Just like the previous Cromwell tank factory, the production line for T-series tanks was separated from the Royal Munitions Factory to establish the First Australasian Tank Manufacturing Plant.
The newly separated First Tank Manufacturing Plant, serving as a critically important tank military industry at present, naturally needed to be kept in the hands of the royal family and the government.
Following negotiations with the government, the First Tank Manufacturing Plant would transition from being solely owned by the royal family to a joint venture between the royal family and the government.
Of course, the government showed a great deal of sincerity. The Royal Consortium used the blueprints and production lines of various tank series as its capital contribution, claiming seventy-five percent of the total shares in the first tank factory.
Meanwhile, the government contributed twenty-five million Australian dollars, in addition to providing the factory site and completing the overall infrastructure of the tank factory, securing a twenty-five-percent stake.
Arthur maintained an encouraging attitude toward the government's investment. After all, if the Royal Consortium alone controlled too many enterprises, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction for future governments.
Even if Arthur could keep the government stable during his reign, including the upcoming reign of the next monarch William, who could guarantee that the monarch after next would also be able to keep the government stable?
Appropriately involving the government while retaining the Royal Consortium's control over these enterprises was Arthur's next strategic layout.
The system of a sound monarchical state should be one where the monarch and the government share common interests, allowing the finances of both the royal family and the government to generate wealth together and achieve a win-win outcome.
If the government is rich while the monarch is poor, every action of the monarch will be subject to the