Jincheng is not only a special city of Shancheng Government, a special city of Wang Puppet Government, but also a special city of North China Puppet Government. Although its status is not as good as that of Shanghai City, it is still very important.
From the Qing government in 1860, Britain first established concessions in Jincheng, and France, Germany, Japan, the United States, Italy and other countries successively established concessions, but the American concession, the German concession, the Russian concession, the Austrian concession and the Belgian concession
, have all been withdrawn for various reasons.
The British Concession and the French Concession are the most prosperous places in Tianjin, especially the earliest developed British Concession. There are two commercial areas, Xiaobailou and Huangjia Garden, with hundreds of foreign banks. Of course, they cannot be compared with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
for comparison.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the British Concession was occupied by the Japanese army, and assets such as factories, companies, and foreign banks were confiscated. Now they are occupied and operated by Japanese businessmen. Only the French Concession and the Italian Concession remain.
The office of the Japanese gendarmerie stationed in Jincheng was near Haiguang Temple in the Japanese Concession. Chen Mingxiang and Taro Yuri took more than four hours to arrive in a Peking gendarmerie car, protected by two trucks full of gendarmerie.
Gendarmerie station.
This is a barracks. It was originally the location of the Japanese Army's North China Garrison Headquarters. It was later moved to Peiping and became the headquarters of the Japanese 27th Division. The division commander was Lieutenant General Harada Kumakichi.
"Yuri-kun, when I passed by the British Concession and the French Concession, I felt like I was back in the Shanghai City. But if I taste it carefully, it's far away. If you have time, you can go to the Shanghai City Center.
The French Concession is a bit shabby, go and take a look at the French Concession in Shanghai, that is the real prosperity." Chen Mingxiang said when he got off the car.
"I have been to Shanghai several times, but I didn't find a chance to look around. Since Chen Jun said so, I must go to the French Concession to have a look. It is the largest international city in the Far East and a shining pearl. Tincheng cannot do it.
Compare!" Yuri Taro said with a smile.
Major General Yano Otozaburo of the Military Police is currently supervising the work of the Military Police in Jincheng. What is the main purpose? First, it is to transport ore, grain, cotton, salt and coal from North China to Japan. Secondly, it is to force laborers to Japan, Nanyang and the Puppetry.
Manchukuo worked as coolies and robbed local copper and iron for military supplies.
"Your Excellency, the General, is waiting for you two in the reception room, Mr. Chen, I am Naohiro Murano, captain of the military police in Jincheng!" a military police colonel came out of the office building and said.
"Murano-kun, it's a great honor to meet you. In the future, I will need your and the military police's help for my business activities in Jincheng." Chen Mingxiang bowed and said, and others bowed to him too!
In terms of value, Naohiro Murano is obviously higher than Taro Yuri. Most of his goods in North China basically have to be transported from Jincheng Port to Shanghai or Zhenjiang. Therefore, Jincheng Military Police is the biggest reliance and guarantee.
You must make good friends with this devil.
Yano Otonzaburo was wearing a general's uniform and was kneeling on the tatami. There was a set of exquisite ceramic tea sets on the table in front of him. When he saw Chen Mingxiang coming, he stood up in a dignified manner.
"Chen Jun, although this is our first meeting, I have heard of your name for a long time. You purchase supplies for the imperial army, and you have also received medals from His Majesty the Emperor. And every time you go to the headquarters for a meeting, Kinoshita-kun always says
I’m full of praise for you, please sit down!” Yano Otonzaburo said with a smile.
"I just did a small thing for the empire and the gendarmerie. I don't dare to praise the general. General Kinoshita also asked me to convey his greetings to you." Chen Mingxiang said hurriedly.
After sitting down, a beautiful woman in kimono actually came in and poured tea for everyone present. This also made Chen Mingxiang feel very strange. He had never seen a woman at the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai.
"She is from the Military Police Medical Center. She is not an orthodox soldier, but she is very good at tea ceremony, so every time a guest comes, she is called to be responsible for making tea." Naohiro Murano explained.
Chen Mingxiang nodded, indicating that he understood that medical soldiers did exist, and there were quite a few of them, so there was nothing surprising about them.
"I have had several phone calls with General Shiozawa Kiyonori in the past two days, and Kinoshita-kun has also sent me several messages. Regarding your visit to North China to carry out the tasks of the Central China Liaison Department of Koya Academy and to carry out commercial activities, I
Already know everything."
"Xingyayuan's order also represents the will of the empire. The North China dispatched gendarmerie headquarters will definitely implement it. I have contacted the Kailuan Coal Mine in Phoenix City and the coal has begun to be loaded and transported. All the coal can be shipped within a week.
Transported to Jincheng Port."
"Yan Zejun said that in order to crack down on the coal merchants in Shanghai and completely reverse the coal market, you should open several briquette factories in Jincheng and directly produce them and then transport them to Shanghai to solve the coal shortage problem. The Jincheng Gendarmerie will give you
To help.”
"As long as it is a briquette factory within the scope of Jincheng, which is of a slightly larger scale, the gendarmerie will come forward to implement temporary management and specialize in manufacturing briquettes for you. If you like the land near Jincheng Port, I will say hello to the city government.
You don’t have to pay a penny, just go through the formalities directly.”
"The transportation fleet of Jincheng Port will also provide you with some conveniences, transporting coal to designated places, and also help you transport briquettes to the port for loading." Yano Otonzaburo said.
Important links such as coal, transportation, and production sites were all solved in three days. It seems that the Japanese army was very efficient. If it were the bureaucrats of the Jinling government, they probably wouldn't be able to finish it in thirty days!
The problems I was worried about are no longer problems now, but there is still one most important problem, what is it?
Of course it’s profit distribution!
The reason why the North China Military Police Headquarters is so active in providing resources is that it values Chen Mingxiang's earning ability and wants to obtain long-term and generous benefits like the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai.
"To bring down the coal market in Shanghai, I have to sell at least 10,000 tons of briquettes every month. The profit per ton is about 200 yuan, which is equivalent to 2 million China Reserve Bonds. The gendarmerie can get 20%, which is also
It’s 400,000 China Reserve Certificates.”
"For example, the purchase price of cotton in North China is about 80 yuan, and the price of shipping it to Shanghai is 240 yuan. Excluding the freight, the monthly profit of 10,000 tons is 1 million. The gendarmerie provides help and can get 40%
, also 400,000."
"Another example is table salt. The cost of shipping a ton of salt from Jincheng is 38 yuan, and the salt tax is about 300 yuan. But if it is shipped to central China, the sales per ton is about 3,200 yuan. Excluding various items
Expenditure, two thousand tons per month is equivalent to a net profit of 5 million, and based on a 30% distribution, it is equivalent to 1.5 million!"
"I dare to say this, if the military police can relax restrictions and the supply of goods is sufficient, I can pay at least two million to the military police headquarters every month, no less!" Chen Mingxiang said.
