Wind spy

In the North China area occupied by the Japanese invaders, salt rationing is done in two ways. Unlike the Central China area, it is simpler. In addition to the salt merchants in each area, there is also a traitor organization called the Xinminhui, which is thriving and poisoning the common people.

On the 24th of December, the 26th of the Republic of China, under the guidance of Seiichi Kita, the head of the secret service of the North China Front Army, the Shinminkai was established by the Japanese army behind the scenes.

This force is mainly composed of Chinese people in the enemy-occupied areas. Of course, from the president to the grassroots leaders, they are all traitors. They "hired" Japanese as consultants and called them "popular groups."

The Puppet Xinmin Association has the Central Guidance Department as the daily affairs handling agency. The chairman is the chairman of the Puppet North China Political Affairs Committee. Each province has a Guidance Department, usually with a high-level official serving as the minister. Road offices and county and city guidance departments.

The Puppet New People’s Association in North China occupied by the Japanese and puppets has a very large power. Even all walks of life, schools, and organizations have established grassroots organizations. They are simply pervasive. It is characterized by a wide distribution and a large number of members. The mass organizations are integrated with the administrative agencies.

Cooperative, this refers to the organization established by the Xinminhui during the occupation. The lowest level units even reach the village level. This is the Japanese army in order to facilitate the control of rural resources, especially to grab food and supplies in the countryside and instruct the Xinminhui to establish. mechanism.

On December 24th, 1949, the Puppet North China Government Affairs Committee promulgated the "Interim Regulations of the North China Cooperative Business Association" and formally established the North China Cooperative Business Association. This was the beginning of the implementation of the ration system in North China. Salt is one of them. item.

The reason for mentioning the so-called Xinminhui Cooperative is to understand the Japanese puppet’s salt rationing system in North China. The Changlu Salt Plant controlled by North China Salt Co., Ltd. distributes salt to various salt merchants’ associations.

However, under the rationing system, salt merchants only serve as a transit for salt, and there are certain sales rights in places like urban areas, and the Xinminhui Cooperative in rural areas has to bear it.

People in counties, districts and rural areas want to eat salt. They must first be counted by Chief A and then go to the county-level material countermeasures committee to get the salt purchase voucher. Then take this voucher to the salt shop to buy it. This needs to be issued by the local police station. Proof of population compliance.

The salt retailer combination also depends on the population in the jurisdiction, including the number of villages, households, age, etc., to prepare an application form to the Material Countermeasures Committee to obtain the salt purchase permit, and then go to the salt dealer to pay and receive the purchase. Salt receipts and road tickets are checked by the salt police to get salt.

The last hurdle is the inspection by the police and the gendarmerie. Of course, the police are under the command of the gendarmerie. How much salt you buy and how much salt you can get are all determined by the gendarmerie. You buy 100 catties, the gendarmerie The team said it would give you a pound, do you dare to argue with the gendarmerie?

After talking so much, North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. is the weakest among the three relationships. The gendarmerie is stuck in the next two links, and the chaebols can only stare at them, and they have to sell if there is salt. Go is money, nothing piled up in the salt field!

"The method that General Yano said is the most practical way of thinking. In fact, we all know that the imperial chaebols' style of work and their own huge interests prompted them to risk offending the military and insist on refusing to give in. Anyway, the military can't rip apart the chaebol."

"I suggest that once the two sides disagree and the negotiation is deadlocked, I would suggest that North China dispatch the military police headquarters to take decisive measures. The longer the delay, the more variables will appear." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"In fact, whether the salt from the Changlu Saltworks is provided to Central China to alleviate the current salt shortage is not the most important thing. The reason why we want to do this is that they did not understand the explicit requirements of the Imperial Conference."

"Concentrating all resources to serve the jihad is a fundamental guiding principle. Anything that violates this principle must be contained and changed! The empire is now facing a two-front war, with the Shancheng government on one side and the South Pacific on the other. The U.S. military is now working together to overcome the difficulties and cannot tolerate them to hold back." Shiozawa Qingxuan said.

After a brief conversation, the two sides determined their respective tasks. The upper-level communication and coordination were the responsibility of the two consulates. The movement of the chaebol was the responsibility of the secret service. The implementation of specific actions was the responsibility of the gendarmerie. Sales and transportation are naturally the responsibility of Chen Mingxiang's Haiyuan Salt Industry Company, with a clear division of labor to perform their duties and share the benefits of the salt industry.

For this group of high-ranking Japanese generals, this is really not a big deal. I have never seen merchants who can compete with the army. Although the influence of the chaebols is great, they do not recruit the military and the government.

"Mingxiang, I think it's very strange. These Japanese soldiers should protect the Japanese chaebols. How can they help you seize the salt resources? Is it possible that Japan has **** to this level? What can be done for profit?" Wang Really curiously asked.

This was a question she asked after the Japanese general left the Villa Mara and rushed to the airport. It was something she had never figured out.

Raw salt is an important industrial raw material and daily material that Japan has looted wildly. The relationship between North China and Central China is not very good. Why should we support Chen Mingxiang in getting the goods from the Changlu Saltworks and distributing them to Central China?

"For the money? You look at these gangsters too simple. If you see money open, it would be easier to handle. This is only one of the incidental reasons, not the main reason."

"When I first came into contact with North China, I transported two to three thousand tons of salt per month from the Changlu Saltworks. It was indeed a private transaction between a small number of Japanese generals and the gendarmerie and me. The nature was relatively simple."

"No one doesn't like money or wealth. The same is true for Japanese devils. Taking advantage of their positions to gain benefits for themselves is also the norm in the military police system, but the scale is definitely not as large as it is now."

"Involved in the monthly transaction of tens of thousands of tons of table salt, which accounts for one-tenth of the entire Changlu Saltworks's output, it is not simply for personal gain, but a game between the Japanese military and the chaebol."

"To put it more directly, the Japanese military wants to establish an economic system for the war of war and concentrate all resources to serve itself, and the chaebols also consider their own interests and do not agree with this."

"Why did the Kwantung Army want to add a full business besides the Manchurian Railway? That's why the military used my hand to beat the Japanese chaebols, asking them to provide more support for the war, especially now that the Japanese war resources are scarce. , The supply of supplies for the chaebol is even more important." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.