Wind spy

Regarding Wang Zhen's concerns, Chen Mingxiang was naturally very clear in his heart that it was not a secret that the bureau headquarters secretly sent people to supervise the operation of the local station, but it was a tradition that began and continued during the period of the secret service.

The first is to prevent local stations from using their power to do mischief and violate the discipline of the Military Statistics Bureau.The second is to prevent the power of the local stations from expanding too much, forming a situation where the tail cannot be dropped.

"Since the bureau has assigned them to the directly affiliated station, they must accept the management and leadership of the directly affiliated station. This is an iron discipline, but the convergence of people's hearts is a long-term process, not overnight, and being too impatient can only backfire."

"These insiders sent to the directly subordinate stations have no access to specific jobs in a short period of time. There is no need to care too much. You are right. You must be cautious in your words and deeds on the line. You must not be caught by someone. Suspicion is very serious." Chen Mingxiang said.

The first shot after the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce and Unification did not fire. Taking into account the pressure of the Jinling government and the Japanese side, it had to take further measures, otherwise it would not be possible to negotiate.

But this time, the Chamber of Commerce is smarter. The inventory of the Japanese textile industry merchants is handed over to the Shanghai Stock Exchange Chamber of Commerce for registration. The Chamber of Commerce does not care about it. However, the relevant merchants of the Chinese textile industry must be registered before the end of the month. .

Chen Mingxiang, the deputy secretary-general, just watched indifferently. He knew that due to the corruption of the puppet government, this work could not be carried out at all, and his energy was put on the game with salt merchants.

"Your Excellency, I have discovered since the end of the Chinese New Year that the salt price in Central China has risen without the permission of the Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd., and the rate of increase is very fast. The price of salt in the city has risen from one yuan to Two yuan, the price has doubled from eight cents to six cents in the countryside."

"Salt merchants in various places are hoarding serious salt, and their input to the market is decreasing. This is a very dangerous signal. The salt merchants colluded in private to raise prices, which will inevitably lead to salt shortages and cause local people's criticism of the empire and the Jinling government. Strong dissatisfaction."

"The key point is that the sales of table salt in Central China are still being operated by the Central China Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and people and even governments in various places will mistakenly believe that it means empire. They are making the Consulate General in Shanghai a scapegoat, but they are losing benefits. It is unacceptable!" Chen Mingxiang said.

This is obviously a challenge, but the data is not his words, but there are real evidence, so many new salt merchants are staring at each place, he knows the daily selling price of salt, except for the Huazhong Salt Company. The price of Yuhua Salt Company, formed by the former salt merchants and the former salt merchants, is also rising. The two are joint actions.

That is to say, Li Hongfei agreed to cooperate with North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. and began to take action against him. The strategy is not difficult to guess, secretly raising the salt price and reducing the supply of salt, causing instability in the salt market, using this as an excuse. Putting pressure on the Japanese side caught Chen Mingxiang caught off guard in an attempt to regain control of the markets of Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Zhenjiang, as well as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Jinling.

Li Hongfang and the old salt merchants thought Chen Mingxiang didn't know, but they didn't expect that every move would be monitored. Special agents in the Jinling area of ​​the secret agent headquarters tracked their actions.

Ma Xiaotian is now the Deputy Chief of Police Department. This can be regarded as the position that Chen Mingxiang helped to obtain. In this matter, he will definitely show some performance. It will be good for him to have a deeper relationship with Chen Mingxiang in the future, Li Shiqun Now it's been overwhelmed, and the situation at the secret agent headquarters is also a bit delicate.

"Chen Jun is right. I also heard Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd. report this incident. This must be a purposeful behavior. I think that once Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd. gives the right to sell salt in central China to Huazhong Salt Industry. Company, the salt price may rise even higher in a short time."

"These salt merchants secretly stockpiled and raised salt prices without notifying Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd., are tantamount to ignoring the imperial decision. If a large-scale salt shortage is caused, it will affect the social stability of the occupied areas. , How do you think about the interests of the empire?" Horiuchi Yujo asked.

While the Japanese aggressors wantonly plundered Chinese salt, they did not want to cause chaos due to the lack of salt. This is a very contradictory theory, but now they have absolute power, they are qualified to make such a request. The Japanese government hopes that the occupied areas Maintain stability so that they can plunder more resources.

"The imperial new policy cannot be violated, and the price increase in the market is also inevitable. The devaluation of the China Reserve Bank will naturally bring about inflation. However, such unconstrained and reckless behavior must be punished, otherwise, in the future It will be very troublesome."

"I suggest that the Consulate General in Shanghai slow down the negotiations between Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd. and Huazhong Salt Industry Company. It is best to postpone it until the end of June. You should come forward to put pressure on the Jinling Government Ministry of Finance and the Salt Administration. , Forcing them to delay price increases."

"I intend to ask the gendarmerie from all over the country to come forward to search the salt dealers who are hoarding, and seize the salt, and hand it over to the Haiyuan Salt Company to find a suitable salt dealer to receive it locally, and sell a large amount of cheap salt to the market in a short time. To gradually restore the market."

"Price increases cannot be suppressed by administrative means, but need to be channeled. The amount of rice in the Shanghai stock market reaches 1,200 per stone. This is a rule, but it must be within a controllable range."

“The price of coarse salt in urban areas can be adjusted to one yuan per catty first, and the price in rural areas is temporarily adjusted to one yuan per catty, depending on the situation every quarter.” Chen Mingxiang said.

As he himself said, the behavior of rising salt prices in various places is a normal market law. It is better to stop it than to stop. The currency value of the China Reserve Certificates is falling. Can't salt dealers lose money to sell salt?

His company never pays taxes. This does not mean that salt merchants do not pay taxes. The Jinling government has tried every means to control the sale of salt in its hands for salt tax. Therefore, there is a huge gap in cost.

"I agree with your suggestion in principle, and what you said is right. The Empire’s grand strategy cannot be confronted. The negotiation will end on June 30, and the specific implementation will end on July 30. We have won four for you. I can't help you too much if you can control your market in a month," Yujo Horiuchi said.

People from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who can serve as consuls have never been mediocre. This involves foreign affairs, and the response is almost impossible.

Horiuchi Yujo also knew in his heart that Chen Mingxiang wanted to use the power of the consulate to reshuffle the salt market, crack down on the influence of the old salt merchants, expand his local strength and influence, and even gain salt. Right to speak.