Puerto Blanca City Hall, Mayor’s Office,
When Saint-Jesse met Otto, it had to be said that he wore a suit and tie every day, his hair was meticulously combed, his beard was clean-shaven, and he looked full of energy.
At least this guy seems to have some skills. In terms of city appearance and atmosphere, Puerto Blanca is the best among all the small Argentine cities he has visited.
This time, the Puerto Blanca City Hall held an enlarged meeting and invited not only some council members, but also some factory owners and school leaders.
Strictly speaking, it is just a discussion meeting, and as far as political correctness is concerned, members of the Congress cannot have much interaction with the city hall. However, Argentina currently does not strictly implement the separation of powers, so it is a simple imitation. More What is happening is that the totalitarian politics headed by Bilong is on the verge of falling apart.
Many local laws and regulations are not so strict, especially in some small towns. After all, being small means there are few people, and having few people means there is no money. It is impossible to completely separate the three teams, and the administrative expenses incurred cannot support it.
For example, the original Maria Town Council was just a decoration for them, but when Maria Town is upgraded, the council must expand simultaneously. As the city expands, it will become more and more standardized until the power of the council catches up. The power of city hall, this is a process of continuous development and improvement.
"Cohen, our city hall still needs to learn from you this time, otherwise the people demonstrating outside will not agree."
"Mr. Mayor, you praise me too much."
On the way to San Jose, some citizens of Puerto Blanca were indeed holding demonstrations. Compared with the general strike in northern Argentina, the scale here was small and there were some minor disturbances. People from the police department were maintaining order.
"I have to say that the security in our city has been so bad recently, which is really regrettable. They are very concerned about it."
Otto left the desk, held Saint Jose's hand tightly, patted Saint Jose's back, and then spoke slowly.
"That's true. The only bad thing is that they are just middle school students who have just graduated and lack suitable jobs. This is caused by our inadequate work."
Saint Jose's body was a little stiff and he said with a bad expression.
"This meeting is just to resolve this matter, and I hope to find a way to resolve it."
Otto let go of his hand and sat down, asking Saint Jose to sit down as well.
"Hopefully so, and I'll try to make some suggestions as well."
"Cohen, this time we plan to carry out reforms and subsidies to introduce more and develop local companies as a whole. This time we invited the provincial government, as well as personnel from the National Department of Finance and some other professionals."
"Oh? Is there anyone coming from La Plata too?"
"Yes, but they have changed the name to Ava Bilon City. It always feels weird."
"There are indeed some."
St. Hesse said in agreement, at least Ava does not have such great power. Bilong will not be an anti-dog. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russians did not even want the names of cities such as Leningrad and Stalingrad, and changed them back to their original names. name.
"Mr. Mayor, please be busy first. I'll go to the venue first."
St. Jose looked at his watch. The mayor's secretary and the office staff had gone back and forth several times, and he planned to resign from the office.
"Okay, I'm really busy today, Cohen, let's talk next time."
Saint Jose was led by the staff of the city hall to a small venue in the city hall. Many people had already come here.
He met some acquaintances here, some of whom he had contacted before and after the establishment of the La Plata Steel Plant, some of whom had been promoted to the provincial government office precisely because of the economic growth in the past two years, but with their The relationship has become colder.
He was not particularly keen on maintaining old relationships, especially when he was of little value. Out of politeness, Saint Jose briefly exchanged greetings with them.
The deeper he gets to know Puerto Blanca, the more he discovers that many things are far from being as simple as they appear, and what he has to do is to clear the obstacles to urban development.
It is expected to stay in Port Blanca for a year and a half, at least as far as the current situation is concerned. Argentina in 1953 was not peaceful, it was already in complete chaos, and there might even be a civil war.
Because a very important thing does not seem to have happened, that is, Bilon's break with the church. Even the armed forces of the Argentine police force have been strengthened a lot, and the labor federation has not been dissolved.
This has a role in the weapons provided by San Jose, although their training and combat levels are still different.
The butterfly effect has already occurred. Without Bilong's wings being cut off, the powerful factions in these places do not dare to act rashly, and the young officer corps do not dare to move. If it turns into a war, they cannot bear it. They are terrifying Bilong. If we really fight them, the balance of victory and defeat is likely to be tilted towards Bilong.
With the layout of Saint Jose, it is still difficult to actually intervene in this coup. The Cordoba Gang and the Tomps Gang only regard him as a partner. Saint Jose does not really belong to the middle and high-level. His own team, at least in terms of the political situation, is like this, and Maria City and Puna Plateau are just a small fight.
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The meeting started soon, and people at the venue were already arriving one after another. The people from the city hall spoke first.
Halfway through the process, Saint-Jesse was already a little sleepy. Most of the proposals were commonplace, such as increasing employment and combating crime. Not asking for merit, but seeking no fault. This is the wise way for most politicians to protect themselves in a crisis. .
After all, you can continue to do it if you don't make any mistakes. If you make a mistake, big things will happen, ranging from impeachment to imprisonment, but for Saint Jose, this is intolerable.
