Chapter 129 Development Bank of Brazil
Fang Lang looked at General Dutra in front of him, with an eager face, and said that if he was not moved, it must be fake.
He was well aware that General Dutra's governing philosophy was liberal and democratic, but that nationalism was a very large part of Brazil's domestic political forces.
Otherwise, there would not have been a policy of nationalizing all natural resources, and mining giants like Petrobra and Vale were once state-owned enterprises.
Embraer, which became very famous, is also a Brazilian state-owned enterprise.
However, if he really owns a military industrial group, then his influence on the army will be further expanded.
Besides, as a time-traveling person, what is the point of cringing in everything you do, and you must act within the framework of history.
From the perspective of his own future people, can't he guide the military industrial complex to walk in the forefront of the world?
"Your Excellency, I will convey your opinion to my father and let them seriously consider it!"
General Dutra knew very well that such a big matter could not be decided in a few words, and it would inevitably have to go through repeated consultations. Therefore, he did not continue to entangle, but returned to the topic:
"At the moment we don't have our own military industrial enterprises, so the channels for purchasing arms are very important.
This arms channel of yours must be well maintained! I will ask the head of the General Logistics Department to go directly to you.
As for the cost of purchasing the aircraft yourself, the General Logistics Department will also be responsible, and the aircraft will continue to be used by your First Fleet!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your generosity!"
Fang Lang was very satisfied with this dinner, after all, the general in front of him will become the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil in December.
Gaining his friendship will give Fang Lang a huge boost to his business plan in China.
Early the next morning, Fang Lang led his 500 marines to evacuate Rio de Janeiro by plane and return to Natal.
However, the identity of Fang Lang, who returned to Natal at this time, was very different from the original, because at the moment he was also the consul of the provisional military administration of Brazil.
Unlike the last time he returned to Natal, when only the Air Force pilots greeted him, this time Fang Lang stepped off the plane and was picked up by officials from the Rio Grande do Norte government on the runway outside.
Fang Lang was not interested in taking charge of the affairs of this continent, because he knew that at most, the power of government affairs would be handed over to the local elected government.
Fang Lang's goal is to install his own people in various positions in the state within these two months.
Therefore, he had a meeting with all the officials of the state government, and after everyone got to know each other, only the chief of police remained.
The police chief of Rio Gnande Norte was a white man of Portuguese origin, not tall, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and looked more like a teacher than a police chief.
"Director Samir Ingres, have you counted how many Japanese Americans we have in Rio Grande Norte?"
"Mr. Colonel, according to the data I saw yesterday, there are only about two thousand."
"Then your first task is to expel all these people out of the country!"
"Ah! Isn't that a bad thing, because some of them didn't participate in the riots."
Hearing Director Angel's answer, Fang Lang was very dissatisfied, the first order of Lao Tzu's new official, you bargain, this is disrespectful to Lao Tzu!
Directly with a cold look in his eyes, he stared at Director Angel fiercely and said:
"Mr. Director, I want you to understand that I'm not talking to you, if you can't do it, then I'll arrange for a competent person!"
After speaking, he didn't wait for the police chief to react, and said directly:
"Qi Qingshan, come in!"
Qi Qingshan, the adjutant outside the door, directly pushed the door and walked in, came to Fang Lang and saluted:
"Sir, Qi Qingshan reports to you!"
"Now I appoint you as the Chief of Police of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. Lead the guard platoon to take over
The first task of the General Police Department is to deport all ethnic Japanese from the territory of Rio Grande do Norte. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Just take this former Mr. Director out at will."
The military man does things so simply, once he gives an order, there is no room for negotiation.
And Director Angel obviously hasn't changed from his original work style, so it's just right for Fang Lang to be replaced by his own people.
In the following time, Fang Lang began to understand from the information obtained by government officials that there was something suitable for him to start in this Rio Grande Norte.
After careful study, Fang Lang found that this state, located in the northeast corner of Brazil, is the closest state to Africa and Europe, and the transportation location is very superior, no wonder the Americans want to set up a naval base here.
Unfortunately, natural resources are not particularly abundant, and the main economy here still comes from agriculture, with long-staple cotton being the largest agricultural product in the state.
Other agricultural products include sugar cane, corn, rice, etc. However, because of its proximity to the equator, the sun here is very abundant, and there are many salt drying fields along the coast, but unfortunately the scale is not particularly large.
