Glancing at the participants, Li Junhao said solemnly: "In this case, as the management of the concession, we have only two ways, one is to admit defeat and compromise, so that they can get what they want, and the other is to take measures to defeat their delusions and let the market supply return to normal."

"As an American soldier and a defender of the order of the concession, I choose the latter, what about you?"

Hearing his words, when the directors looked at each other, Hua Dong Zheng Yue immediately began to applaud, and then Mei Dong Willis, Hua Dong He Fengmin, Si Wenhua, and Liu Haifeng all applauded!

Sain was about to say something, but Consul General Ayers also raised his hand and applauded, and the rest of the cultural counselor Barrett, Citibank Fauges, and Swiss Bank Greco followed, making him completely dumbfounded!

Subsequently, Ayres decided to set up a special "Concession and People's Livelihood Committee" in the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry to guide the work of the Market Management Office, the Grain Management Institute, and the Grain Management Institute.

This time, except for Sain, the other directors are happy, and someone is responsible for solving the difficulties, so everyone doesn't have to bother, which is definitely a good thing!

But this is a heavy blow to Sain, as soon as the People's Livelihood Committee is established, he, the commercial counselor and the director of the Ministry of Industry, basically has no say in the economic affairs of the concession! Now, stealing chickens and rice is not a loss, his small abacus has been broken, not to mention, most of his own rights have been taken away, a big loss!

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The next day, Li Junhao formally established the Concession and People's Livelihood Committee in the building of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, incorporated the Market Management Office into his jurisdiction, and then convened a meeting of all the owners of the grain management office and the coal management office.

Before the meeting, he went through all the participants and singled out seven or eight hostile staff members and kicked them out. After purifying the team, he directly began to assign tasks.

In fact, for him, rice, coal, and cotton yarn are all problems that can be directly solved by the system mall, and it would not have been so laborious, but because of the population, the amount of gold coins needed is too much, and he can't afford it alone, and there must be a suitable return - at least enough to make up for his investment.

Now with the establishment of the Ethnic Affairs Committee, he is fully responsible, and many things can be operated, with the support of the system, see if he does not make these Japanese and black-hearted Chinese businessmen cry! ——

Subsequently, in the "Huhai Communiqué" on the same day, the Ministry of Industry announced the establishment of the Concession People's Livelihood Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Nationality Committee), which consists of a market management office, a grain management office, and a coal management office, which are fully responsible for the market supervision work in the concession.

At 12 o'clock at noon, the Ethnic Affairs Commission issued the No. 1 announcement: "All coal merchants within the concession area must go to the market management office of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau within 24 hours for re-examination and registration, and obtain a new license before they can open for business." If the review and registration are not carried out within the time limit, it is prohibited to open for business, and the offender shall be sealed up and the illegal gains shall be recovered. ”

Announcement No. 1 was published by the "Shanghai Gazette" and distributed free of charge, and was broadcast simultaneously on major radio stations to publicize the contents.

Li Junhao believes that it is still winter, and the demand for domestic coal such as heating and cooking is huge, so it is necessary to solve the coal supply problem first. At the same time as he arranged for the announcement to be issued, he ordered Hailu 327 to send a company of troops to take over the Jinliyuan wharf and all the warehouses to prepare him for taking out a large quantity of coal.

On the other hand, on his orders, the police department seized the 12 common freight yards of the Coal Trade Association, seized 100,000 tons of coal and 50,000 tons of finished briquettes, and prevented Japanese merchants from transferring these coals.

His successive actions caused a big uproar in Shanghai and Haihai Commerce, and the biggest reaction was the Coal Association and other Japanese companies, who spoke one after another to criticize this announcement of the Ethnic Affairs Committee!

The Japanese-funded Mitsubishi Gas Company, a leading enterprise in the Coal Association, took the lead in clamoring for refusal to re-examine the registration and stop all coal supply in Shanghai, all of which was caused by the Concession People's Livelihood Committee......

The Ethnic Affairs Committee did not say anything about this, but waited for the 24-hour period to pass.

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Coal is an extremely important necessity for the citizens of Shanghai, because life here is completely urbanized, and without coal, it would be impossible to use firewood and grass as fuel as in the suburbs or rural life.

The price of briquettes on the market has been rising before, which has made the citizens of the concession complain, but now the newly established people's livelihood committee requires coal companies to re-examine, but the coal association refuses to register.

This situation caused the citizens of the concession to panic.

Fortunately, in the previous period, the new measures launched by the concession authorities were very wise, so that many citizens had a certain confidence in the authorities, and then felt that they could still wait for 24 hours and did not make too much trouble.

Inside and below the Shanghai Sea, everyone wants to see, what will happen to this Ethnic Affairs Committee in a day? ——

On Saturday, February 3, at 12 noon, the No. 2 announcement of the Ethnic Affairs Committee was released:

"In view of the fact that 48 distributors under the Shanghai Coal Association have not been verified and registered with the market management office on time, all their coal wholesale and retail business is hereby suspended, and this ban covers 214 retail stores under the above-mentioned firms. The announcement is hereby made.

"In addition, in order not to affect the daily life of the citizens, the coal management office under the Ethnic Affairs Committee will temporarily take over the above-mentioned 214 stores and sell finished briquettes at a price of 8 yuan per quintal, and the sales time will start at 9 p.m. tomorrow, hoping that the general public will inform each other."

Seeing that the citizens of the concession who heard this announcement were jubilant, they praised the decision of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau!

You must know that the price of briquettes in the concession has risen to 15 yuan per quintal, which is already half of the monthly salary of ordinary citizens; And now the Ethnic Affairs Committee has pulled down the price by nearly half at once, which is too important for the people.

In the afternoon of that day, more than 800 sales personnel temporarily recruited by the Coal Management Institute, with the cooperation of 1,000 police officers, took over the 214 stores of the Coal Association, counted the inventory, sealed the accounts, and prepared for the reopening; And the original shopkeeper and the guys were temporarily "on vacation" and went home.

During this period, many shopkeepers and clerks guarding the storefront were not satisfied, clashed with the receiving personnel, and were arrested again after repeated persuasions, many of whom were still Japanese, which is nothing to say, just deal with them directly - the current police station is the least afraid of the Japanese!

(End of chapter)