Five hundred and fortieth chapters decadent country
"Argentina is a weird country in South America. It is not like a South American country at all, but more like a European country. Most Argentinians think so too. They feel that they are Europeans. Although you came at a certain time
, but you should be able to find that almost all of them are white people here, and there are very few mixed Indians and blacks. The people here don’t like to live with people of other races. They want to create a purely European country in South America.” Fernando Jr.
The younger one took a sip of coffee and began to unfold the grocery store in his stomach towards Hong Tao and the others.
"It's true! If he hadn't told me, I wouldn't have paid attention. There are almost no black people here, but there are many black people in Brazil? Didn't anyone come here to live in the first place?" Hong Tao listened to Fernando's words while still having to cover up the fat man.
Please translate a little bit with Sturgeon, otherwise just watching two people communicating will definitely be annoying to the other two people.
"The black people in America were originally slave traders. Do you know why there are many black people in Brazil, but there are almost no black people in Argentina?" Fernando did not directly answer the question raised by Fatty Bu, but asked back.
"This is due to climate and geographical reasons. Brazil is located in the tropics, which is most suitable for growing sugar cane. When the Spaniards came here, they contracted South American malaria because they could not adapt to the climate here, and many people died. And the locals
The Indians were also introduced to European diseases by the Spaniards and died more. As a result, no one would plant sugar cane. So the Europeans here thought of a way to catch black people from Africa.
Human slaves came to work. Black Africans have high resistance to malaria and are not afraid of European diseases. Therefore, almost all sugar cane plantations in Brazil are worked by black people. The mortality rate of other races is too high.
I can't survive." After Fernando finished speaking, he paused for a moment, but Hong Tao and the others did not ask questions because they did not know much about this period of history and could not ask any insightful questions.
"Black slaves were very expensive at that time. A black man in his prime could be sold for almost 25 pounds, while an Indian slave could only be sold for 10 pounds. There were also slaves from all over Asia. They were not adapted to the climate here, so they were cheaper.
, the most valuable thing in the hands of white farmers at that time were black slaves, they were a piece of wealth, because with them, there would be sugar cane plantations, and no one else could." Fernando was very satisfied with Hong Tao's attitude in listening to the lecture, and went to
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"Isn't it? I thought black slaves were sold because they were cheap, but it turns out they are the most expensive!" Sturgeon's English is not bad, and he can barely understand it. What Fernando said seems different from the history he has learned.
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"Then why are there no black people in Argentina?" Hong Tao didn't care about the price of black slaves. He just wondered why there were so few black people in Brazil and Argentina, which are next to each other.
"It's very simple. Except for a few areas in the north, Argentina's climate is very different from Brazil's and is not suitable for large-scale planting of sugar cane. Therefore, the Spanish are not willing to spend a lot of money to buy black slaves to come here. The main purpose here is for grazing.
.The climate is not that humid and hot, and white people and Indians are fully capable of it." Fernando slightly despised Hong Tao's thinking.
"I really haven't seen many black people, but why are there so few Indians? This should have been the Indian sphere of influence in the past. Didn't the Inca Empire, Mayan Civilization, and Aztec Empire all originate in Central and South America?
?" Hong Tao didn't quite believe what Fernando said.
He naturally likes to argue with others, and now he has finally grasped what he considers to be favorable evidence. Fernando's statement can barely make sense that there are no black people in Argentina. But it is a little unreasonable to say that there are no Indians. Even if the Americans have killed them for so many years,
Still not all the Indians were killed.
"What you said is not unreasonable, but you forgot one thing. Indians only live in the Andes Mountains and the jungles of North America. They are not suitable for the endless prairie of Argentina. Do you know why?" Fernando seemed to agree too.
He is an old gangster who always defends his views to the death. Now that he is challenged by Hong Tao, instead of showing weakness, he even says he is addicted to it.
"There are few animals here?" Hong Tao held it in for a long time before finally giving out a reason. He had no research on Indians.
"It can be regarded as a reason. The Indians are not good at farming and mainly make a living by hunting. And before the European whites arrived here, there were no such creatures as horses in North and South America, let alone cars, because there are no round wheels here. No
Horses, without wheels, cannot catch up with those animals in the plains, nor can they defend themselves against the attacks of other tribes. Therefore, there are almost no Indian tribes living in the plains of Argentina, and it is not suitable for them." Fernando used a sentence that seemed ridiculous.
