My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Because Jiang Li only said that the four words "Protect the Country and the People" and the production date should be printed on the front of the coin, but he did not say what should be printed on the other side.

So these craftsmen printed Jiang Li's portrait on the silver coins according to the style of the silver coins circulating on the market.

When Jiang Li got these silver coin samples, he first touched the edge teeth to prevent theft of silver, and then saw the words "Protect the Country and the People" on the front and the words "Made in 1930" on the edge, and he was very satisfied.

But when I turned to the back and saw my own portrait, I was totally amused.

But then I thought there was no harm in it, and besides, I had a lot of places to spend money, so I didn't pursue it and just told them to get to work as soon as possible.

With his order, the production of silver coins officially began.

According to Jiang Li's estimation, the more than 400,000 kilograms of silver harvested this time, after adding a small amount of tin and copper, can all be made into silver dollars weighing 25 grams each, and a total of about 10 million silver dollars can be obtained.

The addition of tin and copper is certainly not for adulteration, but entirely to change the physical properties of silver.

For example, the addition of tin can increase the hardness of silver coins to a certain extent, but too much will make the silver coins brittle, while adding an appropriate amount of copper can improve this problem.

At the same time, the addition of copper is also beneficial to increase the fluidity and filling capacity of silver coins, improve the casting quality, and lower the melting point by adjusting the proportion of metal components.

Let’s not talk about adding tin and copper for now, and let’s get back to printing money for disaster relief.

If only these 20 million silver dollars were used for disaster relief, it might barely be enough, but as the territory expands in the future, it will obviously not be appropriate to use precious metals as currency.

So he made up his mind and took out another 20,000 kilograms of gold from the warehouse, together with the 30,000 kilograms of gold harvested this time, and made them all into 500,000 gold coins, each weighing 50 grams.

They also got a printing press and printed 20 million one-yuan notes and another 500,000 fifty-yuan notes, which they named Huimin Bi.

The anchor of his Huimin currency was gold and silver. He first collected 10 million silver dollars from various places, melted them down for recasting, and then mixed them with the newly minted coins.

Another bank was established, promising that a one-dollar note could be exchanged for a silver coin, and a fifty-dollar note could be exchanged for a gold coin.

However, ordinary people these days are very welcoming to the newly issued gold and silver coins. After all, these coins are exquisitely crafted and made of high-quality materials. They are much better than the old and counterfeit coins on the market.

As for those banknotes issued together, not many people are willing to buy them. After all, there are a lot of banknotes these days, and the purchasing power is declining again and again, so that many banknotes are not even hard enough to wipe your butt.

Jiang Li had actually anticipated this. After all, he knew the current currency situation, which was a mess. The paper money was like a collective opium addiction, extremely sluggish.

He directly distributed these banknotes to the soldiers as wages. Of course, he could not directly distribute all banknotes, but half of the general silver dollar in banknotes.

Two official documents were issued. Jiang Li first confiscated all his properties, and then announced that anyone who used Huimin currency to purchase things in government shops and factories would receive a 10% discount.

As soon as these two official documents came out, the soldiers and civilians' eyes lit up.

Because Jiangli has been continuously developing industry over the years, although the military industry has developed relatively well, the civilian industry is very average.

Although daily necessities such as bicycles, flashlights, canned wine and sweaters can be bought on the market, most of them are still produced in Jiang Li's factory.

His order basically means a 10% price reduction for all your products. You can imagine how much of a response this will cause.

Sure enough, after Jiang Li issued this order, almost every household in Guangdong prepared to exchange three or two yuan of Huimin currency for daily expenses.

Jiang Li was well prepared for this and ordered people to control the daily exchange rate so that he would have time to prepare for subsequent matters.

The method used by bank staff to control the speed is actually very simple. They carefully identify the purity of each dollar and then exchange them for corresponding coins according to the proportion of silver in them.

With this time, Jiang Li immediately ordered people to melt the recycled silver into the furnace for redoing. Of course, for the beauty and texture of the new coins, it is necessary to add a little bit of tin and copper, but there is no need to mention such trivial matters.

Back to the issue of currency, when he had the new silver coins, he asked people to produce paper money in a one-to-one ratio according to the number of new silver coins.

After he had paper money, he hired several professional financial talents from Guangzhou at high salaries. With them as the backbone, he opened branches of Huimin Bank in various places under his rule, and all of them carried out storage and exchange business, and specially sent troops to escort the currency.

After Jiang Li received a steady stream of funds, he increased his disaster relief efforts.

After such a long time, the heavy rain had stopped long ago, but it left behind large areas of flooded land and destroyed houses. The only thing to be thankful for was that not many people died as a result.

This was the time when the people were most helpless. Jiang Li allocated a large amount of money, grain and supplies to the disaster area, which not only encouraged the people, but also made them completely accept Jiang Li's rule.

With the funds and money in place, the large-scale infrastructure project across the two provinces officially began.

The first things that came first were of course some temporary sheds, followed by various mines and cement plants, and then roads quickly took shape.

Next, canals, ponds, river embankments, reservoirs, dams, power stations, and houses are all being built quickly.

Jiang Li looked at the information sent back by various counties and found that various projects were progressing very quickly. However, the consumption of materials was also alarming, although not to the point where they could not be sustained.

However, it will be impossible for these disaster-stricken areas to produce food within a few months, and several more months of aid will be needed.

It was at this time that the Academy of Agricultural Sciences gave him a surprise. It turned out that the high-yield sweet potato variety they had previously researched had stabilized.

Moreover, the output has increased a bit, and the yield per mu has reached about 1,200 kilograms, so we can start promoting it at any time.

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Li almost jumped for joy. Isn't this simply giving someone a pillow when they are sleepy?

As for the issue that this variety of sweet potato tasted bad, he automatically filtered it out. In this day and age, it was good enough to have something to eat, so he had no right to be picky.

Besides, after a few months, when the people will have enough to eat, he will teach them how to grind sweet potato vermicelli and make some dried sweet potatoes. Such a small shortcoming of not being tasty can be easily solved.

However, it is indeed easy to suffer from malnutrition if you only eat sweet potatoes, and the same is true even if you eat some sweet potato tips and leaves.

Therefore, he planned to directly promote the high-yield pumpkin and mushroom cultivation technology. This would not only ensure that the people had enough to eat, but would also allow him to gain a lot of merit.