Although the tone of the bureau chief was dull, it shocked Huang Xianzheng. He was naturally very clear about how Xu An died. It was the task he handed over to Wei Liangbi himself and took the ruthless move to get rid of it. However, this case was done perfectly, but today the bureau chief suddenly mentioned this matter. What was the purpose?

Huang Xianzheng said: "I have heard of this matter, but the bureau chief asked Director Bian to deal with it? He died after he fell into the water. What does it mean to mention the old affairs of the bureau chief?"

The director then put pressure on him and said, "Zhongxin, how did Xu Ancai die? You and I know that Changde is located in the only way from Changsha to Chongqing. This person is greedy and makes money too much. Of course, he has more than enough death.

But at that time, Wei Liangbi was investigating and punishing theft of military pay at the 57th Division nearby. Do you think it was a coincidence?"

"This is just a coincidence! The director is too careful!" Huang Xianzheng naturally bit his mouth to death. Anyway, there is no conclusive evidence, which can be proved that Wei Liangbi took action, so he naturally refused to admit it.

"Of course it's just a coincidence! Haha, you're too careful!" The director laughed, and then his face became solemn, "I can pretend that nothing has happened. I don't care how big your smuggling channels are. I don't want a penny. As for how Xu An died, I don't care. I'm just a sack of wine. I just need Zhongxin and you agree, and let Zhiheng take action to destroy the billions of legal tender. Everyone is as usual. What do you think?"

Huang Xianzheng felt a pain in his heart. He could not beat the evil wolf and was controlled by him.

"The bureau chief, it's not that I refuse to give up, but this mission is too dangerous. If Zhiheng has an accident, it will be difficult for the Shanghai Intelligence Department to save it, and our losses will be too great!" Huang Xianzheng finally tried to change the bureau chief's idea.

"Don't worry, I have never seen anything that can be difficult for him. Ning Zhiheng. I am full of confidence in him. Besides, this time it was a must. I promise not to let Zhiheng take the risk next time!"

Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Huang Xianzheng finally said helplessly: "Okay, I have to do this, let the team decide!"

Ning Zhiheng soon received a telegram from the headquarters, with the contents as he expected, and the task of destroying fiat currency was handed over to him. Fortunately, he was prepared for this and was not surprised.

In fact, Ning Zhiheng had long had his own ideas about the plan to prevent the Japanese from printing fiat currency. He felt that he did not necessarily need to destroy fiat currency after completing the task.

He only needs to postpone the successful printing of fiat currency to make this conspiracy of the Japanese bankrupt.

The reason is very simple, that is, the fiat currency circulating in the Kuomintang-controlled area is depreciating rapidly.

Two years ago, on the eve of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937, the total issuance of fiat currency by the National Government was only more than 1.4 billion yuan. At that time, the fiat currency was the most solid period.

However, with the outbreak of the war, Japan invaded China in an all-out manner. In order to destroy the rear economy of China's Kuomintang-controlled areas, the Japanese forcibly purchased fiat currency with military notes issued by Japan in the Japanese occupied areas, or smuggled materials to cash out fiat currency, and then sent it to Shanghai to get foreign exchange from Britain, the United States and other countries from banks opened by the Chinese government.

This method of making money from nothing made the Chinese government suffer a great loss. Finally, in 1940, a year later, the National Government canceled unrestricted foreign exchange trading, and the value of the fiat currency began to plummetly.

The value of fiat currency later fell terrible. By the time of the War of Liberation, the issuance of fiat currency reached more than 6 million yuan, which was equivalent to nearly 500,000 times before the War of Resistance Against Japan. Prices rose by 40 million times, and the legal currency system finally collapsed completely.

At that time, a paper mill used low-denomination fiat currency as raw materials for papermaking to make profits, which means that the so-called banknotes are not as good as paper, which is indeed true.

It is February 1939, and the fiat currency has begun to fall sharply. For example, if you have one hundred yuan fiat currency in 1937, you can buy two cows, so now you can buy at most a pig. By next year, that is, in 1940, you can only buy a bag of flour. By 1942, you can barely buy a chicken, in 1945, you can buy two eggs, and on the eve of liberation in 1949, you can not even buy a piece of paper.

The semi-finished fiat currency seized by the Japanese this time was all worth ten yuan. Now it is still a huge amount of astronomical money, which can be barely used to defeat the economy of the Kuomintang-controlled area. However, a year later, after the Chinese government issued large-depreciation fiat currency due to inflation, the one billion fiat currency was at most a huge amount, and the destructive power was very little.

Therefore, Ning Zhiheng's idea is not to take big risks to destroy fiat currency. He only needs to postpone the time for the other party to successfully print it. It is best to postpone it until next year. After the Chinese government abolishes the foreign exchange trading system, even if the printing of the billion-dollar fiat currency is successfully performed, it will not play much role in the Kuomintang-controlled area.

There are many ways to postpone the printing of fiat currency. At present, there is one of the easiest methods, which is to directly destroy the carved version of the ten-yuan fiat currency carved by the Japanese government.

