Wang Husheng said: "Okay, then build a fine chemical factory, is there anything else?" ”

"And huh?" Xu Rui thought for a while, and then said, "I'm afraid I have to reserve a batch of food, clothes, and medicines." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Food, clothing, and medicine?" Wang Husheng said disapprerovingly, "Old Xu, I'm afraid this is unnecessary, right?" We are guarding the public concession, are we still worried that we can't buy food, clothing and medicine? ”

Liu Mei, Jiang Nan and Wu Han, who attended the meeting as observers, also agreed.

As long as the Japanese army does not blockade the concession, as long as there is money in hand, what materials cannot be bought from foreign banks?

In the eyes of a few of them, although the Japanese navy is strong, it will never dare to blockade the Shanghai Concession, because the blockade of the Shanghai Concession means a formal declaration of war with the United States, Britain, France and other Western powers, such a situation is something that the Japanese army cannot afford.

But Xu Rui has a strategic vision, and he is still a traverser.

Xu Rui knows better than any strategist in this world the future direction of the world pattern.

In another two years or so, the Japanese Navy will attack Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War will break out, and at that time, the little devils will not blockade the Shanghai Concession, but directly occupy the Shanghai Concession.

For the time being, it is true that the Japanese army will not blockade the concession, let alone occupy the concession, but this is based on the premise that the Shanghai concession and the Japanese-occupied areas are in peace, and if the Shanghai concession becomes the territory of the Communist Party, it is difficult to say that the Japanese government will not risk an all-out war with the United States, Britain, and France to blockade or even occupy the entire concession.

Therefore, while the situation is still relatively relaxed, it is necessary to take precautions and reserve as many supplies as possible.

Therefore, Xu Rui Qiangang arbitrarily said: "You will listen to me in this matter, food, clothing and medicine must be stored, and the more quantity, the better, and the standard of reserve will be according to ensure the basic living needs of 500,000 people for five years!" ”

The figure of 500,000 was estimated by Xu Rui based on the experience of the defense of Leningrad.

At present, the total population of the entire concession in Shanghai is more than 4 million, but when the street fighting breaks out in an all-round way, not only the Chinese territory, but also the entire concession will become a battlefield, and the residents of the concession will definitely flee in large numbers at that time, but as more and more Japanese troops enter the downtown area of Shanghai, the roads leading to the outside world in the urban area will gradually be blocked.

Therefore, even according to the most conservative estimates, there will be more than 500,000 people stranded in the urban area, and Xu Rui will never watch these 500,000 citizens starve to death, not only because they are his own compatriots, but also because these 500,000 citizens are the biggest support of the Songhu sub-district, and if the Songhu sub-district wants to fight a protracted war in Shanghai, it must have the full support of the people.

According to the experience of the defense of Leningrad, if there can be a population of 500,000, it can almost support the Songhu sub-district in the protracted war of resistance in the Shanghai area, and it is not a problem to support it for at least five years, because in the defense of Leningrad, the besieged population is almost 500,000, and in the end, the Soviet Red Army not only held out for nearly three years, but also ushered in a major counteroffensive.

The combat effectiveness of the little devil cannot be compared with the German army, so as long as the population of the concession remains above 500,000, Xu Rui is confident that he will hold on to Shanghai for at least five years, and after five years, he will almost be able to usher in a strategic counteroffensive, at that time, Xu Rui can completely recover Shanghai before the Kuomintang.

Moreover, after five years of brutal street fighting, the Songhu sub-district must have trained an elite division with very strong combat effectiveness, and with the troops of the Dameishan sub-district, the New Fourth Army will have every chance to seize the entire coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang ahead of the Kuomintang, and at that time, there will be a subversive reversal in the balance of strength between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party!

Because the New Fourth Army plus the Eighth Route Army, plus the northeast, the communists would control North China, where the Chinese population was the most dense, the richest coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and northeast China, where the industrial base was the strongest, while the Kuomintang controlled only the barren southwest, and the combat effectiveness of the two armies was not comparable at all.

In this way, the civil war may really be avoided, and even if it cannot be avoided, the civil war will not last for three years, maybe it will end within three months, and if this is the case, the CCP will smoothly replace the Kuomintang as a party to the Yalta Agreement and the Potsdam Proclamation, and its international status will be greatly enhanced.

In this way, the Chinese Communists will become the victorious power without dispute, and not only will they be able to station troops in the Ryukyus and Japan as a matter of course, but they will also have no need to give up their demands for war reparations against Japan in order to improve the international environment.

Historically, the reason why New China gave up its demand for war reparations against Japan was because the Chinese government was facing an economic blockade from all over the world at that time, and the government had no choice but to give up its demand for war reparations to Japan for the sake of national well-being, national prosperity, and economic and technical assistance from Japan.

Now, there's finally a chance to change.

