The Admiralty naturally did not dare to neglect the work of receiving warships in Germany. Moreover, the time to go to Germany was determined to be in early December, and it is now the end of September, and it is only more than two months. It also requires some necessary training for soldiers, so there is not much time left.

However, after all the four ironclad ships were converted into reserve ships, the shortage of crew members that had been tense has been alleviated a lot. Not only can we collect the number of people to Germany, but we can also temporarily add a certain number of personnel to the battleship team. Although we cannot fill the staff at once, we can also add more than 60%. We can avoid strength and meet the standards for training on the long-distance seas. Of course, after driving the warships from Germany, these crew members will still be transferred back. After all, the first goal is to complete the staffing of the four new ships.

But Wang Hailong was also quite satisfied. After all, at least half a year, his fleet had enough personnel, and a group of new crew members would definitely be added in half a year. So Wang Hailong also rubbed his fists and immediately began to prepare for the first long-distance training of the battleship team.

The final number of people to Germany was 452, including 34 officers and 418 soldiers. Zhang Wei personally led the team to be responsible for comprehensively organizing and managing the work group for receiving ships. Anyway, he has nothing to do now. Of course, receiving ships involves consultation and communication between the East China government and the German government. Therefore, the Military Commission will report the number, list and plan to the Executive Yuan together.

At this time, the Executive Yuan was busy summarizing this quarter, because it was the end of September and the second-last quarter of this year. Therefore, after the summary of this quarter, the work of the whole year was also set up a general tone. In addition, in this quarter, the East China government officially issued the [Commercial Bank Law], which opened the Bank of China in Qingdao, Jinan, Tianjin, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Jimo and other places to issue new currencies, and stipulated by administrative orders that all merchants are not allowed to refuse to accept new currencies. In addition, all wages of government agencies, government enterprises, and factories are all issued in new currencies, and new currencies are used as settlement currency for trading transactions, as well as tax payments. Now, the issuance of new currencies has been more than two months, and more than three million yuan has been issued one after another. A phased summary should be made.

Overall, although the East China government is promoting it through administrative orders, it is still relatively normal so far and has not triggered any strong opposition. People from all over the country seem to have accepted the new currency very calmly. Some time travelers are worried about the chaos and the protests have not happened at all, so this also surprised many time travelers. Isn’t it said that currency reform is the most troublesome and the most prone to happening? Why can’t you even hear a sound?

In fact, the Chinese in this era are far more honest and docile than the time traveler era. Generally speaking, it is not that they will not resist when they are unstoppable and cannot survive, but they will resist the government. Moreover, the areas where new currencies are all areas with relatively strict control of the East China government. In the early stage, they have undergone land reform, local rectification, and crackdown on local forces. Not only has it won the support of most people, but it has also gained considerable prestige by the government, which is also the basis for promoting monetary reform.

Moreover, the new currency still uses silver as the main material. The one-yuan silver coins, which are mainly promoted, are of quite high quality and have a very reasonable ratio to silver. Although a certain amount of paper money has been issued, the denomination of the paper money is not large, and it is mainly used for small money. In this way, the people's concern for the new currency will be much smaller.

Of course, in addition to the government's prestige, there is another important condition for whether the currency can be successful, which is purchasing power. Simply put, it is the currency that can buy things. Although the East China government forcibly pushed the new currency to the market with administrative orders, in the year and a half after taking over Shandong, the East China government opened a large number of factories and shops, providing many commodities for the market. After the land reform, the East China government controlled more than 90% of grain transactions. In addition, the salt transactions that had been controlled before and after the textile factory was put into production and expansion, a large number of cloths put into the market. With these bulk consumer goods as the foundation, the purchasing power of the new currency is guaranteed.

At the beginning, many people did lack confidence in the new currency, so after getting the new currency, they immediately went to buy everything. As it was in the big city, it also caused the snatch of goods to be bought. However, the East China government quickly mobilized inventory of materials to be invested in the market, especially bulk daily consumer goods such as grain, salt, and cloth. Not only did it quickly stabilize the market, but it also collected only new currency, and even paper money came. This also made many people feel at ease, and the snatching behavior gradually subsided, and together it also enhanced the public's confidence in the new currency.

