My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 228 Currency!

Baishui County.

A county town 160 kilometers south of Yan'an is the dividing line between the current fruit preserves and the border areas controlled by the base area, and it is also the extreme edge of the Guanzhong Plain, and further south is the fertile Guanzhong Plain.

Currently, the county is currently under the control of fruit preserves.

"Master..."

Liu San led a few emaciated donkeys, carrying large and small packages of goods on his back, and bowed his head to the fruit-preserved soldiers guarding the pass.

As a small businessman, he was used to dealing with guard soldiers. Although he looked down on these guys who plucked their hair, they had guns in their hands.

He is also just a small businessman.

Touching the purse at his waist, Liu San was just about to say something when he heard the military master say:
"Going to go?"

"Yes Yes Yes··"

Liu San said quickly.

Only then did Liu San discover that the cotton-padded clothes these soldiers were wearing seemed to be new ones, and they were much thicker than before?

The color on the face is also much less.

Apparently, the food has been good lately.

Liu San has come to this pass several times in recent months, with the purpose of transporting goods to Yan'an. The price there is much more expensive than outside, and the money given is the border area currency.

The border currency can be exchanged into silver dollars in sufficient quantities, which is much more valuable than the French currency, and it will not depreciate casually.

As a businessman who is good at observing words and expressions, he can see at a glance that these soldiers are different from the previous ones.

But Liu San obviously didn't notice that the military uniforms on these soldiers were the winter uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.

After the Central Plains War, due to the military cooperation with Germany, Guofu’s military uniforms were biased towards German, and the uniform system began to be unified. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, although Guofu also distributed a batch of military uniforms to the troops, the number was seriously insufficient.

Later, after Boss Mo appeared, the troops began to unify their uniforms, which were clearly different from preserved fruits.

But until now, except for a few front-line troops, Guoku has long been unable to maintain uniform uniforms, especially the expensive winter uniforms.

As for those photos... These days, it is rare to take photos, and I will dress up before the shoot.

The troops stationed in the peripheral counties are not elite troops. In order to keep warm, these grassroots soldiers sew and mend themselves. Looking in line, they look like a mob army.

After a long time, Liu San didn't notice this.

Of course, there is also a reason.

The winter uniforms worn by these soldiers are all produced in the base area, not produced by the master of the system, so the workmanship is poor and the color difference is large. The only similarity is that the materials are plentiful.

"What is luck?"

"We need to check to prevent carrying prohibited items, okay?"

asked the alert soldier.

"Soap."

"Some soap."

"Yes, yes."

Liu San answered quickly.

He was a little surprised.

In the past, these soldiers didn't know how to ask, and they just came up to check them violently, but this time they are so polite?
After answering, Liu San covered it with his hand, and handed over the legal currency prepared in his pocket.

Although these years, the value of legal currency has been depreciating repeatedly, and ten yuan has become seven or eight yuan after a few months in the pocket, but this currency is still accepted in the market, and goods can also be bought with legal currency.

However, unexpectedly, Liu San looked at the French currency he handed over, and a soldier obviously wanted to reach out, but was stopped by the officer behind him.

"Let's go."

After confirming that there were no prohibited items such as weapons and tablets, the officer with a pistol pinned to his waist waved his hand and signaled Liu San to leave.

Last year, when the blockade was at its strictest, soap was a controlled item, and it was forbidden to transport it there. If it was found, it would be confiscated.

but now...
"Yes."

Full of doubts, Liu San led the donkey and walked deep into the base area.

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"Squad leader, why don't you let me accept it?"

After Liu San left, the soldier was a little unhappy.

Although fiat currency is not very valuable, it is still money.

"Didn't the military salary be paid to you?"

"Have you sent them all this year?"

The squad leader with the pistol pinned to his waist glared, his tone dissatisfied.

Since last month, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has held joint drills with them every other day.

During the joint exercise, the troops of the two sides ate and lived together, so they could also eat and drink well, and they had meat every meal. They were also given winter military uniforms, and even helped them make up for the three months of this year's military pay.

What was issued was silver dollars, not French currency, and was issued according to the exchange rate before the war with the devils.

Enough!

"Why don't you have money?"

The soldier muttered a little, but he was still unhappy.

Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small!
"If you want to go there, don't accept it. In the Eighth Route Army, these are against the discipline of the troops."

The monitor shook his head.

The joint training that lasted for more than half a month has already made many soldiers plan to go there.

Although they are really fighting the devils with real knives and guns, they are well equipped, treated well, eat well and wear well.

And the officers are also good officers, never withholding military pay.

Even if there is occasionally, it will be dealt with quickly, and the missing military salary will be made up.

That's the real army.

I don't know how many times better than here.

"Isn't this over yet?"

The soldier lowered his head and muttered softly.

"Since you want to be in the Eighth Route Army, you must observe army discipline from now on and treat yourself as a real Eighth Route Army soldier."

"You can't have a fluke mentality, and you can't look at the dishes. You must have principles in life."

The squad leader's tone was serious.

