"Did you hear that? Recently, there is private salt that can be bought, and the price is half lower than that of official salt. "In a noisy teahouse, there will always be gossip at the end.

"I heard about it, my junior went to buy it, not only is it cheap, but it is still the best fine salt, and I don't know which way it is a fairy, with such a great ability."

"Who else could it be? It must be a self-theft by the guards, the price of this salt is so high, most of the profits have been taken away, and the people below must be unwilling, no, steal some of it yourself and sell it, hehe, this is a nest of snakes and rats. ”

-- Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Peiping

"Bang", the new commander-in-chief of the North China Front, King Minoru Higashikurenomiya, smashed a pile of materials on the table and shouted: "Look at it, don't you have a little shame? This month, our salt sales have been halved, and this is not just in Beiping, but in the whole of North China! Except for Shandong, which is good, this is the case everywhere else! Especially in the rural areas of Hebei, they basically no longer buy salt, and all of them buy private salt, where does so much salt come from? Don't you know anything about it? ”

Minoru Higashikurenomiya was Hirohito's uncle and younger brother of King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, who set off the Nanjing Massacre, and he was the youngest son of Prince Asahitko of Kurenomiya and had a stubborn personality from an early age. When he was a Lu college student, he dared to refuse the invitation to attend the Meiji banquet, and he quarreled with the young Taisho. When he was in his thirties, he went to France with his brother Chao Xianggong to "study abroad", and mixed up a diploma from the French Continental University. Chasing beautiful women everywhere in France is really romantic. And stubbornly refused to return to China, whether it was the people of the imperial family or the ministers, they ignored the invitations again and again, ******** did not want to be a royal family and a soldier anymore, and finally the cabinet was really impatient to ask for his status to be lowered, so he had no choice but to return to China.

Unlike other royal families who were often adjutants in the military, he was always the chief officer, and he was extremely disdainful of Western forces such as the League of Nations, and made the statement that the League of Nations was not terrible before 918.

In these two years of war, Hirohito couldn't help but feel that the army was not easy to control, because of the defeat in the Battle of Shanxi, Hirohito took the opportunity to remove Terauchi Shouichi and replace him with his own relatives Higashikure Palace Minoru King, hoping to strengthen the power of the imperial family, and secondly, he also hoped that the army could act according to his own ideas and no longer attack without authorization.

Standing in front of King Minoru of the East Jiuer Palace were Li Jichun, Pan Yugui, and Qi Xieyuan, and the three of them were sweating profusely and didn't know how to answer.

In the end, Qi Xieyuan said, "Your Excellency Commander, we did get the news, these private salts are from Shanxi, and we have arrested a lot of people, but this is really unstoppable, no one knows how Shanxi has so much salt, but Commander, please rest assured, I don't think there will be too much salt in Shanxi, this is just a small plan they want to disturb us." It will be fine in a month or two. ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace glared at him and said, "What about the economic losses in the past few months?"

Li Jichun thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency Commander, in addition to our strict grasp, how to fight the guerrillas is the key, now these guerrillas have salt as an economic source, there is no shortage of money and food, and they are becoming stronger and stronger, and if this continues, I am afraid that there will be a disaster in Shanxi." ”

King Minoru Higashikure Palace nodded, expressing his approval, this Tokyo let him not attack Shanxi, but this guerrillas in North China always have to deal with, he has been in office for a few months, it's time to carry out a big sweep, if you don't clean up this North China well, you have to worry about someone throwing bombs in the headquarters.

"Sweeping is a must, Commander Qi, your colleagues have made great contributions to the imperial army in the south, I wonder if you are ready?" King Minoru Higashikuremiya said with a smile.

Qi Xie Yuan Lizheng said: "Our North China Public Security Army has eleven divisions and five mixed brigades, with a total of 230,000 people, who can fight for the imperial army at any time, but most of them are new recruits, and this combat effectiveness is probably a little insufficient, and the ordnance is also a little insufficient." ”

King Minoru of the East Kure Palace was not prepared to let these imperial troops take on the main force, but said, "The main force is naturally taken by the imperial army, and your main task is to blockade and assist the imperial army in combat, since this private salt is from Taihang Mountain, we will completely exterminate the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain!" ”

Seeing that Li Jichun's idea was adopted, Pan Yugui couldn't help but feel a little anxious, since the establishment of the Nanjing government, many important people in the original North China government, such as Wang Kemin, have been transferred to Nanjing, and it has not yet been decided who will become the leader of the government in North China, why is Pan Yugui a traitor, is it not this position. And he and Li Jichun also have a common goddaughter, Shuko Yamaguchi, so naturally they want to overpower each other even more.

