Rise of the Argentine Empire

The night breeze was blowing, refreshing and pleasant. It felt good not to be drinking. I had originally wanted to try a Cuban cigar, but after hearing the bartender say it would take an hour to smoke, I gave up on that idea.

Smoking a cigarette only takes three minutes. An hour would definitely make my mouth sore. Besides, there weren't many girls there, so showing off was unnecessary.

However, the thought of cigars reminded him of the coolest man he knew who smoked them. He wondered if he was still studying medicine at Bu University or doing something else. He should still be called Guevara now.

Lucifer had some contact with the Guevara family in Rosario. He would definitely have to go and take a look when he passed by Rosario.

Saint-Hesse opened the window and could still see the brightest star in the night sky. There was some autumn mist in the air.

Tomorrow, if he had time, he would first go to the Pulari factory, and the day after tomorrow, he would go see Old Man Chen and the others. He wondered how they were doing recently. The Blue Cloud Garment Factory was developing quite well.

After reading a book for a while, he diligently studied the German version of "German Classical Economics" and also flipped through the current popular novel, the English version of "Wuthering Heights." He had to admit that it was quite interesting. Classics are classics, especially novels written by female authors. Saint-Hesse sincerely admired it.

Both books were sent by Klose. There were several large boxes of books in the study, including "Das Kapital," "The Wealth of Nations," and many others.

They were a bit difficult and tedious to read, but he could adapt quickly by looking up words in the dictionary. If he had studied English well in his previous life, he wouldn't have been such a poor student. He couldn't help but feel that being good at studying really allowed you to do whatever you wanted. Now, Saint-Hesse had become the kind of person he used to hate the most.

He studied diligently, took notes, copied sentences, and looked up words in the dictionary.

It was after eleven o'clock in the evening when he closed the books, exhaled, did some stretching exercises, and touched his stomach. He was still a bit full.

He couldn't eat so much next time. Tonight's banquet food was too delicious, and it lasted too long, so he couldn't help but eat a little too much. Eating only seventy percent full for dinner was just right.

Saint-Hesse simply went for a walk outside. He had to say that the security in the core area was indeed much better. Of course, he also carried a pistol and a gun license to prevent accidents. If there were any punks, he could just act in self-defense.

After the walk, he was slightly sweaty. He sat quietly for a while, and it was almost one o'clock. Staying up late wasn't good.

Then he boiled some hot water and took a hot bath in the bathroom.

After drying his hair, he fell into a deep sleep.

Today was another fulfilling day.

...

The next day, he slept until nine o'clock. Saint-Hesse made a simple breakfast. He usually had milk and bread,

but Saint-Hesse inexplicably cooked a plate of spaghetti. He couldn't help but feel a little lost, but the thought of going to Bu City in a few days made him happy again.

Then he took out the newspaper to take a look. They were all old news and old newspapers. Yesterday, he only looked at some of the latest news.

Maria Town was good in other aspects, but the information was relatively lagging and closed off. After all, that's how it was without the internet.

The British people were quite dissatisfied with the current Prime Minister Attlee. The Attlee government came to power in 1945 as the Labour Party, and implemented a series of political, economic, and social reform programs, successfully transforming the wartime economy into a peaceful economy.

It also implemented nationalization reforms and welfare state policies, nationalizing most industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as steel, coal, and electricity.

These achievements were quite commendable.

Of course, there were also many mistakes.

The British Labour Party also severely cracked down on the British Communist Party, losing a large number of workers' support. The British Labour Party also split internally.

The army problem was also not handled well, leading to a mutiny of British soldiers and a "strike" by the Royal Air Force stationed in the Far East, involving India, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and other places.

The Labour government also made major mistakes in its foreign policy, such as refusing to participate in European integration policy negotiations. European integration, led by France and Germany, greatly promoted cooperation and rapid development between the two countries, and in terms of colonial policy, it continued to promote old colonialism in India, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

On the issue of Jewish independence and restoration, the Labour Party supported the Jews but was unwilling to offend the Palestinians, once again causing a split in the British Labour Party. As everyone knows, pro-Jewish forces in the Labour Party were very powerful.

In contrast, the British pound's devaluation against the US dollar did not produce positive results, and there was also the issue of the US$3.75 billion loan,

which had a "tariff preference system" attached that seriously damaged British interests, equivalent to internally disintegrating the Commonwealth. The United Kingdom's former colonial countries, such as Canada, South Africa, Australia, India, and East India, suffered severe losses in overseas trade. The British Empire was destroyed by the United States.