For now, though, this is just a strategic idea.

However, Wang Husheng and the others were taken aback by what Xu Rui said, my obedient, to ensure the basic living needs of 500,000 people for five years? How much food does that have to be served?

Liu Mei, Jiang Nan and Wang Husheng looked at each other when they heard this.

Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Lao Wang, you must listen to me in this matter. ”

After a slight pause, Xu Rui continued: "Guaranteeing the basic living needs of 500,000 people for five years sounds very scary, but in fact, if you do a decomposition, you will find that you don't need much food and clothing. ”

Wang Husheng nodded and said, "500,000 people is 250,000 catties!" ”

After Liu Mei calculated, he said: "Five years is 45,625,000 catties." ”

After calculating again, Liu Mei continued: "It's about two million eight hundred thousand stones, and the price of rice is ten silver dollars per stone, and according to the legal currency, one price a day, so I simply use silver dollars, two million eight hundred and fifty thousand stones, that is, two hundred and eighty million silver dollars, and now the exchange rate of silver dollars against the dollar is four to one, that is, seven million dollars are needed!" ”

"But that's just the ideal." Wang Husheng immediately said, "The reality is that there is not so much grain in Shanghai, and if we buy it in large quantities, it will definitely lead to a crazy rise in the price of rice, and it is entirely possible that it will rise to 20 silver dollars or even 30 silver dollars per stone, so the actual consumption is far more than 7 million US dollars." ”

"The problem is, I never planned to buy grain in Shanghai." Xu Rui smiled slightly, and said, "My plan is to entrust a steamship company to go to Southeast Asia to buy rice, Southeast Asia is four crops a year, the price of rice is very cheap, the price of rice in Shanghai is 2.5 US dollars per stone, while the price of rice in Southeast Asia is less than half a dollar." ”

"I know that." Jiang Nan immediately nodded and said, "Yu Qiaqing has just set up a Sino-Italian steamship company with an Italian businessman, specializing in the purchase and sale of rice from Southeast Asia to Shanghai, and it is estimated that after all expenses are removed, there are more than twice the profits, and the price of rice in Southeast Asia is indeed very cheap." ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "So, in fact, three or four million dollars is almost enough." ”

"If that's the case, you can consider it." Wang Husheng was a little moved when he heard this, the price of rice in Southeast Asia is cheap, and there is always nothing wrong with buying more grain to prepare, because during the war years, the most scarce thing is food! At present, the anti-Japanese base areas of their New Fourth Army are living better in Dameishan, and the other base areas are all hungry.

Therefore, even if the Songhu sub-district can't finish eating, it can be used to support the brother sub-district.

"Okay, I have no problem with that." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "But how do you do it?" ”

Xu Rui groaned and said, "I'm going to take some time to meet with Yu Qiaqing and talk to him." ”

"Yu Qiaqing?" Wang Husheng's expression froze when he heard this, and said, "This person is a die-hard supporter of Chairman Jiang, if you want to cooperate with him, wouldn't you be seeking skin with the tiger?" ”

"But if we don't cooperate with Yu Qiaqing, even if we can buy rice from Southeast Asia, there is no way to ship rice from Southeast Asia back to Shanghai." Xu Rui said, "But it would be different if Yu Qiaqing was willing to cooperate with us, because he co-founded a Sino-Italian steamship company with an Italian businessman, and owned dozens of merchant ships." ”

Wang Husheng said: "I'm worried that he won't want to cooperate with us. ”

"Then don't reveal your identity just yet." Xu Rui said, "In the name of the patrol camp. ”

Wang Husheng said again: "But the amount purchased is too large, and Yu Qiaqing will definitely be suspicious." ”

"That's easy to do." Liu Mei suddenly said, "At present, there are more than 2 million refugees pouring into the concession, and the food of these refugees has long been a big problem, and hundreds of refugees are starving to death almost every day. ”

Jiang Nan also added: "When I was in Shanghai before, I had contact with Yu Qiaqing, this person is still patriotic, before Fu Xiao'an, the Japanese were originally going to invite him to come forward as the puppet mayor of Shanghai, but he flatly refused, and then the Japanese retreated and found Fu Xiao'an." ”

"Okay, let's try to get in touch with it first." Wang Husheng nodded, and said, "Now there is only one last question left, how are you going to explain it to Ying Zuo Zhenzhao?" This old devil has said that he will split the account with us, we have been busy for so long, and we have copied so many underground properties, we can't not give him the slightest benefit, right? ”

Xu Rui said: "I have already thought about this, so I will send him with opium." ”

In this more than 10-day looting operation, in addition to tying back a large number of meat tickets, the Broadway Building also snatched back a lot of opium, but the real cash grabbed was not much, the ransom of these meat tickets has been transferred to the patrol camp, but the opium has not been transferred, has been piled up in the warehouse of the Broadway Building.