Chapter 709: Golden Dollar

Of course, Zhou Gaohai knew that the Manchurian Railway, a giant that was established in the 32nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, was called South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd., which was a national policy agency of the Japanese government and a colonial institution.

Half of the shares are funded by the Japanese government, and half are from the imperial family, nobles and officials. In the 29th year of the Republic of China, the share capital alone has increased to 1.4 billion yen, which is definitely a behemoth.

After the September 18 Incident, the right to operate ports, water transportation, coal mines, iron and steel, light industry, and chemical industries in the entire three provinces outside the Guanxi Province was completely monopolized by the Manchurian Railway.

This notorious colonial institution provided a large amount of money, materials and intelligence for all military operations of the Kwantung Army, especially the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department, which was the largest intelligence agency in Japan during the war.

The purpose of the Manchurian Railway was to monopolize the economy of the puppet Manchukuo and become a force on a par with the Kwantung Army, but the Kwantung Army did not think so, and the purpose was to form a unified rule with itself as the core.

With the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo and the rapid improvement of the status of the Kwantung Army, it was necessary to reorganize the Manchurian Railway, not only to control its personnel and supervise it, but also to divide the enterprises of the Manchurian Railway and turn them into a controlled economy to serve the needs of the military.

However, this attempt was fiercely opposed by the shareholders of the Manchurian Railway, especially the big forces behind the Manchurian Railway, and the Japanese government also clearly opposed it, forcing the Kwantung Army to give up temporarily.

However, the Kwantung Army was not so easy to compromise, and at the end of the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Kwantung Army colluded with Nissan to establish the puppet Manchukuo Heavy Industry Development Co., Ltd., referred to as Manchukuo.

The projects operated by the Manchurian industry included iron and steel, light metals, coal, and other heavy industries, as well as military production, and the Kwantung Army, in the name of the puppet Manchukuo, forcibly separated these industries from the Manchurian Railway.

Although the Manchurian Railway is a colonial institution, there must be the shadow of a chaebol behind it, otherwise how would so many industries work? Neither the government nor the military are good at running enterprises, and the struggle for the economic dominance of the puppet Manchukuo by the Manchurian Railway is also a contest between the military and the chaebols.

"The best thing about the puppet Manchukuo is that the military forces completely overwhelm the chaebol forces, and this thing can really be done, and then look at our Jinling government, and then look at the Shanghai market, a group of coal merchants dare to stand up to the Xingya Academy and the garrison, and do not take the city government in their eyes, and the general headquarters of the dispatch army is a little weak." Zhou Gaohai said with a sigh.

The Kwantung Army is indeed very strong, everything must be prioritized in the interests of the military, if you don't cooperate with me, I won't give you resources, anyway, there are people who are willing to cooperate with me, the old chaebol does not agree, and the new chaebol comes up to see who can screw whom.

However, the Jinling government in the Guannai is very difficult to sing this play, and the North China Political Affairs Committee in North China and the Mongolian-Xinjiang United Autonomous Government in Mongolia and Xinjiang are clearly separatist forces, relying on the support of the local Japanese army, and do not care about the Jinling government at all.

The General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army cannot control the North China Front Army Headquarters in North China, and there is no problem with military command, but local administrative affairs can only be taken care of.

Moreover, the Japanese chaebols in the Guannai have always been relatively tough, and they still take the Shanghai market as an example, and it is clear that the Xingya Yuan and the Consulate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai have demanded that the price of coal be lowered to safeguard the interests of the Japanese government, but these people just do not bargain and hoard as usual, and the Japanese army has no effective measures.

"This is an internal contradiction of the Japanese, the Kwantung Army is a monopoly in Manchukuo, but the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army does not have this advantage, if you talk about it carefully, it is estimated that you can listen to it and pass out, and the degree of complexity is beyond our imagination." Chen Mingxiang said.

When Matsui Taikuro explained this to him, he was also dizzy, and even had to start from the period when the North China garrison was in the army, but he was happy to see this situation.

"If you want to move the dollars and gold of the Central Savings Bank, you must seek the opinion of the top advisor, so let's do it, anyway, you are in Jinling, tomorrow you will find General Matsui Taikuro and ask him to call the Kimura adviser and tell him about the secret transaction with the Kwantung Army, so that it will be easy to operate."

"I try to allocate a million US dollars, but it involves a relatively small amount of foreign exchange reserves, you have to return it, and I can extend it for you, return 50,000 US dollars in one year, and pay it off in 20 years."

"In terms of gold, it is relatively rich, there are nearly 50,000 gold bars of ten taels, and I will try to allocate you 1,000 large bars, the market price is 20,000 medium reserve bonds, and you have to pay me 2,000 medium reserve bonds."

"Speaking of which, the gold and silver reserves of the head office of Manchukuo are much more than those of our Central Savings Bank, so you try to coordinate with the Kwantung Army and pay you a batch of dollars and gold." Zhou Gaohai said.

Although he is the No. 3 traitor, he still made some preparations for the issuance of the Central Reserve Bonds, and he is unwilling to become a pile of waste paper.

As for the purpose, naturally it is not for the sake of the common people, but for the sake of Wang's puppet regime to continue for a long time, and his personal status, power and interests will be guaranteed.

Twenty years to pay off, no one can say how long Wang's puppet government can last, but most people still believe that there will not be only this little time, because there is still a strong Japan behind it.

Is Chen Mingxiang short of gold?

Say that there is a lack of it, say that there is no shortage of it, there is a ton of gold buried in the underground of several houses in Shanghai, a ton is 2,000 catties, not according to the old system of 16 taels, that is also 2,000 gold bars!

But the more this thing is, the better, hard currency is scarce at all times, but this time Chen Mingxiang mentioned it casually and had an unexpected gain.

"Minister, let's allocate some office expenses to the police department tomorrow, I, the new official, have to let my subordinates see hope, don't you know, someone has made small moves as soon as he takes office."

"Originally, I didn't want to deal with this kind of villain, usually I am in Shanghai, and I can't come to Jinling twice a month, but someone wants to seize power in front of me, so it can't be tolerated." Chen Mingxiang said.

"The Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior is a newly formed department that merged the original Ministry of Police, and the position of the director is more sensitive, and it has always been Chen Qun concurrently.

"If it weren't for the fact that the Mei organ intervened and arranged for you to come over, this executive deputy director Sun Shengmin would have to be straightened out, for this reason, Chen Qun also specially greeted me, and I didn't object, this thing is easy to do, I will definitely support you to support the scene." Zhou Gaohai said with a smile.

The dignified No. 3 person in the Jinling government, the Minister of Finance, who holds the financial power, wants to allocate some expenses to the Police Department, which is indeed easy, and he can allocate funds in any name, which also means that his support for Chen Mingxiang should be understood.