Wind spy

"Bei Zeping followed me to the Yunhua Restaurant. After a while, he withdrew? Leave him alone. Bei Zeping is much smarter than Kojima Chengzi. He knows that stalking will cause trouble for him. On the site, my eyes are wider than his, and some people are whispering."

"Guojun, I have to tell you something in advance. I have to spend more than half of the gold you snatched from the Japanese. The Military Statistics Bureau is facing great financial difficulties and needs salt from the Yanzhou base area for temporary use. The source of income, but I don’t pay for the goods. I plan to propose two thousand gold bars this time as the capital of the Changan Trading Company.” Chen Mingxiang said.

Bei Zeping is an expert in intelligence. He knows the stakes in calculating and follows himself in the Shanghai stock market for a long time. Sooner or later, he will show his feet, so he simply doesn't use this method.

Chen Mingxiang knew very well in his heart that whenever he encountered a big fish like himself, the other party would never give up, which also indicates that he would adopt other methods.

"Sir, this batch of gold was given to you by our brother. As long as you need it, we won't say a word. I will take out two thousand gold bars tonight." Zhou Guojun did not hesitate.

"All are packed and shipped to the warehouse at the headquarters of Huatong Trading Company, and a special person is sent to watch. Half of them are to be delivered to Shaanxi Province by car. I have to wait for the location to be notified. Before that, you have to do something for me."

"The Japanese army seized the four major silver buildings in the Shanghai stock market, including Fang Jiuxia and Lao Fengxiang. You find a master gold and silver vessel and melt and cast all the large gold bars again. The above Jiang Customs mark must be completely eliminated, otherwise it will still cause trouble."

"The remaining 1,200 large gold bars will be transported to Mara Villa for storage after re-casting. In the future, special coupons will flood into the financial market, and the rate of depreciation of China Reserve Certificates will be faster. Maybe these golds, It is the capital for us to settle down." Chen Mingxiang said.

At this moment, the shareholders of North China Salt Company almost burst their lungs. They originally planned to unite with the Central China Salt Company to push Chen Mingxiang out of the salt market, but they did not expect that the military police in Central China would intervene. Caught a large group of salt merchants, and made things dirty.

How dare the salt merchants fight the gendarmerie? Money is important or fate is important. This account can be calculated clearly. What's more troublesome is that the action in Central China has not yet ended, and the action in North China has begun.

"This is an official letter jointly sent by the North China Front Army Command and the Consulate General in Beiping, ordering all salt merchants and cooperatives to sell salt at a uniform price, and not to adjust prices privately or reduce the amount of rations that will cause salt shortage."

"I have received news from Tokyo that major companies have united to appeal to the cabinet and the military, but they were rejected. This also shows that the imperial government and the military have acquiesced in this matter." North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. The company president said.

The headquarters of most of the Japanese chaebols are in Tokyo, and the representatives of the direct line are sent to various places. After receiving the request of the branch, the helms of the chaebol quickly united and submitted a letter of appeal to the cabinet and the military.

It is required to revoke the Shanghai Haiyuan Salt Industry Company’s sales rights and the Yantian in Changlu Saltworks, and restore the situation that was previously exclusively controlled by North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. This is conducive to the concentration of resources and the delivery of more raw salt to the imperial territory. The stability of the regional salt market plays an important role.

To put it bluntly, this is a hidden threat. The chaebols cannot sit back and watch China's local enterprises, even if there are garrisons behind them, and divide a piece of cake from the monopoly industry.

But before that, the Consulate General in Shanghai and the Consulate General in Beiping have jointly submitted a statement to the cabinet and the military. Alleviating the salt shortage in Central China is only a secondary task. The most important thing is to rely on Haiyuan Salt Industry Company. Implement a warning to the chaebol.

The North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. relied on its control of the Changlu Salt Field to make a lot of profits, but the military did not benefit much, and the price of the orders undertaken by the chaebols did not decrease.

What is even more exaggerated is that the Japanese army in North China recruited "military salt" from the Changlu Saltworks, and they often delayed handling it. This was a strategy of undermining the war.

The so-called new policy was originally introduced, which included the purpose of beating the chaebols. After receiving the reports from the two consulates, if the cabinet and the military were biased towards the chaebols, it would be a hell!

"More than that, North China sent the gendarmerie headquarters to the gendarmerie in various places to talk to salt merchants and local cooperative leaders, telling them that the past is not to blame. If after the conversation, it is discovered that salt is being deducted or sold at high prices, the gendarmerie The team squatted in the prison. Under such circumstances, who would dare to cooperate with us?" said the representative of Mitsui.

"I see, the Military Police Command has come forward. This means that the Haiyuan Salt Industry Company is just a tool to suppress us. We are competing with Chen Mingxiang, just to find an excuse for others. Maybe they want us to make things bigger!"

"The headquarters has already sent me a message. If necessary, we must make concessions to the garrison. We should not be entangled in such trivial matters. If they implement military control over the Changlu Saltworks, our losses will be great. We will ship them back every year. The hundreds of thousands of tons of raw salt in China is one of the foundations of industrial raw materials for major enterprises." said a representative of Mitsubishi.

Since the headquarters cannot withstand the pressure, the representatives stationed in North China will not risk the garrison. The point is that they all know the importance of the Changlu Saltworks to the empire, and Chen Mingxiang cannot cause any big storms. .

The wild looting of raw salt by the Japanese invaders and chaebols was not only for the needs of the Japanese people, but more importantly, raw salt is an indispensable industrial raw material, which has an irreplaceable role for Japan’s military production and completes the manufacture of weapons. Orders to obtain wealth are also necessary.

Therefore, the more than 10,000 tons of table salt that Chen Mingxiang transports from the Changlu Saltworks every month is not that difficult to accept compared with the military orders and the resources obtained.

This is also a matter of timing. Before the Japanese government changes its strategy, even if the garrison wants to suppress the monopoly of resources by the chaebol, it is almost impossible.

Because the Japanese army does not have its own military-industrial system, it can fight wars and cannot turn the seized resources into war materials. It must be done with the help of chaebols.

"The headquarters of the military police dispatched by North China directly sent me a message on the 76th radio station today. The salt problem in the Changlu Saltworks has been successfully resolved and the original steps are still being followed."

"The monthly output of the Changlu Salt Plant plus the smuggled salt. The amount of more than 10,000 tons. It is easy to give 1,000 tons to the bureau headquarters. You can generate electricity for Boss Dai. No matter how difficult the difficulties are, our direct stations must find ways to be resolute. Complete the instructions of the bureau's headquarters." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.