The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 690 - 519: Travelers in the Desert_2

News of the King’s Cup spread quickly through Europe and America, and the FIFA led by Hessman rapidly entered the spotlight of national football associations around the world.

The first rule of the King’s Cup states that all participating teams must be official football associations from countries around the world, and must notify FIFA to obtain true permission before they can register successfully.

This also means that FIFA has certain jurisdiction over football associations participating in the King’s Cup.

National football associations must obey FIFA’s management if they want to obtain qualifications for the King’s Cup smoothly.

If FIFA can successfully acquire the jurisdiction of these national football associations, this is a good thing for Arthur.

After all, the FIFA is headquartered in Sydney, which means that Australasia inherently has an influence on FIFA that other countries cannot achieve.

Even if FIFA standardizes and welcomes more foreign upper echelons in the future, as long as it is headquartered in Australasia, its influence on FIFA will be unmatched, which cannot be changed by any other external forces.

The task of organizing the King’s Cup was left to FIFA, as after all, professional matters require professional people to handle, and Arthur’s involvement would only make things more complicated.

Besides, Arthur, as the King of Australasia, would only be implying that the officials of Australasia were useless if he had to bother himself with such a small matter.

Apart from hosting the King’s Cup, Australasia is also quite busy in 1920.

Regus was involved in the exploration of some of Australasia’s oil fields, which made him a well-reputed and high-ranking expert in Australasia’s mineral exploration field.

This time, the mineral exploration in the Persian Gulf Territory was naturally led by Regus, mainly to survey petroleum reserves within the territory and prepare for initial development. Your next chapter awaits on empire

The composition of the exploration team was very complex, including experts in mineral and petroleum exploration, railway experts, geologists, soldiers, doctors, employees, and indigenous labor.

Once the petroleum reserves and regions are determined, the next step of development will naturally follow.

Due to the vast desert in the Persian Gulf Territory, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of highways and railways before conducting proper exploration to guarantee supply in the exploration area.

The size of the exploration team was huge, totaling about 200 people, with a sufficient workforce.

Several kilometers away, there was a supply point set up in advance by the exploration team, with designated personnel responsible for transporting supplies to ensure that the exploration team could obtain adequate supplies at any time, and without any danger in the hot and dry desert.

The accompanying soldiers were there not only to protect the safety of the entire exploration team but also to ensure that there would be no dangerous behavior among the indigenous people in the team, as there were inevitable language barriers that required caution.

"Kyle, hurry up! According to the geographical location, if there is oil nearby, this should be the most likely burial place." The leader of the exploration team, Regus, lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat off his forehead and said to his apprentice and subordinate, recent geography graduate Kyle.

"Yes, sir," Kyle wiped the sweat off his forehead as well and turned to convey his teacher’s orders to the crowd behind him.

As the leader of the exploration team, Regus also had command of the armed forces of the team.