Chapter 40 Black Dragon Club
“As for Jiangnan, it’s just Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Songjiang.” Yu Eshui said, “In fact, Songjiang’s distribution points can be chosen 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: "If we go to Beijing, Delong Bank will definitely set up a business. Yan Ming is also in the business of absorbing the 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." A strange light appeared in Lin Baiguang's eyes. "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’s worth setting up a business station.”
"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. 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 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 include elders, but also indigenous personnel." Ma Qianzhu 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."
"I understand." 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 officers can use various cover-ups, businessmen are the most common and easiest cover identity after all, and they can establish business outlets on the continent, killing two birds with one stone.
"I 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 intelligence work is just a incidental matter."
"Yes, I think so too." Jiangshan 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 people 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. Houjin only has such a big plate in total, so just smash it lightly It’s so messed up, we don’t care what Huang Taiji, 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 follow the activities of the Japanese ronin and learn about Liaodong's geography, weather, walled cities, commerce, Collect basic information such as population 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 command. "
"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. Only people with special skills can’t go.”
"Good." Jiangshan felt cold. He had an unexplainable feeling: Ma Du Gong looked at the elders 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 intelligence requires money, and it's a lot of money. Circulation coupons cannot be used. You have to use a lot of silver or goods that can be exchanged for silver. Silver now has the status of "foreign exchange" and must be applied for on a case-by-case basis. The procedures are 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 continent, and the Intelligence Bureau only dispatches key personnel to lurk and command. It can even Consider recruiting intelligence and operations personnel from the mainland locally..."
He talked for more than ten minutes about the organizational system and operation model of the Black Dragon Society. Ma Qianzhu then 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, but the problem is that the overseas stations are an industry of the Cross-Travel Group, and they can rely on orders from the executive committee for cooperation. As for private capitalists, their only idea is to pursue profits. Without enough profits, who will take the risk and participate in the Black Dragon Conference?
"I have thought about it. One is Lin Quan'an's Quanfuxing. 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 also 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 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 received part of the profit compensation from the rapidly expanding local population, but overall it was on a downward trend.
Jiangshan believes that Lin Quan'an is now eager to find new business opportunities. It's very possible to work 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 of going out to the mainland."
Qianzhu became a little more interested and said, "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, his family relies on us, and we also provide escort for his business exhibitions. Once on the mainland, he would be separated from Lingao's influence, and he had no confidence in this.
"So I am going 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. ”
"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 using this intention……"
"Ahem," Ma Qianzhu coughed: "Yang Shixiang already has his own business network in the mainland, 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 conduct intelligence work against the Ming Dynasty. Is it possible?"
"The probability is half to half." Jiang Shan said frankly. "There is no need to let him know at the beginning. We 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 also possible. However, Runshitang and Lin Quan'an's Quanfuxing are different. Quan Fuxing'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 planning to follow the route of chain drugstores in Daming. If a family makes a mistake, the entire family 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, 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 that all documents related to the Foreign Intelligence Service received in the past few days would be sent to his desk first. Hou Wenyong has been promoted to Secretary to the Secretary of State. He was happy that he could hold a "master"-level position at such a young age, but he was also embarrassed because he soon discovered that almost all secretaries in various departments were young women. Every time a secretarial meeting is held, he becomes "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 Qianzhu 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 was a junior minister, he was also a junior minister in the same department as himself. There was no affiliation between the two parties. It seemed too domineering for him to call him here directly. The reputation will be very bad.
Colonial and trade governors have not yet been chosen. 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. Either no one cares about these positions or there are too many people who are coveting them. The senators The hospital has held several plenary meetings and has yet to resolve the matter.
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.
Skade majored in radar - there are several radars in this place, but it is very difficult to build one. He immediately understood what the "Dragon Slaying Technique" was. So far, his entire professional experience was doing maintenance work for the few radars of the Crossing Group.
Ma Qianzhu knew this person. This person was an oligarch in politics, opposed to parliamentary democracy, and was at odds with the Qian brothers, the brains of North America. He also called Shan Liang a "careerist on the soap box." Ma Qianzhu felt that this person was suitable to serve as an official in the Department of Colonial and Trade Affairs: the work of this department was too universal and too democratic for someone to do it, but it was also inappropriate for someone who blatantly advocated genocide and the like - 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, which indicates that the departure time may be long. up to one hour. So that no one will wait in vain.
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, and the guard carefully checked the photo and his face, and then wrote the time of his departure and his pass number in the registration book.
He looked at the guard's dark face, meticulously copying Arabic numerals in accordance with 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, sir." The guard stood at attention and opened the door to the backyard.
"Thank you." Ma Qianzhu put away the pass and walked out slowly.
Opening the back door is a long open-air passage leading directly to the courtyard where the executive committee office is located. The passages between each agency compound allow personnel from each department to move directly between each other's buildings without leaving the gate, which facilitates security and access control.
There was no one in the street and it was very quiet. Ma Qianzhu could even hear the chirping of birds. This kind of bird song has been heard less and less near Bairencheng. The roar of machines and thick smoke in the adjacent industrial area have driven away the birds and animals here.
The birds chirping are so cheerful. By the way, spring in Lingao has arrived. After all, this place is a tropical place. Winter is short and not noticeable. Leaves never wither. Flowers bloom at all times. At noon, you can always run around in a shirt or even an undershirt. 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. Recall that the Ministry of Finance recently sent several documents on the construction of the financial system, tax system and accounting system. There was also the conversation between Yi Fan, Chen Ce and others at the Wudaokou Financial 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, would we revert to a barter system?
No, that's not the case. Ma Qianju thought to himself that this was a line struggle.
To put it simply, the conflict between engineers and accountants is a struggle between two different ways of developing ideas.
Accountants are anxious to manage finances, use economic indicators to control society, and manage enterprises in the same way as enterprises. Engineers planned 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 enterprises can be managed with funds as the center.
He wrote in his secret memo:
... Under the current economic conditions in Lingao, this line of thinking of Yifan and others is meaningless. Funds from different suppliers - that is, production processes from other factories - cannot be used equally. You cannot linearly trade one indicator for another. That is to say, circulation notes are not real currency, and there is no mature market for industrialized products in this world where microeconomics can be applied casually. So marketization is not established. Complex indicators, that is, technical core control, must be used. Only mainstream technology, mature technology, that is, technology that can be opened to indigenous operations, can we take the route of pure capital control.
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High technology will never take over the market. Because its own value cannot be measured by the market, it is only reasonable to take the core route of engineers at this time. The planned economy must be maintained in core industries, using monopoly profits to make up for capital costs, and using technological superiority to deal with micro-efficiency losses.
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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 government cannot operate, including the basic financial budget 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, and he 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. It is impossible for people to resist this Kind of tempting.
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 is unremarkable, placed among a pile of transactional reports. According to the procedure, as long as it is passed by the Executive Committee and then passed by the Senate Standing Meeting, it will be considered a success.
Hama Qianzhu thought that you wanted to engage in the Secret Service of the Ministry of Finance. Can this be used as a bargaining chip? He immediately rejected his idea - the chips were too small. Can an agency like the Treasury Secret Service be comparable to the power that affects the overall situation? x! ~!
