On 23 March, the Central Reserve Bank suddenly changed the exchange rate of fiat currency and Chinese reserve bonds from one to one to 100 legal tender for 77 yuan of Chinese reserve bonds, and announced that on the last day of March, it would officially abolish the regulations on the use of legal tender, which opened the prelude to the expulsion of legal tender currency.

The whole Shanghai market has fallen into the frenzy of using fiat currency to exchange for the reserve bonds, and it will not work if it is not exchanged, followed by soaring prices, and the people of Shanghai have exchanged the reserve bonds, they are frantically buying materials, and it is obvious that everyone has no confidence in the currency issued by the Wang puppet government.

The foreign nationals in the public concession were also panicking, and because the Ministry of Industry did not allow foreign rice to enter the concession, the price of rice on the black market reached 300 yuan per stone on the 14th and 600 yuan on the 15th, which was directly more than five times the price of affordable rice.

Chen Mingxiang set up a sumptuous banquet at the Marat Villa, and received Riddle and Minsted, the former British and American directors of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, with a pure French meal and Bordeaux red wine.

As for the purpose of their coming to him, Chen Mingxiang knew it, and he must have asked for his help because of food.

According to the current situation, the quality of life of these British and American expatriates is not a problem of declining quality, but a great threat to their survival!

Look at these former administrative officials of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, who are still well-dressed, their faces are very haggard, their posture in the face of wine and food is a little hasty, and their usual gentlemanly demeanor is gone, and it can be seen from this detail that their life is very difficult.

The Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Concession was forcibly occupied by the Japanese army, and these so-called directors became the backbone of the thousands of expatriates in the Public Concession, and they had the responsibility to seek assistance for their own expatriates and help them survive.

"Mr. Chen, you have helped us a lot, this time I came to ask you to lend a hand again, it is really helpless, when the Japanese army first occupied the concession, they also sold some cheap rice to British and American expatriates, but now, it has dropped from selling five days a week to selling three days a week!"

"Many families encountered insurmountable difficulties in their survival, and we applied to the Japanese army's Ministry of Industry for food assistance, but it was rejected, and the reply they gave was that the food in the entire Shanghai market was very tight and could not afford to give special care."

"We also looked for a lot of previous relationships, but they all said that they couldn't protect themselves, and it seems that in Shanghai, we only have you as a real friend." Riddle said with a wry smile.

This is true, and many families simply did not buy enough rice to meet their minimum needs according to the standards of the Japanese army.

A person is only allowed to buy five liters of rice a week, and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, they can buy it at the rice store, and stop selling it on Wednesday and Sunday, about 0.7 liters of rice per day, the amount of one pound of rice.

Oh, and this refers to a piece of rice that costs six per liter, that is, a price of one hundred and sixty yuan a stone, and by the way, children who have not reached the age of fourteen are not eligible to buy rice.

This number can barely survive, and those families with many children are certainly not enough, but the Japanese army has changed the sales time to three days, and all the people are not enough to maintain the most basic survival support.

Why are you so cute?

Chen Mingxiang was also a little dumbfounded, Britain and the United States are now belligerent countries with Japan, and you have become expatriates from enemy countries, and Japan has not used a butcher's knife against you, which is already extraordinarily gracious!

"I do have channels to bring in some food from outside, but I can't solve this problem, first of all, I don't have much food, and secondly, I have to supply the military police command and the Marine Corps command for military supplies, and I can take out very little, the British and American expatriates in Shanghai are as high as more than 7,000 people, I have no heart!" Chen Mingxiang shook his head and said.

He didn't mind helping these British and American expatriates, but the problem was that more than 7,000 people, according to the whole number, replenish one pound of rice a day, that is also 7,000 catties, more than 70 stone of grain, more than 2,000 stone a month, and transportation alone is also a big problem!

What's more, this is a crime against the wind in the eyes of the Japanese army, although it will not be done to him because of this little thing, but in the end it is a bad impression, which will interfere with his hidden mission.

"There is no need for so much, young people can endure it and save a little food, mainly the elderly, women and children, the number will not exceed two thousand, according to 0.3 liters of rice per person per day, about five taels is enough, 1,000 catties of rice." Minsted said.

"1,000 catties a day, 30,000 catties a month, 15 tons of rice, the amount is not a lot, but the problem is that there will be trouble in the process of transmission, and if the Japanese army knows this news, it will cause great danger to me." Chen Mingxiang said.

"Mr. Chen, you also know that this amount is really not large, and it is not worth much, with your status in the Japanese army, it is just a small matter, of course, we will be responsible for the cost of dotting, and you will not suffer." Riddle said.

Even if a pound of rice is based on the current market, that is, five yuan, this is still the price of the black market, 30,000 catties and 150,000 yuan, which is really not a lot, and for the military police command and the Marine Corps command, it is also a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

This is often the case, and if you seriously investigate it, no matter how much rice is imported from the concession, it is a violation of the ban of the Japanese army, but if you ignore it, it will not be a problem.

"Okay, I'll try it, the apparent figures for the Japanese army are 10,000 catties of rice and 10,000 catties of bud rice, which is cornmeal, which is easier to accept, you collect some valuables, I just need to let the upper echelons send a word, and the following will naturally turn a blind eye." Chen Mingxiang said.

The relationship between the two sides has developed to this point, and he can only do things well, don't underestimate this food problem, he may get more gratitude than he keeps those valuables.

When people taste the taste of hunger, as long as they can live, that is the ultimate goal, and for Chen Mingxiang, who gives a helping hand, it is equivalent to a life-saving benefactor.

"Team leader, this time we finally see his true face online!" Said the agent sitting in the car.

"Remember his appearance, this is important information, we quietly follow him, and wait until we are near the contact point to summon men and round up the people inside." Ichikawa said.

Su Chengsheng informed the special class to track and monitor his spies, saying that he was going to start connecting with the upline, Nanzao Yunzi was very concerned about this matter, and directly sent the action team leader Ichikawa to personally lead the team to ambush around Su Chengsheng's residence, and it was a long-distance observation, in order to find this upline and contact point.

Sure enough, the next day, a young man dressed very ordinarily came to Su Chengsheng's house, stayed for only three minutes and left, holding a basket of fruits, looking very sophisticated.