Since the Battle of Guadalam, Japan has completely turned into a defensive strategy. The United States' war machine has been fully activated, and the strength of the navy and air force has been greatly strengthened. The Japanese Navy can no longer fight against the enemy. What's more cruel is that Japan's own war resources are exhausted and it has to seek the help of the puppet governments in the occupied areas.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange has always been an important link in the supply of Japanese materials. Although it was severely damaged by the war before, most of the industrial foundation was still retained. Especially after the occupation of the concession, a large number of factory equipment and skilled workers became prerequisites for material production.

Therefore, the Japanese army needed to maintain a relatively stable social order in the Shanghai market, which would be conducive to industrial production. In terms of the current environment, citizens' demand for food is far greater than their demand for cloth.

There is no need to consider increasing the rice ration for the time being. The only way is to coarse grains, bean noodles, bar noodles, red beans, and white beans, which become an important part of the food ration, and the output outside the pass is the largest.

Both the Kwantung Army and the Expeditionary Army belong to the General Army and are of the same level. If you want to exchange for coarse grains, you have to take out the supplies that the other party needs, mainly cotton cloth.

The smuggling of cotton cloth in the Shanghai market has never been truly curbed. Smugglers with great powers can always find ways to sell the cotton cloth and yarn in their hands to the Kuomintang-controlled areas for profit. Due to the complicated and complicated relationship, the Jinling government is powerless to do anything about this.

The Japanese had to accept this fact and use domestic gold reserves to directly force the purchase of merchants' goods, including Japanese merchants' goods. Although doing so would affect the interests of the chaebol, in the face of the bad situation, there seemed to be no other choice.

"I heard that cotton cloth shops in the city are very lively now, and merchants are dumping their inventory with all their might. The more registered merchants are, the more they release goods. They have long received news from the Jinling government's business association that the Japanese's approach will make half of cotton cloth merchants go bankrupt." Wang Zhen said.

The Business Council is a governing body, but the members are all closely connected with businessmen from all walks of life. They received instructions from the government a minute ago, and after a minute, the businessmen knew about it. No one wanted to break up with their peers about these things, and they would not get any benefits.

"This is a good thing for citizens. If you want the business staff of Huatong Trading Company to contact these cotton cloth merchants privately. If you feel that the goods in your hands cannot be sold, I can swallow a part of them. The Gendarmerie Command asked me and the Military Affairs Bureau to increase the smuggling quantity. Cotton cloth is the most important exchange material." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

As soon as the mandatory acquisition order was issued, the cloth shops in the Shanghai Stock Exchange were crowded by the citizens and they rushed to buy cotton and floral gauze. At this time, the price was cheap and there was no limit on quantity.

Huatong Trading Company also took action. Chen Mingxiang relied on his Japanese military task and sent business personnel to privately trade with the cotton merchants and pay in full, but he used the China Storage Coupon.

Even if he had money, he would not dare to swallow too much. The data provided by the Commission for Trade Unions' Materials Investigation Committee was that the registered cotton yarn was 64,644 pieces and the registered cotton yarn was 27,466 pieces. He planned to swallow ten thousand pieces of cotton yarn and seven thousand pieces of cotton yarn.

The cotton cloth and cotton yarn in the Shanghai Stock Exchange must be much larger than this. A large number of cotton cloth merchants used methods such as hiding goods and counterfeiting accounts to avoid the inspection of the Material Investigation Committee of the Commerce Commission, and even this was a purposeful collusion between the two parties.

In order to strengthen the management of the blockade line and prevent cotton yarn from flowing out of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to the instructions of the Gendarmerie Command, the police station and the Security Command increased the inspection of the blockade line under the supervision of the Japanese military police. All goods involving cotton yarn must be temporarily detained.

In a suburb in the southwest of Shanghai Stock Exchange, in a yard near Sheshan, the Shanghai Suburb Intelligence Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau is holding an emergency meeting. The issue is naturally to the forcibly purchasing cotton cloth and yarn this time.

The stationmaster of the Shanghai Suburb Intelligence Station and Army Colonel Luo Baotong presided over the meeting, the deputy stationmaster of the Army Lieutenant Colonel Qian Yuguang, the Inspector of the Army Lieutenant Colonel Cao Qingyang, the intelligence chief, the army Major Yang Luoyuan and the representative of the Qing Gang Sun Maochang.

"Boss Dai called many times to inquire about the acquisition of cotton cloth and yarn. As soon as the Japanese and Wang Puppet Government did this, the goods on the market were cleared. The police station and the military police set up a large number of checkpoints to closely inspect the goods entering and leaving the blockade line. According to this situation, the task of our intelligence station will definitely not be completed." Luo Baotong said with a frown.

"Although our Qing Gang has contact with some cotton merchants, we can get a batch of goods, but the quantity gap is too big and it cannot be transported out. This time, with the supervision of the Japanese military police, even the goods of Japanese merchants must be inspected. If it is cotton or cotton yarn, it must also be seized." Sun Maochang said.

The Shanghai Suburb Intelligence Station accepted the order of Boss Dai and joined forces with the Qing Gang to smuggle cotton yarn for the Kuomintang-controlled area. However, in the face of this situation, both sides felt a headache because Boss Dai never listened to the explanation. If he failed to complete the task, he would be dereliction of duty. If he dereliction of duty, he would be punished.

The most troublesome thing is that the internal relationships of the Shanghai suburbs are very complicated. The webmaster Luo Baotong is from the Hunan branch and belongs to Tang Zong's confidant, while the deputy webmaster Qian Yuguang is sent by Wang Xinheng. The intelligence chief Yang Luo was originally from the Guangdong branch Zheng Jiemin. Only inspector Cao Qingyang is an old subordinate of Wang Yixin of the Shanghai Experimental District of the Military Intelligence Bureau. This is the person who truly belongs to Boss Dai.

Cao Qingyang used to be the head of the Shanghai Suburb Intelligence Station, but at that time this intelligence station was not even a Type C station, and it was more like a contact point. Later, after the Military Control Commission's Shanghai District was overturned, the bureau headquarters decided to upgrade the Shanghai Suburb Intelligence Station.

With the addition of personnel and equipment, the level was upgraded to Type B station. His "qualification" became a little lighter and he only served as an inspector.

How to say, Cao Qingyang has no real power in the Shanghai suburbs intelligence station, which means he is not attached to the world or the land, and is completely emptied by these three factions. However, he has no responsibility for the task of the bureau headquarters this time, and the inspector is only responsible for the discipline inside the station.

"I have investigated carefully. Except for the goods from Huatong Trading Company that can pass normally, any other force must be strictly restricted. If you want to transport the goods out, you can only go through Chen Mingxiang's channel, and his fleet can be sent directly to the Kuomintang-controlled area." Yang Luoyuan said.

"The problem is that Chen Mingxiang's Huatong Trading Company is a smuggling agency that cooperates directly with the headquarters, and most of the funds from the bureau headquarters are exchanged for business with him. Boss Dai has clear regulations. Without the consent of the headquarters, we are not allowed to contact Chen Mingxiang privately, and he will not buy it." Luo Baotong said.
Chapter completed!