Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Just when Fang Lang was very happy to catch Colonel Waldo Gramma’s tail.

An immigrant ship departing from his hometown of Shanghai docked in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

As the ships docked, the pier quickly became lively.

The immigration company of Fangyuan Group now receives a batch of immigrants from their hometown almost every two days.

Sometimes there are three or five ships in a fleet, and sometimes there are only one or two.

The staff of the immigration company already have a very mature resettlement process.

Now Rio Grande do Sul alone has received more than 20,000 immigrants from their hometowns, not including Natal, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.

According to statistics from Fangyuan Immigration Company, the number of workers recruited from their hometowns to work in Brazil through Fangyuan Labor Service Company has reached 30,000.

I took the initiative to apply to Fangyuan Immigration Company, and more than 8,000 immigrants have immigrated to Brazil.

In other words, from October 1945 to the end of April 1946, the Fangyuan Group immigrated from their hometown in six months, and the number of people who have landed in Brazil has reached more than 38,000.

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Some of these people were arranged to the construction sites of various factories nearby. It was planned that after the factory construction was completed, they would enter the factories and become workers.

Of course, there are also some workers with mason skills who are directly assigned to construction companies and become professional construction workers.

Most workers choose to continue to become farmers because they are farmers themselves.

Most of these farmers were assigned to work on the farms purchased by Fangyuan Group in Rio Grande do Sul.

Some of them settled in Natal and owned their own land through loans.

Some laborers who were born as fishermen were arranged to join the fishery company jointly established by Fang Lang and the retired Colonel Parisi, and became fishery workers.

"Hey! Sir, look, there are a lot of Chinese here! Many of the people in charge of registration at the pier are Chinese!

It seems that we Chinese have established a foothold in this place!"

A young man in his twenties said to the middle-aged man in his thirties beside him.

"Didn't the people at the immigration company say that? This is all Mr. Fang's credit.

In Brazil, Mr. Fang is the backer of all us Chinese."

The middle-aged man looked at the scene in front of him and was obviously relieved.

It seems that this labor service company is really not a liar and does not sell everyone as piggies.

He also very thoughtfully asked about everyone’s occupation and what they are good at, and respected the workers’ own opinions when arranging work.

This made him feel relieved.

There are more than thirty people in their group. Although they look no different from ordinary people, if you observe carefully, you will find that the eyes of these people are obviously different from those of ordinary people.

Especially the middle-aged man at the head has particularly sharp eyes.

It can be seen at a glance from the Chinese in charge of registration that many of them must have just immigrated here.

Because everyone’s demeanor and energy are still somewhat different from those of the Chinese who originally lived in Brazil.

This group of people are not workers recommended by Hongmen or government officials, but immigrants who actively applied for immigration through immigration companies.

Therefore, they queue up at the dock and do not need to queue up with the workers.

Instead, there is a channel specifically responsible for direct registration of immigrants.

There are two staff from the Immigration Bureau in the passage. With the cooperation of two local Brazilian Chinese, they are responsible for handling immigration procedures for Chinese people who take the initiative to apply for immigration.

Because Brazil has always been a sparsely populated country, the demand for immigrants in Brazil is very large.

There are also not many restrictions on immigration.

During this period, Rio Grande do Sul was originally a remote area of ​​Brazil. It was the southernmost continent of Brazil and bordered Uruguay.

It is also one of the three Brazilian states south of the Tropic of Capricorn. As the hometown of Brazilian barbecue, the agriculture and animal husbandry here is very developed.

In later generations, it was Brazil's main agricultural and pastoral area. Soybean, wheat and corn production accounted for about half of the country's production, rice accounted for a quarter, and wine accounted for three-quarters. The number of cattle and sheep ranked among the top states, and most of the Brazilian wool exported.

Produced here.

The reason why Fang Lang prioritized immigrants here was because of its excellent climate and geographical conditions.

This is one of the lowest altitude areas in Brazil besides the Amazon rainforest, and the subtropical climate also allows immigrants from their hometown to quickly adapt to the environment here.

The reason why Immigration Bureau staff are able to come to the dock to work on-site is because Fang Lang wants to allow immigrants from his hometown to quickly establish themselves in Rio Grande do Sul.

Large investments have been made here, such as Nice Company's fertilizer and pesticide factories, Fangyuan Group's pharmaceutical factory, Aston Martin automobile factory, etc.

Fang Lang plans to build Konrad Zuse's Computer Research Institute and future universities here.

At the same time, the director of the state's immigration bureau is actually the younger brother of Fang Lang's old superior, Colonel Parisi. Coupled with Fang Lang's status in the Brazilian army, Fangyuan Group has great influence in Brazil.

The government of Rio Grande do Sul has no choice but to welcome these immigrants.

