"The focus of the company's procurement in North China is coal, salt, cotton, and grain, which is only an incidental business. In addition to purchasing, we also have to sell to North China, which is supported by the strong resources of the Shanghai market, which is our advantage. ”

"The branch should find out the demand in North China and what commodities are missing, but the Shanghai market has a sufficient supply of goods, so it can start to operate. Don't look at the fact that we came to North China from Central China, in fact, there is no business that cannot be done except for arms and drugs. ”

"I won't leave Beiping for the time being in the past two days, we have time to discuss, Manager Yang, the most important thing at present is to do a good job in the briquette business of the Central China Liaison Department of Xingya Academy, which is the basis for doing business in North China, which has a special significance for me, and is listed as a first-class major event."

"You send the personnel in charge of the business of Jincheng Port to Jincheng tomorrow, find all the local factories of machine-made briquettes, find out the situation of this industry, and talk about the price if there are factories for sale."

"I will also go to Tsujo in a few days to meet with the commander of the gendarmerie, Otozaburo Yano, and then with the help of the gendarmerie, I will find a suitable place to set up a briquette factory in the area near the port."

"Tomorrow I will send a telegram to Shanghai, and ask the head office to purchase briquette machines as soon as possible and transport them to Jincheng, and directly do a good job of transporting briquettes back, and when the situation is stable, it is not too late for the briquette factory in Shanghai to open again." Chen Mingxiang said.

The first step of the branch in Beiping was to find the office space, tea shop and silk shop shop, and then renovate it, and at the same time recruit some clerks, drivers and handymen.

Chen Mingxiang decided to open a club in Beiping, a high-level private club, specifically to build relationships with the puppet government and the senior generals of the Japanese army.

"Qingqi-kun, your demeanor is still the same!" Chen Mingxiang raised his glass and said with a smile.

The place where Qingqi Qingyin treats guests is in the Fangshan Restaurant of Beihai Garden, the surrounding environment can be called picturesque, and it was originally a royal garden.

This restaurant is said to have been run by the imperial chef of the Imperial Dining Room, and in order to avoid secrecy, it is called Fangzen Restaurant instead of Imperial Dining Restaurant, but the dishes are all from the menu of the imperial court.

"I just changed to a new environment, and I am still a little uncomfortable, I am on time at the headquarters every day, but I am a lot more leisurely, not as busy as before."

"I heard from the people sent by Li Shiqun that Chen Jun helped him push General Matsui to inspect the Qingxiang Committee and the secret service headquarters, and you are getting better and better." Qingqi Qingyin said with a smile.

He used to be a spy agency in charge of the entire Central China region, and his work would definitely be very heavy, but the staff officer of the North China Dispatch Army Command did not have so many things to do, and it would take a while for his mentality to change from busy to idle.

However, having said that, Chen Mingxiang did not dare to have the slightest contempt, Qingqi Qingyin is now the head of the second section of the North China Dispatch Army Command, and his main job is intelligence collection, which is a function of a special nature.

"His Excellency Osa said with a smile, General Matsui inspected the work of clearing the countryside and the work of the secret agency, it was because of the dispatch of General Shunroku Hata of the General Headquarters of the Army and the strategy of the empire against the Jinling government, I don't have this kind of ability, I can influence his itinerary, I dare not take this credit." Chen Mingxiang said.

Qingqi Qingyin is a senior Japanese spy who has been in charge of the spy work in Central China for many years, and he must know these things well, and he can tell the truth, so he can still get his favor.

"Well said, this sentence really sums up the reason for the change in General Matsui's attitude towards Li Shiqun, of course, without your use of the relationship of the Mei Agency, with the help of Takeo Imai to persuade General Matsui, he would not have expressed his position so quickly, credit is merit, there is no need to be too modest."

"Chen Jun, your logical thinking ability is much stronger than Li Shiqun, and his strategic considerations are still a little shallow."

"None of us are outsiders, there are some things to say to you, with me in the Mei Organ Supervision and Management Agent Headquarters, Li Shiqun is also a little more restrained, now that I have come to North China, he has lost his restraints, and it is inevitable that he will go out of line when he does things, you have to remind him, don't conflict with the interests of the empire, and I won't be able to help him at that time."

"Li Shiqun decided to send Shi Linsen and Wang Tianmu to Beiping to set up a working group, wanting to expand the sphere of influence of the secret service headquarters, and yesterday afternoon, these two people had already arrived in Beiping."

"However, Hiroyuki Yoshino, head of the Beiping secret service, Kumao Ohashi, head of the Lu Provincial secret service, Shiro Omoto, head of the Ji Provincial Special Service, and Matsui Daisa, head of the Jincheng Special Service, all have a very repulsive attitude towards the North China Special Service Group of the Special Service Headquarters."

"First of all, there are conflicts of interest within the imperial army, and secondly, the Jinling government and the North China Political Affairs Committee are also full of contradictions, forget it, let's take a step at a time, you meet Major General Shiozawa Kiyonobu of the North China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy, the process is very smooth, right?" Qingqi Qingyin asked.

He does not support Li Shiqun's infiltration of forces into North China, this is not to say that he will no longer provide help to Li Shiqun when he is transferred to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, but this matter is very sensitive, especially the secret service agencies, which keep a close eye on their respective territories and will never allow foreign forces to interfere.

The Japanese army in Central China, the Japanese army in North China, and the Japanese army in South China were all under the jurisdiction of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army in Jinling.

It is true that the occupied areas in Central China and South China are controlled by the Jinling government, but North China is completely the independent territory of the North China Political Affairs Committee.

In the final analysis, it was still a conflict of interests within the Japanese army, and without the support of the North China Dispatch Army Command, how could the North China Political Affairs Committee dare to oppose the Jinling government?

"This time, I followed General Taiji Ota of the Central China Liaison Department of the Xingya Academy to the North China Liaison Department to discuss the matter of coal, and the Shanghai market is causing a coal shortage, and even alarmed the headquarters and cabinet of the Xingya Academy of the empire, which is related to the interests of the empire in Shanghai, and of course the contact is very smooth."

"It was also on this occasion that I made a serious report to Major General Kiyonobu Shiozawa about my intention to carry out commercial activities in North China, and I received his support."

"In terms of the development of industry and commerce, the Shanghai market has always been the leader of China, and if we can combine this advantageous resource with the North China market, both sides will benefit."

"I have obtained the cargo handling license issued by the North China Liaison Department, and in the coming days, the Beiping branch will transport salt, cotton and coal from North China to Central China to solve the difficulties of living and industrial raw materials."

"At the same time, we will also contact businessmen in North China to deliver food, daily necessities, stationery, consumer goods and hardware products manufactured in Shanghai to North China." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.