"In terms of operations, everything is going well so far. It's just that someone robbed my house. There's something going on at the headquarters. Backup and support have been affected a lot."
Lin Mo mentioned it, and Su Hongjie nodded without asking any more questions. He said, "What do you need me to do when you come here this time?"
"The main thing is to understand some situations and help me figure out some situations. They are just simple and general situations. The main reason is that it is inconvenient for my people to move around in Shanghai. These ordinary situations are not worth the loss for us. In addition, we also need your help.
Bring in some weapons and equipment."
"...Weapons and equipment..." Su Hongjie frowned and said with some shame: "At present, the Japanese and the gang members who have defected to them have arranged searches at the borders of the concession or some major access points at Daoqiao Pier, and there are also people who are secretly monitoring areas other than theirs.
Pay attention, I haven’t developed a channel here to bypass these.”
Lin Mo heard this and explained: "It's not a large amount of weapons and equipment. It's just that when our investigators are operating in several concessions, in order to prevent unexpected situations, they are issued some more powerful pistols and kits, plus a few grenades at most.
, to enhance self-defense capabilities.”
"If it's just these, there's no problem. I can get them in with just a few people. Although there are inspections and precautions, they can't mobilize so many people to conduct inspections everywhere. It's just that you are not familiar with the situation.
That's all.
However, it is not recommended to go outside its territory, territory of influence, or places that are undefended and unchecked, because some things may hide it in the dark. Hide the things and carry them away, and go directly from the checkpoints in the Japanese sphere of influence.
It’s safer, and it’s more convenient to bring it into the concession area and then transport it to other areas.”
Lin Mo heard this and asked: "We encountered a checkpoint on the way. It seemed that the check was quite perfunctory. Is there any conspiracy in it?"
"...Don't worry..." Su Hongjie waved his hand and said with a smile: "I thought so at first, and only after understanding it did I know what was going on. You can rest assured about this, otherwise I wouldn't have said that.
Regarding this matter arranged by the Japanese spy agency, the degree of attentiveness depends on the person. The most attentive thing is that the gangs who are not powerful and have joined the Japanese spy agency quietly behind the scenes, as well as those who have received the information and want to return the favor.
Items that are not online or are not up to standard.
Those guys are the most enthusiastic about these things, and they just want to take the opportunity to catch up with the Japanese or get more attention and benefits. This is also the reason why the Japanese influence has not been extended to places, but they dare not go to the Japanese.
Action on the territory.
Secondly, there are those forces that have openly surrendered to the Japanese. They have become traitors and have no choice. They are considered to be on the periphery of the Japanese spy agencies. However, their own power is not small. There is an obvious cooperative relationship between the Japanese and them, and there are many internal
There are quite a few people who don't want to do things for the Japanese, or there are people who can't do anything for no good, so although they are active, they are not as crazy as those wimps.
Finally, there is the official power of the Japanese in Shanghai, such as the Chinese detectives and Chinese police who directly conduct the search activities, or the Japanese police detectives who stand behind them. Except for the personnel controlled by the Japanese spy agencies themselves, others are not willing to do so.
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Speaking of which, it has something to do with you. The Japanese espionage forces that are currently active seem to have lost a large amount of money in your hands. Now they are poor and deprived of money. They are reluctant to give benefits to these people, but doing these things is serious.
The interests of these people have been harmed, and it's a ghost if you can do it with your heart.
The search of body, baggage and goods, etc., itself reduced the number of people coming and going here a lot. The people at the checkpoint also took the opportunity to take advantage of it, and made people avoid it. This happened on the second day after the inspection was carried out.
Business on the side has dropped a lot.
How can people begging for food in the following industries be happy? And the people I just mentioned are all taking advantage of it and paying filial piety, not to mention that they have shady business, and everyone is not in the same group.
If you were to find out about the illegal goods, wouldn't it mean that you would be able to take control?
As for the people who execute the tasks below, on one side they are the ones who have no money, and on the other side they may be the superiors who can still get some light. It is obvious how to choose, not to mention that this area belongs to the sphere of influence of the Japanese Navy, which is different from the Japanese who are causing the trouble.
The spy force is not easy to deal with.
As for them making money and causing trouble at the checkpoints, it is probably because the people behind them tacitly allowed it or even instigated it. Firstly, they used other people's money to win over others, and secondly, when the affected people couldn't bear it anymore, they could take the opportunity to criticize the other party.
Now we are in the middle of an internal fight between the two sides. Before the fight can come to a close, a loophole has appeared on our own territory, which gives us the opportunity to take advantage of it."
"...You still have to be careful in everything..." Lin Mo was not as optimistic as Su Hongjie. You must know that those who want to mess with them need to be more than just the one who gets involved. Don't make things worse and allow others to take advantage of them.
"...Don't worry..." Lin Mo explained the problem frankly. Su Hongjie still looked confident. He obviously had a trump card that was difficult to explain. Lin Mo no longer hesitated and discussed it. Su Hongjie directly called one of his subordinates outside and immediately
Relevant arrangements were made.
"This matter is settled, don't worry! What information do you want to know? What information do you need me to help you investigate?"
"I have given you a lot of information just now. I want to know..." Lin Mo took a breath and asked some questions about the doubts in the information and the analysis and inference.
"You have done a solid job!" Su Hongjie sighed with emotion and replied. Although he said that he had a weak foundation, it was compared with the major forces in Shanghai.
