Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 245 Knowledge

   Just when Fang Lang was very happy to catch Colonel Valdo Grama's tail.

  An immigrant ship departing from his hometown Shanghai docked in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

  As the ships docked, the pier quickly became lively.

  The immigration company of Fangyuan Group now accepts a batch of immigrants from their hometown almost every two days.

   Sometimes there are three or five ships in a fleet, and sometimes there are only one or two ships.

  The staff of the immigration company already has a very mature resettlement process.

  Rio Grande do Sul alone has received more than 20,000 immigrants from their hometowns, not counting the numbers in Natal, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.

  According to the statistics of Fangyuan Immigration Company, the number of laborers recruited from their hometowns to work in Brazil through Fangyuan Labor Service Company has reached 30,000.

  I took the initiative to apply to the Fangyuan immigration company, and there are already more than 8,000 immigrants who have immigrated to Brazil.

   That is to say, from October 1945 to the end of April 1946, the Fangyuan Group immigrated from their hometown in six months, and the number of people who have landed in Brazil has reached more than 38,000.

  Some of these people were assigned to the construction sites of various factories nearby. It was planned that after the construction of the factories was completed, they would enter the factories and become workers.

  Of course, some workers with mason skills were directly assigned to construction companies and became professional construction workers.

  Most workers choose to continue to be farmers because they are farmers themselves.

  Most of these farmers were arranged to work on farms purchased by Fangyuan Group in Rio Grande do Sul.

   Another part of them settled in Natal and owned their own land through loans.

   Some laborers born as fishermen were arranged to join the fishery company jointly established by Fang Lang and the retired Colonel Parisi, and became fishery workers.

   "Hey! Sir, look, there are quite a few Chinese here! Many of the people in charge of registration on the pier are Chinese!

  It seems that we Chinese can stand firm in this place! "

  A young man in his twenties said to a middle-aged man in his thirties beside him.

   "Didn't the people from the immigration company say that? It's all thanks to Mr. Fang.

  In Brazil, Mr. Fang is the backer of all our Chinese. "

  The middle-aged man looked at the scene in front of him, obviously heaving a sigh of relief.

  It seems that this labor service company is really not lying, and it didn't sell everyone as piglets.

   also asked everyone about their occupations and jobs they are good at, and respected the opinions of the workers in arranging the work.

   This made him feel relieved.

   There are more than 30 people in their line. Although they look no different from ordinary people, if you observe carefully, you will find that the eyes of these people are obviously different from those of ordinary people.

  Especially the headed middle-aged man has sharp eyes.

   It can be seen at a glance from the Chinese in charge of registration that many of them should be people who have just immigrated here.

  Because everyone's demeanor and spirit are still somewhat different from those Chinese who originally lived in Brazil.

  They are not laborers recommended by Hongmen or government officials, but immigrants who applied through immigration companies themselves.

  So, they line up on the pier and don't need to line up with the laborers.

   Instead, there is a channel dedicated to direct registration of immigrants.

   There are two staff members of the Immigration Bureau in the channel. With the cooperation of two local Chinese in Brazil, they are responsible for handling the immigration procedures for the Chinese who voluntarily apply for immigration.

  Because Brazil has always been in a state of sparsely populated land, the demand for immigrants in Brazil is very large.

   There are not many restrictions on immigration.

  During this period, the state of Rio Grande do Sul belonged to a remote area of ​​Brazil. It was the southernmost state of Brazil and bordered Uruguay.

  It is also one of the three states in Brazil south of the Tropic of Capricornus. As the hometown of Brazilian barbecue, the agriculture and animal husbandry here is very developed.

In later generations, it was the primary agricultural and pastoral area in Brazil. The output of soybeans, wheat and corn accounted for about half of the country, rice accounted for a quarter, and wine accounted for three quarters. Produced here.

  The reason why Fang Lang gave priority to immigrants here was because he took a fancy to the excellent climatic and geographical conditions here.

  This is one of the lowest altitude areas in Brazil except the Amazon rainforest, and the subtropical climate can also allow immigrants from their hometown to quickly adapt to the environment here.

  The reason why the staff of the Immigration Bureau can come to the dock to work on-site is also because Fang Lang wants to allow immigrants from his hometown to quickly gain a foothold in Rio Grande do Sul.

  A large amount of investment has been made here, such as the chemical fertilizer and pesticide factory of Nice Company, the pharmaceutical factory of Fangyuan Group, the Aston Martin car factory and so on.

  Fang Lang plans to build Conrad Zuze's computer research institute and future universities here.

  At the same time, the director of the state's immigration bureau is the younger brother of Fang Lang's old superior, Colonel Parisi. Coupled with Fang Lang's status in the Brazilian army, the influence of the Fangyuan Group in Brazil.

  The government of Rio Grande do Sul has no choice but to welcome these immigrants.

The immigration procedures were handled very quickly. Under the guidance of the staff, everyone provided the immigration documents issued by the immigration company when boarding the ship, completed the information registration, and after being arranged to take a photo, they were told that they could go to the immigration company Go to the specific consultation to select a suitable resettlement site.

