Rise of the Argentine Empire

This expulsion event has caused many church personnel to no longer trust the Presidential Palace.

After a detailed investigation, the Falcon Bureau discovered that the two bishops expelled by Perón had already fled the country on the same day, clearly having prepared in advance.

They traveled together to the Vatican, likely fearing that Perón would go back on his decision.

Pope Pius XII of the Vatican warmly received the two Argentine archbishops.

The two archbishops poured out their grievances to the Pope, greatly angering the Vatican's high-ranking clergy.

The church's actions within the country also accelerated, as they continuously promoted reactionary ideas to believers. The scale of this activity was constantly expanding, and it was all done secretly.

On March 20th, the Vatican announced to the world that Perón had been excommunicated.

This caused a huge sensation in Argentina.

The Catholic Church has a very high status in Argentina, being the state religion.

This is written into the Argentine Constitution.

The Pope's action became a signal to encourage Argentine Catholics to continue anti-government activities.

It was equivalent to directly blowing the bugle for an attack.

At this time, various other reactionary and rebellious forces also began to take action.

However, there was no reaction from the Presidential Palace.

San Jose wasn't too surprised. Perón often fizzled out when doing big things, and starting strong but ending weak was very common.

Clearly, Perón didn't have much of a reaction to being excommunicated.

But for most Argentinians, this matter was quite serious. The history of faith in the church, beginning with the establishment of Buenos Aires, had been passed down for hundreds of years.

This caused many people to feel very painful.

On one hand, they still had goodwill towards Perón, and on the other hand, they believed in God, which created a kind of spiritual division.

Argentina itself is a country of immigrants, and it was able to barely unite through the church, slowly forming an Argentine nation.

As a result, Perón being excommunicated from the church was outrageous.

Although San Jose saw this as a good opportunity to simply eradicate the church, Perón did nothing.

In the vast rural areas of Argentina, and among the people in the slums, they had nothing, and the spiritual world of the church was almost their entire lives.

San Jose clearly felt this sense of division in Bahía Blanca, which was due to a lack of history; a unified national consciousness had not yet been fully formed.

He had the Falcon Bureau constantly monitor domestic trends, and he also spoke with Commander Thompson several times to exchange information. San Martín City also reported the situation to him daily.

The problem wasn't elsewhere; Córdoba was the largest base for rebellion.

"I guess this is the downside of not having a thought revolution."

He felt that what Perón had lost was "popular support."

The church influenced all aspects of Argentine social life, and Perón's actions were similar to an ancient puppet emperor cutting off the head of a powerful minister.

Instead of purging the interest groups behind him.

"Maybe Argentina needs a Stalin. Actually, it's still lacking a historical event like the Three Disasters of Wu to destroy Buddhism. Perón doesn't have the courage, and he's almost finished."

March 22nd,

A naval unit located north of the Argentine capital, led by Rear Admiral Olivieri, staged a rebellion against the government, taking away several warships and blockading the mouth of the Río de la Plata.

This rebellion also received the support of some of the air force. Warships entering the capital's harbor began to shell Buenos Aires, and frightened citizens fled the capital in a frenzy.

To this end, the General Confederation of Labor called on workers to rise up and resist, defending the Perón government, and won.

Because the confederation had been disarmed some time ago, the unarmed workers could only request that the armory be reopened.

But the workers obtained some weapons, occupied many important buildings and city transportation vehicles, and launched fierce battles.

At this time, Perón issued a notice to the workers, asking them to lay down their weapons and go home.

The workers did not disperse.

Their resolute attitude frightened the rebels in the church and military camps, and they completely united in the face of this threat.

After all, they didn't want a new Soviet-style worker force to appear in Argentina, otherwise Argentina's capitalists would be strung up on lampposts.

Instead, some people in the government, as well as the military and rebels, participated in the suppression of the workers.

Planes flew low, strafing the workers on the streets, causing countless casualties.

The Presidential Palace ordered that the shot workers could only be buried quietly, and demonstrations and workers' rallies were not allowed.

