Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 811 A War Without Gunpowder Part One
After the liberation of Shanghai, social stability was achieved very soon.Shipping from Shanghai to HK has also resumed.

Many wealthy people bought boat tickets to go to HK one after another. They all have the same idea, that is to wait and see in HK for a while.

In the early morning, people come out of their homes and carry their luggage to the pier to board the boat.

They were surprised to find that a People's Liberation Army team had already entered the city. In order not to disturb the common people in Shanghai, the soldiers sat quietly and rested under the eaves on both sides of the street. Most of them fell asleep with their rifles in their arms.

This army is obviously different from the party-state army in observing discipline.

An old man suddenly burst into tears as he was walking. He turned around and said loudly, "I'm not leaving. I've lived for more than 60 years, from the Manchus to Beiyang to the Republic of China. I have never seen such a good army!"

His words resonated with many.

A man and a woman passed by the old man arm in arm. They all lowered their heads, and it was difficult to see their faces clearly.

That man was Lin Zhengjiang who was planning to retreat. He heard the old gentleman's words clearly in his ears just now.

Originally, he planned to lurk in Shanghai for a while, but as soon as Shanghai liberated some hidden personnel, they voluntarily surrendered to the Red Party. Their surrender led to the arrest of other hidden personnel, and several of them knew Lin Zhengjiang and were secretly commanded by him.

So Lin Zhengjiang had to leave Shanghai immediately.

Although the woman holding Lin Zhengjiang's arm could not see her face clearly, she had a graceful figure, and she was obviously not Lin Zhengjiang's wife.

"Director Lin, take me away, you are all gone, what's wrong with me? I'm so scared to death!" the woman whispered.

The woman's sentence "What's wrong with me" is obviously a Northeast accent. Lin Zhengjiang knew that this was intentionally said by the woman. In fact, this woman usually speaks differently, and her Shanghai dialect is very good.

The woman purposely spoke Northeastern dialect just for him, a Northeasterner, to win his sympathy.

Most of the people who held the real power in the military command and later the Bureau of Secrets were from Zhejiang. There was no way that both the old man and Boss Dai liked to promote fellow villagers.

Lin Zhengjiang has the highest position among the people from Northeast China in the military command, except for the original station master of Shanghai station who is also Lin Zhengjiang's good brother Wang.

The woman holding Lin Zhengjiang's arm tightly is also from the Northeast. Her father is a fur merchant in the Northeast, and her mother is Russian.Her parents brought her to Shanghai when she was a teenager, and soon after her father was tricked into committing suicide and her mother eloped.

Relying on her outstanding looks, she earns a living among the men.

After the Japanese occupied Shanghai, she was favored by Ying Zuo and became an intelligence officer in No. 76 after receiving rigorous intelligence training.

After the Japanese surrendered, she immediately defected to the military command, and now the Bureau of Secrets ordered her to stay in Shanghai to perform latent tasks.

"Miss Niu, when you took the oath, didn't you say that you must be firm and loyal to the leader? Why are you afraid after only two days? You are safe now! Those who were arrested don't know you, you only maintain one-line contact with me, I'll pick you up and evacuate immediately after completing the mission!" Lin Zhengjiang said.

"You must mean what you say!" said the woman.She raised her charming face and looked at Lin Zhengjiang.

At this moment, Lin Zhengjiang couldn't help trembling violently when he saw the charming look of the mixed-race woman.

"Who else can you trust if you don't trust me in the Security Bureau?" Lin Zhengjiang replied.

Lin Zhengjiang looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street and said: "Let's go. The 600 million people in Shanghai who use electricity to burn coal to dress and eat are left to them. The food, coal and cloth are all hoarded in the hands of those merchants. I would rather Let's see what they can do to keep the 600 million Shanghainese fed and clothed!"

Eight Dodge trucks slowly drove into Shanghai and arrived at the gate of Bank of China on the Bund.

Zhang Fawu got off the car and looked up at the tall bank building.

Now that most of China is at peace, the economic problem has become the main problem.Cadres like Zhang Fawu quietly walked to the front desk.

Eight trucks were loaded with the new version of renminbi shipped from the liberated areas, as well as the printed master version of the renminbi.

Now the circulation of gold-yuan coupons is temporarily allowed, but it will be banned after June [-]th. From now on, the people's government stipulates that the gold-yuan coupons can be exchanged with renminbi at a rate of [-]:[-].

After Zhang Fawu supervised the delivery of the currency on eight trucks to the basement warehouse of the bank, he rushed to the original central printing factory to check the printing machines without stopping.

"Get back all the workers and managers of the factory immediately, to be precise, please come back! We must appease them, wait for the order and then start printing!" Zhang Fawu said.

In the evening, Zhang Fawu worked in the office all night.

The secretary opened the door and said, "Chief, we have invited that person."

"Let him come in immediately!" Zhang Fawu said.

After a while the secretary opened the door, and Zhang Lixing appeared at the door.

"Come in, I didn't expect it, I'm back after only half a year!" Zhang Fawu said with a smile.

Seeing that Zhang Fawu wanted to see him, Zhang Lixing was completely relieved.He walked up to Zhang Fawu and shook hands first, then sat across the desk.

"Is Mr. Qian in Shanghai now?" Zhang Fawu asked straight to the point.

"No, he left with his family in March. But before he left, he came to my house to bid farewell to me. He said let me tell you that the Leon Trading Company on Queen Street, HK is his. If you need If you want to help, go find him there." Zhang Lixing said.

Hearing Zhang Lixing's words, Zhang Fa nodded five times.

"The People's Liberation Army has entered Shanghai, what do you think?" Zhang Fawu asked.

"Of course it's good. Those local hooligans are gone, kidnapping and extortion are gone, and even petty theft is almost gone." Zhang Lixing replied.

"I'm not asking you these things, I'm asking about your meals." Zhang Fawu said.

"It's expensive, and the price varies every day! Ordinary people can hardly afford food." Zhang Lixing replied.

He took out some renminbi that he just got and said: "I just got this. Others will convert their renminbi into silver dollars immediately after they get their hands. Now it is [-] to [-]. I think the price comparison will be even higher in the future! And now department stores don't They don’t accept banknotes, they just use silver dollars to mark the price. People in Shanghai still don’t trust RMB.”

Zhang Lixing still looks like a nerd, saying whatever he has.

A higher exchange rate means a depreciation of paper money.

"Shanghai has raised a large number of speculators for decades and hundreds of years. They make huge profits by buying at low prices and selling at high prices! There is a shortage of everything in the market, but the warehouses are full of grain, coal and cotton! Anyway, they have money, so they can eat as much as they have! These are the people you have to deal with now! They are all old fritters in the mall, and they are very difficult to deal with!" Zhang Lixing continued.

Zhang Fawu listened silently without speaking.

(End of this chapter)