Chapter 118: Currency change

Kunming's return to the southwest was Zhang Shusheng's most focused issue in the past few years, in addition to the war against Britain and France. In order to break the zero record and to establish a de facto navy, it is almost a smashing game.
For the Kunming, and for the official formation of the navy, he planned for too much. Firstly, it secretly won the Jiangnan Shipyard, which is relatively mature in all aspects. Then, in the name of the Westerners, American companies registered in Hong Kong purchased important accessories from capitalists in the United States. The rats were imported and moved back to the building. The above-mentioned "new general-purpose sea ship".
Then the construction of the Horseshoe Bay Naval Base also provided the necessary space for the final outfit of the Kunming. It took only half a year for the first truly medium-sized aircraft carrier in the southwest to join the Navy's active duty. The Horseshoe Bay base will also become the most important shipbuilding base of the Southwest Government for a long time. The manufacture of warships and submarines will be gradually carried out after 6 large-scale investment.
Unlike the Six Air Force, the Navy can produce it by operating a production line with one airplane and one tank. It is nothing more than money and skilled workers, supplemented by trained soldiers. And the navy, the construction period alone is difficult to reach by aircraft and tanks. As a global combat weapon in the future, the navy is an indispensable link. Only offensive global sea power can guarantee the conduct of the war, and after the war, we can have sufficient say when we divide up our interests.
Although the Kunming has a disadvantage in terms of displacement, it is completely different from the design concepts of traditional battleships and other large warships. It has a new upper configuration for warships, new landing aids, and even small and medium-sized steam for propeller fighters under development. Catapults, these seemingly non-high-tech new technologies were applied, allowing the Kunming's combat power to rise in a straight line. After the formation of the army, a destroyer with the Kunming aircraft carrier as its core, both anti-submarine and air defense combat missions, and even light cruisers In order to the carrier battle group, and then use the submarine carrier to carry a small number of submarines, when facing the same size carrier group in the West, there will be a perfect interpretation.
Fortunately, the construction of aircraft carriers seems to be difficult during this period, but with detailed drawings and design ideas and sufficient technical workers, it is relatively easier to build than battleships. Only those battleships that are tens of thousands of tons are the most complicated.
It all looks wonderful, except for one thing: money!
Southwest is really out of money! !! !!
When Zhang Shusheng got the news from the new Finance Minister Liu Dengke, he almost jumped up. Why was there no money?
I have been deliberately exhausted in the past ten years, but I have not spent time. With the Huize Industrial Center as its mainstay, the emerging Kunming Industrial Belt and Guilin Industrial Belt have all been the key targets of its own construction in recent years. Of course, these modern factories and enterprises are indeed very competitive. High-tech factories represented by high-end precision instruments, high-end automobiles, mid-to-high-end consumer electronics, small household appliances, advanced modern pharmaceutical factories, and modern daily chemical products; modern daily chemical products , Machinery processing, instrument manufacturing, bicycle and motorcycle manufacturing and other medium-tech factories; clothing, cigarettes, food, beverages and other general industries, have contributed a lot of wealth to the Southwest.
This is not even the hidden profits paid by Pan American Ken-style International and Pan-European Asian Trading Company. Shu Sheng Company's heavy taxation during the extraordinary period, and the dividends of Xinhe Industry and 6's Industry, Zhang Shusheng have captured the Southwest Government.
It can even be said that without these huge profits, Zhang Shusheng would definitely not be armed. This includes a modern armed force including a guard division, three elite divisions, eight guard divisions, and reserve and police forces. Not to mention rural reform, land reform, and education reform.
"... On the competitiveness of products and profit margins, even if most of our products are exported to Europe and the United States, they are highly competitive. We are the de facto seller market. Even for this reason, it has led to several foreign governments Intervention in tariffs. We have since adopted many roundabout measures to reduce the concerns of trading nations.
At present, the main problem is that there is a very large gap in the scale of the industry compared with the European and American countries. Let me give you an example. Several advanced medicines represented by penicillin have always been our fist products. However, the previous pharmaceutical factory in Dongchuan District has been unable to meet the global demand. Many countries even have a medicine. More expensive than gold. In a similar situation, the same problems exist in the automotive industry and home appliance industries. However, this problem will be fundamentally improved after the completion of the third five-year plan of the Southwest Government by the Kunming Industrial Zone and Guilin Industrial Zone.