What is more important is that the tax payment currencies of the East China government have indeed been changed to new currencies, which also shows that the East China government recognizes these currencies, so it will naturally be settled. Moreover, the new currencies are not only clearly priced, but also classified in detail. It is indeed much more convenient to use than white money or copper coins, so it has gradually been recognized by the people.

This also shows that under the smooth appearance of the issuance of new currencies, the East China government still has done a lot of work, which is never as simple as it seems.

By the end of September, the land reform of the East China government in Shandong was also going very smoothly. At this time, the land reforms in Jinan Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, Yizhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and other regions were basically completed, accounting for about 60% of the total area of ​​Shandong Province. The land reforms in the remaining areas are also being promoted. It is expected that by the end of this year, all land reforms in Shandong Province will be completed. Therefore, some people have proposed to open banks in other regions and issue new currencies, so as to achieve the completion of monetary reforms in the entire Shandong Province within this year. Moreover, local administrative departments have already applied to the Ministry of Administration to open banks.

However, at this time, the supervisor of the Commercial Committee was still clear-headed and knew that the currency reform was smooth in the past period, mainly because the reform pilot was well-founded and prepared in full, so the current results were achieved. If you rashly implement monetary reform in other places, the risk was too great, and the pilot areas are only two months away, and the problem has not yet appeared. But if you want to see the final results, this time is far from enough. It is best to wait until the end of the year before looking at the final situation, and then consider comprehensively carrying out monetary reform in Shandong.

In this way, the problem of pilot projects will gradually emerge, providing experience for the next step of monetary reform; second, the control of the East China government in other places will gradually stabilize, and it will be much more stable to implement monetary reform. Of course, at this stage, the pilot areas can be used as the core and expand outward, so this development must be more stable.

The Executive Yuan agrees with the attitude of the Business Committee. In fact, even if the Business Committee decides to expand monetary reform, the Executive Yuan will not agree, because in the last quarter of the year, the Executive Yuan has more important things to do and cannot focus all his energy on monetary reform. This thing more important than monetary reform is the autumn harvest.

Even in the area ruled by the East China government, the agricultural economy still occupies an absolute dominant position, and autumn harvest is naturally the focus of the year. It not only determines the main source of income for a government year, but also a season of frequent turmoil. Because after the autumn harvest, farmers not only have to pay taxes to the government, but also pay land rent to landlords, so it is often when conflicts in civil society break out. Although the burden of farmers in areas undergoing land reform has been greatly reduced, and the possibility of inciting conflicts is not high, after all, about 40% of the land reforms in areas with land reform has not yet ended, and the tax system of the Qing court is still implemented, and a large number of farmers have to pay landlords, which has the possibility of intensification of contradictions.

After discussion at the Executive Yuan meeting, it was decided to take two measures. First, it was to send a warning notice to local officials who had not completed land reform, requiring them to strictly restrict the tax collectors and servants who collected taxes during the autumn harvest period, collect taxes according to the customs, and not to charge too much, and not to impose excessive taxes. At the same time, it was necessary to warn gentry, landlords, and powerful people from all over the country to leave some room when collecting land rent and not to do too much, otherwise the East China government would never be flustered once it was discovered.

Although the warning was not issued in the name of the Shandong Governor, after the Qingzhou incident, local officials and powerful forces in Shandong were settled, and no one dared to blatantly fight against the East China government. Therefore, the warning issued by the East China government is still quite binding.

Of course, the time travelers are not so arrogant that they think that they can restrain other places with their own empty texts. After all, what local officials can do is limited, because the actual power of the local grassroots is in the hands of officials, officers, gentry, landlords, and powerful people. However, although these people control a large amount of power at the grassroots level, their own knowledge and vision are limited and they may not be able to see the situation clearly. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that they have made wrong judgments for temporary selfish interests. The East China government must also take some substantial actions to suppress the situation.
Chapter completed!