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Chapter 957 Black Market
Disasters, hunger, natural disasters, plagues, all major disasters in the world are like a mirror, reflecting the kindness and weakness of human nature naturally.

War is also a demon mirror, through which the greed, selfishness, narrow-mindedness and other ugly natures of human nature will be fully exposed.

Because of the war, and because the mountain city was the "accompanying capital", batches of government officials, soldiers and refugees from the occupied areas gathered in the mountain city, so the supply of materials was very tight.

At the same time, economic stagnation and the excessive issuance of legal currency by the government have caused prices in the mountain city to rise three times a day. One day you can buy a pig with legal currency, and the next day you can buy a chicken.

On the other hand, half of China fell, and almost all the foreign trade ports on the southeast coast fell into the hands of the enemy. The only foreign trade routes left were Yunnan Province and the British Shan Kingdom, Guangxi Province and the French Cochin.

In the Republic of China, many industrial products, medicines, and machine parts could not be produced by themselves. In addition, the Guo party controlled various materials in the name of fighting the war with all its strength, resulting in a shortage of materials and an imbalance between supply and demand.

Daily necessities are supplied according to quantity, and the price has skyrocketed. Taking rice as an example, before March 39, it was 3 yuan per bucket, and by April it had risen to 10 yuan per bucket. Sometimes even if you have money, you can’t buy it.

Under such circumstances, the black market came into being. It can even be said that half of the people in the mountain city participated in the black market transactions to varying degrees.

After a closer look, it is true that the Japanese blocked this matter, but it was also caused by profiteers hoarding and driving up prices, especially relatives who had a relationship with someone.

For example, Miss Kong Er, gasoline is the most in short supply as military supplies, but the other party has a way to get it and sell it to make a fortune for the country. Everyone in the mountain city, including the upper echelons of the government, knows this clearly.

So what does the military order mean by the "Investigation Situation of the Black Market in Mountain Cities"? Could it be that someone is planning to exterminate relatives righteously? Zuo Zhong looked down in a daze, and quickly figured out what this group of people wanted to do.

As for the black market transactions of daily necessities, grain, and oil that have the greatest impact and involve the most people, the report only briefly mentions the drug sales in the black market in mountain cities.

It is also understandable that the former has a lot to do with it. Let’s take the example of Miss Kong Er. This woman played very well with a certain general of the Sichuan Army surnamed Fan. Together, the two opened several trading companies that resell kerosene, cotton, and the like.

Because they made too much money, the two also opened a bank account, and later changed it to a bank. Because the general surnamed Fan was born in Paoge, he was not well-educated. Gambling, holding dance parties to entertain all kinds of people.

According to the surveillance report of the Military Command, Chief of Staff and Minister of Military and Political Affairs Chief He, Chief of Military Law, Director of Transportation Tang Chief, Minister of Political Affairs Zhang Chief, Commander Gu of the Third War Zone, Deputy Commander Shangguan Chief, and Commander Yu of the Seventh War Zone sir.

There are also directors of the attendant office Mr. He, Mr. Brai, Boss Du in Shanghai, General Manager of the Central Bank, General Manager of Sichuan Salt Bank, Mr. Wang Xian of Flour King, Mr. Ning, Manager of Chuankang Bank, Mr. Ma, a great salt merchant of Sichuan Province, etc. They are all their guests.

Looking at this list of names, they are all people who would shake their feet and shake their feet three times. Could it be that this group of people mixed together for the sake of world peace? Don't talk nonsense, it must be for profit.

In a gamble, General Fan lost 80 French currency to Boss Du at one time. At that time, the salary of ordinary workers in the mountain city was only between 30 and 40 French currency. It is conceivable how much money these people made.

Even Dai Chunfeng, Zuo Zhong's cheap teacher, went to that party several times. No one dared to monitor what he did or said. It's just that Dai Chunfeng seems to have bought several houses recently.

Therefore, unless the Second Office of the Military Order is crazy, it will not choose to fight against this huge interest group. They are focusing on the drug trade, especially the trade of gun wound medicine and fungicide.

Someone cares more about the underground party than making some money for their own people. In the bitterly cold Northwest, except for some Chinese herbal medicines, all medicines are obtained from enemy-occupied areas and Kuomintang-controlled areas. The black market is one of the most important channels .

Zuo Zhong put the report on the table, held his arms and fell into deep thought. He and Lao Dai had just reached a secret cooperation with the underground party┴, and the documents were issued from above. Is it a coincidence, or the news leaked.

After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone on the table and connected to the second hall and third office of the military command, and asked his nominal subordinate about one thing, that is, whose idea it was to investigate the black market.

The other party didn't dare to hide anything from the Director's inquiry, so he honestly reported a person's name, Zuo Zhong chatted casually for a few words and hung up the phone, then said three words viciously with a cold gleam in his eyes.

"Xu! En! Zeng!"

According to the information disclosed by the three sources, Xu Enzeng formally wrote to the Second Department of the Military Order a few days ago, requesting a comprehensive investigation of the black market in the mountain city and completely cutting off the underground party's access to western medicine.

