When Zhou Changlin smiled happily, the farmers around him who chose loans to buy land with him were all happy.
However, most immigrants were sold onto the ship alone. Therefore, one person did not dare to buy so much land. Most of them purchased less than ten acres of land.
Everyone is looking at the crops in their fields and giggling.
After all, even if you add in the immigration fees that the immigration company needs to charge and the loans to purchase farmland, it seems like it’s a piece of cake now.
After all, as long as you are not a lazy person, three years will be enough for you to pay off all your debts.
The only inconvenient thing is that the place of residence is still the workers' dormitory of the original farm.
Moreover, people are not allowed to build houses on their own fields.
All housing must be planned in a unified manner and exist in the form of a village, which is said to ensure the safety of Chinese people in Brazil.
In fact, it doesn't matter if we can live together, but we may have to walk some distance to work in the fields, which is not very convenient.
Of course, this is nothing compared to safety.
When the news reached the ears of immigrants who were still hesitating about taking loans to buy land, and immigrants who were originally planning to work in factories as workers.
Everyone fell into madness. Everyone's land plot was engraved in their genes. The enthusiasm for buying land with loans suddenly burst out at this moment, including the people who were rescued by Fang Lang from Brazil.
Fang Lang didn't stop him. After all, the factory here hasn't been established yet.
When job opportunities arise in cities, farmers will naturally put down their land and move from rural areas to cities.
Fang Lang simply divided these people into eight small villages and settled them on the land of the original Yakub family.
The fields were full of crops and there was no need to plant them, so we organized everyone to build a house together.
The land for the house and the money to build the house continue to be loaned to the immigration company.
Now everyone no longer worries about taking out a loan from an immigration company, after all, everyone knows they can afford it.
Of course, there are also many people who are unwilling to continue borrowing from immigration companies and want to live in farm dormitories first and then buy homesteads and build houses after earning money.
This is the traditional concept of most people. There is nothing wrong with spending money only if you have money.
The total number of immigrants plus the rescued laborers is less than 5,000, and the 5,800 hectares of land is a full 87,000 acres. Even if the per capita cultivated land area is ten acres, there is still a large amount of land. People buy.
Compared with the three acres of cultivated land per capita when the country was founded, ten acres per capita is indeed a lot, but compared to the current per capita cultivated land area in Brazil, it is also at a normal level.
Of course, the agricultural development areas arranged by Fang Lang for his compatriots are mainly concentrated in the Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. The land in the south is flatter and the arable land resources are more abundant.
As for the Rio Grande do Norte state where Natal is located, only Natal is somewhat flat, with an average altitude of only three meters. Going west less than fifty kilometers will turn into plateaus and mountains.
There is insufficient space for agricultural development, and of course the plateau and mountains are also the state's main cotton and corn-producing areas. However, when Fang Lang grabs territory, he also grabs a good place first!
Even if the south is taken away, there is still the "savanna" in the central and western regions, which accounts for 21% of Brazil's land area. If such a large area has not yet been occupied, he will not start in the northeastern region where agriculture is underdeveloped. Develop agriculture on a large scale.
The reason why these immigrants were resettled in Natal was to increase the proportion of the Chinese population in Natal. Natal mainly existed as a military base in Fang Lang.
In addition, we will focus on developing labor-intensive industries in Natal to accommodate the families of officers and soldiers of the First Fleet.
It's not enough for me to just pay allowances to the soldiers. By then, the soldiers' families will all work in Fang Lang's factory, and they will also receive the salary paid by Fang Lang.
Then Fang Lang's first fleet will completely become Fang Lang's private army and become a warlord who is not a warlord.
One week's time
Lang was arranging and familiarizing himself with the work of the First Fleet. After all, there were many new members joining, and Fang Lang also needed to get familiar with everyone.
A lot has happened this week. The bank has officially started construction. During the construction of the bank, the bank's staff have also been in place and started renting an office building in Natal.
All immigration, land and housing loan business of the Immigration Company were transferred to the newly established Brazilian Development Bank.
At the same time, construction began on Natal's first textile factory, sugar factory, and tannery. Fang Lang also announced to all officers and soldiers of the First Fleet that their families would have priority to work in the factory. .
Building factories requires a large amount of labor, which creates a large number of jobs for Natal residents, which makes Natal residents very happy.
With the entire First Fleet stationed, the officers and soldiers now belong to the high-income group, and nearby residents have also begun to do business near the military camp.
For the safety of the military camp, Fang Lang communicated with Mayor Dursley and prepared to build the first dedicated commercial street in Natal City.
Because the gangs in Natal were eradicated by Fang Lang, the overt and covert J-parlors were forced to close down, and the girls could only go to the streets to solicit customers and become homeless.
