The Changlu Saltworks smuggles goods every month, and the monthly standard is about 10,000 tons. The monthly standard for the Lianghuai Saltworks is 10,000 tons. The amount of 20,000 tons of salt, even if one ton earns 1,000 yuan, is still 2,000 yuan.
Chen Mingxiang is really not short of money.
But except for Wang Zhen, no one knows the transportation volume of Changlu Salt Field. Including labor and ship expenses, it is obviously 20 million in China Reserve Bonds. In the eyes of the outside world, it is only about 2 million.
If you have to give gifts to build relationships, you will definitely lose less than one million.
This one million China Reserve Certificates has to cover the expenses of the entire directly affiliated station and deal with daily human relations transactions, so it is too stretched to be used.
"Secretary, we have received secret messages from the Intelligence Division 1 and Intelligence Division 2 of the direct-affiliated station. The headquarters of the directly-affiliated station has issued an order requiring each intelligence office to cut down on expenses before the end of the year and reduce efforts to bribe the puppet troops.
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"Chen Mingxiang, the owner of Huatong Trading Company, closed the second and third factories of his three textile factories in Suzhou. A large number of workers returned to Shanghai, and the rest were concentrated in the first factory." Someone said.
This is a girl wearing a light blue cheongsam, with a little light makeup. There are very few people working in the bureau headquarters wearing military uniforms. Men have to wear Chinese tunic suits, and women have to wear light blue cheongsams, and the boss has regulations on wearing them.
Female staff are not allowed to wear heavy makeup.
Dai Li was indeed very suspicious. He secretly took advantage of the opportunity of dispatching personnel to the Intelligence Department of the direct station to spread his eyes and ears into the Intelligence Department. He reported important news at any time. This girl was responsible for the telegrams between the two parties.
"Call Director Xu from the management office and inform Director Mao and Secretary Pan." Dai Li said.
He frowned when he heard the news. Chen Mingxiang's three textile factories produced a large amount of cotton yarn and cotton cloth for the Military Command Bureau, which were also the main scarce materials used in exchange for supplies. He did not expect that the situation would be so bad. Chen Mingxiang even had factories
Both have closed.
The boss summoned, and three important figures from the military command bureau hurriedly came to the boss's office.
"Commander, what are your orders?" Mao Renfeng said first.
"You all should sit down. I just received news that Huatong Trading Company has closed Suzhou Textile Factory No. 2 and Suzhou Textile Factory No. 3. It is probably because of the shortage of cotton that there is no way to continue operations," Dai Li said.
The three people present took a breath. Even Chen Mingxiang's relationship could not withstand the pressure of insufficient cotton, and the situation seemed to be tense.
Without Huatong Trading Company's cotton cloth and cotton yarn, the bureau's channels for exchanging materials and obtaining funds would have been lost by more than half in an instant. Cotton gauze in the Kuomintang-controlled area was just like banknotes. It was an absolute hard currency, as rare as gold.
Metal.
"Secretary, I received a report from Lianfeng Company. Although Chang'an Trading Company has resumed salt transactions with Yanzhou, the quantity has been greatly reduced. In March and April, there was barely one thousand tons of salt. Sichuan
Salt merchants in Shaanxi Province and Shaanxi Province are complaining and asking us to increase supply," Director Xu said.
"Did your manager withhold the payment for this thousand tons of salt again?" Dai Li asked.
"Boss, we have no choice but to do so. The conference has just ended, and many people from all over the country came to write off expenses. We can't make ends meet, so we have no choice but to misappropriate the money first."
"Furthermore, from now on, the bureau headquarters will send goods worth 30 million to the Shanghai stock market every month. Funds at the purchase points in various places are extremely tight. I have already made three reports, asking the bureau chief to apply for funds from the Munitions Department as soon as possible, and then
If this delay continues, it will inevitably affect the monthly write-off and allocation of funds."
"I think Huatong Trading Company has made a lot of money in recent years with the help of the Military Command Bureau. Chang'an Trading Company's salt sales can be doubled as long as they remain at one thousand tons per month. Our Military Command
The bureau can still sustain itself by temporarily borrowing this amount." Director Xu was not embarrassed at all.
The responsibility of the manager's office is, on the surface, to collect money from the munitions office, allocate the money to various departments at the bureau headquarters and the provincial stations below, and then write off the use of funds.
But in fact, the management office is responsible for various smuggling transactions of the Military Command Bureau, especially the smuggling transactions with Huatong Trading Company. Starting in March, it has become a situation where you can only get out but cannot get in. Without money, the management office is also a clever woman.
It's hard to cook without rice.
"You don't know the inside story about shipping 30 million goods per month, but I tell you, I applied for a huge amount of money from the committee, without using the bureau's own funds. Qiwu, the implementation of the special coupons
Has the plan started to be implemented?" Dai Li asked.
According to Chen Mingxiang's plan, the bureau headquarters must allocate at least 300 million yuan within five months as funds to attack Li Shiqun. The Military Command Bureau will definitely not be able to come up with this money, and can only use it from the special funds allocated by the commission.
Fortunately, Shangfeng was also very optimistic about this plan. It could at least obtain 30,000 tons of rice rations for the Shancheng government's army, so he approved it happily. Shangfeng was no less confident in Chunfeng's ability than Dai Li.
It's just that this will make the Military Command itself feel uncomfortable. There are so many people waiting for funds to carry out their work. It is absolutely impossible to do without money.
"It has already started. The first batch starts from Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, with a quantity of 20 million special coupons. The Zhejiang and Suzhou stations of the Military Unification Bureau are responsible for implementation. If you want to see results, it will take a process." Mao Renfeng said.
This means that distant water cannot quench local thirst. It is not impossible to use special coupons to alleviate the funds of the Military Command Bureau, but it requires a process. This method cannot be effective immediately.
Things are back to square one. The only input that the Military Command Bureau can support is the payment for salt sales. However, the direct-affiliated station itself is financially tight. If the bureau headquarters deducts the payment for goods, that would be a bit too much.
Dai Li also found it difficult to open his mouth and tell Chen Mingxiang that in his heart, this student did his best and his performance was impeccable. There were so many people in the Military Command Bureau, and when something happened, Chen Mingxiang would be put under pressure, and the rest would
What? Just waiting to enjoy Chen Mingxiang’s hard work?
"Secretary, this matter has to be resolved by Huatong Trading Company. In addition to the salt from Chang'an Trading Company, I heard that Chen Mingxiang is smuggling salt from the Changlu Salt Field in Jincheng recently, and the Suzhou Provincial Station reported that the salt is all from Zhenjiang
The port and unloading ships at Hangzhou and Yongcheng ports in eastern Zhejiang."
"We negotiated with him and asked Chen Mingxiang to allocate 1,000 tons of salt to the Military Unification Bureau every month. We will temporarily loan him money. When the funds for the special coupon program are in place, we will return it to him with interest," Pan Qiwu said.
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Since the boss encounters difficulties, of course the subordinates must step forward and would rather make Chen Mingxiang uncomfortable than the boss. This is also the responsibility of the secretary.
The more times this happens, the more subordinates who can solve problems for the Military Command Bureau will be appreciated by their bosses. Chen Mingxiang naturally needs such opportunities. This is his responsibility as a teacher.
