Erbai refers to white sugar and white salt. This is the most distinctive material provided by Jiang Cheng to the Taihang Mountain Military Region. Today, most of North China has traces of salt and sugar from the Taihang Mountains.
"203, you see, although our Erbai's business is not as prosperous as before, it has always been a steady stream of people." Deng Xianxian said, pointing to the busy motorcade.
Jiang Cheng nodded and said with a smile, "This is normal. Who said our things are cheap? The power of capital is terrible."
Deng Xianxian took a long breath and said, "You are right. The more I look at such a scene, the more terrifying I feel. The Japanese can't stop them with bayonets and massacres. You said that one day we will liberate the whole country, and foreign people will
Many things are cheaper than in our country, so will many people find ways to smuggle them abroad?"
Smuggling is a hugely profitable industry comparable to drugs and other illegal trades. Even in later generations, it cannot be completely eradicated. Jiang Cheng advised, "We can only do our best to do this. What's more important is to formulate relevant legal provisions."
, The rule of law is more important than the rule of men. I have already asked some financial experts to come and let them check the account books."
"It's best to find out something, 203. In fact, every time I come here I am happy and at the same time afraid, just because I am afraid that someone will do something stupid." Deng Xianxian said with a smile.
Jiang Cheng looked at the other side of the mountain and found that it was lush and green, so he asked, "The fields we opened where we paid less taxes? The planting is good! But it seems to me that the things planted are different."
Deng Xianxian smiled and said, "203, have you ever farmed?"
In this era, it can be said that there are very few people who have not been exposed to farming. Most of them are bureaucrats and literati. Most of the leaders of the Red Party know farming very well, but Jiang Cheng has never wielded a hoe.
Deng Xianxian looked at Jiang Cheng and shook his head, then smiled and said, "Let's go and take a look."
The group came to the hillside. Deng Xianxian pointed to the mountain fields and said, "Our original people were really dependent on the weather. Their technology was backward, their farming was extensive, and they were extremely slow to respond to the market on what to grow. We organized a farmers' association."
, many technical personnel were decentralized to teach our villagers deep plowing, autumn plowing, fertilizer accumulation and other techniques. They also flexibly used the characteristics of crops to grow mung beans in millet fields, soybeans in sorghum fields, and adzuki beans in millet fields.
During the meeting, we also requested mutual help, and together with our agricultural loans, the contradiction between the villagers' demand for farm tools and labor force was alleviated, effectively increasing food production."
Jiang Cheng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, this is interesting. By the way, I also want to ask, how do we prevent free money?"
Deng Xianxian pointed at Jiang Cheng and said, "You are really asking. Just in time, I will show you something. Then he took out a small book from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Cheng."
Jiang Cheng opened it and saw that it was something similar to a bankbook. Deng Xianxian said, "Actually, empty pay is the most abhorrent thing among all corruptions. Let's not talk about anything else. Why is the National Army always defeated?
The important reason is that there is no pay. The roster above states that there are 10,000 troops in a division. In fact, it is only three or four thousand. There are many old and weak among them. The commander above arranges the troops according to the 10,000 troops.
, in the end, do you really think you will win or lose in a fight?
Moreover, the waste of funds is even greater. Every time an extra soldier or chore is reported at the grassroots level, three to four hundred yuan will be wasted every year. If 1,000 more people are reported, hundreds of thousands will be wasted every year! This is
It’s not a small amount. We require every comrade to have his own special code. Unless the military region agrees, this code is not allowed to be changed. This code is six digits. The first two digits are the local number, and the last four digits are personal.
Special code, if there are new transfers, they will be ranked last. If there are deaths or transfers, the number cannot be changed, but the names will be empty, thus blocking the possibility of falsely reporting the number of people."
Jiang Cheng opened the book and saw that the code on it was 0013623. This was because Deng Xianxian was transferred to the 120th Division later, so the code was at the back.
Jiang Cheng nodded to Deng Xianxian and said, "This method is not bad. This visit really opened my eyes."
——Chengdu
Sichuan is the real base camp of the Chongqing National Government and is known as the base for the revival of the Anti-Japanese War. In terms of industry, Sichuan before the war was actually nothing in the country. There were only 115 factories with more than 30 workers in the province, and the capital was only the largest in the country.
0.58% of capital, industrial scale is limited, and limited industries have to provide support for the military industry, so the help for taxation is extremely limited, which makes agricultural tax, salt tax and customs duties become the most important sources of taxation.
