Rise of the Argentine Empire

The economy of Blanca City is advancing at a rapid pace. The production capacity of the Reuten Fiat automobile factory is also rapidly increasing, with unplanned car production beginning to surge.

While ensuring the quality of the cars, each additional unit sold generates a profit of $300. Moreover, each additional car produced essentially creates employment for at least five people. The Reuten automobile project has already created over 20,000 jobs, demonstrating the vigorous vitality and potential of Blanca City.

It is projected that by the end of this year, Blanca City's economic scale will rival that of Cordoba, becoming one of Argentina's top three largest cities in terms of economic ranking.

As of June, Blanca City's economy had already surpassed that of La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires Province, and Rosario, the largest city in Santa Fe Province.

The Reuten automobile project alone can drive an economic increase of at least $40 to $50 million this year, not to mention the Hans Steel, Maya Chemical, Southern Petroleum, and Southern Energy mega-projects.

The Greater Blanca City Metropolitan Area is gradually taking shape. The three coastal cities, Blanca City's 'little brothers,' as well as the cities within the Greater Blanca City Metropolitan Area and the connection to the old provincial capital of Santa Rosa, are also keeping pace. Blanca City, in conjunction with La Pampa's financial contributions, has begun to borrow funds to construct the coastal expressway, the La Pampa-San Blanca Expressway, large-scale hydroelectric power stations, and other projects, all with investments starting at $10 million.

To get rich, first build roads. La Pampa Province's road transportation is rapidly catching up. In addition to the existing Blanca City Second Construction Company, the La Pampa Provincial Government has also funded the establishment of the La Pampa Road Construction Transportation Company, creating a competitive landscape with the San Martin City Harris Road Construction, Blanca Second Construction, Cohen Construction Road Construction, and La Pampa Road Construction Transportation as the four major road construction companies.

These road construction and construction companies are also undertaking numerous contracted projects in some other provinces, with seven already employing over 1,000 people, which is more than San Martin City.

With large-scale investments in infrastructure, in addition to Argentina's largest Sidek Cement Plant, local companies such as Martinez Cement Plant, Greif Cement Plant, and Santa Rosa Cement Plant have emerged, attracting a large number of young people and foreign workers for employment. Although working on road construction is hard and tiring every day, the wages are indeed much better than working in factories, and it is also relatively more free. Blanca City has become the place with the most building material companies in Argentina.

Previously, the four major families of Blanca City controlled the political landscape of the council, with the council and the mayor forming a dual-core system. In name, the councilors and the city hall were controlled by the Justicialist Party.

Now, this situation has been completely dismantled by San Jose. The influence of these local families has declined, and the Justicialist Party has been expelled from the city hall, but they are still allowed to participate in the council, only their influence has greatly decreased.

San Jose encourages citizens to participate in oversight work and formally strengthens the council's voice, giving it a bit of a House of Representatives feel. The eligibility criteria for selecting and electing councilors have been greatly relaxed by the municipal bill, no longer limited to local powerful families.

Blanca City Hall and the council promulgated the Council Political Party Member Act. The new regulations state that only political parties with more than 1,000 members are eligible to run for the council, and there is also a mandatory requirement that only political parties with branches in more than five districts of Blanca City are eligible to participate.

After President Peron stepped down, the family-style small political parties formed in Blanca City completely disintegrated, and some small local parties were forced to reorganize.

In the La Pampa Provincial Council, this bill was also followed, requiring at least branches in five cities in La Pampa Province and more than 2,000 members for a political party to participate in the provincial council election.

Currently, the Blanca City Radical Civic Union, Blanca City Justicialist Party, Blanca City Republican Party, Blanca City Socialist Party, and La Pampa Civic Union have basically formed the five major new political party organizations in the provincial and municipal councils.

Moreover, except for the Radical Civic Union, the remaining four political parties have been forced to carry out a series of modern political party reforms to adapt to the new bill.

Among them, the newly established La Pampa Civic Union is a new political party, jointly formed by the Santa Rosa Civic Union and a total of 11 small parties from the original four major families of Blanca City. It has won council seats in both the Blanca City Council and the La Pampa Provincial Council and is now the second largest political party in La Pampa Province.

