Although the Russo-Japanese War had a significant impact on Shanghai's shipping industry and the northbound route was almost completely interrupted, it did not cause any disadvantage to Shanghai's economy. Instead, it made the economy of Shanghai more prosperous and developed. It turned out that after the war between Japan and Russia, merchants from various countries operating in Liaodong naturally withdrew their investments to escape the war. The economic zone closest to the battlefield was Shanghai. Therefore, most of these assets were transferred to Shanghai, and a large amount of capital poured into Shanghai, which naturally promoted Shanghai's economic development.

Moreover, for the needs of the war, Japan and Russia will purchase a large amount of materials from abroad. As the largest economic and logistics distribution center in the Far East, Shanghai is naturally the preferred area for both sides to purchase materials. Since it is Japan, the local materials are scarce and its dependence on the outside is much higher than that of Russia. Therefore, more than 90% of the materials are obtained outside Japan. After the war, part of the materials obtained by Japan was supplied by the East China government. However, after the relationship between the two sides deteriorated, Shanghai became the main source for Japan to obtain materials, which not only promoted Shanghai's economic development, but also promoted Shanghai's shipping industry.

The Shanghai New District has now become an important economic zone in Shanghai. In such a superior environment, not to mention that in the past two years, it has purchased a large amount of materials for the East China government, so its economic development has made rapid progress. Now the permanent population in the Shanghai New District has reached more than 300,000, with more than 100,000 migrant population, and more than 600 factories and enterprises. The goods, caravans and personnel entering and leaving the sea and land passes every day are almost endless, and the team is long-standing, and the monthly tariff income can reach nearly one million silver dollars. In order to solve the customs customs inspection and tax payment speed, the Shanghai New District Government has adopted a 24-hour uninterrupted customs clearance inspection.

At this time, at the gate between the Shanghai New District and the Old City of Shanghai, there were crowds of people, and there were long queues for the six passes. The customs staff at each passes were carefully inspecting the passed goods. Although there were many people, the order was still in order.

On the pass passage of No. 1, a large caravan entered the pass. The caravan had more than 30 carriages, the largest caravan present. The leader who was walking in front was the first to enter the pass and saluted the inspectors, saying, "Dear brothers at the gate, thank you, thank you for your hard work."

The captain of the customs inspection team guarding the passage said: "You are the caravans from there, come and check quickly, don't miss the caravans behind them."

The leader hurriedly said: "The villain has a certificate without inspection. Just report the import tariff directly. There is no need to check, so there is no need to worry about all the big brothers." He said that, and hurriedly handed over the certificate without inspection.

It turned out that with the development of Shanghai New District, the new district government implemented a inspection-free inspection system for a number of enterprises and factories that have been operating in the new district for a long time, have good commercial reputation, or are key to supporting the East China government. The enterprises report the customs duties for passing by themselves, simplifying the procedures for passing through the customs and facilitating the operation of the enterprise.

However, the inspection captain did not receive the exemption certificate and said: "The day before yesterday, the New District Government issued a notice that since there have been hostile personnel attempting to create terrorist attacks in the Shanghai New District, the Shanghai New District Government shall conduct a three-month warning period. During the warning period, everything shall be strictly followed by the exemption certificate. It will be invalid. It will be restored after the warning period has passed, and the validity period will be carried out. The announcement is on the notice board at the intersection of the checkpoint. Have you not seen it? Your caravan must undergo inspection and cannot be exempted from inspection. I hope you will cooperate."

It turned out that just three days ago, in accordance with the requirements of the Qingdao Executive Yuan, the Shanghai New District Government and the Shanghai Office jointly established a special working group for security and security in the Shanghai New District, responsible for maintaining the management, public security and security of the Shanghai New District. Yang Yuxin and Liu Lantao were the team leaders. The two have their rights and responsibilities. Any matters related to the management, public security and security of the Shanghai New District must be signed by the two to take effect. If the two have different opinions and cannot be coordinated, the Qingdao Executive Yuan will make a decision. Of course, the affairs responsible for the working group are limited to the security issues of the Shanghai New District. Other matters such as administration, economy, culture and education are still under the responsibility of the Shanghai New District Government.

After the establishment of the working group, Liu Lantao immediately put forward two suggestions. One was to require a comprehensive inspection of the Shanghai New District, the reason was that the enemy might have been involved in the Shanghai New District. Taking advantage of this inspection, we should detect suspicious elements. Even if the suspicious elements are not found, we can find loopholes in the daily management of the Shanghai New District; the other was to strengthen customs inspections for imports and exports, and strictly inspect personnel and goods, without leaving any loopholes, and not to be left in form. Daily inspections should not only be strictly implemented, but also strengthen the frequency and suddenness of random inspections. Only in this way can the possibility of hostile elements entering the Shanghai New District be reduced.