Don't think too much about the intelligence, but these are not confidential, just relatively secret information and situations. He can still collect and understand the situation of people of all ages. Other analysis and comparison can also make a guess.
"By the way, apart from targeting and attacking the Shanghai Station, instigating rebellion, wooing gangs and other forces, and preventing and responding to our arrival, have any other trends been detected by this group of Japanese espionage forces?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Speaking of this, it really does happen!" Su Hongjie spoke almost without thinking, and continued to explain: "They did it secretly at the Yin family residence near the Jiangwan District Municipal Public School.
An industry named Liwang Money Shop.
The money shop exchanged copper coins for silver coins, exchanging them at a slightly higher market price. They should have exchanged them for old copper coins they collected in the north at first, and then for the common copper coins we use every day. I suspect they must have forged them themselves.
Copper coins do not have much security against counterfeiting. With the Japanese technology, they can be counterfeited easily, and the quality is even better than the real thing. Because the price of silver coins in Shanghai has value compared with the price in other places, some moneymen see that they have a large number of copper coins to exchange, so they
Started to work as a second-hand dealer and sold goods to other places.
Then the money shop business changed from exchange to wholesale to money dealers. Moreover, because of some bill in the United States, the price of silver in Shanghai rose, and the business expanded rapidly, extending its tentacles to various places.
According to the information I have learned, this business has spread to about ten provinces along the Yangtze River and canals. According to rumors, they directly transported copper coins from the Northeast on freighters.
Recently, the price of silver has risen sharply, and citizens are unwilling to spend their silver coins. The demand for copper coins is huge. I initially estimate that 30% of the copper coins circulating in Shanghai may come from there, and those who exchange copper coins for silver coins,
I am also willing to give out more copper coins, and my business is booming. I don’t know how much impact it will have, how much damage it will bring to the country..."
Lin Mo thought about it and raised his eyebrows. It's hard to say whether some of this situation is good or bad. For example, copper coins have become the main currency in circulation on the market, and the prices of ordinary commodities may change to anchor copper coins because of the price increase.
It is a silver coin. The silver-copper exchange ratio may increase, but it will not have a big impact on the actual value of the copper coin. Anchoring the copper coin can temporarily stabilize prices to a certain extent.
Copper coins are only auxiliary coins of silver dollars, and commodities are ultimately priced in silver dollars, especially for imported foreign goods. Most foreign merchants are unlikely to accept delivery of copper coins.
However, at the terminal of most goods, it is difficult to recover silver coins from the final purchaser, consumer, etc., and imported goods are only priced cheaper in silver coins. In fact, the price has not changed when they are priced in copper coins. In this way, the rise in silver prices has caused
The price of imported goods has been reduced in disguise, making it cheaper, which has greatly affected the price parity situation. It has also provided a certain buffer for domestic industry and commerce in disguise, and of course also affected enterprises operating imports.
Of course, it depends on who you are. Industrial and commercial enterprises that do processing and assembly of imported materials will be greatly affected, because you may buy materials with silver, process them, sell them, and get back copper coins.
Now that the price of silver is rising, it is not easy to exchange copper coins for silver coins. The people moaning and wailing in the newspapers are probably industrial and commercial enterprises that are short of silver. They may even be unwilling to spend money to continue to maintain the operation of factories.
Calculated in this way, it seems quite wise for the Lin family to give up the import and export business after his arrival. Although the Lin family needs to purchase a lot of things from abroad, most of them are production materials such as machinery, equipment and even technology. The price of silver has risen.
Instead, it took a huge advantage.
Of course, some materials must be imported, but the Lin family's stall is not small, and it also aims at localized production. It is not unacceptable to exchange silver for copper in the short term. As for the medium and long term, copper coins cannot last that long.
Although copper coins currently play a paper currency-like role in transactions, the government's monetary system is still based on the silver standard. At most, it can buffer part of the impact of rising silver prices.
According to common sense in economics, the domestic currency has appreciated sharply, imports have increased, and trade deficits have occurred. For the government at this stage, the trade deficit is the outflow of silver, but there is a certain amount of outflow in normal trade. From outflow to the outbreak of problems
It takes some time to accumulate.
In normal history, once the U.S. Silver Act was passed, the impact on the national government was rapid and violent. It was not caused by the outflow of silver from normal trade, but by the price difference between Chinese and foreign silver, which in turn triggered a large outflow of silver.
The country ruled by the government is like a sieve. The concessions and Japanese-occupied areas that are not under the jurisdiction are the big sieves. Even a large amount of silver is controlled in the hands of foreign banks. Do you want to control that possibility? So once the silver price gap is formed,
A large amount of silver flows out like water from the Yangtze River.
The outflow of a large amount of silver will inevitably lead to problems such as domestic monetary tightening and liquidity depletion. The benefits of price reductions for foreign goods have not been enjoyed for a few days, but the impact of these problems will immediately become unbearable.
In this life, the situation will definitely repeat itself. The effect of copper coins is at best to alleviate and delay the arrival of these effects. The consequences of the massive outflow of silver will not be so real to ordinary people for a while.
However, copper coins can at most solve part of the liquidity problem, allowing normal transactions to be maintained for as long as possible to a certain extent. However, in international trade, bulk transactions, shortage materials, and commodity sales, it is definitely settled in silver, and monetary tightening will first