The reason answered Hong Tao’s question.
"...Is this okay?" Hong Tao really can't find any reason to refute Fernando. Although he likes to argue, he doesn't lie. As long as what the other party says makes sense and he doesn't have sufficient arguments, he can
Believe it for now.
"When the Spanish came here, they fell in love with this great plain. The land here is very fertile. They can grow food and raise livestock and cattle and sheep for fat. The most important thing is that it does not belong to any aboriginal tribe.
There is no need to fight with the indigenous people because of the land, so many relatively honest European immigrants have come to live here, among which the Spaniards and Italians are the most numerous.
In fact, when you go to watch a football match tomorrow, you will find that the Argentine football players are all white, and you will not see a single black or Indian mixed race. If they put on Spanish or Italian team uniforms, they will immediately become Spanish.
There is no difference at all between the Italian team and the Italian team." Fernando felt that he had not yet completely convinced Hong Tao and the others, so he gave another obvious argument.
"Old Hong, don't tell me. What this old man said makes sense. I really can't think of any black or Indian mixed-race players in the Argentine football team. I thought they were because of racial discrimination. If it weren't for this,
Then what he said is really reliable. It's not that they don't want to find black and Indian mixed-race players, but they really can't find them, no!" Sturgeon was the first to be convinced and began to turn to Fernando's side.
"How is Argentina's economy? I think the city of Buenos Aires is quite good, but why is Brazil a BRIC country but Argentina is not?" Although Hong Tao only stayed in Argentina for half a day, he
There is always a very familiar feeling, as if I am in a certain city in Italy. Although the city looks very developed and beautiful, it always feels a bit decadent.
"Hahahaha, Argentina has long been dead. Before World War II, Argentina's economy was considered first-class in the world. But after World War II, it began to decline. It has not recovered yet, and I think it will be difficult to recover.
Nowadays, the economically developed countries in the world are all technologically advanced countries, but Argentina has nothing but cattle, sheep and fertile land.” As a Brazilian, Fernando was really happy when he talked about Argentina’s unlucky things.
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"But when I saw it from the plane, it seemed like it was richer than Los Angeles!" Hong Tao passed by Los Angeles, where the villas were all scattered one after another, but when he saw the urban area of Buenos Aires from the plane
Only then did I know what a villa area is. On the west bank of the Rio de la Plata, there are very neat villas as far as the eye can see. They are all there.
"It was once glorious. If you can stay here for a few more days, you will know how the people here live every day. They get off work at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, eat dinner until midnight, and still go to work the next day.
I have to continue drinking coffee, I haven’t worked yet, and it’s lunch time again. It’s weird to be rich and strong with such a work efficiency!” If Fernando follows the Chinese words, he is a steadfast Argentine black man. Let him say this, Argentina
People might as well just commit suicide, why are they still alive?
"Do you know how many government workers there are in Argentina? It will scare people to death if you tell them!" Fernando felt that he was still angry and revealed another piece of information.
"Government employee?" Hong Tao first needs to figure out what type of government employee Fernando is talking about, because many European and American governments will temporarily entrust some private organizations to help them manage some things, but the salary is not paid out of taxes, so this kind of person does not
It cannot be called a government worker. Civil servants in our country are generally expressed as civil workers, but foreigners basically cannot understand it.
"Yes, they are people who receive government salaries. Their total number accounts for almost 55% to 60% of the jobs in Argentina! Almost all the country is civil servants. This is the fruit that comes after the seeds of democracy are planted here. It is simply
The biggest joke in the world is that although the Brazilian government also fights corruption, it is still better than the Argentine government." Fernando was finally fair for once. He did not just criticize Argentina, but also brought his own country with him.
"Isn't this a big deal? How can there be so many civil servants?" Hong Tao expressed great surprise at this number.
"This has to start with the damn democratic electoral system. There are so many political parties in Argentina that almost every election a new party is in power. So these parties made a promise at the beginning of the election to keep all government workers in their posts.
To win votes. After their party comes to power, they will arrange for all their party members to
Being in a government work department is considered a kind of welfare, so you can't get in or out. As long as you change the ruling party, there will be a group of more government workers. The more you save, the more you save, and it will become what it is now." Neither did Fernando.
I don’t know where I heard the rumor from, but it’s just a nose and an eye. (To be continued...)
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