Rise of the Argentine Empire

On August 8th, around 9 AM,

Saint Hesser met Nora Mesandes, the fiery Indian girl, again at his residence.

Unlike her wild attire last time, she was wearing a beige coat this time.

Her wheat-colored skin was very delicate, and she looked very gentle.

This made Saint Hesser a little strange.

"Nora, did you bury your pet snake or eat it?"

Saint Hesser said teasingly.

"Don't mention it. I buried it a long time ago. Well, it has disappeared and returned to the embrace of the Sun God."

Nora was so angry when she thought of this that she almost wanted to hit someone, but she held back. She had to be a lady and reserved.

"Do you have something to do here today? Don't tell me you're here to ask me to compensate for the poisonous snake. I don't have that kind of poisonous thing."

"No, it's just that the family asked me to find a job at Thunder Mining. Don't you need Indian workers? There are many suitable people in our village."

Nora said softly, also stating her purpose directly.

"As for work, it's not like there isn't any, but it requires some introduction fees."

Saint Hesser touched his chin, looking a little wretched.

"Um... um... it's not impossible."

Nora twisted her fingers.

"Actually, it's okay to be your lover. I'm the best-looking in our village. Having children will definitely be very good. The village wizard has said this..."

Her voice became smaller and smaller... as soft as a kitten.

After all, Saint Hesser actually met her aesthetic standards, and he was also rich and young. The village chief grandfather told her that she could consider the matter of "dedication," such a "sacrifice."

"So you're the village flower... What can the people in your village do for me? If there is a suitable reason, I can accept it."

"Haha, just kidding. I have a girlfriend."

Saint Hesser added.

He always felt that the topic was developing in a strange direction.

Saint Hesser looked at the Indian girl again.

This Indian girl did have a tall and perfect figure, with long and straight legs. Her height was estimated to be 1.75 meters, almost to his ear. Well, she was indeed quite good-looking.

A bit similar to the supermodel figure of later generations, not the plump type, with clear and bright eyes, a real original ecological beauty.

"The people in our village are all planting experts. They are very good at tobacco leaves and are also good at construction. There are thousands of people in our village."

Nora did not forget the purpose of coming here, and simply stated some of the advantages of the village.

At the same time, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and also had some regretful little thoughts. As expected, she was still not liked.

"Okay, why don't you take me to your village to have a look?"

"Ah... you agreed?"

Nora cheered, sounding a little cute.

The two walked one after the other towards the suburbs of Oran, followed by several armed security personnel.

It was already autumn, and the weather in Oran was 3-4 degrees hotter than in the south, basically around 8 degrees, similar to Asuncion.

The air was filled with a mixture of opal-colored frost and smoke, and today was a cloudy day.

In the slightly cold air, near the horizon, the people of Oran had already begun to work. Unlike the lazy lifestyle in the south, the people in northern Argentina were relatively more diligent, but also more impoverished.

"By the way, I actually don't remember your name very well," Nora said suddenly.

"Saint Hesser Cohen, how about calling me Brother Cohen? I guess I'm a bit older than you."

Saint Hesser looked serious, and the security guards behind him also looked serious, just short of wearing sunglasses.

"Um... Brother Cohen... I caused you trouble last time. I don't keep snakes anymore."

"Okay, just call me Cohen,"

Saint Hesser couldn't help but touch Nora's head.

"Okay, Cohen, we'll be there in twenty minutes."

Oran was very small, with only more than 30,000 people living there, but it also had a large area. The construction density was relatively average, like a large village. The good thing was that the greening was okay,

but the city was not so clean. There were sheep, cows, chickens, and ducks on the road. Except for the lack of pigs, you might think it was a pasture, giving you a feeling of instantly crossing over to the Indian subcontinent.

At the same time, there were also several forces in the city. The Soviets had recently withdrawn to Chile for some reason, but there were still some Americans and British, as well as many smugglers.

A group of people walked through a park, which was a bit quiet. Saint Hesser almost ran back.

"Don't enter the forest casually,"

Saint Hesser muttered to himself, holding the Browning on his belt, and didn't retreat.

"This is a shortcut. We can get to our village by crossing this path."

Saint Hesser waved his hand, telling the people behind him not to relax their vigilance. Saint Hesser also suddenly had a premonition that he shouldn't have come over like this. If he was caught by the remnants, it would be troublesome. He, Saint Hesser, had led the destruction of many gangs.

It wasn't until he walked out of the woods that Saint Hesser breathed a sigh of relief.

Saint Hesser had a feeling of Peach Blossom Spring. Why hadn't he come here before?

Nora took out a whistle from somewhere and blew it hard, and Saint Hesser almost had his heart raised.

"Cohen, you're dead."

Nora suddenly changed her face, her eyes cold, no longer as gentle as before.

"Form a defensive formation, don't panic, take out your eating utensils, fire a signal gun."

Saint Hesser calmly ordered, feeling like he was really going to suffer.

