The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

In fact, it is similar to modern times. The cash that can be exchanged by all banks is limited.

Compared with the Republic of China period, the silver dollar was limited.

Once a large number of silver dollars are exchanged, the bank will suffer losses... After all, in order to maintain daily operations, the bank's biggest business is still lending.

How can you lend money if you have no money? How can you make money?

Just this one move put the Specie Bank in a state of panic. The bank's president, Hattori Ano, who was sent home by Jiang Cheng, was so anxious that he almost collapsed on the spot.

On the third day after the incident, he went straight to the Marshal's Mansion with gifts, but Zhang Hanqing and his wife were not at home. Jiang Cheng heard Zhao Xishun's report, but smiled:

"Oh, the president took time out of his busy schedule to meet our Han Qing? But I am the only useless person in this family."

Zhao Xishun couldn't help laughing: "I told you to stop being so mean, I think that devil is really anxious."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand: "I know he is anxious, but you have to tell him that there is no time to rush now."

Zhao Xishun found a random excuse to send him back, and Jiang Cheng himself made another call to Jilin Prefecture.

He told Zhang Tingxue to go to the Bank of China as soon as possible and cash all the money.

The girl immediately said that after Hai Huixin got into trouble in Jinan Prefecture, she withdrew all the money from this bank, saying that no matter how high the interest rate was, she would rather not do business with the Japanese.

Jiang Cheng immediately understood that she was concerned about Hai Pingchuan. He didn't say anything, but just reminded her to be safe and take care of herself, then hung up the phone.

"I think we need one last fire."

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The day after Hattori Aon found him, the two major free trade zones in northern Menggu and Heilongjiang Province announced the suspension of yen exchange.

This is much more serious than a bank run, and it is equivalent to cutting off the source of income for Japanese companies.

They cannot buy things directly in the free trade zone with Japanese yen. They need to exchange relevant currencies through the cooperative financial institutions in the zone:
For example, if you want to do business with Chinese businessmen, you have to exchange silver dollars; if you do business with the Russians, you have to exchange rubles.

But stopping the exchange of Japanese yen is like bringing a pile of waste paper into the free trade zone. You can’t buy anything...even accommodation and food.

Some Japanese businessmen were smart and immediately thought of exchanging money at their own banks in various parts of Northeast China.

But they were "pleasantly surprised" to find that no bank could exchange a single silver dollar.

If you want to change money, you can only take out a loan... In other words, you still have the money, but you have to pay it back with principal and interest!

And because of the recent shortage of silver dollars, the bank simply raised the interest rate to an outrageous level.

The Japanese businessmen were so angry that they wanted to overturn the table, but Xu Shuzheng and Wu Taixun said:

Kulun and Heilongjiang Province can provide low-interest loans. Any Japanese businessman who comes to our free trade zone to do business can use the purchase order of goods as a loan voucher and use part of the goods as collateral to lend the money.

This series of moves almost destroyed the Japanese banks' "way to survive" in the Northeast, forcing Hattori Aono to visit Zhang Hanqing many times in a row. She almost knelt down before Zhang Hanqing and begged the Northeast to show mercy.

Jiang Cheng kept asking him to avoid him until he found his old friend Takeo Kikuchi, and then he agreed to meet them.

You know, a few days ago Jiang Cheng went to see Hattori Ano who was detained in the office. This guy was still very arrogant, but today he almost knelt down and begged for mercy, which made him very happy.

"Actually, we have always been in a cooperative relationship with each other—"

Seeing that he had almost finished begging for mercy, Jiang Cheng sighed and continued, "You guys are also doing business in the Northeast. Why do you have to get involved with the political circles, especially the military?"

After saying this, Hattori Aon suddenly shuddered. Having worked in China for many years, his Chinese is almost indistinguishable from that of the locals, and he is also a genuine cultural expert.

In fact, he knew exactly what the young commander was trying to express.

"I, I - yes, Commander Jiang, you are right!"

Nodding and bowing repeatedly, Hattori Masao sighed and said, "Actually, I don't want to go against the Marshal's Mansion, but, but I really can't afford to offend the military!"

"But...but things have turned out like this. I, ah, I never expected this!"

Kikuchi Takeo quickly added: "Commander Jiang, you may not know that even some high-ranking officials in our country are helpless!"

"As the military's power continues to expand, those of us who are relatively moderate are also victims."

Jiang Cheng didn't say anything.

From the sound of it, it seems that the Japanese are too radical and can't even tolerate some of their own people?

Takeo Kikuchi was not a good person, but compared to people like Honjo Shigeru, he had given benefits to the Marshal to a certain extent, and maintained peaceful coexistence between the two families to a certain extent.

Moreover, according to some later information, before the Marshal changed trains, Takeo Kikuchi repeatedly hinted to him not to board the train and it would be better for him to take a military vehicle back to the Northeast.

In other words, this kid is very likely to know the entire plan to assassinate the Marshal.

As if seeing that the two young officers had no intention of responding, Kikuchi Takeo quickly added: "For example, this time -"

"The military informed Hattori-kun that their intention was to delay the repayment from the Northeast and then lend it out."

It sounds like he said it in a tactful way, but if you listen carefully, it still means to make interest compounded and take Fengtian's economic lifeline into his own hands.

"I understand. Isn't it just loan sharking?"

Jiang Cheng smiled, picked up the cigarette in front of him and lit it, "Actually, there's no need to make such a fuss - if you Japanese really want to lend us money, we really want to borrow money too!"

Zhang Hanqing suddenly became anxious: "Fei Lan!"

Jiang Cheng looked at him, but calmly finished the second half of the sentence: "How many Japanese yen can your Specie Bank lend? I, Jiang Feilan, will lend you as much as I have!"

what?
Borrowing money, do you think it's for free?

Zhang Hanqing was simply unable to do anything about it——

By then, you won’t even be able to pay back the principal and interest.

Hattori Aon was so happy now that he almost reached out to hold Jiang Cheng's hand. He was so happy that his eyes were almost gone: "You want to borrow money?"

"Okay, okay... You should have told me earlier. Our bank is open to do this business!"

"We can negotiate how much you want to borrow!"

Jiang Cheng took a few puffs of his cigarette and immediately smiled gently: "Lend me as much as you have!"

"Go to my Jilin Prefecture and see what can be mortgaged. Is this golden signboard of Jiang Cheng enough for mortgage?"

Hattori Aono laughed even more happily: "Hehe, now that you've said that, of course we want to cooperate for a long time!"

"How much do you want? How much do you want? I have as much as you want!" (End of this chapter)