During the Republic of China, although the "Provisional Covenant Law" stipulated that it must be monogamous, things like aunts or lovers were not uncommon not only among government officials and military generals, but also among celebrities.

First of all, under the influence of feudal legacy, women's status in society is low, and they have not been completely emancipated, and there are still some men and women are inferior in their thinking, which is a process of gradual elimination.

Secondly, compared with later generations, the social tolerance of men cheating is relatively high, but the results of women's cheating are just the opposite.

Moreover, men who are currently born in troubled times and are qualified to provide shelter often win the favor of women, and love is a helpless choice made for themselves and their families.

Out of consideration for personal influence, similar to Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Gaohai and others, they must not be able to marry their aunt's wife, but they all have so-called confidantes in private, and the rumors of Chen Mingxiang and Qi Ji are naturally not a big deal.

Since Shangguan has such a preference, his subordinates naturally want to do what he likes, man, wake up to the power of the world and get drunk and lie on the knees of beauties!

Chen Mingxiang, who has hands and eyes, is already rare in terms of style, and can be a role model, as of now, he is just an unmarried fiancée Wang Zhen, a confidante and a confidante, and nothing else.

Is that really the case?

"Wu Ziying, I heard that you went to college to receive a new education, this watch is worth a lot of money, and your family background must be good, you came to the Police Department to be my secretary, whose way did you go?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

Although the secretary of the police secretary is just an ornament, this position is absolutely not allowed to be used by those with malicious intentions to monitor his movements.

"Director, I am from Guangling, and my family relies on the relationship between my relatives and salt merchants, and I have opened two salt shops in the local area, but they are only small families with a slight income."

"I know that you are now authorized by Central China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. to control the distribution of salt in the entire Central China region, and some people need to build a communication channel with you, through Deputy Director Du Shengjian, I became your secretary a few days ago, just to deliver news."

"Of course, I would also like to be your secretary, in the Jiangsu and Shanghai regions, you are a celebrity with a legendary story, the pinnacle of the younger generation, I am proud of this status." Wu Ziying said with a smile.

She speaks very frankly, no wonder she was chosen to be the bridge to deliver the news, she is also very smart, she knows that if she wants to gain the trust of the leader, she must solve the mystery without reservation, otherwise, as long as Chen Mingxiang says a word, she will not want to continue working in the police department.

"The scope of my jurisdiction is Su Xichang and Zhenjiang, both of which belong to Jiangnan, and Guangling is in Jiangbei, not my sphere of influence, what do they want to get when they send you over to communicate with me?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

Dare to love is a matter tossed out by the salt merchant, listening to Wu Ziying's statement, she is just a small jasper, and she was used by the salt merchant as a bargaining chip to pull the relationship and sent it to herself.

This kind of drilling method is frightening, it is simply pervasive, no wonder they control the industry for a long time, in the troubled times still developed.

"Although my family is in Guangling, it is not said that the salt merchants in Guangling are looking for you, in fact, this industry has actually lost its original status in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is said that the salt merchants in Guangling are rich in the world, but the Daoguang period has declined, and this industry is constantly changing."

"But there has always been a monopoly phenomenon in the salt industry, from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present, salt merchants have been deeply rooted for so many years, in the industry and the local area, have a very high status and influence, coupled with rich assets, and the relationship with the official family is close, as long as the group to operate, it is difficult for newcomers to get involved in this industry."

"The Japanese launched the war, but the whole industry appeared a major opportunity, a large number of salt merchants fled the local area because of the war, some died in the war, salt sales were hit hard, and new salt merchants rose in various places." Wu Ziying said with a smile.

Speaking of the history of the rise and fall of salt merchants, the Qing Dynasty, which is the closest to each other, is also a thick book, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

In the beginning, the Qing Dynasty was controlled by salt merchants from all over the world, that is, the qualifications and quantity of salt sold, and salt could not be bought and sold without salt introduction, so this monopoly nature also caused the phenomenon of salt merchants becoming rich in the world.

But in fact, from the 20th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court changed the salt introduction system into a ticket salt system, and carried out an extremely important reform, which was a fatal blow to the salt merchants.

Salt introduction is restricted by the boundary of the salt industry, that is, the salt purchased has a specified sales scope, and cross-border sales are subject to punishment.

However, the ticket salt system is different, there is no longer a restriction on the sales area of official salt, anyone can buy and sell salt, and salt can be bought and sold anywhere, and the monopoly and monopoly are broken.

"However, the old salt merchants have a high level of friendship, have a close relationship with the officials of the Jinling government, and act quickly, and obtain the right to sell salt, and take the means of suppressing the new salt merchants who dare to come to the bowl to grab meat to eat, and the easiest way is to cut off the supply of salt."

"Most of the salt in Central China is operated by Japan's Central China Salt Co., Ltd., and a small part is operated by Yuhua Salt Company, and they can't get the right to distribute salt, so it is becoming more and more difficult to operate, until my Haiyuan Salt Company appears and takes over the monopoly in Central China, and they start my idea." Chen Mingxiang said lightly.

The core of monopoly is that the least number of people occupy the most resources, so as to grasp the pricing power, and never allow newcomers outside the circle to easily enter the industry.

The danger of the new salt merchants is not in their assets, but in their weak power, without the connections at the top, and their purpose in contacting Chen Mingxiang is, in the final analysis, to seek cooperation.

But Chen Mingxiang was not disgusted by this contact, those old salt merchants were used to clash with themselves sooner or later, and the new salt merchants just used as substitutes.

The price of salt in central China has skyrocketed, and the supply of salt is often in short supply, and he has long watched those profiteers have a tooth ache, and they sell salt in a proper manner, which is profitable and not compensatory, for their own selfish interests, the common people who harm them cannot afford to eat salt, and this kind of behavior that makes it difficult to make a fortune is worse than that of traitors.

"I'm still in Jinling for a few days, you let them come, I'm about to become Tang monk meat now, I just want to take a bite of it, Huazhong Salt Company is an important source of taxes for the Ministry of Finance in the future, it is not possible to come clearly, and some measures need to be taken." Chen Mingxiang thought for a while and said.

He wanted to get hands on Jinling and Shanghai, as well as the areas around Suxichang and Zhenjiang, and Li Hongfei was anxious, if he organized a group of salt merchants to fight with the Central China Salt Company, this company would have to fight hard with himself, and even Zhou Gaohai would not be able to talk.