My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 188 Food War!

Jinan base area.

Ze County.

"One hundred and fifty tons of grain per day?"

“Purchase limit is three kilograms per person?”

Just when Shiratori Seitaro was wondering whether to give him a hard blow.

Some domestic business brokers discovered that the food supply at various supply offices of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei has increased again.

"One hundred and fifty tons per day, four points, that's not..."

Some people can’t believe it:

"Six hundred tons per day?!"

What is the Eighth Route Army doing?

He never understood.

"fine."

Several businessmen looked at each other and saw the thoughts in each other's eyes.

If more efforts are made to block the external transportation channels of grain, then grain prices will inevitably fall significantly, and it is very likely that they will even fall back to the price level in May.

"It's not good, sir."

at the same time.

"We have people inside."

Especially recently, the Eighth Route Army has suppressed the Japanese to a great extent and has not launched any raids for a long time. There is no more war and Japanese sabotage, and the grain production in the base areas has recovered.

"The transport team was arrested and all the food was confiscated."

Six hundred tons per day.

Take the Eighth Route Army's recent determination to put grain into the market.

That’s 18,000 tons per month.

"Traitor!"

At the home of old man Jia, one of the local big landowners, the housekeeper rushed in angrily:

"what?"

That is, it is the same price as the Eighth Route Army put it into the market, one Hebei Nan Yuan per pound of grain.

In the southern Hebei region, including the recent influx of refugees, the total population within the control of the Eighth Route Army is approximately 3.5 million.

The butler's tone was still panicked:

Old Man Jia trembled all over.

"If the Eighth Route Army strictly controls the outflow of food, then..."

Got a brain convulsion?

He has been vigorously suppressing food prices, causing the food in the Japanese-controlled areas to be about half more expensive than the Eighth Route Army-controlled areas, causing him huge losses.

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"master."

If you become a traitor, you will lose your head.

"It is said that the Eighth Route Army has recently been strictly inspecting grain reselling. Anyone who transports more than one hundred kilograms of grain to the Japanese at a time will be punished as a traitor."

Recently,

He immediately increased the transportation volume and organized a second batch of grain transportation. It was estimated that the profit in his hands alone would be as high as a thousand oceans.

The previous batch was fine, why were they suddenly intercepted?

Wasn't there someone in the Eighth Route Army who helped suppress this matter?

Counting the southern Hebei region, its own grain output is not low.

"The grain transport team was intercepted by the Eighth Route Army."

Old Man Jia doesn't understand.

Although the price of grain put into the market by the Eighth Route Army has not increased, strict purchase restrictions have been imposed, with each person only able to buy three kilograms per day.

Ze County.

Basically eliminating the possibility of profit from large-scale reselling.

The first batch of grain made a lot of money, and the profit reached 30%.

In order to make up for the losses, he secretly cooperated with several surrounding landowners. It took more than a month to finally open a transportation channel to transport grain to the Japanese-controlled areas.

Old Man Jia, who was holding a bundle of one hundred oceans of cash in his hand, was immediately shocked.

result···

"what happened?"

There is no room for food prices to continue to rise.

This is a necessary means.

Food is already self-sufficient.

Old Man Jia's tone was forced to be calm.

The reason why he was able to open up the transportation channel was because several of them, the landowners, united and bribed people in the Eighth Route Army's security team and established relationships.

and,

He handled this shipment of grain indirectly, using a middleman. Even if the Eighth Route Army investigated, it would be impossible to trace him.

But Old Man Jia's hands were still trembling.

This batch of grain is quite large.

After one trip, his work for half a month was in vain.

Big loss.

"The Eighth Route Army's dog days."

Old Man Jia cursed and bared his teeth.

Since this batch of grain was seized by the Eighth Route Army, it was basically wasted.

It also means that the way he wants to make money by transporting grain to Japanese-controlled areas may not work.

It’s okay to forcibly control food prices, but we don’t want people to make money by taking out food.

Are you going to let people live?

After cursing for a while, Old Man Jia said to himself with stern eyes:

"We cannot let food prices fall."

···

"Report."

"A new batch of one million fake new Hebei Nan coins has been discovered."

Shimen.

One of his subordinates ran into Suzuki Hoji's office and reported to him.

"understood."

Suzuki Hoji is no surprise.

The new Hebei Nan coins he printed were of the first generation and were banned from circulation on Tubal Road, so they were found to be normal.

Tuba Road is not that easy to deal with.

Moreover, it has been a month since the large-scale issuance of the second-generation new Jinan coins, which have better anti-counterfeiting performance. Basically, the second-generation Jinan coins circulating on the market are second-generation Jinan coins.

It doesn't matter if a generation of counterfeit money is discovered.

"Is there any news in the country?"

Suzuki Fanji asked.

It has been a month since the second generation of the new Hebei Nan coins came out. Due to insufficient domestic technical capabilities, he could only commission domestic imitations. Now a month has passed, but there has been no reply.

"I sent a telegram yesterday to inquire." The subordinate replied:

"It seems that we encountered technical difficulties."

"Technical difficulties..."

Suzuki Fanji was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

Recently, both the military and the intelligence agencies have a feeling that the Eighth Route Army always comes up with some advanced technologies, which makes the empire suffer in various aspects.

Advanced long-range mortar.

A transport aircraft capable of flying and landing at night.

A large-caliber heavy machine gun capable of dealing with tanks.

