“Pastoralism and agriculture, the population required, I believe Mr. Page should be able to understand.
Although animal husbandry uses a lot of land, it is not sophisticated. Moreover, Brazil has a lot of land, and a lot of it is not suitable for agriculture or animal husbandry at all.
Herding cattle and sheep only requires a small number of people with dogs and some tools, but agricultural planting is a delicate job that requires many people to work.
Those farmers don't have such good intentions. Many of their lands were deliberately annexed, and many farmers went bankrupt in this way.
King Pedro abolished slavery, but these liberals and planters welcomed them back, which was different from what they said! "
When Tangning said this, she said something meaningful.
“Many farmers have lost their land, but farmers don’t need so many people, they only need some people to run their estates.
The extra landless people moved into the cities, but there were not that many jobs for them in the cities, so many poor farmers became paupers, and then stayed in harsh slums and lived a hellish life.
These landless farmers want to enter the interior, but Mr. Page should also know how Rio de Janeiro deals with the interior states. They do not want too many manpower in the interior to develop more resources.
Now in Rio de Janeiro, a city of nearly one million, more than half of the people live in slums. Can you imagine how ironic this is?
In the capital of a country, half of the people are living in dire straits. What about the rest of Brazil? "
The answer is actually obvious.
The capital has become like this, what about other coastal cities?
Brazil is a country that specializes in coffee. How can it have any decent industry? Other industries cannot absorb too many people.
The tourism and service industries of later generations, let alone Brazil today, are almost nothing.
The tourism industry has no money, and the service industry has limited space. There are so many jobs for the landless and unemployed.
“This country is rotten, but the military is tightly controlled by these upper-level people, so what capital do the people have to resist?
I think the state of Minas Gerais should have a deep understanding of it. The people of Minas Gerais were the pioneers of the Portuguese to open up the interior of Brazil. They are full of martial virtue and their courage is respectable.
Logically speaking, Rio de Janeiro should respect Minas Gerais, but do they respect it?
Why don't they respect you? Mr. Page should know the reason for blatantly restricting the state of Minas Gerais, right? "
"Alas! Your Highness, we are indeed afraid of Rio de Janeiro, but we are not afraid of their people, but their legal system and advanced weapons."
Minas Gerais, why can't it beat Rio de Janeiro? Of course Page has a good reputation.
Being inland, exchanges with Britain, France and other countries are inherently limited, and since it is not a central government, its natural capital is limited.
Rio de Janeiro can provide everything Minas Gerais can provide, and Rio de Janeiro can provide what Minas Gerais cannot provide.
Moreover, Mizhou is not united. Although the pastoral industry is the main force, there are still many local coffee plantation owners, and these people are dependent on Rio de Janeiro.
Most of the coffee plantations in Mizhou are controlled by Rio de Janeiro, but there are still some locals. If the locals want to export coffee, they don't have to look at the face of the capital, so they listen to them.
Want to buy advanced weapons? Give Mizhou strength.
There are no doors, and at most they can smuggle a few guns, but that's nothing.
Rio de Janeiro is very strict about Minas Gerais' armaments. Although they may have some guns, they don't even think about cannons and the like.
Minas Gerais has a lot of weapons and equipment, even those from the Napoleonic period. How can this be the same as Rio de Janeiro?
"Mr. Page, what do you think of my manor's armament?"
Seeing Paige being hurt and disappointed, Tangning suddenly asked a very mysterious question.
Many estates in Brazil have private armed forces, and Tangning is no exception.
Page has been in Sao Paulo State for a while and found that the industry, commerce, and agriculture here are very good, and some private forces, personnel and weapons are very good.
“His Royal Highness is very wealthy and his armed men are very well equipped.
I have never seen many weapons, but when I was hunting, I used them, and the performance was indeed very good, better than any weapon I have ever seen, including the army. "
Tangning had not entertained Page in person before, but in order to show her hospitality, she asked her subordinates to take him around for sightseeing, including hunting.
Tangning did not respond to Peggy's compliment, but continued to ask a question.
