After the reception, under the supervision of Lieutenant General Shimomura Ding, commander of the 13th Army, Yujo Horiuchi, consul general in Shanghai, Sakaeichi Kinoshita, commander of the military police stationed in Shanghai, Lieutenant General Kakuzaburo Makita, commander of the Marine Corps, Chen Gongbo, mayor of the city, and Katsuo Okaki, general director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, Yuchang Coal Company and Lianmei signed a written agreement, and the coal price war in Shanghai came to an end.

First of all, the selling price of briquettes in Shanghai must be 30 yuan per quintal, and Japanese coal merchants and Chinese businessmen began to sell briquettes on 1 March, and the end time was 1 June, and then the new price was negotiated according to market conditions.

Second, at a price of 600 yuan per ton, Chen Mingxiang paid 30 million yuan in central reserve bonds within three days to purchase 50,000 tons of coal from the major coal yards in Shanghai from the Coal Mining Association, and the Coal Mining Federation must be responsible for obtaining a quota of 50,000 tons of coal from the Kailuan Coal Mine and then to the Yuchang Coal Company.

In addition, Yuchang Coal Company is responsible for the production and sales of 600,000 quintals of briquettes every month, accounting for 60% of the market, and Lianmei is responsible for the production and sales of 400,000 quintals of briquettes, accounting for 40% of the market.

"In the Shanghai market controlled by the empire, Chen Mingxiang actually got sixty percent of the market share, which is simply a shame for the empire! These damn government officials and military generals suppressed us to support Chen Mingxiang, are their heads in water! President Okamoto was furious.

Shanghai is a fallen area, and Japanese businessmen should enjoy the huge benefits brought by the war, and enjoy the special status and power granted by the empire, but the current situation is that the Japanese businessman has to compromise when he is suppressed by a Chinese, and his heart is of course unbalanced.

"The war in the South Pacific region is unfavorable, manpower and material resources have reached the limit, and the Jinling government needs to help provide war resources, and the requirements of the city government are of course cooperative, and Shanghai is of great significance to the military department, and it is related to the supply of materials for the war, and our move just hit the line."

"What kind of thing is Chen Mingxiang, no matter how much he is valued, he is just a puppet of the empire and the Jinling government, and going against us is also the intention of these two parties, the general environment is like this, we are helpless, the above has already issued a warning, we can no longer work against the policy of the cabinet, really when the military department is in a hurry, it will not cut off our heads?" President Hirano said.

The military department has been very indulgent to the chaebols, and the resources seized by force, such as mines and factories and enterprises, including a large number of shops, are almost given to the chaebols for business, and important materials such as coal, grain, cotton and linen, and salt, as well as shipping, communications, railways, transportation, and electricity, are also controlled by them, and the government also provides a large number of preferential policies to support them, and they do not care about killing people and setting fires in the occupied areas.

But the premise of all this is that it is necessary to serve the needs of the military and provide all kinds of materials to support the war, and once the interests of the military department are touched, the situation will immediately change, from support to suppression.

"After New Year's Day, according to the agreement signed between Chairman Wang and the Japanese side, the factories in Shanghai that are under military control, excluding British and American assets, will be sent back to Chinese businessmen one after another, and your social bureau will be responsible for this part. Chen Gongbo said with a smile.

The Shanghai coal price stabilized and became a controllable industry, in which the municipal government contributed a lot, and also won unanimous praise from the news media, Chen Gongbo became more and more satisfied with Chen Mingxiang.

How did he know that Chen Mingxiang not only asked Zheng Tonghui's newspaper to publish an article to praise it, but also sent people to contact various newspapers of all sizes and gave them a generous pen fee, and the reporters were about to blow the cowhide.

Speaking of which, Chen Mingxiang is more difficult to provoke than Chen Gongbo, with the military police headquarters behind him, the police chief is called a brother and sister, and the Marine Corps supports him, but this guy is very measured, and he actually pays a pen fee, he says it in a word, and I don't believe that there is any reporter who dares not to write it!

In fact, Chen Gongbo really has some credit on this issue, although the reason is to make his own political achievements and reputation, but as long as he does good things, it is not wrong.

"Nominally, it is returned, but His Excellency the Mayor must be mentally prepared, these Japanese chaebols are very greedy, and it is not so easy to give the factory to the original businessmen, so it must be a joint venture or acquisition, I know their style of acting too well, and they can say it but can't do it."

"Even if it is really returned, for example, textile enterprises need cotton as a raw material for production, but the Japanese side controls the distribution of cotton, which is nothing more than empty joy. In addition, the military management has been in charge for such a long time, and the machines and spindles in the factory have been robbed, so what is the use of getting an empty factory? Chen Mingxiang said.

Japanese businessmen are all Pixiu, just eat and don't pull, it's no problem to pull into their own hands, if you want to make them spit out, it's more difficult than climbing to the sky!

Coming out of the Consulate General in Shanghai, Chen Mingxiang came to Yunhua Restaurant, there was no news of the little sister, he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night, but when he saw Zheng Tonghui's face, he was disappointed again.

"It's been seven days since I disappeared, right? There's no news from Bingcheng? Chen Mingxiang asked a little hopelessly.

"I'm sorry, it's true that I didn't find it, the snow on the mountain is too big, the snow layer is very thick, and we can't look for people all over the mountains with great fanfare, Comrade Mingxiang, although I am very reluctant to say, but the facts are here, we still accept the reality! I'm sorry! Zheng Tonghui said in a low tone.

Not to mention seven days and seven nights, even seven hours can freeze to death, and the lowest temperature on the mountain can reach minus 30 degrees at night, how can there be any hope of survival in such an environment?

Chen Mingxiang returned to his and Lu Kunyu's love nest, everything here was arranged by the little sister herself, in front of her photo, Chen Mingxiang sat in a daze all night, smoking a whole box of cigars, even if he was a professional agent, he was in tears, and the pain in his heart was only understood by himself.

However, when the sun rose, he still arrived at the headquarters of the Huatong Trading Company on time, and today he was also given "condolences" by the navy, and his work must not be delayed.

"Dad, the girl you and the second brother rescued is awake!" A girl said with a tone of surprise.

"I'm definitely hungry when I woke up, make her something to eat, I'll call you Uncle Chen to take a look, I've finally woken up!" A slightly older voice replied.

This is a ravine about seven or eight miles away from Xiaoqingshan, where several hunters live, hiding very hidden, surrounded by rocks and woods, and living by hunting and gathering medicinal herbs.

In fact, this area used to be a secret camp of the Anti-Japanese Federation, rich in wild vegetables, fungi and nuts, and there are many animals such as sables, lynxes, bears, foxes, wild boars, etc., and the production of eleuthero and schisandra is considerable.