Rise of the Argentine Empire

Saint Hérsé's backing is getting stronger and stronger.

Buenos Aires is filled with cheers everywhere.

This coup not only overthrew Perón, but Saint Hérsé realized that the benefits seemed to be far greater than he had imagined.

When he heard President Eduardo announce the new Vice President, Minister of Defense, and a series of names, he almost thought he had misheard.

His whole brain was in a somewhat confused state, and it took him a minute to react.

José, the leader of the alliance of interests in Blanca, was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed as the Vice President of Argentina and President of the Senate.

His superior in the Radical Civic Union, Arturo Frondizi, served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Old leader General Thompson was officially promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as the Minister of Defense of Argentina, responsible for the reorganization and purge of the Argentine army.

The Ministry of Defense will be merged and reorganized with the other three major ministries, abolishing the first-level departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and re-subordinating them to the Ministry of Defense, likely making it the most powerful Ministry.

His father-in-law, D'Alois, was promoted to Minister of Agriculture, which was quite dramatic, because the old Minister of Agriculture had a heart attack and died during the war, allegedly because a high-explosive bomb exploded near his house, scaring him to death.

The former President of the National War College, Pedro Aramburu, was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Army and Minister of the Army.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Navy was appointed by José's deputy, Colonel Talim Dumont, who was also an old acquaintance of Saint Hérsé. This time he was promoted to Rear Admiral, but the two were not considered to have a very deep friendship.

Also, Saint Hérsé's teacher, Professor Pukins, became the Vice President of the Supreme Court of Argentina…

The most surprising thing was actually General José. Of course, he had expected it in his heart. He knew when he was connecting General Thompson and General José that the result would not be too bad, but becoming Vice President was still unexpected.

This is the second most important figure in Argentina, although there is some exaggeration, it is obviously very powerful.

Saint Hérsé himself did not receive any new positions because he was not yet 30 years old.

Others, like the Mayor of San Martín, Cross, also gained a lot of benefits.

The church that supported the Córdoba faction also became active again, demanding the abolition of the constitution.

Moreover, there were more than just Saint Hérsé who invested in the Córdoba faction. He was familiar with the Ditellier Industrial Consortium, the Amo family, the Bonnie Consortium, the Galicia Bank Consortium, the Duay family, one of the largest landowners in Argentina, the Rosario Varitin family behind Belleville Steel, the second largest private steel plant in Argentina, the Angulo Meat Union, and a large number of other families and companies, in addition to the foreign slaughter and refrigeration company Swift.

Most of these families are located in Rosario, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, and Córdoba.

He didn't want to leave Blanca City now, because before things were completely stable, leaving here would only make the situation in Blanca City worse.

He would not give up fighting for the interests of Blanca City. The free port, trading port, reduced customs taxes, and merged independent autonomous cities of Blanca City, as well as the large city hall, these semi-illegal operations were officially confirmed by the new government as legal.

Saint Hérsé even planned to propose that the cities around Blanca City be merged into La Pampa Province, with Blanca City serving as the provincial capital of the new province, in order to weaken the dominance of Buenos Aires Province and turn La Pampa Province into the fourth pillar of Argentina's provinces, changing the development trend in Argentina.

Blanca City does not receive many resources and policies in Buenos Aires Province, and continued development will inevitably cause a huge conflict with La Plata City in the province, just like the current situation between San Martín City and Córdoba City.

La Pampa Province was not originally a province, but a provincial administrative region. It was only made a province in 1951. Later, it was renamed Eva Perón Province, and it was inevitable that it would soon be changed back to La Pampa Province. This is a young province that has only been established for less than 3 years. The provincial capital, Santa Rosa, is also the same, it is not a big city, and the gap with provincial capitals such as Córdoba is huge.

La Pampa Province is now weak and economically backward, but it has great potential and good climatic conditions, located at the southern end of the Pampas grassland.

If La Pampa Province can merge with the Greater Blanca City metropolitan area, it can instantly become a medium-sized province with a population of over 500,000. Now is the right time, and he is confident that La Pampa Province can develop into a super-large province within five years, even surpassing Córdoba Province and Santa Fe Province.

In fact, Saint Hérsé was also advised by the Radical Civic Union to consider developing in La Plata City, serving as the Deputy Mayor and Speaker of the Council of La Plata City.

He felt that it was too close to the imperial capital, and there were too many constraints. It was better to be the head of a chicken in the south than the tail of a phoenix. Many tricks could not be played, and his qualifications were still a bit lacking.

