Rise of the Argentine Empire

With Saint Hesser's support and intelligence, Police Chief Sanchez began to purge the police department of its internal corruption. To Saint Hesser's surprise, there were quite a few underground Italian gangs here.

Although their development was quite primitive and their economic means were very simple, they certainly committed a lot of evil. In fact, it would be easy for them to develop into criminal groups. Right now, they're just collecting protection fees and the like.

As for why they haven't reached the level of the Cordoba drug cartel or the small warlords of the Potassium Triangle, in addition to the relatively poor economy, there is also the delicate balance of power formed by the four major local families. Saint Hesser now wants to break this situation, and Otto also wants to break it. It just depends on whose methods are more advanced.

No wonder outsiders are not very willing to come here to develop. Saint Hesser's intelligence agencies are not omnipotent. There are even quite a few underground factions that have become established, but making Blanca Port an absolutely safe city is not his goal. He only clears the obstacles in his way.

To break this situation, he'll directly get rid of a few of them. Otherwise, the flies will keep buzzing.

The Fifth District is a very good engine. There are more than 20,000 people here, which can meet a large part of the demand for workers. With jobs, these idle young people will naturally not embark on the road of crime.

Of course, he never thought of reporting this matter to the city hall. Instead, he directly started taking action. Sanchez was also greatly strengthened, and the well-trained Delta Security was simply using a sledgehammer to crack a nut when dealing with some ragtag underworld organizations.

"What are the movements of the families in the city?"

Saint Hesser sat in his chair, twirling a pen in his hand. Buston was reporting the specific situation.

"Except for the Guy family, most of the other families have gone into hiding, and have even shrunk a lot. The city hall is also powerless to do anything about the police department's actions."

Buston said easily. Saint Hesser didn't like taking the usual path. This time, he directly cooperated with the police department to carry out a crackdown on crime, making the four major families powerless. In the weak Blanca Port, they couldn't come up with anything.

"By the way, the city hall tried to seek help from Alta, but was rejected."

Alta is a naval base near Blanca Port, and of course it wouldn't mess around with a small city.

The police department's actions this time were completely legal and compliant. As the only violent organization in Blanca Port now, if Sanchez really didn't cooperate with the city hall, he couldn't be dismissed as the police chief at will. It would have to go through the council, and the council wasn't Otto's one-man show.

This is why Saint Hesser can act arbitrarily. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, more or less.

Jim O'Connor, the bishop of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Blanca Port, is a powerful figure in Blanca Port, with 8,000 acres of ranch, three church schools, and assets of up to 2 million US dollars. Saint Hesser withstood the pressure and directly had the city hall accept it in name, and handed it over to the municipal finance department, but the city hall couldn't directly use it either, and some things needed to be resolved first.

Saint Hesser doesn't lack money, but the Blanca Port city hall is quite short of money. These seized assets can be directly put into storage and used to start a bunch of industries, but things are not that simple.

During this cleanup process, a total of 17 corpses were found in the second basement of the villa where he lived. Most of them were proven to have been tortured to death by him. This person has been running rampant in Blanca Port for 20 years and has a deep relationship with the past mayors and councils, including many former big shots of the Radical Party.

Saint Hesser appeared directly at the police department without any concealment. Now almost half of the people in the police department are his. After all, his partner is the "lovely Police Chief Sanchez." Most of the others have some relationship with the city hall and the three major families. The Guy family was used by Saint Hesser as a scapegoat to eliminate their influence in the police department.

He essentially joined the Blanca Port police department by adding 50 Delta people through an additional equity investment, all under the command of Sanchez. This chihuahua has become a big wolfhound, baring its fangs.

"Jim, may I call you Jim?"

Saint Hesser looked at this legendary bishop in a grand manner, with an apologetic smile on his face.

"It's a pity that the country doesn't have the death penalty, otherwise it would be great to just shoot him, but sentencing him to 100 years is still not a problem."

"Of course, be careful. There are too many serious criminals in prison recently."

Jim was the biggest fish that Saint Hesser took down in Blanca Port besides the Guy family. With the decline of the church here, the Radical Party quickly filled the void.

……

Saint Hesser has set off a large storm in Blanca Port, clearing some obstacles to the future development of Blanca Port. When these blood-stained rich people were toasting and exchanging cups in their mansions, a few blocks away, the poor people of Blanca Port were shivering.

The Guy family was directly taken down. Most of the personnel in the city hall and the police department were either dismissed or imprisoned. When the police department raided the Guy family, there was a fierce gun battle. The Guy family's private army attempted to unite to resist the city hall and plot a rebellion, but they were completely arrested and suppressed.

The newly established organizations of the Radical Party played a very important role in this operation. The Fifth District, from having the worst public security to being firmly in the top two, the Radical Party played an important role in it.

