"What? There is no money in the General Affairs Department's account?" Zhong Yi said in surprise, "No, didn't I just approve 100,000 yuan for your General Affairs Department yesterday? Didn't I go to the Finance Bureau to withdraw it?"

"Go." Gong Weiqian said with a wry smile, "But Director Chen said that the Finance Bureau has no money."

"What? The Finance Bureau has no money?" Zhong Yi frowned, "You ask Lao Chen to come to my office right away."

Gong Weiqian responded and quickly went to call the Finance Bureau. Less than ten minutes after the call, Chen Jiming came to Zhong Yi's office with a pair of panda eyes.

"Mayor, are you looking for me?" Chen Jiming yawned a long time before he finished speaking.

Chen Jiming has not been sleeping for two nights, so he is really sleepy.

Zhong Yi frowned and said, "Secretary General Gong Wei told me that there is no money in the account of the Finance Bureau?"

Chen Jiming immediately showed a flattering smile on his face and said, "If someone else asks me for money, there will definitely be nothing. But if it is the mayor, you still have some, not much, but you can still get the emergency amount of 500,000 French currency. This is also the unspoken rule of the finance bureaus at all levels, and everyone does this."

"What?" Zhong Yi said, "There is only 500,000 French currency in the account?"

Five hundred thousand fiat currency may sound like a lot, but if it is facing a market, it will be pitifully small.

Not to mention anything else, the salary of all civil servants in the municipal government alone is nearly 100,000 yuan a month, which has not yet been calculated for the salary of school teachers, security division officers and soldiers and police.

Teachers, police officers and police officers are the big part of the expenses!

If these three groups are added, even 500,000 won’t be able to fight!

"Mayor." Chen Jiming couldn't help but complain, "Don't think it's too little. I tried every means to intercept the 500,000 French currency. For this reason, I even offended the County Mayor Mao of Fenghua County!"

"No," Zhong Yi said, "Why is it that little money?"

"What's the solution?" Chen Jiming said, "After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, our Yinjiang trade was greatly affected. The tax sources have decreased, but the expenditure has increased day by day. It has become increasingly difficult to support it by relying solely on the central government's fiscal appropriations. In the past six months, it has been relying on loans from foreigners to support it."

"This is not right." Zhong Yi frowned and said, "When Shanghai fell, Yinjiang became the only coastal port inland transportation. The commerce industry should be more prosperous, and tax revenue should be more. Why does it become less?"

Chen Jiming shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "This year, there are more materials passing through Yinjiang than before, but these materials are either military products or provincial officials. They do not pay taxes to our Yinjiang River at all. Even many local commercial goods are entrusted to the subordinates of those provincial officials. How can the tax source be reduced?"

Zhong Yi understood as soon as he heard it, but it was still caused by abuse of power.

It is natural to not pay taxes on military products, but Zhong Yi is very suspicious that it would be good if 50% of the military products passing through Yinjiang were real national defense materials, and as for the remaining 50% were mostly smuggled materials.

According to historical records, the smuggling phenomenon in the head of the Third War Zone was extremely serious.

However, even if Zhong Yi wants to take care of this kind of thing, he will not be able to do it.

After pausing, Chen Jiming said again: "Mayor, since I have spoken today, I have to say something directly. It is coming to the end of the month again. I don't know where to go for the salary this month."

Zhong Yi said in a deep voice: "How much does the salary this month have to be paid?"

Chen Jiming's various data came out: "If you don't count the seven counties below, there are more than 3,500 people eating public meals in Yinjiang City alone. Among them, there are more than 500 civil servants from various institutions of the municipal government, police officers from the municipal police station and three sub-bureaus, more than 1,500 patrol officers, and more than 1,500 teachers from primary schools, middle schools and vocational schools."

"In addition, there are more than 7,000 people from the security division. Fortunately, the military pay for the security division officers and soldiers is not much, so I won't talk about it."

"As the price of Fujiki after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Government has ordered a salary increase twice. Now the average salary of civil servants has increased to 150 yuan in fiat currency and monthly salary."

Zhong Yi nodded subconsciously. One hundred and fifty yuan sounded a lot, but it was not.

At the current price, 150 yuan of fiat currency can barely fill the family of three. If it is a family of four or more, then you can only think of other ways, otherwise you will go hungry.

Chen Jiming spread his hands and said, "Mayor, look, the salary of civil servants is just over 500,000 French dollars, which is not considered daily expenses."

"I understand this." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "First pay 50,000 yuan from the General Affairs Department, and then pay the monthly salary with the emergency amount. Oh, by the way, the patrol officers and soldiers of the police and security divisions who participated in the crackdown will also pay a bonus, and those who are killed will also pay a pension. The specific standards will be given to you."

Chen Jiming said: "Mayor, what's the emergency payment?"

"The part that is not enough is compensated first." Zhong Yi said, "See me back and report it."

"I'm afraid this won't work." Chen Jiming lowered his voice, "Mayor, early this morning, Director Xu of the Provincial Finance Department and Director Zhao of the Police Department called me, so that the seized stolen money and goods must not be misappropriated without authorization, and they must wait until the province has unified inventory before being distributed to us in the form of financial return."

Regarding the stolen money from gambling and prostitution, most of the money is divided privately and rarely paid.

But this time, Zhong Yi's movement in Yinjiang became more and more profitable, so the provincial officials became erythema and instructed the police department and the finance department to come and make money.

Zhong Yi naturally sneered at this. He didn't see you when he tried his best, but he jumped out of his favors. How could such a good thing happen?

"Don't worry about them, you just need money!" Zhong Yi said again, "If the province calls again, you don't have to pay attention to them and ask them to find me, I won't believe it. Do they really have the attitude to take this money?"

"I understand the humble profession." With Zhong Yi's guarantee, Chen Jiming was equivalent to taking a reassurance.

After pausing, Zhong Yi said again: "Also, in addition to seizing a large amount of stolen money and goods, this crackdown has also confiscated many real estate shops, among which Chen Jinmu's two mansions are the most valuable. You can organize an auction as soon as possible to auction these real estate and shops, and all the income will be included in the market finance."

"Yes, I will go and make arrangements when I turn around." Chen Jiming nodded hurriedly.

If the stolen money and goods seized in this crackdown are included in the market finance department, as well as the proceeds from auctioning real estate and shops, this year's annual end will be better. Not only can you pay off all your debts, but you can even give all civil servants a relatively generous New Year gift to let everyone have a good New Year.

"Go busy." Zhong Yi waved his hand to drive away the people.
Chapter completed!