On Saturday night, Saint Jose returned to his residence in District 5 from Lingang Industrial Zone and had dinner with Elena.
Sunday is a rest day, and workers also take a day off. Some of them will stay behind to handle some chores on the construction site.
On Sunday morning, the Falcon Bureau intelligence officer sent some telegrams and secret information. While eating breakfast, most of the other factories had nothing major to do. He mainly gave instructions on the telegrams from the steel plant and made the next arrangements.
"The issue of air pollution is quite interesting. Don't expect those who are swayed by public opinion. Well, let Xin'a Newspaper publish more articles about the employment benefits of power development, and at the same time confront those behind it, find a few new spokespersons, and then improve The production technology of thermal power plants and steel plants..."
The existence of air pollution does require improvement of the thermal power plant. Currently, it is subject to technical problems. At the same time, in order to facilitate the connection with the newly established steel plant, the original steel rolling plant itself was located in the suburbs, and the area was expanded from more than 1,000 acres to more than 3,000 acres. The new The factory is located on cheaper land in the east, far away from the city.
The thermal power plant is set up in an open space 3 kilometers east of the steel rolling mill. There is also a coking plant. It is 5.7 kilometers away from the easternmost part of the city. Therefore, there is a high probability that not all pollution problems originate from the La Plata thermal power plant. ,
It is the low-quality lignite from Patagonia that citizens use for heating in winter, and another large thermal power plant at the junction of Putrajaya and the west of the city, the Lanus Thermal Power Plant. Saint Jose knows a little bit about who is behind it. , just some clowns.
The Eva Bilon City Council changed its term, and the original council members stepped down. Saint Jose did not respond in a timely manner, and now it is necessary to arrange for someone to make amends.
In the past year, the situation in Argentina has been turbulent, and seizures of power have occurred from time to time in various places. Several military leaders have even been taken down by Bilon. However, while the warlord power still exists,
In fact, it does not have much impact on the military. On the contrary, if the Argentine Provincial City Hall changes its term, it will be difficult to say the situation here. This itself also represents the increase and decline of the forces of all parties, so it also requires him to reorganize the layout.
Facts have proved that the location of the steel plant is beneficial to the later steel market and workers. It is relatively close to the city center. As a city with a large population in the country, a large number of workers can be recruited locally, and it is also convenient to introduce labor from abroad.
Argentina has developed railway transportation, which can transport steel to all parts of the country through nearby train stations. In addition, the new trade port is being built very quickly. In the later stage, river and sea combined transportation will be carried out. Steel can also be exported to Uruguay, even Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and other places. For the later period, Urban expansion does have some impact, but it’s not a big problem.
At present, thermal power plants have stored a large amount of coal, and coking plants have also begun to prepare coking coal for ironmaking.
The thermal power plant mainly supplies electricity and residual pressure steam to the steel plant, and the major factories in the steel plant supply gas and high-pressure steam to the thermal power plant in a small cycle.
The thermal power plant adopts the world's mainstream British technology. The designed power generation scale is 500 megawatts and the power generation can reach 500,000 kilowatt hours per hour. Currently, with such a large power supply and the steel plant has not yet started construction, cheap electricity It has attracted many small factories to settle in. In the later stage, the steam generated by the production capacity of each link of the 1 million tons steel plant is expected to have an installed capacity of 70 megawatts and be recycled.
Cheap thermal power has effectively promoted the economic development of local cities. The employment rate in the entire city of Ava is very high, and the private economy is very active.
Although Britain leads the world in thermal power generation technology, the pollution problem is still serious, even in the UK.
London's pollution problem is quite well-known. At the beginning of the last century, Dickens produced "Oliver Twist", and London became the nickname of "Oliver Twist". From December 5th to 9th last year,
The London smog incident killed more than 4,000 people, and more than 8,000 people died in January and February this year. The British House of Lords and House of Representatives are still arguing about it.
La Plata Thermal Power Plant mainly has dust problems. After technological improvements, the problem is not big. After all, the thermal power plant uses imported high-quality Australian coal, which is much better than the domestic lignite in Argentina. The target of their attack is very The problem is that the air in urban areas is much better than that in many cities in China that burn lignite, and thermal power plants have also made a lot of contributions to winter heating, but there was a lack of publicity in the early stage.
