Chapter 159: Lack of Money

"Bureau, Chunfeng's intelligence is really accurate, Rongcheng Airport was heavily bombed by Japanese bombers last night, fortunately we emptied the airport in advance, and all the personnel were evacuated, which did not cause greater losses." Pan Qiwu said.

"I already know that just after the meeting this morning, Director Zhou of the Aviation Committee briefed me on the situation. The commission deliberately left me behind, praised the spring breeze, and ordered the evacuation of the densely populated area, and the evacuation of the bomb shelter at night, and the air defense units and fighters were also prepared. Dai Li said.

"Germany launched an attack on France, and it is said that the war situation is very optimistic, will this affect the concession?" Pan Qiwu asked.

"I have also heard from the commissioner on this matter, and the concession is the protection on which we depend, but the key to the development of the situation depends on Japan's actions. If Japan had declared war on Britain and the United States, the concession would have been affected, and the action in the urban area of Shanghai would have been even more difficult. ”

"But for us, we don't have the right to choose, we can only passively accept it, take one step at a time, do the things in front of us well, and pay attention to the development of the war situation at any time." Dai Li shook his head.

Shanghai is an area occupied by the Japanese, and the concession has become an isolated island, and the Japanese can eat it at any time as long as they want, not to mention the Military Control Bureau, and even the Shancheng government has nothing to do about it.

"The spring breeze called, and he asked the bureau headquarters to keep an eye on the branches of Sakata Chengsheng's Chengda Company, and he must be able to get evidence of counterfeit banknotes."

"Secondly, he said that he is going to go to Anhui Province to set up a purchasing station, mainly to purchase cotton, pig bristles, tea, grain and other materials, and is currently negotiating with the military police headquarters, hoping to be taken care of by the Hefei gendarmerie."

"In addition, he will set up acquisition stations or branches in Suzhou and Hangzhou, western Zhejiang, northern Jiangsu, Henan-Anhui junction and other places, including Liangguang, Lianghu and Fujian provinces, respectively, and suggest that the bureau headquarters send people to the acquisition station, so as to protect the safety of underground activities." Pan Qiwu said.

"Chengda Company, you send people to monitor, you must get conclusive evidence to provide to the central bank, as for Chunfeng to expand his business network, I think it is very good, the higher the value of the enemy's use, the safer he is, and the more intelligence he will come into contact with."

"I am now the chief inspector of the wartime freight management bureau, and I am fully capable of helping him expand his business circle, especially in terms of transportation, there is no problem at all, and any place he designates, as long as it is in the national control area, can be transported in the shortest possible time."

"The military control bureau's power is expanding rapidly, and the funds are also tight, you tell Chunfeng that the bureau may have to use his company to trade with gangs and unscrupulous businessmen in Shanghai, and the tobacco, timber, and tea from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and the tung oil from Fujian Province, Liangjiang and Lianghu are all openly supplied to him."

"Although it is an enemy by nature, I must do this in order to protect him as a strategic agent and expand the strength of the military command." Dai Li said.

In the 21st year of the Republic of China, when the special service of the Fuxing Society, the predecessor of the Military Command Bureau, was first established, there were only more than 170 people, but when the Military Command Bureau was formally established, the number of internal and external logistics had expanded to more than 6,000 people, especially the directly subordinate troops around Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, the number of which was as high as 10,000.

The development of this speed has brought about a sharp increase in financial pressure, and spies from all over the country have reached out to ask for money, but the money given by the Shancheng government is a drop in the bucket.

At this time, the Shancheng government was in the southwest, lost most of its financial resources, and its own economy was also greatly restricted because of its geographical location, and its tax revenue was reduced to a minimum, and the Ministry of Finance could not afford such a huge military expenditure as the Military Command Bureau.

Not to mention that there are more than 3 million regular troops of the Shancheng government, and the money spent is even more unsatisfactory, and in the face of such a situation, Dai Li, the big boss, is also anxious about this.

Chunfeng's Huatong Trading Company began to come into his sight, using the power of the military commander to loot materials, and then selling them to merchants in Shanghai through Chunfeng, including Japanese companies, so as to bring huge profits to the military commander and alleviate the financial crisis he was facing.

As for the enemy, it is no secret that the troops of the Shancheng government smuggled into the occupied areas, and even the upper bosses were not clean.

"The Southeast Trading Company in the Secret Service Headquarters has begun to transport scarce materials to the Guotong Region, and the number is no less than that of the Huatong Trading Company, and it seems that the Japanese have provided a lot of resources in order to support this secret agency, which may adversely affect the value of Chunfeng."

"According to Chen Gongshu's report in Shanghai, the secret service headquarters has now expanded to more than 2,000 people, and it is also preparing to set up branches in other regions." Pan Qiwu said.

"After the establishment of Wang's puppet government, in order to reduce their own pressure and create a false impression, the Japanese handed over the daily maintenance of order in the occupied areas to those puppet army units and puppet police agencies under Wang Jingwei, so that they could dispatch troops to continue to fight against us."

"The military command has posed a huge threat to the rule of Wang's puppet government, especially the action to eradicate traitors, which has inspired the confidence of the people throughout the country. Dai Li said.

Japan's economy had been overwhelmed by the war, and the principle of the funds obtained in China was to supply them to the troops invading China, so as to achieve the purpose of feeding the war with war.

To maintain such a large area of occupation and to meet the daily and operational needs of such an army, the funds are far from sufficient, which is doomed to not be able to allocate too much money to the secret service headquarters.

However, Wang's puppet government has just been established, and its own funds are still provided by the Japanese government, and it is even more impossible to spend a lot of money to support the secret service headquarters, and the puppet governments and puppet armies in various places are reaching out to ask for money from the puppet government's Ministry of Finance.

In such a situation, the only way to meet the expenses of the secret service headquarters is to exchange goods, which can save a lot of money.

"Bureau, should we take measures against the activities of this company, when we get to our territory, we don't give Li Shiqun some color, it's a bit unreasonable." Pan Qiwu said.

"This suggestion can be implemented, the Southeast Trading Company has just been established, and the commercial relations with the national control area are only in the initial stage, and the level of contact is not high."

"You inform Chunfeng, try to get the company's transportation plan, and order the Loyal National Salvation Army to destroy the transportation team, and do everything you need to do, so as not to let Li Shiqun see through our purpose."

"This kind of behavior is something we can't stop, and the national control area really needs these materials, even if it is to drink to quench thirst, we have to look at the immediate situation first." Dai Li was also helpless about this.

He knew very well in his heart that once the big businessmen in the national control area were targeting the fat of the Southeast Trading Company, even the Military Control Bureau could only go around.

In particular, the greedy Confucian and Song families had old men as the backstage, and no one could move the companies they started in the Guotong area, and they did not dare to move.