"Everyone's speeches today were very good and lively. Now I want to hear what our Saint Jose MP has to say."
Otto summarized his speech and looked at Saint Jose, who was writing in boredom.
"Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for your recognition. I think Port Blanca has reached its most critical moment. Our first step is to organize production and self-rescue to ensure the city's stable operation. The second step is to carry out large-scale expansion and construction."
Saint Jose stood up and said crisis.
"Excuse me, how to do this?"
Someone asked.
"I think Port Blanca should develop industrial manufacturing, such as shipbuilding, metal smelting industry, clothing industry, textile industry, etc., while ensuring the development of agriculture and animal husbandry."
Lingang Industrial Zone will cooperate with Spanish shipyards to build a larger shipyard, located at the deepest point of Blanca Bay. Compared with La Plata Shipyard, Blanca Bay is somewhat hidden, and It is very suitable for the development of some confidential projects, and even the manufacturing of small warships. Cooperation with the military is a good thing.
Some metal smelting plants and even bullet production lines can be set up here to refine uranium. It is very close to the inland and can be concealed. It is not the focus of foreign spies. The mountainous areas of La Pampa Province are very confusing.
"But our Port Blanca is still very remote after all. All kinds of transportation are very expensive, and there is a lack of necessary high-quality workers and funds."
"Transportation is easy to solve. Sea transportation is cheap and has a large volume. Just develop local supply. The South has most of the resources necessary for industrialization. It just needs to be produced."
"As for education, we also need to develop vocational and technical education, technical research, and integrate industry with schools. Don't worry about industrial investment. Our Investment Promotion Department can solve it."
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This is an unbreakable truth. Education is the foundation of a century-old plan.
Transportation issues have always been a top priority for San Jose, hidden among other construction issues, the second being cultivating an industrial supply system.
However, the price of road construction and other aspects are problematic, so San Jose has always built its industry on the main transportation routes, such as Maria Town and Puna Plateau, which at least have railway transportation support, as well as La Plata. , not to mention Buenos Aires,
Gu also carries out large-scale input and output work through rail transportation and sea transportation. This is the only thing he can do currently.
It’s hard to make a meal without rice. The investment in building large-scale infrastructure is huge and cannot be achieved by one person.
Now, San Jose is also struggling with its multi-industry investments. Argentina’s weakness in basic research has prevented many supporting industries from being found, and there is no basic industrial chain. This has led to the improvement of many products and even an aviation screw. The application of a new material requires paying a huge price.
This is why he urgently needs to open up a new and larger base in the south. It has great advantages. It has a greater population potential than Maria City. The surrounding agriculture, animal husbandry and shipping are developed. It is far away from the presidential palace and provincial capitals, and is far away from the Australian coal and iron mines. It’s also closer, and it’s not that far to go to Europe, Africa, and the Southern Ocean.
In the future, investment in the chemical industry will basically be based on listing. You only need to install the equipment and it will be done.
The clothing and beverage industries are also relatively short-lived, and the investment in accessories involved can only be solved by introducing equipment in the early stage.
But like shipyards and aircraft factories, they have recruited and even supported many supporting factories as industrial investments.
"As long as these are solved, it is necessary for us to expand the capacity of our Port Blanca and merge several surrounding towns. This will expand the city's potential. In fact, it will soon fall into a labor shortage."
"Currently, the area of Puerto Blanca is only 28 square kilometers, but the towns around us have suburbs composed of 21 small towns. The total area is 3,688 square kilometers, which is 131 times ours. I propose to merge The town bill will expand the capacity of Puerto Blanca City, especially to the north and west, and there is already a port-facing industrial zone in the east.”
This is the urban system of New China in the later generations of St. Jose. It is not what Europeans and Americans did. He planned to establish large urban areas and large suburbs, not just a central city. St. Jose has investigated 21 surrounding towns. , the population of each town ranges from 1,000 to 6,000.
There are more than 70,000 people in total, and the total number of 180,000 people in the 5 areas of Puerto Blanca Center is enough for it to be a small city. It will not be a problem to accelerate its expansion into a city with a population of 300,000-400,000 in the short term. When the city continues to develop 5- In 10 years, five districts will be merged into the central urban area of Puerto Blanca.
Merging the city of Atal, Tornskeit County, and Medanos County on the southern shore of Blanca Bay, several new urban areas will be established to form the Port of Gran Blanca. The urban population can be easily expanded to 1 million - 2 million, surpassing Cordoba to become the second largest city in Argentina.
"May I ask what benefits this will bring to Port Blanca?"
Mayor Otto is quite interested in this huge municipal plan, but it involves a very long period of time. One term is only five years, paving the way for future generations? He thinks he is not that great.
"This is an active expansion, through our administrative power, to make the city of Puerto Blanca bigger. I think it is time for Puerto Blanca to become stronger. I think that in the future, Puerto Blanca will become one of the largest cities in Argentina, with a population More than 2 million people are divided into several powerful districts, with a population of 4 to 50 million people in one district, and everyone here is a hero of Argentina, and with the development of the city, it must be accompanied by the interests of business people."
