Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

You should know that when the legal tender was first issued, one yuan was equal to one silver dollar. Although it has depreciated a bit now, for now, you can still buy a lot of things with a ten-yuan legal tender.

However, the coins on the market now are basically small-denomination coins, such as one yuan and two yuan, as well as some copper coins with even smaller denominations, such as 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, etc.

After all, it is impossible to buy some small items such as a candied haws or a pound of fruit with a one-yuan French currency.

Jiu Zhang took it and looked at it carefully. He didn't find any problems, so he asked curiously:

"It's just legal tender, what's so fancy about it? But this is the latest produced legal tender, and I have to say, it's quite exquisitely made. I haven't seen such a brand new bill in a while."

"Jiuzhang, take a closer look. Is there anything unusual about these French notes?"

When Jiuzhang heard what Hunter Knife Lao Ma said, he quickly picked up the French currency in his hand and looked at it carefully, and asked Kong Hao to help take a look as well.

However, Kong Hao said that he had no knowledge of fiat currency, mainly because he and his Ghost Special Forces usually settled accounts with gold or oceans and had no need for fiat currency at all.

The main problem is that legal tender depreciates almost every once in a while, and ordinary people in many places don't recognize it. Gold and dollars are better, as they are more convenient and faster.

Another five minutes passed before Jiuzhang raised his head and signaled Liedao with his eyes to speak quickly, saying, "Don't keep us in suspense, it's making people anxious."

Hunter Knife sighed and said seriously:

"Actually, these notes are all fake. They're all counterfeit. As you just said, this note is too new, and the paper used is extremely fine. It's almost identical to the first batch of notes issued, which is why they're so flawed."

"To be honest, ever since the government's major banks moved to the mountain city, their supply of materials has deteriorated significantly. The quality of the raw materials used to issue currency has also dropped significantly, leading to the uneven quality of the issued legal tender."

"But in the past two months, a large amount of this newly printed currency suddenly appeared in major cities in our rear areas. Ordinary people couldn't tell the difference, and they were all used to buy various daily necessities, causing prices in the rear areas to soar, and the people were suffering."

"After a detailed investigation by our Military Control Commission personnel, we discovered that these are all counterfeit. It is truly a great irony that the quality of our newly issued legal tender cannot even match these counterfeit goods."

When Jiuzhang and Kong Hao heard that it was fake legal tender, they immediately took it seriously. This kind of thing would be a heavy blow to China's already fragile economic cycle.

After all, the cost of printing a counterfeit legal tender is less than one thousandth of its purchasing power. Using the printed stuff to go shopping in major cities will definitely cause inflation.

To put it bluntly, money has become worthless, and the depreciation is happening at a very fast pace. This is extremely bad news for ordinary people.

Originally, we had managed to curb the rapid rise in prices by shipping back large amounts of supplies from abroad, especially huge amounts of food and cloth, and the vast majority of people were able to have enough food to eat and clothes to wear for a few days.

But I didn't expect that the enemy would come up with such a trick. It was really a vicious plan.

If we don't find a way to stop it, even if the cost of the materials we ship back from abroad is low, it will not be as low as the cost of the enemy printing counterfeit currency. Then we may really be making things difficult for the enemy.

At this time, Jiu Zhang asked in a very serious tone: "Hunter Knife Old Ma, are you guys in the Military Control Commission just sitting there doing nothing? If something like this happens in your territory, you should just arrest the person. You can't be soft-hearted at this time, otherwise there will be endless trouble."

"Jiu Zhang, after this incident was discovered, the entire mountain city was shocked. This was definitely the root of Jueguo Mansion. Many bigwigs got furious at the military meeting and ordered the Military Control Commission to conduct a thorough investigation."

"We also arrested quite a few people in the mountain city and surrounding areas, but they were just small fry, responsible for shipping goods."

"But as long as the source of counterfeit currency production is not cut off, this kind of thing will continue to happen. After all, the interests involved are too huge, far beyond the solution of arresting and killing a few people."

Having said this, he quietly leaned over to the two of them and whispered:

"Because of this incident, the old man has cursed several times. We also caught some big fish and shot several businessmen and gang leaders who were involved in this incident."

"Following the clues, we discovered that this was a conspiracy by the Japanese invaders, and that the enemy's base for producing counterfeit currency was in Shanghai. After all, this is a financial center and can provide all the convenient conditions."

"Boss Dai sent a special telegram, demanding that our Military Control Commission's Shanghai Station must thwart the enemy's vicious plan and blow up the Japs' counterfeit currency factory."

When Jiu Zhang heard this, he immediately expressed his opinion:

"This is a matter that concerns the interests of all Chinese people, and we have no choice but to take responsibility. As long as you say a word, we will definitely cooperate with your actions."

This is exactly what Hunter Knife Lao Ma was waiting for. He had laid so much groundwork before just to get Jiuzhang to work with him. He would accept it even if he had to share a part of this huge credit with him.

In the past, the Military Intelligence Bureau would have been the only one to do this kind of thing. It would have been impossible for them to find our intelligence personnel because the Military Intelligence Bureau simply looked down on the little combat power we had.

But things are different now. Since the battle that took place in the concession that night, the Military Control Commission's stereotype of us has completely disappeared.

Especially at that time, the captain of the Night Owl Action Team personally said that our mysterious force could completely crush their Night Owl Action Team with the same number of people.

Since that night, the people at the Military Control Commission's Shanghai Station have listed us as an entity that must not be provoked, unless someone is tired of living.

Hunter Knife Old Horse continued, "We've infiltrated the enemy and learned they have a dedicated unit working on this project. It seems to be called some kind of research institute. We've also discovered their secret base where they're producing counterfeit currency."

"Because this plan was a top-secret enemy operation, we sacrificed three of our best undercover personnel. Two more have completely lost contact since sending the intelligence, and their fate is currently unknown. As long as we can successfully destroy the enemy's counterfeit currency manufacturing base, their sacrifice will be worthwhile."

"But the enemy's base is guarded by a squadron, and there's a military camp nearby with a regiment of troops stationed there. Theoretically, it's absolutely safe."