"In terms of Jiangnan, it's just Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Songjiang." Yu Eshui said, "In fact, Songjiang can be located in Shanghai County. Songjiang itself is an industrial and agricultural city. Although a large amount of cloth is produced, in
The value for commercial shipping is not as great as the port in Shanghai County."
"Where is Beijing?"
Jiang Shan said: "Delong Bank will definitely set up shop in Beijing. Yan Ming is also in the business of absorbing stolen money from corrupt officials and eunuchs. Our Intelligence Bureau should also go to open a small business or something to get first-hand information from the imperial court."
"We should not forget about Liaodong." Lin Baiguang's eyes flashed with strange light, "It is not very safe to completely let Li Luoyou take the center. Besides, this person may not be completely trusted. We will send people directly to the local area to get first-hand information.
.If necessary, it is worthwhile to set up a business website.”
"If you want to stay in Liaodong for a long time, you are not allowed to shave your head and leave your hair in braids. No one wants to do that."
"It's okay to send someone to take a look first, but it doesn't have to be permanent." Jiang Shan thought, there was a big question mark as to whether he could stay permanently.
The calculation was settled, Jiang Shan compiled a document on the issues discussed at the meeting and reported it to Ma Qianxu.
After reading the report, Ma Qianzhu asked a few more questions, and then he said:
"I don't have any objection to your need to replenish the staff. You can go to the Organization Department and see how many people are willing to be transferred to the Intelligence Bureau. Also, the Organization Department recently issued a document about the official staffing of various departments and agencies. You should take a look at it first.
Write a preparation table."
"Yes, I'll be there in a minute." Jiang Shan knew that Secretary Ma was a leader who paid attention to "Soviet-style comradely etiquette" and liked short and crisp answers and sharp expressions.
"The staffing should not only be established by elders, but also by indigenous personnel." Ma Qianxu said, "You should discuss this issue more. It involves next year's budget issue - starting from next year, all administrative agencies must have
You have an idea of the budget and final accounts."
"Understood!" Jiang Shan nodded sharply, "There are a few things I would like to ask for advice on."
"Say it."
"The intelligence activity plan I submitted mentioned the collection idea of 'official supervision and private affairs', as well as setting up bases on the mainland," he said. "These all involve the issue of how to handle the business relationship with the Ministry of Colonial Trade.
"
Although intelligence agents can use various cover-ups, businessmen are the most common and easiest cover, and they can establish business outlets in mainland China, killing two birds with one stone.
"I still have to discuss this matter with the deputy minister of the Ministry of Colonial Trade." Ma Qianxu said, "Since both parties benefit, it is appropriate for them to invest in the newly opened commercial sites. Your information gathering is just a side matter."
"Yes, I think so too." Jiang Shan was very happy to see that the governor had accurately found out the key part of his words and expressed his agreement.
"As for whether to send someone to Liaodong, my personal opinion is that it is not necessary. Since we have Li Luoyou as our middleman, why send another veteran? It is unnecessary. Hou Jin only has such a big plate in total, just smash it lightly
It’s so messed up, we don’t care what Huang Tai Chi, Dorgon, Da Yu’er and Xiao Yu’er think.”
"I think it is of certain significance to understand the situation in Liaodong for future military operations to conquer Liaodong." Jiangshan said, "My idea is to imitate the activities of Japanese ronin and learn about Liaodong's geography, weather, walled cities, and commerce.
Basic information such as population will be collected to provide intelligence support for future military operations and comprehensive purges. In the long run, there is no need to send a senator, but in the early stage, a senator should be sent to take charge."
"If you think it's necessary, and if any elder is willing to take the risk of shaving his head, I won't object - lest anyone say we don't respect public opinion." Ma Qianzhu said it didn't matter, "But the candidates must be approved by the Organization Department.
People with certain special skills cannot go."
"Good." Jiang Shan felt a chill. He had an unexplainable feeling: Ma Du Gong looked at the elders the same as he looked at the natives.