"Cohen, this is a steel plant that many countries cannot ask for. They have gone too far. This problem really needs to be solved."
Elena has also been involved in some St. Jose affairs recently, helping him with some matters. There is no university or physics institute in Port Blanca. She basically rests at home. St. Jose basically eats from Monday to Saturday. Living on the construction site is indeed quite busy, or I am on the way to arrange factory signings.
This made St. Hesse feel a little guilty. He asked people to purchase some physics materials and books and sent them over for Elena's entertainment, as well as some less important information. The two discussed and dealt with it over the weekend. Elena's family had been growing up since she was a child. It was a subtle thing, and it was handled very appropriately.
After the arrangements for the Lingang Industrial Zone are made, he plans to arrange some secret nuclear physics laboratories in southern Argentina to connect with the centrifuge factory. However, he does not plan to let Elena come into contact with nuclear physics anymore.
This kind of thing is done with your head in your belt. The assassination of nuclear physicists from backward countries is too common in later generations. Secrecy work must be at the highest level. The number one enemy is the Americans, and the Soviets can also exclude them. second.
"This can only be said to be that the citizens of La Plata are relatively short-sighted... The steel plant was originally located in La Plata because of the request of the previous council there. As a result, liquidation began after the change of office."
Saint Jose said somewhat speechlessly.
The change of leadership in Argentina has been characterized by repeated wrangling, and various policy and system changes have been abolished too quickly, especially in some areas where there is fierce competition for power.
"Let La Plata Steel Plant and Southern Energy jointly establish a coal research institute to study and deal with the problem of dust pollution, and at the same time establish a metal research institute and an energy research institute to cooperate with the University of La Plata."
He is familiar with industry-university research. At present, there is indeed too little research in various basic materials, energy and chemical industries in Argentina. There is a huge gap in higher education in this area.
It would be best to establish a number of steel colleges, coal colleges, petroleum colleges, textile colleges, electric power colleges, geology colleges, etc. to promote research in this area. The Soviets have done a good job in this area. Their professional classification university system It has also affected many countries. Law schools and business schools cannot save Argentina, but industrial development can.
As soon as Saint Jose finished speaking, Elena next to him suddenly covered her mouth and retched. He quickly put down the report in his hand and patted Elena on the back.
"I don't know what's going on lately. I feel like vomiting easily. Could it be that I'm pregnant? It shouldn't happen so quickly."
Elena muttered and began to calculate the time according to the method taught by her mother, but she was not sure about it.
Saint Jose heard what Elena said and saw that she wasn't choking. He got up and went to the kettle next to him to pour a cup of hot water and handed it to Elena. This was a rare good habit inherited from his previous life. The only thing Argentinians drink hot water in a day is Water is when drinking yerba mate.
"You drink a cup of hot water first. I may be busy in the morning. How about I ask someone to take you to the hospital for a checkup later? I will have time to drive you there in the afternoon."
Saint Jose would continue to read the telegram and make a reply later, so he could only apologize to Elena.
He estimated that the main opponents behind the pollution problem were the British or the Americans. The construction efficiency shown by the Argentines this time was terrible, and Saint Jose was too anxious. , premature exposure of strength, but time waits for no one.
"It should be possible after calculating the time. There are too many problems in underdeveloped countries, not only from outside, but also from within the country, and even mainly from within the country. Everyone wants you to be good, and no one wants you to be better than him. "
After doing some calculations, Elena felt that this was a possibility. There was a period of time after the marriage that Saint Jose was particularly "powerful", and he was relatively free at that time.
After giving the approval, he no longer looked at these domestic reports, but instead looked at the telegrams from the United States. The effects of the short-term economic crisis layout of Sequoia Investment Bank and Blackstone Fund in the United States had begun to slowly appear, and a wave of harvesting was done secretly, and funds could pass through. Argentina's newly passed foreign investment law invested in his affiliated companies and increased Barron's foreign exchange reserves.