It was no wonder himself, beauty was really easy to deceive people. Saint Hesser regretted it a bit, then changed to a signal flare and launched it into the air.

Inside the manor,

"Not good, the boss is in danger, immediately take people to the location, call for intelligence team support."

The person in charge of the Viper Squad immediately realized something was wrong, quickly noted the coordinates, and then drove to the signal gun location.

"Damn it, I didn't expect anyone in Oran to dare to touch the boss. It seems that some people are tired of living."

With Thunder Mining's series of actions in the Potassium Triangle, coupled with Thunder Mining's large-scale expansion and recruitment of workers, and Guerrero even having a nickname "Dark Slayer."

Especially the time when two forces were destroyed in one day some time ago, causing many small forces to bow their heads, his reputation spread far and wide,

and he had vaguely become one of the forces in Oran that could not be provoked. In addition, Saint Hesser brought 6 people just now, as usual, except that he thought the boss was enlightened, so he didn't pay too much attention.

"Brother Cohen, I was just kidding, don't be too nervous."

Nora returned to her previous appearance again, but Saint Hesser didn't relax. His life was important. He pulled down the insurance again, ready to shoot at any time if he found someone moving. He was very confident in his shooting skills.

"Little Nora, you've caused trouble again! How can you treat our tribe's distinguished guests like this,"

At this time, an old man in Indian traditional dress came out with a cane and scolded.

"Hello, Mr. from Thunder Mining, this is a huge misunderstanding. Our Gasuri tribe has absolutely no hostility."

"I swear in the name of the Sun God."

"Well, put it down,"

Most of the Indians around did not carry weapons, and warmly welcomed Saint Hesser. Saint Hesser put away his weapons,

More than ten minutes later, two large trucks of the Viper Squad had arrived at the Gasuri village. Seeing that Saint Hesser was safe, they stabilized their emotions under Saint Hesser's greeting, but they didn't dare to be careless anymore and sent 10 more people to Saint Hesser.

"Distinguished guest, I am Little Nora's grandfather, and also the village chief here, Tantaka Mesandes,

The willful Little Nora did something wrong."

"Distinguished guest, I hope our tribe can join your company and serve you."

"Oh? Why?"

Saint Hesser was a little curious. This wasn't just a simple job search. This looked like a statement of allegiance and reliance.

"The Sun God instructed me that the future Son of the Sun has already descended. He can lead our Indian tribe to recovery and rise again. This is the revelation of the Sun God."

Tantaka said with a serious face,

"Your sun god is really something, even bragging. If I didn't disbelieve in these things, I might have been fooled by you."

Saint Hecesse shook his head, indicating he didn't believe in such nonsense. Besides, he didn't have the ability to lead a tribe of only one or two thousand people to rise up; this is the age of civilization now.

"Respected guest, as long as we join Thunder Mining, we can forgo our wages for three months. We can definitely develop well; we have many master tobacco growers."

"Really? You can all go and apply individually."

Saint Hecesse said indifferently.

"Honored guest, please believe us, we will definitely do well."

Saint Hecesse finally reluctantly agreed to take in this tribe, making them workers in the tobacco fields.

They even showcased many unique tobaccos and coca plants, opening Saint Hecesse's eyes.

They even showed many tobacco seeds, photos, and the like, looking quite promising.

In the end, Saint Hecesse still chose to forgive Oula; after all, she was still a child. A few spankings would do.

The old village chief didn't object too much. This tribe had already lost everything. Few people hired Indians, and they had even tried to contact Bolivian guerrillas, but were exploited.

The development and treatment of Thunder Mining, as well as its backing, were indeed top-notch choices.

Saint Hecesse signed some contract worker rights agreements with them, planning to have them responsible for a tobacco field. Guerrero's farmland had already expanded to over 20,000 acres.

"Tobacco cultivation is quite technical. As long as you are willing to work and don't slack off too much, I will help you develop well."

"I will provide you with protection, and you can even join the new town's guard in the future, instead of running away, of course, after being screened."

Saint Hecesse also toured the tribe with the old village chief. It was indeed very dilapidated, mostly thatched huts.

"Okay, Mr. Saint Hecesse, I will arrange and implement it immediately."

"Little Nora, from now on, you will follow Mr. Saint Hecesse to learn and help the boss remove some 'troubles'."

"Okay, Grandpa, I will work hard."

… …

After this day, Saint Hecesse had a little follower behind him. Little Chili gradually returned to her nature, the wild type, also working as a secretary.

"I didn't expect you to have graduated from middle school. Study hard,"

Saint Hecesse discovered that Nora had also graduated from middle school, which seemed better than being illiterate.

"Yes, Boss Cohen, I will work hard, and the Gassuli tribe will also progress faster."

Nora waved her fist, cheering herself on. Joining the new force, Thunder Mining, was a big step forward.

Saint Hecesse even specially prepared work clothes for her.

