"Goto-kun, you don't have to be like this. In the past two years, we have worked together for the Empire and the Military Police Headquarters. I am also grateful for your care. If you treat me as a friend, don't say such unreasonable things."
"Actually, it's a good thing to return to my hometown. At least I can reunite with my parents, brothers, wife and children, and enjoy the rare family happiness. If I have the opportunity in the future, I can still come to Shanghai to visit my old friends." Chen Mingxiang said hurriedly, and bowed deeply.
Can the head of the gendarmerie's special high school class not have the blood of the anti-Japanese comrades on his hands?
But Chen Mingxiang has no choice. More than half of the entire country has been lost. What can he do if he doesn't agree with Goto Shigesu?
"Chen Jun is right. Being able to meet friends like you in China is also a big gain for me. I have been drinking your top-quality Longjing tea and Biluochun in the past two years, but I am somewhat dependent on you. In the future, you can send me some through Japanese businessmen."
When you go to Japan, I will bring you Japanese Gyokuro tea back. The tea is secondary, the main reason is to make more connections." Goto Shigeru said.
"This is also my negligence. When you leave, I will give you some high-quality silks from Suzhou and Hangzhou, which can be made and used by the family. First, the textile factory had problems with the cotton and had to close down.
Both companies now hear that even raw silk has problems, and maybe my silk weaving factory will close down soon," Chen Mingxiang said.
The first half of this sentence is true, but the second half is false. Although the Japanese businessman's plunder of raw silk was cruel, his industry in Suzhou and Hangzhou was not greatly affected. The key is that raw silk is not a military supply, and the local military police are completely
A series of industries that can protect him.
"The empire added seven new divisions last year. From March 18th to 22nd this year, two divisions were added successively. It is said that ten divisions will be added before the end of the year. A large number of troops will be organized.
This means that the demand for cotton cloth has skyrocketed, and coupled with the original consumption of each army, no amount of cotton cloth is enough."
"You also know what happened recently in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The empire originally planned to count the cotton cloth and yarn inventories of Japanese merchants and Chinese merchants in Shanghai, implement unified allocation management, and rationally utilize resources. Unfortunately, it was messed up by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Accurately
It is said that it was screwed up by the Jinling government, and it was also partly due to the Japanese chaebols."
"Because the registration work is not progressing smoothly, the base camp is very dissatisfied with it. General Kinoshita said that Kenshiro Shibayama and Consul General Horiuchi were severely reprimanded. It is estimated that some changes will be made to the work of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry next month. This must be reversed.
situation."
"Chen Jun, your decision to close the two textile factories in Suzhou is very correct. In the future, the empire's demand for cotton will be more and more, and the control of cotton will become more and more strict. This is related to the empire's needs.
Our top priority, anyone who dares to lose control in this regard is the enemy of the empire!" Goto Shigeru said.
When Chen Mingxiang heard this, he immediately had an idea. According to Goto Shigeru, twelve divisions must be formed a year, which is an army of more than 200,000 people. Naturally, a large amount of cotton cloth is needed, and Japan's domestic production is simply not enough.
To use them, they need to be drawn from the occupied areas of China.
The most important thing for producing cotton cloth is cotton yarn, and cotton yarn requires cotton. This is an irreplaceable raw material. As long as the Qingxiang Committee is dragged into this, Japan will definitely react.
"Since the general environment is a bit dangerous, I still have one textile factory left in Suzhou. In order to avoid becoming a target of attacks by others, should I close it too?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"The current situation is not that tense. Besides, for the benefit of the empire, you have taken the initiative to close two factories and save a lot of cotton resources. This is enough to show your loyalty to the empire."
"Originally, the branch of the Japanese Textile Industry Association in Shanghai also had such a suggestion, but it was scolded by the Thirteenth Army Headquarters and the Consulate General in Shanghai. You can't be caught and tortured to death by your textile factory.
How much output does it occupy? There are more than a hundred textile factories, large and small, in Shanghai, and they are all dead?"
"Even if you want to close the door, the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces and the Thirteenth Army Headquarters will not agree. Army operations not only need cotton cloth, but the strategic materials such as bristle tung oil and rosin you exchanged also played a vital role.
In addition, the Kwantung Army Headquarters outside the Pass also needs your factory to operate normally."
"Chen Jun, let me tell you something that shouldn't be said. The interests involved in your entire business industry chain are huge and are no longer your own business. This is also your best way to protect yourself. You must continue to maintain it no matter what.
Only then can we have the capital to deal with all forces." Goto Shigeru said.
Chen Mingxiang must admit that these words are correct. The Japanese devil told some truths before he left. The reason why he has achieved so many achievements is entirely because profit is a powerful weapon that can overcome all obstacles and is invincible. It is also an intelligence network.
After all, there are too few people who are not tempted by interests.
"Goto-kun, after the special high school class has finished handing over work, please come to your home for a casual meal. You must have a good drink before leaving." Chen Mingxiang extended the invitation.
"It's natural. Even if you don't tell me, I will definitely find this meal on the door. By the way, you deal with money every day. You should be careful in the future. There are actually counterfeit banknotes in the China Reserve Bank Notes circulating on the market. After
According to the judgment of the Sugi Agency, this should be the fault of the Yamashiro government." Goto Shigeru said.
It turned out that when several businesses in Shanghai were depositing money to the Central Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, the staff accidentally discovered an unusual phenomenon in the coins. Some coins were very new and beautifully printed. More importantly, they were used to print coins.
The paper used for banknotes is obviously several grades higher than the banknote printing paper used for China Reserve Bank Notes.
The Japanese military agencies, which specialized in using counterfeit banknotes to wreak havoc and create chaos in the financial order of the Kuomintang-controlled areas, took this matter very seriously and sent people to bring these counterfeit banknotes back for appraisal.
But what shocked them was that even professionals in this field had a hard time distinguishing the authenticity of these counterfeit China Reserve Bonds. Those who could possess this ability to imitate were definitely not the underground party. Therefore, they could only be spies of the mountain city government.
What the organization does.
Based on some clues provided by the business, the Public Settlement Industrial Bureau Police Department and the Special High School Section, including the Municipal Police Department, jointly launched an arrest operation and arrested more than a dozen people in one day.
These guys often purchased goods from shops in Shanghai. It was later discovered through severe torture that they were actually members of the guerrillas in the Shanghai suburbs of the Military Command Bureau.
For this reason, the two forces of the Military Command in Shanghai, the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station and the Zhongyi Rescue Guerrilla Force, have also entered the sight of the Japanese army. At present, the Military Police Headquarters is formulating a manhunt plan to prepare for the arrest of these Military Command forces in Shanghai.
The remaining forces carried out severe crackdowns.
