Chapter 1167: Jean
Zhu Muyun's method is actually very simple, starting from both food and salt. Now that grain and salt have been controlled, as long as it is stipulated that from now on, all transactions must be traded with central reserve bonds.
Food and salt are essential for human survival. As for food, the government can't control it for the time being, but the salt is almost stuck in the hands of the Japanese army.
Yingcheng Salt Mine is an important salt-producing area in central China, and in 1853, it began to be allowed to boil salt. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the mine produced about 300,000 quintals of salt every year.
In October 1938, after the Japanese army occupied Yingcheng, in view of the important position of salt, strict control and management of the salt mine in Yingcheng were implemented. At the beginning of the occupation, in order to prevent the outflow of simulations, the Japanese army forced all salt factories to shut down for two and a half months. By the end of the year, all factories were allowed to open under the condition of "pumping 50 catties of salt per shift per pot".
In order to strengthen the comprehensive monopoly and frenzied plundering of salt, the Guxing Special Service Headquarters of the Japanese Army ordered the Hubei Provincial Government to promulgate the "Measures for Dealing with Yingcheng Gypsum Company", ordering the Yingcheng Gypsum (Salt) Company to close down and suspend business, and to establish Yingcheng Gypsum and Salt Co., Ltd. separately, and implement the so-called joint venture between government and business, with the provincial government accounting for 60%.
All the salt produced is purchased and sold by the government. The Guxing Salt Political Bureau is responsible for the unified purchase and sale of salt in the entire Hubei. All the salt produced by Yingcheng Gypsum Salt Co., Ltd. will be shipped to Wuhan and sold by the Guxing Salt Administration.
Most of this salt, except for a small part that was distributed to the county official salt outlets, was to be given to the county cooperatives to exchange grain, cotton, and various local products for the needs of the Japanese army. It can be said that after the Japanese army took control of the Yingcheng Salt Mine, it could not only jam the necks of the common people, but also allow them to get a large amount of materials for free.
After the Japanese army occupied Guxing, minerals, flax, cotton, cattle and sheepskins, pig bristles, tung oil, lacquer, etc. were listed as military monopoly products, and Zhu Muyun's economic department was responsible for inspecting the goods and maintaining the control of the Japanese army.
The Guxing City Government has long promulgated the "Measures for Investigating the Existing Rice and Grain in Guxing City" to implement grain control. Soon after, the "Rice Grain Management Countermeasures" was formulated, stipulating that the city's rice stores should be concentrated in three areas: Gusaoshu, Yangjiahe, and Badong.
All mills are required to join the association as a member. The guild will raise funds to buy rice in a unified manner, and it is strictly forbidden to buy and sell it on its own, and each rice store will sell it at a limited price according to the grain counting system.
In other counties, cooperatives of Japanese-funded foreign companies were established to control grain, cotton, and other agricultural products, and to prohibit free trade by the private sector.
The more forbidden something is, the more expensive it becomes. Therefore, Zhu Muyun is rich in money, and people with power can make a windfall.
Zhu Muyun's China Reserve Bond Promotion Plan is based on these two points. There is a quota for salt and a control for grain, and these two means are used to force people to use the central reserve coupons, which is neither time-consuming nor laborious.
"It's well planned." Li Bangfan read all this plan in one go, and on behalf of the power of the Salt Political Bureau and the Guild, it was effortless to promote the Central Reserve Bonds.
"I don't know if it will work." Zhu Muyun humbly said that in fact, he was very confident in this plan. It's just that without the approval of the organization, he can only use general means.
Take out this promotion plan plan, and it can show that he is indeed very capable. Only in this way will he be involved in the whole project. If it was a risky thing, Zhu Muyun would naturally not be positive. However, this kind of thing that is not dangerous, can be performed in front of the Japanese army, and has benefits to be taken, Zhu Muyun certainly has to be active.
Even if Li Bangfan knew about Zhu Muyun's selfishness, he would not say anything in the end. For Li Bangfan, a corrupt Zhu Muyun, a mediocre Zhu Muyun, and an obedient Zhu Muyun are exactly what he needs. Feng Ziyuan is capable, right? But what is the use of him being a military commander? Zhang Baipeng can do it, but he is disobedient and always makes his own decisions, which is useless.
"It must be possible, you can prepare and accompany me to the military headquarters to report." Li Bangfan said excitedly that this plan will definitely succeed, and when it is implemented, it will be very easy. Even, there is no need for the Political Security Bureau to have an accident. As long as the policy is in place, the China Reserve Bond can be successfully promoted.
"Bureau, I'm not going. This is a report I prepared in Japanese, and your name is already written on it. Zhu Muyun shook his head, he can come up with ideas for this kind of thing, but it's better not to be in the limelight.
Assisting the Nanjing government in promoting the China Reserve Bond is not a good thing after all. Even if this is a last resort, Zhu Muyun still hopes to try not to get involved in this matter.
Only then did Li Bangfan notice that there was a Japanese version below, and at the end, his name was indeed written. And the one above, when he turned to the last page, it was written by the Political Security Bureau. This kind of thing can be done, but don't leave a name.
