Chen Mingxiang saw clear slap marks on Nakajima Shinichi's face. He was probably slapped by Lieutenant Colonel Haruki in anger. Slapping was commonplace in the Japanese army, and it was natural for superiors to slap subordinates.
No matter how well you perform a job, if something goes wrong in the result, your efforts will not be scored, or will be given negative points.
"Director Li, everyone with some status in Chiang Kai-shek's district knows the background of the Southeast Trading Company. Can you tell what force dares to attack us?" Lieutenant Commander Qingqi asked.
Southeast Trading Company is one of the two institutions in Shanghai with special powers of passage. Although Huatong Trading Company has the support of the Military Police Headquarters and can travel unhindered, Southeast Trading Company is not bad at all, but the procedures are a little troublesome.
The profits from scarce supplies during the war were enough for the businessmen in the Kuomintang-controlled areas to regard this company as the God of Wealth. Who had his head caught in a door and robbed the goods of the company's transportation team and no longer wanted to make money?
What's more, if you mess with the secret service headquarters, it will be a very miserable thing. Not only will you lose money, but also their lives, and even the entire family, old and young, will lose their chickens and dogs.
"We don't have any clues yet. It is estimated that the possibility of being a businessman is almost zero. The local garrison and bandits in Tanzhou are more likely, but this kind of thing has never happened before, so it is difficult to judge at once." Li Shiqun shook his head.
"Couldn't it be the armed forces of those underground parties?" Lieutenant Colonel Qingqi said.
"Absolutely not. First of all, there are more than 40 escorts in the transport team, and they also carry two light rifles. The guerrillas of the underground party on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi regard the buqiang as a treasure, and they don't have many bullets. They can't eat this one.
Guards."
"If the guerrillas did it, they couldn't drive away fifteen trucks. Where did they get so many drivers? Also, for those trucks that couldn't be driven away, the guerrillas wouldn't just remove the fuel tanks and tires, and leave the rest
The parts are intact." Li Shiqun said.
This inference is very reliable. The guerrillas are in a very difficult situation. They basically lack everything. It is not complete until the car is dismantled into pieces.
It is simply unbelievable to say that a guerrilla bumpkin can drive a truck. Besides, these are twenty trucks carrying goods. How can fifteen trucks pull the goods away?
"Director Li's analysis is very reasonable. I will ask the intelligence officers of the Special High School Division to collect information from the surrounding areas. With so many vehicles pulling goods, there must be clues." Lieutenant Commander Qingqi agreed with this judgment.
"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, it will take time to investigate the case, but Southeast Trading Company's transactions cannot be interrupted. I hope to get help from the Mei agency." Li Shiqun said.
"This gap is a bit big. General Yingzuo is also in a difficult position with the loss of three million French currency. The Mei Agency currently lacks financial support, and its own funds are also insufficient. You can talk to Minister Zhou first and borrow some from the Ministry of Finance!"
Qingqi Zhongzuo shook his head.
The Japanese invaders plundered China violently and wanted to dig deep into the ground. However, no matter how hard they tried, they still couldn't balance it with the war consumption.
Mei's agency has little income of its own, but it has some privileges because of its support for Wang. The earliest funds came from the customs interception by Jiangguang Customs. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, more than 40 million French currency was intercepted.
However, after Wang was established, the life of the Mei government was not so comfortable. In order to provide this puppet government with fixed fiscal revenue, the Japanese government gave the tax revenue from Jianghai Customs and the unified tax from Wang's actual control area to Wang's Ministry of Finance.
What is a unified tax? It is a kind of goods tax during the period. It originated in the Qing Dynasty. It mainly covers five items: cigarettes, wheat flour, matches, cement and cotton yarn. It is divided into three types: on-site collection, on-site collection and merchant self-report.
Way.
Without the tax revenue from Jianghai Customs, the Mei agency, like other intelligence agencies, can only rely on domestic financial allocations. It doesn't matter if it is a small matter, but when it involves millions or tens of millions of funds, it needs to ask the military for instructions.
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Wang's current fiscal expenditure method is called living within one's means, and the amount of expenditure is determined based on monthly income. This method is very effective, and the Ministry of Finance actually has a slight surplus.
"Minister Zhou is crying about poverty every day. This matter is probably very difficult to handle. Commander Qingqi, can you borrow some money from Huatong Trading Company first so that Southeast Trading Company can turn around?" Li Shiqun said.
Wang, the Ministry of Finance, thinks about how to get money and power from the Japanese every day. He hopes to bring all customs duties into the scope of the Ministry of Finance. Under such circumstances, Zhou Fahai may give money, but Li Shiqun will owe a favor.
No, he doesn't want to do that.
Huatong Trading Company has been operating well and has abundant liquidity. It is not a big problem to take out one or two million French currency. As long as Southeast Trading Company's business develops smoothly, the loan can be paid off in two months.
"Well, let me talk to Minister Zhou about this. First, I will lend three million yuan to Southeast Trading Company. The Ministry of Finance will establish a central reserve bank and is coordinating with all parties. When this matter is implemented, the funds of the Ministry of Finance will be
It’s much more comfortable.” Lieutenant Commander Qingqi said.
He also felt a headache. Huatong Trading Company is an organization controlled by the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School. How dare you say that, that guy Saburo Miura is notoriously greedy for money and hard to talk about. It was General Shadow who came forward to lend money.
I guess I was sprayed with saliva, which I thought was quite beautiful.
"Mingxiang, our special agent headquarters will pay salaries soon. You can lend me 500,000 French currency from the company's finance first. When the funds from the Ministry of Finance arrive, I will ask the General Affairs Office to transfer it to you immediately." Li Shiqun also did the same.
Being forced into a hurry.
If the secret service headquarters delays salary payments, the impact will be too bad, especially for Li Shiqun's image. He won't be able to pay even the most basic salary. How did you become the director?
"Forget it from the company. It's not convenient to borrow such a large amount. I'll ask Director Ye to go to the finance department of the inspection team to get it later. I'll tell the Gendarmerie Headquarters and the Special High School Division to postpone the submission for one month.
." Chen Mingxiang said.
Gendarmerie Commander Miura Saburo pays close attention to Huatong Trading Company's accounts, checking them personally every month and asking financial staff to conduct simple verifications.
Although he didn't know what Chen Mingxiang had done, the nature was different. This was his territory and no one else was allowed to interfere.
Although half of the inspection team's expenses should be allocated to the Military Police Headquarters and the Special Higher Education Course, Miura Saburo did not dare to take all of this money on his own. That would be a very stupid act. He would subsidize more than half of the funds of the Military Police Headquarters.
For example, increasing daily allowances for the officers and military police under them, improving living conditions, reimbursing for food, drinks, entertainment, etc. Since it is a business-to-business matter, borrowing money is very easy to accept, and at most it will just be a few complaints. Baidu searches for "Spy"
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