Chapter six hundred and ninety-eight sudden new situation
"Mr. Chen, you are the patron saint of more than 7,000 British and American expatriates in the public settlement. If it weren't for your secret support and help, everyone's life would be unimaginable."
"We will do our best to help you solve the dollar issue. We don't dare to make any demands. We only hope that you can give more food to the public settlement, whether it is rice, broken rice, corn, or flour and other cereals, so that you can be full and not starve to death.
For principle." Riddle said with a wry smile.
Chen Mingxiang now provides fifteen tons of rice as rations for the British and American expatriates in the public settlement every month, and it is high-quality Suzhou rice.
The Japanese occupied the public settlement and initially rationed rice to the British and American expatriates. The standard was 0.7 liters per day, which was about one pound of rice. Later, it was reduced to 0.6 liters, so that they could barely survive.
On July 6, 2019, the 31st year of the Republic of China, when the Japanese officially began to implement the daily ration of food for the residents of the two concessions, it actually became a ration of one and a half liters of rice and half a liter of broken rice per week, equivalent to one and a half liters of broken rice per day.
0.3 liters, less than five taels of rice.
"I won't talk about the difficulty of transportation. I will try my best to provide you with two thousand shi of grain every month, which is one hundred and five tons, fifty tons of broken rice, twenty tons of rice, five tons of flour and thirty tons of corn flour. This way
The minimum survival needs can be maintained and will be implemented from September. You have to give me time to prepare."
"To be honest, let alone a hundred tons of grain, a thousand tons of grain or even rice, I can get it now. Unfortunately, the Japanese have too strict control over grain, so I can't do anything too outrageous. This is also for you.
Okay, I hope everyone can understand."
"In addition, I will also give each household a pound of coarse salt, two pounds of cane sugar, ten boxes of matches and half a pound of tea per month. As for cotton cloth, you propose the quantity, and I will be responsible for implementing it."
"Even if you don't exchange U.S. dollars for me, I will do my best to help you. If one day comes, please bear witness to my behavior in Shanghai and prove to your respective governments the efforts I have made for British and American expatriates."
." Chen Mingxiang said.
What he said was completely true. No one in the entire Shanghai stock market was like him. When the Japanese invaders had the upper hand, he privately extended a helping hand to the British and American expatriates. Naturally, he also gained infinite gratitude from these British and American expatriates. In doing so,
He is actually betting on his future.
For the committee and the mountain city government, including Boss Dai of the Military Command Bureau, they always believed that Britain and the United States were their greatest dependence. In such an environment, Chen Mingxiang used his strategic foresight and implemented his own plan.
This scarce resource cannot be wasted. Others want to help the British and American expatriates in Shanghai, but they have to get it! Besides, who can have such convenient conditions as him? Both the Military Police Headquarters and the Marine Corps Headquarters have
Turn a blind eye to his behavior?
Chen Mingxiang also gained astonishing wealth in this process. Could this be a failure?
No, people who think like this don’t understand the way of thinking in the British and American countries. If you pay, you will get something in return. This is a reasonable transaction method. Chen Mingxiang did not force everyone to do anything. On the contrary, he also saved a lot of valuables for everyone. Some of them
It is even of high commemorative significance.
"Thank you Mr. Chen for your kindness. We don't even have words to describe our inner gratitude. We swear by the gods we believe in and our honor that we will always be best friends!"
"If the Anti-Japanese War is truly won, all British and American expatriates will highly praise your great contributions to the two governments. This is a promise!" Riddell said solemnly.
The black market price of grain in Shanghai is 800 yuan per stone of rice in Central Reserve Certificates. The price given by Chen Mingxiang is based on all grains being packaged and calculated at a market price of 600 yuan. Two thousand stone of grain per month is worth 1.2 million.
China Reserve Bonds, equivalent to US$60,000.
The China Reserve Bonds obviously did not have such a high currency value, but Chen Mingxiang did not charge for salt, cane sugar, matches and tea. For this reason, Riddell took the initiative to add 5,000 U.S. dollars and promised to exchange 650,000 U.S. dollars for Chen Mingxiang in foreign exchange.
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"Minister, I need five radio operators here. Could you please select five skilled trainees from the radio training class at our special agent headquarters? I plan to place them in North China." Chen Mingxiang called Li Shiqun.
Learning to receive messages is not that easy. It is a highly professional job. Chen Mingxiang's most comfortable job is to recruit people from the radio training class at the secret service headquarters.
Of course, this is not the first time. The operators used by the procurement station radio stations in various provinces in central China are all trained by the radio training class of the Secret Service Headquarters.
Whether it is the head office, local branches or purchasing stations, they are all engaged in smuggling and pure commercial trade. There are no secrets at all. Chen Mingxiang is not afraid that Li Shiqun's eyes and ears are among these operators.
Besides, those who are qualified to be the heads of branch offices and purchasing stations are all seasoned and experienced managers. If they can't even deal with a telegraph operator, that's too incompetent.
"We have plenty of operators. I asked Jin Hui to pick the best ones for you. Brother, if you don't call me, I want to call you too. Shi Linsen sent a message to the headquarters saying that since Huatong Trading Company's business has expanded to North China
He suggested that you should be the leader of the working group, and he and Wang Tianmu should be your assistants." Li Shiqun said with a smile.
"These two guys are quite scheming. They want me to be at the front and help the work group to carry out mines for the secret service and gendarmerie in North China, right?"
"Minister, you also know my situation. I go to North China at most twice a month. I can't live without Shanghai. I have to travel outside the country. How can I have the time to help them build relationships?"
"Besides, you also know why we encounter this situation. The local faction cannot allow outside forces to intervene. Even if I intervene, it will be an empty show at most and has no practical significance." Chen Mingxiang also laughed.
Of course he knew what was going on. The so-called North China Secret Service Task Force of the Secret Service Headquarters was very unpopular in North China. Shi Linsen and Wang Tianmu could naturally feel this hostile attitude.
These two people didn't have the guts to deal with the Japanese spies and military police forces in North China, so they used themselves as a shield. It was just their wishful thinking. Is it so easy to take advantage of me?
"Don't rush to go outside the customs. I have a top-secret message for you. I got it ten minutes ago. Hey, I forgot. General Kinoshita, who is stationed at the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, will definitely inform you later. He is coming to you.
Say, the secret service and military police system in Central China are top-secret."
"That's right, the secret service agencies outside and inside the customs and the military police system will hold a secret meeting in Shanghai the day after tomorrow. This opportunity is very rare. You can get to know the powerful people outside the customs and become familiar with them in advance. It will be helpful for you to carry out business outside the customs.
