Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1030: Still need to collect grain?

mountain city.

In the meeting room of the Military Council's rear service department, everyone was arguing.

Boss Dai also came to the meeting, but he just sat there and listened without saying anything.

The Service Department’s meetings usually had only one topic on the agenda, which was collecting food and wages.

The representative of the First War Zone stood up and said, "Hundreds of thousands of our troops are stationed on the front lines, on guard against the enemy troops from the North China Front advancing southward. If a fight breaks out, countless lives will be lost. Our soldiers don't even care about their own lives, so how can we let them starve?"

An officer from the Service Department said expressionlessly, "Fighting for the country, we certainly won't let them go hungry. However, the President has already issued clear instructions that each theater of operations must strive to raise its own food and wages within its base. Only when troops are deployed for a joint battle will the Service Department coordinate food and wages. Although your First Theater has a large number of troops, it also occupies a large area and occupies a grain-producing area. You can't ask for food from the mountain city, right? Where can the mountain city find food?"

"We've encountered numerous obstacles in our grain collection efforts this year. So far, we haven't even collected 30% of our planned grain! The weather is getting colder, and if we run out of grain, I don't think we'll have to fight this war!"

"Less than 30% of the plan? Have the people from Henan Province arrived? Tell me what's going on!"

A middle-aged man with a rather sturdy build and wearing a long gown and a mandarin jacket stood up upon hearing this.

"I'm Guo Yansheng, honored to be a councilor for Henan Province. Since you're asking why there's no food, I'm here to tell you why!"

After saying this, Guo Yansheng left his seat and walked to the center of the meeting room. After looking around, he spoke in a serious tone.

"From spring until now, Henan Province hasn't seen a single drop of rain. Summer grain production has decreased, and the autumn harvest has failed! Even in areas with good harvests, the harvested grain is less than 30% of previous years. But what standards are the First War Zone using to collect grain? They've taken farm registers from more than a decade ago, divided the fields into upper, middle, and lower grades, and collected taxes based on the registers. But the crops listed in these registers don't grow. I invite you to go to the fields and visit the people's homes to see where they get all this food!"

The people from the service department said nothing.

The men in the First War Zone snorted coldly, "I think there are some unruly people. Not only unruly people, but also some officials. They don't stand on the side of the soldiers, but instead side with the peasants. How come there is no food with so much land? I think you are hiding the food and don't want to pay the tax!"

Guo Yansheng roared, "According to your calculations, we have to pay over two million dan of grain, but the province's grain production this year is just over one million dan. Even if we give it all to you, it still wouldn't be enough! Just last month, the newspapers in Shancheng claimed that Henan Province had a bumper harvest. Who on earth is behind this? Who has committed this evil? I tell you, at least three million people, three million people! They're starving to the point of being skin and bones, and they've already started fleeing!"

Then, Guo Yansheng walked back to the table, opened a bundle, and took out a stack of documents.

"Open your eyes and take a look! The train station in Los Angeles is packed with people hoping to escape the famine by boarding trains. Over three hundred people are collected daily! A widow sold her child for a bushel of grain, only to have it snatched away by the grain-collecting team. The widow had no choice but to hang herself! Tang Keqin's soldiers went to the countryside to collect grain and publicly beat to death over a dozen village chiefs. One local official, realizing he couldn't collect the grain, was so frightened he committed suicide by taking poison!"

As soon as Guo Yansheng mentioned Tang Keqin, some people became unhappy.

Commander Tang is the president’s man!

"Mr. Guo! Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm just talking nonsense. Look, look at what our people are eating!"

As he spoke, Guo Yansheng opened the bundle again and took out Guanyin soil, wild goose droppings, grass roots and tree bark.

"I tell you, even elm bark is good stuff now!"

Those who still had some conscience at the scene could no longer bear it and stood up to curse at the people from the Service Department and the First War Zone, causing chaos.

Boss Dai said nothing, stood up and left the venue.

Shen Xing followed closely behind. The car was already waiting outside the building. Shen Xing opened the car door for Boss Dai and then got into the passenger seat himself.

"Xiao Shen, what do you think about what happened today?"

Shen Xing didn't say anything, so what else could I do?

The situation in Henan Province is already like this, and those bastards are still lying with their eyes open!

Boss Dai also sighed, "Guo Yansheng is a gentleman, but it would be fine if he didn't mention Tang Keqin. If he did, the higher-ups would be even less likely to acknowledge the disaster."

"I am stupid. Didn't you ask me to compile some evidence of Tang Keqin's crimes and submit it to you before..."

Boss Dai shook his head. "We submitted it, and we said it publicly. There's a lot you don't know. This Tang Keqin is very old-fashioned and likes to write manuscripts. And that's exactly what he likes. Mr. Chen said that Tang Keqin's manuscripts are often seen on his desk, and he even annotates them from time to time. We are a secret service department. Submitting a few charges against Tang Keqin won't offend him. On the contrary, he will think we are upright and impartial. But Guo Yansheng is different. By publicly cursing Tang Keqin like this, isn't he just a slap in his face?"

Shen Xing continued to remain silent.

Tang Keqin’s face is important, the president’s face is more important, but aren’t the lives of those three million people important?

When the car arrived at Luojiawan, as soon as we went upstairs, Wang Caixuan came to deliver a telegram.

"Brother Jinfo's telegram!"

Shen Xing said happily: "Oh, it's Brother Jinfo..."

He just started shouting and Shen Xing just wanted to slap himself.

He took the telegram and gave it to Mr. Dai next to him.

Boss Dai's mood obviously improved. Shen Xing thought to himself that Boss Dai must be addicted to the Golden Buddha's telegrams!

He took out a book and began to translate the telegram.

"The disaster in the north is severe. All those fleeing famine are heading north or west. A large number of victims have already formed in the Beiping-Tianjin area. This presents an opportune opportunity to harass the Japanese rear. We are planning to reorganize the Loyal and Patriotic Army in eastern Hebei, provide them with weapons, food, and wages, and have them attack Japanese strongholds and puppet army depots. If they succeed, we can make further plans. If not, this can divert the energy of the North China Front Army, and headquarters can also create public opinion to make it clear to the higher-ups that our army is devoting all its energy to the war of resistance. Please approve this plan, Director. If you agree, please quickly raise funds and food."

After reading it, Boss Dai subconsciously thought that the Golden Buddha was crazy.

You are a spy, who asked you to go to war!

But think about it...

Just as Jin Fo said, there was a Loyal and Patriotic Army in Jidong before. Although it failed in the end, many people are still hiding among the people. If we can take advantage of this opportunity to start an uprising, wouldn’t it be able to create public opinion and attract attention?

After all, the gimmick of "rebuilding the Loyal and Patriotic Army to contain the North China Command" is still very useful!

Boss Dai fell into deep thought.

"Reply to the Golden Buddha. I'm willing to pay you, but the food..."