Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 18 Receiving Ships

  Looking at Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's serious expression, Fang Lang knew that his chance had come.

"Okay, then I'll tell you that there is a place where you can hire ships that dare to go to Brazil, and now you should be able to transfer three ships of about 5,000 tons, but I estimate that the freight may be very expensive. After all, the route is full of Germans now. A human submarine." Of course, Fang Lang was talking about the three freighters he had just bought from Commodore Jackson.

   Originally, he was planning to use these three ships to return to Brazil to pull goods and sell them. Now, it is of course better to go to Brazil without an empty ship. Originally, Fang Lang could let the ship go to New York to directly purchase goods and ship them to Italy, but New York Port is now used for transshipment of military supplies, and it is difficult for civilian ships to find berths.

  The most important reason is that Fang Lang's uncle Yang Zong runs a small private workshop-style cigarette factory in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the business has not been very good.

   At this time, Fang Lang wanted to invest in his uncle's cigarette factory, expand the scale of operation, and use this rare opportunity to develop the cigarette factory. As an important tobacco production area in Brazil, the procurement cost and labor cost are very low, so the cost of purchasing cigarettes in Brazil is lower than in New York. Fang Lang has no reason not to take care of his own business.

  Here I will introduce Fang Lang's mother's natal family by the way. Grandpa's father is also Fang Lang's grandfather, a survivor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who came to Brazil with Fang Lang's grandfather. Her ancestral home is Hunan, but her grandfather got married late and had a daughter, Yang Xiuer, and a son, Yang Zong. Obviously, Yang Xiuer is Fang Lang's mother.

The old man bought land and became a landlord like the grandfather in the early years. When Fang Lang’s grandfather was young, he didn’t want to be tied to the land, so he started doing business. He bought tobacco in the Chinese planting area and sold it. The cigarette factory opened a cigarette factory with advanced cigarette equipment, but the cigarettes produced by the cigarette factory have no special features, so they are all half dead. When it was passed on to my uncle, my uncle wanted to change hands of the cigarette factory many times, but because there was no one to take over, and the people working in the factory were all old people in the factory, it was not easy to cut off everyone's livelihood, so it became Now this tasteless state.

  Uncle Yang Zong married a Portuguese wife and gave birth to two sons, but neither of them wanted to take over his uncle's cigarette factory. The eldest son Yang Qian is now working as a small clerk in the Sao Paulo City Government. He wants to go on a career and is unwilling to return home to face the half-dead cigarette factory; the younger son Yang Kun is still studying at university. In Fang Lang's impression, Yang Kun also I have no interest in the cigarette factory at home, but want to be a teacher.

  So Fang Lang considered going back to buy the factory or invest in shares, and continue to let his uncle manage it. Don't let the family business of the grandfather's family disappear by then. When it grows bigger, see if the two cousins ​​have ideas to help manage it.

   Lieutenant Colonel Graham heard Fang Lang say that there is a ship that can run on the Brazilian route, and he was very excited. He said quickly: "Money is a small problem, we pay in US dollars. Let's go, let's go to the other company to chat now!"

It's a pity that Fang Lang hasn't greeted Mr. Coburn in advance, and he hasn't got the boat yet, so he definitely can't take him there right now, so he can only shirk and say: "Sir, don't worry, just now Attilio Colonel Parisi asked me to go to the U.S. Navy to go through the ship handover procedures, so I have to go to receive the ship first. How about it! I will reserve a table at the Kantina Restaurant tonight, and I will invite the other party to come with you and eat while you are there Can we talk?"

   Lieutenant Colonel Graham was helpless when he heard that Fang Lang still had a mission. After all, the military order was like a mountain. At the same time, Fang Lang said that he would invite him to dinner at the famous Cantina restaurant in Naples tonight, so he was relieved, and said quickly: "Of course, no problem, you can rest assured that this kind of entertainment for official business, you don't need to treat guests, it will be used directly as our logistics The Ministry’s hospitality expenses are enough. I’ll arrange for my adjutant to set up a seat right away, and we’ll see you tonight!”

  Fang Lang didn't expect that in Brazil at this time, there was also a talk about catering and hospitality expenses. Of course, he wouldn't mind being able to eat and drink with the Brazilian government's public funds.

