The Rise Of Australasia - Chapter 69

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: A Journey Home Full of Harvest

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December 29,1900, Hamburg, Germany.

The plan to acquire Mercedes-Benz Corporation was very successful, and the relocation of the entire company and laboratory was very smooth.

With the approval of William II, this acquisition and relocation operation did not encounter any resistance. Arthur spent only two million pounds to complete the entire acquisition and subsequent handling.

As the largest automobile factory in Germany, Mercedes-Benz Corporation has a car factory, a research lab, an iron casting company, and a machinery factory for research and manufacture of engines.

These factories and companies employ a total of more than 500 employees. Among them, only a little over 100 are willing to go to Australia, and that too in the case of Arthur’s high-paying job offer.

For Arthur, it is indeed good news that more than 100 people are willing to bring their families to Australia to continue working.

So, after three days of preparation, these employees and their family members successfully arrived in Hamburg and boarded the transport ship to live in

Australia.

Accompanying them were the employees of a company called Diesel Engine Laboratory and Engine Factory.

Yes, Arthur’s goal is not just Benson. In the field of engines closely related to automobiles, there is another person known as the “Father of Diesel Engine” who is no less famous than Benson, and that is Rudolf Christian Carl Diesel.

Rudolf Diesel is an irreplaceable genius and founder in the engine industry, especially in the diesel engine industry, and is known as the father of diesel engines.

Even the word “diesel” in German comes from Rudolf Diesel’s name.

Like Benson, Diesel’s invention of the diesel engine has achieved certain results. The diesel-powered compression ignition engine he invented not only has high power, low fuel consumption, but also can use inferior fuel, which has a bright development prospect.

If Benson is a half entrepreneur and half inventor without outstanding business abilities, then Diesel is a pure inventor with no business sense at all. Although he invented an excellent diesel engine and made himself a millionaire, due to his continuous wrong choices and failed stock investments, Diesel’s engine factory’s financial situation got worse and worse.

After successfully signing the acquisition agreement with Benson and discussing the detailed relocation plan, the two ministers, Andrew, and Pierre, rushed to Munich to find this engine talent.

Rudolf Diesel is a German who received his education in Paris during his childhood. Due to the conflict between the German Empire of Prussia and France at that time, Diesel’s entire family had to flee to London.

After graduating, Diesel went to Switzerland and finally began to set up his own engine research lab in Paris.

The reason why he is currently staying in Munich is that Diesel is suffering from a more severe nervous breakdown and is recuperating in a nearby sanatorium.

Since he invented the diesel engine, Diesel has a high reputation. After making a few inquiries, the two ministers learned about Diesel’s sanatorium.

Essentially speaking, Benson and Diesel belong to the same kind of people, both of whom are absolute geniuses in their respective fields with little business know-how.

They are more in pursuit of research achievements and progress rather than material enjoyment.

After hearing that Duke Arthur of Australia wanted to acquire his engine laboratory and factory, Diesel’s first question was not about the amount of acquisition funds, but how much funding for future research and development. Arthur would not be stingy with such talents, especially since the funds he spent would be used for legitimate purposes such as research.

Arthur was generous with research funding for both Benson and Diesel, with an annual share of one million pounds each and the option to apply for more as needed.

As expected, Diesel readily agreed to the acquisition, with the only requirement being a guarantee of his research funding every year and the inclusion of all his assistants in the laboratory.

In this way, the two later generations of famous talents in the automotive and engine industries were smoothly tied to Australia’s war chariot by Arthur, and the cost he paid was just a few million pounds.

Like Mercedes-Benz, Arthur also reserved 10% of the shares in the engine factory for Diesel and continued to entrust him with the management rights of the laboratory.

The management rights of the engine factory, however, were not that Arthur was unwilling to give them to Diesel. It is because Diesel’s business management ability is too poor, and he also needs more energy to devote to engine research.

After everything was sufficiently prepared, Arthur, with hundreds of workers and two talents he had excavated, along with the visiting group and guards he had brought, boarded the warship to embark on the journey back to Australia.

On the warship, Diesel and Benson also met Arthur, the mastermind behind the acquisition of their factories.

Under the slightly respectful and flustered gaze of the two talents, Arthur graciously promised to prepare two villas for them in Sydney and arrange their family’s citizenship.

Yes, Arthur also requested that they join Australian citizenship and become genuine Australians.

The two were somewhat reluctant, but under Arthur’s persuasion, they both agreed.

Seeing the two joining Australian citizenship, Arthur was satisfied.

Now, these two outstanding talents have successfully become Australians, which will bring significant change to Australia’s industrial development.

It takes more than a month to travel from Hamburg to Sydney, which also means that the voyage is extremely boring and tedious.

Perhaps due to the attraction of genius, Benson and Diesel became close friends in this month and spent most of their time together in a room researching engine principles, improvements, and how to apply them more reasonably to cars.

Arthur was happy to see this, after all, both of them achieved great results in their respective fields. Their exchanges might have a more far-reaching impact on their accomplishments, which is even enough to change Australia’s development.

There is also good news because of their discussions during this period; both of them have made some new discoveries and ideas.

Both Diesel and Benson requested Arthur more than once to speed up the fleet’s progress so that they could reach Australia as soon as possible to build their laboratories and begin research.

Arthur couldn’t help but laugh, ordering the fleet to accelerate as much as possible, meanwhile promising Diesel and Benson that as soon as they arrived in Australia, he would find a place for them to build their laboratories and invest funds as soon as possible for their development..