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"Chairman Li's appetite is not small. He actually dared to hit the idea of ​​my batch of Changlu salt. I don't know if I should praise you for your dedication to the government, or say you are ignorant and ridiculous!" Chen Mingxiang said lightly.

"Director Chen, as the actual person in charge of the salt tax in the Ministry of Finance of the Jinling Government, I have facilitated the entry of Changlu salt into Central China and offered you a salt tax reduction or exemption. This fully reflects my sincerity in cooperation. Since you said that There is inside information, but I would like to hear the details." Li Hongming said.

His biggest trump card is the Jinling government's urgent need for salt tax, which is currently a vital income, and it is also the top priority of the Jinling government's top leaders.

Even traitors know the bitterness of overprinting money. If one day the money is not money because of printing too much money, the regime will not survive.

But he seems to have forgotten that the Jinling government is not an autonomous government, but a puppet government through and through. It is the Japanese who ultimately make the decision.

Take the table salt from the Lianghuai Salt Farm as an example. The annual output is several hundred thousand tons, but only 90,000 tons for central China, which is a quarter of the output. Does the Jinling government dare to say anything else?

"You didn't understand the nature of this batch of table salt. What you said was just nonsense. This is the salt transferred from the Tanggu Saltworks of Changlu Saltworks through the Consulate General in Beijing under the name of the salt shortage in Central China. Do you understand what it means?"

"The sales right of Changlu salt belongs to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai. How I do this has nothing to do with Huazhong Salt Company. As long as you are a salt merchant selling Changlu salt, you have no right to collect taxes. They are on the enforcement date. Fang’s decision."

"The original order is still restored. What is the original situation? There is a large shortage of salt in various places, salt prices are rising rapidly, and the people do not even have the lowest guarantee. This has prompted the Japanese to transfer from the Changlu salt field. You still don't dream. "Chen Mingxiang said.

Relieving the salt shortage is just an excuse. The inside story involved is very complicated. He doesn’t need to explain to Li Hongming. He stabs it directly into the heart. Changlu salt is operated by the Japanese. I am the one who executes it. The Japanese go to theory.

"I admit that there is a lack of salt in Central China, but it has not yet reached the level of salt adjustment and relief from the Changlu Saltworks. The Jinling government has not filed such an application. It was an act of the Japanese side."

"As the implementation agency of salt affairs, we should not let the market chaos, and anyone can sell salt at will, so that the order of the industry disappears and the government's taxation is undermined."

"As the main force of salt sales in the entire central China area in the future, Huazhong Salt Industry Company has the responsibility to pool all resources together and use them together. Anyone selling salt in central China must obey this overall situation."

"Only by creating an orderly environment can sales be smooth and prices can be stable. This is also responsible for the people in central China and establish a good image for the government." Li Hongming said.

He just bit the role of Huazhong Salt Company and made a fuss. Even if the negotiations are now deadlocked, sooner or later the salt sales right will be returned to the Jinling government. If the salt dealer’s problem is not resolved, and he wants to take over the power in the future, it is almost impossible. impossible.

Zhou Aohai frowned when he heard it next to him. This Li Hongfang is a bit too ignorant. Today, bringing the two together is to solve the problem of the gendarmerie’s seizure of salt merchants. Now Chen Mingxiang has the advantage and can maintain the current situation. Not bad, but you are thinking about the Changlu salt in his hand, right?

"This is because the Huazhong Salt Industry Company wants to acquire the Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and the Japanese have only reached 14,000 tons per month, which is more than 4,000 tons short of actual needs. Previously, it was 7,500 tons per month. , There is a gap of 11 thousand tons from the actual needs, even this is not called salt shortage, what is salt shortage?"

"Chairman Li, I would like to ask you. The Lianghuai Saltworks is known to have one million tons per year. In good years, it is only more than 600,000 tons. Because of the war, it is less than half now. Do you want the current indicators?"

"According to the calculation now, cut off my 10,000 tons, how much do you have? You can't even get the supply of goods, open your mouth and shut your mouth to be responsible for the people, for the image of the government, are you kidding?" Chen Mingxiang didn't bother to talk nonsense with him and talked directly with the data.

The peak period of the Lianghuai Saltworks was more than ten years in the Republic of China. At that time, the situation was relatively stable. At least the saltworks were not damaged by military disasters, and could produce more than 600,000 tons of salt. There was still some smuggled salt secretly, which claimed to be millions. Tons of table salt.

However, in the 20th year of the Republic of China, the Huainan Saltworks of the Lianghuai Saltworks had already fallen. It relied on the four saltworks in Huaibei to operate. In addition to the war launched by Japan, the damage to the Lianghuai Saltworks was too great and the output dropped sharply. The total output is only 260,000 tons, which is equivalent to the Japanese army plundering 170,000 tons of salt last year.

If the Japanese army maintains a monthly quota of 14,000 tons and wants to meet the most basic demand for salt, the Huazhong Salt Industry Company will at least ask the Japanese army for another 4,000 tons per month.

But Li Hongming didn’t have the guts to ask the Japanese for salt. He was not stupid. Under such circumstances, all the words were false and empty. In the final analysis, he was only defending the interests of the old salt merchants, and only got a sale of salt from the Lianghuai Saltworks. Right of reputation!

"The more this is the case, the more important the salt tax is to the government. You are a special officer of the Jinling government, and you should also consider the government and make efforts for the financial difficulties... "When Li Hongming said this, he was interrupted.

"I made the lowest-level mistake. I can't discuss people's livelihood issues with people like you. For the personal benefit of the old salt merchants, you can just sit back and watch the salt shortage and pretend that nothing happened. Digging pits for the Jinling government does not consider the possible dangers of salt shortage at all!"

"This is at the Minister’s house today. I don’t want to embarrass you too much. Changlu Salt and the salt merchants under the Haiyuan Salt Industry Company are not something you can think of. You promise me 10,000 tons of salt from the Lianghuai Salt Plant. The well water on both sides does not violate the river water!"

"If you have the skills, you should make this request to the Consulate General in Shanghai and put Changlu salt under the management of Huazhong Salt Company. I can guarantee that if you put it forward, you have nothing to do with Huazhong Salt Company. The minister’s face, even you have been bitten in the prison of the gendarmerie headquarters, the Japanese almost want your head, I don’t know whether they live or die!"

"Li Hongfang, tell you plainly, even if the Huazhong Salt Industry Company is established, you, the chairman, will be obedient to the command. What I say is the rules of the game and the order of the salt industry. If I can, you can’t, you don’t agree. It just doesn't work!" Chen Mingxiang turned his face on the spot.

(Something happened, two chapters)