On November 2, the 31st year of the Republic of China, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, commanded the 3rd Division, 13th Division, 39th Division, 68th Division, and 116th Division to start the Battle of Wuling according to the predetermined plan.

On 4 November, Wang Jingwei, head of Wang's puppet government, arrived in Tokyo, Japan, on a special plane with Zhou Gaohai and other dignitaries to attend the six-nation meeting hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.

At this time, there was also a lively scene in the Shanghai market, all the cloth shops and cotton cloth shops carried the cloth to the door, set up a long stall, the people of the Shanghai market rushed to buy cotton cloth, buy a few zhang with less money, buy a few horses with more money.

In order to quickly dump the goods in their hands and not be forcibly purchased by the Japanese puppet, the bosses of the cotton cloth shop also gritted their teeth and gave a low price, which at least could be exchanged for cash, which was more than ten yuan per foot, and now five or six yuan a foot, so the price is much stronger than the purchase price.

A piece of cloth is calculated according to more than 33 meters, which is equivalent to about 100 feet, and the purchase price of the Japanese counterfeit side is 375 yuan per piece of cloth, and each foot of cloth is equal to three pieces of seven cents and five cents.

"Director Chen, you are the deputy secretary general of the Chamber of Commerce and Commerce, and the deputy director of the police department of the municipal government, entrusted by the Consulate General in Shanghai and the municipal government to assist in the compulsory purchase of cotton cloth and cotton yarn. Nie Lusheng, the director of the Cotton Gauze Office, came to the office of the police station and said.

This office is a special agency set up for the compulsory purchase of cotton cloth and cotton yarn, Nie Lusheng is also the owner of a well-known spinning mill in Shanghai, and his qualifications are very deep, and now he sees his peers exploiting loopholes and disrupting the work of the office, he is worried that he will be blamed by the Japanese, so he ran to Chen Mingxiang.

"Director Nie, my police station is only responsible for implementing the decrees that have been issued, not what I want, I have received an official letter, when can I take measures against the cotton cloth merchants, everyone looks down and doesn't look up, you can't push me into the fire pit!" Chen Mingxiang said with a cigarette in his mouth.

"You still don't know the efficiency of the Jinling government, Chairman Wang went to Japan for a meeting, Minister Zhou Gaohai also followed, there was no presiding over the meeting at all, Chairman Wang even took it back and held a meeting, it will take a week in a blink of an eye, there are 259 cloth shops in the city, and there are thousands of pieces of cloth a day, and the number of cotton cloths reported is only more than 27,000 pieces, and a fraction of them are gone in a blink of an eye!" Nie Lusheng was anxious.

"When the sky falls, there is a high top, why are you in a hurry? This is a mistake on the part of Jinling, what does it matter to us? If something goes wrong, I can't find your head, go back to the office and drink a big tea, when will the documents be ordered, and when will you come to me again! Chen Mingxiang said without being salty.

Nie Lusheng didn't dare to dwell on this matter anymore, he knew that Huatong Trading Company was also secretly buying cotton cloth, and it was purchased at a high price, in fact, Chen Mingxiang did not deliberately conceal his intentions, that is, he wanted to take the opportunity to hoard cotton cloth, and he was not afraid that people would know.

In the face of this kind of open-minded sabotage of the compulsory acquisition, both the municipal government and the Consulate General in Shanghai pretended not to see it, and the Commercial Unification Council naturally did not dare to care about Chen Mingxiang's affairs.

"Director Chen, I came to you this time for another small matter, a friend of mine entrusted me to privately sell a batch of cotton cloth and cotton yarn to Huatong Trading Company, the quantity of which is 1,000 pieces each."

"His asking price is not high, 20 cotton yarn is 15,000 yuan each, and the faucet muslin is 12,000 yuan each, I hope to meet you, I don't know what you mean?" Nie Lusheng said.

"You have to meet me for an interview with such a little goods, there is no need for this, let him contact the people of Huatong Trading Company directly, send the goods to the warehouse for inspection, and then go to the finance to get the money directly, your friend's goods, I'm afraid it's not a normal channel of goods, right?" Chen Mingxiang said.

Huatong Trading Company is open to acquisition, not afraid that you will ask for money, but afraid that you will have no goods, and has always maintained a good reputation, in this case, this person has to interview himself, there must be a reason in it.

But Chen Mingxiang's current status is not something that anyone can see if they want to see it, two thousand pieces of goods, when Huatong Trading Company was just opened, he could still be valued, and now, an ordinary salesman can handle it, and there is no problem with the goods and money.

In fact, Chen Mingxiang smelled it with his nose, and he also knew that this batch of goods must be the goods of the Shanghai suburb intelligence station, and they were slowly acquired through the relationship of the Qing Gang.

Pan Qiwu was also worried that he did not have a sense of the overall situation, so he deliberately pointed out this matter, as long as it was goods destined for the national control area, the directly subordinate station would provide assistance, cotton cloth and cotton yarn were the most sought-after goods, and the Military Control Bureau could not give up this huge benefit, and special coupons and smuggling were the two main sources of funds.

If you want to be a qualified stationmaster, you can score a clear stake, he helps to take the goods, he also has a good income, and he can make a good impression, Boss Dai gave so many privileges to the direct station, and he is not stingy with cultivation, he must come up with a broad mind, and there is no loss anyway.

"You're right, these goods are all privately hoarded by my friend, and he means that they must go to the national control area, and if they flow to other places, once the Japanese find out, the rest will be very troublesome." Nie Lusheng said.

Obviously, this friend of his also knew that the quantity of this order of goods was too small to meet Chen Mingxiang, so he said his request in advance.

This reason cannot be miscalculated, Chen Mingxiang's business is wholesale rather than retail, no matter in the city in the occupied area, the sudden influx of so many goods, I am afraid that it will immediately attract attention.

Chen Mingxiang is not worried about the Japanese holding them accountable, but the problem is that the selling party is worried! Maybe something else will be involved because of this!

"I will disappear from the person, you tell him that the goods are normally put into the warehouse and get the full amount, and the goods of Huatong Trading Company have always gone to the national control area, where the price is high, and I get the greatest benefit, and the fool will digest the goods elsewhere." Chen Mingxiang said.

He didn't want to have anything to do with the people from the intelligence station in the suburbs of Shanghai, so he dared to stretch his hand to his own territory, really thinking that the enemy was all rice buckets one by one?

This is not because the intelligence station in the suburbs of Shanghai is angry because of the indiscriminate stretch of out, but for the sake of their own safety, it only involves goods, and no one can do anything with him, and if it involves the military commander, I am afraid that it will have a negative impact on his "image."

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