Chapter 1147: Aware of the Abnormality
Ning Zhiheng was very excited about this, and the carver who was responsible for the engraving steel plate of the Zhongchu coin also came to Shanghai, which was really unexpected, and it was really a wish!
As long as people come to Shanghai, it is difficult to get out of his palm, everyone has weaknesses and weaknesses, as long as he uses some thoughts, soft and hard, he is not afraid that these two people will not comply, he thought for a moment in his mind, and he already has some preliminary plans.
He then asked, "Where are all the equipment and personnel at the moment?" Going to Nanjing or staying in Shanghai? ”
He Siming replied: "It is still in Shanghai, and it is located in the printing factory exclusive to the Shanghai Zhengjin Bank, which was also the factory where the Japanese military used to print military tickets, and according to Sagawa Taro, the printing of the Central Reserve currency will also be completed here." ”
Ning Zhiheng nodded, although Nanjing is currently the political center of the Japanese military and the puppet government, but if it is engaged in the economy and opening a bank to issue banknotes, the first choice must be Shanghai, after all, this is the financial center of the Far East, with a developed economy and a large population, and banks from all over the world gather here.
In particular, Zhengjin Bank is an early foreign exchange professional bank in Japan, at the end of the last century, it has opened its head office in Shanghai, and since then, it has set up branches in various parts of China with Shanghai as the center, from Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin in the northeast to the north; Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao in North China; Hankou in the west, Guangzhou in the south, Hong Kong; It can be said that the financial expansion of Zhengjin Bank has spread to the whole territory of China.
After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese all-out war, the Japanese government, in addition to the largest international bank in the Far East, cooperated with the Japanese invading army to control the finance of the occupied areas, destroyed China's national industry and financial industry, and used a large amount of funds to support the industrial and mining enterprises controlled by the Japanese army, develop resources, and purchase materials, so as to achieve the goal of "feeding the war with war".
In terms of currency, it has promoted the circulation of military bills, Union Bank bills, Mongolian Xinjiang bills, and reserve bills, monopolized the Japanese exchange market, and became the main financial institution for the Japanese to carry out economic aggression against China.
To put it bluntly, the Central Reserve Bank, which is about to be established by the Nanjing puppet government, is nothing more than a purse bank under the control of Japan's Zhengjin Bank, and it can be judged that the future financial activities of the Nanjing Central Reserve Bank will also be mainly carried out in Shanghai, so the printing and issuance of the Central Reserve Bank will also be completed in Shanghai.
Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly and said: "Very good, if I really go to Nanjing, I will have to spend a lot of time, your news is too timely, it can be regarded as solving a big problem for me, do you know?" At present, there is a big problem with the funds of our intelligence department, and we urgently need to open up new sources of money to replenish funds. ”
When He Siming heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, he knew very well that the Fujiwara Club in Ning Zhiheng's hands controlled most of the smuggling business in East China and Central China with one hand, and there were countless huge profits coming in every year, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a sea of gold and silver, but now he was worried about funds, which was really unexpected.
Ning Zhiheng looked at He Siming's expression, knowing what he was thinking, so he described the current situation of the intelligence section slightly, and finally said: "The material transportation line on the Burmese side is about to be restricted, and the burden on us will be heavy. Especially the Japanese who hold key positions. ”
He Siming nodded, what he is best at is making good connections and making friends, and it is not difficult to do this.
Ning Zhiheng then asked: "Those counterfeit fiat currency banknotes, did you see them?" ”
He Siming nodded and replied: "See, I checked it for a long time, and it is exactly the same as the real banknote, even Sagawa Taro did not find a flaw, and the Japanese also deliberately made the old, so to speak, this batch of counterfeit banknotes is enough to mess with the real when it is put on the market!" ”
Ning Zhiheng thought for a while and said, "Can you get a few samples?" Ordinary people can't see the way, so I went to some experts to take a look, as long as I can find the characteristics that do not match the fiat currency, and spread the defects of counterfeit banknotes, I can also curb the degree of spread a little. ”
"Yes, I'll find a way to bring out a few counterfeit notes of each of these two denominations, it's not that difficult!" He Siming nodded in agreement.
Time passed quickly, a few days passed in a hurry, and in the past few days, the atmosphere at the headquarters of the No. 76 agent seemed quite tense, and after Li Zhiqun returned to Shanghai, he carried out a lot of investigation and adjustment of the interior of the No. 76.
In the organ, the director of the Second Division, who had been vacant until now, was finally settled, and Li Zhiqun promoted Mi Zijin, the former chief of the Intelligence Section of the Second Division, to the position of director.
Fu Hengwen, director of the Confidential Division, was removed from his post and investigated and imprisoned in Prison No. 76, and the people in the interrogation department knew that this was Li Zhiqun's family matter, so they took care of him, but when he could be released, it depended on the attitude of his wife, Li Zhiqun's sister.
The focus of the rectification was on the western part of the country, where Wu Shicai, who was in charge of the gambling and drug business in western Shanghai, was arrested, and several of his cronies were also imprisoned.