In fact, the United States has already begun a preview of their most glorious post-war economic miracle. The main manifestation is the birth of the American baby boomer. This is a very dazzling word that should not have been invented yet, or it may have been invented. Sai didn't care too much about this issue.
Since 1946, the number of newborn babies in the United States has basically remained at around 4 million every year, which is equivalent to one Argentine population being born every five years. It is extremely amazing and shows the potential of the world's largest economy.
St. Jose is familiar with the fact that some geniuses in the United States in later generations were basically born in the baby boom era, such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, as well as those who were active in American politics in later generations and were more famously known as Wang Wang.
The population of Canada and Mexico, two other important countries in North America, is also growing very rapidly. The same is true for other North American countries. For example, the population of Cuba is also growing rapidly.
On the contrary, the South American countries represented by Argentina, which prospered during World War II, with the exception of Brazil, have basically begun an unprecedented stage of the Great Depression, although the birth rate is not bad.
"Should we consider letting the media influence public opinion and legislate to lower the marriage age for men and women, just like the Germans? Then encourage older women to have preferential treatment in jobs for having more children. Maybe we should start from the current factory and not recruit young people. people?"
In the afternoon, after finishing his work, St. Jose drove Elena to a private hospital in Puerto Blanca. The road conditions in Puerto Blanca were not good, and the concrete road leading to District 5 and Fourth also had some potholes.
I even encountered a robbery criminal on the road. Fortunately, I brought security guards with me and attacked decisively. Two big and powerful security guards escorted him directly to the police station.
Fortunately, the robbers in Puerto Blanca are relatively weak. A strict gun ban has been implemented here. Zero-dollar purchases are generally for money and weapons such as sticks and knives.
Nowadays, the unemployment rate among people in Puerto Blanca is quite serious, especially in the fourth and fifth districts. This private hospital is located in the first district and has to pass through the fourth district, which is the most chaotic. The increase in unemployment rate has caused many young people to Take risks out of desperation.
The St. Jose group came to Carlo Private Hospital. The environment here is good and the security measures are good. It is the main medical center for the local upper class and wealthy citizens. As the oldest urban area, the first district has a good overall security environment. The environment is also very good, the streets are clean, and it is almost the same as the neighboring Fourth District, except for a fence.
After careful examination by the doctor, Irina was indeed pregnant, but it was not yet three months old. The doctor was also a little strange. It may be that the equipment and medical skills were not good enough.
Saint Jose didn't know whether he should be excited or not. Instead, he felt a little dull and didn't know what to do for a while.
He called Putrajaya from the hospital and informed his father-in-law and mother-in-law that the medical environment in Port Blanca was not very good, so he still had to go to Putrajaya, and there was Delta security protection there, which was better than in the south of Argentina. It's safe here. Some of Saint Jose's actions in Port Blanca also offended some people. The two of them are expected to be separated for a while.
Elena has been checked, and the two of them returned to their residence under the escort of the police. He plans to let Elena go back to the capital for a drink next week. Fortunately, he already has several houses in the capital, so he just needs to arrange the people.
After learning that San Jose had encountered a robber, Chief Sanchez of the Police Department was so angry that he almost took out the revolver in his gun bag and killed the two young boys. If the two men hadn't stopped him, he would have hurried over to San Jose. Sai apologized and escorted him personally.
When he returned to his residence, he asked Elena to go back to rest. Then Saint Jose looked at Sanchez Bill with a big belly, his hair was a little thin, and his forehead was still sweating in the winter.
"I'm really sorry, dear Congressman San Jose, we will definitely strengthen security management, but you also know that our unemployment rate in Puerto Blanca has been very high recently, there are too many things, and the police department is not enough manpower..."
In fact, the status of the director of the Police Department of Puerto Blanca is quite high. If he is an ordinary person, forget it. Saint Jose is indeed the "red man" of the entire Puerto Blanca and the mayor of the city. Solving the problem of employment depends on this God of Wealth. If something happens, it may not be as simple as resigning, but it may be broken into pieces.