He had also read the beautifully printed newspaper. Even old empires as powerful as the United States or even Germany did not have the technology to print such beautifully printed newspapers on a large scale.

Not to mention an empire with insufficient technical foundation.

It is normal that the second-generation New Hebei Coin cannot be counterfeited in China.

"understood."

Suzuki Fanji sighed.

Once again, Suzuki Fanji felt the helplessness caused by the technical gap.

"Go down."

After signaling his men to leave, Suzuki Fanji looked at the information in his hand and fell into deep thought.

General Tada Shun's order asked him to use all his strength to destroy the economy of the southern Hebei region controlled by the Eighth Route Army.

However, it is unrealistic to release counterfeit currency on a large scale. According to the current situation, China will not be able to imitate the second-generation Balu Jinan currency in a short time, or even in a long time.

Then there is only one way left.

The large-scale absorption of silver dollars resulted in a reduction in the number of silver dollars in circulation in southern Hebei, forcing the new Hebei currency to depreciate, thus causing economic chaos.

The economic stability of the Jinan area controlled by the Eighth Route Army was due to Tubal Road's efforts to stabilize food prices. One of the main reasons was that the new Jinan currency was directly exchanged for silver dollars, and a large number of silver dollars were put into the market every day.

As a result, there are always a large number of silver coins in direct circulation in the southern Hebei region.

The value of the new Jinan currency is anchored with silver dollars.

The silver dollar, with the devaluation of legal currency every year, was recognized by almost everyone in the Republic of China as the most stable currency.

Coupled with the American Silver Act, international silver prices skyrocketed, further increasing the value of the silver dollar. Coupled with the fact that Tubal Road has set the value of the silver dollar too low, it creates a strange phenomenon - in the southern Hebei region, the goods that a piece of silver dollar can buy are far lower than the value of a piece of silver dollar in the international market.

only···

To absorb silver dollars on a large scale requires funds and a price, so he must use part of his profits from the international market.

There will be a problem in this way.

If Tubalu had enough silver dollar reserves, he would help Tubalu, making the Eighth Route Army very profitable.

"I don't believe it anymore."

"Their silver dollars are enough to fill the international market."

After hesitating for a moment, Suzuki Fanji gritted his teeth.

No matter how powerful the forces behind Tubal Road are, it is impossible for them to have enough capital to disturb the world silver market.

In the world, only the United States has such economic capabilities.

If this force had such strength, would it still be necessary to hide behind the scenes and directly appear on the scene to kill the empire soon?

···

"They're reinforcing the bridge?!"

at the same time.

North China Front Army, within the aviation brigade headquarters.

Kanashun was looking at the latest investigation photos in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Although General Shun Tada has approved the bombing plan for the Eighth Route Army base area, the heavy aerial bombs need to be transported from the military warehouses of the Republic of China Expeditionary Army, and aviation fuel needs to be stored.

It will take some time to actually start the bombing.

But Ghana Shunzheng has begun to prepare in advance.

He continuously dispatched reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's base areas and important facilities to formulate bombing plans.

"Hi."

The investigation and analysis staff member on the side nodded and said:

"I have communicated with the intelligence department that Tubal Road has indeed been strengthening various road bridges recently."

"What do they want?"

Garner frowned.

Reinforcing bridges is not a small project, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and is time-consuming.

Especially bridges like the Eighth Route Army, which use stone, wood, etc.

This can be known from aerial reconnaissance photos.

In the photo, a large number of Tubal Road engineers and militiamen, estimated to be close to 20,000 people, are busy surrounding several bridges. When viewed from the sky, they look like ants moving.

Of course, the huge number of people also made the project progress at an incredible speed.

But spending so much manpower and material resources to strengthen and widen bridges must have a purpose.

"To enhance transportation capabilities?"

Ghana Shunmao can only speculate so.

"Preparing for the arsenal?"

Based on the recent intelligence obtained by the Locust Army, Ghana has speculated on the follow-up.

Widen and strengthen roads and bridges to transport military machinery and equipment and military raw materials imported from abroad to strengthen the army.

···

"The road and bridge reinforcement work has now been completed."

"The drivers and logistics staff have also been trained to half of the expected level. Fifty-five large trucks can be dispatched at the same time, with a single transport capacity of more than 3,500 tons."

“Construction of the hidden garage has also been completed.”

"However, there is a new problem."

Yangcun.

Zhao Gang came to Li Yunlong to discuss:

"The white flour, corn, and rice provided by Boss Lu are all good products. They are of good quality and well packaged. They can be stored for a long time."

"but."

As he spoke, Zhao Gang frowned:

"It's also because the quality of the grain is so good that most of it flows into the market and eventually goes to areas controlled by the Japanese."

"I noticed it too."

Li Yunlong nodded.

People who are used to living a hard life are reluctant to eat good food. And, high-quality food is more likely to lead to corruption.

Another point.

Including militia forces, as the size of the army grows larger, so does the need for food.

as well as,

More and more people were driven in by the Japanese, and the demand for food further increased.

If all three transportation channels are opened in the plan and the Taiyue base begins to transport grain to the Shaanxi-Gansu border area, Wutai Mountain, Taihang, and Southern Hebei base areas, then 160,000 tons per month will really not be enough.

More food is needed.

Preferably, some coarse grains of relatively average quality.

"I'm going to find brother Lu."

Li Yunlong took out his communicator.

(End of this chapter)