si-mexico Chapter 703 Chaos in Shanghai
Chapter 703 Chaos in Shanghai
Henri Yui never imagined that when he took office as the commander of the Shanghai Gendarmerie Command, he did not encounter the crisis of assassination and bombing by Chinese agents, but instead encountered vicious incidents of food robbery and smashing of grain stores every day due to food shortage.
More importantly, the entire famine has become an important factor that has led to instability among the people of Shanghai.
He called Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chairman Li Qun directly many times. At first, his requests were met and food was delivered immediately, temporarily relieving the pressure on Shanghai.
However, this food supply crisis is not local but nationwide. Li Qun has repeatedly emphasized that the situation may get worse and worse, and he hopes that the commander of the border will be prepared in advance.
However, there is a gendarmerie commander next to him who doesn’t know how to produce food. How can we prepare it?
On the one hand, he ordered He Tianfeng to go to the vicinity of Shanghai to forcibly collect grain to ensure supply, and on the other hand, he ordered Li Qun to give priority to ensuring supply to Shanghai in terms of policy.
But it's okay once or twice, but after too many times, Li Qun started to find all kinds of excuses, started to decline, and tried to persuade and refuse politely.
"Commander Bian Li! I have no choice! I am biased towards Shanghai because of your support and care for me during my stay in Shanghai. However, I am also subject to the Wang Puppet Government in Wuhan and the management of the local cabinet, so I can't report to them!"
Li Qun's miserable voice came from the phone.
"Shanghai is the base of the Empire of Japan in China. There must be no chaos here. Order must be maintained. You just follow my orders. If there are any problems, I will take care of them for you."
Bian Liwei guaranteed into the phone.
"Commander! I know better than anyone how important Shanghai is to the empire. I think you can't make it difficult for me. You can ask the cabinet to issue a special order to the Wang Puppet Government, and then notify me to execute it. This is in line with the procedure. If I say this, Commander, you will understand my difficulties."
On the phone, Li Qun immediately pushed Bian Liwei to the local cabinet.
When Bian Li Wei Shi heard this, he thought there was nothing wrong with what he said!
There was nothing he could do but hang up the phone and report the situation to the military headquarters.
Chief Ishigaki of the Military Headquarters also knew that material supplies were tight and prices were rising everywhere. This was a very troublesome issue and could not be resolved with just a few words.
However, considering the importance of Shanghai, he still called the cabinet and communicated with them.
So the cabinet began to communicate with the Wang Puppet Government.
The Wang Puppet Government did not dare to disobey, so it called and asked Li Qun to transport grain to Shanghai.
This fell right into Li Qun's trap. He did not dare to resist the order of the border commander, but he did not take the order of the Wang Puppet Government seriously. He agreed with a hypocritical attitude. On the surface, he transported a small amount of grain to Shanghai, but secretly sold a large amount of grain to the northern Jiangsu region at a high price.
To put it bluntly, they sold it to the underground party in northern Jiangsu at a high price, earning a high price difference, which naturally went into Li Qun's pocket.
Anyone who has money and doesn’t make it is a bastard!
How could I give up such an opportunity to make a fortune?
As for the stability of Shanghai, what does that have to do with me?
I spent a whole hundred large yellow croakers to buy them. Isn't the chairman of Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials just trying to make money in a pretext?
Damn it, aren't you awesome, Shinichi Shimahashi? Did you come up with a way to prevent Shanghai from running out of food?
Jiang Yifan was eating and drinking with Miyazaki Ryuei, Chikashin Tomoya, Sotoike Mitsuki, Hatsujima Sachiko and other middle-level cadres of the Special High Section at the White Swan Hotel when he suddenly sneezed!
Damn it! Which son of a bitch is cursing me behind my back again?
"Hey! Chief! Do you have a cold? Do you want me to get you some medicine?"
When Sachiko Hatsushima saw this, she immediately asked with a concerned look on her face.
Jiang Yifan quickly waved his hands and said, "No need! No need! I'm not that pretentious."
Seeing this scene, Mitsuki Waiichi, who was standing by, couldn't help but said with envy:
"Team Leader Hatsujima! Why didn't you care about me when I had a cold?"
As soon as Jiang Yifan heard it, he knew that this kid had something bad to say and was about to stop him from speaking.
Unexpectedly, Hatsushima Sachiko answered bluntly:
"What's wrong with you!"
When Mitsuki Toike heard this, he rolled his eyes and was about to retort, but was interrupted by Miyazaki Ryuei:
"I firmly support Sachiko Hatsushima's concern for the section chief! Since the section chief has been without the blessing of roast chicken, beef and bullwhip during this period, his health must be affected, so I advise the section chief to find a new delicatessen as soon as possible and make sure to take good care of his body!"
After Jiang Yifan heard this, Chikashi Tomoya and Ike Mitsuki all burst into laughter, but Hatsushima Sachiko blushed, lowered her head and stopped talking.
"Go to hell! What nonsense! I went to several delicatessens and not only me, but also General Kurokawa and Chief of Staff Aki Oyamada said that it was not tasty, so I didn't buy it again."
Jiang Yifan gently pushed Miyazaki Longjing, looked at them, and told the truth.
"Alas! It's all Commander Sato Ichiro's fault! Otherwise, the Section Chief's health wouldn't have fallen to this state."
Chikashin Tomoya also joined in teasing the section chief.
Then everyone burst into laughter again.
Jiang Yifan pretended to be angry and said, "I said you are all bored. I tell you, I am in good health! Don't worry about it! Come on! Let's have a try!"
Jiang Yifan raised his glass, clinked it with everyone else's, and drank.
Hatsushima Sachiko also raised her glass and took a sip, glanced at Jiang Yifan sideways, and then lowered her head again.
Jiang Yifan thought, what is this little girl thinking? Flirting?
At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside, and then someone shouted:
"Catch him! He stole my bag of rice!"
Immediately afterwards, there was chaos on the street.
Through the hotel window, Jiang Yifan saw a burly man carrying a bag of rice, lying in a pool of blood on the street.
But someone else quickly rushed over, picked up the bag of rice, and disappeared into an alley.
Then several gendarmes and a large group of people ran into the alley.
Seeing this scene, everyone retracted their gazes and drank another glass of wine. Sachiko Hatsushima looked at Jiang Yifan and said:
"Chief! When Li Qun was in Shanghai, Shanghai never had a shortage of food. Why has it become like this now?"
"Why not transfer Li Qun back to Shanghai? Otherwise, Shanghai will be in chaos sooner or later!"
Miyazaki Ryuji also said seriously.
Sotoike Mitsuki and Chikashin Tomoya also looked at Jiang Yifan, waiting for his reply.
Jiang Yifan took a bite of food and replied:
"Even if Li Qun came back, the food problem would not be solved. The key is that the local cabinet and the Wang Puppet Government have carried out a reform, handing over the right to collect food to the Wang Puppet Government in Wuhan. You have to know how many of these people who have surrendered to our Great Japanese Empire are sincere?"
Having said that, Jiang Yifan deliberately paused for a moment before continuing:
"So, they can't help but speculate, drive up prices, and engage in black market transactions to make huge profits. How can they care about the instability of Shanghai and the damage it will bring to the empire?"
But then Jiang Yifan said:
"But this is not a problem we can solve. In the future, let's not discuss this matter too much. Commander Bian already has a headache. It will be bad if he knows."