Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 22 Fulfilling the Promise

Since Lieutenant Colonel Graham said that there is plenty of time and everyone is allowed to take turns, Fang Lang certainly has no objection. He turned his head and heard Colonel Teach say: "Sao Paulo is less than 500 kilometers away from Rio, but it is too much to drive. Waste of time, so be it! I'll ask the adjutant to book your plane ticket for this afternoon, and then I'll also say hello to Captain Abu Bakhari Blackwell of the Sao Paulo Garrison and ask them to arrange a jeep to pick you up at the airport , convenient for you to travel at home."

  Colonel Teach is obviously a local snake, and the surrounding garrisons are all related. Without waiting for Fang Lang to answer, he opened his mouth and gave orders to the adjutant outside the office.

After Colonel Tiqi finished giving the order, Fang Lang stood up and thanked: "Mr. Colonel, thank you so much! This will make it much more convenient for me to be at home. Don't worry, the two officers, I will definitely go back early, absolutely There will be no delay in the trip."

   I thought to myself that I have no foundation in the country, and Colonel Teach is regarded as a local snake in Rio. It seems that I still need the help of Colonel Teach for my future development in Brazil. I will send some American native products over later to make friends.

"Well, remember to return to the team on time, and write down the phone number of Mr. Colonel later. If you encounter any difficulties or need help in Sao Paulo, call as soon as possible. We are our own people. There should be nothing in Brazil. We can't handle things." Colonel Graham opened his mouth again.

"That's right, I'll leave my phone number for you later, and contact me as soon as I have something to do. I heard that there are a lot of Japanese descendants on your side. Although they are still quite obedient now, I heard that there is a kind of establishment among them." The underworld-like organization still has some small actions in private, the police may not be able to suppress them, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, call me, and I will directly contact the garrison to help you get rid of them." Colonel Teach Also spoke at the right time.

Fang Lang didn't expect that Colonel Teach, whom he met for the first time, would be so talkative, which made him a little uncomfortable. It seemed that Lieutenant Colonel Graham had something to say to him, otherwise he was worth a little lieutenant The colonel handed it over like this. Don't think that a colonel is just a mid-level military officer. Brazil has a larger population than the motherland, and there are also more soldiers. At this time, Brazil's land area of ​​8.51 million square kilometers only has a population of 45 million. few people.

With such a population base, the number of the Brazilian army is even more conceivable. At this time, the combined forces of the Brazilian navy, land and air force are less than 100,000, and some National Guards that are only responsible for domestic local security have to be eliminated. , and the Armed Police Force. The actual regular army is less than 80,000 people, and the Brazilian expeditionary force is 25,000 people selected from the 80,000 people. This is why the rank of General Morais, the commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, is only a major general. Of course, by the 21st century, the population of Brazil has increased to 210 million, and the number of troops has also increased to about 280,000.

Among their so-called own people, Graham's status should be higher than Titch's, because Fang Lang has not yet integrated into their so-called own people's team, so he doesn't know the specific situation. He can only listen to what the officer says Just go with it.

  Fang Lang will never join any Brazilian party, because, according to the memory of Fang Lang's later generations, Brazil was affected by the hostile relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, and the domestic political situation was very turbulent. Even later, the army carried out a 21-year military dictatorship over Brazil.

  Actually, when Fang Lang just woke up in this era, he thought about taking his family and fleeing this chaotic country. But Fang Lang remembered that there were only tens of thousands of Brazilian Chinese in later generations, while there were more than 1.5 million Japanese. And in the memory of the original, the Chinese were oppressed by the Japanese in Brazil, and his father's old-fashioned character, he would never want to leave the family farm.

  He felt that this might be the mission entrusted to him by the times. He must draw chestnuts from the fire and expand the number and living environment of Chinese in Brazil in a chaotic environment. Brazil is a country of immigrants. There is not much racial discrimination and there is no Chinese Exclusion Act, but it is the fifth largest country in terms of area and the seventh largest economy in the world in the 21st century. Since I have come to this era, I have Obliged to expand the influence of Chinese in Brazil.

