Rise of the Argentine Empire

Now that we know who the enemy is, things are much easier. Have the Brazilian branch continue to investigate the information of the people in Brazil who are opposing him. First, set his backyard on fire. As for the Americans, it will be a bit difficult, but it's not impossible. Saint Hesser's operations in Uruguay, his own territory, have also achieved some success.

This time, the iron ore can also be used to test the capabilities of the team and company below. The scale we've spread is a bit too large now, and we're finding it a bit difficult to manage. He needs a more efficient team. This time, bringing Andrew, the head of the Falcon Bureau in Bu City, hasn't disappointed him too much in terms of intelligence processing and personnel organization.

Under Saint Hesser's orders, Aragon also broke up the Blue Delta into smaller units, dispersing 50 armed personnel here to infiltrate Uruguay. The Blue Delta Security School now trains far more security personnel than Thunder Cross, and is currently the most formal security company, also undertaking many outsourcing businesses and cooperating with the military.

Now Uruguay is eager to get rid of Argentina's influence and break away from Argentina's sphere of influence. This is not acceptable. We need to win over conservatives and the like.

The Red Party and the White Party exist because of Brazil and Argentina. With the rise and fall of Brazilian power, and now Argentina's decline and defensiveness, Brazil is naturally aggressive and on the offensive.

"It's not like any Tom, Dick, or Harry can come to Argentina and take a bite. We'll see if their teeth are good enough."

Leaving the headquarters of Prari International, from prosperity to ordinariness to decline, it's only a short ten kilometers. Saint Hesser took a car to the place where he lived. This place is not very conspicuous and is also conducive to hiding.

This area is a common residential area with a mixed population. The apartment looks relatively old, and the entire building has been taken over by Prari International.

Outside the building, there is a river. The water is still relatively clear. Young men and women are standing by the river, playing and laughing. The men are only wearing underwear, and the women are only wearing large towels around their bodies.

"They seem to be bathing?"

"It seems so, boss. Should we have people chase them away?"

"Uh, no need. Just pull the curtains."

Saint Hesser sat on the chair and shook the wine glass in front of him, looking at the map hanging in front, his expression quite relaxed, feeling as if he had returned to Cordoba.

"Just make Uruguay turn its head, it's just a small broken ship."

"Boss, we have already contacted Ucent Sedet, the party leader of the Uruguayan National Party. He is currently a high-ranking official in Colonia Province and also has contact with Army General Andes Carson. The Thirty-Three Province is also supported by us, but the people who lead the mining are from the Ministry of Mines. We have also contacted President Andres Martinez, but he has not expressed his position. He doesn't seem to want us Argentines to mine."

The Uruguayan Red Party has always been the ruling party in Uruguay, and has been the ruling party for more than 90 years. If it weren't for the existence of the White Party National Party, Saint Hesser would almost think that Uruguay was a Soviet-style country.

"The National Party has declined too much. As an opposition party, it only has positions in a few northern provinces. The only coastal province is still the poor and backward Colonia."

In fact, the Red Party is the party supported by Argentina, and the White Party is supported by Brazil. Since Brazil changed its strategy and directly contacted the Red Party, the boundaries have become blurred.

Saint Hesser wouldn't make a fool of himself, so the cooperation object he chose in Uruguay was the White Party. The White Party represents the interests of agricultural and pastoral owners, and has a large influence in the interior, especially in rural areas. Politically, it advocates safeguarding national sovereignty, civil liberties, and the constitution, and pursues a just and democratic society, advocating reform of the economy, society, and national system.

"The White Party is currently shrinking severely, but it still has a voice in Uruguay. Currently, the Red Party doesn't dare to go too far, and we have won over Army General Anderson, who is an important military leader in Uruguay, second only to the Minister of Defense, and is currently the highest-ranking Uruguayan we have won over."

"The entire Uruguayan army combined is not as large as our Bu City Police Department."

These potential employees of the New Argentine Newspaper Agency are generally absorbed into the periphery of the Falcon Bureau. After the probation period, they can also join the internal organization, adding many seed members to Saint Hesser. These can be pulled out to form a small party. After the Uruguay matter is completed, they can be dispersed to the Northwest Branch and the Central and Southern Branch for training.

His ability has also improved rapidly. Although he is only responsible for intelligence in Argentina's Bu City, he is also responsible for the intelligence hub's transportation work. He has very high authority in the entire Argentine intelligence, and currently has a good relationship with the military, second only to Saint Hesser and Guerrero. Guerrero is currently in Europe, and Andrew is responsible for handling many things.

