Chapter 943: A Critical Step
Li Shiqun was simply confused, in the past, he was in Shanghai to deal with the latent forces of the Military Command Bureau and the Central Command Bureau, and he was working hard for the Japanese invaders, and he had achieved great results, Gangcun Shaozo just couldn't get used to his personality, and he was very supportive of his work, why didn't he accept the gifts he gave for nothing?
But now, the secret service headquarters has been relocated to Hangzhou, and there is only one Shanghai Experimental Zone in Shanghai, and Chen Mingxiang is still in charge, and he will definitely not accept it if he gives it to Gang Village Shaozuo!
Moreover, his gift red envelope for the New Year's holidays, compared with Chen Mingxiang's dividends, is simply miserable, relying on the power of the Japanese to make so much money in Shanghai, but he is unwilling to give benefits to the imperial army, and it is not a little soup and water, which is insulting the majesty of the imperial army.
Before the plane took off, Shigeru Goto was saying goodbye to a group of gendarmerie officers, Chen Mingxiang coughed lightly, and Kinoshita Eiichi walked aside with him and began to smoke and chat.
"Wakamatsu Shigehei Nakasa of the Hangzhou Military Police has already reported this matter to me, and Captain Tsukamoto has also called me, it is impossible for this batch of cotton to be returned to Li Shiqun, you let him die of this heart!"
"Knowing that cotton is an important military material for the empire, he still dares to commit crimes against the wind, Shibayama Kaneshiro has long been angry, he is still in the mood to come to Shanghai to ask for cotton, I admire him, his heart is really big!" Kinoshita Eichi said with a sneer.
If Shibayama Kaneshiro wants to take action against Li Shiqun, he must obtain the support of the gendarmerie headquarters, so in his matter, the two forces have communicated, and when he heard that Li Shiqun defied his ban and continued to smuggle cotton to the national control area, Shibayama Kaneshiro was of course furious.
"Your Excellency General, how should I reply to Li Shiqun? He is the chairman of the province of Su Province and the secretary general of the Qingxiang Committee, he has a high position of power and strength, and I still have to rely on him for those industries in the province of Suzhou, and I can't refuse too bluntly. Chen Mingxiang said.
"You don't have to worry too much about this person, let me tell you in advance, Shibayama Kaneshiro represents the base camp, and has already finished discussing with Chairman Wang, and will soon cancel the Qingxiang Committee, and each prefecture and city will set up a Qingxiang Affairs Bureau, which will be officially announced on the 20th."
"For such a situation, Li Shiqun has to accept it, and if he doesn't accept it, he has to accept it, knowing that the empire needs grain and cotton, he still dares to smuggle a large amount of it, and he should be punished! It is best for him to honestly obey the instructions and actively perform to strive for meritorious service, if he dares to be half-hearted, his end will be miserable! ”
"You tell Li Shiqun that for the sake of his previous great contributions to the empire, he will not be investigated for serious problems this time, but this batch of cotton gives him two choices, one is to hand it over to the Shanghai Branch of the Japan Textile Industry Association to deal with, and will pay him according to the normal purchase price."
"The second is to hand over the goods to the headquarters of the military police stationed in Shanghai for processing, the imperial army is short of military supplies, I will produce cotton cloth for the textile factory in Suzhou, as for the price, you can talk about it yourself!" Kinoshita Eichi said.
It is obvious that Li Shiqun was given a way, if the businessmen of the Shanghai Branch of the Japan Textile Industry Association bought it, the original 160 yuan of reserve bonds and a load of cotton, and Li Shiqun's 80 pieces of reserve bonds would be a lot, and he would not have to die of distress?
Chen Mingxiang was particularly excited about today's conversation, the Qingxiang Committee is about to be revoked, which is equivalent to cutting off one of Li Shiqun's hands, it's no wonder that he doesn't jump off the wall in a hurry!
For example, the first phase of the Qingxiang Committee in Zhejiang Province ended in a hurry because of the strong opposition of the provincial government, and the second phase was headed by Fu Shishuo as the director of the Office of the Qingxiang Committee, and the Qingxiang of Hecheng went very smoothly.
But the problem is that Li Shiqun's foundation is in Su Province, which is his base camp, and close to the wealth plundered by Qingxiang in Su Province, he can support the secret service headquarters, Qingxiang police force and Qingxiang security force, and even only needs a small part of the provincial financial allocation.
Once the Township Clearance Committee is abolished, the huge organization will also be abolished, and Li Shiqun's puppet police and security team, which has several thousand people, can only be managed by the Provincial Township Clearance Affairs Bureau.
More importantly, the Qingxiang Committee was able to receive funds from the Ministry of Finance, although it was a withholding of the financial funds of the Soviet Province.
"I also know that there is little hope of coming back, Brother Mingxiang, the Japanese businessman's heart is too dark, give them I want to pay a lot of money, or you take over, anyway, your textile factory has to start, just pay me according to a hundred yuan!" Li Shiqun said.
"That's not good, it's still the original price of 160 yuan, I know the cotton market in Soviet Province, and I also know the cotton market in Jiangtong District, I have to subsidize the transportation cost to the minister, if there is cotton in the future, you can contact me directly, if it is sold to the textile factory that looks at me, the Japanese will only pretend to be deaf and dumb."
"I closed the two textile mills, and the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army and the Command of the Thirteenth Army could only acquiesce, but they both understood that in this way, the Huatong Trading Company would not have much to exchange with the Chiang Tong District, and cotton and cotton yarn would always be the main types of trade."
"As long as this war continues, the Japanese army will need strategic materials in the Chiang Tong area, and I can only carry out the transaction, and if even the last textile factory that supports the exchange goes out of business, this is unacceptable to the military in any case." Chen Mingxiang said.
Concentrating cotton resources in central China and supplying Japanese textile merchants in Shanghai to produce cotton cloth for the munitions department was a decision made by the cabinet and the military department, and the general headquarters of the dispatched army certainly did not dare to openly obstruct it.
However, the army can't carry cotton cloth to fight?
Those planes, warships and artillery all need strategic materials such as bristle tung oil and rosin, and it is not too much to keep such a family, so Kinoshita Eichi also specially greeted Chen Mingxiang, no matter what, he had to insist on starting work, although water transportation was affected by the war, but there was no problem by land.
"Brother, let me tell you the truth, now my situation is getting worse and worse, some time ago Chairman Wang went to Suzhou to inspect and summoned me to privately say that the Japanese side is very dissatisfied with my work in Suzhou Province, and hopes that I can take the initiative to give up the post of chairman of Suzhou Province, and he can arrange for me to serve in other provinces, or I can go to Jinling Executive Yuan to serve as vice president, let me think about it carefully." Li Shiqun said.
"Minister, on the surface, it seems that stepping down from the post of chairman of the province of Su Province and serving as the director of the secret service headquarters with peace of mind is a wise move, and it can be used to make a deal with Chairman Wang."
"But I'm also a little worried, if there is no Su Province, whether the secret service headquarters can hold on, and whether the opponents of the Jinling government will fall into the ground? This is your base camp, and if you lose Su Province, you will only have to be slaughtered! Chen Mingxiang said.