"Of course, there is no problem, Ono-kun, your intelligence department is responsible for compiling a copy of the information of all grain speculators in the Shanghai market, and hand it over to Chen Jun as soon as possible, I will now call the head of the Kodama Agency, and ask him to raise at least 10 million US dollars for Huatong Trading Company as soon as possible, and raise the same amount by October, which can basically meet the needs of procurement."

"By the way, I will tell you the news that the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, the Gendarmerie Command, and the Marine Corps Command, as well as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Grain, the Ministry of Industry, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Municipal Government of Jinling will jointly crack down on grain speculation in Shanghai, and I will recommend you to this joint investigation team."

"This is a very good opportunity, from the day after tomorrow, the whole city of Shanghai will be banned from moving food, the gendarmerie, the marines, the police and the security command will all be dispatched to blockade the whole city, you should hurry up and operate, at least more than 15,000 tons of rice will be obtained from them."

"The remaining 15,000 tons of rice, when the grain in the Soviet Province is mature, you secretly purchase it from the Soviet Province and transport it from the Zhenjiang wharf to the warehouse of the Third Fleet in Shanghai. Kakuzaburo Makita said.

The grain purchased by Japanese merchants in the Soviet Province was not only for the army but also for the navy, because the military department's requirement was to feed the war with war, and the country would not provide military rations to the garrisons in China.

However, seeing the terrible scene of food shortage in Shanghai, seeing people starving to death on the streets every day, and hearing the constant crying of hunger among the residents of the public concession, the command of the fleet did not hesitate to issue an order that the Japanese navy in China must have some grain reserves.

This is also because of the contradiction between the army and the navy, which leads to necessary actions, and the army naturally has the advantage on land, and when it encounters a food crisis, the army will do whatever it takes to grab the share, and the navy cannot compete with the army.

"Chen Jun, you have to shorten the time to complete the task as much as possible, General Makita will not last long, according to his military age, he may soon be transferred back to the country for a transition, and then transferred to the reserve, and our marines will have a new commander in two to three months at most." Ono said.

You devils are going to toss people!

Of course, Chen Mingxiang knew what Ono Nakasa meant, which was to ask him to complete the grain procurement task as soon as possible, and then give Makita Kakuzaburo a dividend, so that he could go home comfortably to retire.

But in this way, he will lose a lot, Makita Kakuzaburo will definitely send Cheng Yi when he leaves, this is his "custom", the upper echelons of the Japanese garrison are people who know that the reputation of love and righteousness has been established with great difficulty, and it must not collapse because of these tens of thousands of dollars.

In order to continue the "friendship" with the navy, using the power of the Marine Corps, he also had to give a generous meeting gift to the new commander, and the relationship had to be built from scratch, which was really bad enough.

But he didn't know that the bad things were still to come!

"Secretary Mo wants to take over these 6,000 tons of coarse grain? You're not kidding me, are you? As soon as Chen Mingxiang arrived at the municipal government, he was stopped by Mo Guokang.

Although he has the authority to go directly to Chen Gongbo's office, he is not in a hurry, and he is willing to follow the rules of the game within the city government and arrange the report through Chen Gongbo's secretary, Mo Guokang. But what she never expected was that this greedy woman actually set her sights on these 6,000 tons of coarse grain.

The price of coarse grains is much worse than that of rice, but grain is a commodity that depends on quantity, and even if you earn 2,000 yuan per ton, 1,000 tons is 2 million, and 6,000 tons is 12 million, and this profit is not small.

"Mingxiang, now food is the most scarce material in Shanghai, you can't buy it with money, you also know that my expenses are relatively large, and it is inevitable that I am a little nervous in my hands, if I hand over these grains to grain merchants to sell, they not only owe me personal favors, but also must share my profits, you should do me a favor, okay?" Mo Guokang said with a smile.

Lack of money seems to be impossible for a person like her, but in fact, she has been really nervous about money recently, such as buying cosmetics, clothes, jewelry and other luxury goods, and more than a dozen maids, drivers and gardeners in the villa, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and the cost of daily life is quite high.

It's not a problem, the cost of living is just a drop in the bucket, the key is that she also operates something else. In addition to contracting the projects of the municipal government, he also invested in several companies, took advantage of the chaos in the Shanghai market, bought real estate on a large scale, and collected antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., these are the places where the real money is spent.

If the 6,000 tons of coarse grain fall into her hands, 100 percent of it will be sold to speculators, and she will be able to earn at least three or four million dividends.

"Miss Mo, maybe you don't understand very well, it's useless for me to promise this matter, in terms of pure profit, I really didn't mean to fight with you, the problem is that the Gendarmerie in Shanghai and the Consulate General in Shanghai have already set the specific operation methods."

"4,000 tons of coarse grain will be directly allocated to designated grain merchants, and distributed to the citizens at the prescribed flat price, limited to the public concession and the French concession, and the remaining 2,000 tons of coarse grain, 1,000 tons, will be transported to the charity relief station in Zhabei, and the more than 20,000 people in the relief station alone will have to consume 10 tons a day, and the other 1,000 tons will be transported to Nanshi for the poor to buy at a reasonable price." Chen Mingxiang said with a wry smile.

"That'...... Then forget it, with the attention of the Japanese, I won't embarrass you. Mo Guokang was suddenly deflated, how dare she offend the Japanese?

"In fact, this matter is also very easy to handle, this batch of relief grain is purchased by the Shanghai Special Municipal Government, and the price of grain is so high, there is a lot of room for operation. In this way, I will set aside two hundred yuan of profit for you per ton, but you will be responsible for the mayor's signature and the appropriation of the municipal finance bureau. Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

Although there are Japanese as an excuse, Mo Guokang will not blame himself, but this woman can be Chen Gongbo's home most of the time, more is better than less, and it will be helpful to have a good relationship with her, and it will also help in the future, anyway, it is not his own money that is spent.

"I know that you are the best for me, there is no problem with signing and allocating funds, just leave it to me to deal with, go, go to my office first and change the price, and then we will go to the mayor to report, the biggest problem now is that there is no food source, and money is secondary."

"The grain shortage in Shanghai has seriously affected the image of the Jinling government and the municipal government, and we have attached great importance to it from top to bottom; in view of the urgency of the situation, severe measures will be taken in the next two days to carry out a large-scale rectification of the grain market in Shanghai, and the vice minister of finance has already come to Shanghai." Mo Guokang said with a smile.

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