For the Japanese army, whoever did such a thing was definitely their loyal lackey. But for the Chinese, it is a hardcore traitor. His "loyalty" to the Japanese is fine as long as Li Bangfan knows it.
If Li Bangfan was Chinese, perhaps Zhu Muyun was worried that he would swallow his credit. But Li Bangfan is an authentic Japanese, and Zhu Muyun can't wait for him to be greedy for this merit. If Li Bangfan was not greedy, he would still be unhappy.
Last night, Zhu Muyun had already thought that it would be better to give such an opportunity to Li Bangfan. Li Bangfan has made meritorious contributions and will not forget himself. On the contrary, if he must fight for this credit, it will make Li Bangfan unhappy.
Li Bangfan knew that this was Zhu Muyun deliberately trying to add glory to himself, he glanced at Zhu Muyun deeply, and a pleased smile appeared on his face. Zhu Muyun still respects himself very much, and he knows that he has to give himself such an opportunity. If you change to other Chinese, you are afraid that the credit will be robbed by yourself.
"Well, although it is written in my name, I know that it is you who really make meritorious contributions." Li Bangfan said with a slight chin of his head.
"There would be no me without the bureau, and everything I have done over the years will benefit the bureau." Zhu Muyun said sincerely.
"By the way, how did you come up with this plan?" Li Bangfan asked, after reading Zhu Muyun's plan, this plan is not complicated, and ordinary people can figure it out. The most important thing in this plan is creativity, and as for the plan itself, there is nothing magical about it.
"I also thought of it by accident, when I was cleaning up the warehouse in the south of the city, I wanted to make those people work harder at night, so I asked Wu Guosheng to prepare a supper. At that time, I also made a joke, the world is big, and the meal is the biggest. If a person can't even eat, he will really fight with others. Aren't the Communist Party members now under the banner of letting the poor in the world have something to eat? These people can do anything to eat. Besides, what does it matter if they just change their currency and change their habits? Zhu Muyun explained.
"Yes, if you are extremely hungry, you can do anything." Li Bangfan nodded and said with deep feelings.
"Bureau, if it's okay, I won't bother you to report to the general." Zhu Muyun said with a smile.
"In this way, the 100,000 central savings coupons given to you last time should be regarded as office funds for the second department. Wait a minute, you go to the general affairs office to go through the formalities. Li Bangfan suddenly said that Zhu Muyun gave him such an appearance, so he naturally wanted to give it back.
What does Zhu Muyun like the most? Money and power, of course. Zhu Muyun's power is already great enough, and it is impossible for him to give it to him again. However, it is still possible to give him some benefits. The last 100,000 China Savings Bonds were handed over to the Political Security Bureau by Zhongjiang Industrial Bank.
Zhongjiang Industrial Bank did not think about getting the money back. As long as the China Reserve Bonds can be used as money, what is this money for Zhongjiang Industrial Bank? The central reserve bills are printed by the government, and if the government wants to use the money in the future, it only needs to start the money printing machine.
"Thank you." Zhu Muyun said that treating this central reserve bond as the fund of the second department is not a disguised gift of money to him?
As soon as Li Bangfan left, Zhu Muyun immediately ran to the economic department and called Zhang Wei of the fourth department. Since Li Bangfan agreed that the 100,000 central savings bonds would be used as funds for the second department, of course he couldn't let Zhang Wei waste the money in vain. 50,000 Chinese storage coupons can be exchanged for 100,000 fiat currency.
"Zhang Bin, I'm Zhu Muyun, what's going on with those reserve coupons?" Zhu Muyun asked. Now, he can't wait for Zhang Bin to have no money. How much money Zhang Yu used, how much fiat currency he would lose.
"Everywhere, the market is really not very recognized by the Central Reserve Bonds, we brought guns, and also used the brand of the Second Division of the Political Security Bureau. As of last night, only 2,000 central savings bills had been used. Zhang Wei said with a wry smile.
"Two thousand? In this way, you stop first and send the rest of the money to Zhao Ping of the Investigation Division. Zhu Muyun said that the loss he could accept was 20,000 China Reserve Bonds, and only 2,000 was spent, which not only showed that Zhang Wei and his four branches were incompetent, but also showed that the market was indeed very resistant to China Reserve Bonds.
"Seat, give me another chance, I'll be able to spend all the money." As soon as Zhang Wei heard Zhu Muyun's tone, he knew that he was unhappy, so he immediately said.
"No need, now this money is already the funds of the second department, you quickly put the money away, and don't take out a penny." Zhu Muyun said that 2,000 yuan has already made the people of the four branches taste the sweetness. If you let them use it again, your own loss will be great.
This money is called the funding of the second department, but how it is used, it is not up to him to have the final say? Therefore, he will not let Zhang Wei spend a penny of this money. In the future, this money will be converted into anti-war materials and transported to the base area.
Li Bangfan sent Zhu Muyun's China Reserve Bond Promotion Plan to the spy headquarters. As expected, his plan was highly valued by Shikuro Ochiai. Ochiai Shikuro knew Li Bangfan's identity, took his hand, and praised him fiercely in the office.
This made Li Bangfan really flattered, and he was a little overwhelmed with excitement.
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