Moreover, the overall living environment in the Fifth District is also improving. Saint Hesser provided a lot of free supplies here, such as free cement bricks and sand, for environmental renovation.

The streets in the Fifth District are dark and damp, and the buildings are dilapidated and even dangerous. It is an old community crowded with old and dilapidated houses.

The road surface is potholed and narrow, with turbid sewage flowing on both sides. It is dark and humid here, and garbage is piled up like mountains against the walls, emitting a nauseating smell, and it's not even summer yet.

Here, buzzing flies fly around on top of it, and there are often particularly large white larvae wriggling. Hungry rats, stray dogs, and stray cats dance with people. Adults and children pass by here from time to time, mostly wearing tattered clothes. They lack work and live in very poor conditions.

If some cholera and acute illnesses occur, they will spread rapidly.

There is even a place without wide roads, very narrow, with only alleys. Except for bicycles and people, no other vehicles can pass through it.

Following Saint Hesser's order, some wooden houses that were decades or even hundreds of years old were torn down, and simple buildings were rebuilt. The garbage was also cleaned up one by one. Cohen Construction Company, which is Saint Hesser's industry, is doing infrastructure here, clearing sewers, building garbage stations, maintaining roads and houses, re-laying electrical wires and lines, and introducing cleaner tap water.

The dark, useless graffiti was repainted white, and some meaningful creations were preserved. The Radical Party invited some talented young people to repaint these walls.

The conspiracies and evils hidden under the light are also slowly improving under Saint Hesser's rectification.

Moreover, improving these things is far from enough. What they need is not only food and housing, but also a job. Most of these people who were once abandoned by the land and laid off from factories can find decent jobs in Saint Hesser's company.

Most people are not born poor, but Blanca Port used to lack job opportunities.

Saint Hesser continues to fulfill his campaign promises, although many people in the Fifth District may not think that voting for this young man is only because he handed out bread during his speeches, gave out all kinds of delicious food, and was also good-looking, and made very beautiful promises.

Well, this is actually the dark history of the great Saint Hesser's councilors. After all, mere propaganda is useless. Using a large amount of bread to exchange for votes isn't so unacceptable, as long as it's not directly distributing money for bribery. The people of the Fifth District are beginning to feel how right they were to cast their votes for Saint Hesser back then.

As this crackdown on criminal activity deepens, these hidden criminal gangs are like rats scurrying across the street, beginning to flee this place. After all, no one knows when the Chief of the Police Department will go crazy again. The new Police Department has too much firepower. Some corrupt elements are also being imprisoned simultaneously. Without protection, these creatures of the dark are facing Saint Hesser's iron fist.

Just like during the Maria Town period, the first ones to jump out are basically small fry. The big fish that Saint Hesser is feeling out are still in the water and need further development.

Saint Hesser lay on the sofa, listlessly looking at the various intelligence reports recently sent by the Falcon Agency. Biron's struggle with the Church has begun to escalate. The Presidential Palace used the army to seal off several churches, while the Church openly established the Christian Democratic Party, fighting back and forth. Saint Hesser continues to spread various opinions in secret.

As for the small Port Blanca, it is now a forgotten corner. Apart from Saint Hesser's teacher, Grand Justice Pukins, occasionally passing on some positive energy to the Port Blanca court, no one else pays attention. Even the provincial government is fighting to the death.

Looking at the countless countries, large and small, that have evolved successfully in later generations, generally the problems start with the army standing on the side against the government. If the army is firmly controlled, even the most radical opposition will not be able to make big waves. The Presidential Palace of Biron, which is essentially a military government, is now even having some wavering in the navy, becoming a fence-sitter swaying left and right. The Radical Party and the Justice Party in Port Blanca are engaging in PK. Otto in the City Hall seems to realize now that the Radical Party is not so不堪 after all. Saint Hesser, such a capable person, was still underestimated, even if he wasn't underestimated.

Pulling off such a big thing under the eyes of the City Hall, playing so skillfully in the Police Department.

After discussing with his staff, Otto formally invited Saint Hesser to negotiate the allocation of this urban construction. Saint Hesser's influence has expanded from the Fifth District to the entire city of Port Blanca.

The Justice Party originally wanted to rely on Otto's side to suppress the Radical Party's investment promotion department, but the result was that it directly advanced into the hinterland of the Justice Party.

The Radical Party nationwide is now in a stage of decline, but the branch led by Saint Hesser, after simple organizational construction and ideological construction, has begun to change slowly and rapidly. What Saint Hesser has to do next is to absorb more outstanding talents and increase his political achievements and gold content while attacking the seemingly powerful Justice Party in Port Blanca.

Only three major families are left in Port Blanca.