On the day Wu Shicai was detained, Li Zhiqun's sister-in-law Chen Jinbao personally came to the door and pleaded for Wu Shicai, Wu Shicai's wife She Aizhen cried and made trouble, and finally even rolled in Li Zhiqun's office, and almost hanged herself.
Li Zhiqun was depressed and suffered, and he was able to get out of the house under Li Yunqing's door, Li Yunqing was not thin on him, and later returned to Shanghai, relying on the strong support of Li Yunqing and Chen Jinbao, in a very short period of time, the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters was formed, up to now, all the action forces of the Secret Service Headquarters are mainly composed of Li Yunqing's disciples, it can be said that Chen Jinbao has a very high prestige among these disciples, and she came forward to intercede for Wu Shicai, Li Zhiqun had to think more.
Moreover, Chen Jinbao's personality is much stronger than Li Yunqing, he has always said the same thing in the hall, and never allows others to question it, if Li Zhiqun really refutes her face, once the two sides get into a stalemate, Li Zhiqun will not be able to benefit.
In this case, Li Zhiqun finally decided to give Wu Shicai a horse to let Wu Shicai go, he made an agreement with Chen Jinbao, he wanted to confirm whether Wu Shicai had lied, if the money was directly swallowed by Wu Shicai himself, then the nature would be bad, with Li Zhiqun's character, he hated someone betraying him the most, and no one could give face, even if it was Chen Jinbao's face, Wu Shicai must be dealt with severely.
If it is embezzlement of public funds for stock speculation and seeking benefits from it, then it can still open up the net and spare Wu Shicai's life.
Therefore, Li Zhiqun first arrested some of Wu Shicai's subordinates and carefully investigated his recent activities.
Only then did Li Zhiqun confirm that Wu Shicai was not bold enough to be directly swallowed up, so he spared Wu Shicai.
However, it is impossible for Wu Shicai to manage the financial power in the western part of Shanghai, this person is too greedy for money, and if it is handed over to him, there will be an accident with money sooner or later.
So Li Zhiqun quickly ordered that one of his cronies, Yu Xinhong, be urgently transferred back from Nanjing, take over all the business in the western part of Shanghai, and take care of the finances of the secret service headquarters.
As for Wu Shicai himself, Chen Jinbao promised to vouch for Wu Shicai and raise funds to make up for this gap in the near future, plus Wu Shicai cried bitterly in Li Zhiqun and vowed to change his past, and Li Zhiqun really couldn't find a replacement who was supported by the Qinggang like Wu Shicai, so the position of the captain of the action team did not remove him, but let him make meritorious service with guilt to see the after-effects.
This result made Luo Xingchao quite disappointed, this was far from what he had expected, according to what he thought before, this time Wu Shicai made such a big mistake, even if Li Zhiqun didn't kill him, he would finally be isolated from the top of the secret service headquarters, but he still underestimated the status of the Shanghai Youth Gang in No. 76, and he didn't estimate that Chen Jinbao would spare no effort to protect Wu Shicai, and in the end let Wu Shicai escape.
However, it is not completely ineffective, at least Wu Shicai has lost Li Zhiqun's complete trust, lost the financial power in his hands, and his status in the secret service headquarters has dropped a lot, and he has lost his previous confidence, and he has fewer constraints on himself.
After dealing with these things, Li Zhiqun took time out to continue his previous investigation work.
"What, when was this happening? Cha Yutang actually disappeared? Why didn't you report until now? ”
In the office, Li Zhiqun pointed at Liu Jianzhi and reprimanded him harshly, he never expected that so many things would happen in the secret service headquarters just during the time he left Shanghai.
I was trapped by funds in Nanjing, but when I returned to Shanghai, I was hit by Wu Shicai's affairs and was overwhelmed, so that's all.
Now even Zha Yutang, who has been in charge of investigating the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, a dignified inspector of the Public Concession General Hua, has disappeared so mysteriously, so the matter of tracking down the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau is naturally gone.
Liu Jianzhi was his cronies who deliberately stayed in Shanghai, and was specifically responsible for detaining and guarding Feng Sinian, and at the same time inquiring about the news of the concession.
When Liu Jianzhi heard Li Zhiqun's inquiry, he hurriedly said again: "It was seven days ago that he disappeared with him, as well as several of his subordinates, these people should have been poisoned together, but I don't know the specific reason, but it is certain that Zha Yutang's disappearance is related to the high-level of the public concession." ”
"The upper echelons of the Public Concession?" Li Zhiqun looked at Liu Jianzhi, and felt a little sudden in his heart, isn't Phillips one of the high-level people in the concession! Cha Yutang has been tracking and monitoring Phillips, could it be that someone found out?
Liu Jianzhi then reported: "The disappearance of Cha Yutang was not reported by all major newspapers and newspapers in the concession, and on the second day of his disappearance, the new Chief Inspector General took office without knowing his life and death. ”
Liu Jianzhi himself didn't know about the cooperation between Zha Yutang and Li Zhiqun, Li Zhiqun was cautious and tight-lipped about this matter, which was extremely confidential, so Liu Jianzhi didn't know about it.
Suddenly, the corners of Li Zhiqun's eyes shrank, and he asked out loud: "During Feng Sinian's detention, has anyone contacted him, or inquired about Feng Sinian's identity?" ”