Chapter 815 What to do with that effort...

A few hours have passed since Gui Youguang successfully captured Dashan Gongyi, and in a dark basement, a printing press is constantly running.

Papers printed with French currency banknotes fell on the paper collection table. After reaching a certain amount, someone immediately placed them neatly and started cutting.

"Click~Click~"

Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy Command and Mitaka Kumamoto, the head of the Japanese Army's North China Intelligence Agency, stood aside, and smiled at the sound of the machine.

"Yamamoto, it's such a pleasant voice. With these counterfeit money, the materials in short supply on the front line will be replenished as quickly as possible. As long as you have money to make money, those Chinese businessmen will not care about who they do business with."

Kumamoto Mitaka gently stroked the surface of the machine, as if he was touching the skin of a person, and said to Yamamoto without raising his head.

He had to be excited that although the empire and army successfully occupied the Chinese's heads and capitals, the purpose of quickly forcing the Chinese to surrender was not achieved.

The leader and all government agencies, schools, important commercial institutions, etc. moved to Jiangcheng, more than 500 kilometers away from Jinling, and mountain city more than 1,400 kilometers away.

This is a desperate number. According to the advancement speed and casualties of the two battles in Shanghai and Jinling, they will have to pay at least a million people to reach Shancheng.

If we can really control this huge country, the losses on personnel will be acceptable. The problem is that war requires money.

Before the war, Tokyo prepared 4 billion yen of war funds. The military and the Ministry of Tripitaka originally thought that the money was enough and could even be divided into part for post-war reconstruction.

As a result, in the late stage of the Songhu War, all the funds were spent, and the senior management had no choice but to add another 2.5 billion yen, which was said to be consumed again when they reached the periphery of Jinling.

If there is no new source of wealth, let alone defeating the Chinese, the army will not change mutiny, it will be considered the painstaking efforts of the soldiers.

Now with this machine and fiat currency like real money, they can get a large amount of supplies in the area ruled by the government to maintain the battle on the front line.

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 fiat currency is sealed by the empire, they will pretend not to know.

To apply a passage from a red book:

Capitalists are afraid of not having profits and too little profits, just like nature is afraid of vacuums. Once there is a proper profit, capitalists become bolder.

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

With 20% profit, he becomes active;

With 50% profit, he took risks;

With 100% profit, he dares to trample on all human laws;

With 300% profit, he dares to commit any crime and even risk his head being thrown away.

If chaos and disputes can bring profits, he will encourage chaos and disputes, and smuggling and slave trade are proof of this.

In fact, it is not only capital, but also any organization or individual needs money to meet its most basic needs, and the army is no exception.

Just like this counterfeit money plan, didn’t the Navy Red Deer give up the inherent contradictions and actively participate?

Thinking of this, Minataka Naruto turned his head to look at Yamamoto with a confused look. He was extremely proud and shouted the other person's name loudly.

"Yamamoto-kun?"

"Nani?"

Yamamoto, who was in a trance by piles of banknotes, came back to his senses when he heard the call. Looking at Kumamoto who seemed to be smiling, blushed and bowed slightly to apologize.

"It's really rude. This is the first time I've seen so many money, so I can't help but lose my composure. Please don't mind Colonel Kumamoto."

He did not hide it, and directly explained the reason why he was distracted. Instead, he was open and honest, and then pointed to the counterfeit money and asked a question.

"Colonel Kumamoto, these fiat currencies are somewhat similar to those printed by the Chinese. If there are nine points, our plan will be successful."

"Nine points? Hahaha, Yamamoto, you underestimate the technological strength of the Empire too much. Let professionals answer you this question."

Nanmoto laughed and said politely to a thin man next to the printing press: "Shinoda-kun, you just heard it. What is the quality of the fiat currency we made?"

“Naturally the best.”

Saburo Shinoda, a technician who lowered his head to adjust the scraper, replied proudly after hearing this.

"We obtained the original woodblock and ink formula from Harbor City, and bought the latest gravure printing machine from the United States, plus the codes compiled by mathematicians from Imperial University.

With such careful preparations, if the legal currency cannot be completely restored, the two of them will not need to take action. Shinoda will jump into the Huangpu River and apologize to His Majesty the Heavenly Locust, but………”

At the end of the talk, Saburo Shinoda, who was originally talking, hesitated for a moment.

"Just what?"

Yamamoto and Minatotsuki were shocked, and the smile on their faces faded instantly, and they secretly prayed that they would never make any mistakes at this time.

"There is still a big gap between the banknotes made by the empire and Britain and the United States. This batch of counterfeit banknotes is safe to use in small batches in real banknotes. It is easy for Chinese to find flaws when used in large batches."

Saburo Shinoda frowned, reached out to pick up an unprinted banknote and shook it, and started popularizing science for the two intelligence officials and explaining the reasons.

"The paper carries more than 75% of the anti-counterfeiting function of a piece of banknote, because when we get the money in our hands, our first feeling is not vision, but touch.

In daily use scenarios, people will only carefully distinguish whether it is counterfeit money if it feels wrong when they feel it is wrong, especially those merchants who often come into contact with money.