"For overseas intelligence stations," Jiang Shan continued to report, "in addition to the overseas stations that cooperate with the Ministry of Colonial Trade, I also plan to establish a separate system, which I call the 'Black Dragon Society' system."
Ma Qianzhu made a show of not being interested: No matter you are the Black Dragon Club, the White Dragon Club, or the Red Flower Club, he is very clear about Jiang Shan's purpose, it is just to get funds.
Producing information requires money, and it's a lot of money. You can't use negotiable coupons. You have to use a lot of silver or goods that can be exchanged for silver. Now that silver has the status of "foreign exchange", you have to apply for it one by one, and the procedure is very troublesome.
Jiang Shan continued the conversation perseveringly: "The Black Dragon Society is a private organization. It is funded by private capital under the traversal group system to set up locations all over the mainland. The Intelligence Bureau only dispatches key personnel to lurk and command among them. It can even be considered.
Recruit mainland intelligence and operations personnel on the spot..."
He talked for more than ten minutes about the organizational system and operation model of the Black Dragon Society. Then Ma Qianzhu spoke:
"Have you considered which capitalists from Lingao will be the investors of the Black Dragon Society?"
The idea of the Black Dragon Association's government-supervised private operations is good. The problem is that the overseas stations are an industry of the Cross-Travel Group, and they can cooperate with orders from the executive committee. As for private capitalists, their only idea is to pursue profits, and they do not have enough.
Profit, who would take this risk to participate in the Black Dragon Conference!
"I have thought about it. One is Lin Quan'an's Quanfu Xing. Lin Quan'an made his fortune by shouldering bulk purchases for us. Now our supply system is gradually improving and the foreign trade system has been established. He relied on his early monopoly
Sooner or later, the days of profit-making from the status of suppliers will come to an end, and they will inevitably choose to transform." Jiangshan has already done research and found that Lin Quan'an's recent orders from Chuanchuan Group are decreasing, and his profits are also much smaller. Of course, he has a rapidly expanding local population.
Part of the profit compensation has been obtained, but overall it is on a downward trend.
Jiang Shan believes that Lin Quan'an is now eager to find new business opportunities. It is very possible to cooperate with him.
"Lin Quan'an already has extensive business contacts throughout Hainan, but the market in Hainan is very small, and many of the materials originally purchased by him have been directly obtained by us ourselves, so he has the intention to go out and develop on the mainland."
"Yeah." Ma Qianzhu became a little more interested, "Go on."
"The reason why Lin Quan'an hasn't moved is mainly because he feels that he lacks support on the mainland. After all, he relies on us for his fortune, and we also provide an escort for his business development. Once he arrives on the mainland, he will
Without Lingao's influence, he has no confidence in it.
"So I plan to take advantage of his mentality to make him fully feel that we have not forgotten him, that our interests are tied to him, and that there will be a powerful organization supporting him behind the scenes, and Lin Quan'an will be willing to become a member of the Black Dragon Society
Already."
"Very good." Ma Qianzhu commented simply, "There's more."
"Of course it's Runshitang."
"You wiped out all the capitalists in Lingao."
"Yes," Jiang Shan said, "Liu San from the Ministry of Health had a memorandum about establishing the Ming Dynasty's 'Watson's' chain of drugstores based on Runshitang.
"Yang Shixiang, the owner of Runshitang, is investing in the mechanized production of Chinese patent medicines, and most of his products are sold on the mainland. Expanding investment in the mainland is his original intention. We are just taking advantage of this intention...
…”
"Ahem," Ma Qianzhu coughed: "Yang Shixiang already has his own business network in mainland China, and he is not as dependent on us as Lin Quan'an. You want him to take risks and join the Black Dragon Society to engage in intelligence work against the Ming Dynasty.
No possibility?"
"The probability is half to half." Jiang Shan said frankly. "There is no need to let him know at the beginning. We will only use his branch as a cover to directly install intelligence personnel into his agency. Wait until he sees our intelligence agency.
