Here, Yan Xue chatted with Keiko.

On the other side, Qin Di walked into the next room with Qin Hanxu to talk.

"Third uncle, I came here this time and brought more than 10,000 tons of sugar. You help me find a warehouse and let me send the sugar in. ”

Qin Hanxu said in surprise: "The ship has stopped in the open sea? I should arrange this matter, in case it encounters a military inspection, it will be troublesome for you." ”

Qin Di smiled slightly: "Don't worry." All you have to do is find a good warehouse. ”

"I set up an import and export trading company, according to which there is a large warehouse not far away, because the sea is blocked by the Americans, so the warehouse is still empty, I will show you later. ”

"You give me the address, and give me the key. ”

"Can you find a place? Let me tell you, from here, across a bay, 800 meters away, the white house is the office of the trading company, and the blue house is the warehouse......

"I see. Third uncle, will it cause you trouble if so much sugar comes in at once?"

"It's okay, I've got a plan. ”

Subsequently, the uncle and nephew talked about the specific arrangements and the economic situation in Japan.

Japan is an extremely resource-poor country.

The protracted war of resistance between the Chinese military and civilians not only inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army and consumed a large amount of Japanese materials, but also put a heavy burden on the Japanese economy.

The harsh reality forced Japan to revise its material mobilization plan in June 1938, comprehensively reducing the supply of materials for all industries unrelated to military needs, and requiring the people to implement ten major measures such as economy, rationing, recycling, and the implementation of a simple life in wartime, and stipulating that the use of 32 kinds of materials such as steel, milled iron, gold, silver, copper, and lead should be severely restricted.

In 1939, there was a severe drought in the Kansai region of Japan and Japan-colonial Korea, and severe flooding occurred in Taiwan, China, which was also a Japanese colony at the time. The poor agricultural harvest forced Japan to import more than 200 million yen of grain in particular.

After the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the stage of stalemate, Japan took control of the economic lifeline of the vast occupied areas, carried out colonial development of the strategic resources it needed, and at the same time carried out frenzied plundering in a focused manner according to different regions and industries, in a vain attempt to achieve the goal of "feeding the war with war."

By 1942, northeastern China accounted for nearly one-third of Japan's total steel production, and aluminum accounted for nearly 40 percent of Japan's needs. Of the 38 kinds of military supplies needed by Japan, 14 were supplied by Northeast China, and most of the equipment and materials needed by the Japanese army invading China were supplied by Northeast China.

In North China, Japan's economic strategy is to use North China to make up for Northeast China's shortcomings.

In Central China, Japan established the Central China Revitalization Company in 1938 to coordinate the economic plundering of the region. The company controlled the production and sales of aquatic products, silk, coal, iron, and electric power in central China, and also directly carried out the trick of plundering the vast number of Chinese.

After the "77 Incident," Japan exercised strict "control" and monopoly over agricultural products in northeast China, and Chinese people were designated as "economic criminals" for eating rice.

At the beginning of the Pacific War, Japan quickly occupied Southeast Asia and controlled a large number of strategic resources. Among them, Malaya and Borneo account for 85% of the world's total rubber production, and Malaya and the Dutch East Indies account for 60% of the world's tin production. At that time, the Dutch East Indies produced 8 million liters of oil per year, which was sufficient to meet Japan's needs. However, due to the severe shortage of ship tonnage, in 1942, Japan was able to bring back only 60% of the materials from Southeast Asia.

After that, the Allies made a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the Japanese economy, attaching great importance to the destruction of Japan's sea lines of communication in order to stifle Japan's war economy. The US Navy's submarine forces have even regarded attacking Japanese transport ships as their main combat mission.

Faced with a huge shortage of ships after the war, Japan adopted the method of simplifying the process and lowering the standards to build transport ships. From the outbreak of the Pacific War to the defeat and surrender, Japan built a total of 3.97 million tons of new ships, while the loss of ships in the same period was as high as 8.83 million tons, more than twice that of the former.

The lack of ships made it impossible for Japan to repatriate all the supplies it had plundered from the occupied territories. In 1941, Japan's sea traffic was 47 million tons, in 1942 it fell to 39 million tons, in 1943 it was 29 million tons, in 1944 it was 17 million tons, and in 1945 it fell sharply to 6 million tons.

Because of this, prices in Japan have soared, and some things have risen 1,000 times!

The life of the common people is very difficult, there is a large demand for consumables like sugar, and there is no shortage of goods from the outside world, but they just can't be shipped in.

The Japanese military said that it was a unified purchase of supplies, but in fact they were already in a hurry! They turned a blind eye to smuggling, and no matter what, as long as they could bring it in, even if it was a black market channel, it would be good if they could buy it.

Qin Di told the third uncle that he would take advantage of the soaring prices to sell the 13,000 tons of sugar, wait until Japan was defeated and surrendered, and then exchange it for enterprise shares, whether it is absolute control or relative control, even if it is 1% of the shares of large companies.

He made a special list, including Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Sony, Panasonic, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Hitachi......

He listed a lot, but only as an alternative. Which one to invest in depends on the specific situation.

In the evening, Qin Xi came home from school.

I haven't seen her for a few years, she has grown into a girl, and I still remember Yan Xue, my sister, who once carried her to Qingcheng Mountain, so she was very kind to Yan Xue.

Yan Xue asked her how she was doing at school.

"It's fine. When Qin Xi said this, he seemed to remember something, and he couldn't help but shudder.

After dinner, Keiko called Yan Xue over and told her something: "In two or three years, Ah Xi will go to high school." In some classes, male and female students, including teachers, attend classes without clothes. ”

Yan Xue was taken aback: "Why is this, is it so scarce that you can't afford to wear clothes?"

Keiko explained: "In 1932, there was a "Higher School for Girls" order. In the girls' high school, there are 'self-cultivation classes' and 'civics classes'. The purpose of this is to send these female students to the battlefield.

Some people believe that naked classes can train the mental will, and when they go to the battlefield, they will have no sense of shame and can improve women's combat effectiveness.

In January 1938, the Mother and Child Protection Act was promulgated, a policy for the development of mothers and children, and a public appeal was made for the slogan "Work hard to reproduce, Work hard to have children!", and the entire Japanese strata were immersed in war fever.

There is still a phenomenon of daughter trafficking in Japan, and the girls who have been sold have no complaints.

Girls are sold for the sake of their families, and not only are no one despised, but they are even praised by people. There is a woman in Japan who sells herself to support her mother and younger brother and has been officially commended for her peculiar filial piety. Some people even believe that being a prostitute is noble because they sell their bodies for filial piety. ”

When Yan Xue heard this, she only felt that her scalp was numb, and said, "Otherwise, I'll take Qin Xi back to China, right?"

Unexpectedly, Keiko actually nodded: "Yes, I'm about to do this." Originally, I wanted to go back to the magic capital to live for a few years, but your uncle always made excuses, saying that the business here couldn't leave!"

Yan Xue said: "Don't worry, Qin Zhan is still in Chongqing." She will take care of her sister and there will be no problems. And there are many children in the Qin family, Zhang Yiran is 17 years old, Zhang Shaoqing is 14 years old, Wang Shao is 11 years old, plus a few little dolls, Wang Zhe is 4 years old, Qin Hong and Qin Ying are almost 3 years old, if Qin Xi goes, he will not feel lonely. ”

"That's a good feeling, I didn't expect the Qin family to be so lively. However, Chongqing is located in the west, and it is very inconvenient to go through checkpoints along the way. ”

"With us taking Qin Xi with us, we guarantee smooth sailing. ”

"Well, I believe in your and Adi's abilities......"