At this critical moment, Perón still seemed very hesitant.

Clearly, the military had completely broken with Perón this time.

José in Bahía Blanca also received an invitation from the north to join the turmoil.

But he didn't act. San Jose had already informed him.

Those who take the lead are looking for death, and even if they don't die, they will lose power.

Moreover, Falcon Bureau intelligence showed that besides the church, there was also the shadow of the Americans behind this. The Americans had invested in this turmoil.

San Jose quickly submitted this important information to the Radical Civic Union. His report stated: "The main culprits in organizing this coup d'état during the naval rebellion were the Americans and their allies in Argentina: the local oligarchic warlords and the church.

This does not diminish the responsibility of the Presidential Palace government itself, because the government encouraged the rebels' plans, tolerated the infiltration of American capitalists, strengthened the large landowner oligarchy, restricted democratic freedoms, and refused to fulfill the just demands of workers and ordinary people."

This letter ultimately sank without a trace.

San Jose was somewhat disappointed with the recent performance of the Radical Civic Union.

He was still disappointed with Arturo's vision. It was obvious that some people in the Radical Civic Union had also participated in this rebellion. This was a national crisis and a state crisis, but the high-level officials of the Radical Civic Union were thinking about how to seek more benefits.

The Perón government seemed very hesitant in dealing with the rebels, fearing that it would cause a full-scale military rebellion, so it did not engage in large-scale actions.

This rebellion was quickly quelled. After all, this was only a small group of people, and the army did not participate. The real key to success was the army. You couldn't succeed without landing. The shells of warships were limited.

The capital garrison loyal to Perón eventually arrested the naval officers Olivieri, Calderón, and Army General Bengoa, who had rebelled during the March 22nd bloodshed.

This was the only action taken by the Presidential Palace to weaken the opposition's upper-level political organization.

These naval forces were weak. The garrison sent 5,000 people into the naval port north of Buenos Aires, and then these people surrendered.

However, this arrest was also just a formality, because these prisoners enjoyed almost complete freedom to contact the outside world, similar to when Perón was arrested, except that Perón's foreign aid at that time was Evita, while the military's foreign aid was the Americans and the church.

Perón not only did not purge the reactionary rebels in the army and navy, but further pleased the warlords.

The upper-level elements of the warlords used this situation to begin controlling the government.

……

San Jose transferred Elena from the capital to Bahía Blanca. Currently, Bahía Blanca can be considered a pure land in Argentina.

He calculated the time, and Elena was about to give birth.

The safety of Bahía Blanca could be guaranteed. José didn't have the ambition to seize power, and he probably wouldn't take the lead.

José was one of those who were frantically slacking off in the country, and both sides had promised him important benefits.

With Elena coming to Bahía Blanca, medical issues were already guaranteed. The National University of the South had recruited many doctors to build a medical department, and obstetrics and gynecology was one of them, which was requested by San Jose.

If the baby boom expanded, a strong obstetrics and gynecology department would be necessary, and universities must keep up with the times.

Now even San Martín City wasn't very safe, especially if the Córdoba army wanted to attack the capital, it was very likely to pass through San Martín City.

Not to mention Córdoba, it was simply the headquarters of the rebellion.

The Lithium Triangle area was also restless, with many small warlords eager to make a move.

Originally, San Jose estimated that the military rebellion would be next year, but this time it was advanced, and many things had not been prepared.

He calculated the time, and Elena was about to give birth.

The safety of Bahía Blanca could be guaranteed. José didn't have the ambition to seize power, and he probably wouldn't take the lead.

José was one of those who were frantically slacking off in the country, and both sides had promised him important benefits.

With Elena coming to Bahía Blanca, medical issues were already guaranteed. The National University of the South had recruited many doctors to build a medical department, and obstetrics and gynecology was one of them, which was requested by San Jose.

If the baby boom expanded, a strong obstetrics and gynecology department would be necessary, and universities must keep up with the times.

