"The provincial government highly agrees with Haiyuan Salt Company's operation methods for the market, for a long time, because the transportation problem has not been solved, resulting in a shortage of salt in the market, and the people have suffered greatly, and the provincial government is very anxious about this, and my provincial chairman is also unable to sleep."

"On behalf of the provincial government, I solemnly state that you must work closely with Haiyuan Salt Company to sell salt at the specified price to relieve the people's hardship, and must not make illegal moves because of small profits, and the provincial government will crack down on this, and do not try to challenge the authority of the government by chance."

"Don't make a public announcement about this matter before New Year's Day, and wait until the Ministry of Finance acquires the assets of Huazhong Salt Co., Ltd. and takes over the salt sales rights of the Lianghuai Salt Farm, and then officially announces it."

"Let me remind you again, you are all businessmen, making money is the most important purpose, don't get involved in those intriguing upper-level struggles, and honestly follow Haiyuan Salt Company to sell salt is the right choice, this sentence is your own understanding." Li Shiqun said.

This is to support Chen Mingxiang, and warn these salt merchants in advance not to get involved with Li Hongfei of the Central China Salt Industry Company in the future, and the territory of Suzhou Province is up to him Li Shiqun.

Chen Mingxiang said that in the future, the Central China Salt Company, which was jointly established by the Ministry of Finance and salt merchants, will definitely have to wrestle with Haiyuan Salt Company, and they are really unwilling to lose this richest territory, not to mention, they have always been the makers of the rules of the game, at least in the salt industry.

Carefully calculated, in fact, Li Hongfeng had no other means to play, the only thing he could do was to secretly engage in a series of efforts to encourage salt merchants from all over the country to oppose Chen Mingxiang.

But Chen Mingxiang has the support of the Japanese, and the Soviet Province has the assistance of Li Shiqun, is it useful to do this?

Definitely useful!

Salt sales is an ancient industry, the nature of the semi-monopoly industry, usually a combination of government and business to maintain normal operation, salt tax is the country's economic lifeline and the main pillar of financial revenue, therefore, salt merchants and the government have a close relationship, its influence is also very terrifying.

Salt sales are a lucrative business, and it has been the case since ancient times, and salt merchants have an astonishing fortune, and they have formed a huge network with such capital.

Whether it is the original Shancheng government or the current Wang puppet government, even if the Japanese are manipulating, they can protect their own interests, and they are still developing in troubled times, relying on the link of interests.

Compared with this group, Chen Mingxiang's importance is much worse, first of all, the goods are never taxed, and no one dares to collect taxes from him, but the salt merchants dare not do this.

Secondly, the salt merchants are an ancient group, affecting the voice of most military and political officials, and when these forces are united, even people like Zhou Gaohai cannot be suppressed, and they are bound to make compromises.

"These salt merchants have been immersed in the industry for many years, and they are all cunning people, who are false and wronged with us on the surface, but secretly they don't know what the hell they are doing! The water in this industry is very deep, I stepped in with one foot, I didn't know where to step on, and it was not good to plant it in a pit. ”

"Minister, starting tomorrow, I need the secret service headquarters to send people to keep an eye on their every move, from Li Hongfeng in Jinling to the well-known and experienced salt merchants in various places, they must be included in the scope of surveillance, if they toast and do not eat and drink, they can only take some measures." Chen Mingxiang said.

Li Hongfei is very reluctant to give up this territory, sooner or later he will have to make trouble, in order to avoid trouble in the future, he must nip the situation in the bud.

Salt is an important material related to the vital interests of the people in central China, there is no room for compromise in this matter, people block the killing of the Buddha and the killing of the Buddha, Chen Mingxiang does not lack the determination to kill decisively.

Don't look at the profit of one pound and two cents, 4,500 tons of salt a month is the profit of 1.8 million yuan in the reserve coupons, more than a dozen points, how can one person get more than 100,000 yuan, and with the rise in salt prices after the New Year, no one can get more than 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, not that it is not unprofitable.

"No problem, I'll call the experimental areas later, arrange someone to implement your requirements, and find two internal ventilation reports in this group of people. If they don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they have to do something, I don't mind opening the killing ring, grabbing a chicken and killing it for them to see. Li Shiqun nodded and said.

He used spy methods to monitor the words and deeds of salt merchants, and had a reputation for killing people without blinking an eye in the secret service headquarters, but whenever he found a certain salt merchant, he was not afraid that the other party would not cooperate, and there was no force within the Soviet Province that could stop his means.

There was no urgent matter to deal with in Shanghai, Chen Mingxiang stayed in Suzhou, and the relief grain had been transported to Shanghai by train and temporarily stored in the warehouse at the Shiliupu Wharf.

Wang Zhen came forward on his behalf and was responsible for contacting charitable non-governmental organizations, including Zheng Tonghui and other members of the press, to build shantytowns in the ruins of the Zhabei area with the help of the municipal government's resources, and to buy cotton clothes and quilts, pots and pans, briquette stoves, and other materials.

"The temperature has begun to drop, you have to move quickly, I will call Lu Ying later, and ask him to hurry up and arrange for the police to go to the streets, gather those homeless families to the new shantytown, and send the police to maintain order."

"First let the company's truck transport a batch of grain, set up a big pot to boil porridge and steam the nest, go to buy some pickle gnocchi, boil a pot of vegetables every week, put more fat slices and more oil, just eat the nest can not hold on, at the end of the month, I will send some leftovers and rags to the Shanghai market, and the victims will make some clothes to wear." Chen Mingxiang called and said.

"Mingxiang, when will you return to Shanghai? During this time, there are many people looking for you at home, and more people call, probably because they want to benefit from the salt industry. Wang Zhen asked.

"Don't worry, it will take some time to take back the monopoly of salt, I will wait until the New Year's Day is almost over, I will go back to Jinling in the middle of next month, and at the end of the year, I will deepen the friendship with the related households of the Mei organ, and the yamen must also make some benefits, and we must deal with these things before Zhou Gaohai visits Japan." Chen Mingxiang said.

At present, he goes to the textile factory every day, and occasionally goes to the tea factory and the silk weaving factory, and the last important task in the 31st year of the Republic of China is the order of 50,000 pieces of cotton cloth from the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

As soon as he returned from Guanwai, the first batch of 30,000 pieces of cotton cloth was shipped from the port of Shanghai, and the managerial department of the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army also sent 50,000 pieces of cotton yarn, and the textile mill was now running at a high speed.

Although the workers are nervously busy, but the mood is very good, the big boss Chen Mingxiang said that as long as the task is completed, there will be two days off during the New Year's Day, and an extra month's salary will be paid during the Spring Festival, which makes everyone full of energy!

It was not until December 16 that 20,000 pieces of cotton cloth were loaded from Zhenjiang Port to Guanwai, and Chen Mingxiang set off on the 17th to take a plane to Jinling.