The reason why the other party did this is nothing more than two reasons. One is to create a sense of presence with someone, to show their determination to be incompatible with the underground party, and to reduce the impact of Ji Boxian's case.

The second is that it is clear that Zuo Zhong can't make it through. How can penicillin be sold after such a blow to the black market? Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Xu is doing his own death! ! !
Zuo Zhong picked up the phone again and asked He Yijun to inform Gu Qi and others to come to the office. Since some people are shameless, let's fight hard. He squinted his eyes while looking at the report.

Soon, Gu Qi, Wu Chunyang, Song Minghao, Wu Jingzhong and Gui Youguang arrived one after another. When they saw the murderous deputy director, they all stood obediently at the desk without knowing what happened.

"Old Gu, pass it on."

There was no nonsense, Zuo Zhong directly threw the report to Gu Qi, the business of penicillin was not only his, but the entire Military Control Bureau would benefit from it, so when there was a problem, it was natural to work together.

Gu Qi took the document nimbly, looked down for a while and handed it to Wu Chunyang beside him, with a puzzled expression on his face, it was just a search of the black market, why was the deputy director so angry.

More than ten minutes later, Gui Youguang, who was the last one to finish reading, put the document back on the desk, and then several people secretly looked at each other, secretly guessing why the deputy director called them over.

Zuo Zhong pretended not to see their small movements, and said with a cold face: "You have seen it all. Let me tell you, this is Xu Enzeng's suggestion to Shangfeng. What does he want to do, don't I need to talk about it?"

Gu Qi and the others thought for a while, and immediately saw through Xu Enzeng's sinister intentions, and immediately became furious, and everyone expected to follow the deputy director to get some penicillin to earn some pocket money.

Xu Enzeng's doing this is tantamount to handcuffing them on fire. If the superiors know that the military commander is involved in the drug trade, they will definitely doubt their loyalty, you bastard.

"Senior seat, how about me. Anyway, the spies and the underground party┴ are rampant, even if the surname Xu dies, no one will suspect us." Gui Youguang was the first to stand up, making a sinister gesture gesture.

Zuo Zhong really wanted to pry open the opponent's head to see what the big bald head was thinking when discussing how to get rid of the person in charge of another agency's intelligence in the office of the deputy director of the Military Command.

Although he trusts the people present and is not worried about the news leaking out, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. If he really wants to do this, who knows if there is any eyeliner among the small agents in charge of the implementation.

What's more, it's not until the last moment, this kind of thing that breaks the rules must not be done, if Xu Enzeng is really driven into a hurry, the other party is not powerless to fight back, and Er Chen must not be underestimated.

As if guessing Zuo Zhong's thoughts, Gu Qi said slowly, "Youguang, don't mention this matter after this door. If the news leaks, you, the captain of the special operations team, will be gone."

After warning Gui Youguang, he turned his head and suggested in a low voice: "Senior seat, since the order from Shangfeng came, we have to carry it out, but how to carry it out and to what extent it is debatable.

The black market is very involved. In order to better complete the task, I suggest to conduct a long-term investigation first, and lock the people involved in the case before making a thunderous move to arrest the profiteers who resell drugs.

Vice President, we must do a good job of confidentiality. We must not let the people involved in the case know about our actions, let alone let them know that it was Deputy Director Xu of the Central Committee who made this suggestion.

In case someone among the suspects can't think about it and takes action against Deputy Chief Xu, the loss of such an intelligence cadre is really a loss to the party and the country, and the military command will inevitably bear the responsibility for dereliction of duty. "

Gu Qi praised Xu Enzeng solemnly, and gave two countermeasures, one is procrastination, and the other is killing people with a knife, which can get rid of a confidant's trouble, and the mere responsibility for negligence of duty is nothing to worry about.

The others nodded upon hearing the words. The military command cannot kill Xu Enzeng, but it is okay to kill the suspect. Who will let the other party cut off his fortune? As for whether anyone dares to do it, there must be some.

Who can get ahead in the black market in the mountain city, which one is a good stubble, besides, even if they dare not, there is still the military command, fanning the flames, no, it is fueling the flames, but the military command is good at it.

But it is not without hidden dangers, Wu Chunyang said a question seriously: "Senior seat, we have to grasp this speed well, we can't let Shangfeng see that we are not working hard, it is best to catch a few models first."

Zuo Zhong nodded slightly. This is a mature and prudent statement. The military command and the upper echelons are not idiots.

Just when everyone was perfecting their plan to fight back against Xu Enzeng, Song Minghao, who hadn't appeared alone for a long time, hesitated, said one thing carefully, and opened up a second way of thinking for everyone.

"Deputy seat, Xu Enzeng has a lot of extravagance. The deputy director's salary alone is definitely not enough. His biggest income also comes from the black market." The old fried dough stick seemed to have said nothing, and it seemed that he had said everything.

Behind the desk, Zuo Chong's eyes micro-microphoned, and he immediately became interested. He got up and recalled Xu Enzeng's information, as if he had caught a glimmer of inspiration, so he turned to Song Minghao: "Old Song, explain in detail~"

(End of this chapter)