The Sixteen Pu Wharf was a busy and lively scene, the stevedores were hot, and the horns of the cars sounded in the night sky, but the coal merchants of the Shanghai Coal Union were gathered in the conference room of the Shanghai Gas Club at this moment, and everyone's hearts were as cold as ice.

Indeed, 300,000 quinquettes are far from enough for the monthly consumption of the entire Shanghai market, but Chen Mingxiang really transported so many briquettes from Jincheng to Shanghai, which formed a fatal threat.

"This time our situation is very passive, Chen Mingxiang can use the resources in Shanghai, far beyond our imagination, tonight at the dock to participate in the briquette transport vehicles, not only Huatong Trading Company's car transport team!"

"As far as I know, most of the trucks are from the motor convoy under the command of the Marine Corps and the command of the Third Fleet, note that this is not all his strength, and if necessary, he can even mobilize the transport vehicles of the armies under the command of the 13th Army to his own service."

"According to the current transportation volume, all the 300,000 quinques can be transported on the morning of the 15th, that is to say, we will start to wrestle our hands on the 15th." President Hirano said.

The Dahu Gas Society, which is the upstream supplier to all coal merchants, is responsible for the allocation and distribution of coal, and the anger from the government and the military is most felt, and the empire would rather provide resources to a Chinese person than bring down the price of coal, which is a rather dangerous signal.

"Hirano-kun, I don't think there is any need to panic, Chen Mingxiang's maximum output in Jincheng, that is, 300,000 quintals per month, we are more than 30 coal unions at the same time, in order to meet the consumption of millions of quinquets in the city, in a short period of time, how can he support the market demand?"

"I know he wants to unseal the confiscated five briquette factories, but don't forget that as long as we completely cancel the supply of briquettes, the entire Shanghai market will immediately enter a vacuum, and it is estimated that in a month, there will be chaos due to the lack of coal." President Noguchi said.

The bet is that Chen Mingxiang will not be able to produce one million quinquettes in a month.

Although Lianmei does not supply to those small downstream retailers, its own briquette shop still sells it, otherwise there will be no briquette sales for two consecutive months, and they will also be in a catastrophe.

Lianmei sells high-priced briquettes, and some briquette shops have already offered a sky-high price of 35 yuan per quintal, so it is still intermittent, sometimes not open for two consecutive days, and only sold for half a day.

Although in this way, the monthly sales are also about 200,000 quintals, which has invisibly become Chen Mingxiang's help, President Noguchi's plan is very vicious, he wants to cut off external sales, and completely cancel the 200,000 quintals, and transfer the risk and pressure to Chen Mingxiang.

"But if you do this, it may anger the Central China Liaison Department and the Garrison Command of the Xingya Academy, and if you really take measures against us at that time, it will not be a trouble, but a disaster!" Boss Zhang of Yitai Xinglian Coal said.

At present, everyone has not torn their faces, and Lianmei is only engaged in private actions, reducing the sales of briquettes, slowly raising the price, selling less and not selling, those are two concepts!

"Let Chen Mingxiang swallow the territory of the public concession, the United Coal is bound to kick out a group of members, otherwise the wolves will be hungry if they have more meat and less meat, we Japanese businessmen are not worried, no matter what, we will also score a piece of meat, can you drink soup, then it is difficult to say!" President Yamashita said gloomily.

Can't stop Chen Mingxiang's invasion of the coal market, the business of the coal will shrink by more than half, although the capacity of the market is not small, but the other party is not the master who likes to make a small fuss, drinking soup is not able to satisfy his appetite, he must eat meat, do not flow oil and do not eat!

"Chen Jun, aren't you afraid that the United Coal will play yin, secretly weaken the number of briquettes sold, and dig a big hole for you?" Kinoshita Sakaiichi thinks a lot.

This question also aroused the unanimous agreement of everyone present, Lianmei is not possible to do this, but must do so, as vested interests, they are absolutely unwilling to be taken away by others in the coal market, this means is not unusual.

The mall is also a battlefield, and its cruelty is no worse than that of a real battlefield, at most there is no smoke of gunpowder, and its lethality and destructive power are sometimes more terrible than war.

"Actually, my killer weapon is not these hundreds of thousands of quinquettes, your Excellency Generals, please think about what the essence of the coal shortage problem is, this problem is not difficult to solve at all, but we want to govern the Shanghai market in an orderly manner, make full use of coal resources, and achieve the best of both worlds as much as possible under the premise of safeguarding the interests of the empire." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

What is the essence of the coal shortage problem? Is it really a lack of briquettes?

The answer is no!

Briquettes are a kind of finished fuel products with no technical content, the machine is made of briquettes, and the people themselves are also briquettes, the shape is similar, the role is exactly the same, the key is coal!

"I understand, Chen Jun, you really deserve to be the God of Wealth in Shanghai, your thinking is indeed unique, you can see the essence of things at a glance, your killer feature turns out to be tens of thousands of tons of coal that are about to arrive in Shanghai!" Shiozawa Kiyonobu suddenly realized.

Although buying coal makes less money, coal can be sold directly without processing, people buy it home, stir it with loess and water in proportion, cut it into small pieces after drying, and can also shake it into a daily briquette, and you can't still live and use it if you don't want to shake it.

"It seems that Chen Jun is doing your best to produce briquettes, and you also want to take the opportunity to occupy the sales share of the Shanghai market, because you know that you can't monopolize the coal market in Shanghai, and the imperial merchants will not allow you to do so, so you have been setting up a maze array to divert their attention and hide your true purpose!"

"Well done, well done, such a simple truth, why didn't we think of it, and help you fight for resources desperately, Chen Jun, you are really a little fox! Hahaha! Major General Kinoshita Eichi laughed heartily.

The people present were amazed by Chen Mingxiang, this guy's brain turned too fast, and his methods were too shady, he used the simplest and most primitive method to defeat all the conspiracies and tricks!

Similar to this way of operation, let alone last for a month or two, as long as the coal supply is timely, he is the eternal victor and has no possibility of being defeated.

Does the Japanese side dare to give Chen Mingxiang out of stock? Definitely don't dare!

Chen Mingxiang is not a pure businessman, most of his business activities are operated around the Japanese army, with certain limitations, unlike those coal merchants, who are completely out of their own interests, or he stirs up the situation to reassure the Japanese army the most.