In other industries, many of our products have become international high-end. Let me give two examples. High-end clothing and daily chemicals, clothing designed by the old clothing factory in Huize, new fabrics, and eye-catching design styles will almost always become the trend of Europe and the United States. The most docked ships outside Fangchenggang are not to pull cars. For medicines, they are waiting for clothing and daily chemicals. They are really too popular. For example, daily chemical products, a new model in the first half of the year, it is too late for European and American countries to imitate the daily chemical products in this area, and the next-generation makeover products are on the market again.
On the whole, we are only part of the industry making money in the world, but compared to other countries, it is extremely profitable. "
As the Minister of Finance, the age-old Liu Dengke is under unprecedented pressure, and he is most aware of the financial tension in the southwest. In the face of Supreme Chief Zhang Shusheng, government prime minister Sun Changqing and deputy general manager of Sun Shengxi, Sun Laixi, he has only been outspoken. If no solution can be found, many investment plans in the southwest will be greatly affected.
Zhang Shusheng frowned. It was the first time in twelve years that he had no money. It can be said that this was the first time I had met. It was enough for a small family to work together. Ten million, and still measured in silver dollars.
"How difficult our financial situation is, Dengke, talk about it." Usually these things are under Sun Changqing's control, but after all, Sun Changqing is not a professional economic talent. Only when he can't persist, can Zhang Shusheng be allowed to do so? Think of ways to. I have to say that Liu Dengke is indeed a talent, and he can be regarded as one of the few modern economic talents in China. Even the German economics professors of Southwest University praised it. Call him a master of macroeconomics.
"Let me talk about the income part first. Because we have abolished a total of 163 kinds of miscellaneous taxes in various places in the southwest and did not collect taxes from farmers, so in plain terms, our current taxes are mainly tariffs, industrial taxes and commercial taxes. , And personal income tax for high-income people. Although the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guizhou are large, the preliminary annual GDP of 1926 also reached 12.66 billion, roughly equivalent to one tenth of the total GDP of Britain and France over the same period. First, the increase in gdp also reached a historic 21. However, this gdp value is only for reference. First, we have occupied the three southwestern provinces for only a few years, and the huge agricultural scale has a great impact, which is different from Countries such as Britain and France. After accumulating annual industrial scale to three provinces, in 1926, our various taxes totaled 296 million. And the additional paid-in income including Shusheng Company was 130 million yuan. Our total income It was 426 million.
Expenditures:
Military expenditure totals 0.884 billion! About one percent of the British and French countries in the same period.
In 1926, the total investment in science and technology and industrial construction totaled 260 million. Five small and medium-sized oil fields and supporting oil refineries, 127 large and medium-sized mines were constructed, and a total of 215 large, medium and small factories with various other direct investments. 65 homes.
On rural issues, the main input is seeds and fertilizers. Although the method of paying public grain to compensate for the prices of seeds and fertilizers has been adopted, the actual agricultural special subsidies in the three provinces reached 0.224 billion in 1926.
Two other big players are public utilities. In addition to medical and health services, the Kunhui Highway, Kungui Highway, Guizhou-Guangzhou Highway, and the Kunming Railway, the key projects of the third five-year construction plan, the laying of hydropower stations in various cities, and the transmission lines of key cities, etc. It was 1926 that the annual investment in stages reached 0.662 billion. In terms of education, because we adopted six-year compulsory education and 16-year free education, in the education sector, including building school buildings, subsidizing student meals, teachers' salaries, and equipment purchases, we spent a total of 0.556 billion in 1926. In addition, there were other expenditures of 0.224 billion.
All expenses totaled 510 million! !! "
"Expenditures are more than income. Doesn't it mean that our government's finances have gone bankrupt?" Zhang Shusheng did not really understand the economy. As a ruler, he only needed to manage people, but he didn't expect to spend so much.
"Shu Sheng, the missing part is your own personal money." Sun Changqing interjected.
In these years, no matter when Sun Changqing or Sun Laixi was in charge of Shusheng Company, he only needed to give Zhang Shusheng an extremely complicated financial statistics table every year. After Zhang Shusheng got it, he wouldn't count it one by one at all. He would only give it to the dream boy, and let him do the calculation. He only needed to pick out the mistakes and fill in the gaps. After having a considerable amount of wealth, he rarely cared about how much wealth he had.