It doesn't matter whether the hero is a hero or not. The last sentence is profit. After the city expands, there will definitely be a large number of people who can be promoted, and a huge amount of wealth can also be created.
San Jose's statement is still very conservative. His highest goal is to build a city with a population of 5 million to 10 million, a city circle with a population of more than 20 million, and a super industrial base in southern Argentina.
In Europe, for example, there are three low-lying countries, the Benelux, with a future population of more than 20 million and an area of 70,000 to 80,000 square kilometers, creating an economy comparable to Spain and Italy.
In the further future, the Pearl River Delta in southern Guangdong Province covers an area of 40,000 to 50,000 square kilometers and has a population of 50 million. In just a few decades, it has created a powerful bay area that can already rival the most powerful Four Little Dragons. Its development model is very It is worth learning from Porto Blanca. He now needs to build this point first, and then slowly expand it to become a surface.
"How can it be done?"
At this time, many people stood up and asked questions. This kind of urban construction can only be found in the capital of Argentina, and the development of the capital is also small and small. There is no such large-scale approach at all, and it is not even found in the world.
Everyone seems to be emotionally aroused, and there is still this way of playing, and it seems to be very possible, at least they can see the development of Lingang Industrial Zone.
"I think more processing zones can be created. There is a lot of land around the third and fourth districts in the north, which can be used for various industries such as clothing processing factories, textile factories, and food deep processing."
San Jose is also involved in these industries. It is not a big problem to find a few partners here, and it is even possible to develop OEMs. At present, these industries in Argentina are still relatively rough.
“Also, for the development and growth of a city, the most important thing is to attract more talents, establish a talent department, and attract high-end talents. At the same time, I suggest that the city hall introduce measures to encourage fertility and increase the birth rate.
At the same time, it can also stabilize part of the employment rate, encourage working-age women to have more children at home, and provide maternity subsidies from the Ministry of Finance of the Puerto Blanca City Hall. This is a long-term development path, and it will also reduce the unemployment rate. "
In the final finale of Saint Jose, in addition to having a far-sighted vision, we must also be down-to-earth, otherwise it will be a castle in the air.
He put forward his own views on urban population growth. As far as the country's population growth is concerned, increasing the fertility rate is the most important part, but for the country's cities, robbing young talents is the most important.
Argentina is short of coal and can import it from Australia, South Africa, Southeast Asia, and even Colombia and Venezuela.
There is a shortage of oil, but there is also oil from Brazil and Patagonia.
If there is a shortage of iron ore, it can also be imported from abroad.
However, in terms of population growth, it is definitely not possible to rely solely on foreign immigrants. It can easily cause the fragmentation of the Argentine nation, and it needs its own main population.
The period after World War II saw the fastest population growth in human history. Countries such as India, New China, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nigeria had an average annual growth rate of 6% or even higher.
Each couple has six or seven or even eight or nine children. The only two populous superpowers on earth, the population is increasing at a rate of hundreds to tens of millions every year. On average, one person in Argentina can easily grow in two or three years. population.
"If you don't take advantage of the opportunity, it will be too late."
Sanjesé added, somewhat alarmist. Argentines are different from Indians in that they will not starve to death even if they lie down, but such a future is too boring.
"And there are great opportunities now. The North is in a lot of chaos right now. Our Port Blanca can take advantage of this opportunity to absorb more people and at the same time cooperate with the population policy. In more than ten years, our Port Blanca will be as powerful as City of Córdoba.”
Compared with northern Argentina, the south is safer and more stable, and there are no too powerful forces or families in the south, which is far away from the political center of Argentina.
He is confident that the south will be built better, and by taking control of this place, he can create a stronger industrial base than the cities of María and La Plata.
"That's probably what I'm proposing."
Compared with the last Lingang Industrial Zone development plan, St. Jose's speech this time is more shocking and impactful.
It not only involves policy changes in Port Blanca, but also various aspects such as economy, administrative divisions, future goals, and population.
Most of the participants even began to look forward to the future of industrialization and urbanization.
Most Argentines actually envy the American life, but most Argentines do not enjoy the conveniences brought by industrialized society.
Agricultural exports account for a large part of high-priced imported products. Since the opening of the Panama Strait, Argentina has become the most remote corner of the world, even worse than Africa.
"Mr. Congressman, can we really have a future like this?"
Otto is not very confident. He wants to achieve results, but unfortunately this is only Puerto Blanca, not Rosario or La Plata.
"Yes, I think we can. I propose to carry out the first five-year plan of the Port of Blanca and strive to expand the industrial scale by more than 5-10 times. Among them, the Lingang Industrial Zone will be the first key base. There are investments including port construction, food deep processing, etc.”
"There are many new cities rising in Brazil now. Brazilians can do it, why can't we Argentines?"
Saint Jose asked in return, leaving most people somewhat silent.
