"Mr. Chen, you are the protector of more than 7,000 British and American expatriates in the Public Concession, and if it weren't for your secret support and help, everyone's life would be unimaginable."

"We will do our best to help you solve part of the dollar matter, and we don't dare to ask for anything, I just hope that you can give the public concession some more grain, rice, broken rice, bud rice, or flour and cereals, and you can eat enough and not starve to death as the principle." Riddle said with a wry smile.

Chen Mingxiang now has to provide 15 tons of rice as rations every month for the British and American expatriates in the Public Concession, and it is high-quality Suzhou rice.

The Japanese occupation of the Public Concession initially provided rations of rice to the British and American diaspora at the standard of 0.7 liters per day, about one catty of rice, but later it was reduced to 0.6 liters, so that they could barely survive.

By the time the Japanese side began to officially implement the ration of rations for the residents of the two major concessions this year, that is, on July 6, the 31st year of the Republic of China, it actually became a ration of one and a half liters of rice and half a liter of broken rice per week, which is equivalent to 0.3 liters per day, less than five taels of rice.

"I won't talk about the difficulties of transportation, I will try to provide you with two thousand stone of grain every month, that is, one hundred and five tons, fifty tons of broken rice, twenty tons of rice, five tons of flour and thirty tons of stick noodles, so that the minimum survival needs can be maintained, and from September onwards, you must give me time to prepare."

"To be honest, not to mention a hundred tons of grain, a thousand tons of grain or even rice, I can get it now, but unfortunately, the Japanese control over food is too strict, and I can't do it too outrageously, which is also for your good, and I hope everyone can understand."

"In addition, I will also give each household one pound of coarse salt, two pounds of cane sugar, ten boxes of matches and half a pound of tea per month, and I will be responsible for implementing the amount of cotton cloth you propose."

"If you don't give me dollars, I will do my best to help you, and if there is a day, please bear witness to my actions in Shanghai, and prove to your respective governments that I have worked hard for the British and American diaspora." Chen Mingxiang said.

He was telling the truth completely, there was no one in the entire Shanghai market like him, when the Japanese invaders had completely gained the upper hand, he privately extended a helping hand to the British and American expatriates, and naturally won the infinite gratitude of these British and American expatriates, and in doing so, he was actually gambling on his own future.

For the commissioner and the Shancheng government, including Boss Dai of the Military Command Bureau, he always believed that Britain and the United States were the greatest dependent, and in such an environment, Chen Mingxiang came up with his own strategic vision and implemented his own plan.

This scarce resource cannot be wasted, and others want to help the British and American expatriates in Shanghai, but they have to reach it! Besides, who could have such facilities as he did, and both the gendarmerie command and the Marine Corps command turned a blind eye to his actions?

Chen Mingxiang also made an astonishing fortune in the process, could this be a failure?

No, people who think like this do not understand the way of thinking of the British and American countries, and they will be rewarded for their efforts, which is a reasonable way of trading, Chen Mingxiang did not force everyone to do anything, on the contrary, he also saved a large number of valuables for everyone, some of which are even of high commemorative significance.

"Thank you Mr. Chen for your kindness, we don't even have words to describe the gratitude in our hearts, we swear by the gods we believe in and our own honor, we will always be best friends between us!"

"If there is a day when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is won, all the British and American expatriates will highly praise the two governments for your great contribution, which is a promise!" Riddle said in a solemn tone.

The black market price of grain in Shanghai is 800 yuan per stone of rice, and the price given by Chen Mingxiang is that all the grain is packaged and accounted for, and settled at the market price of 600 yuan, and the monthly value of 2,000 stone of grain is 1.2 million yuan of central storage bonds, equivalent to 60,000 US dollars.

Obviously, the value of the Central Reserve Bills was not so high, but Chen Mingxiang did not charge money for providing salt, cane sugar, matches, and tea, so Riddle took the initiative to add 5,000 US dollars and promised to exchange 650,000 US dollars in foreign exchange for Chen Mingxiang.

"Minister, I need five operators here, please send me five skilled trainees from the radio training class of our secret service headquarters, and I plan to send them to North China." Chen Mingxiang called Li Shiqun.

Learning to receive messages is not so easy, this is a highly professional job, and the most convenient thing for Chen Mingxiang is to draw people from the radio training class of the secret service headquarters.

Of course, this is not the first time, and the radio operators used by the radio stations of the provincial procurement stations in central China are all trained by the radio training class of the special service headquarters.

Whether it is the head office, local branches or purchasing stations, they are all engaged in smuggling and pure commercial trade, and there are no secrets to speak of, and Chen Mingxiang is not afraid that these operators have Li Shiqun's eyes and ears.

Besides, those who can be qualified to be the heads of branches and acquisition stations are all veteran managers, and if they can't even deal with a newspaper operator, it will be too incompetent.

"What we have is the operator, I will ask Jinhui to pick the best for you, brother, if you don't call me, I also want to call you, Shi Linsen sent a telegram to the headquarters and said, since the business of Huatong Trading Company has expanded to North China, he suggested that you should be the head of the working group, and he and Wang Tianmu should be your assistants." Li Shiqun said with a smile.

"These two guys are very calculating, they want me to be in the front and carry the thunder of the secret service agencies and gendarmerie in North China for the work group, right?"

"Minister, you also know my situation, at most twice a month, I go to North China at most, and I can't leave the Shanghai market at all, and I have to run outside the customs, how can I have the kung fu to help them make relations?"

"Besides, you also know why this situation happened, the local faction must not see any foreign forces interfering, even if I come forward, it will be an empty shelf at most, and there is no practical meaning." Chen Mingxiang also smiled.

Of course he knew what was going on, the so-called North China Special Service Group of the Secret Service Headquarters was very unpopular in North China, and Shi Linsen and Wang Tianmu could naturally feel this hostile attitude.

These two people didn't have the courage to deal with the Japanese spies and gendarmerie forces in North China, so they pushed themselves out as shields, but they were wishful thinking, Lao Tzu's advantage was so easy to take advantage of?

"Don't be in a hurry to go to Guanwai first, I'll give you a top-secret message, I only got it ten minutes ago, hey, I forgot, General Kinoshita of the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, I will definitely inform you later, for you, the secret service agencies and gendarmerie system in Central China, what top secret is there."

"That's the case, the secret service agencies outside and inside the customs also have a gendarmerie system, and the day after tomorrow they will hold a secret meeting in Shanghai, this opportunity is very rare, you can get to know the real power figures outside the customs, and get acquainted with each other in advance, which will be of great help to you to conduct business outside the customs." Li Shiqun said with a smile.