Chapter 186: First Sight
"Chen Jun, a person who knows the importance of advance and retreat, a person who knows how to be afraid and afraid, can take on the heavy responsibility entrusted by the empire, do you know why I want to ask your opinion on Ma Xiaotian's matter?" Gangcun Shaozuo's tone was much softer.
"The subordinates don't know very well, and I ask the section chief for instructions." Chen Mingxiang said.
He noticed a change in the use of titles, this was the first time that Gangmura Shaozo called himself Jun, instead of the customary Sang, a small change, which also proved that the relationship between the two had entered a new stage.
"Officials of the Imperial Economic Department have filed a complaint with the General Staff Headquarters against the Huatong Trading Company, arguing that you have taken advantage of the convenience of the Gendarmerie Headquarters to smuggle contraband, and that this behavior has disrupted the implementation of the government's economic plan for Shanghai, especially the large export of cotton yarn, and has harmed the interests of the Empire."
"I know that this is the eight giants of the Japanese textile industry, such as Gongda, Neiwai, Dongya, and Tongxing, which are being promoted behind, because the three textile factories controlled by Huatong Trading Company are producing more and more cotton yarn and finished cloth, and the demand for cotton is also increasing, which directly infringes on their interests."
"Yesterday morning, the special envoy of Chief of Staff Sugiyama Moto, of the General Staff Headquarters, came to the Military Police Headquarters and also mentioned this matter, asking the Military Police Headquarters to give a reasonable explanation for this."
"General Saburo Miura has protected you, saying that this is an institution specially set up by the Special High School in order to collect intelligence on the Chiang Tong District, and smuggling is just a means of cover."
"Fortunately, the special envoy did not pursue your problem in depth, and asked the special high school to submit a report to make a comprehensive assessment of the affairs of Huatong Trading Company."
"I am very pleased to hear that you can take the overall situation into account and sincerely consider the interests of the empire, which also proves that you are measured and will not be blinded by gold bars and do things that harm the interests of the empire." Gangmura Shaozo said with a smile.
Huatong Trading Company now controls three large textile factories in Shanghai, and under the protection of Chen Mingxiang, the textile factories are open almost day and night, and the amount of cotton yarn exported is very staggering, which naturally arouses strong dissatisfaction among Japanese textile enterprises.
During the war, everything was solved through the army, and these Japanese textile companies united and complained to the army staff headquarters, wanting to force Chen Mingxiang to give up the export of cotton yarn, and also planned to bring these three well-functioning textile factories into their control, or to control them, or to buy them at a low price.
However, cotton yarn smuggling is the main source of income for the Huatong Trading Company, and in addition to producing finished cloth for sale, the three textile factories also smuggled thousands of pieces of cotton yarn into the Guotong area, creating a monthly profit of more than 600,000 legal currency, which is a fixed income.
Saburo Miura ate a mouth full of oil, and absolutely refused to give up this largest income, and under his strong protection, Huatong Trading Company successfully passed the test.
This special envoy naturally wants to safeguard the interests of the army, and he also thinks that these Japanese textile enterprises are making a big fuss and are a little ignorant of the severity.
The army has occupied so many yarn mills in Shanghai for you, suppressed the cotton spinning enterprises in Huaxia, and at the same time controlled the cotton procurement channels, you have got so much, now
Even the three textile mills controlled by the Japanese Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai refused to let go, which was too greedy.
Isn't it just to cover your ears and steal the bell if you let the special high school class do the evaluation report?
Chen Mingxiang breathed a sigh of relief, Huatong Trading Company is his biggest killer and protective umbrella, half of the success or failure of the task is tied to this company, if it is really not saved, the consequences are unimaginable.
However, the special envoy of the General Staff Headquarters came to Shanghai, which seems to be a bit of an article, and the Military Police Command is in charge of local affairs in Shanghai, which is a bit wrong!
"Section chief, the Army General Staff Headquarters will not send a special envoy to Shanghai to deal with the matter of Huatong Trading Company, why can't I believe it?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"As the special envoy of the chief of staff headquarters Sugiyama Yuan, I came to Shanghai in secret, and there must be other important tasks to deal with, and I am surprised by the fact that I am surprised by your question, and I am amazed that the energy of those textile enterprises is so great.
"You really dare to think that the General Staff Headquarters is the highest decision-making body of the Japanese Army, and the matter of Huatong Trading Company is not worth mentioning to the military bigwigs at all. Gangcun Shaozo said angrily and funny.
"I was in the courtyard just now, and I saw Major General Saburo Miura wearing civilian clothes and going out with Miss Yunko Nanzo." Chen Mingxiang said.
"You don't think you saw it, it is estimated that His Excellency the General is going to deal with some secret official business, and he directly gave an order to Nanzao Yunzi, I don't know."
"Huatong Trading Company is okay, but the inspection team must increase the control of textiles, especially cotton yarn, and stop making excuses for those Japanese-funded textile companies to complain, even if it is for show, it will last at least a month."
"I also know that the work of the inspection team is difficult to do, and it is difficult for all related households to refuse, but this time it is a death order, and whoever dares to cross the line will be punished with a heavy hand, and under the nose of the envoy, it must be clamped when it is time to clamp the tail." Gangmura Shaozo said.
That is to say, this special envoy from the Japanese General Staff Headquarters was going to stay in Shanghai for a month, and Gangmura Shaozo personally leaked the secret.
Chen Mingxiang was indeed interested in the secret mission of this special envoy, because this was originally his job, could it be that the Japanese army was going to launch a new round of strategic offensive?
No, the Japanese army is currently not capable of launching a large-scale offensive, and the strategic decision adopted is to use the means of economic blockade as the main means of military strike, supplemented by the means of military strikes, and the current bombardment of the mountain city has not yet ended, and there is no news of a large-scale movement of the Japanese army, what is going on?
"What are you talking about, the car that Nanzao Yunzi was in actually arrived at the Third Fleet Headquarters in the port?" Chen Mingxiang was dumbfounded when he heard Zhou Guojun's surveillance report.
It's not surprising that Minamizo Yunko went to the fleet headquarters, she secretly worked for the Kodama agency, collecting all kinds of information about the big bombing, and it was justified and necessary to enter the territory of the navy.
However, as the commander of the army gendarmerie, Saburo Miura also had to go to the fleet headquarters, and the incident itself exuded a strange and intriguing atmosphere.
To say that the Japanese army and navy can ease relations and put aside contradictions and work hand in hand is simply a big mistake in the world, absolutely impossible!
But the problem is that this so-called conspiracy theory is just a judgment of his own, relying on intuition, and there is no evidence to support the correctness of this thesis.
Since the navy is involved, Chen Mingxiang decided to start with the Marine Corps to obtain information, and in Shanghai, the Navy must rely on the Marine Corps for many things, and there must be clues.