3.75 billion US dollars was almost equivalent to Argentina's annual gross national product for the previous two years.

The pound devaluation policy seriously damaged Argentina's interests. Argentina's foreign exchange reserves were all in pounds, and the pound's devaluation led to a loss of more than half of its foreign exchange reserves, which seriously undermined the credibility of the Peron government.

In fact, the United States had not been particularly hostile to the Peron government in the past few years. This loan and the free exchange of the pound, to use an analogy, was like an unprovoked disaster. It felt like the big boss and the second boss were fighting, and the bystanders were wiped out. It's too much to think of Argentina as the third boss.

Of course, the second boss at this time should actually be the Soviet Union under Stalin, but Britain was the former big boss, and the United States was the former second boss, so that makes sense.

Of course, this raised another question: the Soviet Union, as the former third boss, joined forces with the former second boss, the United States, to take down the former big boss, which is another complicated issue.

The pound devaluation issue and the US loan issue led to several international payment crises, forcing Britain to implement foreign exchange controls.

This also prevented Argentina from buying American industrial equipment. Saint-Hesse deeply understood this feeling of having money but not being able to spend it, which severely hampered Argentina's First Five-Year Plan and ambitious industrialization.

The pound devaluation issue, it must be said, was a policy somewhat similar to opening a printing press. Saint-Hesse would not comment on it, because compared to Peron,

this was not too serious. Argentina's 5000% devaluation rate per day in later generations would only make you say, "Good heavens!"

In that era, only Zimbabwe could be compared to it. To sum it up in one sentence: I have never seen such a shameless person.

In order to cope with American pressure and confront the Soviet Union, Britain expanded its military and prepared for war, engaging in a de facto Cold War. This could be considered a case of filial piety between father and son,

but it damaged the competitiveness of its own industrial exports, especially compared to West Germany. This also led to a decline in the living standards of the British people, which further split the Labour Party, which was disastrous for the Labour Party.

The expansion of military preparations promoted the development of Britain's defense industry, which is a matter for later generations.

As one of the five major hooligans in later generations, Britain's military industry is still quite developed. It can build aircraft carriers, has fighter jets, and also has atomic bombs and nuclear submarines. The British Navy is still the second strongest in the world, second only to the US Navy.

French military industry didn't fully take off until the Fifth Republic under De Gaulle.

In the past few years, it was common to mock France and New China among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Now, people no longer dare to mock New China. In a few decades, it will be common for three permanent members to mock France and the UK, and four permanent members to mock the UK, giving off a sense of "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."

The Korean War was a major setback for the United Nations forces led by the United States. This battle truly shocked the world. New China consecutively defeated 17 gang leaders. It was as if they had a cheat code, making people gasp in amazement and greatly contributing to global warming.

This battle was New China's founding war. The rabbit beat the Eagle, the Bull, and the Gallic Rooster into the hospital, and the Bear and his little friends were stunned.

At the same time, they are preparing to farm the "Launch of Torment" and "Distance to the Sun" instances.

In a few years, they will fight another wave against the world's third-strongest, the White Elephant, and that will be about it. Then, they will take the opportunity to clean up a few more world's third-strongest, establishing their position as one of the five permanent members.

The Hans Tiger, who failed to farm the five permanent member instance, has become two Hans Cats. At its peak, there were four. They continuously challenged the Iron Tower, the Orphan of Misty City, and the Coming Winter, but failed to join the permanent members.

Japan Chicken challenged the Great Wall Watch but failed. They fought again in the Raging Sea, but failed due to the combined efforts of the three permanent members. This is called Su Wu, Qu Yuan, Gong Gong, and Jiang Gan also made a contribution as the transportation captain.

The five permanent member instance is not so easy to farm.

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In comparison, after the Conservative Party's Churchill lost the election, he felt deeply humiliated and had a sense of lying in wait for revenge. He carried out a series of reforms and policy adjustments.

He transformed the party into a rather "youthful" one, boldly using new people and reorganizing. From April to June 1947, they developed 1 million new party members and raised a large amount of activity funds.

They also launched the "Young Conservative Movement", reorganized the "Young Empire League" into the "Young Conservative Party", established a central committee, established new Young Conservative Party branches, and announced the "Industry Charter" and "Agriculture Charter", greatly changing the Conservative Party's image among voters, winning the support of many workers, and breaking the Labor Party's base.