It can be seen from this coup that things are far from over. The Justicialist Party still controls most of the provinces in the country. Next, it will be time for the new government to purge them.

Saint Hérsé is full of confidence in the development of Blanca City. In the end, he still submitted this new division and merger proposal to Speaker Arturo. He didn't have too much hope. His political qualifications were too shallow, and others couldn't help even if they wanted to.

The division and merger of provinces is a matter for the Argentine Congress, unless he can become a senator or senior representative of Buenos Aires Province, he is qualified to propose it.

Each province in Argentina only has 3 Senate seats, and it is not Saint Hérsé's turn. On the contrary, his old partner, the Mayor of San Martín, Cross, has a better chance.

In order to obtain the support of the Radical Civic Union leader Arturo, Saint Hérsé specially added information about the development of Southern Oil at the end. This Radical Civic Union leader attaches great importance to the oil industry and has written several books on oil.

This time, several facilities of the Argentine National Oil Company YPF were "accidentally" bombed by the Navy's artillery.

Although it was an accident, the development of Southern Oil can be accelerated again.

Saint Hérsé also continues to seek the regularization and legalization of Southern Oil Company. The oil resources in Neuquén are still good.

It is worth mentioning that the reputation of its own Rheinmetall Arms has greatly increased and it has become a designated military industrial enterprise of the Argentine Ministry of Defense, and its life has become better, and the transformation will be smoother.

The San Martín Aircraft Factory is also the same. Because of the donation of several military aircraft, it has obtained the same status as the Argentine Military Aircraft Factory, but the Military Aircraft Factory still has not received funding.

He has been in Blanca City for the past few days, and the ceremony was also notified temporarily. When he came to Buenos Aires, he did not contact José, nor did he contact General Thompson, only meeting with his father-in-law, D'Alois.

Saint Hérsé remembered that on the evening of the 15th, he sent General José off at Belgrano, which can be regarded as the impermanence of the world.

The newly appointed President José is very busy, and Saint Hérsé is too lazy to bother him to reminisce.

On the other hand, General Thompson is not too busy yet. The two talked for a long time, telling him that in order to maintain his current position, he still had to be tough on the Justicialist Party members, and to be careful of Pedro.

The situation in Buenos Aires has improved somewhat, but it's still not great. Eduardo still doesn't have any concrete development measures.

Increase fiscal revenue and lower export tariffs.

After cutting three military departments, there are still a full 17 first-level departments under the Argentine Presidential Cabinet. A large number of civil servant positions need to be cut. Some messy first-level departments either need to be abolished or merged and reorganized, which are all major problems.

You should know that before the Perón era, the Argentine cabinet only had 8 departments. Perón established 12 new departments in one go, creating a large number of redundant officials and staff.

And Eduardo may not necessarily do well.

Moreover, military financial expenditure also accounts for too much, and the army problem is also very serious.

San Jose does hope that Eduardo can hold on a little longer. After all, moderate governments at least won't mess things up.

He also had an overnight conversation with his father-in-law, D'Allos, and sorted out the future development of the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture.

Now that Argentina is a de facto agricultural country, the Ministry of Agriculture can take advantage of this window of opportunity to carry out a large number of reforms and developments. If Eduardo is really overthrown, San Jose can be more calm.

"Father-in-law, this time I hope the Ministry of Agriculture can cooperate in a pilot program of moderate land reform to reduce agricultural production costs."

Since becoming the Minister of Agriculture, D'Allos has been very proud. He also dresses meticulously at home, with a snow-white and crisp shirt, and a gray vest that perfectly holds in his belly.

"Our Argentine agriculture and animal husbandry have already experienced a lot of problems. It's best to let President Eduardo merge the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Animal Husbandry to reduce internal friction."

San Jose is also speechless about Perón's ability to cause trouble. Argentina now has not only the Ministry of Agriculture but also the Ministry of Animal Husbandry. This is completely nonsense. Streamlining administration is a long and arduous task.

D'Allos could only respond with a wry smile:

"The Ministry of Animal Husbandry was originally a department of our Ministry of Agriculture. It has only been independent for five or six years, and there are very few people, but there are many ranches and slaughter and refrigeration companies and factories that support it, so it's not as simple as you think."

