After the Japanese army occupied the Concession of the Magic City, they "take over" all British and American commercial factories in Shanghai, or ordered the closure of business as "enemy enterprises". On the 17th of the month, they closed all major warehouses, prohibited the movement of materials, and stipulated that grain, cooking oil, automobiles, hardware, rubber, chemical raw materials, medicines, etc. must be registered within a time limit. After the declaration period, some materials were confiscated, and the price was 15% of the market price. At the same time, the Japanese army also "accepted" all large enterprises including Magic City Electric Power Company, Magic City Gas Company, British and American Tobacco Factory, as well as 15 British, American and Dutch banks, including HSBC, McGary, Citigroup, Sassoon, Anda, and the Netherlands.

But after the Japanese army took over the bank, they found that the bank vault was empty!

There were only a ounce of gold and silver left in the 15 banks, and only a small part of the banknotes were left. How could this be possible?

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao found a bank manager and asked what was going on?

The bank manager is a British man. He was originally arrogant, but suddenly became a prisoner. He felt angry and was very angry when he heard this: "You robbers stole gold, silver, cash, and asked me what was going on! It was simply outrageous!"

Ying Zuo was even more angry and led him to the outside of the vault, pointing to a big hole in the wall, and said, "How come there is a hole here? Could it be that our people dug it? Since we have taken over the bank, why do we have to dig this hole? Isn't that fart when we take off our pants?"

The bank manager was angrily and said, "You are called stealing the bell! There is no silver here!"

Yingzuo was furious: "Baga! Drag it down and lock it up in the concentration camp!"

He interrogated one security officer after another. After a careful investigation, he found that all the 15 banks were stolen on the same night! Some of them lost their memories of security and could not remember what happened.

He interrogated all the bank managers and concluded that these 15 banks lost 230 tons of gold, 110 million taels of silver, 76 million US dollars, 37 million pounds, several bearer bonds, and 290 million fiat currency cash!

This is an amazing wealth, which made the Japanese army take the blame!

Moreover, the blame was tightly pressed, and the Japanese army could not even get rid of it!

Because the bank vault was fine the day before, how could it be stolen overnight? How many people would it take to move so much gold, silver, and so many banknotes? Who else can do this except the Japanese army?

Ying Zuo and a series of senior Japanese officers were shocked and angry. They didn't know who could complete such an impossible task. They thought this might be done by the Qingbai Party spies hiding in the concession, the Central Commission for Discipline and the Military Commission for Discipline, and even the Qing Gang intervened. Only they had such strength.

But how did these people choose so coincidental? Nearly or late, on the same night when the Japanese army entered the concession, they stole money from the vault?

Immediately, Ying Zuo thought again that it might be that the Americans had intervened, because the Pearl Harbor incident happened on the first day, and the Americans might have quickly spread the news, so the banks here took action...

So he ordered the capture of foreigners in the concession, the Military Control Commission, the Central Commission, the Qing Gang leader, and the Da Chi Party members, and the bank staff strengthened the interrogation. However, there was no result of the review and handling, and suddenly another amazing news came: nine banks far away in Hong Kong were also thieves, losing 150 tons of gold, 90 million taels of silver, 57 million US dollars, and 33 million pounds...

Because on the second day of the Pearl Harbor incident, the Japanese army captured the Concession of the Demon Capital, the Tianjin Concession and the Hong Kong Island at the same time! Among these three places, only the banks in the Concession of the Tianjin Concession remained intact, and something happened between the Concession of the Demon Capital and the Hong Kong Island, and these two things happened next to each other. It would be impossible to say that there was no detailed plan.

Ying Zuo could not explain the reason behind this, so he could only report the matter to the base camp.

The generals in the base camp felt both distressed and angry. They didn't want to be blamed for this, so they ordered people to announce the results of the bank theft and interrogation, and then offered a reward of 500,000 yen to track down the relevant clues.

But whether it is the British, American, Dutch, Qingbai, and Da Chi Party, they all unanimously believe that the Japanese army occupied the bank's assets, and then the thief shouted to capture the thief!

After the Japanese army entered the concession, they imprisoned more than 6,000 British and Americans into 20 concentration camps respectively!

They implemented military control over important industrial raw materials and their products, as well as rice, wheat, flour, coal, etc.; demolished machinery and equipment, plundered various machine tools, yarn, cloth, and transported some to Japan; reduced the power supply, and turned the night in the Magic City into darkness.

In the name of "economic support", the Japanese army occupied Chinese commercial and industrial enterprises in the name of "military control", "appointment management", "China-Japan joint operation", and "leasing". Due to the severance of maritime traffic, difficulties in the source of raw materials and sales of industrial products, the industry in the Magic City was severely recession.

In just one year, 2/3 of the Huashang factory went bankrupt; 90% of the spindles in the textile industry were idle, and the flour mills started operating rate was less than 10%. The industry shrank severely, most of the civilian products factories were shut down, and more than 300,000 unemployed workers were.

The Japanese army began to use military tickets on a large scale in the Magic City. There was no preparation for issuance of military tickets, no bank issued, and no government funds were used, and only the printing and transportation costs were borne. In addition to the shameless plunder of military tickets, the Japanese and puppet also issued counterfeit coins, directly plundering depositors' assets. This led to the accumulation of prices in the Magic City. In the following four years, it rose by 5,490 times, and people's lives were unsustainable.

Those employees who retired from Mingzhou Home Textiles and Qin's Grain Store originally received a year's salary, but due to the rise in prices, the Japanese army enforced military officers on food and other industries, so most of them fled to the Magic City. They went to Sichuan, Kunming or Shaanxi, and found new jobs at Dukou Steel Factory, Cathay Pharmaceutical Factory, Qin's Grain Store, Ci'an Hospital, and Mingzhou Home Textiles in Chongqing.

Recalling Qin Di's move to shut down the factory, they all felt emotion: "Mr. Qin is far-sighted and conscious. He closed the factory in time less than a month before the Japanese army entered the concession and transferred key equipment... Otherwise, those equipment would be removed by the Japanese and then transported overseas... There are still 100,000 tons of food. If it falls into the hands of the Japanese army, wouldn't it be aiding the evil?"

"But this way, the people in the Demon City will have even more hard life!"

"The saddest thing is not the common people, but the foreigners who were once arrogant were actually locked up in concentration camps. I don't know when they will be released..."

"In my opinion, the Japanese army will not let them go easily! Because Japan and the United States and Britain officially declared war, these people became hostages and were detained in the demon city, which would make the American military suspicious..."

"It's useless! Great powers are never bound by hostages. The war has already ignited, how can it be easily extinguished?"
Chapter completed!