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Chapter 815 Why bother...

A few hours had passed since Gui Youguang successfully captured Dashan Gongyi. In a dark basement, a printing machine was running non-stop.

Sheets of paper printed with patterns of French currency banknotes landed on the delivery table. When a certain amount was reached, someone stacked them neatly and began to cut them.

"Crack~click~"

Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy Command, and Kusumoto Shilong, the head of the Japanese Army's North China intelligence agency, stood aside, smiling as they listened to the sound of the machine running.

"Yamamoto-kun, what a pleasant voice. With these counterfeit banknotes, the supplies that are in short supply at the front line will be replenished as quickly as possible. As long as there is money to be made, those Chinese businessmen don't care who they do business with."

Mitaka Kusumoto touched the surface of the machine gently, as if touching the skin of a lover, and said to Yamamoto without raising his head.

He had to be excited, although the imperial army successfully occupied the capital of the Chinese, but the purpose of quickly forcing the Chinese to surrender was not accomplished.

The leader moved to Jiangcheng, more than 500 kilometers away from Jinling, and mountain city, more than 1400 kilometers away, along with all government agencies, schools, and important commercial organizations.

This is a desperate number. Based on the advance speed and casualties of the two battles in Shanghai and Jinling, they would have to pay at least a million people to fight the mountain city.

If you can really control this huge country, the loss of personnel is acceptable. The problem is that you need money to fight the war.

Before the war, Tokyo prepared 40 billion yen in war funds. The military and the Ministry of Finance originally thought that this money was enough, and even part of it could be used for post-war reconstruction.

As a result, in the later period of the Songhu War, all the funds were spent, and the top management had no choice but to add an additional 25 billion yen. It is said that it was exhausted again when it reached the periphery of Jinling.

If there is no new source of income, not to mention defeating the Chinese, if the army does not mutiny, it is considered that the soldiers appreciate His Majesty's painstaking efforts.

Now that they have this machine and the legal currency that is the same as real banknotes, they can extort a large amount of supplies from the area ruled by the government to maintain the frontline battle.

As for whether the merchants will doubt the authenticity of the banknotes, there is no need to worry about this. Even if the other party knows that the legal currency is printed by the empire, they will pretend not to know.

To paraphrase a passage from the Red Book:

Capitalists are afraid of no profit and too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum, once there is a proper profit, the capitalist will be emboldened.

If there is a 10% profit, he is ready to move;

If there is a 20% profit, he will become active;

If there is 50% profit, he will take the risk;
With 100% profit, he dares to trample on all human laws;
With a 300% profit, he would dare to commit any crime, even risking hanging his head.

He encouraged riot and strife if it brought profit, as evidenced by smuggling and the slave trade.

In fact, not only capitalists, but also any organization and individual need money to meet their most basic needs, and the military is no exception.

Just like this counterfeit banknote project, didn't the Navy Red Deer give up the inherent contradictions and actively participate in it?

Thinking of this, Kusumoto Shilong turned his head to look at Yamamoto, whose eyes were blurred, feeling extremely proud, and shouted the other party's name loudly again.

"Yamamoto-kun?"

"Nani?"

Yamamoto, who was stunned by piles of banknotes, heard the call and came back to his senses. Looking at Kusumoto who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he blushed, bowed slightly and apologized.

"It's really rude. It's the first time I've seen so many banknotes. I can't help being a little rude. Please don't mind Mr. Kusumoto."

He didn't hide it, and directly stated the reason for his distraction, which was open and aboveboard, and then pointed to the counterfeit banknote and asked a question.

"Master Kusumoto, these French coins are somewhat similar to those printed by the Chinese. If there are nine cents, our plan will be considered a success."

"Nine points? Hahaha, Mr. Yamamoto, you have underestimated the technological strength of the empire. Let professionals answer this question for you."

Kusumoto laughed, and politely said to a thin man next to the printing machine: "Xiaotian-kun, you just heard, how is the quality of the legal currency we make?"

"Nature is best."

Saburo Shinoda, the technical expert who lowered his head to adjust the scraper over there, replied proudly after hearing this.

"We obtained the original engraving block and ink formula from Hong Kong City, the latest gravure printing machine bought from the United States, and the code compiled by mathematicians at Imperial University.

With such thorough preparations, if the legal currency cannot be fully recovered, Xiaotian will jump into the Huangpu River to apologize to His Majesty Tian Locust without the two of you doing it, but..."

At the end of the talk, Saburo Shinoda hesitated for a while.

"Just what?"

Yamamoto and Kusumoto Shilong were taken aback, the smiles on their faces faded instantly, and they secretly prayed that there would be no mistakes at this time.

"There is still a big gap between the banknotes produced by the empire and the United States and Britain. This batch of counterfeit banknotes mixed with real banknotes is safe to use in small quantities, and it is easy for the Chinese to find flaws in large quantities."

Saburo Shinoda frowned, reached out and picked up a piece of unprinted banknote and shook it, and did a science popularization for the two intelligence officers, explaining the reason.

"Paper carries more than 75% of the anti-counterfeiting function of a banknote, because when we take the money in our hands, our first sense is not vision, but touch.

In daily use scenarios, people will only carefully distinguish whether it is a counterfeit banknote if it feels wrong to the touch, especially those merchants who often touch banknotes.

