"This time, I invite all the generals to come to Shanghai and guide the work of my Haiyuan Salt Company, mainly for the salt issue of Changlu Salt Farm. I have received definite information that the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. and the Central China Salt Industry Company are secretly joining forces to exclude the Haiyuan Salt Company and monopolize the salt industry in North China and Central China. ”

"The way they do it is not complicated, the first is to reduce the amount of salt put on the market, to reduce the quantity of supplies to the regions, and secondly, to raise the price of salt, double it in a short period of time, and then put the blame on my head."

"The North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. said that I had encroached on the salt pans and exported a large amount of salt to central China, resulting in a shortage of civilian salt in North China, and demanded that the salt fields be taken back and the salt quota in North China be revoked."

"The Huazhong Salt Company said that I had mismanaged the shortage of supply in the area of responsibility, which led to a shortage of local supply and soaring prices, and demanded that the salt sales rights of the Lianghuai Salt Works be revoked and the responsibility area taken back."

"It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, which is understandable, and I will not be blushing when I watch them make money, but any action must have a premise, and must not violate the interests of the empire and the local government, and it is already a crime for them to raise the price of salt and reduce the salt input in the market for their own interests."

"Salt is a necessity for people's lives, and it can even threaten survival, if they can't eat salt for a long time, they may smuggle salt, they may rob salt, and if it is used by the military or the underground party, this will seriously threaten social stability and bring serious consequences to our common cause." Chen Mingxiang first made an opening remark to set the tone for today's talk.

In addition to the three Japanese major generals from North China and Kinoshita Eichi from Central China, after discussion, Horiuchi Yujo, the consul general in Shanghai, was specially invited. The affairs of salt are under the responsibility of the Consulate General in Shanghai, and this consul general has a great right to speak and is an unavoidable figure, not to mention that Shiozawa Kiyonobu is now also in this type of position.

These are all collaborators who have deep interests with Chen Mingxiang, are providing convenient conditions and protection for Haiyuan Salt Company, and are enjoying the salt sales dividends of Haiyuan Salt Company.

In other words, there are no outsiders here, so Chen Mingxiang also dared to set such a tone, and it was definitely not his own side that was wrong, but the Japanese chaebols in North China and the old salt merchant groups in Central China.

This is on the second floor of the office building of Haiyuan Salt Company, Chen Mingxiang's office, everyone first drinks tea and chats to solve the matter, come up with a feasible plan, lunch will be eaten in Marat Villa, Wang is really preparing, in the afternoon Shiozawa Qingxuan and others will return to North China.

"We have already begun to act in central China, and after receiving Chen Jun's reminder, I have asked Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. to stop negotiations with Huazhong Salt Company, so that Huazhong Salt Company can be intercepted from using the Lianghuai Salt Farm to restrain Haiyuan Salt Company." Horiuchi said in the city.

"Next it's time for our gendarmerie to appear, according to Chen Jun's plan, he will provide a list of salt merchants, and the local gendarmerie will be responsible for arresting people and sealing the doors, and handing over the hoarded salt to the local collaborators of Haiyuan Salt Company."

"In order to prevent the Central China Salt Company and the salt merchants from jumping over the wall in a hurry, Chen Jun has already contacted the new forces of salt merchants in various places in advance, so that they can take over the land in the shortest possible time, increase the supply to the market, and quickly stabilize the price of salt."

"I talked to Horiuchi-kun about this, the empire is indeed implementing new policies, but the premise is that it is conducive to the interests of the empire, and in order not to make some of the heads hot, it is necessary to pour cold water when it is time to do it." Kinoshita Eichi said.

Central China has set an example, and if you want to continue to take salt dividends, you in North China also have to make some moves, and you must ensure that there will be no problems with the salt in Changlu Salt Farm.

"After receiving Chen Jun's telegram, I have already put forward my own opinions on this matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet, and the base camp also does not support the short-sighted behavior of the chaebol in interfering with North China for personal interests, and this time I want to send a joint power message with the Consulate General in Shanghai to complain to the cabinet about the chaebol's actions."

"The North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. has half of the imperial government's share capital, and the chaebol's early actions have annoyed the military department, and they can't afford to make any waves, we can guarantee that Chen Jun's two salt fields in the Tanggu salt field will not be recovered, and the supply of goods will not be reduced." Shiozawa Kiyonobu said.

According to the private agreement reached with Chen Mingxiang, the salt dividend of the Changlu Salt Farm is 30%, and the 2,000 tons supplied to the Shanghai market are calculated according to the profit of 2,500 yuan per ton, which is 1.5 million yuan per month.

In fact, the salt in Shanghai has reached five yuan a catty, an increase of more than three yuan per catty, but the new part will not be counted this time, and Chen Mingxiang must be given a little benefit.

The two salt pans of the Tanggu Salt Works, together with the private salt purchased locally, will soon supply 6,000 tons of salt to other regions, and each tonne will also be calculated at 2,500 yuan, which is equivalent to 15 million yuan, and 30% is 4.5 million yuan.

In other words, the Consulate General in Beiping, the Gendarmerie and the Secret Service Department in North China can get at least 6 million yuan of Chinese reserve coupons from Chen Mingxiang every month.

The banknotes in North China are Union Bank bills, which are equivalent to the yen according to regulations, and the agreement between the North China Regional Bank and the Central China Regional Bank is 100 to 18 percent, so that 6 million China Reserve Bonds is equivalent to 1.08 million yuan in Union Bank Bills.

But in fact, everyone knows what is going on, and the issuance basis of the Union Bank Bills is much worse than that of the Central Reserve Bonds, and it is a kind of waste paper that can be printed as much as you want, and you can print as much as you want, and you can't spend it in Central China with the Union Bank Bills.

"We have also considered the problem raised by Chen Jun, in fact, the trouble in North China is much smaller than that in Central China, and our resistance is only the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd., a national policy company, as for the salt merchants in various places, and the intervention of local governments can be ignored." Tajima Hikotaro said.

"If they insist on monopoly, the gendarmerie will naturally have a way to deal with them, I will ask the gendarmerie from all over the country to come forward to talk to the salt merchants downstream, talk to the leaders of the Xinmin Association and the cooperatives, and then report to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, and set aside a certain share from the Changlu Salt Field, which will be controlled by the gendarmerie to directly cut off the chain of interests between them and the downstream, no matter how good the money is, then you have to have a life to spend it!" Otozaburo Yano said.

This practice of the North China Military Police Headquarters is much milder than that of the Military Police Headquarters stationed in Shanghai, and it directly warns the salt merchants downstream of the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. and the salt rationing cooperatives.

In the face of the threat of the gendarmerie, the chaebol is not enough, these two major rationing systems, they must know how to choose, and it is naturally important to save their lives first.