The Chang'an Trading Bank was specially set up by Chen Mingxiang, not only to provide a channel for the bureau headquarters to carry out the latent plan to the Yanzhou base area, but also to open up a new source of revenue for the Military Command Bureau and ease the financial pressure.

In just two months, more than 3,000 tons of salt were shipped from the salt factory in Yanzhou, some of which were sold in Shaanxi Province and some were transported to Sichuan Province.

The Military Command Bureau handed over the salt to the salt merchants in the Kuomintang and obtained a large amount of money from it, not to mention that it also established cooperative relations with the big forces behind the salt merchants and consolidated its position.

People who can buy and sell such scarce materials as salt naturally have the support of the big men at the top behind them, and they are involved in a very deep relationship of interests, and when they make money, they will definitely have to say good things to the Military Command Bureau, and this is also a strategy of the Military Command Bureau to pull relations.

However, Lianfeng Company, a subordinate agency of the Military Command Bureau, which is responsible for the reimbursement of salt from Chang'an Trading Bank, reported to Boss Dai that Chang'an Trading Bank had not delivered salt to the receiving point for a long time, and the major salt merchants asked the company one after another, which also caused a lot of pressure, and the indicators issued by the manager could not be completed this month.

Dai Li thought that there was something wrong with the Chang'an Trade Bank, and hurriedly called Mao Renfeng to inquire about the reason, in his opinion, this line must not be interrupted, not only for money, but also for additional resources.

"I am also to blame for this matter, it is I who made the decision and did not let the manager settle the settlement for the trading bank, because the money was misappropriated by the bureau headquarters, and during the Chinese New Year, the local stations increased the application for funds, and the gifts of the official residence, the attendant's room and the yamen, and the condolences and pensions for the families of the military commanders, which all need money."

"I asked the manager's office just now, and their reply was that there would be more than 20 days before the commemorative meeting of our military commanders, and the funding distance was far from enough, and the manager's office had no choice, so they focused on the payment of the Chang'an Trade Bank. Mao Renfeng said helplessly.

From the establishment of the Military Command Bureau to the present, the funds have always been insufficient to spend, and it is simply a bottomless pit; although the commission has given special funds, the actual expenditure is several times or even more than ten times more than this fund, and this is up to the Military Control Bureau itself to bear the burden.

The local station of the Military Command Bureau is the department responsible for spending money, and at most it assists the headquarters in making money, and it can write off the expenses by itself and use the money to support the headquarters, but there is only one Chen Mingxiang.

The financial operation of the directly subordinate station is that the financial affairs of the Military Control Bureau does not issue a penny of funds, and the expenses of the directly subordinate station are directly deducted from the smuggling profits of the Huatong Trading Company and the bureau headquarters, and Chen Mingxiang lists all the expenses and makes a write-off form, and after signing and handing it back to the bureau headquarters, Boss Dai signs and sends it to the manager, and it is enough to file it directly, and there is no need for financial audit.

The Huatong Trading Company, which is controlled by the directly subordinate station, bears more than 70 percent of the expenses of the bureau headquarters, which is a privilege given to Chen Mingxiang by Boss Dai, even if Chen Mingxiang is corrupt.

Besides, there is nothing that can be compared with Chen Mingxiang, this guy has more than a dozen factories, and a lot of extra income, so he doesn't need the funds of the Corruption Bureau.

"Since the payment has not been settled for a long time, which has affected the business development, why did Chang'an Trading Bank not ask the headquarters of Haiyuan Salt Industry Company for money, Chunfeng should not refuse to allocate funds, right?"

"You send a telegram to Chunfeng, ask him to hurry up and send money to Chang'an Trading Bank, with his current income, no matter how difficult this money is, it will not be difficult for him, and the headquarters will not give it, and the trade of salt cannot be interrupted no matter what." Dai Li didn't take it seriously.

"Bureau, Chang'an is the territory of our Guotong District, and the distance from Shanghai is too far, and Haiyuan Salt Company has no deposits in the bank of Guotong District, and it is not convenient to remit money."

"Pan Qiwu just came back from Shanghai, and I heard him say that Chunfeng's current financial situation is also very difficult, and he does make a lot of money, but his expenses are more, and I feel that it is a bit too much to talk to him about such things." Mao Renfeng said with a wry smile.

"How is that possible? Spring Breeze's Huatong Trading Company, I know the transaction volume with the Guotong Region last year, excluding various expenses, even if it is a 20% share, how can it earn tens of millions of fiat currency, right? ”

"He opened more than a dozen factories in the occupied areas, especially cigarette factories and tea factories, which are very profitable industries, and he is also engaged in salt trading, but he only has more than 10 million fiat currency funds, what difficulties can he have?" Dai Li was a little stunned.

In his eyes, Chunfeng is very rich at the moment, not to mention 10 million fiat currency, even 30 million or even 50 million can be taken out, and he was given 500,000 US dollars once during the Chinese New Year, how big is this?

Sometimes, the bureau headquarters was seriously short of funds, and he even considered borrowing it from Chen Mingxiang temporarily, as a subordinate of the Military Command Bureau, he had to unconditionally provide help to the bureau headquarters, and he was not a person who relied on the debt, and when the time came, he would return a lot of money to Chen Mingxiang.

There are not so many selfless subordinates, and people make money by virtue of their ability, and he also enjoys benefits and conveniences, and he can't do such a thing by turning his personal property into the funds of the Military Control Bureau.

The public is public, the private is private, and there are many big capitalists in the Shancheng government, such as Minister Kong, whose family money is estimated to be tens of millions of dollars, and the committee did not let Minister Kong take money to support the war of resistance.

"In order to deepen the relationship with the Japanese puppeteers, Chunfeng spent money like water during the New Year's Day to distribute dividends to the three major forces, the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, the Headquarters of the North China Front Army, and the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, as well as the senior generals of the major secret agencies, military police, and garrisons, amounting to as much as $2 million."

"Sending red envelopes and condolences to various intelligence agencies, gendarmerie and marines stationed in Shanghai, condolences to the 61st Division of the 13th Army, condolences to the Third Fleet of the Frontal Fleet, and gifts to the top officials of Wang's puppet government and the city government during the New Year, the total materials and cash will be equivalent to more than $1 million."

"The manager's office roughly estimated that Chunfeng's income last year was basically all smashed into building relationships, including the income of his factories, and the festival fee of the bureau headquarters has not been calculated, even if he has plenty of money, it is not so easy to come up with tens of millions of cash." Mao Renfeng shook his head and said.

In fact, because of the shortage of money, Boss Dai and Mao Renfeng also privately asked the manager to calculate how much Chen Mingxiang's income could be and what the ratio of expenses to income was, but only a very small number of people knew that this kind of thing could be done.

The money made by Huatong Trading Company last year made the eyes of the manager of the bureau headquarters red, but when he went to work in the first month to calculate his expenses, he was scared a little heartbeat, Chen Mingxiang This guy can really spend it!

In addition to the data reported by the manager, Chen Mingxiang gave Mao Renfeng $300,000, Pan Qiwu took $200,000, and Boss Dai took $500,000, which adds up to another $1 million, and it is estimated that the family foundation has been emptied!