Chapter 908: The Battle of the Salt Industry IV

"Bureau, I'll go back to the office first, and I'll be notified when you have a decision here." When Director Xu saw the hesitation on the big boss's face, he knew that things were complicated and hurriedly slipped away.

"Isn't that inappropriate? Borrowing 1,000 tons of salt every month from the Chang'an Trading Bank and 1,000 tons of salt from the smuggled salt in the Changlu Salt Farm is more than two yuan per catty in central China, and one ton is 4,000 yuan, which is not a small amount of money. ”

"I got the news that the funds of the intelligence department under the direct station are being drastically reduced, not in the past, when the wealth was rich and the amount was to be given, Chunfeng's financial situation is also very difficult, and the bureau headquarters is not only inconsiderate, but keeps asking for it, which will hurt his enthusiasm." Boss Dai said.

His tone was not very firm, because he had no tricks now, and a penny was difficult to beat a hero, and no matter how big the boss of the Military Control Bureau was, he was also defeated by this kind of thing.

The facts are in front of you, if it is not difficult for the direct station or for Chen Mingxiang, then the suffering is for the bureau headquarters is himself, do you still need to hesitate for this choice?

"Chunfeng has so many relationships in Shanghai, and there are so many departments in his hands, he can't break down if he insists on two to three months, and the special coupon can be seen in two months at most, and we don't give it to him, even if he doesn't give it, he can't say anything else, as a strategic agent of the Military Command Bureau, and the head of a station, he should bear the pressure on the headquarters of the bureau." Pan Qiwu said.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Mingxiang was able to become the stationmaster of the first station, which was a special arrangement in a special period, and in Pan Qiwu's heart, it was equivalent to mixing up a qualification. I have been the stationmaster of the first station, which paves the way for the future, and sooner or later I will be able to do such a position.

If after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the situation of the military command must be reshuffled, Chen Mingxiang's qualifications are still much worse, Pan Qiwu means to deepen the impression of the students in Boss Dai's heart, and to be able to arrange a fat shortage.

The income of the direct station has plummeted now, and the financial aspect is definitely not as rich as before, but Pan Qiwu knows in his heart that even so, it will definitely not be to the extent of reducing funds.

This is all an illusion made by Chen Mingxiang's kid, and he bribed the bureau headquarters with a million dollars of festival fees during the Chinese New Year, and he must not be so nervous in his hands.

It's not that the teacher is worried about the student's property, but that he invests in Boss Dai at this time, and the return he gets in the future is the greatest.

"You come and talk to Chunfeng about this matter, just according to the three-month period, Qi Wu, you have to supervise the implementation of the provincial station of the special coupon plan, seize the time to purchase materials and transport them back to the national control area for money, although Chunfeng does not want interest, but borrow too much money, and you can be shocked when it accumulates." Boss Dai said.

He didn't mean to repay his debts, and once the special bond plan worked, the secret banknote printing factory of the Military Command Bureau would turn wildly, and this amount of money was not worth mentioning at all.

Following the order of the headquarters of the gendarmerie stationed in Shanghai, the gendarmerie teams of Su Xichang and Zhenjiang, Guangling, and Jinling were dispatched one after another, seized the assets of more than 20 salt merchants, arrested them in prison, and confiscated the salt they had hoarded.

The gendarmerie issued a proclamation stipulating that the price of coarse salt in cities should be adjusted to 5 per catty, and the decimal price of coarse salt in rural areas should be adjusted to 1 piece per catty.

What kind of place is the gendarmerie, it is hell on earth, the families of the salt merchants immediately panicked, and they all found Li Hongfeng to accuse!

This is your bad idea, if you can't settle this matter and rescue people as soon as possible, then everyone will point the finger at you, don't want to mix in this industry in the future!

"Minister, this must be Chen Mingxiang's ghost, he is using the power of the gendarmerie to carry out industry purges, you can't sit idly by, if this continues, the shareholders of Huazhong Salt Company will be arrested, and Yuhua Salt Company will also be paralyzed, which will have a great negative impact on our Jinling government!" Li Honghu was anxious and ran to Zhou Gaohai's office.

"Didn't you say that Chen Mingxiang's fleet was not well transported, and the supply of salt merchants in various places was insufficient? Why did the gendarmerie search for more than 10,000 tons of salt from these people, I need your explanation! Don't tell me you don't know anything! ”

"Originally, because a large amount of raw salt was transported to the Japanese mainland, the share of sales in central China was small, and the people were extremely nervous about salt, and the price has risen repeatedly, but what about you, while enjoying the huge profits from salt sales, you have hoarded salt to raise the price, deliberately created contradictions, caused social turmoil, and also caused truth to the Japanese army."

"Because of this matter, Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. sent a message to the Ministry of Finance through the Consulate General in Shanghai and the Japanese Embassy that the negotiations had not yet ended, and they were worried that if they handed over the right to sell salt, the salt market would fall into chaos due to the lack of constraints."

"Salt tax is the pillar of government finance, but also an important channel to ease the pressure of revenue and expenditure, Chairman Wang attaches great importance to it, now taking advantage of the implementation of the new policy of the Japanese government, it is not easy to come to this point, but you have dragged the government back, can you afford this responsibility?"

"Director Chen Mingxiang's salt jurisdiction has a monthly quota of 10,000 tons, but now the same amount of salt has been found, which is equivalent to a month's reduction in sales in the market, and the people have not bought salt for a month, which is extremely bad!" Zhou Gaohai said coldly.

Regardless of whether the confiscated salt of these salt merchants was from Qiantun or Xintun, it is precisely because of their behavior that the price of goods in the market has skyrocketed, which has violated the ban of the Jinling government's salt bureau and the requirements of Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd.

"Minister, I admit that I have secretly done something to this matter, but the original intention of me and the shareholders is not to cause a salt shortage in Central China, but to completely bring the sales rights in these areas under the control of the Central China Salt Company, which is conducive to the overall planning and unified operation, and is also conducive to the smooth implementation of government decrees."

"As you know, salt merchants are an ancient industry in our China, qualifications and inheritance are very important, and you can't just get in with a little money, and Director Chen, he not only supports new salt merchants and old salt merchants to compete for the market in various places, but also smuggles a large amount of salt from the Changlu salt farm in North China to Central China and implements cross-regional sales, which is also a taboo in the industry."

"The reason why these shareholders of Huazhong Salt Company did this is also to clean up the hidden dangers of the industry and avoid competing with each other in the future and causing great chaos in the market, but I didn't expect that Director Chen's style of doing things was too ruthless, and he directly used the power of the Japanese military police to intervene in the market." Li Hongfei said.