I’ll tell him about my abilities later.”
Of course this is possible. But Runshitang and Lin Quan'an's Quanfuxing are different. Quanfuxing's significance to the Crossing Group is only a model; Runshitang is equivalent to a subsidiary of the Crossing Group. Moreover, Yang Shixiang and Liu San are in
Daming is planning to follow the path of a chain drugstore. If one company makes a mistake, the whole army will be wiped out. Not to mention what Yang Shixiang's attitude will be, even the Ministry of Health, which Liu Sanhe invested in Runshitang, will be furious.
"You must communicate with Liu San, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Commerce about this matter," Ma Qianzhu reminded him.
"Yes, if they don't agree, we will suspend Runshitang's plan." Jiang Shan said, "With the Black Dragon Society system, we can reduce a lot of investment, and part of it can be borne by these capitalists..."
The other part is naturally our responsibility. Ma Qianxu thought that after talking for a long time, he still had to return to the key issue.
He said: "Okay, you write a plan and send us the budget estimate."
Ma Qianzhu informed Hou Wenyong: All the documents related to the Foreign Intelligence Service received in the past few days were sent to his desk first. Hou Wenyong has been promoted to Secretary of the Secretary of State. He is proud that he can become the secretary at such a young age.
He was happy to hold a "master"-level position, but he was also embarrassed because he soon discovered that the secretaries of various departments were almost all young women. Every time a secretarial meeting was held, he became "a little green among all the reds."
.
"Then you go to the compound of the Ministry of Colonial Trade and ask their deputy minister to come." Ma Qianxu ordered, "Well, don't come to the compound of the Government Affairs Council, go to the lounge of the general office."
He thought: Although the other party is a junior minister, he is also a junior minister in the same department as himself. There is no affiliation between the two parties. It seems that he is too domineering to call him here directly. The reputation will be very bad.
The colonial and trade governors have not yet been elected. According to the "Common Programme", the nine executive committee members are all political officers and need to be elected by the Senate. However, several of them have not been elected yet. If there is no one interested in these positions,
Isn't it because there are too many people who are spying on the matter, and the Senate has held several plenums but still has not resolved it.
So people who are interested in these businesses took the route of office clerks. Positions below the executive committee were appointed. Skade took this route and successfully became the director of the office of the Ministry of Colonization and Trade - currently
He is equivalent to the deputy minister of the ministry, and actually exercises most of the administrative power of the ministry.
Si Kaide majored in radar - there are several radars here, but it is very difficult to build a radar. He immediately understood what "the art of slaying dragons" was, and so far his entire professional experience has been for the Cross Travel Group
There are only a few radars doing maintenance work.
Ma Qianzhu knew this person. He was an oligarch in politics, opposed to parliamentary democracy, and was at odds with the Qian brothers, the leaders of the North American branch. He also called Shan Liang a "careerist on the soap box." Ma Qianzhu
I feel that this person is suitable to serve as an official in the Department of Colonial and Trade Affairs: the work of this department is too universal and too democratic for someone to do it, but it is also inappropriate for someone who blatantly promotes racial/ethnic/genocide.
―They are too extreme and want to express their loyalty to their ideals at all times. They do not know that many things must be carried out in stages.
He put a "leaving" sign on his desk - this sign has two colors, one is green, which means a short-term departure within fifteen minutes, and the other is yellow, indicating that the departure time may be long.
Up to an hour so that no one is left waiting.
Ma Qianzhu went downstairs and opened the door from the backyard of the office building. There was an indigenous guard here. He showed his pass. The guard carefully checked the photo and his face, and then wrote down his departure in the registration book.
Time to go and pass number.
He looked at the guard's dark face, meticulously copying Arabic numerals according to the guard regulations, and thought to himself: Our system really needs to be implemented. Since people can be reformed, society can also be reformed.
