Leonardo temporarily suppressed Japan's plans and planned to talk to the president first, after all, he was still very curious about this miraculous president, he was very unfamiliar with China, and he didn't even know everything about China, but he still heard about this president. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a world-class celebrity, the richest man in the world, and he also has a large army, which is a very powerful person.

But Japan must go, he must recruit a group of Japanese laborers, and to recruit these laborers to his farm, he cannot sit back and wait in Brazil, he must be proactive.

Because he knew very well that he couldn't compete with those coffee cartels.

Coffee now accounts for 70% of Brazil's exports, is Brazil's largest industry, and they have an overwhelming advantage in the government over grain and sugar groups, so grain and sugar groups have been closely united over the years, but they are still not the opponents of coffee groups.

Sitting on a Chinese airship, soon arrived in Beijing, Leonardo's journey was not pleasant, unlike other people who were very happy to be symmetrical airships, he was simply offended, because he found that he was afraid of heights.

When he arrived in Brazil, at the presidential palace, he met with a sugar merchant, Pedro, who was also a member of the São Paulo state legislature.

Unlike him, Pedro was taken to Taiwan by the Chinese to see where sugar was produced.

Like him, Pedro was also deeply touched and very discouraged about the future, because what he saw was Taiwan's sugar industry that had developed since the time of the Japanese, and there was nothing special about planting, and the whole world was growing sugar cane by hand in these years, but the equipment of the sugar mill was much more advanced than that of Brazil, even if it was planted, there was no shortage of labor in the fields, which made Brazil still compete.

China seems to be a big market, but it is destined to be a market that Brazilian sugar merchants will not eat.

"The President, please!"

A civilian-looking man finally called out to them, and it happened to be Leonardo and Pedro, who were the local chiefs of the trip, not on behalf of the Brazilian government, but on behalf of the grain and sugar conglomerates in the state of São Paulo, which is now Brazil's number one agricultural state.

"Two gentlemen, welcome to Beijing!"

Yang Chao waited early, and when they came in, he gave one of them a warm hug, which flattered the two of them.

Like Sebastian of the coffee cartel, the two of them also seem a little reserved.

"I invited you two to talk about cooperation. Personally, I am very optimistic about the future of Brazilian agriculture, whether it is coffee, grain, or sugar. ”

The two hurriedly nodded in response: "The president is right, Brazil has vast land and fertile fields, which are indeed very suitable for agricultural development. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "It's just a lack of labor." ”

The two laughed, this is something that everyone knows.

"So I'm giving you a suggestion, you can use the machine!"

Leonardo nodded, and Pedro sighed.

"Let's say, you came to China to seek cooperation, and wasting time is not good for everyone."

Leonardo said first: "Your Excellency's opinion is very correct, but the use of machinery for production requires high investment. It's not something they can afford right now. If we use manpower, our country is short of manpower. We hope to bring in labor from China, but the situation is not very promising, and your officials tell us that the Chinese are not very enthusiastic about immigration. ”

Zhang Jian did not lie to Leonardo, the Chinese's enthusiasm for immigration is really much lower, in the past to run to various parts of the world, just for food, but in recent years the economic boom has not decreased, and the French recruited five million Chinese workers from the south, the army recruited more than five million people, and at once siphoned off more than 10 million working-age laborers, so that China's idle labor force is not so much, and the continuous rise in wages in the past two years is because of labor shortage.

Yang Chao has been immigrating to Brazil, which is fully in line with the immigration agreement signed with Brazil before the war.

Yang Chao recruited immigrants from the past, all of whom went directly to work in the mines, which was not a good job, although the wages were relatively high, and most of them were mined by machines, but they still could not find enough manpower, unless the three restrictions could be lifted, especially the ban on joining Brazilian nationality and husband and wife together.

However, on this issue, Yang Chao does not intend to take a tough attitude, and it is not a good thing to prematurely provoke the national elements in Brazil, even if it can overwhelm Brazil militarily, but there is also the United States in the Americas, and it is impossible for the Americans to allow other large states to have a military presence in the Americas, let alone accept China's destruction of Brazil.

Therefore, before he can completely defeat the United States, Yang Chao will not take a tough attitude in South America, not to mention that he has never thought of destroying Brazil, cultivating Brazil into an agricultural country and an economic power, maybe they can still wrestle with the Americans, and let the Americans dominate the Americas, which is really beneficial to them.

