"To put it mildly, 50 million catties of soybeans have been purchased in the past few days, and the cost has exceeded 3.5 million yuan, do you want to continue to collect them?" Guo Zongxi, the governor of Jilin Province, said: "This amount is not small, if we increase the purchase, we will have to build more warehouses, or there is no way to store." ”

"Collect, you must collect, you need a warehouse, start building immediately, collect as much as you want, even if you buy the soybeans of the entire three eastern provinces, it's not impossible!"

Guo Zongxi's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he said in surprise: "To put it mildly, the soybean output of the entire three eastern provinces is at least billions of catties, how much money does it cost to buy them all, I'm afraid we don't have such a thick foundation!" ”

"Governor Guo, don't worry about the problem of funds, we have soybeans in our hands, someone will send us money, what are you anxious about, but you should think carefully about what moves the Japanese will make, let's make a plan to deal with them."

Zhang Tinglan is not at all right, since Fengjun began to buy soybeans on a large scale, the Japanese were alarmed, the head of the Nissin Oil Mill, Kimura Yasuo, the director of the Santai Oil Mill, Shimoda Yoshi, the two monopolized the oil industry in Dalian, controlled the export of soybean oil, and enjoyed huge profits every year.

This year, it is time for the soybean harvest again, they have prepared the warehouse, is preparing to buy soybean oil on a large scale, and then produce soybean oil, those soybean oil with the aroma of soybean yellow and clear in their opinion, is liquid gold, every year brings them tens of millions of rich profits, the two major oil mills to make money, no worse than the South Manchurian Railway and the Bank of North Korea, is an authentic golden egg hen.

Yasuo Kimura and Yoshitoshi Shimoda are also hot figures in Japan, and they are the best in the business world. But this year's situation is a bit unusual, and it's this time. Only sporadic soybeans were delivered, and there was no such thing as the crowds and ox carts of previous years, and these two people were also very puzzled.

"Kimura-kun, what do you think is the situation this year, Weishenme can't harvest soybeans, don't those farmers want to make money?"

"Shimoda-kun, the problem should be with the Mukden government, I heard that they cooperated with the Americans and opened an oil mill in Huludao. It is very likely that they are snatching soybeans. ”

"Not necessarily." Shimoda Yoshishi also said with a little suspicion: "The imperial government has already approached this oil mill, saying that their business scope is only within China, and they will definitely not export to Europe and the United States." The interior of China is very poor, and their spending power is limited, so they do not buy large quantities of soybeans at all. ”

While talking. A telegram was sent by one of his subordinates, and Yasuo Kimura hurriedly opened it. His face instantly turned the color of pork liver. The palms of his hands also became green and exposed, and his anger was extreme.

"Shimoda-kun, this is news from the foreign bank, damn the Fengtian government has entrusted some Fengtian trading company to purchase soybeans, and what is the minimum purchase price. The untouchables of China have sold their soybeans to them! ”

After Shimoda Yoshishi heard this, his color also changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Kimura, what is their minimum purchase value." Is it an advantage for us? ”

"The price of high-quality soybeans is three oceans per quintal, and the fluctuation is no more than two dimes!"

"Yaga!" Shimoda was immediately furious, even according to the lowest price, it was three cents higher than last year's purchase price, with such a price advantage, as long as he was not a fool, who would sell soybeans to the Japanese.

"Kimura-kun, we must not let the Mukden government snatch the soybeans, we must take action to make them stop infringing on the interests of the empire!"

"Immediately go to Akajiri Massuke and ask him to come forward and negotiate with the Mukden government, the oil extraction industry is the pillar industry of the empire in Manchuria, and it must not be affected in any way."

They immediately contacted the Consul General of Fengtian, Akajiri Masasuke, and as soon as this guy heard the news, he also hurriedly ran to the Marshal's Mansion and found Zhang Zuolin.

"Your Excellency, do you want to go against the Imperial Government?"

"Mr. Consul General, why don't you even have the demeanor of a diplomat, Zhang has always been willing to maintain friendly relations with Japan, and is willing to cooperate with you, although there are some small frictions, but the overall situation is still friendly and stable."

Zhang Zuolin was also a little ambiguous when he said this, the two sides were not a small friction, but almost broke out into a big war, Akajiri Massuke barely suppressed his anger, and said loudly: "I ask you to explain to me what is going on with the Mukden government's purchase of soybeans?" ”

"Buying soybeans?" Lao Zhang pretended to be confused and asked: "Mr. Consul General, the Fengtian government's purchase of agricultural products in the three eastern provinces is a matter of course, and it seems that it is not close to the Japanese Empire at all, why are you so furious?" ”

"How can it not be next to each other, you have bought soybeans away, what will happen to the empire's oil extraction industry, will it not be able to stop production?"

