"Since you have obtained the permission of Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. and have the right to sell salt in Central China, why wait until January to operate?"

"Although the agreement between the two sides is received in January, when all affairs are completed and officially start operation, it will not be until April, which is half a year!"

"Brother, my eyes are not all about money, the current situation is that ordinary people can't buy salt with money, which will have a serious impact on the image of the Jinling government, salt is a necessity of life." Zhou Gaohai said with a smile.

At the moment, he is still holding on to illusions about Japan, and he is painstakingly trying to maintain the rule of Wang's puppet government, also because the vast majority of people have not yet seen the signs of Japan's eventual defeat.

In addition to such a role as Chen Mingxiang, the war situation in the South Pacific is rare for those who know about the Wang puppet government, and the Japanese side must strictly seal down such a situation.

"Minister, I'm also worried that I will make the Japanese unhappy if I start too early, and I think I'm a little too anxious, and I haven't maintained the face of the Great Japanese Empire, after all, I haven't gone through the formalities to transfer assets, and I can't afford to wait for this time?" Chen Mingxiang said.

"What a handover, it's just a nice name, don't you know the Japanese way of doing things? Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. just gave us an empty shelf, but asked us to pay a huge amount of purchase money, and we had to bear the pension of Japanese nationals, and the company had nothing but some real estate! ”

"If you come forward, what is there to worry about? For the sake of the younger siblings, the entire public concession has been turned upside down, the gendarmerie and the marines have been mobilized in a big way, the police and agents are responsible for assisting, and martial law has been imposed throughout the region, who has the ability and trust like yours? ”

"Besides, brother, you have always been kind to people in Shanghai, actively participate in the charity activities organized by the municipal government, and have a very good reputation. Zhou Gaohai doesn't think it's a thing.

Chen Mingxiang's wife Wang Zhen was kidnapped, this is the big news in Shanghai every year, second only to the Japanese army occupying the public concession, the sensational scene is still talked about by people, after this incident, Chen Mingxiang's image of not being provoked is firmly established.

Shanghai has a relatively good opinion of Chen Mingxiang, this person's words and deeds are not arrogant and domineering, and behaviors such as murder, robbery, extortion, etc., really have nothing to do with him.

In people's impressions, Chen Mingxiang is by no means a traitor who everyone can condemn, and his status, position, and qualifications are not up to it, and he can barely be regarded as an economic traitor, because he does business with the Japanese and serves in Wang's puppet government.

But the general environment is like this, there are more than 100,000 government employees of Wang's puppet government, and there are countless such people, and there are even more people who do business with the Japanese army in the occupied areas.

All walks of life are currently under the control of the Japanese, and everyone has to make money to survive, which is also a way to do it, so the standard of judgment depends on actual actions.

Chen Mingxiang does things in a low-key manner, and has an unquenchable kindness, his textile factory, tobacco factory, silk weaving factory, silk reeling factory and other industries combined, more than 30,000 people follow the mixed rice to eat, not to mention anything else, his textile factory supports more than 10,000 families and tens of thousands of people, the vast majority of which are in Shanghai.

Chen Mingxiang gave workers high wages and benefits, which is also famous, all his industries, the police basically hid away, and the gendarmes also had to give face, so that so many people could support their families during the war, what is this kindness?

In Zhou Gaohai's view, Chen Mingxiang also loves face and good reputation, and has been improving his status in the past two years, in addition to using his connections and industry to win people's hearts, he has also donated money and coffins to the victims many times, he thinks this is a very clever means, a bit of long-term speculation.

To say something that should not be said, even if Japan collapses and the Jinling government is finished, Chen Mingxiang will not be punished too severely just by virtue of what Shanghai has done, and he and the Military Command Bureau are in the nature of cooperation, in other words, he is now stepping on three boats.

At a young age in his early thirties, he has such a plan and vision, which makes people have to admire, look at people of the same age, how many can do this?

"Since the minister has said so, then I will start the operation when I come back from outside the customs, and send ships to the two Huai salt fields as soon as possible to transport salt, the price of salt in Shanghai is 61 catties of coarse salt per piece, but in other places 6 cents a catty, we will calculate according to 6 cents, and the oil and water in Shanghai have been squeezed dry by the Japanese, not counted."

"I have to deduct a dime for each catty of coarse salt, of which the Japanese side has to have two cents, which is half off, and the remaining three cents, I, the Ministry of Finance and the local government each share a dime, which is two million in the reserve bonds every month, I estimate that by the end of the year, it will definitely be doubled, and two cents a piece is less to say, so that each family can get four million!" Chen Mingxiang said.

This conversation will inevitably determine the layout of the Wang puppet government after taking over many powers, especially the reshuffling of interests, and Chen Mingxiang first showed the killer feature, which is the most crucial.

It is easy to understand that he accounts for a dime, the dime of the Ministry of Finance refers to Zhou Gaohai, and the dime of the local government refers to Li Shiqun and the salt merchants.

A pound and a dime, a load is ten yuan, a ton is two hundred yuan, and ten thousand tons is of course two million, but there is also moisture in it.

The coarse salt in Shanghai is six pieces, Su Xichang and Zhenjiang are about to get a piece, and the rest of the four cents, of course, Chen Mingxiang has to fall by himself.

Everything is operated by him, other people just take ready-made, no one can say anything else, in business, if Chen Mingxiang does not make money, they will not be able to make anything, change the operation of one person, the Japanese must not agree.

Although he is not afraid of being supported to death, he can't do things absolutely, and he can continue to succeed today, because he never eats alone, and there are many forces involved in dividends, so he has an indestructible barrier.

"I think your distribution ratio is reasonable, as for the salt tax, the Ministry of Finance plans to levy 35 yuan per quintal, which is also due to the rise in salt prices, so that before April next year, let's not talk about the salt tax, and wait for Huazhong Salt Industry Co., Ltd. to be taken over, and then discuss the specific situation."

"I remember that you have a cigarette factory in Qiaocheng in Anhui Province, and in the middle of next month, on the 14th and 15th, the 17th Division and our 15th and 36th Divisions will carry out a sweep of the underground party's base areas in the Lianghuai and Huaihai areas."

"Your convoy should pay attention, don't be accidentally injured by military operations, in times of war, those ** can do everything." Zhou Gaohai thought for a while and said.