"Well, that's understandable. Director Sanchez, you'd better go ahead and do your work. It's not a big problem."
Saint Jose waved his hand and said he didn't care much. He would just arrange more security guards next time. He had actually seen quite a few scenes like this, and the security situation in Putrajaya was actually not much better.
When San Jose returned home, the housekeeper said that several calls had come through, and San Jose called back one by one. Most of them greeted San Jose. After all, it was quite strange for a robber to hit a congressman. When it comes to attacks, this is outrageous.
In fact, the most fundamental problem is the massive unemployment rate in Puerto Blanca, which is also a headache for the mayor and city hall.
There are no state-owned enterprises in Port Blanca. Most of them belong to the four major families and factory owners. Layoffs and salary cuts are actually the main way for them to survive the difficulties. They are not afraid of strikes at all. After all, it is really difficult. ,
At present, the unemployment rate in the entire city has reached about 30%-40%, reaching more than one or two people. Young people of the right age have graduated from middle school, are not married, and have no job. How can the public order be kept from chaos?
Depression and unemployment are almost everywhere in Argentina and even the entire South America. Except for Argentina's public enterprises, which are not allowed to lay off employees or even reduce salaries, even salary reductions are due to excessive currency issuance, depreciation of the peso, and inflation. The salary is only about 2/3 of the original or even lower. , struggling to support, and huge financial expenditures prove that Bilong's economic policy has completely failed.
Most South American countries have fallen into depression, and the economic crisis has swept across the entire South American continent. Only one country is in better shape, and that is Brazil. After World War II, U.S. capital invaded and invested in Brazilian industry on a large scale. Although Brazil's domestic industry developed slowly,
For example, Mobil Oil Company’s control of Brazil’s oil industry has objectively promoted Brazil’s economic prosperity and postponed the crisis. Brazil’s current investment in infrastructure such as electricity and factories, although not specifically targeted at the economy, has the meaning of Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Brazil's employment rate is pretty good, and its economy has basically emerged from the crisis. However, the crisis in Brazil's political arena is approaching.
The Vargas presidential palace is about to come to an end. News comes that some measures taken by Vargas and his minister Goulart to protect national resources have aroused strong dissatisfaction among American monopoly capital.
American capital is looking for local people in Brazil to plan to overthrow Vargas, and local military leaders also want to stage a military coup to take power. Of course, the Labor Party led by Vargas has won the hearts of the people, but Vargas is no longer able to lead Brazil today.
This man named Joao Goulart played an important role on the Brazilian stage. He was born in a family of ranchers in Rio Grande do Sul. He graduated from the University of Porto Alegre School of Law in 1939 and received a doctorate in law. 45 He started working in politics in 1946 and joined the Brazilian Labor Party in 1946 and became a state legislator.
In 1950, he was elected to the Brazilian Congress as a member of the House of Representatives. Last year he became the leader of the Labor Party. This year he was appointed as the Brazilian Minister of Labor, Industry and Commerce. He is already the second-largest figure in the Labor Party and presides over many important matters of the presidential palace.
In Colombia, on June 13 this year, General Rojas Pinilla came to power through a military coup and served as interim president and commander-in-chief of the national armed forces. He was warmly welcomed by the Colombian people.
Although this man is also called Marshal Pi, he is not the Chilean Pinochet "Marshal Pi" in later generations. The president named Pinilla still has a high prestige, but when he tried to expand his dictatorship, he also exacerbating Colombia's economic crisis.
The situation in Chile is slightly better. The Presidential Palace of Ibáñez signed a cooperation treaty with Argentina on July 8. The contents of the treaty include: forming an economic committee to study ways and methods for the two economies to complement each other and reduce excessive taxes. and tariffs,
Amend the foreign exchange regulations to facilitate trade between the two sides, relax border control, improve transportation conditions on both sides, establish free ports, and develop tourism between the two countries. The relationship between Argentina and Chile has been greatly improved. Although it is useless, Argentina itself has You can't protect yourself.
