The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 266 The Benefits From Head Kong
Niukou Village.

An old village with a long history in the Sanjin area. Although the name is a bit weird, the village is a serious village.

The second day after Kong Jie led the last batch of transferred troops from the Independence Regiment arrived in Niukou Village.

After the Eighth Route Army stationed in Niukou Village, the first announcement spread quickly:

The Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment recycled copper plates in the late Qing Dynasty, and the recycling price was quite generous, even ten times higher than the original face value of the copper plates. People in Niukou Village and surrounding villages, who still have copper plates in their homes, can get them from the temporary establishment of the Eighth Route Army. The exchange office is used to exchange for the coins currently in circulation, such as silver dollars, daily tickets, or legal tender.

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In fact, it is not only Kong Jie who is eyeing the copper yuan.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in addition to wantonly plundering gold and silver, the Japanese invaders were also very keen on the copper coins circulating among the people.

Since 1, the Japanese army stationed in China has been smuggling Chinese copper coins to Japan on a large scale. Even for copper coins with a very small face value, the total amount of smuggling has reached more than [-] million yuan per year.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the smuggling of copper coins by the Japanese army was changed to open robbery. On average, more than 700 million copper coins flowed into China from China every month. In Shanghai alone, 400 million copper coins were collected every month.

The Chinese copper coins discovered in Japan after the war even reached [-] tons, which shows how hard the Japanese army searched.

In the situation where the Japanese army plundered copper coins wantonly, in fact, after June [-], that is, a year and a half after the fall of Shanghai, there was no copper coin in circulation in the SH market.

The Japanese army was so keen on searching and plundering copper coins for nothing more than two purposes.

One is the same as Kong Jie's original intention. The Japanese army also took a fancy to these raw copper materials when they collected these copper coins, which can be used as military strategic materials.

In addition, the national government's legal currency was not allowed in the Japanese-occupied area, but the Japanese army could not completely control the people's use of copper coins in small transactions.

So the devils adopted the method of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, simply taking away the copper coins, so that the Chinese people had no copper coins to use, so as to achieve the goal of completely crowding out the legal currency.

At that time, copper coins were used as auxiliary coins with small denominations. For example, if the transaction amount was lower than the face value of one yuan, or the face value was lower than a dime, these auxiliary coins could come in handy.

To put it simply, copper coins are the secondary coins used by ordinary people for change in daily life transactions.

Once such coins are lost in large quantities, the situation will be very bad.

People will soon find that after shopping in daily life, shopkeepers can't give change at all, and even can only take some small-value commodities such as needlework, matches, and candy as change.

But after all, this is not a long-term solution, and it is far from enough to cope with the various difficulties caused by the lack of tokens.

Even the beggars begging on the street were even implicated.

Why?Because there is no such small denomination change as the copper dollar, no one is willing to give away coins with too large a denomination.

Beggars have to change their careers, or they will starve to death.

It is even more of a disaster for businessmen.

The lack of tokens raises the threshold for doing business. The value of your goods is too low, and customers cannot use large denomination currency for transactions.

This has led to the closure of many small businesses in the market that have nothing to live on, and the lives of the people have also been impacted, making it even more unsustainable.

As for the national military government, the secondary coins that were originally prepared to be minted for the circulation of legal tenders were actually not in place because of the Japanese army's blockade.

Therefore, in many areas, a large loss of copper coins means a large loss of secondary coins.

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Fortunately, the devils have not been able to completely occupy the Sanjin.

The Jinsui Army has always been active in the middle section of western Shanxi, the southern part of Shanxi is the territory of the Central Army and local miscellaneous troops, and the area of ​​northwest Shanxi is the guerrilla area of ​​the Eighth Route Army.

It is not so easy for the Japanese army to completely cut off the circulation of copper coins in order to do things in Shanghai in Shanxi.

Another example is the area around Niukou Village. The villagers actually have a lot of copper coins in their hands.