After more than half a month of joint exercises, they not only saw the benefits of the Eighth Route Army, but also realized the strict discipline on the opposite side.

That's not talking about it, but the truth.

Not only does the political committee carry out ideological education every day, but it also strictly enforces it. They listen to it and see it in their eyes, and the squad leader still remembers it in his heart.

"·····yes."

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Xilong.

"There was a surplus of [-] border currency last month."

"Phew, it's finally getting better."

Looking at the income and expenditure statistics table on the table, Liao Hua let out a long sigh of relief.

In 33, he came back from studying chemical engineering abroad and determined to revitalize the national industry.

Because he had no capital, Liao Hua decided to take it step by step, starting with a small factory. He found a few like-minded friends to raise funds and opened a small soap factory.

Thanks to the good domestic market, as well as the painstakingly studied technology of his graduate in chemical engineering, with low cost and good quality, at first, his soap factory prospered and gradually expanded.

The machinery and equipment have also been replaced with the latest foreign ones.

But later, the silver crisis broke out, the currency was scarce in the market, and foreign goods poured in. Even if the quality was not bad at all, the profit of the factory also dropped sharply.

Not to mention the development and growth, self-improvement of national industry, even survival has become a problem.

Later, the devil came.

In 37, he left the Shanghai stock market with his small soap factory. After more than two years, going around and going around, he finally established himself in Xi'an.

Because the soap factory is not an important factory, he cannot enjoy the government's railway and shipping assistance, so he can only find a way by himself. The hardships along the way can be described as difficult and dangerous.

But after coming to the rear area, Liao Hua found that things were a bit beyond his expectation.

Even here, no one cared about his small soap factory, and his application for loans was rejected again and again. Even if he said that he could use tung oil as a raw material to produce explosives, and even provided a technical route, it still fell silent.

No one paid attention to him, an international student who graduated from an unknown school in Germany, even if he graduated with a master's degree.

Or,

Those who want to care about him don't know him.

Coupled with the continuous depreciation of the legal currency and the continuous rise in the price of raw materials, his factory was unsustainable.

Later, he persisted for a while, and just when he thought he would not be able to persist, the turning point suddenly came.

Order,

One order after another,

The currency of payment was also changed from French currency to silver dollar and border currency.

Whether it is silver dollars or border area coins, they are very strong, and the value of the currency is very stable, so there is no need to worry about sudden depreciation, which is too important for a small factory owner like him.

Don't worry, after months of hard work, the money earned suddenly loses half of its value, not only no profit, but even a big loss.

Don't worry, raw materials suddenly skyrocketed due to currency depreciation,

There is no need to worry, because the soaring price of raw materials has caused the price of products to soar, causing the market to shrink severely.

In the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, although silver dollars cannot be exchanged for border area coins, border area coins can be exchanged for silver dollars indefinitely.

Unlimited.

So he simply let go of border area currency purchases. Compared with silver dollars, banknotes are more convenient to carry and trade.

Liao Hua made a profit for the first time in several years, and Liao Hua was in a good mood. After choosing a part of the profit and giving it to the workers as a bonus, he spread out the pen and paper, and wrote letters to his classmates who worked in the steel factory in the mountain city.

Not long ago, a classmate complained to him that the steel plant was unsustainable, which shocked him greatly.

During the war, the steel plants in the rear were unsustainable?

How did this happen? !

So, he decided to write to ask, how is the situation now?

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Also at the same time.

Tokyo.

Prime Minister's Office.

"In this negotiation, we must strive for the interests of the empire as much as possible."

Minai Mitsumasa was talking earnestly to a devil:
"The Americans will definitely demand payment in dollars and gold, and they will not back down."

He is very clear.

Although the Americans tried to use the empire to test and deal with the weird new forces that were doing things in the Republic of China, the Americans were not good people, and they would definitely beat the empire economically.

Between countries, there are only utilization and interests.

The empire, and the United States, are actually in direct conflict of interest because they are both interested in the Pacific Ocean.

Mitsumasa Minai continued:

"However, our country lacks gold reserves and US dollar foreign exchange. Based on the materials needed by the empire, we simply cannot afford to pay, nor can we afford to pay."

"So, you can take a step back and propose to use silver to pay for the goods, or ask the United States to open silver transactions, and the Americans will agree."

Although the United States has introduced the Silver Act, the purpose is to increase the silver reserve to half of the gold reserve. At present, the highest price of silver in the world is in the American market, but the actual final buyer is only the Ministry of Finance.

Totally buyers market.

If you want to sell silver on a large scale, you can only nod to the other party's Ministry of Finance, otherwise you can only go to the American market to leverage a little bit.

"Hi."

The devil in charge of business negotiations nodded.

"Steel and oil, etc., the Americans should be generous this time."

Mitsumasa Minai continued:

"The focus of your struggle is aviation fuel, engines, electric detectors, etc., the technology and supplies that the empire urgently needs."

"The Americans are interested in the group of mysterious people who appeared in North China. If necessary, they can use this information as a bargaining chip."

"Hi!"

The devil continued to bow his head.

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(End of this chapter)