The Justicialist Party, due to some reasons, has seen a large number of members withdraw, but it still maintains a certain position and is the third largest political party in La Pampa Province.

Most citizens mainly choose to join the Radical Civic Union. The number of members of the Blanca City Radical Civic Union has exceeded 10,000, and the remaining cities combined also have 3,000 members. It is now the largest party in La Pampa Province and Blanca City. The Republican Party and the Socialist Party are now the smallest two of the five major parties in La Pampa, barely meeting the standards.

San Jose has an idea in his heart, which is to independently establish the entire Southern Radical Civic Union when necessary, but this is the last resort.

The La Pampa Provincial Council has become an important power organ in La Pampa Province.

Under the promotion of Blanca City, the three small coastal cities and Santa Rosa are also developing well, starting to develop industries with local characteristics. For example, Santa Rosa City is developing mineral mining, ceramic raw materials, and cement raw materials production. Otto City, Brato Vic City, and Colorado Port City are developing salt production, food processing, seafood processing, and deep-sea fishing.

The construction speed of the new La Pampa Coastal Provincial Road is faster than that of the coastal expressway. It adopts unified planning, segmented processing, and rapid pouring, using a two-way four-lane design to connect the four coastal cities of La Pampa. In addition to Blanca City, the main economies of these three cities are still agriculture, joining the agricultural development agreement to develop rice planting, soybean planting, and corn planting.

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In the military aspect,

The main leaders of the two newly established regiments of the La Pampa Defense Force are basically his confidants, all of whom are members of the Radical Civic Union. Some important departments of the Falcon Bureau have also been fully integrated into the Defense Force.

The same is true for the army's civilian personnel.

Now, a certain combat force has basically been formed. Many students from the New Youth League, the largest student organization at the original University of Buenos Aires, have just graduated.

Core members have been developed in 11 universities in Buenos Aires, including 3 military academies. There are also many young officers in the National Defense Military Academy. San Jose has recruited them in large numbers, supplementing the grassroots officer strength of the Defense Force.

This has greatly improved the level of the Defense Force. Coupled with some scientific training methods and the support of the newly established La Pampa Military Academy, the Defense Force can basically catch up with the first-tier level of Argentina.

San Jose has extensively referred to the military concepts of the New China, the world's number one army, and the Soviet Union Army, the world's number two army, including basic training such as infantry-tank coordination.

He personally formulates military training plans, organizes military training, writes military defense outlines, and implements a reserve militia plan, organizing and establishing five militia regiments outside the Defense Force, which can participate in some basic defense work.

The hot sales of Fiat cars have provided New Cohen Heavy Industries' parts factories with a large amount of cash income, enabling them to purchase a batch of advanced machine tools, machining centers, milling machines, etc., and resume the production of military weapons.

Whether it's producing light weapons or tanks, hollowing out the old Rheinmetall military industry is what Saint Hesser is doing now. Weapon data and blueprints are backed up, and the special steel plant has new special steel alloy materials.

The building materials industry in Blanca City is developing well, attracting many Southeast Asian Chinese to set up ceramic factories in Blanca City. In addition to the current development of the ceramic industry, ceramic armor development and engineering ceramics are also important directions.

In terms of diesel engines, German diesel engine production technology has been introduced, and the latest A8T engine has been developed, with 800 horsepower and good power. Of course, the technical level is still at the World War II level, which is already behind the research and development level of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Basically, it is enough to ensure that it reaches a usable level.

This tank is named the "Pampas" tank. The fire control system is also quite primitive and simple, basically just simple fire control, imitating the fire control technology of American tanks. After all, Argentina's electronics industry and computer industry are equivalent to nothing now, so there is no need to force it.

The fire control system is extremely simple. After the commander's cupola searches for the target and discovers the target, it uses the rangefinder to accurately measure the target, judge the type of target, and perform ranging. Then, it uses the positioning compass in the commander's cupola to determine the target's azimuth, and then fire the tank gun.

As for the development of the electronics industry, it will be at least after the 1960s. Now, the most important thing is to build the foundation and seize power. Advanced technologies such as computers are only available to first-class powers. Now, Saint Hesser can play with transistor radios, which is already good.

