Rise of the Argentine Empire

San Jose Cohen was a native of Cordoba Province and dropped out of school at the age of sixteen.

At seventeen, he became a member of the Cordoba City Guard. He was strong and one of the more educated people in the village, so he did fairly well in the City Guard.

At that time, the City Guard, in order to expand its power, extended its reach for conscripts to the gauchos they had previously despised.

San Jose didn't find being a soldier too difficult; it was more interesting than herding cattle and riding horses. At eighteen, San Jose became the leader of a squad of soldiers in the City Guard with the support of his gaucho compatriots.

When Jose woke up in this explosive body, he was in a daze for days. His head ached to the point of explosion, and the memories of two lives began to mix and stir, turning his brain into mush.

He had several nosebleeds that day, leading Dirut Aragon, his subordinate, to believe that Jose had gone somewhere to replenish his energy again.

Aragon came from the same village and regarded himself as San Jose's little brother. He had a shaved head and had been San Jose's loyal fan since childhood.

Jose was also afraid that he had some illness, so he went to the city hospital for an examination. No problems were found, only a little inflammation.

According to his previous life's understanding, it was commonly known as 'getting too much internal heat', which was caused by eating too much high-fat, high-protein food. Taking some anti-inflammatory medicine would be enough. His physical fitness was very good, and the nurse who examined him even wanted to ask him to go to a hotel for a consultation. Jose righteously refused.

For a while, San Jose regretted not going to the hotel to see the nurse, after all, that nurse was really good-looking and quite hot. He didn't even ask for her name, what a pity.

Because of his body's instinctive memory, Jose quickly mastered Spanish. The pure Iberian accent made him feel a little uncomfortable, but of course he quickly adapted.

A few days later, Jose accepted this identity with peace of mind. Anyway, he was a loner in his previous life. From then on, Jose was San Jose.

The original owner was a cheerful and righteous young man. People saluted and greeted him on the street. Graduating from middle school was not considered illiterate. Among a group of gauchos, he was considered highly educated. Most of the other conscripts who were caught with him had mostly graduated from elementary school.

Gauchos are similar to the nomadic people of Argentina. This ethnic group encountered the era of firearms at the very beginning and is now the lowest class of people in Argentina.

It is a miracle that San Jose, with his background, can have some power in the City Guard, in charge of a squad of fifty people, and have considerable prestige.

San Jose glanced at the mirror. He was tall and sturdy with thick black hair, a rather handsome young man.

Although the other squad leaders privately despised San Jose's background, they also recognized San Jose's strength.

These days, San Jose followed his previous memories, going to the tavern to drink and patrolling the city as usual. After settling down a little, he asked his subordinate Aragon to buy some newspapers in the city to read.

"Boss, Abel, the young master of the Klein family, held a dance party yesterday, and you declined to go. Also, you haven't been to the Xinanda Hotel much lately. Are you feeling better?"

Aragon muttered, feeling a little regretful. The dance party held by young master Klein must have good food, it would be nice to go and have a feast.

"I've had a bit of a headache lately. I've been drinking too much and eating too many skewers. You go buy a few bottles of tequila after your patrol and apologize to them. I'll give you the money later," San Jose touched Aragon's bald head, which felt very good.

San Jose certainly knew about the Xinanda Hotel. No wonder this strong body felt a little weak, going to this kind of place often was unbearable.

Argentina has developed agriculture and abundant resources. The military pay and army food are relatively good. The City Guard is only a third-rate army, but it is one of the giant forces in Cordoba City.

Together with the three major families, they form the ruling force of Cordoba City and even Cordoba Province. The Klein family, to which Abel belongs, is one of them.

As for San Jose and Abel Klein, they were completely drinking buddies. He was just a collateral relative. They met a few months ago while drinking at the Xinanda Hotel.

The original owner was quite lacking in geographical knowledge and rarely knew the surrounding area. Cordoba is one of the major cities in the country.

The economy is relatively developed, with a population of more than 600,000. In San Jose's view, this is at most equivalent to a fourth-tier small city.

He picked up the San Martin Christian Truth Newspaper and started reading it. The original owner had read a little bit, so he could still understand Spanish. Reading line by line, it was quite interesting.

"Our country refuses to participate in the new Brazil World Cup, Long live the Argentine National Army," This is Argentina's decision not to participate in the football World Cup.

"Riots occurred in Buenos Aires, the National First Defense Force went to suppress the rebellion, and fierce conflicts occurred. All the rioters have been arrested and are awaiting trial," The National Defense Force continues to control law enforcement power outside the army.

"Lieutenant General Juan Nicolas, the second commander of the Argentine National Defense Force, announced the temporary takeover of the capital's defense work, and the capital's defense force was squeezed again."

"The First Five-Year Plan has achieved new achievements. Following the Argentine National Petroleum Company and the Railway Company, BHN and DNAS have achieved remarkable results. The Peron government is seeking another term in the next election.", whitewashing peace.

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"It's really a chaotic era," Next year is the next election, and San Jose finally sorted out the timeline.

The 1950s will be a chaotic beginning, and the next few decades will be Argentina's darkest moment, with countless military junta presidents, military power interfering in the regime, civilian governments being suppressed, economic stagnation, and even sometimes regression, which is completely the opposite of the South Korean military government at that time.

Although San Jose doesn't really like Koreans, he still quite admires the fact that Korea was able to become an emerging economy from a poor and backward colony. The military government at that time developed the economy, and its governance level was far from what this South American country can compare to now.

At this time, the whole world has just ended the war for a few years, and the economy is about to enter a stage of recovery and rapid development, which is not considered a troubled world.

As a soldier squad leader in the City Guard, the total income is quite good, as much as 20,000 pesos a month, which is equivalent to 400 US dollars now. You must know that this is the 1950s, and the average monthly income of American citizens is estimated to be less than 200 US dollars a month.

He even saved a small treasury of two hundred thousand pesos. The original owner was a financial management expert and had some extra income. An ordinary soldier would be pretty good if he had 100 US dollars a month, and other squad leaders would have to rely on side jobs to reach a monthly income of over 7,500 pesos. The basic salary of a squad leader is 5,000 pesos.

It is stored in the Cordoba City Commercial Bank. This account was opened with the help of Abel. This commercial bank is also a financial enterprise controlled by the Klein family. San Jose is considered a small rich man in the local area.

The peso is much more valuable now than it will be in a few years. If an Argentine civilian with a relatively high salary has a salary of 5,000 pesos a month, he can live a pretty good life.

Renting a two-bedroom apartment and raising 3-4 children is not a big problem. Maybe you can also keep a pet and hire a part-time cleaner to clean the house. There will also be some savings at the end of the month.

Inflation and currency devaluation will lead to lower wages in the next few years, and it is estimated that the entire country will be in chaos in the next few months.

San Jose is now a member of the military government, but he really looks down on the Argentine military government, which is comparable to the Kuomintang a few years ago, corrupt and incompetent.

I have to work hard. It's only been two years since I dropped out of school, and it's been pretty good to become a captain. Even the treatment in the next few decades will be good.

But if you say that everyone has a little ambition, Argentina is really a blessed and fertile land, and it's a pity not to develop it. Why not become a big chaebol, like Samsung in South Korea? San Jose also has ambitions, and if he wants to do it, he will do it. Argentina's Samsung Empire.

Korea is still as weak as a chicken now, but in the next few decades it will be able to develop into an important emerging economy in the world. Argentina is vast and rich in resources. Except for the small population, it will not be worse than there.

Even now, Argentina is one of the two hegemons in South America, competing with Brazil.

It's a pity that the Argentine eagle back then seems to be preparing to fall like this.