Rise of the Argentine Empire

Because Saint Hesser had made great contributions in this crackdown on the Justice Party, he climbed to a higher position in the Radical Party, despite his young age.

He was promoted by the Radical Party leader Arturo Frondizi to be in charge of the Radical Party in the two provinces of La Pampa and Río Negro.

Although these two provinces are not considered major provinces in Argentina at all, nor are they key areas for the Radical Party, they can still produce 6 participants each year.

Therefore, the struggles in various places are now very fierce.

You can't say that the Justice Party is a formalized political party; it is more like a grand political alliance, similar to Chiang Kai-shek's logistics and transportation team, or even far inferior.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek's logistics have now evolved. Since retreating to New Taipei, under tremendous pressure, they have had to learn from their opponents and have carried out land reform in New Taipei in recent years.

In addition to this, there is also a large amount of assistance from the Americans, even more than some European countries in the Marshall Plan, although not as much as France or West Germany, but about the same as Italy.

Now the Americans are very generous to New Taipei, with annual aid of 100 million US dollars, which is much more than Saint Hesser's fake investments in Argentina.

Under the influence of gold and machinery, American economic aid, post-war reconstruction, land reform, and import substitution, New Taipei's economy is about to take off.

It is worth mentioning that New Taipei's land reform was very successful, to some extent resolving New Taipei's economic crisis and transferring rural capital to industry and commerce, promoting the development of industry and commerce.

And last year, the population of New Taipei exceeded 8 million, and its potential has already been demonstrated, with rapid population growth.

With these as a foundation, New Taipei can carry out extensive reforms in fiscal, foreign trade, and financial systems. New Taipei will become the strongest of the Four Asian Tigers, even more powerful than South Korea, until it is later surpassed.

Compared to Chiang Kai-shek's logistics now, the level of the Argentine Justice Party is indeed a bit lacking. It cannot be said to be governing a country at all, at most it is just Perón's tool, and then everyone joins the Justice Party for power.

And from the level of the Argentine army exposed in this Argentine civil war, it can be said to be indescribable. With the end of the war, Saint Hesser obtained a large amount of first-hand information.

It can also be seen that as an army, Argentina is indeed not much at present, and cannot compare with the Brazilian army that has been baptized by World War II.

Even the Córdoba army trained by General Eduardo is of low standard, probably equivalent to a simplified version of the South Korean strawberry soldiers of later generations, and the current equipment is not very good either.

It is no wonder that it is so crotch now, and it had the courage to challenge the Five Great Benefactors in the 1980s, and failure is inevitable, at least far inferior to the level of India. India is now invincible in South Asia and quite successful.

Argentina can only embark on a path that has never been taken before, after all, American aid is not so easy to take.

The Justice Party has freedom of entry and exit, and there are not many constraints. It also does not have its own rules and regulations, and is more like a product of forming cliques for personal gain.

In comparison, the Radical Party is much more formal, a bit like a modern political party, at least not just for show.

Now Saint Hesser has officially become the supreme leader of the Radical Party organizations in the two provinces, and the other 6 committee members must also accept his supervision and attention.

These six committee members are all ordinary committee members of the Radical Party, basically without any power, the kind that is always in the last row at meetings, not at all like the committee members of large provinces like Córdoba.

The Radical Party also does not want to waste time on a province that is not even as big as a city. The Justice Party had already divided up the entire Argentina.

These Radical Party organizations are also very weak, and Saint Hesser intends to reorganize them according to his own ideas.

He plans to summon these six committee members after a while, hold a meeting to get together, but now there is no time, Saint Hesser is very busy recently.

Now the scale of the Radical Party in Blanca has expanded very greatly, almost controlling most of the power organs in Blanca.

The Justice Party has been completely cleared out, or it has changed its appearance.

If a member of the Justice Party newly joins the Radical Party, then they need to enter the internal political school of the Radical Party to study before they can.

And if they are a member of the Radical Party, they also have an advantage in promotions in Blanca.

The degree of rejuvenation of civil servants in Blanca is now very high. Most of those who do not have much ability retain their benefits and go to teach at the National University of the South, or become principals of new public vocational schools, etc., to shine and generate heat.

After all, most civil servants still have the ability, they just are not adapted to it. Being a middle school principal or something is more than enough.

Moreover, retaining the same benefits means that the salary remains the same, just that the power has decreased somewhat.

The transfer of power in Blanca is still okay, because many capable people have also stayed and been arranged by Saint Hesser to engage in industrial zone construction and the like.

The development of these large industrial zones is not bad. The area under the jurisdiction of Blanca is now getting larger and larger, which has a huge effect on economic development. Most of the capable people have stayed, and the incapable have also been sent for transformation.