The appearance of these strays also gave Fang Lang a headache. In Brazil, the business of J women with unknown attributes is neither completely legal nor completely illegal.
For the sake of the soldiers' health, Fang Lang had no choice but to order the city government to centrally manage all strays, issue licenses, conduct regular physical examinations, and distribute free family planning supplies.
Perhaps because this is where the US military once was stationed, after the news spread that the city government had issued a license to Liuying, a large number of girls came out of nowhere to register.
There were thousands of people registered in one week, which frightened Fang Lang. It would turn into an uncivilized city later, and he called for a halt again and again.
In the end, the number of registered people still reached 1,500. There was no way that so many people needed to make a living. Fang Lang could only ask the city government to plan a bar entertainment street.
In order to prevent illegal incidents from happening, this street has become a key area for the police.
After finally dealing with the First Fleet, Fang Lang finally took his own special plane and flew to Rio de Janeiro with a guard platoon of soldiers.
Greeted at the airport were Colonel Teach and Major Blackwell from the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base.
After the meeting, they exchanged pleasantries, and Fang Lang was taken to the naval base in Rio de Janeiro.
"Hey! Fang, how come you have time to leave your First Fleet and come to Rio to visit us!"
"We haven't seen each other for so long. Don't you welcome me?"
Fang Lang's relationship with the two of them is now very good, so communication is easy and casual.
When Colonel Teach saw Fang Lang's expression of coming here to see you, he pointed it out directly:
"Don't you guys have official business and come to see us? Oh!"
"Haha... Everyone is so busy, so of course I took advantage of my break from work to come visit you!"
Fang Lang wouldn't be embarrassed in any way because of such a trivial matter!
"What's the main reason you came here this time? Can you tell me?"
Blackwell couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing serious. I just came to see General Letta from the General Logistics Department about the equipment issues for the Army's establishment of tank divisions."
When Tiqi heard Fang Lang talking about such an important matter in such a relaxed tone, he said repeatedly:
"Look at Fang, with his casual tone. That's Brazil's first tank division. Isn't it a big deal here with you?"
Fang Lang glanced at Colonel Teach strangely and said:
"Hey! Brother Teach, do you know about this?"
"What's so strange about this? Now the Army is quarreling over who should be the first to be converted into a tank division. Is this some kind of secret?"
Colonel Teach looked matter-of-fact.
Fang Lang glanced at Blackwell again and said clearly knowing:
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Two brothers! From now on, don’t forget to inform my brother about this kind of information! Although the brothers are far away, their hearts are very close! I also want to know some important things about the army! "
Fang Lang didn't know this news very late, because General Leta of the Logistics Department asked him to find suppliers' quotes a week ago.
However, apart from getting the news from General Leta, Fang Lang had not heard about it from other channels.
Obviously, he was promoted too quickly. He lacked experience at the grassroots level of the military and had no corresponding connections. Moreover, his current station was not in the heart of the country.
Indeed, there was a lot of information that he was unable to learn. It seemed that in the future, he would have to arrange for someone to collect intelligence in this area, otherwise he would miss out on any good business.
When the two heard Fang Lang's words, Blackwell said strangely:
"Don't you know? That's not right! I don't know why you came here? No, this is the Army's business! Why are you, a navy man, coming here to join in the fun!
That's not right, you want to see General Letta. What the hell are you doing here? "
Hearing Blackwell's soliloquy, Colonel Teach also reacted.
"That's right! Why did you come here for this matter? No, what he just said was about the equipment. It can't be that you have a way to get the equipment!"
Brazilian military equipment is generally requested by the Ministry of National Defense or the army, and then the General Logistics Department is responsible for procurement.
Currently, Brazil does not have a military factory, so it does not have an equipment department and cannot manufacture its own products.
Obviously, military generals will not be responsible for equipment procurement, and no one would have thought that Fang Lang would have a way to obtain arms, so they did not think of it.
"Hehe...it has a little connection! Why, Brother Teach also wants to purchase two warships for fun."
Fang Lang smiled.
"You really have great powers! My warships are all outdated World War I antiques. Of course I want them! But this is not something I can decide!"
Colonel Teach smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Fang Lang is also very aware of the current situation of the Brazilian Navy, but this is not something he can change.
But this does not prevent him from leaking some information to Colonel Teach. If Colonel Teach can convince the Navy to replace the warships, isn't this a business?
"If you really want to change, you can go to the Admiralty Department! Let me tell you this! I can get you active warships of the US military through this method, but they are second-hand.
Destroyers, submarines, and cruisers are all available. "
