After a while, Yu Liangzhen said quietly: "Zi Ren, Zi Ren, there are thousands of roads in the world. Why did you choose the most difficult one? Why did you? Why did you have to worry about it?"

Zhong Yi said sternly: "What does the commander-in-chief mean?"

Yu Liangzhen sighed: "Actually, you should know that the focus of this matter is not Chen Jinmu."

"Of course I know." Zhong Yi said without hesitation, "The focus of this matter is opium smuggling. As long as the opium smuggling channels can be preserved, let alone Chen Jinmu, even if I kill hundreds of officials in Yinjiang, they don't care, and they will even take the initiative to make a move for me."

"It's good that you know." Yu Liangzhen said with a slight slightest, "Then you should know what to do, right?"

"The commander-in-chief meant to ask me to reconnect with the opium smuggling channel?" Zhong Yi's eyes turned cold.

Yu Liangzhen frowned slightly and said, "I know, Ziren, you are an upright person. You can't bear to watch drugs like opium invade the bodies of your compatriots. But have you ever thought about it? Even if you cut off the opium smuggling channels in Yinjiang, our compatriots can be avoided from opium?"

"Of course this is impossible." Zhong Yi said, "Driven by huge profits, opium merchants will still develop other smuggling channels, and they may even open up channels for Japan-occupied areas! After all, little Japan also needs money!"

"That's it." Yu Liangzhen sighed, "Smoking ban is not something that can happen overnight. Even the principal is helpless. How can you do it alone with Zi Ren? This means that in our China, the existence of the opium market is an objective fact. It will not disappear because of Zi Ren, nor will it expand because of Chen Jinmu!"

After pausing, Yu Liangzhen said again: "Since that's the case, why do you have to force opium to cross the Japanese area? Why do you have to let the Japanese make this money? Isn't it good for us to make money? Ziren, you said just now that everything is difficult to have no money, but as long as you open up opium smuggling channels, you will have money?"

It must be admitted that Yu Liangzhen's words also have certain fallacies.

What this means is that those Chinese addicts will not disappear suddenly. They have to continue smoking opium. As long as there is a market, someone will sell it! The opium trade will definitely not be eliminated! Since this is the case, instead of letting the Japanese make money, it is better for us to make money and use the money we earned in the War of Resistance, right?

But Zhong Yi obviously would not be convinced by fallacies so easily because he knew more.

Zhong Yi said at the moment: "But Commander-in-Chief, have you ever thought about how much harm will this cause?"

"What a danger?" Yu Liangzhen frowned slightly, "It's just that my compatriots are poisoned by opium. What other dangers can there be?"

Zhong Yi shook his head and asked an irrelevant sentence: "I heard that the commander-in-chief not long ago, the commander-in-chief was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 10th Army?"

Yu Liangzhen frowned and said, "Why did you suddenly talk about this?"

Zhong Yi asked again: "What does the Commander-in-Chief think of the 10th Army?"

Yu Liangzhen sighed: "I went to several divisions of the 28th Army and the tenth division. I felt not optimistic. Both senior generals and intermediate officers of these divisions all had empty salaries and were treated with soldiers. The treatment of grassroots officers and soldiers was even worse than dogs. If they really started a war, it would be a big deal!"

Zhong Yi said seriously: "Commander-in-Chief, this is what I want to say!"

Yu Liangzhen's expression frightened and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean is that if you don't eliminate opium smuggling, even if the Zhejiang East China Sea Defense Corps is built into shape, it will not be able to form combat power?"

"Yes." Zhong Yi nodded and said in a deep voice, "Commander-in-Chief, do you know what the Yinjiang Security Division has been hurt by Chen Jinmu's involvement in opium smuggling?"

Yu Liangzhen said: "What's the disaster?"

Zhong Yi said: "The three main regiments of the Yinjiang Guard Division have a total registered number of more than 6,000 soldiers, but in fact, only two thousand people have made it. The intermediate officers of the Guard Division have eaten two-thirds of the vacancy!"

"What?" Yu Liangzhen changed his mind with a verge of pride, "There are more than 6,000 people on the list, but there are actually only 2,000 people?"

"This is not the most excessive!" Zhong Yi sneered, and then said, "Even those more than two thousand people are pale and thin, and they are so weak. Such troops cannot even be able to do anything if they are fighting, not even if they are allowed to do something! And the reason for this is that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!"

After a moment of pause, Zhong Yi continued: "The current situation of the 10th Army has proved that even if you only do business normally, it will lead to the corruption of an army and the sharp decline in combat effectiveness, let alone the huge profit-making business behavior such as opium smuggling? Commander-in-Chief, I can tell you responsibly that as long as this opening is opened, the Zhejiang East Coast Defense Corps and the Zhejiang Provincial Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Corps will be finished."

Yu Liangzhen was speechless because he knew that what Zhong Yi said was basically right.

The corruption and erosion of the army by doing business is beyond imagination, let alone opium smuggling!

After pondering for a while, Yu Liangzhen finally gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, you hand over 70% of the benefits you get from this cleaning operation to the provincial finance. On the way here, I tested Huang Shaohong's words. This man should not have participated in opium smuggling, and it can be seen that he hates opium smuggling."

He paused for a moment and continued, "So, as long as you hand over the benefits of these cleaning operations to the provincial finance department, Huang Shaohong will definitely stand up and speak for you. Then I will be able to deal with it after a little bit of a beat. After all, those people's butts are not clean, so I dare not open them and say it clearly!"

Zhong Yi couldn't help but curse inwardly, he still wanted money around!

The opium interest groups mentioned earlier are mostly just an excuse.

Because it will be easier to use this excuse to suppress him first and then ask for money.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Yu Liangzhen really wanted to connect with opium smuggling channels and thus took the benefits of opium trade transiting through Yinjiang. However, after Zhong Yi's advice, he finally gave up his thoughts.

But how could Zhong Yi be fooled easily? Giving money is never possible.

"This is impossible!" Zhong Yi said flatly, "I won't pay a penny for this money!"

"Why don't you understand?" Yu Liangzhen said anxiously, "This is called retreating to advance! You can't always force yourself!"

"Then the mayor can't do it anymore." Zhong Yi said angrily, "Yinjiang is so poor that he is almost unable to get out of the situation. I finally thought of this method and made a small fortune. As a result, the province has to make another quarrel and take away the big head. Then, as the mayor, I, the mayor, are fucking a fuck, wanting horses to run away, and wanting horses not to eat grass. How can such a good thing happen?"
Chapter completed!