For the ordinary people in Shanghai, rice, which is no more than ordinary food, has shown a serious shortage of food, but for Chen Mingxiang, it is nothing more than a trivial matter.

Li Shiqun's Qingxiang Committee wantonly robbed the peasants and grain stores of grain in the Suzhou area, and divided it into three pieces for distribution, with the Japanese army occupying one piece, Li Shiqun's company occupying one piece, and Chen Mingxiang's Huafeng Company occupying one piece, like a flour cake.

After the Huafeng Company transported the grain to Shanghai, it gave a part of the grain to the Japanese military police headquarters and the Marine Corps headquarters, and sold the rest to the grain stores for huge profits.

If Chen Mingxiang doesn't do it, some people are rushing to do it, and when the national disaster is at the head, there are people who want to make a fortune in the country, and of course he will not refuse such a deal.

Fifty stone rice is more than 5,000 catties, more than two tons, in the eyes of the underground party, it is really a lot, but Chen Mingxiang didn't take it seriously, even if one stone of rice can earn 100 yuan, 50 stone is 5,000 yuan of legal currency, and he can take it out of his wallet.

"Looking at the development of the situation, before the day of the victory of the anti-Japanese resistance, the food crisis in Shanghai will only get worse, this kind of low-priced rice, can we provide it a few more times, we now have no ability and no financial resources, let alone channels to obtain food."

"The Japanese army was very strict in the inspection of the main transportation routes and wharves, and when they encountered people carrying grain, not only would the grain be snatched away, but even people might die, and comrades on the periphery could not smuggle the grain in." Zheng Tonghui said.

It is true that the underground party organizations in the surrounding areas of Shanghai were able to raise some food, but the Japanese army blocked the communication lines too tightly, and two comrades were shot at last week and almost died.

"The problem is not very big, I am now smuggling grain from Suzhou to Shanghai, in addition to supplying the Japanese army, I also sell it to the grain stores in Shanghai at a high price, as long as this line continues, I can still think of a way to get the grain you need." Chen Mingxiang said.

Zheng Tonghui was about to say something, but then he didn't know why, but he swallowed the words back into his stomach, although this is difficult to make a fortune, but Chen Mingxiang doesn't do such a thing, some people will do it, and if he doesn't touch his hands, what can he do to help the underground party?

Chen Mingxiang smiled and didn't mention it again, of course he saw that Zheng Tonghui was about to speak, and he could guess what he wanted to say, and he was just about to stimulate this underground party member with a second kill, but the other party was very experienced, so he was not fooled.

The style of doing things is completely different between the military command and the underground party, and the military command bureau has always emphasized the use of everything to the extreme, so there is no bottom line, and it will do whatever it takes to achieve its goals.

But the underground party has to pay attention to the bottom line and principles in everything, which is one of the reasons why Chen Mingxiang rarely has contact with Zheng Tonghui, he is a little uncomfortable with such constraints, after all, he has been trained and influenced by the Military Command Bureau, and his thinking will not be able to be reversed for a while.

New Year's Day is a holiday of Wang's puppet government, but the solar calendar year is not a lunar year after all, and the traditional festival still occupies a dominant position in people's hearts and feelings, so there is no lively scene in the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere is not very lively.

However, the city government attaches great importance to New Year's Day, and it is estimated that it is also learning from the Shancheng government, and for this reason, it also specially used the club of the Foreign Affairs Office to hold a grand reception in the evening of the same day, and Chen Gongbo specially delivered a speech to congratulate the New Year.

The constituent organs under the puppet Shanghai Special City Government, commonly known as the Secretariat and the Eight Bureaus, as well as various committees and offices, counties, districts, and public offices, the offices of the Wang Puppet Government in Shanghai, and well-known figures from the industrial and commercial circles of Shanghai City, attended the reception.

The Japanese forces stationed in Shanghai, including the Headquarters of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, the Headquarters of the Military Police in Shanghai, the Special Service of the Ministry of the Army in Shanghai, the Mei Organ, the Command of the Japanese Navy's Fleet, the Command of the Third Fleet, the Headquarters of the Marine Corps, the Kodama Agency, the Central China Liaison Department of the Koya Academy, and the Consulate General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai, as well as the Japanese chaebol offices in Shanghai, also sent representatives to attend the reception.

This was the first New Year's Day after the Japanese army fully occupied Shanghai, and the Japanese army also attached great importance to it and tried to create a "friendly" face.

"Commissioner Chen, Minister Li moved to Suzhou to live permanently, and our secret service headquarters will have no status immediately, and the special agent headquarters was not invited to the New Year's Day reception of the municipal government."

"Yang Jie and I still got the invitation from the deputy director of the Survey and Statistics Department, otherwise it would be a shame." Xia Zhongming said with a wry smile.

Chen Gongbo didn't wait to see the secret service headquarters, and it wasn't news, but he didn't expect that after Li Shiqun went to Suzhou, the city government didn't give him any face, and he didn't even send an invitation card to such an important official reception.

Xia Zhongming and Yang Jie are the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Investigation and Statistics, no matter whether this department is empty or not, even if they know what is going on, but the level is here, they must send invitations.

After Li Shiqun and a group of important characters left, the status of the secret service headquarters has indeed plummeted, although no one has dared to make a stumbling block openly, but people can't afford to hide, and it is inevitable that they will be estranged.

"You are also a deputy minister, don't make such a low-level mistake in the future, so as not to be laughed at, the secret service headquarters is now only a secret service under the Ministry of Investigation and Statistics, in terms of it, at most, it is at the level of the municipal police department, and the director is equivalent to the director."

"In the past, Minister Li was invited by the municipal government because of his status as the Minister of Police, Fu Yewen was not even a deputy director, and the secretary was barely a secretary director, and it was almost a grade to participate in this cocktail party."

"The official cocktail party pays the most attention to identity, almost not at all, although the agent headquarters actually has a lot of power, but Fu Yewen's level is not enough, if he is the deputy director, I have to get him an invitation."

"Pan Tie is different, his Huxi Special Police Department is now directly subordinate to the municipal government, and it is the same nature as the Foreign Affairs Office, and the municipal police department only has the power to supervise, so he is qualified to participate in the reception." Chen Mingxiang said.

The secret service headquarters used to be rampant and domineering in the Shanghai market, and they had never considered similar problems.

Xia Zhongming was taught a lesson by Chen Mingxiang, and also thought of Fu Yewen's position as secretary general, which was indeed appointed internally, and the personnel appointment and dismissal of the secret service headquarters were recorded in the Investigation and Statistics Department.

He smiled awkwardly, and quickly slipped away, complaining about Li Shiqun in his heart, you gave Fu Yewen an upright position, and the appointment as deputy director is a matter of one sentence, and now he is out of the world, right?

"Commissioner Chen, Sibao and Zhang Guozhen have been sneaky these days, and they don't know what to think about, I'm worried about bad things, every year at this time, this group of people has to make a fortune for the New Year." Pan walked over and said, with a worried look on his face.