"Don't underestimate anyone. By the way, how is the Presidential Palace situation recently?"

Saint Hesser is busy with the Blanca Port affair and pays little attention to Peron's side. There are riots all over the country now, and he can't do anything about it.

"The Presidential Palace is still the same. The military also has a cold relationship with him, and the church seems to have started to disagree because of the foundation and church school matters."

Andrew immediately replied seriously.

"What's the situation with the church now?"

"The Evangelical Church has broken up because of the church school textbooks, but the Orthodox Church has not."

The Orthodox Church is the Roman Church, and they are not good things either. The Evangelical Church is a branch of the German and British churches and is also a considerable sect. Argentina is mainly the territory of the Roman Church. In fact, Saint Hesser hopes that both sides will suffer, and it would be best to have an Argentine anti-religion movement.

"To be honest, our country is too influenced by the Roman Curia, it's a mess. It would be best to instigate it a bit."

Saint Hesser doesn't want to see the church's power too great, and they are also involved in politics. Their weight can be seen in Cordoba. This is one of the reasons for Peron's downfall.

"Find a way to instigate the church, it would be best to make the Presidential Palace have a big fight with them. The church is too powerful, it needs to be moved, let the Presidential Palace completely conflict with them."

Argentina's church and caudillo warlords have close relations. The traditional forces are very powerful and are also involved in education, especially in the north. The Roman Church is doing ghosts in every town with churches.

"Boss, are you sure? Don't you also believe in these things yourself? I remember you used to go to church often."

"Andrew, you have to see that the church's voice and public opinion power have begun to affect the entire country. Is it reasonable for our country to be interfered with by these foreigners? We must have our own ideas."

Regarding the church, he wasn't so disgusted at first, but when they came to hinder Argentina's development and prevent Saint Hesser from getting rich and becoming an official, it was time to move them. Argentina also needs an ideological change, starting from the top. The church can exist, but it cannot have superhuman power.

"Boss, we don't have that many resources to deal with the church, right? Development is a bit difficult now, and the monthly expenses are a bit too much."

Andrew said somewhat embarrassedly, looking at Saint Hesser with some helplessness.

"Huh? What are we still lacking?"

Saint Hesser flipped through the detailed information in his hand regarding cash flow.

"What exactly are we doing all this for? Is it really meaningful? Are we planning to start a war with the Church? But weren't we against Biron? Why are we helping Biron this time?"

Andrew raised his voice, asking a series of questions.

"This doesn't seem like something you should be concerned with. Just carry out your mission."

Saint-Hesse said impatiently, his voice becoming stern. He felt there was no need to explain too much and also wanted to test the mettle of the Falcon Bureau this year. He didn't keep useless people around.

"Yes, boss."

Andrew wanted to say something more, but he opened his mouth and then stopped.

"First, draft a plan to deal with the Church. The goal is to increase the conflict between the two sides, but without letting them notice."

What Saint-Hesse said was simple, but it would be difficult to execute. Valley

"Then, boss, I'll head out first."

Saint-Hesse watched Andrew leave, feeling somewhat disappointed. It seemed that his subordinates were also getting restless.

He actually allowed reasonable questions, and originally, he hadn't given them too many tasks, just focusing on development. Unfortunately, they hadn't done very well.

"It's necessary to reorganize. The Falcon Bureau has developed somewhat abnormally."

For a non-national official intelligence organization to develop smoothly wasn't so simple. Moreover, intelligence agencies differed from commercial institutions, relying entirely on Saint-Hesse's ideas.

Besides, he had been hands-off, and the organizational structure hadn't been changed for a long time. Now, several branches had a sense of fighting on their own. Uruguay didn't have a formal person in charge. Best was the head of the international department, but there was no Montevideo branch center, only scattered personnel. São Paulo had a branch, making it very chaotic.

Andrew was responsible for the intelligence in Butia City, while the La Plata area only had the New A newspaper and a few intelligence officers, a complete mess. The original departmental structure was also very unreasonable, with many people and deputy ministers holding concurrent positions. Too much power was given, and the staff had become bloated. An organizational restructuring was necessary.

The Montevideo operation was a joint effort of several companies, plus Andrew's intelligence organization and the recruitment of personnel from Plarri International, each fighting on their own, wasting a lot of funds and resources.

