"Chen Jun, you have done a very good job in this matter, the current rate of rise in grain prices in Shanghai, even I think it is incredible, and the market is seriously short of supply, not only that, but the imperial army's military rations are also extremely tight, and they can only wait until the grain in the grain-producing areas is mature before replenishing."

"Under such circumstances, the Gendarmerie Command does want to reserve some rice, and I have already applied to the Thirteenth Army Command, and I will pay you a 1,000 yuan voucher per stone of rice, and I will send it to you this afternoon." Kinoshita Eichi said with a frown.

In the face of this situation, they have no effective means to control the market situation, and the key lies in the fact that there is no grain to adjust.

In the production areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, due to resistance from all quarters, the grain requisition plan was seriously frustrated, and the gap between it and the target was too far, and the entire troops of the dispatch army were faced with the threat of food shortage, and had to lower the supply standard.

Chen Mingxiang went to Suzhou this time to deal with the affairs of the Qingxiang Committee, and sent 1,000 tons of Suzhou rice to the headquarters of the gendarmerie.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Food of the Jinling Government, the price of rice in Shanghai is 820 yuan per stone for japonica rice and 800 yuan per stone for indica rice.

But now, 1,000 yuan of Chinese reserve bonds can't buy a stone, and the price of japonica rice on the black market has directly reached 1,500 yuan of middle reserve bonds per stone.

"Your Excellency, you can do anything else, but food is the most basic guarantee that is indispensable for the citizens, and the price has risen to this level, and most citizens can't afford to eat it at all, and they can't buy it."

"As the most important industrial production base of the empire, maintaining the social stability of Shanghai is the first priority, and I am worried that there will be a big problem due to the lack of food!" Chen Mingxiang said with a worried face.

After he and Li Shi** received the grain, they immediately returned to Shanghai, and 10,000 tons of grain were also transported from Zhenjiang to Shanghai with the ship, and what he had to do was to collect money.

Chen Mingxiang was ready to cooperate with the underground party to launch a strike in Shanghai to force those Japanese businessmen to put pressure on the Japanese garrison and the Jinling government to solve the current predicament.

The Japanese and the Wang puppet government would never dare to kill the workers at this time, because their heads were squeezed by the door! The only way is to agree to some conditions to keep the factory running, and the Imperial Army is still waiting for supplies from Shanghai to fight with the American army!

When it comes to mobilizing workers for such work, the Military Command Bureau can only stare at it, and only the underground party, which is closest and closest to the common people, can do such a thing.

"In the face of such a situation, the Consulate General in Shanghai, the 13th Army Headquarters, as well as the Navy and the Gendarmerie, have held several joint meetings together, but there is really no good way to solve it, and we can only wait until the rice is mature in July to fundamentally alleviate the grain pressure."

"I heard a report from the Suzhou Military Police that you have transported a batch of miscellaneous grains this time, which is ready to be used by the city government to relieve people's livelihood, but I have to remind you that you must not let the administrative agency of the city government operate it, so that one-third of it can reach the hands of the citizens."

"These corrupt and greedy bureaucrats do not give up every opportunity to make money, and when necessary, you can operate in the name of the gendarmerie headquarters and the consulate general in Shanghai." Kinoshita Eichi said.

He believed that Chen Mingxiang was thinking about the interests of the empire, and by the way, he wanted to gain some prestige and accumulate some capital for the future, so he actively thought about the food shortage in Shanghai, and was even slightly moved.

Chen Mingxiang came out of the gendarmerie headquarters and rushed to the Marine Corps headquarters by car, and he also prepared 1,000 tons of rice for the navy.

"Chen Jun, you are an old friend of the navy, thank you very much for sending a thousand tons of rice to the Marine Corps this time, of course I will not disappoint you for this kindness, I will give it to you according to the price of black market rice, and you can ask for gold and dollars."

"Admiral Yoshida Zengo, the commander of the fleet, has given you a special instruction that the Huatong Trading Company will help the navy continue to purchase materials, especially food, cloth and strategic materials, and all the payments will be paid by the Kodama Agency, and you can use dollars and gold." Kakuzaburo Makita said.

The navy is the focus of the Japanese government, which has always had sufficient funds and is naturally very generous, and has never paid attention to the payment method of gold dollars.

"Your Excellency General, my biggest headache is food, and the rest is easier to say, I don't know how many tasks the fleet command has given me?" Chen Mingxiang asked, which was also expected by him.

"The navy's personnel in Huaxia are about 70,000 people, and I need you to provide 30,000 tons of rice, all paid in US dollars, and the price refers to the highest price in the market, and the time is from now to the end of the year." Kakuzaburo Makita said.

Even if it is the lowest, the Japanese army's food standard has to be one pound of rice a day, 35 tons for 70,000 people, and more than 12,000 tons in a year.

The price of a ton of rice is currently 20,000, and it is estimated that the price will at least double when the operation begins, and it will be calculated according to 40,000 tons per ton of storage coupons, 30,000 tons is equal to 1.2 billion storage coupons, note that it is a storage coupon!

There is no direct exchange rate between the US dollar and the Chinese Reserve Bills, which is about five yuan and a half percent into one yen, four yen into one dollar, and twenty-two Chinese reserve bonds for one dollar.

It depends on how Chen Mingxiang and Kodama operate, but there will definitely be no surprises in the result, as long as the quality and quantity are completed, other behaviors can be accommodating, isn't it just spending a little more money!

Therefore, Chen Mingxiang, Kodama Agency, and the Marine Corps Command can all get the benefits they need in the end, and it is a happy situation for all.

"Not to mention 30,000 tons of rice, even 3,000 tons of rice is a problem for me now, so let's find those businessmen who manipulate black market prices, and I may need the cooperation of the Kodama Agency and the Intelligence Department, I have never been too lazy to deal with these people." Chen Mingxiang said.

One of the key reasons why the price of rice in Shanghai has risen so fast is that those black-hearted businessmen who have made a fortune secretly manipulate prices, and these people do not care about the lives of the common people, hoarding a large amount of grain and constantly raising the price.

Out of their own interests, neither of these sides wants the grain prices in Shanghai to skyrocket, and once the order in the Shanghai market is chaotic, it will be a very bad thing, the Japanese are thinking about the reduction of production capacity, and the Wang puppet government is thinking about the loss of finance and taxation and the damage to its image.

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