Located in the southern hemisphere, Argentina is one of the three major powers in South America. Its favorable environment has contributed to Argentina's strong economic development.

For Argentina, the Pampas grassland in its hands is one of the three largest grasslands in the world, and with its unique climate, this area is very suitable for cattle growth.

Besides, before the arrival of the European colonists, there were no cattle, and it was only after the arrival of the European colonists that the cattle were brought by the colonists.

However, the first Spanish colonists to arrive in Argentina did not stay long there, as the gold and silver mines needed by Spain were abandoned. The latter was abandoned, and the cattle raised by him did not follow and left, so they were abandoned, and this is how the first cattle of the Pampas grassland were born.

And these abandoned cattle, in the Pampas, a very suitable place to grow, live and reproduce carefree, without the presence of natural predators, so that the number of cattle is exploding.

Later, when the Spanish colonists returned to the area, they were surprised to find that the Pampas were full of cattle. Well, Argentina has resources. Later, these European colonists took root here with their leather business.

At the same time, some strange professions were born, such as adventurers such as cattle hunters.

They searched the Pampas for wild cattle and brought them to the coastal colonies for slaughter for leather. As for so much beef meat and offal, I'm sorry, you can eat this kind of thing if you can, and if you can't eat it, you can just throw it away. Because of the limited cargo capacity of sailboats, priority can only be given to higher-value products.

And the herd brought back by the cattle hunter is tens of thousands of heads at every turn, which also makes more adventurers come here for profit.

It is estimated that there were hundreds of millions of cattle in the Pampas at that time. No one knows exactly how many cattle there are, only that cattle are everywhere in the Pampas, so just look for them.

However, the emergence of this large number of cattle hunters has gradually reduced the wild cattle herd in the Pampas grassland. At its peak, it looked for tens of thousands of cattle at a time, and fell all the way to thousands or hundreds of heads.

The number of wild cattle in the Pampas has also been reduced to several million, and it is no longer possible to rely on wild cattle at this time. And the unique environment of the grassland cannot be so wasted, so raising cattle has become inevitable.

Relying on cattle breeding and grain planting, the economy of Argentina has been rising since independence, and the economy is very good.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the small population of Argentina, you must know that Argentina has been introducing European immigrants, and the total population of Argentina has not exceeded 10 million until now.

The vast and sparsely populated land makes the life of the Argentines very good. This has also attracted a lot of Italians, who are currently the second largest Argentine ethnicity, which shows how much Italian immigrants love the area.

Of course, for Argentina today, its main export commodities are grain, as well as leather, fats and meat. At present, there are more than 50 million cattle raised in Argentina, and the leather, grease and meat produced by the Argentines alone cannot be eaten at all.

At present, there are hundreds of trading companies in Argentina that sell Argentine goods to the world.

One of them, the Browderford Trading Company, is one of them.

The company is also involved in the export of Argentine products, but the trade commodities it chooses to export are not the same as the mainstream commodities that Argentina currently exports. The company selects products that focus on meat processing, such as jerky that is easy to store.

Although Argentina has an unusually cheap meat price, there is no way to preserve raw meat, and if you want to export it abroad, it is basically dried meat products.

The company exports up to 3,000 tons of jerky every year, generating huge profits for the Browderford Trading Company.

In addition, the maritime transportation in South America is still dominated by sailing ships, although the times are advancing, but it is far away from the main market of Europe, and there are few ports on the Atlantic Ocean for supply and docking, so the most economical way is to use sailing ships at present.

Of course, the sailing ships currently used in South America are not the kind of wooden thousand-ton sailboats that require a lot of people to operate the canvas in our image, and the times are advancing, although the sailing ship can no longer be used as the mainstream of shipping, but it still has an irreplaceable role in some regions, so the sailing ship is also improving.

At present, the world's largest sailing ship has reached tens of thousands of tons, and with the assistance of various machines, only a few dozen people are needed to control it.

It is also because of the long shipping time that South American export commodities do not have a shorter shelf life.

"Mr. Browderford, we have another big deal to come from the Italian Mar Trading Company, and they have sent a telegram asking for fifteen hundred tons of beef jerky."

The sales manager took a telegram and plunged headlong into the office of general manager David Browdford.

Browdford took the telegram and read it, and after a moment he spoke. "This year, our business is good, and in just five months, we have already sold more than 4,000 tons, even last year we only sold 4,000 tons, which is very abnormal."

The manager spoke. "Mr. Browderford, are you saying that there is going to be a war in Europe and that someone is hoarding supplies?"

"That's how it should be." Browdford then said to his sales manager. "You go back and increase the external quotation of our goods by 5%, if the order is not reduced by 20%, then we will discuss the price increase."

"Okay, General Manager."

The practice of the Broadford Trading Company is very normal. Because the demand for goods increases, the price will naturally increase, and it has nothing to do with anything else, it is entirely the nature of the merchant.

In fact, not only jerky, but also all kinds of grains and some minerals have risen to a certain extent after entering this year.

The main reason is the tense situation in Europe, and all countries have begun to stock up on some materials, of course, food and minerals that industry needs but cannot produce by themselves must be the priority reserves. Therefore, driven by various countries, these materials related to people's livelihood and production have increased to a certain extent.

In terms of the increase in purchases from European countries, Italy has the largest purchases, from Chile's saltpeter and copper ore, Argentina's wheat and meat, the Far East's pig hair, tung oil, tungsten ore, India's dyes, etc., Italy purchases a large number of materials from all over the world.

Some of these supplies were reserved for half a year, some for one year, and some for three or four years, depending on the needs of the Italian war.

Italy's large purchases have also pushed up the prices of these raw materials, but Italy has not paid attention to the high prices, but has increased the number of purchases, and orders from Italy have also filled the desks of traders who sell these materials.

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