Lao Zhang looked at Akajiri Massuke's angry appearance, and was extremely happy in his heart, the two sides have developed to the present, and they have long been hostile opponents to each other, and it is Lao Zhang's happiest thing to make the Japanese deflated, but Lao Zhang will not be so straightforward in his mouth.

"Mr. Consul General, this matter is the responsibility of Governor Wang Yongjiang, I don't know the specific situation, so I will invite him over now and let him explain it to you."

Soon Wang Yongjiang came to the Shuaifu, and after sitting down, he told him about the situation, Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Mr. Consul General, you must have misunderstood, the purchase of soybeans by the Fengtian government is a realistic requirement of the government, and this year I submitted a proposal to the marshal to establish a strategic reserve warehouse in the three eastern provinces, which is mainly grain, to deal with natural disasters, hedge international grain prices, and ensure the stability of the grain market, of course, it is also necessary to reserve a certain amount of soybeans, which is a very natural thing." After our government discussed, let the Mukden Trading Company be responsible for the acquisition, and also signed a valid contract, everything is without any problems, I really don't know that you weishenme want to protest? ”

The issue of strategic reserves has indeed been raised for a long time, since the recapture of the Middle Road, the Feng army has faced the threat of the Russians, and it is very likely that a large-scale war will break out between the two sides, so it is very normal to establish a huge reserve system, and Zhang Tinglan has already made suggestions to Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Zuolin.

Wang Yongjiang also immediately agreed that their main reserves at present are corn, sorghum, rice, soybeans, and other major crops, and they will continue to expand the variety and scale in the future. Of course, this reserve system was also to deal with the threat of war in Japan, and the Feng army had to take precautions.

Of course, there is no need to tell Akajiri Massuke about this idea, Wang Yongjiang only said that it was to stabilize the market and deal with disasters, and the reasons were very sufficient, but it seemed that Akajiri Massuke was making trouble unreasonably.

"Governor Wang, I would like to ask you, what do you mean by setting the so-called minimum purchase price, isn't it to obstruct the Japanese side from buying soybeans?"

When Wang Yongjiang heard his questioning, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Mr. Consul General, these are completely two concepts, first, the Mukden government has never issued any decree requiring the people not to sell soybeans to the Japanese side, and you can freely set up points in the three eastern provinces to buy, we not only did not interfere, but also provided convenience, so you said that obstructing the purchase, this is completely untenable!" ”

Wang Yongjiang smiled and stretched out two fingers, and continued: "The second point is the issue of the minimum purchase price, which is set for all agricultural products in Fengtian, not unique to soybeans, as a government, we have the obligation to protect the interests of the people, the agricultural conditions in the three eastern provinces are good, the output is large, we need to avoid the situation of cheap grain hurting farmers, and set a minimum protective price, which is for this purpose." So I said that the two things are incompatible, and if you have to be involved, I think it is very inappropriate, and I have misunderstood the intentions of the Mukden government. ”

Akajiri Massuke listened to this, and his anger did not lessen at all, but became stronger, Wang Yongjiang said it soundly, but you raised the minimum purchase price so high, how can the Japanese buy soybeans at a low price, and who will sell soybeans to the common people?

"Governor Wang, last year's soybean purchase price was generally around two yuan and five jiao, and this year you raised it to three yuan, isn't this a malicious increase in price?"

Wang Yongjiang suddenly shook his head again and again: "Mr. Consul General, you have misunderstood again, the minimum price tentatively set in Fengtian is two yuan and seven jiao, and as for the three yuan, it is set by Fengtian Trading Company, as for them Weishenme will increase the purchase price, this is their business behavior, and it has nothing to do with the Fengtian government." Of course, I can also reveal one or two to you, the reason is very simple, that is, Fengtian Trading Company has explored new logistics management methods, and the freight has been greatly reduced, and they have decided to benefit the people and further expand the number of acquisitions, which is a very normal business behavior, you must not over-interpret! ”

Akajiri Massuke came violently, but now all the questions were rejected by Wang Yongjiang as they were, and this guy's face turned red, as if it was a pig's liver, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

Wang Yongjiang persuaded instead: "Mr. Consul General, now Shijie pays attention to free trade, if the Japanese side is willing, it can compete with Fengtian Trading Company to strive for the purchase of more soybeans, you are here to protest, let us use administrative means to interfere with normal business practices, it is really embarrassing for us!" ”

Akajiri Massuke was completely blocked by Wang Yongjiang, and he could only flick his sleeves and leave angrily.

"Minyuan, let the little devil eat deflated, there is no such comfortable thing!"

"Dashuai, the oil industry earns tens of millions of dollars a year, the Japanese will definitely not be willing to fail, this is just the first step, we have won a start, and then we must be more careful to deal with the back of the Japanese!"

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you to deal with!"

Yasuo Kimura and Yoshitoshi Shimoda also got the news, these two guys glanced at each other, and there was only one way left, which was to increase the price the same and buy soybeans with three yuan per quintal! (To be continued......)