This was the headquarters of Thunder Mining, but to be honest, so far, Thunder Mining, apart from being full of force, didn't have any outstanding talent.

Saint Hecesse needed Thunder Mining to continue expanding for the future of the steel plant, especially iron ore, coke, and other important resources. Moreover, exploring for coal and iron ore in Australia was what needed to be prepared diligently during this short period.

"Brazilians think they are strong, following the United States, really need to live hard."

Pulari International had long been heavily deployed in Argentina, especially in South Africa.

Most Brazilian coal and iron ore mines are unwilling to give to foreigners, but Australia has not yet discovered iron ore, which is a special opportunity.

"We must establish a Canberra or Sydney branch as soon as possible, to get involved in coal and iron ore production and collection, and not too big or too much."

"Understood, boss, I will prepare people to go to Australia."

"Remember to find some experts, iron ore and coal, must choose one."

"Let's go with iron ore, the degree of restriction on coal is not much, there are also many kinds of imports, there are many in Venezuela, and Australia does not restrict exports either."

"Now the whole of Australia does not have large iron ore mines, then we will continue to work hard to explore."

"On the Australian side, we must increase manpower and prepare for iron ore at the same time."

"Nora, I plan to leave Jujuy Province recently, are you going with me, or going back to Oran."

Saint Hecesse looked at the foundation being laid for Morado Town, feeling very urgent. Although these were all single-story buildings without pillars, there had to be enough steel bars when the roof was sealed in half a year. Moreover, Saint Hecesse didn't like contributing too much to steel plants in other countries.

"Boss, I am willing to go with you, I have not been to too many places except for the nearby provinces and Bolivia."

"The place I am going to is La Plata, the capital of the province of Buenos Aires, very far away."

It was more than 1,000 kilometers from here to Buenos Aires, and then to La Plata.

As for why he was going to La Plata, he was planning to collect scrap metal. There was a steel rolling mill there that specialized in producing steel bars and the like, and Saint Hecesse needed a large quantity.

Their steel raw materials came from the Buenos Aires plant in the country. If the conditions were right, he would acquire it, or start a new steel plant from scratch, which would take three to five years before that.

"We are very lacking in steel production in Argentina. I originally planned to make some canned meat, but I couldn't afford the tin can packaging, and now it is still lacking."

What Saint Hecesse said was indeed true, and later it became canned fruit, which still has not been put into production.

Now the entire Argentina does not have much steel production, and it needs to be used in more important places, such as bridges and roads, rather than useless cans, fresh ones are not better?

Brazil is now impregnable, and Saint Hecesse can't do anything about it. He can only do some public opinion in the direction of division. Southern Brazil once had an independent republic, which was annexed by Brazil.

Saint Hecesse has always planned to give the independent forces in the three southern states of Brazil more opportunities and provide some assistance. They have always wanted independence, but unfortunately their strength is weak, and Brazil has developed better and better.

Saint Hecesse followed Guerrero back and arranged things again. This time he planned to go to Australia to buy ore, especially large iron ore.

"This is not easy, Guerrero. You arrange for people to go to the capital to contact Little Nicks of Pulari International, and then go to Australia together.

"The main purpose is to find iron ore. This is very important. Pay more attention. The investment environment in Australia is not bad, at least it supports mining investment. They have many high-grade iron ore that have not been found, you go and buy land."

Now Australia is an iron ore importing country, and the investment in iron ore mining in Bolivia, the infrastructure and other aspects of investment is too large, and the current strength does not allow it.

Australia is much better. At least the environment is peaceful, foreign investment is welcome, and the infrastructure is good. Australia strongly encourages mining.

This is a "country sitting on a mining cart", the world's largest ore exporter, with more kangaroos and rabbits than Australians.

They used to have more than 100 million kangaroos and more than 1 billion rabbits, and last year the entire population of Australia did not know if it was 10 million, even more sparsely populated than Argentina.

"Okay, boss, I will arrange for some mining experts to go to Australia together."

These are some people who have just been recruited by Thunder Mining. Argentina has many experts in mining.

Now Thunder Mining can't be said to be a real wild company, after all, things like sun-dried salt can only be said to be a salt company.

Saint Hecesse calmed down and opened his mouth again,

"The coal matter also needs to be solved more. The quality of the coal produced locally in Argentina is too poor, and it is not very suitable for smelting steel, and the cost is also more reasonable."

There are not many ocean-going freighters and coal carriers in the current sense, but fortunately, Argentina and Australia are relatively close to each other.

It only needs to be loaded onto a ship and then go to Buenos Aires Province.

"Okay, boss, I will continue to work hard. By the way, the Barrosa family is very arrogant, do you want to teach them a lesson."

"Not for the time being, but if it really endangers our interests, then it will be the death of this family."

"Fighting and killing is not good, in the future, we must use more peaceful ways to solve problems, such as letting them go bankrupt or something."

Saint Hecesse said indifferently.