Now even San Martín City wasn't very safe, especially if the Córdoba army wanted to attack the capital, it was very likely to pass through San Martín City.

Not to mention Córdoba, it was simply the headquarters of the rebellion.

The Lithium Triangle area was also restless, with many small warlords eager to make a move.

Originally, San Jose estimated that the military rebellion would be next year, but this time it was advanced, and many things had not been prepared.

Fortunately, it's not too late to prepare now.

...

Saint Hesser made some preparations again, and then there wasn't much else to do. He wanted to turn Blanca City into an iron bucket.

After Blanca City gets on the right track, all that's needed is to continue to turn the paper plan into reality.

Saint Hesser, who was idle, took a few people to the Blanca City Garment Wholesale Market for inspection.

This market is built outside the Fifth District, some distance from the City Hall.

Saint Hesser also looked at the entire city in the car. Patrol police were maintaining law and order.

In addition to the police elite riding Leithon motorcycles, he also often equipped other patrolling police with bicycles. Speaking of which, this bicycle was produced by Fritz Bicycle Factory.

It's just that later Rhein Industries was divided into Rhein Military Industry and Rhein Industry, which is now Leithon Industries, and it is still producing bicycles.

The garment wholesale market is a brand new attempt by him. In addition, he also built a building materials market, and will build more professional trade wholesale markets in the future.

Cultivate more front stores and back factories, processing with supplied materials, and truly get the industrial chain up and running.

A completely independent full industrial chain not only cannot develop and compete rapidly, but also is not conducive to cost reduction. He wants to cultivate industrial chains one by one. Fighting alone has no future.

After all, it is not enough to keep producing various materials. There must also be an exchange of materials in order to prosper the entire market, and it can be sold better, activating the entire trade of Blanca City.

A production-oriented industrial city is far from enough to continue to develop, and the garment and textile industry must also establish more trade channels, because the goods must eventually be sold.

Moreover, the mass production of Blue Cloud Garments requires a lot of raw materials. It is not cost-effective to rely on oneself to do everything, and time is wasted in vain.

Barron Bank also set up a special loan to help Blue Cloud Textile support its raw material suppliers. Small textile factories in Blanca City have also begun to appear.

Compared with San Martin City and Cordoba City, Blanca City can use cheap sea transportation to reduce some costs.

When cotton is not produced in large quantities in Argentina, imported cotton mainly comes from Pernambuco and Maranhão in Brazil.

Ships of cotton come south from Brazil. Blanca City is also closed to trade, and there is a lot of competition, and the production cost is a little higher than that of Blanca City.

Blanca City is also close to other markets in South America. Through the Strait of Magellan, it can open up more South American and Australian markets, such as Chile, Peru, and Australia.

This shopping mall called Blue Cloud Garment Wholesale Market was built according to Saint Hesser's intention, and it doesn't look very big.

The wholesale market has only three floors, and there are also freight elevators. Each floor has 5,000 square meters, and the total construction area is only 15,000 square meters. A total of 500 shops are set up, each shop is about 30 square meters, and the property rights belong to the Blue Cloud Head Office.

The monthly rent here is quite cheap, averaging only 3,000 pesos a month.

"Mr. Mayor, currently only 21 shops have been rented out, all on the first floor."

Market manager Anna introduced from the side, Saint Hesser looked at the shops, the shop assistants were bored swatting flies.

The clothing types in these stores are not rich, and there are very few people shopping.

"What is the approximate daily transaction volume?"

"It's only about 100,000 pesos a day, and about 120,000 pesos on weekends. There will be more people."

Anna said without thinking.

"It's really too little, less than one-thousandth of Blue Cloud Garment's sales last year."

Saint Hesser frowned subconsciously after hearing this. This was his mistake.

He continued to walk forward and came to a corner, where he heard the sound of bargaining, and the popularity suddenly became lively.

"Anna, what's going on?"

Saint Hesser asked with some surprise, after all, this store seems to be selling well.