  Of course, these are Fang Lang's thoughts in his heart, and he will definitely not tell anyone. Fang Lang has no reason to refuse the olive branch extended by Colonel Tiqi. He hurriedly got up and saluted the two of them with gratitude on his face: "Thank you for your selfless help, sir, and my subordinates will definitely repay the two sirs."

  The two of them were also very happy to see Fang Lang's statement, and they didn't say any more. After Fang Lang said goodbye and left, he returned to his transport ship Gilas.

  At this time, on the Gilas, the cargo on board has been transported first. Fang Lang ordered the first mate de la Torre to assemble the crew.

Soon the crew lined up neatly on overtime work. Fang Lang took out the roster and called his name and said: "Brothers, thank you for your excellent performance during this voyage, which allowed us to successfully complete this mission. Here I want to tell Good news for everyone, we have just received an order from the Ministry of the Navy, and we will send the supplementary soldiers back to the European front in ten days, so we will arrange for everyone to take two shifts of vacation, and each person will have four days of vacation."

Hearing Fang Lang's good news, the soldiers below cheered one after another. After everyone's emotions gradually stabilized, Fang Lang continued to speak: "Then next, I want to fulfill my promise. What I hold in my hand is You should all know the statistical table of everyone’s performance on the ship during this period, because I have collected each of you’s evaluations of other people’s performance. Each of you’s evaluation scores come from three parts. First, the most important The most important must be my rating, secondly, the rating of your officers on your performance, and finally, the rating of your comrades around you. The higher the score, the more allowances, then, next, I will start to distribute our first Allowance, please read the name of the people, one by one to go forward to receive their own allowance."

  Next, Fang Lang began to announce everyone's job standards and scores one by one according to the list. For example, Chief Mate de la Torre's basic post allowance is 100 US dollars. Because of his outstanding work performance, everyone generally gives him a high score, so his score is as high as 120 points, so his stipend is 120 US dollars. .

  Soon each crew member received their own allowance, and everyone was smiling, comparing the allowance with each other. Of course, some crew members with poor performance received very little allowance, feeling a little resentful in their hearts. Fang Lang saw it in his eyes, and said calmly: "I know that some people get more allowances, and some get less, so let me explain here. First of all, everyone has seen that the basic post allowances of military officers are relatively high. Then I hope that you all will learn more when you are working, be serious about your work, and strive to improve your position. General Napoleon once said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Then I hope that everyone will be able to Become a general, of course, if any of you become a general, don't forget to give me a stipend!"

  The soldiers laughed and the atmosphere was harmonious.

"Secondly, there are very few brothers among you who perform poorly at work, so many brothers give low marks to brothers who perform poorly, so I hope that brothers who get low marks don't think about it. Who gave you a low score, but look for the reason in yourself, whether there is something wrong with yourself, whether it is due to attitude or technical reasons, and turn it around after finding the reason, don't wait until you are eliminated by everyone. Others Brothers, don’t give up or scold those who are backward, but reach out to help them improve in due time. Only when each of us becomes stronger, will our collective become stronger and become stronger. unbeatable."

  The brothers below erupted into warm applause, which lasted for a long time.

Fang Lang pressed his hand and said: "Finally, I would like to ask you one thing. Brothers on vacation, help me find crew members by your side. I need crew members who dare to run ocean transportation. Everyone has seen that and come back with us." The Brazilian transport ship, the owner of this company, entrusted me with the job when he left Italy. He promised me that if he helped find a qualified crew member, he would give me ten dollars as an introduction fee, and the crew’s basic salary is fifty dollars per month, there are extra subsidies when performing missions in dangerous areas during wartime. Everyone knows that a monthly salary of fifty dollars is a high salary in Brazil, so I hope that if you have friends, please help introduce them. And the ten dollars I still don't like the introduction fee, so I will give the ten dollars to whoever introduces it. This is what I want to talk about today, and I will hand it over to the first mate."

  Looking at the radiant expressions of the soldiers below, Fang Lang waved his hand and gave the position to the first mate de la Torre, asking him to arrange the maintenance, sanitation and vacation scheduling of the ship.

  (end of this chapter)