great Xia.

The game is not as real as it is and there is no developed global trade network.

Australia has an astonishing reserve of minerals but cannot be exported overseas, in exchange for economic benefits, can only use a huge amount of ore as scrap copper and rotten iron, which is really a tyrannical thing.

Opening up trade routes with Daxia is naturally a win-win situation.

That evening, at the Melbourne City Lord's House, Ávila prepared a grand welcome dinner.

The dinner was attended not only by the Melbourne core, but also by an elite group of adventurous players from the royal city of Canberra, bringing together the best players from all over Australia.

For Australia, the arrival of the Royal Fleet of Great Xia is really a historic event.

"Welcome to our friends, King Xia!" Avila raised her glass, looking very excited, "Cheers!" ”

Secretly, Avila was nowhere near as excited as she seemed. As early as when the Great Xia envoys arrived in Melbourne, the [Silver Hand] secretly warned Avila not to get too close to Great Xia.

Until the Royal Fleet remained in Xingzhou County, Avila was still hesitant.

But when the Java Padang fleet was still beaten and fled by the Royal Fleet of Great Xia despite its superiority, Avila finally let go of all her concerns.

"[Silver Hand] can't save Melbourne, only Daxia can save Melbourne."

Of course, to stand out in Australia, Ávila is not an easy person. The ore trade with Great Xia is by no means exclusive, and Avila has already made overtures to William of England, saying that he can trade ore with Fort Avik at any time, and even at a more favorable price than Great Xia.

The premise is to open up the maritime trade route between the two.

After all, the two countries have a long history, and the United Kingdom can be called the "clan" of Australia, except for the indigenous Maori, the ancestors of most Australians are British immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries.

"Cheers!"

Ouyang Shuo raised his glass lightly, with a warm smile on his face, but his heart was extremely calm, I don't know when the reputation of the Great Xia Dynasty in the world has surpassed any feudal dynasty in history.

This kind of global layout was originally what the Western powers were good at.

If you are not Chinese, it is difficult to experience this kind of national pride.

"Let me make up for the unfinished great work of the previous dynasties!" Ouyang Shuo secretly thought in his heart, and the goal of his inner struggle seemed to have been sublimated again.

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In the evening, Ouyang Shuo was at the place where he was staying, and quietly met a middle-aged man dressed strangely.

This man, Kupe, is a representative of the Australian Maori people, and has been in contact with the Black Serpent Guard's spies in Australia.

Although Ouyang Shuo has no intention of starting a war in Australia, it does not mean that Ouyang Shuo will trust Avila unconditionally. Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Western world, Ouyang Shuo would not know.

Coupled with the pervasive [Silver Hand], Ouyang Shuo must guard against one or two.

The smart way is to quietly support a pro-Bactria force within Australia under the premise of win-win cooperation, so as not to capsize in the gutter.

The Maori, who had no good impression of Westerners, naturally became Ouyang Shuo's best target.

The two talked for an hour before Kupe quietly left in the darkness of the night.

Ouyang Shuo promised Kupe that in the future, Great Xia would use the cover of the ore trade to quietly bring advanced weapons and equipment to the Maori, and even send generals to train troops for the Maori.

Australia is vast, and Avila can't be monitored, not to mention that Maori are the true natives of this land, familiar with the mountains, rivers, grass and trees of Australia.

Sending Kupe away, Ouyang Shuo was thoughtful.

In fact, there are many Chinese living in Australia, but Ouyang Shuo has no intention of contacting these people. After several generations, or even more than ten generations, although these Chinese people have Chinese blood, they may not all have a Chinese heart. Moreover, the Chinese are generally more "cunning", and they are not as real as the Maori.

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In the following week, Ouyang Shuo, accompanied by Avila, personally inspected several large iron mines and coal mines in Australia, and experienced the scenery of Australia by the way.

On December 6, in addition to including Australia in the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, Ouyang Shuo also signed a separate mineral trade agreement with Melbourne on behalf of the Bactria dynasty.

The agreement specifies the type, quantity and price of ore to be delivered.

When the agreement is truly implemented, the problem of ore shortage faced by the Great Xia Dynasty can be basically solved, and the industrialization of the dynasty can also be at full speed, and there will be no worries.

At the same time, Ouyang Shuo was also very interested in Australian wool.

Australia is known as the "country of sheep", with 20 times the number of sheep and more real sheep than people, and is the world's largest exporter of wool.

Wool is a good thing, and it can become the third largest textile raw material in Daxia after silk and cotton, which greatly promotes the textile industry of the dynasty.

Ávila is naturally happy to see this happen.

Melbourne is also known as the "New Gold Mountain" to distinguish it from the "San Francisco" of the United States, and Melbourne, like San Francisco, has a rich gold mine and once triggered a gold rush in history.

As a result of the gold rush, Melbourne's population grew rapidly and gradually became a wealthy metropolis.

The main city of Avila's territory was built on the original site of Melbourne, and the name has not even been changed, not without reason. So even in the world, Avila is a relatively wealthy lord.

Even so, no one is afraid of money.

According to preliminary estimates, once the two trade agreements are implemented, Melbourne will be able to earn more than 4 million gold coins a year by exporting ore and wool to the Bactrian Dynasty alone.

And with the intensification of industrialization in Bactria, this trade volume will continue to rise.

As a result, Avila had to deploy more labor into mining and animal husbandry in order to meet the huge procurement needs of Great Xia.

During the cooperation, Avila euphemistically expressed the hope that he could purchase weapons and equipment and Z1 warships from Daxia, but Ouyang Shuo "euphemistically" refused.

What are you kidding, Ouyang Shuo doesn't want to raise a strong Australia.

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Early the next morning, the Royal Fleet set out again for the last leg of the voyage, New Zealand, where there was a man who had been looking forward to the Royal Fleet for a long time.