There is also factional struggle within the Mei Agency, and Saito Daisa is a gendarmerie system under the Ministry of the Army, which is not the same thing as the staff headquarters of the base camp where Kanshiro Shibayama is located.

He is in charge of the police and security forces in the entire central China region, liaising with the Ministry of the Interior, and the work of the police department is under his direct supervision, and he is a heavyweight in the Mei agency.

"Don't worry, even if you don't make this call, General Shibayama won't want to insert his subordinates in my territory at will, for the matter of the police academy, the headquarters of the Tokyo Military Police Command has instructions, and it must be included in the control of the military police system, this is an order that will not be compromised."

"The gendarmerie system controls the police system in the occupied area, which was agreed at the beginning, Kitazawa Ping is a person from the headquarters of the ice city secret service, and there is a deep contradiction with the Kwantung Army gendarmerie headquarters, and Major General Kato Hajiro will also choose to support us in this matter."

"I know that Kanshiro Shibayama adheres to the instructions of the military department to serve as the supreme military adviser, but the gendarmerie system belongs to Prime Minister Tojo directly, you don't have to worry about his pressure, in addition, I will give you a few names, you write them down, hurry up and write a letter of appointment, I will send them to Shanghai to contact you."

"We are not outsiders, I also have something to say, these gendarmerie officers are my confidants, they will not interfere in the operation of the police academy, they will only provide convenience to you, His Excellency the general also sent a telegram, asking me to help you more, I will not let other forces interfere with your police department casually." Sato Daisa said with a smile.

Although Shibayama Kaneshiro is the top military adviser, he has no power to casually remove the people of the Mei Agency, and he has to report to Tokyo, involving the gendarmerie system, and the report must be sent to Tojo Hideki.

During his tenure as the supreme military advisor, Lieutenant General Matsui did not remove any of them, and it was a clever move to continue the layout of the Kagesa period, so the orders he issued were quickly implemented.

"The first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Commerce has been held, and the so-called three fires for new officials to take office, are there any major moves?" Wang Zhen asked with a smile, taking Chen Mingxiang's coat and briefcase.

After the establishment of the Commercial Unification Council, a meeting attended by all the directors was held the next day to lay out the priorities and goals of the first phase of work.

"There is nothing new, they still follow the requirements of the Japanese, focusing on the control of cotton yarn and cotton cloth, and require that from now until the 23rd, all the manufacturers and sellers of the textile industry in Japan and China in Shanghai will register the cotton cloth and cotton yarn in stock, I think, this matter will become more and more interesting." After Chen Mingxiang sat down, he took the teacup handed by Wang Zhen and took a sip of tea and said.

Cotton yarn and cotton cloth is one of the most important control materials of the Japanese army, from the beginning of the occupation of Shanghai, began to strictly control, Wang puppet government took over the material control power, the Japanese army put forward a request, the same to implement control of the cotton and cotton yarn in Shanghai.

The purpose of the Council is to first find out how much inventory there is in the entire Shanghai market, and then discuss with the Japanese side how to operate, not to mention cotton, and how much cotton yarn can also represent how much cotton cloth can be produced.

"The Japanese businessmen in Shanghai must be very dissatisfied with the fact that the Japanese government has given the power of material control to the Wang puppet government and has lost vested interests, and they will definitely resist the registration.

"Most of the Chinese textile mills that survived were deeply involved in the interests of senior government officials, either paying protection fees or these people had shares, and it was almost impossible for the Commerce Council to find out the total inventory of the entire Shanghai market." Wang Zhen said.

"You're right, but it's still not comprehensive, these bigwigs of the Chamber of Commerce and Commerce are all figures who have been in the business world for decades, and they are all old foxes who have become elites, in fact, the purpose of making this decision is not whether this requirement can be implemented, but to see what kind of resistance will be encountered in the implementation process." Chen Mingxiang said.

Who doesn't know the thing behind the material control with a little brain?

These specific responsible persons of the Chamber of Commerce and Unification have long understood that their work is not easy to carry out, so they will first make a test and give an explanation to the Japanese and the Wang puppet government. It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that you have a problem yourself, and the work of the CCC can't be promoted.

"Boss, someone outside sent a package, saying that Miss Jin specially brought Jincheng specialties to Shanghai, and I asked him to wait for a reply in the concierge first." The bodyguard at the door walked into the living room and said.

This is a beautifully packaged wooden dim sum box, inside is the famous sugar fried chestnuts, Chen Mingxiang poured on the coffee table, lifted the bottom layer of paper, the bottom is a document bag, took it out and opened, pulled out a stack of paper, looked at it twice and nodded with satisfaction.

"Really, take $10,000 and take it with the person who came!" Chen Mingxiang said.

The file bag contains Kitazawa Ping's file, which is naturally the masterpiece of Yoshiko Kawashima, not only has photos but also describes it in great detail, similar to what Chen Mingxiang saw in the headquarters of the Bingcheng secret service, which shows that this female spy is very scheming, and she has also put a lot of effort into the collection of intelligence.

There is also a piece of paper with a line of pen writing on it: Li Hongfei, chairman of the board of directors of the Central China Salt Company, arrived in Jincheng yesterday to hold talks with the person in charge of the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and is ready to unite to put pressure on the Japanese government to regain the salt works and the right to sell salt.

Chen Mingxiang knew what was going on at a glance, he not only extracted thousands of tons of salt from the Changlu Salt Farm every month, but also obtained two high-quality salt pans in a row from the Tanggu Salt Field, which also directly violated the interests of Japanese businessmen.

But in the face of the Consulate General in Beiping, the North China Military Police Headquarters, and the forces of the Special Service Department of the North China Front, they really did not dare to oppose it openly.

However, the greed of the Japanese businessmen was endless, and they would never give up the profits they had received, so they planned to unite with Li Hongfei's Huazhong Salt Company to exert influence on the Japanese government.

As for the reason, it is nothing more than that the Haiyuan Salt Company disrupts the salt market, obstructs the delivery of raw salt to the Japanese mainland, undermines the material control strategy, and so on, and demands that the Japanese government intervene in the Consulate General in Beiping and the Consulate General in Shanghai to cancel Chen Mingxiang's right to use the salt farm and the right to sell salt.

For this reason, the chaebol behind the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. will definitely come forward to exert influence on senior officials of the Japanese government and completely take back control of salt.

The Haiyuan Salt Company occupies the right to sell salt in Jinling, Shanghai, Suzhou, Xichang, Zhenjiang and other places in central China, and extracts 10,000 tons of salt from the Lianghuai Salt Farm every month.

Out of his own interests, Li Hongfei was of course willing to cooperate with the Japanese businessmen in North China, and also protested to the Consulate General in Shanghai, and it is estimated that it is possible to unite with the salt merchants to take countermeasures.