According to his instructions, the profit of Shusheng Company, a large group, will be held in gold reserves once a year in July. Twelve years have passed, especially in the past few years, relying on the rapid development of the three provinces, Shusheng has grown to various large, medium and small affiliated companies close to home. In 1926, the net profit has reached a staggering 250 million . Zhang Shusheng didn't know how much money he had now. He replaced it with gold and put it in the strategic reserve of Shusheng Company.
Speaking of which, Shusheng's business covers everything from luxury goods, medicines, automobiles, daily necessities to home appliances and machinery. This profit is very normal. Especially in recent years, relying on the advantages of the three provinces, the exhibition is even more rapid. Zhang Shusheng's modern industry armed with high technology, after twelve years of sleep, began to explode fiercely. It is estimated that in 1928, the net profit will reach 300 million. Although there is still room for improvement compared with the giant trust companies in the West, in China, it is already a well-deserved modern giant group.
It can be said that, unknowingly, through the operation of several Western trading companies controlled by Zhang Shusheng, almost the entire West has begun to purchase Southwest products, endless designs, novel styles, ease of use, and so on. Southwest products Not necessarily the best, but it must be the one that most appeals to consumers. The third expansion of the port has unknowingly become one of the busiest ports in Asia.
And this Shusheng company's strategic reserves, plus the secret reserves of Pan American Ken's International and Pan-European Asian Trading Company, Zhang Shusheng's 100% controlled capital has reached an invisible capital king after 12 years height.
Although this huge and scary strategic reserve Zhang Shusheng has other uses, it does not mean that he is reluctant to spend.
Therefore, whenever Liu Dengke said that he had no money, Zhang Shusheng made a big swipe, and Sun Laixi would take a huge payment from Shu Shu company from Zhang Shusheng. A large amount of money went from Zhang Shusheng's personal pocket to the Southwest Government in a circle. Not that Zhang Shusheng was reluctant to invest all the income of Shusheng Company, but just thinking of the coming world financial crisis, he had to ant move to prepare enough gold reserves, and he could not use it at will. The construction of the Southwest is indeed short of money, but it does not mean that it needs to be thrown in unlimitedly.
For example, in the construction of water conservancy in various places, the government adopted a method of mobilizing peasants to work and contribute. The project was originally a project that benefited the peasants and involved the farmers themselves. The enthusiasm for construction was extremely high. Numerous reservoirs, small hydropower stations, and flood control projects along the river are thus built to save money. At the same time, such as the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas, the government always contributes a small amount of money, and then organizes the whole village to work together to help each family to help themselves, burn the bricks themselves, burn the tiles, and build their own walls. Cut wood by yourself and build beams yourself. In many places, it was because of the government's incentive investment that they moved from thatched huts to bright earthen houses or brick houses.
Various inputs are necessary, and Zhang Shusheng knows this reason very well.
For example, if the military does not invest a large amount, what makes the plane? Seemingly less than 100,000 fighters, hundreds of them were built in the millions. Tanks are not expensive, but the nearly two hundred tanks equipped with the Guards Division and the Main Division spent tens of millions. As for guns, ammunition, and cannons, it is hard to count.
A large investment in science and technology is also inevitable. Although Zhang Shusheng can take advantage of it, to convert it into practical technology, dozens of categories of scientific research institutes must be present every year. The construction of factories is also the third five-year plan. The focus of Southwest China is to strengthen the foundation of heavy industry. Imagine that it is so far behind the West. If you do n’t invest even this small amount of money, the heavy industry in the Southwest will never have a chance. Not to mention a few billions, billions will have to be thrown in in a few years.
Large investment in transportation is also unavoidable. From Kunming to the coast of Guangxi, there is no decent high-level highway. How can it be repaired without spending money? You are better than nothing if you spend money on a gravel road. Thousands of miles away, in wartime, you ca n’t always walk with two feet, or go around. It took half a month to go like the Battle of Guilin. And the railway is a must for a country. It is not only repaired every year, but always. Do not build roads today, and regret tomorrow, it will take another few years to open to traffic. Zhang Shusheng has few other requirements. I only hope that this Kunming railway to Fangchenggang, even if the road is detoured, must be repaired within 5 years. This means that a lot of money is spent like running water.
