"It means that the Jinling government's voice has increased greatly, and it means that the Japanese side needs to make some compromises, and this situation is exactly what you don't want to see, so you must strengthen your own strength and keep this hard-won foundation."

"But the nature of the army is not trivial, I think the number issue is difficult to solve, even if Chairman Wang agrees, those senior generals in the military may not agree, plus the fierce opposition of the Central Standing Committee, this matter is a big trouble!" Chen Mingxiang said.

Li Shiqun thought so, so he followed the other party's meaning and said that from his own point of view, he did not need to block the other party's actions, but also provided necessary support.

However, when it comes to the military, big and small matters are too sensitive, and Chen Mingxiang cannot be involved in any case, because he does not do arms business, and he has no power in the army of Wang's puppet government, which is also an important reason why the Japanese are reassured of him.

Li Shiqun's popularity in the Jinling government is too poor, and he used to rely on the support of the Mei organs, but the bigwigs of the Jinling government can't help him, and they have developed an arrogant and domineering style of doing things, and they rarely deal with the military, and they don't have a close relationship with each other.

From the perspective of the upper echelons of the military, he will not tolerate him controlling an army that is out of control, and he does not want others to interfere in his own territory, and others also have such thoughts.

"In the past, I was backed by the Japanese, and I was a force of my own within the Jinling government, and I fought alone without other allies, which is indeed a hard injury, what you said is very correct, it is very difficult to get a name."

"If I can't get a number, my plan is to simply form my own spy armed and security team, which is nothing more than a change of form. I am the chairman of the Soviet Province, and I have the right to carry out local armed forces in various places, and the Japanese army can be tolerant of this aspect, and will also give some guns and ammunition. ”

"Even if the Japanese want to give power to the Jinling government, the handover process will be very cumbersome, and it will be impossible to drag on for a year, during this time, the Japanese garrison and the Jinling government are concerned about their own interests and continue to fight, so I will take the opportunity to develop with all my might."

"There are so many cities and villages and towns in Jiangsu Province, which may look inconspicuous in normal times, but when the armed forces in various places are completed, they will be brought together as an army, in fact, over there in Jiangtong District, I have channels to get guns and ammunition, as long as I have money, there is nothing I can't do!"

"Brother, when it comes to smuggling and making money, you have to say that you are the second, no one dares to say that it is the first, and now you have reached out to the salt business, I need your help, I don't lack power, what I lack is money, how to convert the two, I want to hear your opinion." Li Shiqun said with a smile.

Chen Mingxiang and the Kwantung Army's business, he also knows a little bit of the inside story, that is to use 100 million yuan of Chinese reserve bonds as the unit of calculation, the Southeast Trading Company of the secret service headquarters, a year is only tens of millions, this is a small comparison.

Li Shiqun has his own resources, but lacks trading channels, Chen Mingxiang has channels, but lacks resources, the two are perfectly combined, and both parties will profit from it.

"Su Province is a cornucopia, if you want to make money, it's not a thing, first of all, in terms of salt affairs, I, as the most upstream wholesaler, calculate the area of Suzhou, Xichang and Zhenjiang according to 5,000 tons, that is, 100,000 quintals of salt."

"In urban areas, the retail price cannot be higher than one cent, and in the rural areas, the retail price cannot be higher than eight cents, which is the part of salt merchants."

"The minister and the relevant departments involved in salt in Su Province can earn two cents per catty from my wholesale price, one hundred catties per load, and one load is equal to twenty yuan, which is two million central reserve bonds."

"In November and December, when we enter January, the price of salt is bound to soar, profits can be doubled, and there is no problem with four million savings bonds per month."

"I ask the minister to regulate the salt market, the salt merchants must operate according to my regulations, I have given a lot of profits, if anyone wants to make more money and spoil the market, then deal with it according to the profiteers, the speculators who should raid the house, and the speculators who should be shot will be shot." Chen Mingxiang said.

The benefits obtained from salt alone, even if Li Shiqun gets sixty percent by himself, there is no problem in raising an army of 10,000 people, including military salary, food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc., which is also an unexpected joy, he does not have so many weapons now.

"No problem, if anyone dares to go against my brother, I will clean him up, a pound can earn two cents, it's not a lot, this thing depends on quantity." Li Shiqun nodded and said.

Although the value of the Chinese Reserve Bills has been falling, it has not yet reached the level of crazy printing in terms of Japanese counterfeiting, and the fiat currency has been driven out of the financial market in the occupied area, so there is still purchasing power at this time, and a salt merchant can earn more than 200,000 yuan a month.

Now it is indeed lower, but the price of salt is rising, the industry has the rules of the game, not Chen Mingxiang wants to reduce the price can be lowered.

"The minister will let go from tomorrow onwards and buy a large amount of cotton and grain in the province of Suzhou, which are all materials in short supply, and the cotton will be sent directly to my textile factory, and the price will definitely satisfy you. I can help sell grain to Jiangtong District, in fact, the demand in Shanghai is also very large, and money is not a problem. ”

"This time I came to Suzhou, Mayor Chen Gongbo also explained, asking me to purchase a batch of rice and coarse grains in Suzhou, Xichang area, as materials for disaster relief in Shanghai."

"Every year during the Chinese New Year, it is a pass, the weather is cold and there is no food, corpses are often seen on the street, and children and daughters can be seen everywhere, this time even the Japanese did not stop me from buying food, and the bigwigs have to consider the problem of face." Chen Mingxiang said.

"The Japanese? Brother, don't you know, more than 300,000 tons of rice have been transported from Soviet Province this year, the so-called land of fish and rice, the common people have nothing to eat, what else can they intercept? ”

"I wonder why Chen Gongbo is so enthusiastic about relief, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the Japanese over coal some time ago, and now he is paying attention to grain, what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd?" Li Shiqun said.

"Minister, this is political capital, according to the agreement between the Japanese side and the Jinling government, next year's concessions in various places will be cancelled one after another, and the concession in Shanghai is the most famous, and Mayor Chen Gongbo is icing on the cake for his achievements next year." Chen Mingxiang said.

"Formally? These three words are used well, even if the Japanese abolish the name of the concession, the administrative power will have to be discounted, and the privileges enjoyed by the Japanese will have to be retained, and the Jinling government will only bear the name of nothing, and the actual benefits will not be much. Li Shiqun scoffed at this.

He knows too well the style and methods of doing things in the Japanese, and the Jinling government is an outright puppet, and the so-called return of rights is nothing more than a farce.

Give a little sweetness, the purpose is to make the Jinling government work harder to collect materials for them, the essence will not change, and you have to lose a piece of meat and bones to feed the dogs!

(Today's two chapters)