December 3rd, morning, inside Fuxing Palace.
Crozzo, Italian-born Minister of Suburban Environment, Farmers' Associations and Rural Affairs, gave Tangning a strong assurance.
“Please rest assured, His Majesty Pedro III!
With the Canudos Farmers' Association here, the despicable large plantation owners can't even hope to take advantage of the agricultural reform. "
Crozzo, dressed in blue denim, has an ordinary appearance and a bold personality. Although he has been half-life and 50 years old, he still has a high spirit of fighting.
Facing Crozier, who was full of fighting spirit, Tangning encouraged him with a trusting tone: "Crozzi, I believe in you, and I believe in the Canudus Farmers Association!
You are the cornerstone of the kingdom and partners of Brazilian farmers. This land reform is very important. Those plantation owners need not be afraid. With the assistance of Golden Shield, you will definitely succeed. "
Although Crozzo is of Italian origin, he is also a loyal Brazilian and very reliable.
Because of the abolition of slavery, after Pedro II was couped by the republicans, the kingdom became a republic, but there were still people loyal to him in Brazil.
From 1893 to 1897, the famous Canudos uprising occurred in the hinterland of Bahia.
The reason for the uprising was simple. Soon after the founding of the Republic, Bahia's transition to the coffee industry was very difficult as the sugar industry declined.
During this period, plagues and droughts occurred in Bahia. In addition, the republican government increased taxes here, sent officials to impose excessive taxes, and violently implemented the separation of church and state, closing the church's social service agencies, leaving the local people without relief.
At this time, a priest named Antonio, who was loyal to the king, gained support through treating diseases, providing relief, and burying the dead. He led the local people to resist taxes, established a community called Canudus, and attracted exiles from all over.
The Canudus community was united and adopted guerrilla tactics, repelling three expeditions by the government forces of the Old Republic and capturing a large number of guns.
However, in the end, the old republic government suppressed and used heavy blows, spending huge sums of money to destroy Canudus.
The so-called Canudus is a belief that combines Catholicism and folk belief; members of Canudus, with a messianic concept, miss the rule of Pedro II and believe that Pedro II abolished Slavery was destroyed, so the evil landowners wanted to overthrow the monarchy.
Crozzo was Antonio's apprentice and a staunch member of Canudus. After Canudus was defeated, he led a group of members to fight in Bahia, Pernambuco and other northeastern areas of Brazil. Guerrilla and live a hard life.
Canudos, as Brazil's most staunch royalist, after Downing rebuilt the Kingdom of Brazil in the name of Pedro III, of course he had to make good use of them.
Crozier and other Canudus were very supportive of Downing's agricultural reforms.
With the help of the Golden Shield Bureau and the army, the Canudos Peasants' Association used revolutionary enthusiasm to deal with the large landowners who owned large plantations and actively promoted agricultural reform.
“Farmers are the backbone of the country, and this agricultural reform must be thorough.
The Canudus Peasants' Association has a very heavy task. You must effectively organize farmers and protect rural order. Your efforts will also be needed in the kingdom's future expansion into the interior. "
Tangning said sincerely to Crozzo as if she was entrusting him with a heavy responsibility.
“Crozzo, you are now Minister of Suburban Environment, Farmers’ Associations and Rural Affairs. You have great responsibilities. Please don’t let me and the Brazilian farmers down.
If you need help, I will do my best to help you, and I hope you will live up to the heavy responsibility. "
Facing the king's rumbling expectations, Crozzo did not feel pressure, on the contrary, his fighting spirit became even higher.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will never let you and the Brazilian farmers down."
"Okay, very energetic!"
Tang Ning asked Diana to deliver the 100,000 reais that Crozzo had prepared long ago.
"These 100,000 reais are my new funds for you."
Seeing a check of 100,000 in front of him, Crozzo resolutely refused to accept it: "Your Majesty, there is still money left over from the money you approved before. Give it to me when it is used up."
“The Canudos Farmers’ Association is a good organization, but it cannot just let you suffer, shed blood and shed tears. This is what I don’t want to see.
I will formulate a welfare system for the farmers' association. This 100,000 yuan is a deposit. I trust your character. I will send someone to teach you how to use it later, so don't worry.
Agricultural reform does not happen overnight. After that, I will set up an agricultural bank to help farmers' associations and farmers! "
"Your Majesty, you are so kind. We and the Brazilian farmers are so lucky and happy to have met you!"