"It seems that a branch needs to be organized in Uruguay as well, shrinking the staff and development. Currently, the international department will still focus on commercial intelligence and merge with the commercial intelligence department."

Saint-Hesse briefly planned, intending to abandon intelligence gathering in some countries. There was no need to waste these funds. In Europe, only the London and Paris branches would be retained. In South America, only Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Colombia would be kept. In Southeast Asia, only Singapore would be left, withdrawing from countries like Mexico, Cuba, and Panama.

In the future, the international department would only have a headquarters responsible for collecting, organizing, and transferring information. Other branches would be split off and cooperate with local politicians, mainly to provide services for the major companies. There would be no need to focus too much on the loyalty of the personnel, only requiring the senior leaders to ensure they were his own people. Other local people could be hired, and these ordinary members could be transferred back to the country to replenish other departments.

The Falcon Intelligence Bureau in the country would be reorganized into a formal intelligence organization, adding bricks and tiles for the upcoming changes.

… …

The next day,

Saint-Hesse also met with some political figures from the Argentine National Party, finding them very concerned about economic development, and they had a pleasant conversation.

The official bidding conference was in three days. Saint-Hesse didn't idle, arranging matters in Brazil and also finding the Americans' intelligence.

"The company established by the bidding, Uruguay Green Mother Mining, is a member of the Calon family of Andes Mining Company in Brazil. Currently, it is the largest private mining company in Brazil. Their family company has been developing iron mines for more than 120 years and is a competitor to the newly established Brazilian National Mining Company, Vale. The company is headquartered in São Paulo and has developed several large iron mines."

Andrew reported, saying that the Brazilian intelligence construction was okay, and the problem was identified in the short term.

The iron ore for the La Plata Steel Plant mainly came from Vale and had no cooperation with Andes Mining.

"That's even better. There's no need to go against the Brazilian national team, after all, our strength is limited."

Saint-Hesse didn't want to directly confront the Brazilian national team now, focusing on making money. In this regard, a stable source of iron ore was very important. If it was truly a national act, that would be a real headache.

"Any thoughts?"

Saint-Hesse looked at Andrew and then at Booston standing behind him.

"Boss, not for the time being."

Andrew didn't overstep the rules this time.

"Okay, you can go out first."

Saint-Hesse nodded and waved his hand.

"Booston, what do you think we should do to deal with this newly emerged mining company?"

"Boss, if they mess around, should we publish bad news about them in the newspapers? Promote our advantages?"

Booston scratched his head, unable to think of any good ideas, and said directly.

"That's one way."

"Besides finding someone, this is the only good way."

Saint-Hesse actually wanted to use some underhanded methods, finding local thugs to intimidate them, but he wondered if it was really necessary.

"Then let's start with São Paulo. They have plenty of opponents. The Calon family isn't a monolith either. Kinah Calon wants to develop in Uruguay, but other members don't agree. Moreover, there are so many competitors, and there are many rival families in Brazil. We can give them more resources."

"As for Georgia Mining in the United States, it's a small company. Just let Sequoia Investment come forward and suppress their stock price."

"Just follow this idea. Learn more from Andrew."

Saint-Hesse made some arrangements. In Uruguay, it was about drawing more lines. The most important thing was the comprehensive mining development plan, mining towns, local processing, and even building docks and railways.

"We can set up a railway in Rocha Province and bring in the senior officials of Rocha Province as well. The Thirty-Three Orientals Province can be developed together. What the National Party can do, we can do together."

"Yes, boss."

"Keep an eye on the Mining Department and see what's going on."

"We increase investment, at least we can drive a $50 million construction plan, which should be attractive enough."

The entire GDP of Uruguay now is less than $200 million.

"Communicate more with the bidding conference of the National Mining Department, and at the same time, gather the people from Thunder Mining and Plarri International. I'll arrange the work and set up a new mining company, headquartered in Montevideo, specializing in the development of Uruguay's mineral resources."

Originally, there was no new subsidiary set up, just several companies jointly bidding. If it was a local Uruguayan company, the public opinion would be better.

"Boss, why don't you give the new company a name?"

Booston wrote down Saint-Hesse's dictation in his notebook.

"Then let's call it Uruguay Blue Crystal Mining Company. As for the shareholders, in addition to Thunder Mining, Barron Bank, and Plarri International, let's find a local company as well. By the way, let's find someone from the National Party first."

Saint-Hesse thought for a while and just made up a name. Uruguay has quite a lot of crystal stones.

"Okay, boss."