.....

At the first commencement ceremony of the Radical Party Political School in Port Blanca, Saint Hesser, as the top leader of the Radical Party in Port Blanca, served as the principal of the school, and Kleiderman served as the vice principal.

"It's not easy for everyone to stand here today. I'll be responsible for the first lesson. The main purpose of our Port Blanca Radical Party branch in launching school studies this time is to continuously improve everyone's working ability, adapt to the development of current pioneering work, and better build Port Blanca. Today, we have come together, and today we will mainly talk about three things."

"The first thing is that the entire country is in a state of serious difficulty. We must fully recognize the current situation of the country, learn more, face the difficulties squarely, and not be afraid."

"The second thing is to clearly recognize who our country's enemies are and who our collaborators are. Distinguish between enemies and friends and be a truly idealistic Radical Party member."

"The third thing is that there is a voice within the Radical Party that our Radical Party is constantly expanding and improving. What are we planning to do? Are we going to engage in Saint Hesser's dictatorship? Why should we counterattack the Justice Party? Some people feel very good about it, it's revenge. Some people feel it's wrong, it's disrupting the balance. I don't want to respond too much, I just want everyone to understand that,"

"The reason why our Radical Party is accumulating more strength now is not for our personal interests, nor is it for working for me, Saint Hesser, but so that we can do something when the country is in crisis, instead of passively waiting and relying on others. I hope everyone can clearly recognize this point. If I one day no longer serve as the head of the Radical Party, everyone must continue to follow the next leader steadfastly."

Saint Hesser's passionate speech at the commencement ceremony completely ignited a flame in the hearts of these 47 people.

He responded to some of the questions within the Radical Party, greatly improving the cohesion of the entire organization and dispelling many people's ideological confusion.

Most of the subsequent work went smoothly. Saint Hesser himself is also a theoretical expert. Even if the Radical Party's historical documents and program are not mentioned, there are still quite a few. When he annotated these old historical documents and programs, he also paid attention to combining them with some advanced foreign theories to create some theories with Argentine characteristics, which were more down-to-earth than Biron's Third Way.

......

The degree of turmoil in Argentina deepened, and many of Saint Hesser's factories were impacted, and many things happened.

Until a group of people tried to smash the La Plata Steel Plant, Ian was also a little annoyed and could only ask Saint Hesser for help.

"Boss, the specific situation is like this. Fortunately, Aragon, the boss of Delta Security, assisted, otherwise we would have suffered huge losses."

"So, this is sudden crime, not organized targeting."

"Yes, they are just a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old children who wanted to steal some steel to sell, and later set the construction site on fire."

Delta Security provided timely protection, but this is not a fundamental solution. After all, Delta Security cannot send a group of people to be stationed here for the steel plant.

"Wait, what do you think about our factory establishing its own security department?"

Saint Hesser felt his mind open up, and three words flashed in his brain: "Security Section", the kind of security section of state-owned enterprises in the New China of later generations.

"Boss, this seems to be okay. These workers actually make trouble after get off work, often drinking and fighting. They usually organize some people, but they haven't formed a system."

"Special circumstances require special handling. I thought about it, this does not violate Argentine law. After all, private property is sacred and inviolable. By the way, starting from January 1 next year, all employees of the steel plant will have their salaries increased by 10%."

Saint Hesser thought for a while, to stabilize the morale of the steel plant, then increase wages. Not only must there be a stick, but also a carrot.

Ian established a security department, and Saint Hesser designated outstanding members of the Falcon Agency and Delta Security Company to change their identities and serve as the person in charge. At the same time, workers with good physical fitness were recruited internally from the steel plant.

With Saint Hesser's instructions, personnel were arranged to apply internally throughout the factory. Except for the personnel designated by Saint Hesser, all other personnel came from within the factory, which incidentally strengthened the product process management.

When he discovered that this magical organizational form of the security department complied with Argentine legal regulations, he immediately realized that it had a lot of room for maneuver.

This system can be promoted this year. The end of '53 is also approaching, and a general working meeting of the factory will be held again. At that time, it can be promoted in dozens of factories, large and small, to establish legitimate reserve armed forces and formulate various rules and regulations.

Saint Hesser felt that this was very reasonable. After all, Argentina is becoming more and more chaotic. As a factory owner, I want to protect my assets. It is very reasonable to have a protection department of dozens or hundreds of people. At that time, I will get some gun permits to protect factory assets, textile commercial spies, saboteurs.

So, this department was officially named the Security Department, screening loyal members of the factory. Their work is not only to protect the safety of the factory, but also to be responsible for factory supervision and intelligence work. As a permanent organization, it is also the first in Argentina, and it also greatly enhances Saint Hesser's control over the factory.