You should know that it is very difficult to make a carving board. It requires a carving master with extremely advanced engraving skills to carve it bit by bit under a microscope. Any mistake will lead to irreparable damage to the entire carving board, and the success rate is very low. Sometimes it takes nearly a year to complete a carving board.

So Ning Zhiheng made his mind to this carving plate from the beginning. In ten days, He Siming would bring the Japanese carving master Kanda Yushan to Shanghai. The carving plate he brought with him was the carving plate that was almost completed.

As a rookie in the Japanese overseas art world, you can justify the master of carving and look for opportunities to destroy the fiat currency engravings he carved. In this way, when he re-carved a piece of the carvings, the rapid depreciation of the fiat currency will begin.

If the carving plate cannot be damaged, then simply assassinate the Shentian Yushan and ask them to choose the carving master again, which can also be postponed for a while.

If these cannot be done, then you can only take the risk of destroying this batch of fiat currency. Of course, this is just a last resort. He is unwilling to take this risk unless he has to. After all, the printing base is really not easy to attack and is strictly guarded. Even if he takes action himself, it is difficult to succeed.

However, necessary preparations still need to be done. He needs to know if Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin have any information about the book building. He does not believe that with the experience of these two people, he starts to take action without doing any preparations in advance.

They must have what they need in their hands and must take the things over, so who will take them?

Of course, I cannot come forward. The best way is to come forward with Huo Yueze, the head of the Shanghai Intelligence Section, so that the matter is legitimate and the matter is explained clearly. Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin will be willing to hand over the information. As for how to deal with the two, it is the headquarters.

However, the Japanese are conducting a whole city search, and the passage from the concession to Shanghai downtown was also blocked. Huo Yueze was unable to enter Shanghai downtown for a while. This matter still needs to be discussed after this gust of storm.

Ning Zhiheng calmed down and waited quietly. The Japanese blocked the streets in the city of Shanghai and searched them for a long time. After three days of searching, they searched the entire Shanghai city, but still could not find the traces of the Chinese agents. Instead, they captured a lot of innocent migrant population and were sent to the military police headquarters for strict interrogation.

Blocking a city with a population of nearly three million for three days is already the limit that the Japanese have achieved. If they continue to block it, the impact will be too great. Finally, the military finally ordered the lifting of the Shanghai blockade order and the city returned to its former order.

After receiving the order, Huo Yueze immediately crossed the Suzhou River and entered the downtown area of ​​Shanghai, and met Duan Tiecheng and others.

In a room in the flour mill, Huo Yueze, Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin sat opposite each other.

"Director Duan, Webmaster Wang, and Huo's main things come this time. The first is to inform the headquarters of the disposal of you and the two of you!" Huo Yueze said softly.

Duan Tiecheng and Wang Haiming suddenly felt nervous when they heard this. During the past few days they hid, in addition to worrying about the Japanese search, they were worried that the headquarters would deal with the failure of the two of them. With the fact that the bureau chief was a person, those who neglected their duties would never be lenient in the failure of the operation. This time the two of them made such a big mistake, and the ending was not optimistic.

"I wonder what the headquarters has dealt with me?" Duan Tiecheng asked in a low voice.

Huo Yueze smiled slightly and said softly: "Please rest assured, the headquarters is quite considerate to you this time, and knows that this mission operation is difficult, and you have no choice but to order the headquarters. After receiving the order, Director Duan returned to Chongqing headquarters to wait for punishment. Stationmaster Wang reported to instruct me, Xu Daishu made meritorious service, and remained in Shanghai and rebuilt the intelligence station."

Huo Yueze's words made both of them relax, and the stone in his heart finally dropped.

For the past few days, they have been worried about this, fearing that they would avoid the Japanese search and the harsh handling of the bureau. They would either be unable to protect their lives or be imprisoned like Zheng Hongbo and spend the rest of their lives.

"Thank you, Chief Huo, this time we made such a big mistake. We didn't expect the bureau to be kind, but now we can get this result, Wang is grateful!" Wang Hanmin excitedly grabbed Huo Yueze's hand, shook it repeatedly, and escaped from the sky again, making it difficult for him to calm down.

Duan Tiecheng couldn't hide his sadness. As a special commissioner, he was responsible for the failure of this mission. This time he returned to the headquarters, he didn't know what to do with him. However, it was obvious that he had saved his life and plan for the future.

"Chief Huo, I want to know who will take over the task of destroying fiat currency next?" Duan Tiecheng asked.

He was still unwilling to accept this mission.

Huo Yueze looked at him, smiled indifferently, and said, "The headquarters has handed over this task to me, so I have the second thing to do this time, that is, you two want to inform me of your previous investigation and hand over the known information to me."

Duan Tiecheng and Wang Hanmin looked at each other and couldn't hide their surprise. In their eyes, Huo Yueze was still a junior. How could the headquarters give him such an important task? There must be some hidden information. But now they are guilty, so naturally they dare not ask more questions.

Next, Duan Tiecheng explained in detail the simple structure of the book building and some of the situations he had found.

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Chapter completed!