Chapter 573: Not Far Nor Near
Chen Jun, please don't worry, from Shanghai through French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies to India, it is the sphere of influence of the Imperial Navy, and your ships have been telegraphed to the fleets everywhere to be strictly protected, and nothing will happen. Ono Nakasa said as he stood in the harbor.
This was Chen Mingxiang's send-off for an ocean-going freighter sent to India, accompanied by Riddle, the chief director of the board of directors of the former Public Concession Bureau, and the American director Minsted, who were to see off the people who boarded the ship and left Shanghai.
"I promised that there would be no problems with the navy, and this procurement also has naval medicines, and General Kinoshita acquiesced in this, but you also know that my status is low and I have no right to speak, and it is very difficult to get more shares for the navy, and the 6th Army does not agree." Chen Mingxiang said.
In view of the fact that the Japanese did not open their mouths this time, but only purchased a batch of medicines through a company, which was not very large, for the sake of the several thousand expatriates in the public concession, the British and American governments agreed to make a secret deal, and an American pharmaceutical sales company would send the medicines to a military port in India.
Just like Chen Mingxiang said, everyone knows what's going on, but no one will say it, God knows you know I know, nothing is so absolute.
"Chen Jun's intentions are understood by our navy, I have to congratulate you, I heard that the military department is very satisfied with this matter, and will apply for an imperial medal for you, this is a very rare honor, and the military command department will facilitate this matter."
"Those stupid guys of the 6th Army actually blew up the factories in Southeast Asia, the equipment was seriously damaged, and production could not be resumed in a short time, resulting in a serious shortage of quinine on the front line, and the warriors of tens of thousands of imperial armies suffered from malaria, they are simply a bunch of fools and idiots!" Ono said.
"Ono-kun, I heard that the Imperial Army has completely occupied the Philippines and controlled the Central Pacific and Southeast Asia, in order to celebrate this event, I held a drinking party at Marat Villa, everyone drank, danced, chatted, and had a good time."
"Since the occupation of the public concession, no decent social events have been held, please be sure to enjoy the light, and the invitation card will be delivered to the headquarters at noon today." Chen Mingxiang said.
"That's no problem, we don't have any important tasks at the moment, we have time to attend social events, and I'll be there early to help you run the reception." Ono said.
Watching the freighter gradually disappear from sight, several directors shed tears, and on the car home, they couldn't stop thanking Chen Mingxiang, the environment in Shanghai is so bad, and the family can return to the motherland, which is a very fortunate thing, and they are also relieved.
"We have packed all the red wine and cigars for tonight's cocktail party, and this time it will be our celebration of the family's return to the motherland, so we must have two glasses of wine." Minsted said.
At the contact point of the transportation team, Zheng Tonghui looked at the pile of luxury goods in front of him, and walked back and forth in distress, these are all items for the underground party of Bingcheng, which 6 Kunyu used to get closer to the wives of those officials of the Security Bureau and the Police Department.
All of them were purchased from the French Concession, because it was an ally, the order of the French Concession was quite normal, it was not sacked by the Japanese army, and the foreign company was not closed, after all, there were still a large number of customers.
Fashion, perfumes, cosmetics, and jewelry directly emptied the working capital of the transportation team, and used the connections of the underground municipal party committee to raise a sum of money.
The reason why he did not choose to ask Chen Mingxiang for help this time was because this was the underground party's own intelligence work, not to do things for the people in Shanghai.
For example, to help the victims, to get some low-cost food, to get some clothes and cotton cloth, or to buy coffins for the corpses of those who died of illness and starvation, the underground party has no choice, the economic strength is too weak, and it has the heart but not the strength.
"It's not a way to go on like this, we rely on the funds provided by the superiors to purchase materials, once we encounter an urgent task, the money in our hands is suddenly drained, which directly affects the follow-up work, and the base area has no income, and I don't know when it will be allocated." said the leader of the procurement and transportation team.
"It is nothing more than two ways to open up and reduce expenditure, at present, the living conditions of the Shanghai market are poor, and the lives of comrades have difficulties, and it is impossible to reduce expenditure, and there is only one way to open source."
"We are a little late, if the public concession is not occupied, with Chen Mingxiang's care, we can still do some small business to make up for it, but the problem now is that the enemy blockade is too tight, and we don't have the capital." Zheng Tonghui said.
"As long as there is a way to make money, I will find a way to deal with the cost, we still have a lot of comrades in Shanghai, but what kind of business to do to maintain funds, this needs to be carefully considered, we are not good at this kind of thing, don't lose all the capital by then."
"By the way, you've been in contact with Chen Mingxiang's female friend for a while, how do you feel? I heard that she is still very active in doing good deeds, and she has been very helpful in our disaster relief work some time ago. ”
"I don't mean anything else, I want to judge Chen Mingxiang's thoughts through her words and deeds, you and I both know that the money she donated is likely to be supported by Chen Mingxiang behind the scenes." The team leader said with a smile.
The underground party is really doing good deeds, but it is also really difficult, so many people in Shanghai City froze to death and starved to death before, whether it is the provincial party committee of Suzhou Province or the underground municipal party committee, as well as the comrades of the procurement and transportation group, they are anxious in their eyes and have actively carried out rescue activities.
Fundraising from the society must occupy the main share, and there are still many people who are willing to reach out, donating clothes and quilts and donating money, but thanks to Wang Zhen's timely donation of a large amount of funds, the work can finally be maintained.
At present, in the ruined area of Zhabei, the underground party has organized a temporary residence for refugees, with about 300 households and more than 1,000 refugees, and a special welfare home for street children, about 130 of them, which has received a strong response in Shanghai.
"Considering Chen Mingxiang's reaction, when I met with her, most of the time we met was to talk about work, and occasionally involved a little new ideas and concepts."
"I feel that Wang Zhen does not reject accepting progressive ideas, she is really kind-hearted, and she is completely a lady when she talks and cultivates, but she is consciously avoiding it, I guess it may be Chen Mingxiang's meaning." Zheng Tonghui said.
Chen Mingxiang's relationship with the underground party was rather peculiar, and he would promptly inform him of any major events, and the Huatong Trading Company had never stopped transporting materials to the base areas in northern Jiangsu, but he never expressed the intention of getting closer, and the comrades of the underground party could not guess what he was thinking.