Social medical and epidemic prevention costs are also necessary. In this era, even a small group of people will die from smallpox. Who would dare to save that money and wait ten or twenty years before the war is over? Zhang Shusheng was unwilling to look at this generation who was born and looked at the people born, and suffered from various preventable diseases again. Therefore, the establishment of the city's large hospitals, township small hospitals, and rural village medical offices was necessary. Of course, we also call on the broad masses of people who do not understand what is going on, to take their children to the medical station for vaccination ...
The same goes for agriculture. Farmers do not have the money to buy seeds and fertilizers, and they cannot be allowed to continue their old lives, and they cannot even eat. With seed fertilizers, without water and technology, the formation of government mobile irrigation teams and agricultural technology stations becomes inevitable. Of course, if they still need to collect their taxes, Zhang Shusheng would rather die . Farmers can't live anymore. What tax do they pay? Take a human head?
There are also many cultural issues. Besides, it is necessary to install a radio station in the countryside and release a few movies to the countryside. Occasionally, you must go to the countryside to carry out cultural and artistic propaganda. Otherwise, the masses of uneducated people may not Southwestern leaders are ignorant of water. Together with the propaganda team, well, let alone Zhang Shusheng, even a series of benefits such as seed fertilizers are given, they are all clear. At this time, the rural people who are suffering so hard to survive are most grateful, and the publicity effect is excellent.
As for education, that is a century-old plan! !!
Student baby has no money, how to go to school? Not to mention tuition, many families can't afford even a book and a pencil. Do you want them to come to school? You might as well kill someone directly. Elite education in a small area is also absolutely wrong. Therefore, it is correct to increase investment in education and prefer government subsidies to engage in education for all. Of course, the small problem here is that when you come to study and have no money to eat, you ca n’t eat pickles and bran every day.
If we just blindly wait for the socio-economic exhibition to reach a certain stage, and wait for farmers who account for even more people to no longer eat bran every day, we can realize the importance of education, and would prefer to bear the tuition and miscellaneous expenses and living expenses to send their children and grandchildren. When I was in school, World War II was probably over ...
Six-year compulsory education is only a preliminary solution to the problem of illiteracy. Encouraging free 15- or 16-year education is quite in line with China's national conditions. As long as you are talented and able to pass the test, you can go from junior high school to high school to college and read all the way. As long as you can approve the family property of the Board of Education, you don't have to pay a penny. It will be twelve years old, and the primary school students of that year have now reached the age of college. The huge scale of education foundation will inevitably make the number of secondary and tertiary education soar. Instead of being afraid, Zhang Shusheng hoped that the more he could, the better, he had to run a school to drain his pockets.
I'm not afraid of spending too much money, I'm afraid that I can't go to school even if I take the money to invite people to school ...
"Dengke, so, you can modify the report on the establishment of the Southwest Bank a night ago and give it to me. The main direction of revision is the source of equity. I don't agree with the people who are too poor to eat and wear warm clothes. Bonds. "Zhang Shusheng thought about it, it seems that this is the only way.
"The source of the bank deposit ..."
Liu Dengke remembered that the report that had been rejected a few days ago was prepared with great pains to solve the current financial difficulties temporarily.
"The bank's security deposit is from Shusheng Company. You should discuss with Sun Laixi how much gold or foreign exchange you need, and report it to me for approval."
Zhang Shusheng is not a god. When this kind of mountains and rivers are exhausted, most people choose to patch the poor people, eat the bran and eat the scarce people, but he can't do it anyway. Otherwise, how is it different from other politicians?
As the brain of a Southwestern government, Zhang Shusheng was extremely powerful. Although he also loves money, there must always be a trade-off between money and the future of the nation, at least a balance. This is why he took the initiative to ask Shusheng Company to pay a heavy tax to the Southwest Government, which caused the profit after tax to drop sharply. However, some of the more hidden things need secret funds, not to mention the imminent financial crisis, financial crisis plan, Southeast Asia plan, Africa South America plan, etc., which are investments in strategic scientific research, such as Ein The projects that Mr. Stein is responsible for, and several pre-research projects that Truss is responsible for, all require near-astronomical numbers. These unsatisfactory funding needs are definitely not affordable for the southwest government.