Saint Hesser also served as a law lecturer at the political school of the Radical Party in Blanca and often goes to give lectures.

At least Argentina is still very hopeful.

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On November 18, 17 municipalities headed by Blanca were formally merged with La Pampa and Río Negro.

The personnel of the three provinces formally signed an agreement, from then on 14 municipalities in Blanca officially belonged to La Pampa, and 3 autonomous counties belonged to Río Negro, greatly increasing the development potential of the two provinces.

Not quite the same as the plan initially formulated by Saint Hesser, this time a total of 30,285 square kilometers of coastal area was divided and allocated to La Pampa and Río Negro, minimizing the losses of Buenos Aires Province as much as possible.

This is also asking for the sky-high price and settling down to pay the money. 30,000 square kilometers is a number that everyone is more satisfied with.

This was also the final plan after ten days of wrangling.

Among them, La Pampa obtained 21,060 square kilometers, with a total of 13 municipalities, the main body being Blanca, and the remaining 11 cities mostly surrounding Blanca and some of the 2 counties in the south. La Pampa obtained 260 kilometers of coastline, which can calmly develop foreign trade.

The formal jurisdiction of Blanca expanded from 1,274 square kilometers to 6,924 square kilometers, and the population increased by another 30,000 to reach 340,000. The small towns of Argerich and Médanos in South Blanca Bay were incorporated.

The remaining 5 towns that make up Greater Blanca City, with a jurisdiction of 5,010 square kilometers, are temporarily unable to swallow.

At present, the development direction of Blanca is mainly the Outer Three Districts, and now with the addition of the Outer Five Towns, it is enough for Blanca to develop rapidly.

Río Negro obtained 3 municipalities, of which Buenos Aires Province cut out an irregular polygonal land, with an area of approximately 9,225 square kilometers of Buenos Aires Province territory south of the Colorado River, all merged into Río Negro.

According to Saint Hesser's suggestion, Viedma merged with Carmen Town across the river to establish the Carmen District.

In addition, the city of Cardenal was merged into Viedma, and the area under the jurisdiction of the city of Viedma expanded from more than 100 square kilometers to 4,000 square kilometers.

The city of Viedma established the new Port of Viedma along the coast in the broad downstream area of the Río Negro, transforming Viedma into a coastal city. Its population increased from 30,000 to 50,000. The capacity to control resources greatly increased, and it began to imitate others by establishing some processing industries.

The Viedma State-Owned Assets Committee was established to utilize local resources and develop trade, including food and grain processing, leather processing, raw salt processing, shoe manufacturing, and the plastics industry.

Additionally, the two autonomous towns of José Casas and Stroeder merged to form the city of Casas, with a jurisdiction area of 2,200 square kilometers and a population of 7,000.

The remaining city, Emilio, has a jurisdiction of 3,000 square kilometers and a population of 6,000.

After the administrative divisions were readjusted, the area of Buenos Aires Province decreased from 308,000 to 278,000 square kilometers, with little change in population, remaining at 8.95 million.

La Pampa Province expanded from 143,000 to 164,000 square kilometers and gained its own wide outlet to the sea. The city of Bahía Blanca could also construct inland canals within the province. The population surged from 200,000 to 580,000, a dramatic increase in strength, with Bahía Blanca alone accounting for 340,000.

Río Negro Province increased from 203,000 to 212,000 square kilometers in area, and its population increased from 410,000 to 450,000.

With this, the administrative division of Argentina was completed.

The main leaders of the three provinces, Lirata Arroyo, a senior official of La Pampa Province, Nelson Crazer, a senior official of Río Negro Province, Nicolás Alberto, the new senior official of Buenos Aires Province, and San Gesse Cohen, the mayor of Bahía Blanca, attended the meeting and held "friendly" discussions.

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With the completion of the zoning adjustment,

Next was the negotiation work between Bahía Blanca and La Pampa Province, which was to relocate the provincial capital to the more powerful city of Bahía Blanca.

San Gesse and Senior Official Lirata continued to sign various agreements, and Bahía Blanca became the new capital of La Pampa Province.

The newspapers of La Pampa Province followed up and reported on this matter.

The people of Santa Rosa City were not actually very sad, after all, that was the support of a big city of 340,000 people for a city of 40,000 people.

Santa Rosa City can be said to be one of the poorest provincial capitals in Argentina. La Pampa Province has a small population and no mineral resources. It can only raise cattle and sheep. Santa Rosa City's development is also very poor. It is not even as prosperous as the suburbs of Bahía Blanca. For example, the newly established Alta District, which is only a few months old, now has 60,000 people. The urban construction is very good, and there is also an aviation industrial zone, Sanchez Supermarket, and the hospital is also very new.

