"Chairman Li has a lot of appetite, and he dares to beat my idea of this batch of Changlu Yan, I don't know whether to praise you for your dedication to the government's work, or whether you are ridiculous in ignorance!" Chen Mingxiang said lightly.

"Director Chen, as the actual person in charge of the salt tax of the Ministry of Finance of the Jinling Government, I will facilitate the entry of Changlu salt into Central China and give you a reduction or exemption of salt tax, which can fully reflect the sincerity of my cooperation. Li Hongfei said.

His biggest card is the Jinling government's urgent need for a salt tax, which is a crucial revenue at the moment and a top priority for the top brass of the Jinling government.

Even traitors know the bitter consequences of indiscriminate printing of money, and if one day because too much money is printed, the money that becomes money is not money, then the regime will not be able to survive.

But he seems to have forgotten that the Jinling government is not an autonomous government, but an outright puppet government, and it is the Japanese who ultimately make the decisions.

Taking the salt of the Lianghuai Salt Farm as an example, the annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons can only be given to 90,000 tons, that is, a quarter of the output in central China, does the Jinling government dare to say anything else?

"You don't understand the nature of this batch of salt, it's all nonsense, this is the salt transferred by the Consulate General in Shanghai from the Tanggu Salt Field in Changlu Salt Field through the Consulate General in Beiping in the name of the salt shortage in Central China, do you understand what it means?"

"The right to sell Changlu salt belongs to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, and how I operate it has nothing to do with Huazhong Salt Company, as long as it is a salt merchant who sells Changlu salt, you have no right to tax, they are implementing the decision of the Japanese side."

"What is the original situation when the original order is restored? There is a large shortage of salt in various places, the price of salt is rising rapidly, and the people do not even have the minimum guarantee, which prompted the Japanese side to transfer it from the Changlu Salt Field, you still don't dream. Chen Mingxiang said.

Rescuing the salt shortage is just an excuse, the inside story involved in this is very complicated, and there is no need for him to explain to Li Hong, he stabbed him directly in the heart, Changlu salt is operated by the Japanese, I am an executor, and you have the ability to theorize with the Japanese.

"I admit that there is a shortage of salt in central China, but it has not yet reached the level of salt transfer relief from the Changlu salt field, and the Jinling government has not made such an application, which is the behavior of the Japanese side."

"As the implementation agency of salt affairs, we cannot let the market be chaotic, and anyone can sell salt at will, so that the order of the industry will disappear and damage the government's tax revenue."

"As the main force of salt sales in Central China in the future, Huazhong Salt Company has the responsibility to bring all resources together and make unified use, and all salt sales in Central China must obey this overall situation."

"Only by creating an orderly environment can sales be smooth and prices stable, which is also responsible for the people in central China and establish a good image for the government." Li Hongfei said.

Even if the negotiations are deadlocked, sooner or later the right to sell salt will have to be returned to the Jinling government, and if the problem of salt merchants is not solved, it will be almost impossible to take back the rights in the future.

Zhou Gaohai frowned when he heard this, this Li Hongfeng is a little too uninteresting, bringing the two together today is to solve the problem of the gendarmerie seizing the salt merchants, at the moment, Chen Mingxiang has the advantage, and it is already very good to be able to maintain the existing situation, but you are worried about the long reed salt in his hand, putting the cart before the horse, right?

"This is because the Huazhong Salt Company wants to acquire the Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd., and the Japanese have only reached 14,000 tons per month, which is more than 4,000 tons different from the actual needs, and it used to be 7,500 tons per month, which is 11,000 tons different from the actual needs.

"Chairman Li, I would like to ask you, the Lianghuai Salt Farm claims to be one million tons per year, and in a good year it is only more than 600,000 tons, because of the war, now it is not even half, do you have the ability to go from the Lianghuai Salt Farm to the current target?"

"According to the current calculation, cut my 10,000 tons, how much do you have left? You can't even get a source of goods, open your mouth and shut up to be responsible for the people, for the image of the government, are you joking? Chen Mingxiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and spoke directly with data.

The peak period of the Lianghuai salt field was in the Republic of China for more than ten years, when the situation was relatively stable, at least the salt field was not damaged by the military disaster, and it was able to produce more than 600,000 tons of salt, and there was still some smuggled salt secretly, which added up to one million tons of salt.

However, in the 20th year of the Republic of China, the Huainan Salt Works of the two Huai Salt Farms had declined, relying on the four salt farms in Huaibei to operate, and the war launched by Japan had too much damage to the two Huai Salt Farms, and the output fell sharply, and the total output last year was only 260,000 tons, which was equivalent to the Japanese army plundering 170,000 tons of salt last year.

If the Japanese army maintains a monthly quota of 14,000 tons and wants to meet the most basic salt needs, Huazhong Salt Company will have to ask the Japanese army at least another 4,000 tons per month.

But Li Hongfei didn't have the courage to ask the Japanese army for salt, he was not stupid, in such a situation, all the words were false, in the final analysis, he just defended the interests of the old salt merchants, and just got a reputation for recovering the right to sell salt from the Lianghuai Salt Farm!

"The more this is the case, the more important the salt tax is to the government, you are a special official of the Jinling government, and you hold the high position of the chief of police, and you should also consider the government and make efforts for the financial difficulties......," Li Hongfei said, interrupted by his words.

"I made the lowest mistake, I can't discuss people's livelihood issues with people like you at all, for the selfish interests of the old salt merchants, you can sit back and watch the salt shortage and pretend that nothing happened, you are digging a pit for the Jinling government, and you don't consider the danger that the salt shortage may bring!"

"Today this is in the minister's house, I don't want to embarrass you too much, Changlu Salt and the salt merchants under Haiyuan Salt Industry Company, it's not something you can think about, you guarantee that I have 10,000 tons of salt in the Lianghuai Salt Farm, and the well water on both sides will not interfere with the river water!"

"If you have the ability, you will make this request to the Consulate General in Shanghai, and put Changlu Salt under the management of Huazhong Salt Company, I dare to guarantee that if you put it forward on the front foot, you will have nothing to do with Huazhong Salt Company on the back foot, if it weren't for the minister's face, even you would have been gnawed in the prison of the gendarmerie headquarters, and the Japanese side almost wanted your head, I don't know whether to live or die!"

"Li Hongfei, tell you plainly, even if the Central China Salt Industry Company is established, you, the chairman, are also a command, what I say is the rules of the game, that is, the order of the salt industry, I can't do it, you can't accept it!" Chen Mingxiang turned his face on the spot.

(Something, 2 chapters)