Itabira is now a small city of 30,000 people, which has a lot to do with their large iron ore mine, which has become the largest iron ore supplier in China in recent years, and the three million tons of iron ore produced here every year are transported by rail to Rio de Janeiro and then to China. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Such a large-scale iron ore mining, naturally led to the development of the city, Itabira from the past a small town of less than 10,000 people, now developed into a wealthy small city, the vast majority of local residents live on iron ore, hanging in the Standard Chartered foreign company under the iron mine is also very friendly to the local area, not only built a railway, but also built a local waterworks, schools and hospitals.

Eighty percent of the members of the city council are secretly receiving funding from Standard Chartered.

It can be said that Standard Chartered Bank is the dominant bank in this town, but it is another bank that rules Standard Chartered Bank: Yangzi Bank.

Therefore, it can be said that Yangzi Bank is the behind-the-scenes ruler of this small town, but now there is no Brazilian who is dissatisfied with this, anyway, there are more British capital and American capital in Brazil, and they are all doing this, everyone is not surprised, but it is not rare for Standard Chartered Bank to bring enough foreign capital to the local area.

The Brazilian government wants to take back the mining rights, but if nothing else, the residents of Itabira will not agree first, of course, the Chinese miners, who account for one-third of the total number of residents of Itabira, will not agree, they are here to receive twice the salary of the country, and the salary of the domestic miners is much higher than that of ordinary workers, on average, each miner can earn 50 taels of silver here every month, and the closure of the iron mine is to cut off their financial routes, and each person is given a gun, and the Chinese workers who come for money dare to fight with the Brazilian army.

Therefore, although Britain and the United States are red-eyed, although the Brazilian government also wants to take it back, they have no choice.

Fortunately, the Chinese have always been very restrained, only thinking about making money, and have no political demands, and the Brazilian government is not very worried.

On the contrary, the Americans jumped up and down, constantly alarmist, what Chinese colonized, Brazil colonized.

The agitation of the Americans, however, influenced a large number of pro-American elements in Brazil, who began to call for restrictions on Chinese immigration.

Americans don't care that there are large groups of poor Italian eggs immigrating to Brazil, but they are so resistant to Chinese immigration to Brazil, of course, for the purpose of dominating the Americas.

This is something that Yang Chao didn't expect, but he didn't expect the Americans to be eyeing it now, it seems that the Americans have a much longer vision than the Brazilians.

"Public relations, publicizing the investment policies of Chinese companies in Brazil in Brazilian newspapers, this alone will keep Brazilians from opposing Chinese investment for at least a decade."

A very small number of nationalism will not become the climate, and Yang Chao intends to launch a public relations policy, which of course costs money.

"I don't expect to make money mining in Brazil, it's a matter of strategy, not economics. Brazil's iron ore resources and aluminum ore resources must be grasped in hand. The previous concessions and dividends have already given up more than half of the profits, and I don't care about giving up the remaining profits. ”

Yang Chao asked Wang Qiu to immediately set up a Brazilian propaganda branch to tackle key problems among Brazilians.

Thirty percent of the shares have been given to governments at all levels in Brazil, and half of the dividends have been given to the local infrastructure improvement, Yangzi Bank's investment income in Brazil has actually been given up seventy percent, and it doesn't matter if the remaining three achievements are all used for public relations.

"Tell Brazilians that the reason Americans are so opposed to Chinese mining in Brazil is because China mines in Brazil and reduces imports of U.S. ore. If the Brazilians oppose the Chinese mining in Brazil, it will only cheapen the Americans for nothing. Brazilians get nothing. ”

The mineral resources of this era were not as expensive as those of later generations, and it was a good thing for a country like the Americas to dig up the minerals underneath and turn them into wealth, and Brazilians would not oppose it if they believed in the conspiracy of the Americans.

So the investment in Brazil is proceeding in an orderly manner.

In addition to investing in iron ore in Brazil, Yang Chao's largest investment is in aluminum, and the Tronbetas aluminium mine in the Amazon basin can now supply 500,000 tons of bauxite to China every year, accounting for more than 90% of Shandong's aluminum consumption.

This mine is much more profitable than iron ore, because aluminum is now more valuable, and it is easier to open the Tronbetas aluminum mine, which is almost a surface mine, just dig it down, and the bauxite grade is high, basically above 70%.

In addition, this aluminum mine is located in the state of Pará in the Amazon basin, next to a river called the Trombettas, and the 10,000-ton giant ship can go up the Amazon River into the Trombettas River, and the transportation conditions are also very economical.

There are many large aluminum mines like the Tronbetas aluminum mine in the Amazon basin, with a total amount of more than 3 billion tons, accounting for more than 10% of the world's reserves, and the taste is quite high.

And Yang Chao digging aluminum mines in the Amazon basin, Brazilians don't care anymore, for them, the impression of that place, except for the rubber fever a few years ago, is only the jungle and the primitive tribes inside, and they don't care where the Chinese like to go.