Therefore, Zhang Shusheng needs a lot of money. Only by having enough funds for him to spend freely can he exchange more hopes for this nation that has been poor for too long. Even those insignificant income will not affect, the weapons created can also kill people. Trained students can also become the backbone of the nation. What I need to do is to do my best to contribute to this tragedy ethnic surname.
The establishment of the bank was also to establish a new economic order in the southwest. After all, the exhibition in the southwest is now too fast, and he is unbelievable. Not to mention anything else, in terms of taxation alone, it has turned several times in recent years. Compared with the period when the gangs occupied Guangxi, they were many times stronger. The integrated utilization of resources and the further expansion of the scale of factories and mines have made the Southwest Government's third five-year plan far from the first and the second. In this first few years, nearly dazzling achievements have been made.
"Shu Sheng, is this not good, in case the bank goes bankrupt ..." Sun Changqing said with some worry. At present, China is not Zhang Shusheng. From Sun Changqing's perspective, Zhang Shusheng's own interests must be absolutely guaranteed.
"No, I've decided."
Zhang Shusheng is not a disadvantaged person. It seems to be disadvantaged. In fact, he is more willing to give the nation a chance to rejuvenate. Money and wealth don't bring death or death. Their biggest role is to make people spend and find a way to use them. Otherwise, they are waste paper.
"Laixi, come to my house tomorrow, you prepare, Ning Zhi means to take a sum of money as the government's supplementary funds to help the extreme poor, the scale is relatively large, you need to use the reserve fund."
This is what I said to the two women before I came. When He Ninghe 6 promised to know about the profit of Shusheng Company for one year, Zhang Shusheng was asked to find a way to spend money to solve the problem of extreme poverty in society. Although new agricultural transformation is already underway, many people are still near the absolute poverty line. Although the government has invested a lot, it still has some clues. Zhang Shusheng thinks about it too. Before that, I used to take part of the profit from Shusheng company every year to do similar things.
No matter how large the territory is, if the people ca n’t even eat it, it is just a dynasty change and the people are suffering. This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Shusheng suspended his expansion, expanded the area in the southwest first, and consolidated the regime before attempting more.
Three months later, when Chiang Kai-shek was complacent in the South, the government of the three southwestern provinces announced the establishment of the Southwest People's Bank in a low-key manner.
As the most important part of the establishment of a bank, a new currency reform is about to take place.
In order to stabilize the public sentiment, the southwest government strictly ordered the governments at all levels to cooperate with the new currency bank mission of the Southwest People's Bank, and publicize the policy to every village clearly.
In this strict order, Zhang Shusheng personally ordered that governments at all levels must be supervised at various levels, and if problems occur at any level, the governments at the second and higher levels shall bear joint and several responsibilities.
Zhang Shusheng is very aware of the tediousness and pain that may exist in the currency reform. All he has to do is to eliminate this pain.
When the news was published and the radio was propagated, under the lead of village cadres, township cadres and even county-level cadres came to the countryside in person to gather farmers and explain the currency reform in great detail. Ensure that the money in the hands of farmers can be exchanged for an equivalent amount of new currency.
"Comrade, have you just returned to your hometown? Sorry, the price of this iron pot is two dollars. You can pay with the old silver money."
Even the owner of a small department store also knows that all original bank notes or silver dollars in the three provinces can continue to be collected. The Southwest People's Bank has given a five-month final redemption period. If someone comes back later with a silver dollar, they can only go to the Southwest People's Bank branch business office to exchange new currency.
A dark tide originally caused by the currency reform has gradually subsided, because the Southwest Government has guaranteed the purchasing power of the new currency, and a few run events have also made it easy for the Southwest Government to deal with ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Merchants intending to take advantage of the reform of the currency system, hoarding strange businessmen, also ate guns.
In the end, even some wealthy families with tens of thousands of silver dollars in their homes began to walk into banks, exchange new currency, or store them at equivalent prices.
In the ups and downs of half a year, due to the mature currency reform plan available for reference and advanced banknote printing technology, Southwest China finally completed the three provinces with absolute strength, absolute sufficient funds, and absolute credit. Currency reform.
The only thing that is a bit exciting is that for the first time, the Great Wall and the landscape of Guilin were printed on the Southwest New Currency. The workmanship was exquisite, and many skeptics were convinced when they saw the banknotes.
Of course, on this exquisite new coin, there is also a bronze portrait of Zhang Shusheng! !! !!
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