For two days in a row, the Japanese spies of the Special High Division of the Gendarmerie and the Intelligence Department of the Marine Corps were arresting people, but the intensity was not as great as the first time, adding up to six people.

However, the problem is that in terms of the scale of their grain business, they are already considered medium-sized households in the industry, and this is obviously a warning that if they no longer have any attitude, they will start to grasp the big households.

The 6,000 tons of coarse grains put into the market have finally had some effect, but Chen Mingxiang has discovered a new problem, and the traditional concept of the people in Shanghai is that coarse grains cannot be used as staple food, and they are extremely repulsive to stick noodles, bean noodles, sorghum noodles, and so on.

The main food in Shanghai comes from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui in central China, the staple food is rice, and coarse grains are used to feed livestock in the south of the Yangtze River.

"The purpose of the joint investigation team we formed this time is to alleviate the problem of food shortage in Shanghai, and to get life-saving grain from these speculators. The millions of people in Shanghai still need the procurement, transportation, and sales channels of grain merchants, and it is not advisable to do everything in their power to catch fish. ”

"People will definitely continue to grasp it, but this is done to give the citizens confidence, and the government is still taking measures to solve the problem, and in order to ensure the smooth flow of food in the future, it is still necessary to solve the problem through negotiation." Vice Minister of Finance Chen Zhishuo said at the meeting.

The attitude changed a little quickly, could it be that it was influenced by the forces behind the speculators? Just starting to act, what can be the effect of negotiations in this situation?

But Chen Mingxiang didn't say anything, he thought that something must have happened that he didn't know, and it was unwise to speak before he understood it.

"If these speculators are not sufficiently deterred, they will only be perfunctory, how can there be real progress in the negotiations? In order to achieve results in a short time, I propose to directly arrest the most influential speculators and enter the interrogation room of the gendarmerie command, not afraid that they will not cooperate! Gangcun Shaozo said with a sneer.

"Gangcun-kun, please be calm for a while, violence can only solve the current problems, but it cannot make the Shanghai market achieve long-term stability, which will also hurt the interests of the empire." Horiuchi Yujo shook his head and said.

There are strange things every year, and there are a lot of them today! Even the Consulate General in Shanghai actually agreed with the Jinling government's opinion, and Chen Mingxiang couldn't help frowning.

After the meeting, Chen Mingxiang and several Japanese officers returned to their office to drink tea, and just before they could start talking, Horiuchi Yujo came.

"Your Excellency Consul General, what the hell is going on?" Ono asked.

"The Imperial Government and the Ministry of War have decided that starting from June, the work of calculating and distributing grain in Shanghai will be transferred to the Jinling government, and our Japanese side will no longer be responsible, which is also taking into account the food shortage problem, which has affected the image of the empire, and the grain problem will be operated by the food department of the Jinling government in the future, so I can't refuse their meaning." Horiuchi said in the city.

Up to now, the implementation of rationing has become a complete mess, and the key is that there is no solution to this problem.

More than half of the rice in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places was requisitioned by the Japanese army and turned into military rations, and a large part of the rest was requisitioned by the Wang puppet government to supply its own needs, and there was really no surplus grain to deal with the problem of food shortage.

The Japanese side sensed the anger of the common people and decisively dumped the matter on the puppet government of Wang, and turned it into their behind-the-scenes operation, so that the forces behind the speculators began to play a role.

"Jingle bell!"

Chen Mingxiang picked up the phone and listened to it, and then handed it to Horiuchi Yucheng, which was called by the Consulate General in Shanghai, but he knew that it was estimated that the strike had begun.

"What, there was a general strike in the Imperial Factory in Shanghai? I know, it's all about the food problem, I'll go back and deal with it later, you guys figure out the specific situation first! Horiuchi put down the phone with a dark face.

More than 20 Chinese employees of Japanese companies launched a strike today, demanding that the factories must provide the workers with food necessary for survival, otherwise they will not start work.

With these black-hearted beast Japanese businessmen asking for a raise, it is absolutely impossible, and there is no way to alleviate the family's food difficulties by adding thirty or twenty savings coupons every month, the purpose of this time is to ask for food, it doesn't matter if the salary is less, but you must live!

"The Jinling government's method will not work, Your Excellency the Consul General, for the sake of the interests of the empire, this matter must be dealt with quickly, otherwise, it may affect the normal operation of this industrial base and seriously interfere with the material supply system of the imperial army."

"What's more serious is that if a general strike breaks out in the entire Shanghai market because of this incident, it will be very unfavorable for you and for all the institutions in Shanghai, and if the base camp and the cabinet are to blame, it will be a big trouble!" Chen Mingxiang said.

The underground party has already begun to act, and if he does not take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and the speculators fall into the well, he will not be a strategic agent that the Military Administration is proud of.

But to speak skillfully, first of all, to bring out the interests of the military, Shanghai is an important base for the supply of war materials, and the war, the whole of Japan, from the emperor to the civilians, is busy with this little thing!

Then there is the issue of duty, and Horiuchi Yujo, as the consul general, is most worried about the severe reprimand from Tokyo, and if he doesn't do it, he may lose his official position and be dismissed.

"I agree with Chen Jun's opinion, let the factories negotiate with the workers first, delay for two days, and then the special high school will immediately arrest those leaders of the speculators and directly arrest the prison of the gendarmerie headquarters."

"This kind of thing is not good at our soldiers, if Chen Jun comes forward to negotiate with them, it must be completely resolved in two days at most, and it must not affect the production of war materials in the empire." Gangmura Shaozo stood up and said.

"What Gangmura-kun said is right, and the Marine Corps Command also means this, if the small things are not handled well, it may cause a bigger incident, and in any case, there can be no large-scale turmoil in the Shanghai market."

"Your Excellency Consul General, in the final analysis, it is just a group of speculators, and it has no impact on the empire, but if hundreds of thousands of workers in Shanghai make a fuss, the problem will be too big!" Ono Nakasa also said.

"It's okay, you can do it immediately, Chen Jun, you are responsible for negotiating with the speculators at the gendarmerie headquarters, if you don't cooperate and hurt the interests of the empire, I will kill them!" Horiuchi said in the city.

The selfish Japanese are like this, once it comes to their own interests, they are suddenly like jackals that have been trampled on their tails, and immediately jump up and show their fangs.

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