Of course, Yang Chao is still vigorously building in the local area, asking the aluminum mine to improve the infrastructure of small cities like Obidus, but also to bring some benefits to the local tribe Indians living in the jungle, at present, the aluminum mine has organized a roving hospital, in the nearby Indian villages to tour the treatment, but also hired some young Indians to work in the aluminum mine, if these local Indians can be bought, the Brazilian government is thinking about moving the aluminum mine, these people will not agree, for the Brazilian government, these people are very headaches, That's a rebellion.

Not only does it not conflict with the Brazilian government, but it also actively buys local forces, and Yang Chao thinks that he has done a good enough.

Unexpectedly, the U.S. government was targeted.

Of course, the Americans are not only concerned about economic issues, they are more concerned about the involvement of other powers in the affairs of the Americas, and China has suddenly become a great power without accident.

And also recognized by the world, when did this begin?

Before World War I, the world was still looking down on China, believing that Yang Chao's industrial construction would collapse China's economy.

However, with several wars, China's economy not only did not collapse, but its industrial strength rose rapidly.

Before the war, Yang Chao made the first adjustment with a Northeast War, and the second adjustment in the First World War, and now China's industrial output has reached 12 billion US dollars, surpassing Germany and second only to the United States 40 billion US dollars.

As for the gross domestic product, it is meaningless, even during the Qing government, China's gross domestic product is one of the best, and now with the development of industry, mining, transportation and agriculture will surpass the United States' 150 billion US dollars, reaching 160 billion, but this inflated economic value is meaningless, because most of the output value has been consumed, and what can be left is the 10 billion or so created by industry.

But the Americans care, so they care about China's increasingly large-scale investment in Brazil, but they have no reason to interfere, and they have no spare strength to interfere, so they can only promote the Chinese threat in Brazil, hoping that the Brazilians themselves will resist, but it is a pity that the current Brazilians are greedy for small profits and have no awareness at all, and when they have enlightenment, it depends on whether Yang Chao agrees.

Since it is a great power, it is necessary to show the attitude of a great power.

This is the attitude of the intellectuals who currently control public opinion in China.

The humiliation of China in later generations for a hundred years has made the Chinese sum up a truth, that is, if they are backward, they will be beaten and bullied.

But now after several battles, the morale of the people has been raised, and more and more nationalists have been cultivated, who have been clamoring to fight this and that all day long, and have learned the bandit logic of being strong and bullying people, which is really morally degenerate, and the aggression of the Europeans has pulled the moral standard of the Chinese straight down.

Many people were very dissatisfied with the armistice treaty between the government and Japan, and they insisted that Japan must be destroyed.

However, with the attitude of the Russians not long ago, public opinion shifted its attention, and all the signs were directed at Russia, and there were even voices calling for the government to annex Western Siberia, not only unwilling to negotiate with the Russians on the question of Eastern Siberia, but also to seize the Western Siberia currently occupied by the Tsar.

There are also people who put forward all kinds of evidence to show that the place has belonged to China since ancient times, and some guys who are proficient in history have actually verified that the place was occupied by China in the Han Dynasty, and there is really archaeological support, where American researchers found the ruins of the Great Wall in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, this is not the mainstream, just like scolding Yang Chao is not the mainstream, the radical is also not the mainstream, the real mainstream is a group of guys who show happiness all day long, say something that the people love to hear, say some tunes of the main theme, very positive energy, Yang Chao is not guided in it, it is completely spontaneous by a group of middle-of-the-road elements, to be honest, in just a few years, after the founding of the Republic of China, it changed the image of a weak country in the past, defeated Russia and Japan successively, revised the treaties with the vast majority of countries, and canceled the privileges of foreigners, It's still very exciting.

At the same time as the common people were cheered up, a crooked trend of personality cult began to surge.

"Liu Xiu!"

Yang Chao held the nearest newspaper, although he felt very happy, but he knew the harm of this kind of thing, which could make him lose himself, and thus really go to the road of poisonous vegetables.

"I'm not Liu Xiu!"

Yang Chao put down the newspaper and frowned, the head of the newspaper's analysis was Dao, comparing Yang Chao with Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the lord of Zhongxing in the Han Dynasty.

But Yang Chao is not an emperor first, and secondly he doesn't want to be an emperor, so he can't be Liu Xiu.

"Didn't someone say I was Napoleon some time ago?"

Yang Chao smiled bitterly.

He didn't want to be Liu Xiu, and he didn't want to be Napoleon, because China didn't need a Liu Xiu, it didn't need a Napoleon, but it needed a Washington.

"Japan has also surrendered, the war is basically over, and I think it's time to hold official elections!"

Yang Chao sighed.

Zhang Nian smiled: "In the election, can anyone still compete for you?" ”

Yang Chao waved his hand: "This time, I won't choose." ”

Zhang Nian was stunned for a moment, his mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say, because the situation was completely beyond his imagination. (To be continued.) )