In comparison, the British Labour Party is "aging". Prime Minister Attlee himself is already 68 years old and has many illnesses. Bevin and Cripps resigned due to health reasons. The leaders are aging, and there are many contradictions.

After the Cold War, the communist parties in Western countries were suppressed, which also greatly affected the Labour Party. Churchill vigorously promoted that socialism was like the new Germany.

In this election, the Labour Party was even more conservative than the Conservative Party, which is an irony.

After reading and simply analyzing the current international situation, peeling back the layers of analysis, Saint-Jose also had a little improvement in his overall view, from youthful political parties to the advantages and disadvantages of governing, the impact of the international situation on the election, to uniting the base, propaganda, and a bunch of other messy things.

Modern society is no longer a situation of fighting alone. Science City and Maria Town are still small cities and towns. Even the people united around Little Thompson,

also have a relatively large influence in Science Province. To influence national public opinion, there must be greater achievements in talent attraction, financial resources, and armed forces.

Saint-Jose has a deeper understanding of the power of propaganda again.

After reading some other international newspapers, there was not much important news. There were a lot of American gossip news, such as Marilyn Monroe, who was supported by the Mafia,

and some anti-war movies are about to be released, saying that "An American in Paris" is being filmed, which is said to be adapted from a true story, the story of an American soldier and a Parisian girl after World War II. Those who know, understand. It's really an old懂哥 [dong ge - someone who pretends to know everything]. This is the American's daily mocking of France. Now it is an old tradition. I didn't expect that mocking France is so popular now...

When De Gaulle comes to power again, it will not be surprising that he routinely opposes the United States. I have to say that De Gaulle is a great hero of the French people. Compared with Churchill's post-war rule, although he has now stepped down,

as someone from the military, De Gaulle is indeed the true savior of the French people. The Fifth Republic of France under his leadership truly re-emerged as a well-deserved member of the world's five permanent members.

From 1947 to 1954, the Fourth Republic of France changed seven governments, and during the 12 years of the Fourth Republic, it changed 22 cabinets, which is even more outrageous than Argentina.

Disney's new animated film "Alice in Wonderland" is preparing to be released in the second half of the year and has already started publicity. The American film industry is indeed developed.

The US stock market continues to rise, but it is a pity that it is not easy to sell now to buy American equipment. Argentina has...blocked it again. Of course, I don't know what to buy now. It's better to expand the current factories first. The mining machines in the Potassium Triangle, let's wait for now.

When the time comes, it would be good to buy a few second-hand freighters. The Minsk is already Saint-Jose's first inland river cruise ship, but it is not very useful. International freighters are the life he wants.

It's just that freighters are too expensive now. An old second-hand international freighter of 10,000 tons costs $1 million, and a new one costs $2 million. The Minsk, a relatively new 3,000-ton displacement ship, cost $400,000.

This plan is often postponed. Saint-Jose found that he has too little money and needs to continue to work hard.

The war of public opinion in the British two-party competition made Saint-Jose decide to enter the media industry. When the time comes, he will prepare to buy one or two newspapers to do some things.

This plan should be put on the agenda as soon as possible. There is not much need for it in Science City, but in the capital, Butch City, Saint-Jose must have a place in the public opinion landscape.

Going to Butch City University to get a degree is also to meet and recruit more talents. As for why not go to military school, it is because Saint-Jose feels that military school is too strict.

Butch City University is quite relaxed. Going to school and causing trouble don't interfere with each other. As the most influential university in the country, whether re-enlisting in the army or entering politics, it is a more advantageous choice than going to the Argentine National Military Academy.

Now I can only take one step at a time, but the decision to go to school will not be easily changed, unless he wants to be an honest and wealthy man.

Unfortunately, the situation does not allow it, and he also wants to try whether he can change history.

For him now, a high school dropout diploma is a super stumbling block that cannot be taken any further.

At yesterday's banquet at Commander Thompson's house, there was also an incident where many people showed disdain after hearing that Saint-Jose had only dropped out of high school, even though he had opened so many factories, and had a psychological sense of superiority.

After hearing that he had been admitted to Butch University through his own efforts, their surprised expressions and attitudes made a 180-degree turn, and they began to pay attention to him again.

This kind of academic discrimination is still very common in Argentina. Currently, only three percent of people in Argentina have a university degree.

Getting into Butch University will not make you rise to the top, but the road ahead will definitely be smoother.