The printing paper is more like a kind of cloth than paper. The ingredients of ordinary paper are wood and grass fibers, and the ingredients of the printing paper are cotton fibers or flax fibers.

Cotton fibers are bonded closer than plants and wood fibers, and are basically not affected by water, are dirt-resistant and stain-resistant. Even if they are soaked in water for a short time, they will not have much impact, and give the banknotes a special texture.

With the imperial papermaking technology, we can only restore 80% of the texture of the fiat currency paper. This requires the military to find ways to obtain relevant technologies from European and American countries. These technologies can also be applied to the imperial currency. Please."

After Saburo Shinoda bowed deeply, and the Ministry of Taoism sent him to China. In addition to the military's orders, he had planned to obtain British and American banknote printing technology through the other party.

Although it is difficult to imitate the yen with its unique bark slurry, it is not afraid of ten thousand, but it is afraid of if it is. Using technology to improve the difficulty of imitating the yen will be beneficial to the empire without any harm.

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

Nanmoto immediately promised Saburo Shinoda that they would deliver the technology to the other party as soon as possible, but only asked to continue printing fiat currency during this period.

After all, the Imperial Army is almost as poor as pants. At worst, it can use counterfeit banknotes in a mixed manner, and it can deceive as much as it can.

As for things like face, the Japanese Empire has long since wanted to do so. If the gun is in their hands, those merchants have to agree if they don’t agree.

Compared with him, Yamamoto's performance was much more indifferent, and the navy had many ways to make money, such as bypassing scarce supplies from overseas and empires and "allocating" each other with customs.

With this as a confidence, the Navy would rather wait until the perfect fiat currency came out before using it, that is, the poor Army Red Deer would be hungry and eat like this.

After complaining about the army in his heart, Yamamoto looked at his watch and told Saburo Shinoda: "Shinoda, please remember to stop printing immediately after dawn.

The black sewage discharge into the Sucheng River is very conspicuous, and once it is noticed by the surrounding residents, it is very likely to be reported to the public concession.

The dead fish incident a few days ago has attracted the attention of the newspaper. If it were not for the timely handling, we might have to change the place."

"Yes, Shinoda-kun."

Minataka Namoto's face also turned accentuated: "Houde Middle School should have resumed school, so we used an important intelligence officer to borrow this suitable printing location.

In order to keep it confidential, printing water and power generation diesel are transported secretly from the outside world in batches, which consumes a lot of money and must not be wasted just because of a little sewage.”

After emphasizing the Army's contribution to the counterfeit banknote plan, he patted Yamamoto on the shoulder and assured the other party.

"Don't worry, Yamamoto, I'll stare."

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

"Don't worry, Deputy Director, no one found this guy arrested."

Zuo Chong reached out and raised Dashan Gong who was unconscious, looked for a while and let go of his hand, glared at him with a bald head.

"Next time, put less ether, this thing is poisonous. If you make a fool of yourself, see how I deal with you. Hurry him up and I want to ask about the enemy's situation."

Unexpectedly, Gui Youguang not only did not reply to the order immediately, but instead muttered.

"Deputy Director, these Japanese spies are all stubborn. I don't know when he speaks, so I might as well use my method."

"Your method?"

Zuo Chong, Wu Chunyang and Song Minghao, who had just arrived to meet, were confused. What good solutions could the other party have? It would be that they would rush into the school with dangerous goods and burn them to the Japanese.

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

"Isn't that enough, why bother with that effort?"

Very nice!

Where did the cannon come from?

The left heavy eyeballs were almost falling out. Under the light, a Japanese-style 92 infantry cannon shone with a dark light, and there were a few golden shells on the ground.

What is shocking is that the fuse on the head of the shell has been installed. As long as there is a little collision or friction, everyone present will be bombed into the sky.

Everyone took a deep breath and took two steps back in a uniform manner. They were not afraid of death, but they could not accept it if they were killed by their own people.

"Fuck..., there's light, come, come slowly and tell me where you got the infantry cannon."

Hiding behind a strong pillar, Left heavy suppressed his anger, and squeezed out a smile and asked Gui Youguang with a kind smile.

"Where can it come from? Of course, it's from the black market. Those defeated soldiers dare to sell anything. If they didn't have it, I would have to buy a 105 howitzer."

In everyone's horrified eyes, Gui Youguang kicked the cannons and shells, walked over with a swagger, and said indifferently.

As a result, as soon as he walked to Zuo Chong, he was slapped in his shiny forehead. He widened his eyes and shouted with great grievance.

"Oh, Deputy Director, you hit me~ What are you doing!"

"Beat you! I wish I could kill you!"

Zuo Chong was furious and pointed at Wang Badan and cursed: "You might as well buy a bomber and blow up the concession, okay?

I will say it again, I want to catch the live ones, especially the counterfeit banknote expert, who will immediately hide the broken things for me.

If your actions fail, believe it or not, I will send you to Japan. If you want something, why don’t you go quickly!”

Angry scolding sounded in the factory, and a wild cat was scared away...

(End of this chapter)
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