Wind spy

Chapter 908-The Battle of the Salt Industry

"Boss, I'm going back to the office first, and you will inform me when you have a decision." Director Xu saw the hesitation on the big boss's face, he knew that the matter was complicated and hurried away.

"Is it inappropriate to do this? Borrow 1,000 tons of table salt a month from the Chang'an Trading Bank, and 1,000 tons of salt from the smuggled salt in the Changlu Saltworks. You must know that the table salt in Central China is more than two yuan per catty. A ton is four thousand yuan, which is not a small amount of money."

"I got news that the direct-affiliated stations and even the underlying intelligence department are slashing funds. It is not the case that the financial situation of Chunfeng is also very difficult in the past. Not only does the bureau headquarters do not understand it, but it keeps asking for it. Hurt his enthusiasm." Boss Dai said.

His tone wasn't very firm, because he hadn't hired anymore, and a penny was hard for the hero. No matter how big he was, he was defeated by this stuff.

The facts are in front of us. If it is not difficult for Chen Mingxiang to stand directly under him or Chen Mingxiang is not difficult for him, then the head of the bureau is himself who suffers. Is this choice still necessary?

"Spring Breeze has so many relationships in the Shanghai stock market and so many departments in its hands. Dongnuoxiyi insists on two to three months to be unbreakable. Special coupons can be seen in two months at most. If you don't give it to him, even if you don't give it, he can't say anything else. As a strategic agent of the Military Regiment Bureau and the stationmaster of a Type A station, he should bear the pressure for the bureau headquarters." Pan Qiwu said.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Mingxiang was able to become the stationmaster of the Type A station. This was a special arrangement during a special period. In Pan Qiwu's heart, it was tantamount to a qualification.I have been the stationmaster of a type A station, which paved the way for the future, and sooner or later I can do such a job.

If the military reunification situation needs to be shuffled after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chen Mingxiang’s qualifications are still much worse. Pan Qiwu means to deepen the impression of the students in Boss Dai’s heart and be able to arrange a fat shortage.

The directly affiliated stations are now in sharp decline in income, and financially they are certainly not as wealthy as before, but Pan Qiwu understands in his heart that even so, it will definitely not compress the budget.

This is all an illusion made by the kid Chen Mingxiang, who bribed the bureau headquarters during the New Year with a bribe of one million U.S. dollars for the festival, and he is definitely not so nervous in his hands.

It's not that the teacher is worried about the student's wealth, but the investment in Boss Dai at this time will get the greatest return in the future.

"Let’s talk to Chunfeng about this matter. Just follow the three-month deadline. Qi Wu, you have to urge the provinces and stations that implement the special voucher plan to hurry up to purchase materials and transport them back to the Kuomintang-controlled area for money. Although Chunfeng does not require interest, you can borrow Too much money can be shocked when accumulated," Boss Dai said.

He didn't mean to rely on accounts. Once the special voucher plan worked, the secret banknote printing factory of the Military Regiment Bureau would spin wildly. This little money was not worth mentioning.

Following the orders of the headquarters of the gendarmerie in Shanghai, the gendarmerie in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changjiang, Zhenjiang, Guangling and Jinling, and the gendarmerie in various places have made a big move. They have seized the assets of more than 20 salt merchants and arrested people in jail. The hoarded salt was confiscated.

The gendarmerie issued an announcement stating that the price of coarse salt in cities around the country should be adjusted to one yuan per catty, and the fractional price of coarse salt in rural areas should be adjusted to one yuan per catty. If the price exceeds this price, it will disrupt market order.

Where is the gendarmerie? It is a hell on earth. The family members of the salt merchants suddenly panicked, and one after another found Li Hongming to criticize it!

This is your bad idea. If you don't settle this matter and save people as soon as possible, then everyone will target you. Don't want to get involved in this industry in the future!

"Minister, this must be Chen Mingxiang's ghost. He is using the military police force to carry out industry cleansing. You can't sit back and watch. If this continues, the shareholders of Huazhong Salt Company will be captured, and Yuhua Salt Company will also It will be paralyzed, and it will have a great negative impact on our Jinling government!" Li Hongming got anxious and ran to Zhou Aohai's office.

"Aren’t you saying that Chen Mingxiang’s fleet was not well transported and the supply of salt merchants in various places was insufficient? Why did the gendarmerie seize more than 10,000 tons of salt from these people? I need your explanation! Don’t tell me, you do not know any think!"

"Originally, the Lianghuai salt farms were transporting a large amount of raw salt to the Japanese mainland, and the sales share in central China was small. The people were extremely tight with salt, and the price was rising again and again. But you, while enjoying the huge profits of salt sales, instead hoarded salt. High prices, deliberately creating contradictions, causing social turmoil, and also caused eloquence to the Japanese military."

"Because of this incident, the Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd. passed the message to the Ministry of Finance through the Consulate General in Shanghai and the Japanese Embassy. The negotiation has not yet ended. This problem has arisen. They are worried that if they hand over the right to sell salt, the salt The market will fall into chaos because of lack of restraint."

"Salt tax is the mainstay of government revenue and an important channel to alleviate the pressure on revenue and expenditure. Chairman Wang attaches great importance to it. Now, taking advantage of the implementation of the Japanese government's new policy, it is hard to get to this point, but you have delayed the government. Hind legs, can you bear this responsibility?"

"In Director Chen Mingxiang’s salt jurisdiction, the monthly quota is 10,000 tons, but now the same amount of salt has been found, which means that the market has reduced sales by one month. People have not bought salt for a month. This nature is extremely Bad!" Zhou Tuohai said coldly.

Regardless of whether the salt confiscated by these salt merchants was from the past or recently, it is precisely because of their behavior that the price of the shortage of goods in the market soars, which has violated the ban of the Jinling Government Salt Service Department. It also violated the requirements of Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd.

"Minister, I admit that this incident was a secret move, but the original intention of the shareholders and I was not to cause salt shortages in Central China, but to transfer the sales rights in these areas to Central China Salt. Under the control of the company, this is conducive to overall planning and unified operation, and it is also conducive to the smooth flow of government orders."

"You also know that salt merchants are an ancient industry in China. Qualifications and inheritance are very important. You can't just come in with a little money. And Director Chen, he not only supports new salt merchants and old salt merchants to compete for the market. It also smuggled a large amount of table salt from the Changlu Saltworks in North China to Central China for cross-regional sales. This is also a major taboo of the industry."

"The reason why the shareholders of the Huazhong Salt Company did this was to clean up the hidden dangers in the industry, to avoid competing with each other in the future and causing chaos in the market, but they did not expect that the style of Director Chen's work was too harsh and he used Japan directly. The forces of the military police intervene in the market." Li Hongming said.