In addition, the reputation of the Eighth Route Army has always been good. After the news of the independent regiment's recycling of copper plates spread, the people in Niukou Village, Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang and other villages immediately responded positively.

Kong Jie ordered to set up copper recycling points in every village.

Exchange copper coins at ten times the original face value of copper coins.

For example, the face value of the copper coin itself is one cent, and a dime is exchanged for a copper coin; if the face value of the copper coin itself is a dime, one yuan is exchanged for a copper coin.

For the common people, it can be said that it is a great thing that the pie falls from the sky. If you take the copper coins at home, you can exchange them for ten times the bills in a blink of an eye.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army's credibility is worthy of the people's trust, so no one has any doubts.

The people were kind and simple, and after taking the copper coins and exchanging notes, and getting benefits from the independent group, they all praised the independent group.

For the arrival of the Independent Group of the Eighth Route Army, the people in Niukou Village are more and more full of expectations and sincerely accept it.

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In this way, it took only three days.

station.

The newly established regiment headquarters is a courtyard rented from the common people.

Dong San, the logistics manager in charge of coordinating the matter, approached Kong Jie and reported the latest copper dollar acquisition:

"Head, you just didn't go. The scene was really hot. When we heard that our independent group recycled copper coins, they still paid ten times the price. The villagers sent us all the copper coins they had accumulated at home in sacks. "

"Guess what? In just three days, nearly [-] copper coins have been recovered from the dozen or so copper plate recycling points we set up. If this copper coin represents a bullet, that is to say, it took us three days , the raw materials for [-] bullets are on hand."

Kong Jie nodded in satisfaction. The response to the recycling of copper coins was better than he expected.

As for these copper coins, even if Kong Jie didn't collect them, sooner or later they would be slowly lost to the enemy-occupied areas and counties, where they would be looted by the little devils.

Right now, a copper plate can be turned into a bullet, which is finally used to eliminate the little devil, which is definitely worth the money.

Kong Jie was curious about another thing, "By the way, Dong San, which currency do the folks prefer when exchanging copper coins?"

Dong Sandao: "Everyone's favorite is naturally the silver dollar, then the daily ticket, and finally the legal currency."

Kong Jie said with emotion: "Well, the legal currency issued by the military government of this country is not as popular as the devil's daily ticket!"

Dong Sandao: "Leader, there is no way. The legal currency issued by the national army has depreciated too fast, especially in these years, the depreciation trend has become more obvious. Maybe a month ago, you can still buy ten catties of legal currency, and a month later, even half a catty You can’t even buy rice. In contrast, silver dollars and bills issued by devils are much more stable, and the common people all want to make a living, so it’s natural which kind of money bills are more stable, whichever one you like.”

"Then how much did we spend for the nearly [-] copper plates?" Kong Jie asked again.

Dong San thought for a while, and gave a relatively clear estimate, saying: "Leader, the total face value of 5000 copper plates is almost 7 yuan, and we paid back ten times the price, which cost about [-] yuan. "

Kong Jie was stunned and said, "What's the matter with you?"

Dong San smiled and said: "Leader, what's the matter? We don't have enough silver dollars in reserve. Compared with daily tickets, the common people prefer silver dollars, but I will follow what you said later, if the common people can accept daily tickets If we exchange it, we can even exchange it at ten times the price, and now the common people are more inclined to exchange it for day tickets, and we can save a lot of silver dollars."

In front of the common people, even Dong San, who has always been good at calculation, also adheres to the idea that a loss is a blessing.

Kong Jie was stunned, and said with a smile: "Well done, let's do it this way, as long as it's the devil's money, we don't have to feel bad when we spend it, and besides, don't stop buying copper coins after three or five days.

This can be regarded as the welfare brought by our independent group to the people, and it indirectly helps the folks.

Tell the folks that our independent group recycles copper coins for a long time. Whenever you have copper coins, you can exchange them. "

(End of this chapter)