Crozzo felt Tangning's keen attention and support for the peasants at the Peasant Association, his eyes turned red, and tears could not help but wet his eyes.
“Crozzo, agricultural reform is very important, and the peasant associations and farmers need you.
So now is not the time to be pretentious. Please return to your post as soon as possible and fulfill your responsibilities, which is the greatest reward for me. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After watching Crozier walk out the door, after a while, Tangning couldn't help but sigh.
"People like Crozo are the pillars of Brazil, not some greedy Germans."
After hearing Tangning's complaints, Diane asked in a guessing tone.
"Your Majesty, are you talking about ministers like Smith, Gauss, and Goebbels?"
As the professional maid assigned by Francisco to his son, Diana has been taking care of Tangning since she was sixteen years old. It has been eight years now.
Diana knew Tangning quite well, both internally and externally, and Tangning also believed in her as an excellent maid.
“That’s them, I thought they were moderates who didn’t support the independence of the two southern states and considered themselves part of Brazil.
But I still misjudged him. Except for the Minister of Employment and Welfare, Gauss, he was still qualified and strictly adhered to the bottom line.
The rest, whether it was Deputy Prime Minister Smith or Minister of International Commerce and Trade Goebbels, were eating the inside and outside.
These two bastards really thought they were Germans and gave me so many benefits to the German Empire in negotiating fresh water iron ore. "
Brazil is a big iron ore country. Vale, the three famous ore giants in the future, will use Brazilian iron ore as the basis to become a huge comprehensive mining trust.
Tang Ning, if you want to develop Brazilian industry, especially heavy industry, you will of course think of the state of Minas Gerais next to the capital Rio de Janeiro, which is rich in iron ore.
Brazilian iron ore is mainly composed of hematite, which has the characteristics of high iron, medium silicon and low aluminum. It is one of the preferred raw materials for large steel plants.
There is a huge iron ore area in the Itabira area of Milas Gerais. The mining area is 64 kilometers wide and 192 kilometers long. The reserves are about 3.5 billion tons and the iron content is as high as 60-70%. The ore layer is close to the surface. Very convenient for open pit mining.
Brazil is known as the Iron Four Corners mining area and is rich in iron ore resources. In addition to Miras Gerais, other states such as Pará and Mato Grosso do Sul are also rich in iron ore. It has Tingbo Pebe Iron Mine, Caca Panima Iron Mine, Carajas Iron Mine and other large mining areas.
The one that can be most developed and used in a timely manner is the Itabira iron ore in Miras Gerais. There is a railway near this iron ore, which is very convenient for mining and transportation.
In this era, the higher the tonnage of steel manufacturing, the tougher the standards of the great powers.
In the German Empire, local iron ore mainly came from the Rhineland, as well as Alsace-Lorraine, which was in dispute with France. Luxembourg and Sweden would also export part of it to it.
However, these iron ores cannot satisfy the German Empire. It is still a country that needs a large amount of iron ore.
Originally, the United States could export a large amount to the German Empire, but under pressure from the United Kingdom, the share was reduced to a very low level and could not satisfy it.
Nowadays, the discovery of large iron ore in Brazil is not actually a discovery. It has been discovered before, but the storage capacity was not measured. After all, Brazil was an agricultural country before, and mineral exports did not account for the majority.
Brazil now has rich reserves of the Itabira iron ore, which is destined to be exported, and Germany will definitely need it.
Tangning asked Deputy Prime Minister Smith and two ministers, Gauss and Goebbels, to contact the German government to discuss trade and industrial cooperation.
Unexpectedly, two of the three people were so weak that they fell down when they saw the German father.
Brazilian Germans are indeed unreliable and basically cannot be trusted.
During the First World War.
We must learn from the United States and strike hard!
Tang Ning has no shortage of steel technology. Let them talk to Germany, not to talk about building steel plants, but to exchange iron ore for other industrial system technologies.
Luxembourg is a big steel country. Does Tangning need ordinary steel technology from Germany?
Even if it is needed, it is technology such as special steel for ships, not ordinary goods. Luxembourg can satisfy this kind of goods.
Smith and Goebbels, these two bastards, talked about the introduction of industrial technology. I don’t know if they were just bad or deceived. They only talked about steel manufacturing.
That is to say, Gauss has principles and understands his responsibilities. When negotiating with the German government, he wanted to exchange iron ore for other industrial technologies.