Peru is also currently under military rule. In 1948, Odria, who served as Minister of Police, launched a military coup and overthrew President Bustamante. After his success, Bustamante was forced to flee to Argentina, where he joined most of the military. The government is not very good at economic management. The only good news is that the Peruvian economy itself is just like that, so it is not too serious.
Venezuela is currently a military government, and it is still a pro-U.S. military government. In November 1948, the United States supported Perez Jimenez in launching a coup and establishing a pro-U.S. military dictatorship. Venezuela is the territory of Shell Oil Company, and the economic situation is actually not bad. Because of the large-scale entry and control of American capital, after all, there are too many oil reserves here, much more than the United States. The world's largest oil reserve country is no joke.
As for Bolivia, there is still little improvement. Although Bolivia has carried out nationalization and economic reforms, its foundation is too poor. Although President Victor is a minister of economy and seizes power, it is difficult for a good woman to make a meal without rice. Saint Jose also mainly likes Bolivia. Minerals, but Victor was not easy to deal with. Thunder Mining only got some scraps.
The same is true for Ecuador and Paraguay. The population is too small and the foundation is poor. There is no unemployment in agriculture and animal husbandry. Although the political situation in Uruguay is stable, except for the iron mine, Thunder Mining is still fighting for it. It is only an agricultural and animal husbandry country, and it is depressed. The reason is that exports have plummeted, and many agricultural and animal husbandry products cannot be sold.
Generally speaking, the whole of South America is in a bit of depression this year, and military governments are in office everywhere, or on the way to power.
The same is true for the situation in Port Blanca. Even if San Jose has tried its best to recruit some local construction workers, construction site workers, etc., it cannot be completely solved.
They are not very willing to do it, mainly because the conditions in the Lingang Industrial Zone are somewhat poor now. It will be much better if a factory is established later, and it will be much better if the canteen and dormitory are established.
At seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Sanjesé cooked himself and made some food that Elena liked, some appetizing soups and the like. The relationship between the two became deeper and deeper, but they could only be separated temporarily, but they could serve the population of Argentina. He is happy to see even a small contribution to growth.
"Elena, you should take a good rest when you return to Putrajaya this time. It has been arranged. The Port of Blanca is indeed not as safe as Putrajaya. When I build the Port of Blanca, you can come here again."
Saint Jose could only apologize again.
"Okay, Cohen, it's all up to you."
Elena said with a happy face.
The two of them sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against each other, letting their minds wander.
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At present, Argentina's population base is too low, and there is no policy to encourage population fertility, and there is no traditional culture of "more children, more happiness" in West Asia, the Middle East, and India. It is even a fact that Bilong has crammed everyone from the countryside into the nominal city. The slums in the city have further reduced the fertility rate, and the rural areas of northern Argentina have also begun to decline.
San Jose has always been anxious about Argentina's population growth. The Bilon couple's chaos led to the depression of Argentina's rural areas and the migration of people to cities. However, future generations will know that urban and industrial development will only consume the population.
Now countries and regions such as Yamato, New China, India, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and even the Soviet Union have begun to experience rapid population growth. The first wave of post-war baby boom has begun, but Argentina's population growth has stagnated. Such a huge contrast is surprising. Feel uncomfortable.
Most of the huge population of baby boomers is beneficial to the national authorities, which can generate huge demand during this stage, and later generations of the Soviet Union eventually lost to the Americans.
In addition to some political and economic factors, a big reason is that the war killed an entire generation of young adults in the Soviet Union. In the end, there were few successors to the power. By the 1980s, there were a bunch of leaders in their 80s and 90s, and there was no successor.
A waste like Gottlieb can also appear as the leader of the Soviet Union. As for the subsequent shock therapy and the like, it is a feast of capital carve-up. Russia’s strange practice of giving up the core territories of Ukraine and Belarus during the disintegration.
I am also a little confused. I guess it was because Ukrainians were more opposed to it at that time. Their stupid actions later attracted world attention.
This also led to Russia being known as an "armed gas station" for a long time after the disintegration. If Russia retained the territory of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and even Kazakhstan, it would not be so miserable.
North and South America now have different fates. The United States, Canada, and Mexico are doing well, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela are doing okay, while the rest are basically in depression.
