Regarding Wang Zhen's concerns, Chen Mingxiang naturally knew very well in his heart that it was not a secret that the bureau headquarters secretly sent people to supervise the operation of the local station, but a tradition that began and continued from the time of the secret service.

First, it is necessary to prevent local stations from taking advantage of their power to act arbitrarily and violate the discipline of the Military Control Bureau. Second, it is necessary to prevent the power of local stations from expanding too much, forming a situation in which the tail is too big to fall.

"Since the bureau headquarters assigned them to the direct station, they must accept the management and leadership of the direct station, which is an iron discipline, but the convergence of people's hearts is a long-term process, not achieved overnight, and being too impatient can only backfire."

"These internal lines sent to the direct station, you can't get in touch with the specific work in a short time, there is no need to care too much, one thing you are right, these online words and deeds must be cautious, and they must not be caught, Boss Dai's suspicion is very serious." Chen Mingxiang said.

After the establishment of the Commercial Unification Council, the first shot was not fired, and in view of the pressure from the Jinling government and the Japanese side, further measures had to be taken, otherwise it would not be possible to make a difference.

However, this time the business union will do more smart, the inventory of Japanese textile industry businessmen, handed over to the Japanese Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Union responsible for registration, the business union does not care, but the relevant businessmen of the Chinese textile industry must be registered before the end of the month.

Chen Mingxiang, the deputy secretary general, just watched from the sidelines, he knew that with the corruption of Wang's puppet government, this work could not be carried out at all, and his energy was put into playing games with salt merchants.

"Your Excellency Consul General, I have found since the end of the Chinese New Year that the price of salt in Central China has risen without the permission of Central China Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and the price of salt has risen very rapidly, from one yuan to two yuan in the cities, and from eight cents to six cents a piece in the countryside, and the price has doubled."

"The salt hoarding phenomenon of salt merchants in various places is serious, and the salt input to the market is decreasing, which is a very dangerous signal. The salt merchants secretly colluded to raise prices, which would inevitably lead to a salt shortage, causing strong resentment among the local people against the empire and the Jinling government. ”

"The key is that at present, the sale of salt in Central China is still operated by Central China Salt Industry Co., Ltd., and the people and even the government around the country will mistakenly think that it is the meaning of the empire, and they are letting the Consulate General in Shanghai carry the black pot, but they are implementing the benefits, which is unacceptable!" Chen Mingxiang said.

This is obviously provoking trouble, but the data is not his mouth, but there is real evidence, so many new salt merchant forces are staring at all over the place, and he is very clear about the sales price of salt every day, in addition to the salt merchants who are shareholders of Huazhong Salt Company, Yuhua Salt Company composed of old salt merchants, the price is also rising, and the two are joint actions.

That is to say, Li Hongfei agreed to cooperate with the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. and began to deal with him, and the strategy is not difficult to guess, secretly raising the price of salt and reducing the supply of salt, causing instability in the salt market, and using this as an excuse to exert pressure on the Japanese side, to catch Chen Mingxiang off guard, and to try to regain the market control of the Suxichang and Zhenjiang areas, as well as the Shanghai market and Jinling.

Li Hongfei and the old salt merchants thought that Chen Mingxiang didn't know, but they didn't expect that their every move was monitored, and there were special agents in the Jinling District of the secret service headquarters to track their movements.

Ma Xiaotian is now the executive deputy director of the Department of Police, which is also a position that Chen Mingxiang helped obtain, in this matter, he will definitely show something, and it will be good for him to have a deeper relationship with Chen Mingxiang, Li Shiqun is now in a mess, and the situation in the secret service headquarters is also a little delicate.

"Chen Jun is right, I have also heard from Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. about this matter, this must be a purposeful act, I consider that once Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. gives the right to sell salt in Central China to Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd., the price of salt may rise even higher in a short period of time."

"These salt merchants have hoarded goods and raised the price of salt without notifying Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd., which is tantamount to ignoring the decision-making of the empire, if it causes a large-scale salt shortage, it will affect the social stability of the occupied areas and affect the interests of the empire, what do you think?" Horiuchi asked.

While the Japanese invaders wantonly plundered China's salt, they did not want to cause chaos because of the lack of salt, which is a very contradictory theory, but they are qualified to make such a request because they have absolute strength so far, and the Japanese government hopes that the occupied areas will remain stable so that they can plunder more resources.

"The new policy of the empire cannot be violated, and the price increase in the market is inevitable, and the depreciation of the central reserve bonds will naturally bring about inflation, but this kind of unrestrained and reckless behavior must be punished, otherwise, it will be very troublesome in the future."

"I suggest that the Consulate General in Shanghai slow down the negotiations between Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. and Huazhong Salt Co., preferably until the end of June, and that you intervene to put pressure on the Ministry of Finance and the Salt Administration of the Jinling government to delay the price increase."

"I plan to ask the gendarmerie in various localities to come forward and conduct a search for those salt merchants who are hoarding Juqi, and seize the hoarded salt, hand over the hoarded salt to the Haiyuan Salt Company, find suitable salt merchants in the local area to receive them, sell a large amount of cheap salt to the market in a short period of time, and gradually restore the market."

"The price increase cannot be suppressed by administrative means, but needs to be channeled, and the rice in Shanghai has reached 1,200 yuan per stone, which is a law, but it must be within a controllable range."

"The price of coarse salt in urban areas can be adjusted to five per catty first, and the price in rural areas can be temporarily adjusted to one piece per catty, and adjusted once a quarter depending on the situation." Chen Mingxiang said.

As he himself said, the rise in salt prices in various places is a very normal market law, it is better to block than to sparse, the currency value of the reserve bonds is falling, and the salt merchants can't lose money to sell salt, right?

His company never pays taxes, which does not mean that the salt merchants do not pay taxes either, and the Jinling government tries to control the right to sell salt in order to pay the salt tax, so there is a huge gap in cost.

"I agree with your suggestion in principle, and what you said is also very right, the empire's grand strategy cannot be confronted, the negotiations will end on June 30, and the specific implementation will be until July 30, giving you four months, whether you can control your market, I can't help too much." Horiuchi said in the city.

A person who was born in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was able to serve as a consul general has never been mediocre, and when it comes to foreign affairs, the reaction is almost not good.

Horiuchi also knew in his heart that Chen Mingxiang wanted to use the power of the Consulate General to reshuffle the salt market, crack down on the power of the old salt merchants, expand his strength and influence in the local area, and gain the right to speak in salt.