Pan Yugui immediately said, "Your Excellency Commander, sweeping is a must, but this urgent need is still the issue of salt, I think it can be like this, every family has to eat salt, and one person will eat so much, if a family does not come to buy it for a period of time, it means that he must have private salt to eat, we can give them a certificate when buying salt, which marks that they have bought salt and how much salt they have bought, and when the time comes, we will go to their house to check and find that it is not right, they will all be arrested, fined and imprisoned." ”

King Minoru of the East Kure Palace nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "Yo Xi, very good, this idea is very creative, I think it's not just salt, other necessities of life should also be done like this, in the future, not only to check the good citizen certificate, but also to check these documents, so that those rats who buy illegal salt have nowhere to escape!" ”

-- Taihang Mountain

"This little devil is really poisonous! Some of the common people are rich, some are poor, and the poor put less salt, and he still sets the standard so high, doesn't he want to force the people to death. Deng Xianxian shook his head and slapped the telegram on the table.

Liu Bocheng wiped his glasses and said, "This is a response to us, but they can issue a certificate, we can testify, and let the people buy our salt in the future and take their certificates, so that you can get it, this is called you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder." ”

Deng Xianxian smiled and said, "I see, if this continues, the devil will become a door-to-door salt seller, and the devil's salt merchant will lose a lot of money during this time." ”

Liu Bocheng glared for a moment and said, "Are you still afraid of starving to death?" They are all very rich, okay, let's think about how to deal with the devil's sweep first, this time it's a big deal, Suiyuan, Hebei, Beiping, Tianjin are all going to move, if it weren't for our salt has not been shipped to Shandong, I'm afraid Shandong will also set off a sweep. ”

Deng Xianxian snorted and said, "You are the military commander, you are in charge, I cooperate, we have our backs to the rear of Shanxi, and I don't think we can lose this battle no matter how bad it is." ”

Liu Bocheng shook his head and said, "It's okay if you can't lose, you have to win, and you have to win beautifully, my initial idea is to hit the Suiyuan Army hard, encircle and annihilate the Hebei Army, and avoid the Beiping Army, so that the devils think that our next target is Hebei, so as to lay a good foundation for the next Mr. He." ”

Deng Xianxian nodded and said, "I think it's okay, is this also in line with reality, Hebei is rich, and the devils also value it, and if it hurts, they are naturally afraid of losing it." ”

The two discussed the war late into the night, and in Shanghai, the financial war between the White Party and the Japanese army also ushered in a climax.

In the dark cell, a man covered in blood drooped his head, his limbs were tied to the cross, a basin of cold water was suddenly poured on his head, he shook his head, looked around, made sure that he was still alive, smiled and said, "Li Shiqun, are you all there is to it?" It's not enough at all, grandpa, I don't feel it at all. ”

Li Shiqun squinted at this person, shook his head and said, "Jensen, we don't need to say more, as long as you tell me about your superior, I will let you live, if you are afraid of notoriety, I can arrange for you to go abroad and go to the United States!" Wouldn't it be nice to find a place where no one knows you, with a lot of money, and live happily? Why bother looking for death like this? If you are willing to surrender and don't want to deal with Chongqing, you can also learn from Mao Sen and only arrest the Red Party. ”

Jensen shook his head, closed his eyes, and hummed in his mouth, "The mountains and rivers are magnificent, the products are abundant, and East Asia is dominant." ”

"Enough!" When Li Shiqun heard the familiar lyrics, he trembled, waved his hand and said, "Pull down!" Give Mrs. Ji an explanation! ”

Several strong men dragged Jensen all the way to the small jungle like a chick, one kicked him to the ground, and the other pulled out his gun and hit him, and blood flowed all over the ground. The two nodded, beckoned, dug a pit, and buried him.

"Thank you so much, Director Li, Mr. Ji didn't hurt you in vain." Li Shiqun sent away the crying Ji Yunqing's wife, sat on the side and thought about it.