   "Okay, sir, then we'll see you tonight!" Fang Lang didn't stay any longer after speaking, and took the time to sneak away. Even though the room was much warmer than the outside, he didn't want to stay in this smelly room any longer.

After leaving Lieutenant Colonel Graham's office, Fang Lang did not go directly to Commodore Jackson to receive the ship, but went to the office building of Global Trade first, and brought Mr. Coburn and the three Italian captains he had recruited. and chief mates. Only then did he enter the U.S. Navy barracks again and found Brigadier General Jackson.

  After introducing Brigadier General Jackson to Mr. Coburn, they came to the berth of the ship together. At this time, four large transport ships were berthed at the berth. Judging from the construction style of the ships, three of them should have been manufactured by a German shipyard and one by an Italian shipyard.

  Obviously, the ships of the German shipyard are newer than the ships of the Italian shipyard, and the design load of the transport ship of the German shipyard is 5,500 tons, while the Italian ship is exactly 5,000 tons. The four ships are all powered by steam turbines, and their top speeds are all about fifteen knots. Although it is lower than the top speed of the Victory Wheel at eighteen knots, it is also higher than the eleven knots of ordinary Liberty Ships.

The ships are all fully captured Axis ships, and there is no damage. After inspection by Brigadier General Jackson, the condition of the ships is very good. The U.S. military has just carried out deep maintenance on the ships. They are fully fueled and ready to sail at any time. Set off.

  Fang Lang directly handed over three German-made ships to Coburn, and he himself received Italian-made ships for the Brazilian Navy. A better boat must be reserved for himself. Fang Lang is very clear about the distinction between public and private. And there is nothing wrong with this Italian-made ship, except that the load capacity is slightly smaller and the ship is a little older, which does not affect normal use.

After explaining to Mr. Coburn how to deal with Lieutenant Colonel Graham at night, Fang Lang returned to the Brazilian Naval Base with the ship's information, reported the handover situation to Colonel Atilio Parisi, and asked Mr. Colonel Arranging to enter the entry data, and officially assigning this ship to the Brazilian Navy's battle order, of course, there are many cumbersome procedures that Fang Lang does not need to worry about.

   Only Brazilian navy personnel are needed. After hurrying up to check and accept the ship tonight, Fang Lang can become the official captain of the Brazilian Navy tomorrow.

  The time soon came to 6:30 in the evening, and Fang Lang came to the Cantina restaurant early. In fact, in terms of the living habits of the Italians, dinner is generally very late, and it will not start before 8 o'clock. However, this time because Fang Lang is playing the role of a middleman, he must arrive at the restaurant early. After all, as a Brazilian, Lieutenant Colonel Graham does not know that the Italian dinner is a real dinner.

Sure enough, when Fang Lang came to the restaurant, Lieutenant Colonel Graham's special car had already parked at the door of the restaurant, and Lieutenant Colonel Graham, who was wearing casual clothes, squeezed his obese body out of the co-pilot seat of Willis Jeep Come out, and seeing how hard the jeep rebounded after he jumped out of the jeep with difficulty, Fang Lang believed that if the jeep could talk, there would be a national curse.

Fang Lang stepped forward to meet Lieutenant Colonel Graham and said, "Sir, Italian dinner usually doesn't start until eight o'clock in the evening, so we came a little early, although I told the other party that dinner would start at seven o'clock , but Italians are not punctual.” Although it is not good to speak ill of Italians behind his father-in-law’s back, he must show that he is only a middleman.

   Otherwise, when Lieutenant Colonel Graham finds out, his company doesn't know what it will think. After all, the current Brazilian government is a dictatorial government. Fang Lang had already thought about it a long time ago. All investments in Brazil will not be directly establishing companies in Brazil in his own name, but investing in Brazil in the name of European and American companies will be more Be safe and not cause unnecessary coveting.

   When Lagham heard that he was Italian, he couldn't help frowning: "The Italian is unreliable now, are you sure this Italian can have three ships that can go to Brazil."

"Please rest assured, sir. I have known about this company. The full name of this company is the Italian Branch of Global Trading Co., Ltd., and it is actually the Italian branch of an American company. That's why it was not treated as an enemy during this war." Fang's capital was confiscated. If you are not at ease, we will arrange our own soldiers and ships on each ship, and there will be no problem." Seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Graham was worried about the Italians, Fang Lang hurriedly Move out of the company's American background.

  (end of this chapter)