  Everyone walked out of the pier, and soon saw several buses parked on the side of the road outside the pier, with many signposts along the way.

   It may be that most people are illiterate, and there are instructions recorded on gramophones, which are played non-stop.

   This surprised everyone.

   Following the guidance of the signs, everyone came to a vehicle marked to the immigration company.

   The driver was a black guy, and everyone was worried that they would not be able to communicate. As a result, the black guy spoke directly in half-baked Chinese:

   "Certificate!"

   Everyone understood what the other party meant, and handed over to the other party a certificate with a blue seal that the staff of the Immigration Bureau had just handed over to them for inspection.

   The middle-aged man headed by him could tell at a glance that this black guy must also be illiterate.

  Because he only glanced at the blue stamp, he pointed back and signaled the other party to get on the bus.

  He understands that the immigrant's seal and the laborer's seal should not be the same color.

  Here I have to talk about why laborers and immigrants are treated differently. This is not selling piglets.

  The cultural instructor on the ship has already made it very clear that the people who voluntarily immigrate do it at their own expense, so their living environment on the ship is better than that of laborers.

  Ordinary workers need to work and live in Brazil for one year before they can actively apply for immigration.

  After becoming an official immigrant, you can buy land in the hands of the local government or others, open shops, factories, etc.

  The immigration at their own expense, because they are all people with a certain economic foundation.

  So, after obtaining immigration documents in Brazil, you can directly buy land from local governments and individuals.

   This is different from the first batch of immigrants who were able to buy farmland in Natal through loans after they landed in Natal.

   After all, Fang Lang confiscated those lands from the Yakubu family, and it didn't cost much.

  The land in Rio Grande do Sul needs to be purchased by the Fangyuan Group with real money, and the cost will definitely exceed that of the land in Natal.

  However, in the later stage, Fangyuan Group is also planning to issue loans so that everyone can own their own land.

  The main purpose of the early stage is to bring everyone together to learn the local language, adapt to the local environment, and unify everyone's thinking.

   Therefore, new immigrants and laborers have to concentrate on studying for two hours after work every day. The content of the study includes Portuguese, Chinese, and ideological education content about the Fang family's selfless help to everyone.

  At the same time, according to the different job content, vocational skills training will also be carried out.

  Everyone understood that the black guy might only know a few simple Chinese words, so they lost interest in consulting.

   Soon, the vehicle was full. The vehicle slowly left the pier and drove into the urban area.

  The exotic customs along the way dazzled everyone. Some architectural styles have been seen in Shanghai, and some have not been seen.

   While everyone was pointing and discussing, the vehicle drove into a four-story building after driving for half an hour.

  Everyone saw the big Fangyuan immigration company on the door at a glance, and it was obvious that they had arrived at their destination.

   Get out of the car one by one and walk into the immigration company building.

  There are two Chinese women sitting on two desks on the left. When they saw someone coming in, they greeted them directly:

   "A new immigrant who just arrived?

   Please come to my side to register first.

  We will provide you with free board and lodging for five days.

  I hope everyone can decide their future destination within five days.

   If you want to live here for more than five days, you need to pay for the board and lodging yourself. "

   Without waiting for everyone to respond, he has already introduced the rules here.

  Everyone glanced at each other, a few people stepped forward to register, and a few people were looking around.

  The young man came to the middle-aged man again and said:

   "Sir, I feel like this is a hotel."

  The middle-aged man didn't speak, but just nodded.

  Seeing that there is a double door facing the door, I looked around and found that no one was looking here, so I walked forward.

  Pushing open the door, I found that behind it was a patio surrounded by houses, with a length and width of more than 30 meters and a very large area.

  Looking around, I found out that this place is a whole with the immigration company's four-story building. This is a back-shaped building with many windows on each floor.

   It seems that there should be more than one hundred rooms here.

  In the courtyard, there were some Chinese sitting in twos and threes. Everyone was chatting and laughing, and some people were flipping through a booklet in their hands.

  Everyone seemed unaware of his appearance, and they were still doing their own things.

   The movement of him pushing the door open was a bit loud, but no one came to stop it, and no one even came to ask.

  The middle-aged man saw that everyone didn't care about him, so he took the initiative to go up, sat down next to a middle-aged man who was reading a booklet and said:

   "Where did this brother come from?"

  When the man noticed someone approaching, he raised his head and looked over. Hearing what the middle-aged man said, he smiled and said:

   "I'm from Baoding. It's been two days since I boarded the ship in Tianjin. How about you, brother?"

   "I just arrived today, I came from Shanghai, and I'm not very familiar with the situation here.

  So I want to learn from seniors like you.

  What kind of regulations are here! "

   "Oh! My brother just came here today! No wonder.

  If you are senior or not, I will come two days earlier than you.

   As for the regulations! Heck! I am also researching it! "

   As he spoke, he raised the booklet in his hand.

  (end of this chapter)