Chapter Five Hundred and Eighth New Year's Day Reception
For ordinary people in Shanghai, rice, a common food item, is already in severe shortage, but for Chen Mingxiang, it is nothing more than a trivial matter.
Li Shiqun's Qingxiang Committee wantonly robbed farmers and grain stores of grain in the Suzhou area and divided it into three areas for distribution. The Japanese army occupied one area, Li Shiqun's company occupied one area, and Chen Mingxiang's Huafeng Company occupied another area, like a pink cake.
After Huafeng Company transported the grain to the Shanghai market, it gave part of it to the Japanese Military Police Headquarters and Marine Corps Headquarters, and sold the rest to grain banks to make huge profits.
If Chen Mingxiang doesn't do it, there will be many people rushing to do it. During the time of national crisis, there are many people who want to faguonanai. Of course, he will not refuse such a deal.
Fifty shi of rice is more than 5,000 kilograms. The weight of more than two tons is really a lot in the eyes of the underground party, but Chen Mingxiang does not take it seriously. Even if one shi of rice can earn 100 yuan, fifty shi is only 5,000 yuan.
A piece of fiat currency can also be taken out of his wallet.
"Looking at the development of the situation, the food crisis in Shanghai will only get worse until the day when the Anti-Japanese War is won. Can this kind of low-priced rice be used more often? We now have neither the ability nor financial resources nor the channels to obtain food."
"The Japanese army carried out strict inspections on traffic arteries and docks. If they encountered people carrying food, not only would the food be robbed, but people would also die. EI's comrades could not smuggle the food in," Zheng Tonghui said.
It is true that underground party organizations in the surrounding areas of Shanghai can also raise some food, but the Japanese army blocked the traffic lines too tightly. Last week, two comrades were shot and almost died.
"The problem is not that big. I am now smuggling grain from Suzhou to Shanghai. In addition to supplying the Japanese army, I also sell it to grain shops in Shanghai at a high price. As long as this line continues, I can still think of ways to get the grain you need.
"Chen Mingxiang said.
Zheng Tonghui was about to say something, but then he swallowed the words back in his stomach without knowing why. Although this was faguonanai, Chen Mingxiang didn't do such a thing, and there were many people who would. Besides, if he didn't get involved, how could he help?
Underground party?
Chen Mingxiang smiled and didn't mention the matter again. Of course he could see that Zheng Tonghui was about to speak, and he could guess exactly what he wanted to say. He was about to kill the underground party member with a single blow, but the other party was very experienced.
Didn't get fooled.
The styles of doing things between the military command and the underground party are completely different. The military command bureau has always been very particular about using every possible means. There is no bottom line and any means are used to achieve the goal.
But the underground party has to pay attention to the bottom line and principles in everything. This is one of the reasons why Chen Mingxiang rarely contacts Zheng Tonghui. He is a little uncomfortable with such constraints. After all, he has been trained and influenced by the Military Command Bureau, and his thinking has not improved for a while.
Can't reverse it.
New Year's Day is a holiday for Wang eizhengfu, but the solar year is not the lunar year after all. Traditional festivals still dominate people's hearts and emotions. Therefore, there is no lively scene in the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere is not very lively.
However, the city government attaches great importance to New Year's Day, and probably learned from the mountain city government. For this reason, it also specially used the club of the Foreign Affairs Office to hold a grand reception that night, and Chen Gongbo specially delivered a New Year congratulations speech.
The constituent agencies under the pseudo-Shanghai Special Municipal Government, commonly known as the Secretariat and the Eight Bureaus, as well as various committees and offices, counties, districts and offices, Wang eizhengfu's agencies in Shanghai, and celebrities from Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles participated in the meeting
This cocktail party.
The Thirteenth Army Headquarters of the Japanese Army, the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, the Army Ministry's Secret Service in Shanghai, the Mei Agency, the Japanese Navy Fleet Headquarters, the Third Fleet Headquarters, the Marine Corps Headquarters, the Kodama Agency, and the Hing Agency
The Central China Liaison Department of the Asian Academy, the Consulate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai and other Japanese forces in Shanghai, as well as the Japanese Zaibatsu agencies in Shanghai, also sent representatives to attend the reception.
This was the first New Year's Day after the Japanese army fully occupied Shanghai. The Japanese army also attached great importance to it and tried hard to create a "friendly" face.
"Commissioner Chen, Minister Li moved to Suzhou to live permanently. Our secret service headquarters will lose its status immediately. The secret service headquarters was not invited to the municipal government's New Year's Day reception."
"Yang Jie and I took advantage of the deputy director of the Investigation and Statistics Department to get the invitation, otherwise it would be embarrassing." Xia Zhongming said with a wry smile.
It was not news that Chen Gongbo did not want to see the secret service headquarters. Unexpectedly, after Li Shiqun went to Suzhou, the city government did not give him any face. He did not even send an invitation to such an important official reception.
Xia Zhongming and Yang Jie are the deputy ministers of the Investigation and Statistics Department. No matter whether this department is empty or not, even if they know what is going on, they must send invitations because of their level.
After Li Shiqun and a group of important characters left, the status of the secret service headquarters has indeed plummeted. Although no one has dared to openly make trouble, people can't afford to offend and hide, so alienation is inevitable.
"You are also the deputy minister after all. Don't make such low-level mistakes in the future, so as not to be laughed at. The Secret Service Headquarters is now just a secret service agency under the Department of Investigation and Statistics. Speaking of it, it is at most the level of the municipal police station, and the director is equivalent.
Director Yu."
"In the past, Minister Li was invited by the city government because of his status as Minister of Police. Fu Yewen is not even a deputy director, and the Secretary-General is barely a secretary-director. He is not even qualified to attend this cocktail party."
"The official cocktail party pays most attention to status. It's almost impossible. Although the Secret Service Headquarters actually has a lot of power, Fu Yewen's level is not enough. If he were the deputy director, I would have to get him an invitation."
"Pan Da is different. His Huxi Special Police Headquarters is now directly affiliated with the municipal government and has the same nature as the Foreign Affairs Office. The municipal police station only has the power of supervision, so he is eligible to participate in the reception."
Chen Mingxiang said.
The Secret Service Headquarters was used to being domineering in Shanghai and had never considered similar issues. How dare they hold a cocktail party without sending an invitation to the Secret Service Headquarters. Is this a provocation?
Xia Zhongming was taught a lesson by Chen Mingxiang, and he also thought that Fu Yewen's position as secretary-general was indeed an internal appointment. The personnel appointment and removal record at the Secret Service Headquarters was in the Investigation and Statistics Department. After all, it was a matter of switching from left hand to right hand.
He smiled awkwardly and hurried away. He was also complaining about Li Shiqun in his heart. You gave Fu Yewen an upright position. Appointment as deputy director was just a matter of one sentence. Now he has made a fool of himself, right?
"Commissioner Chen, Si Bao and Zhang Guozhen have been sneaking around these days, wondering what they are thinking. I'm worried that something bad will happen. At this time of year, these people have to make extra money to celebrate the New Year." Pan Dao
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