"Mr. Page, how about the security company personnel of the Belo Horizonte-São Paulo Railway? Are there any robbers who dare to rob?"
Tangning's words clearly had some profound implications for Page.
"The whole journey I took by train to Sao Paulo was very safe. The railway company's security was very good."
Brazil is not a peaceful country at this time, especially after the actions of the republican government, there are landless and unemployed people everywhere, it is simply a small republic.
To live, one needs to eat!
Without land and jobs, the poor people can only take gray and black routes and embark on criminal paths.
There are thieves, kidnappers and traffickers in the city, and gangsters.
Horse thieves, bandits, and thieves in the wild.
In some densely populated areas, some remote rural estates, and some traffic arteries, there are many gray and dark forces hovering, and it is difficult to survive without a little hard land.
There are a lot of factories, farms, and pastures owned by the Braganza family, which require a lot of force to defend, and the railway company is an elite guard.
Railways in this era are actually mainly privately owned and rarely built by the state. The ability to open a private railway company is very powerful.
However, many private railway companies are pooled funds, and the railway linking the Mibao capital Belo Horizonte-São Paulo built by Braganza is a rare sole proprietorship.
Since it is a wholly-owned private railway company, Tang Ning must be very secretive and very capable of hiding.
"Mr. Page, do you know how many people there are in the Brazilian Army?"
When Tang Ning said this, she was actually trying to reveal her true feelings for Sima Zhao.
When Page heard this, his heart trembled, and he could roughly understand Tangning's intention.
"The Brazilian Army has about 20,000 people!"
That’s right, a huge country of 8 million square kilometers.
The Brazilian Army only has so many people!
Since the fall of the Kingdom of Brazil, the Brazilian army has been maintained at around 20,000 people, never exceeding 30,000 people. Even when it later participated in World War I, the army only expanded to 54,000 people, and there was still a lot of empty airspace. Loud.
Unlike the Republican period, the army of the Kingdom of Brazil rarely fell below 50,000.
In particular, in the wars and armed conflicts between the Kingdom of Brazil and Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, the Brazilian army always suppressed them and rarely suffered losses.
In South America, Brazil is a natural father, and those small countries that came out of Spanish colonies are sons.
Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, as long as they are neighbors of Brazil, which country dares to compete with Brazil on territory.
The Kingdom of Brazil, with its rich military virtues, has been in trouble since becoming a republic. It was actually reduced from the boss to the three pillars, on the same level as Argentina and Chile.
After the founding of the Republic, in order to show goodwill to Britain and France and to show that it had no ambition for expansion, and to weaken the military's strength, the government carried out large-scale disarmament.
The effect of disarmament was very good. When the armies of other South American countries rebelled and established military governments, Brazil was still a republican government. Brazil's first military government would not be established until 1964, 20 years after World War II.
"Mr. Page, our Braganza armed forces in Brazil are no less than 30,000 people, and the railway company alone has 8,000 personnel."
"Hiss!" Page took a cold breath.
Braganza, so scary!
“We in Braganza have a very good relationship with the British royal family, and Portugal and Britain are long-standing allies.
We will still do the coffee trade, and we will do it better than the republican government. "
Tangning just opened the window and spoke openly, started pulling people on board, and started telling some of her cards!
“It’s not just coffee.
We in Braganza will vigorously develop tea, cocoa, bananas, wheat, etc. Traditional planting industries such as spices and sugar cane will also be restored and supported. In short, we will expand the scope of agricultural planting.
In order to improve agricultural productivity, we decided to develop the western region, allowing farmers to develop inland states, implementing land to the tiller, and benefiting everyone.
In addition to agriculture, animal husbandry will also develop, and woolen textiles, which are rarely developed, will also be processed. These products will be imported into Europe through family channels. "
Tang Ning only talked about agriculture and animal husbandry in a superficial way. He did not talk about other in-depth aspects such as industry, politics, and economy, and there was no need to talk about it.
"Mr. Page!
Do you think Brazil is better as a kingdom or as a republic? "
