From arms dealer to king of war

Manaus, Brazil is located in the north-central part of Brazil...

This is a veritable island city because the traffic here is a mess.

Unless you are traveling by plane or boat, you need to be prepared to be stuck on the road for a week or more when traveling from Manaus to any of the surrounding cities.

But surprisingly, Manaus is one of the most industrially intensive areas in Brazil.

Because the Brazilians once established a bonded zone in Manaus in order to develop the central region, and provided very preferential policies to foreign investors, attracting many world-renowned companies to invest here.

It was against this background that Siemens and Nokia came here to set up electronics factories, and then developed this place into the center of the Brazilian electronics industry.

And relying on the surrounding rich mineral resources and oil resources, the metallurgical and energy industries here are developing quite well.

However, transportation has always been the key to restricting Manaus. Here, we can only rely on river transportation to export goods, and we can use the carrying capacity of large ships to evenly share transportation costs.

However, with the shrinking of Brazilian industry and the increase in overseas trade, Manaus's industrial output has been declining year by year.

If it weren't for the tax-free benefits of the bonded zone, the decline here would have accelerated.

But even so, Manaus's position in South America is still very secure.

It has the largest motorcycle and bicycle production base in South America, as well as the largest electronics industry base. It produces televisions, radios, and monitors, accounting for 98% of the Brazilian market.

The electronic products produced here not only have a high share in Brazil, but have even spread to Peru and Colombia in the Amazon basin.

Manaus's early prosperity stemmed from Brazil's controls on imported goods. At that time, they stipulated that any product that could be produced domestically was not allowed to appear on the import list.

But not anymore!

With the advancement of industrialization and the loss of people in Manaus, the invasion of overseas goods was simply unstoppable.

Coupled with its island-like location and extremely poor infrastructure and transportation, Manaus's status has dropped again and again.

Qiao Jia came here not only for vacation, but also because he wanted to see this unique city and try to learn something about it.

The Amazon River Basin occupies nearly 7 million square kilometers of land and has 20% of the world's fresh water, but the Congo River is actually not bad either.

It is completely unrealistic to establish an electronics industry in Afika, but North Kivu in Sangha Town can definitely increase the scale of its metallurgical industry, and Bangui can develop motorcycle or bicycle businesses.

Following Boss Qiao's instructions, the plane hovered over Manaus for a while, allowing everyone to fully experience the magnificence of the lungs of the earth. After allowing Boss Qiao to appreciate the city layout of Manaus, it slowly landed in a relatively dilapidated building. Airport interior.

The moment Boss Qiao's Global 8000 landed, it attracted the attention of everyone in the airport.

People in the terminal wanted to know who this place was, so they came to this remote place.

Then various gossips began to spread. Recently, several extremely expensive private jets arrived in Manaus. It must be that wealthy people from the Middle East came here for vacation because they admired the abundance of the Amazon.

And just when the plane door opened, everyone wanted to see who would get off the plane.

A few inconspicuous guys took photos of Boss Qiao and the others through the terminal window with cameras, and then sent them through the Internet.

Soon one of the men finished taking the photos. Seeing Boss Qiao and his family leaving the airport in several cars and heading towards the pier, he took out his phone and dialed...

"Boss, another group of people are here. They look very rich, and they don't look easy to mess with!"

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Qiao Jia didn't know that someone was staring at him just because he showed his face.

If he knew, his big teeth would probably laugh out loud!

My wife's murderous aura has not receded, and yet someone dares to target him. She simply doesn't know what to say and thinks she has a long life!

Boss Qiao doesn’t know that although Manaus’ urban development has stagnated for many years, it is the starting point where thousands of streams in the Amazon basin meet the sea...

Countless tributaries have clawed their way into Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia.

Because of the cover of rivers and jungles, drug traffickers regard Manaus as a drug trading center.

The laxity of duty-free ports has made Manaus an important place for drugs to occupy the Brazilian market and be transited to the world.

Some of the drugs in South America are scattered from here to various parts of Brazil, and the rest are shipped locally and travel several hundred kilometers east. After going out to sea, they cross the Atlantic Ocean directly to Senegal or Morocco in Afica. After stopping in these two places, the drugs will enter Spain then dispersed into Europe.

Said found a very secluded place in the Amazon River Basin leading to Colombia and built a luxurious resort.

Then in order to ensure local security, Saied also arranged a large number of armed security personnel.

The area was originally not within the patrol range of the Brazilian military, but recently because of the arrival of wealthy people from the Middle East, the Brazilian military sent a large number of military police to take charge of security in that area.

Then a large number of drugs were blocked inexplicably!

Just like when Boss Joe blocked the channels of the 'Ndrangheta in Central Africa, the resort built by Said, a wealthy foreigner, exposed a key waterway for transporting drugs to the eyes of the Brazilian military and police.

Colombians want a negotiated solution, but who is Saied? How could he be in contact with a gang of Colombian drug traffickers?

So things came to a standstill!

When Boss Joe's photo was sent to Colombia, it didn't take long for someone to recognize him.

