Drinking and chatting in a private house is a comfortable and casual atmosphere that is conducive to friendship between each other, but people are often influenced by the environment, and their vigilance will be greatly weakened, and as the alcohol becomes stronger, they may reveal some secrets, which is an excellent means of gathering information.

Since Chen Mingxiang bought the Marat Villa, he has also been accustomed to entertaining important guests at home, and of course, the invitees are basically high-ranking Japanese generals and middle-level officers with good relations.

When the first joint intelligence meeting was held, this group of people went to Chen Mingxiang's house for dinner, especially admired the tea made by Wang Zhen himself, and heard that he sent an invitation, of course, no one would object, not to mention, everyone has a link of interests.

"My big boss, from December to now, our company only has about 10,000 quinquettes per day to supply the market, most of the briquette shops are out of stock, and the coal yard has shipped 100,000 tons of coal in two months, when will the coal start?" Ji Ji stood behind the sofa and asked while relaxing his head for Chen Mingxiang, who was sitting.

When Yuchang Coal Company first entered December, it deliberately reduced the output of briquettes, the purpose of which was to implement Chen Mingxiang's intention, not to sell briquettes and coal, so that the people could get some benefits, and by the way, delay time, so that their own briquette shops could occupy the market as soon as possible.

Chen Mingxiang did not intend to dominate the Shanghai coal market and eat alone, this is obviously impossible, the water in the coal industry has always been bottomless, those coal numbers have the support of forces behind them, once they join forces to exert pressure on him, compromise is inevitable.

In fact, as long as the opponent can play according to the rules of the game and stabilize the order of the coal market, he is not willing to make enemies on all sides, as a strategic agent of the Military Command Bureau, the nature of his work determines that he wants to expand his network, and even have to go along with it, and the savior and philanthropist have nothing to do with him.

"I have said hello to the Marine Corps Command and the Military Police Command, and this evening we will start using vehicles to transport coal, and one million quintals is 50,000 tons of coal, and it will be sold at the rate of 30 yuan per quintal, and the standard of one quintal of coal per household per month will be raised."

"You inform all the briquette shops that they will work the night shift today, write the notice board in advance, and open as usual tomorrow morning, plus ten yuan of overtime pay per person, and I plan to sell coal for two months, and end on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"But Japanese businessmen and those local profiteers in Shanghai who have made a fortune in Shanghai, if they hold out for two more months, there will definitely be bankruptcies due to lack of funds, and the deadline is set a little long?" Ji Ji said.

This has not been doing business normally for more than half a year, and Lianmei is not a bank, and its own liquidity is limited, so there will inevitably be a situation of poor turnover.

The Dahu Gas Society, which can control the power of coal distribution, must complete the prescribed share every month, and the coal bought must be distributed to the United Coal Number, otherwise it will be crushed to death first, and the weakest will be eliminated.

"They died of their own accord, what does it matter to me? Since I choose to hoard Juqi to seek the greatest benefits, I have to bear the corresponding price, two months is just my bottom line, and I even want to drag it out to three months and four months, just to do a reshuffle of the coal market. ”

"Our company is strong and has a strong relationship, with independent coal purchase and sales rights, and the strength of one family can top 20 coal companies, why keep these people? Besides, they disrupted the market and caused the coal crisis in Shanghai, and the garrison headquarters and the major institutions in Shanghai did not support it. Chen Mingxiang said with a sneer.

At six o'clock in the evening, trucks from the Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai and the 61st Division of the 13th Army Headquarters shuttled back and forth through the streets, quickly transporting coal from the coal yard to the public concession, the French concession, and the briquette shop in Nanshi for storage.

The Japanese trucks went on a rampage at night, with no regard for the safety of pedestrians, but thanks to the cooperation of the Marines, the Gendarmerie, and the police department, there were no accidents.

This is to serve the coal shortage of the Japanese army and the city government, and the fuel cost is naturally borne by both sides, but Chen Mingxiang decided to issue 500 yuan of storage coupons to each driver as a hardship fee in order to smooth the transportation, which can improve the enthusiasm very much, and it is no wonder that these drivers are desperate performance.

In addition to money, Chen Mingxiang also provided each person with a bottle of sake, a catty of tea and two packs of cigarettes as benefits, more than 400 trucks, and spent more than 200,000 yuan in storage coupons, which he thought was worth it.

"I heard Major General Yuan Shou say that Chen Jun's home is the most famous European-style fairy tale palace in Shanghai, very beautiful and exquisite, and I was there today in person to know that what I said is true!" Kato Hajiro said with a smile.

At seven o'clock, all the senior generals of the Japanese army and Li Shiqun, who participated in the second joint intelligence meeting, came to Marat's villa for dinner.

In fact, everyone present knew that Chen Mingxiang was definitely going to make a deal with Kato Hajiro, and the visit was nothing more than a name, but this kind of thing belongs to the rules of the game, and no one can break it, their dividends have already fallen into their pockets, and Kato Hajiro is too late, I'm afraid I can't wait.

"Kato-kun, when I went to Kanwai some time ago, I heard Major General Hara Mamoru mention that the Kwantung Army's secret service and gendarmerie, as well as the Security Bureau, were planning to encircle and suppress the underground party guerrilla detachment that had infiltrated Manchukuo, has this matter been resolved now?" Chen Mingxiang asked casually.

He has been paying close attention to the changes in the situation in the puppet Manchukuo, and according to the arrangement of the underground party, the little junior sister will return to Guannai in the next few days and continue to work in the Yanzhou base area.

But the problem is that there are enemy insiders in the Bingcheng underground party organization, and it is difficult to say whether this will pose a threat to her evacuation.

Even if the factors of the little junior sister are not considered, if the local underground party organization is devastated due to the existence of this inside line, it is also something he never wants to see.

"Don't mention it, we and those bastards from the headquarters of the Bingcheng secret service have their own opinions on this matter, and we have not decided on a plan of action for a long time, and since December, it has continued to snowfall in the North Manchurian region, which has also brought great difficulties to the operation."

"However, this matter will be resolved soon, the inside line of the Security Bureau, this time was sent by the underground party of Bingcheng to contact the temporary station of the guerrilla detachment, and he sent back information that the guerrilla detachment has moved to the area of Xiaoqingshan in the east of Bingcheng and Suihua."

"The field troops of the Kwantung Army can be dispatched at any time when they arrive at Bayan and Mulan, and the gendarmerie and police forces are also ready to encircle and suppress, as long as the inner line comes into contact with them, we have mastered the specific location, and these guerrilla detachments will be unable to fly!" Kato Hajiro said with a smile.