"Damn, damn the commander! Damn Zhongtong, director, today we have another accountant Zhang, and now the banks outside dare not open their doors, and now it has affected the banks of foreigners, and the Japanese uncle is becoming more and more unpolite, what should we do?? Wu Sibao hurriedly walked in and said.

Li Shiqun said impatiently: "What is the noise? I just sent Mrs. Ji away, and my head hurts, so I went to Zhou Fohai and said about it, if I continue to fight like this, when will it be a head. ”

-- Nanjing

After listening to Li Shiqun's report, Zhou Fohai seemed to remember something, and asked, "Is the accountant surnamed Zhang the one who was hospitalized last time, I remember that there is such a person." ”

Li Shiqun was surprised by Zhou Fohai's memory, nodded and said, "It's indeed him, he was followed and shot dead after he was discharged from the hospital." ”

When Zhou Fohai heard this, he suddenly said with some annoyance, "Okay, this is to tell us that as long as he wears a hat to kill the person, he will definitely kill it, you go and arrest the three of them, I want three lives to one life, and I want all three people to be surnamed Zhang, at least a director." ”

Li Shiqun nodded, saying that there was no problem, after all, Zhang is a big surname, and it is easy to find three. continued, "But it's not a way to keep doing this, their bank can't open, and our bank can't open either, do you think you want to find a way?" ”

Zhou Fohai shook his head and said, "Now is the time to compete for endurance, we are difficult, but Chongqing is even more difficult, in the past two years, the price of goods in Chongqing has increased threefold, and it is still increasing, if there is no blood transfusion for Chongqing in Shanghai, I am afraid that Chongqing's economy has already collapsed." Sichuan's refined salt has risen from one corner to four corners, Sichuan is a major salt-producing province, hehe, so we must hold on! When Chongqing comes to us, it is time to solve this problem. ”

-- Chongqing

"The four elements are barely supported in Shanghai, business as usual, any sacrifice, the original do not hesitate, the atrocities of the enemy and the hypocrisy, it is an intended thing, but hearing that the enemy is like a victim of a person, it must be said that three people must resist the fate, it seems that this cycle of vendetta has not stopped. It is true that the members of the Four Elements are not armed soldiers, and under this lack of protection, everyone is in danger and unable to work. In the face of urgency, it seems advisable to weigh the priorities and let the government rush to devise a ...... of stabilization measures."

Jiang Intermediary listened to Kong Xiangxi's reading, nodded and said, "The people on the isolated island are worthy of praise, but if this continues, the impact on us is too great, and we must find a way." ”

Kong Xiangxi nodded and said, "Chairman, I see if I can talk to them, this business, the emphasis is on harmony and wealth, after all, it is a concession, it is a neutral area, I think it is completely possible to store both fiat currency and Chinese reserve currency." ”

Jiang closed his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "This is also a helpless move, so let's do it, in addition, our military spending is getting higher and higher, what should you two do?" ”

Kong Xiangxi shook his head and said: "Now because of the urgency of the war situation, the Ministry of Military Affairs often uses temporary expenditures as a reason to consult the Ministry of Finance to raise funds in addition to the budget and the approved amount of war expenses. It is difficult to respond to insatiable demands, and the Ministry of Finance has no way to check whether the localities are actually handling defense fortifications and other military facilities, and whether there are any false or excuses to ask for money, and this is the reason why our military spending is so high. ”

Song Ziwen next to him nodded and said, "That's right, now our army has a total of 5.76 million in its establishment, including the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, but the actual maximum number of people will not exceed 3 million. ”

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "That's true, those warlords below are faster than anyone else in the war, and they are fiercer than anyone else in asking for money, hum!" Niang Xipi's stuff is a bunch of bastards! This is also the purpose of my reorganization, but now after all, it is wartime, and the persuasion of the Japanese to surrender has not stopped for a day, and our actions are too big, and it is difficult to ensure that there will not be a few scum like Wu Sangui! Think of something else, it's better to open source rather than throttle! ”

Hearing Jiang Mediation's request, Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi looked at each other, unable to do anything but shake their heads silently.

Jiang Intermediary sighed and said, "Let's put this matter aside for now, and you guys will deal with the affairs of Shanghai first." ”

The two nodded and left, and soon, the financial bloody war between Nanjing and Chongqing in Shanghai came to an end, and the situation of the coexistence of fiat currency and Chinese reserve currency appeared in the world. (To be continued.) )