The immigration procedures were handled very quickly. Under the guidance of the staff, everyone provided the immigration documents issued by the immigration company when they boarded the ship, registered their information, and after being arranged to take a photo, they were informed that they could go to the immigration company.

Go for detailed consultation to select a suitable resettlement site.

Everyone walked out of the pier and soon saw several buses parked on the side of the road outside the pier. There were many signs along the way.

Maybe it was because I was worried that most people were illiterate, and there were instructions recorded on a gramophone that kept playing.

This surprised everyone.

Everyone followed the signs and arrived at a vehicle marked for the immigration company.

The driver was a black man, and everyone was worried that they would not be able to communicate. As a result, the black man spoke in half-baked Chinese:

"Certificate!"

Everyone understood what the other party meant and handed over the certificate with a blue seal that the Immigration Bureau staff just handed them to them for inspection.

The middle-aged man in charge could tell at a glance that this black boy must not be illiterate either.

Because he only saw that the seal was blue, he pointed back and signaled the other person to get on the bus.

He understood that the immigration seal and the labor seal should not be the same color.

I have to say here why workers and immigrants are treated differently. This is not about selling piglets.

The cultural instructor on the ship made it very clear that people who actively immigrate immigrate at their own expense, so their living environment on the ship is better than that of laborers.

Ordinary workers need to work and live in Brazil for one year before they can actively apply for immigration.

After becoming a formal immigrant, you can buy land from the local government or others, open shops, factories, etc.

As for self-financed immigrants, they are all people with a certain financial foundation.

Therefore, after obtaining immigration documents in Brazil, you can purchase land directly from local governments and individuals.

This is different from the first batch of immigrants who were able to purchase farmland in Natal through loans after landing in Natal.

After all, Fang Lang took over the land from the Yakub family, and it didn't cost much.

As for the land in Rio Grande do Sul, the Fangyuan Group needs real money to buy it, and the cost will definitely exceed the land in Natal.

However, in the later stage, Fangyuan Group is also preparing to let everyone own their own land by issuing loans.

The main purpose of the early stage is to bring everyone together to learn the local language, adapt to the local environment, and unify everyone's thinking.

Therefore, new immigrants and workers must study intensively for two hours every day after work. The content of the study includes Portuguese, Chinese, and ideological education content about the Fang family’s selfless help to everyone.

At the same time, vocational skills training will also be provided depending on the job content.

Everyone understood that the black guy might only know a few simple Chinese words, so they lost interest in consultation.

Soon, the vehicles were full. The vehicles slowly left the pier and drove into the city.

The exotic customs along the way dazzled everyone. Some of the architectural styles have been seen in Shanghai, and some have not been seen before.

While everyone was pointing and talking along the way, the vehicle drove into a four-story building after driving for half an hour.

Everyone saw the big words Fangyuan Immigration Company on the door at a glance, and it was obvious that they had arrived at their destination.

After getting off the bus one by one, we walked into the immigration company building.

There were two Chinese women sitting at two desks on the left. When they saw someone coming in, they greeted directly:

"Are they new immigrants who just arrived?

Please come to me to register first.

We will provide you with five days of free food and accommodation here.

I hope everyone can decide their future destination within five days.

If you want to stay here for more than five days, you will need to pay for your own food and accommodation."

Without waiting for anyone to respond, he already introduced the rules here.

Everyone looked at each other, a few people stepped forward to register, and a few people were looking around.

The young man came to the middle-aged man again and said:

"Sir, I feel like this is a hotel."

The middle-aged man did not speak, but nodded.

I saw a double door facing the door. I looked around and found that no one was looking at it, so I walked forward.

Pushing open the door, I found that behind it was a patio surrounded by houses, with a length and width of more than 30 meters, making it a very large area.

After looking around, I realized that this place and the four-story high-rise building of the Immigration Company are a whole. It is a zigzag-shaped building with many windows on each floor.

It seems that there should be more than a hundred rooms here.

There were some Chinese people sitting in twos and threes on the patio. Everyone was chatting and laughing. Some of them were holding a brochure in their hands and looking through it.

Everyone seemed unaware of his appearance and was still doing their own thing.

The movement he made when he opened the door was still a bit loud, but no one came to stop him, or even asked.

When the middle-aged man saw that no one cared about him, he took the initiative to walk up and sat down next to a middle-aged man who was reading a pamphlet and said:

"Where did this brother come from?"

When the man noticed someone approaching, he had already raised his head and looked over. After hearing the middle-aged man's words, he smiled and said:

"I am from Baoding. I boarded the ship from Tianjin and have been here for two days. How about you, brother?"

"I just arrived today. I came from Shanghai and am not very familiar with the situation here.

So I want to learn from seniors like you.

What kind of regulations are here!"

"Oh! I just came here today! That's no wonder.

If you are not a senior, I will only come two days earlier than you.

As for the charter! Well! I’m studying it right now!”

As he spoke, he raised the pamphlet in his hand.

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