Boss Qiao’s reputation is so great in the drug industry!

Although his early attacks were all along the 'Ndrangheta and the HLY corridors he destroyed, he did not have much interaction with KKY in South America.

But Boss Qiao's close cooperation with the DEA is no secret, which gives rise to strange associations.

Originally, with the bad relationship between Colombia and the 'Ndrangheta, they shouldn't take the initiative to provoke Boss Joe, but they were really scared.

Because once Manaus is blocked and the channel on the Amazon River is cut off, not only will their transportation costs increase, but the smoothest route to Europe will be cut off...

It was already painful for them when Mexico blocked the road to selling drugs to the United States. Now if the route to Europe is blocked, the consequences will be absolutely heartbreaking.

Boss Qiao didn't know that just by showing up, he caused so many psychological activities among Colombian drug dealers.

They boarded a luxury yacht at a pier in Manaus, and then, escorted by several Brazilian military rubber boats, the yacht slowly began to move upstream along the extremely magnificent Amazon River.

Qiao Jia had never seen such a majestic river. It was normal for the river to be endless. However, the vastness of the Amazon River made Qiao Jia mistakenly think that he was at the seaside.

Only then did he understand why there was a huge port in an inland city.

Cargo ships can directly carry locally produced sugar cane raw sugar or pulp here, and then go all the way eastward down the river to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Amazon River water is not as clear as Boss Qiao imagined, and the turbid river water basically makes it impossible to talk about visibility.

However, after going upstream for dozens of kilometers, the yacht turned into a tributary and the river narrowed. The tropical rainforest on both sides made up for the lack of river water, giving Boss Qiao a different feeling from the Congolese jungle.

The vitality is so strong!

There are more monkeys here than people, and they are very courageous. When a yacht passes by, some monkeys will smash the fruits in their hands at the yacht, and then watch the people on the yacht run away with their heads in their hands, and they will let out a burst of pride. laugh at.

Boss Qiao held his son in his arms and fought several rounds of fruit fights with some monkeys who had been chasing the yacht. Finally, he realized that he was probably no match, so he decisively called for support...

In charge of the yacht is Said's butler...

This old guy obviously likes the green environment of the Amazon very much, and he looks very energetic.

Faced with Boss Qiao's call for help, the old butler called two sailors to carry out two baskets of melon-like fruits, then put an air cannon like a rocket launcher on his shoulders, squatting and walking towards the direction where there were more monkeys. Hit it with one shot...

The fist-sized fruit hit the tree trunk and exploded, causing the surrounding monkeys to scream in fright.

Then the old guy seemed a little unhappy. He kept urging his men to replenish ammunition and kept firing on both sides.

Qiao Jia and a group of guys rolling around on the battlefield watched an old man use a cannon to fight a group of monkeys, and the fight was so lively...

In order to avoid being infected by the old man's stupidity, Qiao Jia carried his son to the shadow below the cabin, and then looked resentfully at Nice, who was sitting on a chair, holding a small yellow-haired sloth and looking at the river in a daze. …

"Madam, your son is here..."

Nice was stunned for a moment, smiled at Qiao Jia, and then opened her arms and motioned to Boss Qiao to give her son a hug.

Qiao Jia looked at the little sloth's half-inch-long claws and then at his son's tender skin. He shook his head in disgust and said, "Forget it..."

As he spoke, Qiao Jia sat next to Niss, stretched out his hand and poked the little sloth, causing it to make a childish cry, which caused Niss to hit him angrily...

"This thing looks really ugly, what's so good about it?"

Nice looked at the little sloth in her arms holding a few leaves and eating drowsily. She smiled and said: "Because this is the happiest animal I have ever heard of...

They want very little, but they live very comfortably, and a little something can make them feel satisfied.

I envy them that they are always slow, and it is natural that they are slow...

I know I can't do it..."

Qiao Jia listened for a moment, then nodded and said, "When this little guy grows up, we will retire and find a place to slow down.

If you like it here, we will buy some land in Amazon and build a big house..."

When Qiao Jia was talking, the old housekeeper gave up the idea of ​​competing with the monkey. The monkey abuser put down the air cannon with great joy, walked up to Boss Qiao, and said with a smile: "Sir, go forward 80 kilometers and we will enter the race." The land of Prince Yide.

He purchased nearly 60 square kilometers of land along both sides of a river and established a hunting area exclusively for the hunting guide company.

And we are looking for someone to explore inside the Amazon, hoping to buy a larger piece of land..."

Qiao Jia instantly thought of what Prince Said once said about wanting to build a unique resort in an inaccessible place.

He is very dissatisfied with this guy's ideas, because when you go there, it will no longer be an inaccessible place.

But thinking about this guy's generosity in buying 60 square kilometers of land, Qiao Jia could only nod in admiration and said: "I don't quite understand your enthusiasm for green...

But buying land is always the right thing to do! "

The old butler was stunned for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "Not necessarily. Recently I found someone snooping around the resort, and I have a bad feeling..."