"This problem is actually very easy to solve, mechanization is to build up the workforce. As for inputs, I can work with Brazilian farmers. Provide a long-term loan to help you purchase machinery and equipment in advance, and then use your agricultural products to offset the loan. ”

Leonardo couldn't help but be moved, he didn't think about taking out loans, but after the war, the Brazilian economy was tight, and bank loans were not so easy. And he always had a concern that loans always had to be secured, and he didn't want to mortgage his farm, and in that respect, he was really too conservative.

If he hadn't been conservative, he might have joined the coffee cartel a few years ago, and let his farm also produce coffee, and he wouldn't have fallen into the embarrassing situation he is in now, but now he just wants to join the coffee group, and it's not so easy.

"Your Excellency, but I have no collateral."

Leonardo asked cautiously.

Yang Chao laughed: "Mr. Leonardo, are you an honest person?" ”

Leonardo immediately puffed up his chest: "Of course, the Leonardo family has lived in Brazil for three hundred years, and the reputation of our family cannot be tarnished. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "That's why I asked you to talk." Your integrity and family reputation are the best collateral, I don't want any collateral, I just want the grain you produce. Of course, we have to continue to talk about the specific cooperation methods, I just ask you whether you accept the method of getting tractors, seeders and harvesters first, and then using the grain grown to repay the loan? ”

This kind of good thing is like pie in the sky, and people don't dare to accept it.

"What about interest?"

"Three cents!"

Absolutely low-interest loans, Leonardo can't think of any of them, but he is still a little apprehensive, because there are many strange things happening in Brazil these years, and the more this kind of thing that seems to have a big bargain to take advantage of, the easier it is to become a trap, for example, the Americans have used this method to take away several farms.

And their specific approach is often like: "What are the conditions attached to the loan?" ”

"Not at all!"

Yang Chao said with a smile.

"You can rest assured that there is such a shortage of machines, and my country is short of food, so I need to find a reliable source of food, and that's it," he continued. ”

Leonardo wondered, "But what I see in the northeastern part of your country are farms, and with all due respect, there are probably more farms than all of Brazil combined." ”

Yang Chao nodded: "What you see is the best agricultural area in my country. A place like this, that's the only place in our country. Elsewhere, farmland is still a small piece of artisanal business. Moreover, the total area of cultivated land in China is very limited, only more than 1 billion mu. However, Brazil is different, and the land that can be cultivated in Brazil is more than three times that of China's arable land. And most of it is undeveloped wasteland. ”

Leonardo nodded, but was puzzled: "But I heard from the agricultural officials of your country that your country is completely self-sufficient in grain, and it can also be exported, and the export volume is more than the total amount of grain in China." ”

Yang Chao smiled: "That's right. However, the cultivation of land in our country is still very irrational, and a large number of fields have been cultivated year after year, and there is no rest at all, and the land is barren. China intends to promote fallow to maintain land fertility, even if it is only one-third of the fallow, which means that there is a one-third food shortage, and based on China's current population of 500 million, at least 100 million people need to import food rations. Apart from the United States, only Brazil has the potential to produce so much food. ”

Food rations for 100 million people!

This term made Leonardo's heart feel like someone had hammered it.

But he was still very calm: "Then why don't you ask the United States to cooperate?" ”

Leonardo hated his American colleagues to the core, before the war, Brazil could still export grain to Germany and other countries on a large scale, but as soon as the war began, the Americans monopolized this market, and they sold grain to Britain and France at a high price, just because they had a strong fleet and merchant fleet to escort them, while Brazil did not.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, my country has always cooperated with the United States. However, after the start of the war, the price of food for Americans doubled, which made it really difficult for our country to afford. Moreover, the United States is very unfriendly to our people, and I myself have mentioned the Chinese Exclusion Act several times, which is an insulting bill, but the Americans have turned a deaf ear, which is really sad. So if Brazil can give our country this opportunity, we are very willing to cooperate with countries other than the United States. ”

Leonardo nodded, and even said in a panic: "Our government welcomes all immigrants, and at the same time welcomes friendly cooperation with all countries. ”

He was afraid of delaying this opportunity and snatching food from the mouths of the Americans.

"That's good. I think when you leave, you can bring a cooperation agreement with you, and promise to consider it for yourself. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile.

Then Zhang Nian submitted a Portuguese cooperation intention to Leonardo, and asked him to take it back and think about it for himself. (To be continued.) )