Yang Yuxin had no objection to Liu Lantao's first suggestion, but he reserved the second suggestion because the inspection was too strict and the spot checks were too frequent, which would have serious impacts on the economy, trade and investment promotion in the Shanghai New District. If the customs exemption certificate is cancelled, it would damage the political letter of the new district government. However, Yang Yuxin did not completely deny Liu Lantao's second suggestion, believing that strict inspection measures could be taken within a certain period of time, so that the adverse impact could be minimized.

After considering it, Liu Lantao also accepted Yang Yuxin's request. After the agreement between the two sides decided to set the strict inspection period to 3 months, because the war will definitely start within one month, so the Japanese will take action and will inevitably take action within this month. Even if Japan does not take action, after three months of rectification, Liu Lantao is confident that he will clean up the hostile elements lurking in the Shanghai New Area and build a protective wall for the Shanghai New Area. Then even if he relaxes again, there is no need to worry.

The leader obviously did not expect that the policy of the Shanghai New District Government would change. He did not go to read the announcement, but said: "I'll tell you, we are Boss Ma's caravan. You should have heard that Boss Ma will celebrate his birthday this month. The things we shipped this time are all items that Boss Ma needs for the birthday. In fact, there is nothing to check, but they are very expensive and easy to break. If you open the inspection here, you will probably break it and miss Boss Ma's birthday. I can't afford to be punished. Can I be compatible? When Boss Ma's birthday is on, I promise to give you a few invitations and have fun together."

The inspection captain said: "Please rest assured. We are a civilized law enforcement unit. We will be very careful when inspecting and will never destroy your items. If there is any damage, we will also compensate according to the price. If you are not at ease, you can do it and we can just watch it."

The leader frowned and said patiently: "Several, our boss Ma, District Mayor Yang, Director Zhu, Director Cao, and Director Qi have all had friendships. They have passed the checkpoints several times before, but they have not checked them. We have paid a little tariff. Don't you give me this little face?"

The inspection captain said: "We are doing things according to the system. All caravans must be inspected. Not to mention Boss Ma, even the elders' products pass, they must be inspected. This is our responsibility. I hope you can cooperate with our work."

At this point, the leader knew that he could not get along with it, so he had to return to the caravan. Several people in charge immediately surrounded him and said, "Manager Zhao, how about it? Let us pass the test?"

Manager Zhao shook his head and said, "They said that you must check the pass, otherwise you will not be allowed to pass the pass, and our exemption from inspection is useless."

Another person said: "Really and false? Chinese overseas are not trying to find fault on purpose, right? Have you claimed the name of Boss Ma?"

Manager Zhao said: "Why didn't you report it? But Boss Ma's name is not good for overseas Chinese. People have said that even if the elder's goods pass, they must check it, let alone Boss Ma."

"That's not possible. We bring all the fragile and deteriorating things. We finally packed them up. It will take at least one or two hours to check here. It's a trivial matter to delay the work. What if the things are damaged? Boss Ma is afraid that we will blame us for not being able to do things again."

One person said, "Manager Zhao, I think these guys are deliberately making things difficult for you, and I'm afraid we should give us some filial piety. It's better to give them some money to save some trouble."

Manager Zhao shook his head repeatedly and said, "This is the first time you have come to Shanghai New District. You don't understand the rules here. Overseas Chinese are not here to promote this."

The man sniffed and said, "Why don't you make a comeback? Just say that, you'll take it seriously. Although this is my first time to come to Shanghai New District, I have also visited many places in China. The crows there are generally black, and there are cats that don't touch fishy. It's just a price to pay. If you give him a golden mouse, don't collect it, and you'll give him a taurus to see if he wants it."

Another person said, "Yes, whether it is successful or not, let's talk about it, we can't do it here either. Could it be that we can turn on all the cars and let them check it? If you are not afraid of this trouble, we have nothing to say."

Manager Zhao couldn't help feeling a little alive when he heard this. He touched his body and said, "Oh no, I haven't brought much money yet?"

Someone immediately said, "It's easy to deal with, everyone will come together. I'll pass the check-up first and drag the things home."

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a man rode a horse to the caravan and shouted: "Manager Zhao, why are you still not in the right place? Are you waiting for you at home?"

When everyone saw it, it turned out to be a capable subordinate of Ma Ruicheng. The man's surname was Huang, and everyone in the Ma family called him Mr. Huang. Manager Zhao hurriedly said, "Mr. Huang, isn't this a check-up? Our inspection certificate is not good either. We are discussing to get some money..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Huang's face changed drastically and he said, "Damn it, a fool, who asked you to pay for it? You have been in this new Shanghai area for a month. Why don't you understand the rules of overseas Chinese? Fortunately, I came here, otherwise you would have annoyed Boss Ma."

Manager Zhao couldn't help but sweat and said, "But you need to check after passing the test!"
Chapter completed!