Speaking of tank armor, Southeast Asian Chinese control 70% of the ceramic market in Blanca City, and also account for more than 30% of the building materials market. The Chinatown in Cordoba has contributed a lot. Argentina has some local ceramic industry, but the level is not flattering. Saint Hesser also moved some Chinese from Southeast Asia to barely make progress.

As for the inside of the tank, needless to say, there is no air conditioning and no good equipment. It is very hard.

Saint Hesser reciprocates and gives these Southeast Asian Chinese positive publicity, encouraging them to integrate into Argentina, and even considered the idea of letting them run for parliament in the future, but it was limited by the number of people and the opposition of other parliamentarians.

Now he is trying everything possible to increase the military strength of Blanca City. After all, the Ministry of National Defense has warned several times, and even fighter jets have patrolled and warships have cruised. Fortunately, the relationship between the Belgrano Naval Port and Blanca City is still okay, so there have not been too many problems, and the two are very close.

Saint Hesser is not idle either. He also has coastal defense guns and anti-aircraft gun technology. Even the San Martin Aircraft Factory can produce Arrow 2 fighter jets. The research and development strength even exceeds the Cordoba Military Aircraft Factory. It is just that the price of producing fighter jets is too expensive, so Saint Hesser has not made up his mind to mass produce them.

Now, not only is the new Cohen Heavy Industries involved in military products, but also Lanyun Textile, Maya Chemical, Blanca Special Steel, and Blanca Nonferrous Metals basically have special workshops for producing military products, such as bulletproof vests, helmets, special materials, military shoes, explosives, and copper steel cartridge cases.

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A large number of job opportunities have created a siphon effect on the population of other provinces in Blanca City. In June alone, the population increased by 30,000. You must know that it is winter now. Many of the new population are farmers and ranch workers from the Pampas grasslands, because there is generally not much to do in Argentina in winter, and Saint Hesser launched a propaganda machine, promoting recruitment in Buenos Aires Province and Cordoba Province, and also providing round-trip train tickets.

This allows many people who want to increase their income to come to Blanca City to work, mostly husband and wife pairs, very similar to the "migrant workers" of New China in later generations. Men are engaged in some basic industry jobs, such as construction and road construction, and women are engaged in textile factories.

The winter temperature in Blanca City this year is not too low, basically maintained above 10 degrees, so Saint Hesser can build a large number of houses, build roads, and build hydropower stations, rushing to complete the project and increase strength. The development of the textile and garment industry is still rapid. The price of short-term garment workers is low, and many factories also like to hire them. Factories are undertaking a large number of European orders, Latin American orders, and exports to Brazil are also continuing to grow. Blanca City's textile industry is creating cost-effective supply by relying on supply chain advantages.

However, these people are more like migratory birds, and basically leave by spring at the latest, not counted in the permanent residents of Blanca City. Even so, these workers can greatly increase the strength of Blanca City and greatly alleviate the tight labor situation.

And many people will eventually be attracted to Blanca City and eventually become permanent residents of Blanca City. It is too prosperous here now, with sufficient supply of many commodities and prices are not high. Most factories also provide food and accommodation, and the living and working environment is not bad. To become a citizen, you only need to investigate basic social background and then take an oath to become a glorious citizen of Blanca City.

Normally speaking, production activities in winter will decline a lot, but for the factory owners in Blanca City, this is different. Blanca City has become a city with a very striving spirit, and its production efficiency has exceeded that of Buenos Aires. Competition is also very fierce, giving birth to a batch of Argentina's most competitive factories and companies.

As for why the population of Blanca City has increased so much, even comparable to the annual increase of super cities in New China in later generations, the factors are diverse, but to sum it up in one sentence, it is grabbing people + grabbing territory.

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Among them, La Pampa Province now has three major financing platforms: Blanca City Commercial Bank, Balun Bank, and the newly established La Pampa Credit Bank.

La Pampa Credit Bank was established by integrating the banking institutions of 17 autonomous municipalities in La Pampa, represented by Santa Rosa City. The bank headquarters is located in the Ajriche District of Blanca City. The scale is similar to that of Blanca City Commercial Bank, integrating La Pampa banking resources to help La Pampa's economic development.