After a whole day of research, Fang Lang directly contacted his father Fang Xinshan and confirmed that the location of the fleet had just arrived in the waters of French Guiana, and it was only a day's voyage from Fang Lang Natal.
Fang Lang directly asked the fleet to dock in Natal, since this is his military base camp, he must put some of his own industries here.
Because this is his own territory, it is convenient for his own protection, no matter how the political situation changes, I believe that no one will dare to come to his base camp to find things.
At the same time, Wan Chongxin of the United States was contacted to recruit some bank employees to purchase textile and mechanized salt making equipment.
I finally finished the work at hand and prepared to go back to rest.
Qi Qingshan walked back in the dust, and when he saw Fang Lang, he was standing up and saluting.
"Boss, when we were on a mission to expel Japanese Americans, we found more than 800 laborers taken by the Japanese from their hometown Tohoku in a Japanese-funded salt factory far from the city."
"What's that?" Chinese laborers? In Natal?"
"Yes, boss! Among them are more than 500 men and more than 300 women. According to the laborers, they have been here for almost six years, and there is another group of people who have come with them, but they have been taken inland by the Japanese."
"*** Little Japan, why did you spend such a big price to bring laborers here? Are you sure there's just a salt pan?"
"Yes, boss, it's a saltworks, very large."
This situation is really unexpected by Fang Lang, it doesn't make sense!
Why did little Japan have to send laborers from so far away? Not looking for locals, it must be for secrecy, but what is there in Brazil that deserves such secrecy?
Could it be that the government officials of Rio Gnum de Norte are blind, impossible!
It looks like the water is very deep!
"Do the local police know about this?"
"I feel like I should know."
"There's a problem here. You interrogate these Japanese overnight to see if you can find out where the other group of people that the workers said has gone, and then take a company to dig me up about the situation after you find out the situation. You'll want to report back to me again."
"Yes, boss."
After Qi Qingshan left, Fang Lang couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he wasn't thinking about what the Japanese were doing, now that he was in power, no matter what the Japanese were doing, he had to stop.
The key is whether the government of Rio Grande Norte is aware of this matter, and if so, whether it is simply collecting money and doing things, or whether there are other circumstances.
It seems that it is very dangerous to be ignorant of the situation of the government! It would be a shame to be sold and help others count the money.
Thinking of this, I directly picked up the phone in the office.
"Duarte, do we Marines have Rio Grande Norte?"
"Oh! How many are there?"
"Five? You can take them to my office now."
Soon there was a knock on Fang Lang's office door, and Duarte walked in with five fighters.
"Boss, we're here!"
Fang Lang glanced at the five soldiers standing in a standard military posture in front of him.
"Are you all from Rio Grande do Norte?"
"Yes, sir."
"I've given you a mission, I'll give you a holiday tonight, and you'll go to the city of Natal in civilian clothes to help me investigate a few things."
"Command, sir!"
Then Fang Lang explained to a few people.
The reason why the locals of Rio Grande do Norte were allowed to investigate was to prevent attracting the attention of local officials.
In fact, the object of investigation is also very simple, no matter which country, the powerful department is the military and police constitution.
As long as these powerful departments are controlled, the rest of the people will not be able to make waves.
The next day, Fang Xinshan, who had drifted across the sea from Japan, finally entered the port of Natal.
The ship's cargo, with the exception of the artillery production line back to São Paulo, was unloaded into warehouses at the naval base.
"Dad, I may need to work hard for you a little more recently, looking for a suitable place in the city of Natal to build a bank of our own."
"Is it here? It's a backwooded place, how do you set up a bank here?"
"The head office was opened here because the gold shipped back from Japan was stored here.
The bank will be under my protection at all times, and there is no need to worry that anyone will dare to attack his idea.
As for business, we can build branches in Rio, São Paulo and Alegre at the same time."
"Alright! Who do you want to be responsible for the bank?"
"I want you to take charge of it yourself, I don't know if you'd like to."
"I'm just a farmer, but I can't do this, no, no."
"I've had people recruit banking professionals from the United States. You don't understand, it's okay to learn from them.
In the early days of this bank, we will not be too involved in the market business, and I mainly want him to be responsible for the flow of funds within our group.
The payment of salaries to employees, the payment of allowances to the soldiers of our troops. In the later stage, it may be necessary to carry out some small loan business to support Chinese entrepreneurs.
I've already figured out the name, it's going to be the Brazilian Development Bank."