The agreement was signed in Santa Rosa City. San Gesse and the mayor of Santa Rosa City, Nice Carroll, signed the handover agreement. This was almost agreed upon from the beginning, and the specific details will be discussed in detail by the two city hall teams.

Santa Rosa City was founded in 1892 and became the capital of La Pampa Province 20 years ago. It has an area of 1,500 square kilometers and an altitude of 175 meters. Affected by the humid subtropical climate, the average annual rainfall is 685 mm. It is the trade and industrial center of the agricultural and pastoral area in the eastern part of La Pampa Province. The industry is mainly agricultural and livestock product processing industry. It is also a transportation hub in the central region of Argentina. There are railways connecting Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca, and the conditions are not bad.

But compared to Bahía Blanca, it is indeed considered a dilapidated household. Even last year, Bahía Blanca had 90,000 people. Now, having such a large industrial city as a backing is of great benefit to the economic and social development of the entire La Pampa Province.

Strictly speaking, Argentina does not actually have much need for coastal defense. Therefore, a more powerful provincial capital can quickly lead the development of La Pampa Province. Therefore, the coastal Bahía Blanca can also become the provincial capital like La Plata, and the conditions are met.

After all, there are almost no enemies in Argentina that can attack the mainland. Only Chile and the United Kingdom have some territorial disputes, but no country dares to attack the Argentine mainland, not even Brazil.

Therefore, the relocation of the provincial capital went very smoothly this time.

Of course, next, Bahía Blanca will continue to develop westward and southward, which is also very necessary.

This is also the reason why San Gesse must merge the towns of Achárich and Médanos. After all, Bahía Blanca Bay is still very large, and the eastern Alta District will continue to maintain development, but the land carrying capacity in the south is also very large, and it is normal to continue to expand the territory.

Moreover, large-scale trade and economic reforms can be implemented in La Pampa Province in the next few years.

Bahía Blanca can better integrate into La Pampa Province, completely transforming it from an inland province to a coastal province, without causing division, and developing the Santa Rosa-Bahía Blanca dual core.

A large number of highways will be built between Bahía Blanca and Santa Rosa City. Reinforced concrete is readily available. The hardworking Chilean workers and Bolivian workers make it possible to build more highways.

La Pampa Province agreed to move the provincial capital from Santa Rosa City to Bahía Blanca, and Bahía Blanca became the new capital of La Pampa Province. The relocation of the new government is expected to be completed by the end of 1954.

The current La Pampa Province has less population to manage than Bahía Blanca, so the difficulty is not great.

San Gesse arranged for a construction company to build the new La Pampa Province capital building, which will be located in the newly merged Achárich town of Bahía Blanca.

He did not intend to arrange the provincial capital in the currently prosperous East and West districts, nor in the Alta District, but instead arranged it in Achárich, which is further west.

Although the defense of the provincial capital is not the most important issue, San Gesse still attaches great importance to it, and Achárich, which is more inland, is obviously more suitable than the East and West districts.

In addition to defense considerations, Achárich is also closer to the center of La Pampa Province and not too far from the West District. It is adjacent to the Bosca District and can better exert its driving effect and drive the economic development of the entire La Pampa Province.

The straight-line distance from the new provincial capital in the Achárich District to the West District of Bahía Blanca is 20 kilometers, which is not too far.

A highway will be arranged, and a new round of large-scale construction can be carried out to connect the new and old districts and develop and construct on a larger scale.

In fact, this kind of relocation is inevitable, and the city scale has expanded,

Moving the provincial capital out is conducive to adjusting the spatial structure of Bahía Blanca and increasing the development potential of Bahía Blanca.

Now Bahía Blanca is expanding too fast, and the area under its jurisdiction is 6 times larger than before, which will inevitably change the development planning and layout of Bahía Blanca to a certain extent. The cooperation with Viedma City in the south and the northward development of Río Negro Province must be considered one by one.

Although the distance moved south is not large, it can very well develop the economy of the south bank of Bahía Blanca Bay.

The south bank of Bahía Blanca Bay is now completely a vast wasteland, and a lot of industrial zones can be built.

If the planning is complete, he also plans to build several cross-bay bridges in the future to better develop the land in the south. The distance between the south and north banks is not as wide as the Río de la Plata estuary, only about 8 kilometers.

Moreover, the original La Pampa Province was indeed sparsely populated, so the provincial capital Santa Rosa City was located in the eastern plains with a slightly larger population. According to San Gesse's idea, if several million people are to be developed along the coast, then the original plan will definitely not work.

This is also the reason why the new provincial capital will be set up in Achárich town, Bahía Blanca.

Achárich town now has less than 3,000 people and an area of 700 square kilometers. It can be developed quickly. The provincial capital will be moved over, and several industrial zones will be developed, and it will be almost completed.