"This is a cheap clothing store. The owner is Old Luke. He has the most people in these stores. The rent here is cheap, only 2,000 pesos a month."

Saint Hesser quickly walked forward, wanting to see it.

Sure enough, I saw a very lively clothing store. There were many people trading with a middle-aged man who looked more than 40 years old, and a young man.

Saint Hesser squatted down, looked around casually, and looked at the clothes on the ground. The price was very cheap, basically 100 pesos a piece.

This mainly sells some second-hand clothes, and some tail goods produced by Blue Cloud, which are simply ironed and re-sold, and the price is indeed very affordable.

Old Luke sells very quickly, both wholesale and retail.

And they are all cash transactions. He has a large iron box with a lot of cash in it.

He puts it in when he receives it, and then sends it to Barron Bank to deposit it at 6 pm when he closes the door. He dares to do this now that the security is good.

Saint Hesser also chatted with Old Luke. He didn't expect that Old Luke looked quite old, but he was actually only in his early 30s. The main reason is that the business has been booming recently, and this person has a good business sense.

"Sir, you don't know, I am very grateful to the new mayor. Now there are even police officers who will help me escort me. It's just that it's too far from the bank here, and it's still inconvenient."

Old Luke bragged to Saint Hesser after he was free.

Anna also greeted him, as the manager is still a bit familiar.

However, Old Luke didn't recognize Saint Hesser, obviously he didn't read the newspaper often.

"The security is much better now than before."

Old Luke commented.

"Yes."

Saying goodbye to Old Luke, he continued to the second and third floors. The first floor is not fully occupied, and the second and third floors must be empty.

Each shop has been simply painted with white walls, and the floor is ordinary cement floor.

After a few casual glances, they walked to the top floor.

The market is indeed very desolate nearby.

You can see the houses in the Fifth District in the distance, many of which are still built of wood.

You can also see new buildings being built in the Fifth District, mostly cheap apartment buildings.

"Are the suppliers of these stores Blue Cloud Garments?"

Saint Hesser lit a cigarette and asked.

"Yes, there are also several factories that supply goods to these store owners, but the quality of the clothes is average, and it is troublesome to transport them from other places."

Anna replied,

"It's indeed a little less. We need to find more suppliers. It seems that we need to get Blue Cloud Garments to bring over all the styles they produce."

He has seen all the stores.

The styles of these stores, whether men's or women's clothing, are not very good, and they are all old models from the previous two years, and the prices are quite expensive.

In his previous life, he had been to many garment wholesale markets and commercial cities, and the gap with the current one is a bit big.

"It seems that the construction of this trade market is not very reasonable."

According to Saint Hesser's population planning, in order not to destroy the original place,

The market was built in the suburbs. Normally, the wholesale market should be built in a more prosperous place, even in the city center.

"Anna, reduce the rent for these store owners a little more, and at the same time arrange for investment promotion in the north. At least bring over the two or thirty suppliers of Blue Cloud."

There is turmoil in the north. As long as the negotiations are good, you can definitely get a lot of people.

"Okay, boss... Mr. Mayor."

"Well, I will also arrange for a bus to come here, and strive to make it more popular."

The lack of popularity is not only due to the poor geographical location, but also to the environment here, which is remote.

The Blue Cloud Garment factory is located in the Lingang Industrial Zone a few kilometers away. The main finished products are mostly for foreign trade exports. This large area of land in the middle can be developed.

This area of tens of square kilometers can fill in two or three hundred thousand people.

There are also wool textile factories and cotton textile factories here, producing wool and cotton cloth, which can be processed with supplied materials.

In the future, there will be more processing factories, embroidery factories, printing factories, and auxiliary material factories here, button factories.

Saint Hesser also went to the building materials market, and there were also many problems.

He built it according to the city plan that was expanded several times, but the development of the city's population still takes time.

"It's good to have advanced planning, but it's not good to be too advanced."

Saint Hesser cautiously summed up his experience.

We also need to let Barron Bank set up a branch here to improve the commercial facilities here.