"It's not easy to collect 6 million market stones and buy 6 million market stones, 12 million... It's not easy." Zhang Qun sighed while watching the crowds coming and going on the streets of Chengdu.
Zhang Qun was the chairman of Sichuan Province at this time. After Liu Xiang, due to the tradition of Sichuan people governing Sichuan, Jiang Zhong sent Wang Zuanxu, who had always been close to him, to take over as chairman of Sichuan Province. Unfortunately, because Wang Zanxu was too close to Jiang Zhong, everyone in Sichuan boycotted it.
In the end, he had no choice but to lead the army out of Sichuan to fight the war. His position as Chairman of Sichuan Province was concurrently assumed by Chiang Kai-shek. After one year, Chiang Kai-shek handed it over to Zhang Qun. As a veteran of the White Party and Vice President of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun has extremely high status and prestige.
, they are from Sichuan again, so everyone in Sichuan was speechless.
From then on, Zhang Qun stayed in Sichuan until the end of the war and became the mainstay of Chiang Kai-shek's rear. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Qun was also the backbone leader of the Department of Political Science, which made Sichuan a major base for the Department of Political Science.
"Although we in Sichuan have always been known as the land of abundance, now the landlords have no surplus grain. The 27th and 28th years were both great harvest years, so we increased our purchasing power, which caused the price of grain to rise. As a result,
There was a sudden drought last year, and the grain output plummeted to 55% of the full year. It seems that the grain harvest will not be very good this year, it is difficult..." Huang Jilu nodded and said.
"Does Mr. Huang know what the current price of rice is?" Zhang Qun asked, stroking his beard.
"This...it seemed to be almost 100 yuan when I last looked at it." Huang Jilu thought for a while and said.
"In the 27th year of the Republic of China, the price of grain in Sichuan was only 9 yuan. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, due to the bumper harvest, although the price increased, it was not much. It suddenly increased at the end of the year, but it was only 12 yuan. But now
What? It’s already over 115 yuan! And it’s still rising..." Zhang Qun felt a headache when he thought about this.
"Because grain farmers are reluctant to sell rice, do rich rice merchants take the opportunity to hoard grain?" Huang Jilu asked.
Zhang Qun nodded and said, "I have made appointments with people from major commercial banks to have tea later. Let's see what they say. They should be here almost, let's go."
After Zhang Qun finished speaking, he and Huang Jilu walked towards a teahouse. Outside the teahouse were already full of cars. Zhang Qun looked at it and shook his head. No matter how difficult the country was and how scarce oil was, these people would not be missing.
"Vice President of the Executive Yuan, Chairman of Sichuan Province Zhang Qun is here! Standing Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry, Chairman of the Party Committee of Sichuan Province, Huang Jilu is here!" With a shout, a group of people in the teahouse stood up and bowed their hands to Zhang Qun.
Zhang Qun said with a smile, "We are all here, okay, let's sit down together, drink a cup of tea, and chat today. Don't be nervous." Then he walked to the main seat, looked at everyone and asked, "Everyone, please introduce yourselves.
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"Meifeng Bank Raven!" a foreigner said first.
"Huichuan Bank Yinchang!" "Hefeng Rice Shop Liu Qian" "Hemin Rice Shop Liu Tian"
After the introduction of the group, Zhang Qun clapped his hands and said, "Okay, today we can say that we are all here. You probably know why you are here today, so I will get straight to the point. The price of food has risen too fast this year.
It has seriously aroused public opinion and panic among the people. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Chongqing sent electricity continuously to ask about this. I don’t know how to answer. Last year’s harvest was not good, and with the war of resistance, it is normal for food to rise slightly. This is a natural disaster and is inevitable.
, but if someone wants to profit from it and add fuel to the flames, then the government will not stop it!"
"Chairman Zhang, I want to ask, do you want to interfere with commercial freedom?" Lei Wen stood up and asked.
"Haha, don't be nervous, Mr. Lei Wen!" Zhang Qun pressed his hands and said, "This freedom of business has always been advocated by the National Government, but the country, the country, puts the country first, takes advantage of the opportunity to hoard food and be reluctant to sell it... It seems like in the United States
It’s not allowed, right? I’ve heard that your country also has an anti-monopoly law.”