Banknote printing paper is not so much paper as it is a kind of cloth. The composition of ordinary paper is wood and grass fiber, and the composition of banknote printing paper is cotton fiber or flax fiber.

Cotton fibers are more tightly bonded than grass fibers, and are basically not affected by water, and are resistant to dirt and stains. Even if they are soaked in water for a short time, they will not be affected much, and they endow paper money with a special texture.

With the papermaking technology of the empire, we can only restore 8% of the texture of the legal currency paper. This requires the military to find a way to obtain relevant technologies from European and American countries. These technologies can also be applied to the imperial currency, please. "

Saburo Shinoda bowed deeply after finishing his speech. The Ministry of Finance sent him to China. In addition to the military orders, it might be that he did not intend to obtain British and American banknote printing paper technology through the other party.

Although the yen is difficult to imitate due to the unique bark pulp, but if you are not afraid of [-] yuan, you are afraid of it. Using technology to make it more difficult to imitate the yen is beneficial to the empire.

Hearing this, Yamamoto and Kusumoto Shilong breathed a sigh of relief. Papermaking technology is not advanced military equipment information, and it is easy to obtain with the empire's overseas intelligence capabilities.

Kusumoto immediately assured Shinoda Saburo that they would send the technology to the other party as soon as possible, but only asked to continue printing legal currency during this period.

After all, the Imperial Army is almost poor as pants, and the big deal is to use counterfeit banknotes in half, and cheat as much as they can.

As for things like face, the Empire of Japan has long since given up. With guns in their hands, those businessmen have to agree if they don't agree.

Compared with him, Yamamoto's performance is much more indifferent. There are many ways for the navy to make a fortune, such as "deploying" scarce materials from overseas and empires bypassing customs.

With this confidence, the navy would rather wait until the perfect legal currency comes out before using it, that is, the poor army red deer will be so hungry.

Slandering Jun Yi, Yamamoto looked at his watch and told Saburo Shinoda: "Mr. Shinoda, please remember to stop printing immediately after dawn.

The discharge of those black sewage into the Sioux City River is very conspicuous. Once the surrounding residents notice it, they are likely to report it to the International Settlement.

The dead fish incident a few days ago has already attracted the attention of the newspaper. If it hadn't been dealt with in a timely manner, we might have to change places. "

"Yes, Shinoda-kun."

Shilong Kusumoto also looked serious: "Houde Middle School was supposed to reopen, but we used an important intelligence officer to borrow this suitable printing place.

In order to keep it secret, the printing water and the diesel for power generation are secretly transported in batches from the outside world. "

After emphasizing the contribution of the army in the counterfeit banknote plan, he patted Yamamoto on the shoulder to assure the other party.

"Don't worry, Yamamoto-kun, I will watch."

At the same time, in a factory building not far from Houde Middle School, Gui Youguang was patting his chest and saying the same words.

"Don't worry, deputy director, no one found out that this guy was arrested."

Zuo Zhong stretched out his hand to lift Da Shangong's chin in a coma, and after looking at it for a while, he let go and glared at Da Shan Gong.

"Next time put less ether, this thing is poisonous, if you make the target a fool, see how I deal with you, wake him up quickly, I want to ask the enemy about the situation."

Unexpectedly, Gui Youguang not only didn't reply immediately, but muttered.

"Deputy Director, these spies are all dead ducks with a stubborn mouth. When he doesn't know when he will speak, it's better to use my method."

"Your method?"

Zuo Zhong, Wu Chunyang, and Song Minghao who had just arrived to meet up were confused. What good solution could the other party have, wouldn't it be to rush into the school with dangerous goods and die with the Japanese?

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Gui Youguang immediately became anxious, walked quickly to a mysterious object he brought, lifted the outer tarpaulin, stepped on it, and said triumphantly.

"That's all right, why bother?"

Motherfucker!
Where did the cannon come from!
Zuo Chong's eyeballs were about to fall out. Under the light, a Japanese-made [-]-type infantry artillery shone dimly, and there were a few golden shells on the ground.

What is shocking is that the fuze on the head of the shell has already been installed, and as long as there is a little collision or friction, everyone present will be blown to the sky.

Everyone gasped, and took two steps back in unison. They are not afraid of death, but they cannot accept being killed by their own people.

"Damn..., there is light, come on, come over slowly, and tell me where you got the infantry artillery."

Hiding behind a solid pillar, Zuo Zhong suppressed his anger, squeezed out a smile and asked Gui Youguang kindly.

"Where else can it come from? Of course, it is from the black market. Those rout soldiers dare to sell anything. If they can't get it, I have to buy a 105 howitzer."

Under everyone's horrified gazes, Gui Youguang kicked the cannon and shells, and walked over swaggeringly, talking nonchalantly.

As a result, as soon as he walked to Zuo Zhong's side, he was slapped on the shiny forehead, his eyes widened, and he yelled extremely wronged.

"Ouch, deputy director, you hit me~ what are you doing!"

"Hit you! I wish I could kill you!"

Zuo Chong was furious, pointed at this bastard and cursed: "You can just buy a bomber and blow up the concession, okay?

I'll say it again, I'm going to catch someone alive, especially the counterfeiter, go and hide those crap for me right away.

If the operation fails because of you, believe it or not, I will send you to the mainland of Japan, don't hurry up! "

Angry scolding sounded in the factory, scaring away a wild cat...

(End of this chapter)