Whether it is the right to sell salt or the 30,000 pieces of cotton this time, the fundamental reason comes from the Japanese government’s new strategy against the Wang puppet government. Otherwise, there would never be so many good things. Even if you step on dog shit, you won’t step on it every day.
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After Chen Mingxiang "knew" the news, Taiji Ohta could tell some insider information. Although he stopped talking, the core content was one sentence: increasing the supplies necessary for the war is tantamount to plundering China's resources.
Support the war waged by Japan.
In order to reduce the hatred of the people in the occupied areas against Japan, the supported puppet government was also used to assist Japan in obtaining strategic resources, and the Wang puppet government was involved at the forefront, and was given the power to control materials, including returning military-controlled factories and handing over concessions, etc.
They use deception to conceal the nature of their secret manipulation and enjoy the results behind the scenes.
In this adjustment of new relations and new strategies, the Japanese government and the military are determined to crack down on the chaebols. An important aspect is to break the monopoly of the economy and the lifeblood of the people by Japanese businessmen.
Both salt and coal were controlled by Japanese state-owned enterprises in the past, and the Wang Puppet Government could not get involved at all.
But in fact, because these national policy enterprises are actually controlled by chaebols, they behave very disobediently. For example, the cotton price issue mentioned by Taiji Ohta is a very typical representative.
Of course, the cabinet and the military want the price to be as low as possible, which can reduce military expenditures. Japan's economy is about to collapse due to the war.
But the chaebol believes that even for military supplies, they must earn corresponding profits. Businessmen are not soldiers or government officials. The purpose of everything they do is for money and wealth. They have also made huge contributions to the war and should enjoy it.
to the resources and privileges brought by war.
"In other words, when Chairman Wang returns from his visit to Japan in December, the new strategy will begin to be implemented around January?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"You can think that it is indeed the same in form as you said, but the handover procedures for various tasks are more complicated and not that fast. The whole process will take about a year to complete."
"The garrison is somewhat dissatisfied with the decision of the military headquarters, and it is not easy to promote it. The management department of the dispatched army headquarters and the management department of the regional fleet headquarters do not agree to completely hand over the material control power to the Jinling government."
Taiji Ohta said.
The corruption and inefficiency of Wang's puppet government were what worried the Japanese military. They believed that it would be better to hand over material control power to administrative agencies than to commercial organizations established by businessmen on both sides, and Japanese businessmen must take the lead.
Under such circumstances, it can be said that the Wang Puppet Government has a long way to go to take back this power, and it is by no means a decision made by the military ministry and cabinet that can be smoothly implemented.
"Your Excellency General, I will fly out of the customs tomorrow. I will hold a family dinner tonight to thank you for taking care of me. Please be sure to appreciate it." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
Everyone is leaving the Shanghai stock market. It is time to fulfill the promises made before. Before the Japanese invaders fail, they must fulfill their words.
"Of course, I am going through the work handover procedures with the Consulate General in Shanghai. It is less than a month before I return to Japan. I am very happy to go to Chen Jun's house for a banquet. I will go there with the bill of lading for this batch of cotton cloth.
In about twenty days, you will be able to pick up the goods at the warehouse at the port." Taiji Ohta said with a smile.
He understood in his heart the meaning behind Chen Mingxiang's invitation. With this batch of cotton cloth, he would get a very huge fortune, and he would not have to worry about life problems for the rest of his life and for generations to come.
After Chen Mingxiang left the Central China Liaison Department of Xingya Yuan, he did not go home. Instead, he came to Yunhua Restaurant. In name, he wanted the restaurant to deliver food to his family, but in fact, he wanted to inform Zheng Tonghui of the intelligence he had obtained.
Generally speaking, he rarely asks for food like this, and it is also for his own safety, but there is no problem at Yunhua Restaurant, and Zheng Tonghui will definitely supervise it personally.
"Old Zheng, I have received information. Around the 14th of this month, the 17th Division of the Japanese Army and the 15th and 36th Divisions of the Jinling Government will attack the underground party base areas in the Lianghuai and Huaihai areas.
Carry out a big sweep." Chen Mingxiang said in Zheng Tonghui's office.
"I have remembered it. Thank you for the information you provided. This is very important to our base. I will send the news home tonight. In addition, my superiors asked when your trading house will start operating?" Zheng Tonghui said.
"I will go outside the customs tomorrow and it will take about ten days to come back. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me in advance. There is no need to wait until the salt sales are settled." Chen Mingxiang said.
"My superiors have given me new instructions and are very supportive of our cooperation in salt. Since the base area implemented a self-produced production campaign to provide enough food and clothing, it can be said that the results have been remarkable and the dependence on foreign countries has been reduced a lot. However, it is still in a situation of shortage of materials.
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"The current urgent need is cloth, stationery, paper, hardware, dyes, radio parts, batteries and other supplies. Now that the weather is getting colder, the demand for cotton cloth is very high. Although our hand-woven textiles have solved some of the problems, there is still a big gap.
gap."
"What we mean is, if it's convenient for you, can you transport a certain amount of scarce supplies to the base area in advance? Don't worry, we use salt as a guarantee and we won't pay you a penny." Zheng Tonghui said.
Now that the two sides have started cooperation on salt, the base area has the confidence to ask Chen Mingxiang. There is really no gold and silver, but the amount of salt is completely guaranteed. It doesn't matter if you give more. Anyway, we are doing business with Chen Mingxiang.
It is impossible to suffer a loss.
"Everything else is easy to talk about. I'll let the people from Huatong Trading Company prepare it later, but cotton is the most troublesome. This kind of material cannot be traded for the time being. It's not that I can't get it. After all, there are three textile factories in Suzhou.
If you think of a way, you can always get two to three thousand pieces."
"But the problem is that the distance from Suzhou to the base area is too far, and the cloth is too large and can be easily discovered. In fact, one vehicle cannot hold much cloth, and using a fleet of vehicles to transport it is too conspicuous, and it is difficult to go south.
It's easy to say, going north will definitely touch the nerves of all forces." Chen Mingxiang shook his head and said.
Zheng Tonghui also felt a headache when he heard this. He knew that Chen Mingxiang was right. The demand for cloth in the base area was too great. Three or five trucks of stationery, paper or dyes would be no problem, but this number of trucks would definitely not be enough.
A large convoy of several vehicles is really eye-catching, and it will inevitably not attract the enemy's suspicion. Cotton cloth is a control material.
But winter is coming, and the folks in the base area also have to make cotton-padded clothes. The army also has needs. What should we do?