"Chairman Zhang said that we should take advantage of the opportunity to collect grain, so it may not be too much." Liu Tian smiled and said, "Although we are businessmen, we are also Sichuan people. Naturally, we don't want to see Sichuan people starving. But the current market situation is like this. We
Even if you go down there to collect grain, the price will reach seventy or eighty yuan. Add in the freight, labor, management and other losses. If you sell it at the current price, you really won't make much money!"
"That's right, it's difficult for us as merchants!" "Some time ago, I had a warehouse that caught fire, and most of the food was burned. I don't know what to do now!" "You're pretty good, but I have those muddy legs down there.
My son is rebellious and unwilling to pay the rent. I can’t even beat him or scold him, so that’s how miserable he is!”
Anyway, you say something and I say something. In short, I have difficulties. Food - what is food? I don’t know!
Zhang Qun took a deep breath. In fact, he also knew that just talking was useless. He stood up and said in a low voice, "Everyone, this is a special period of the Anti-Japanese War. If the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War is delayed because of the food price issue, then I am afraid that I will
Your heads will be at risk if you come to me!"
This is already a naked threat with a knife.
That’s what I’ve been waiting for!
Liu Tian was the first to stand up and said, "Chairman Zhang, let's see what you said! Like this! We and the Minmi Bank are willing to donate 100 shi of grain to the National Government for free! We will fight for the country and the war of resistance!"
"Okay! Well done to Shopkeeper Liu! I'll donate 80 too!"
"I will donate one hundred!" "I will donate seventy!"
You said something to me, the scene was lively, as if you just gave these people a steel gun, and they could go to the battlefield.
Zhang Qun and Huang Jilu looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly, these people...
Zhang Qun didn't know whether to laugh or cry while holding the two-thousand-stone note from each shopkeeper. He clenched his fists. It seemed that he couldn't do it without killing people.
The shopkeepers did not stay any longer and said goodbye to Zhang Qun one by one. At the end, a shopkeeper with white hair and beard walked up unsteadily. Zhang Qun was so worried that he might fall at any time. Sure enough, the shopkeeper staggered.
When he was about to fall, Zhang Qun quickly went up to support him and said, "Mr., are you okay?"
The old shopkeeper laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, old man... Mr. Zhang, it's not just the businessmen who are moving now. If only the businessmen are moved, I'm afraid it won't be useful." As he said that, the old shopkeeper stood up and said,
He walked away as fast as a new person.
Looking at the people leaving, Zhang Qun narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Go back!"
——
"Due to the rapid increase in food prices in Sichuan, not only the major traders are stocking up on food, but also the garrisons and agencies in various places have joined in the rush to buy. Among them are the Kong and Song families. In addition, we also found that many
Generals stationed in other places also sent people into Sichuan to buy and store grain, including..."
"That's enough!" Zhang Qun stopped the middle-aged man next to him from continuing. He rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Does the Chairman know?"
"Maybe I know...maybe I don't know."
Zhang Qun sighed and said, "Are there such people in our provincial government?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "A lot. Among them, Yang Quanyu, the mayor of Chengdu, has hoarded more than a thousand dan of wheat!"
A thousand shi of wheat costs more than 100,000 yuan. The temptation is indeed great.
Zhang Qun sighed and said, "Let's send electricity to the Chairman. I can't do this anymore."
——Chongqing
"Yongzhi, come and eat. This dish tastes good." Jiang Jie looked at Kong Xiangxi with a smile. This was a family banquet. The two Song sisters were whispering. Kong Xiangxi ate the rice and said to Jiang Jie with a smile, "Committee
Chairman, this dish tastes really good. Congratulations to Chairman for finding a good cook again."
Agent Jiang nodded and said, "I usually eat very simple food, but Darling's mouth has always been tasteless, so this is the only way. By the way, where is Lingjun recently?"
Kong Xiangxi's eyes were flustered, and he smiled and said, "She has a restless temper and went to Sichuan to play."
Jiang Zhongxin pointedly said, "You can have fun, but don't go overboard. It's a war-torn place, so be careful."
Song Meiling scolded her, "It's not like you don't know that Lingjun likes to play. Just let her play. Don't wait until you get married to be like me. It's hard to go out."
Agent Jiang quickly said with a smile, "Darling is a little bored? Well, in a few days, I will go out with you for a walk."
Kong Xiangxi was still in the mood to listen to the love words of Jiang and his wife. After finally finishing the meal, he said to the guard next to him, "Go and catch the second lady! Put away the food in Sichuan first. The chairman of the committee wants to kill someone."