San Jose gently exhaled, and after a while, he said:

"Specific measures must be taken quickly, otherwise our country's agriculture and animal husbandry will be finished. Last year's 20 million tons of grain is estimated to be drastically reduced to less than 18 million tons this year. The cattle farms in Cordoba have also suffered a lot of losses. If we don't take action and introduce encouragement and support measures, then it will really be over."

San Jose was not exaggerating. In the past three or four years, Argentina has lost a lot of cattle and sheep every year. If this is not curbed, it will take at least ten years to recover.

"What about sales? How to solve this problem?"

D'Allos considered for a long time, his eyes flashed, and he said a key question.

"I have already asked meteorological experts to predict the weather for the next ten years. It is very abnormal. We must prepare for natural disasters in advance. I don't want any more problems in Argentina."

San Jose said half-truthfully, exaggerating. Argentina's rural areas are now declining, and newly cultivated farmland has been greatly reduced, and even large-scale abandonment has occurred. This is not good news.

And this will cause Argentina's development to lose a lot.

"Don't worry about sales. We will definitely have new markets, such as the Nanyang region, East Asia, the Soviet Union, and Europe and the Middle East. The population in these regions is growing rapidly and requires a large number of agricultural and livestock products."

This is a fact. Although the United States seized Argentina's European market through the Marshall Plan, Europe is now also experiencing a baby boom. A large number of new residents need Argentine beef, milk powder, and wheat flour.

"Okay, I'm convinced by you. I will submit it to the Presidential Palace as soon as possible."

"It must be done as soon as possible. Grain production has already begun. If it is delayed, we can only wait until next year."

D'Allos and San Jose discussed a lot of details, and San Jose will also cooperate with public opinion to put pressure on the Presidential Palace through various newspapers.

Agricultural reform has reached the point of determining the life and death of the new Argentine government, and time waits for no one.

Moreover, at least 70% or more of future population growth will be in rural Argentina. As long as rural people enter the city, their desire and ability to have and raise children will be greatly reduced, slowly declining from 5 or 6 to 3 and 2.

Even if encouragement measures are introduced, they will not last long and can only be short-term stimulus.

San Jose finally met with Vice President Jose and also obtained some support for the new agricultural reform, mainly involving economic development and tariff reform. San Jose also gave his written documents.

As for how much Vice President Jose can listen to, he didn't care too much. The two are now too far apart in status and are drifting apart, so they only talked for less than half an hour.

After San Jose said goodbye, Jose carefully read the reform documents he issued, but in the end, he didn't say anything and threw the reference documents into the trash can after shredding them.

… …

Morning of September 30th, LA Financial Avenue, Buenos Aires, 14th floor of Balun Bank headquarters, Chairman's office.

"The development of Balun Bank…"

San Jose sat on the sofa, carefully looking at the reports sent by the bank.

The office was clean and tidy, with several stacks of the latest newspapers placed in a corner. There was no sound around, and Rosa was still presiding over the meeting.

Obviously, this office has always been cleaned.

Half an hour later,

San Jose closed the report, leaned forward slightly, and remained silent for a long time.

He looked up at the window. Buenos Aires was sunny and cloudless today.

After another ten minutes, he exhaled and shook his head, his heart returning to a calm state.

San Jose stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking Financial Avenue. The avenue was full of busy people, and he had a smile on his face again.

As the financial core of Argentina, LA Financial Avenue has the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Argentine National Bank, the Argentine National Bank, the Buenos Aires Bank, the Papua Bank, and a large number of financial institutions. The lineup is indeed prosperous.

After a few more minutes, a voice came from outside the door,

Rosa, wearing a black uniform with a white shirt inside and her hair in a bun, pushed the door open, walked straight to him, and directly wrapped her arms around San Jose's neck.

"Honey, you haven't come to see me for almost 3 months."

Rosa said to him resentfully.

"Work is too busy, you know."

San Jose said apologetically.

A smile suddenly appeared on Rosa's face, like a female hooligan.

She tore it hard with both hands, and San Jose was caught off guard. The white shirt on his upper body was directly torn off, and several buttons fell off, revealing his strong muscles.

Revealing San Jose's perfect body and skin.

Rosa's blue eyes lit up and she immediately spread out her golden hair.

"Honey, I've stripped you naked, you have to compensate me properly."

San Jose didn't say anything, pulled the curtains, and stood upright, extremely majestic.

One and a half hours later, the two put on their clothes.

It's just that San Jose's shirt was already torn, so he had to stand outside the door and ask Bruce King, the security guard, to buy a new one.