Chapter 101: A Clever Approach

"Your Excellency, this is a bill of lading for six hundred quintals of tung oil, the goods have been sent to the dock warehouse, you can send someone to pick up the goods at any time." Chen Mingxiang had a smile on his face, but his heart was like a knife.

This is Boss Dai in order to help him work, especially in order to let him break into the Japanese Navy and steal the bombing plan, and use the tung oil sent to him by the military commander, 1,000 quintals is 100,000 catties, and his heart is dripping blood!

Boss Dai is also a little too generous, it is enough to send a hundred quintals at a time, and if you send too much, the appetite of the Japanese will get bigger and bigger.

Tung oil is now an absolute strategic material, especially for the navy and air force, tung oil made of waterproof and anti-corrosion materials to paint ships, can be anti-corrosion and rust-proof, but also make lighting fuel.

The West discovered that tung oil produced in China had drying, waterproof, antiseptic, acid-alkali and other properties, which was better than the flaxseed oil they used in the past, so they began to import tung oil from China fifty or sixty years ago.

Not only the navy ships need it, but also the aircraft, and the fuselage can only be coated with tung oil to ensure that the aircraft is completely free from moisture when flying in the air, so as to avoid metal rust.

The 1,000 quintals of tung oil sent by Boss Dai, he must leave a part for the army, the army also has aviation troops, and it also needs tung oil, which can bring more convenience to his follow-up work, after all, the biggest help now comes from the army.

"You have done a very good job, according to the current market, the purchase price of each load of tung oil is about 70 yuan, and I will give you 150 yuan, double the profit." Kodama and Shifu were very satisfied.

"It's a pity, the control of this kind of material in the Jiang Tong District is too high, and it is difficult for me to achieve continuous delivery, in order to ensure the use of the navy of the Japanese Empire, I can take a lot of profits." Chen Mingxiang said.

"I understand your difficulty, this is the only strategic material that Shancheng cooperated with the Yankees, in exchange for dollars, weapons and medicines, it is precisely because of the high investment in procurement that I will double the price for you, and you will have to bother more in the future, the empire will not treat you badly."

"In this way, I will give you an extra fifty yuan for each burden, which is your hard work, and it is all settled in gold, what do you think?" Kodama and Shifu said.

What Chen Mingxiang said is indeed the truth, tung oil is the most important export material for the Shancheng government, especially the transaction with the United States, all counting on tung oil, this time to be able to transport so much, it is a rare thing, but also proves that he really put his mind into it.

The special product management agency of the state government only gives more than 40 yuan for each load of tung oil, even if it is 50 yuan, Chen Mingxiang can earn 150 yuan for a load, and 600 yuan is 90,000 yuan, which is a lot.

It is no wonder that the smuggling of tung oil in the national control area has been repeatedly banned, and it is strange that such a large profit can stop those corrupt officials and illegal profiteers!

Of course, there are also reasons for the state government agencies themselves, and the local specialty management agencies deliberately lower the price to exploit the people when they buy in order to make profits, and the result is that they cannot receive oil.

The annual output of tung oil in Hunan Province is about 6,700,000 quintals, but the special product management agency of the state government can get only one-sixth of how much.

The more than 40 yuan excludes the expenses of harvesting, digging, drying, drying, grinding, extracting, and loading oil, and the common people only have more than two yuan per load.

After a year of hard work, I can't make any money after throwing away the capital, and if there is a problem in my life, I naturally have to sell it to a vendor who offers a high price.

In addition, the government agencies defaulted on the payment of goods, making it difficult for the traders to work on their liquidity, which naturally led to the smuggling of a large amount of tung oil into the occupied areas.

Chen Mingxiang didn't know that for this bombing plan, Boss Dai prepared 10,000 loads of tung oil for him, as long as he could get this plan, no matter how much the price was, it was worth it.

"Chen Sang, you can think about our army aviation and leave four hundred quintals of tung oil, which is enough to show your loyalty to the special high class, just like you said, not only the navy needs tung oil, but the army also needs it, how much money will Kodama and Shifu give you?" Gangmura Shaozo said with a smile.

"Two hundred yuan of fiat currency per load of tung oil, and all of them are settled in gold." Chen Mingxiang said.

"The price is also fair, and the army will not let you suffer, I will apply for a purchase price of two hundred and twenty yuan for each load of tung oil, and it seems that you will be appointed as an intelligence officer in economic and trade affairs, which is a very correct choice." Gangmura Shaozo said.

The army and navy have to compete over everything, and in terms of price, the price offered by the navy is high, and the army feels that it cannot be looked down upon by the navy, and an additional 20 yuan is a very important strategic material.

For the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High Division, 400 quintals of tung oil is also an achievement, and it is an excuse for supporting the Huatong Trading Company in the future, which is an institution that smuggles strategic materials for the military department.

"The section chief has promoted me, it is my honor and duty to do something for the imperial army, if it were not for the support of the military police headquarters and the special high school department for me to sell cotton yarn and other materials to the Chiang Tong District, this business of smuggling tung oil would not have opened up so quickly."

"The cotton yarn is a raw material that the Song family, the Kong family and the Chen family in the mountain city urgently need, and the relationship network is linked one by one, and I don't have much credit in it, but it just plays a role in the middle of the mediation." Chen Mingxiang didn't take credit at all.

"You are right, I also know that these three are powerful in the mountain city, and they really need to have a good relationship, so let's do it, you choose two more textile factories to start, and I will especially make a record for you, this is an army-controlled enterprise, and Japanese businessmen will not dare to trouble you." Gangmura Shaozo said.

Although the special high school is mainly for collecting intelligence and arresting anti-Japanese elements, it also needs to obtain more resources for grades, and Chen Mingxiang is able to provide an opportunity for the special high class to be in the limelight at the army staff headquarters.

As for cotton yarn smuggling, this is nothing new, there are people in the city government, the police department and the secret service headquarters, and it is impossible to control it completely.

"Chief, according to the information detected by my subordinates, the amount of tung oil transported from the Chiang Tong District this time seems to be more than that provided to the navy by Chen Mingxiang. Nanzo Yunko said in Kodama and Shifu's office.

"Chen Mingxiang is the smartest choice to do this, I appreciate it, at least he is not a short-sighted person who is blind, the influence of the navy in Shanghai is relatively weak, for him can only have a little benefit, the army is the top priority."

"Only with the support of the Gendarmerie Command and the Special High Division, can he get power and status, and also get more wealth, in other words, I would do the same, the Special High Division's vision is very good, this agent is indeed very good, and understands the rules of the game." Kodama and Shifu began to pay attention to Chen Mingxiang.