"Your pass, chief." The guard stood at attention and opened the door to the backyard.
"Thank you." Ma Qianzhu put away the pass and walked out slowly.
When the back door is opened, there is a long open-air passage that leads directly to the courtyard where the Executive Committee Office is located. The passages between the courtyards of various agencies allow personnel from each department to walk directly between each other's buildings without leaving the gate, which is convenient for security and
Access control.
There was no one in the corridor, and it was very quiet. Ma Qianzhu could even hear the chirping of birds. This kind of bird chirping has become increasingly rare near Bairen City, and the roar of machines and thick smoke in the nearby industrial area are distracting.
Birds and animals walked here.
The birds are chirping so cheerfully. By the way, spring in Lingao has arrived. After all, this place is in the subtropics. Winter is short and not obvious. Leaves will not wither. Flowers bloom at all times. You can always wear clothes at noon.
Shirts and even undershirts are worn everywhere. Ma Qianzhu likes places with distinct seasons, where he can feel the growth and decline of plants and the passage of time as the seasons change...
He put his hands in his pockets and recalled the documents recently sent by the Director of Finance on the construction of the financial system, taxation system and accounting system. He also recalled the conversations of Yi Fan, Chen Ce and others at the Wudaokou Finance Conference.
He felt an unprecedented pressure coming to him.
It is difficult for others to understand this kind of pressure, or even not understand it - the financial system, isn't this an upright system construction? As someone said: Without accounting and financial systems, will it regress to a barter system?
No, that's not the case. Ma Qianzhu thought to himself, this is a line struggle.
To put it simply, the conflict between engineers and accountants is a struggle between two different development ideas.
Accountants are anxious to do finance, use economic indicators to control society, and manage enterprises the same way they manage enterprises. Engineers intend to use a complex set of technical indicators to expand industry as quickly as possible.
Ma Qianzhu believes that the accountant's idea is only suitable for a single enterprise, and it is the kind of enterprise that can switch among multiple suppliers, multiple logistics providers, and multiple sales methods at any time. Only such an enterprise can manage with funds as the center.
He wrote in his secret memo:
... Under the current economic conditions in Lingao, the idea of Yifan and others is meaningless. Funds cannot be used equally among different suppliers - that is, the production processes of other factories - and cannot be used linearly.
Use one indicator to exchange for another. That is, circulating notes are not real currency, and there is no mature market for industrialized products in the world where microeconomics can be applied casually. Therefore, marketization is not established. Complex indicators, that is, technology, must be used.
Core control. Only mainstream technology, mature technology, that is, technology that can be opened to indigenous operations, can we take the pure capital control route.
High technology will never go to the market. Because its own value cannot be measured by the market, it is only reasonable to follow the core route of engineers. The planned economy must be maintained in core industries, using monopoly profits to make up for development costs, and using technological superiority to deal with micro-efficiencies.
loss.
However, from a government perspective, it is difficult to deny the role of currency, accounting, auditing and accounting. It can even be said that without this system, modern governments cannot operate, including the most basic financial budgets and final accounts for modern government operations.
Therefore, how to strike a balance is very important.
He thought that he should talk to Cheng Dong, who should be able to understand his theory. Of course, Cheng Dong now also supports the plan of Yifan and his group - this is natural. Once this plan is passed,
The power of the financial department will increase exponentially, and it is impossible for people to resist this temptation.
He suddenly remembered that one of the documents recently sent to the Executive Committee Secretariat by the Director of Finance was a request for instructions on adding "full-time bank security personnel". This report was inconspicuous and was placed among a pile of business reports.
According to the procedure, as long as it is passed by the Executive Committee and then read and approved by the Senate Standing Committee, it will be done.
Ha! Ma Qianxu thought, you want to set up the Secret Service of the Ministry of Finance. Can this matter be used as a bargaining chip? He immediately rejected his idea - the bargaining chip is too small. An organization like the Secret Service of the Ministry of Finance can influence the overall situation.