Shanghai Concession, Tan Mansion, and Ning Zhiheng are listening to Ji Hongyi's work report.

"This morning, Wei Hongde and his son visited the door and never mentioned the incident of being rescued by force. I think this person must have known the reason in his heart, and it will save me more trouble, but I am just sensible!"

Ning Zhiheng asked: "Did he know that Wu Shicai kidnapped him this time?"

Ji Hongyi shook his head and said, "I don't know, he didn't ask, he just asked, I said I don't know, we just raised funds and paid the ransom, and did nothing else!"

"Didn't mention the 300,000 dollars?"

"No!" Ji Hongyi smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Isn't his life worth 300,000?"

"After all, he is a tycoon from Shanghai, a clear character!"

Ning Zhiheng nodded with satisfaction. He pondered for a moment, thought carefully, and then said: "To be honest, there are actually many hidden dangers in our intervention in this matter. Wu Shi did not get money and many of his subordinates died. If he was unwilling to accept his feelings and asked Wei Hongde for trouble, he would involve you. We must be on guard against it."

"Yes, I must be more careful. I think so. The kidnapping of Wei Hongde is not a small matter. Wu Shicai dared not really make it clear that he said he did it himself. Moreover, after this, Wei Hongde was very scared. He wanted to strengthen his own security work. I have already agreed to him to select some good players from the gang members and act as his bodyguard. In this way, he is not afraid that Wu Shicai will do anything again. At least, whenever there is any disturbance, we can detect it in time and respond to it!"

Ning Zhiheng stopped talking about Ji Hongyi's arrangements properly. At present, it seems that the problem is not big. If you take a step back, even if there are future troubles, it is just the Subei Gang who stands out for Wei Hongde and secretly competes with Wu Shicai. It is just a matter of being a gang that has no impact on the intelligence department.

This time, the Intelligence Department got a fortune, Wei Hongde saved his life, and everyone got what they wanted, and the matter came to an end.

Ning Zhiheng could not stay in the concession for too long. This time he entered the concession mainly to deal with Feng Sinian's affairs. As a result, a series of things involved Cha Yutang and other things were involved, which delayed him a lot of time.

In the evening of that day, Ning Zhiheng left Tan Mansion and returned to his home in the city. As a result, he received a contact call from He Siming not long after he arrived home.

Ning Zhiheng knew that unless it was a major situation, He Siming would not call his residence, and immediately agreed to He Siming come to report.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, He Siming came to visit and reported an extremely important piece of information to Ning Zhiheng.

"Three days ago, a group of people were transferred from Japan, about 30 people. They also came with a batch of printing equipment and a large amount of fiat currency."

"Printing equipment and fiat currency?" Ning Zhiheng immediately raised his eyebrows, and he quickly thought of something, "It's counterfeit banknotes, counterfeit banknotes of fiat currency! The Japanese have completed the counterfeiting of fiat currency!"

"It is indeed a counterfeit banknote of legal currency." He Siming nodded and said.

Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but sigh. With his efforts, the Japanese's work to counterfeit legal currency was delayed by one year, but what should be coming is still here.

"What is the denomination of fiat currency?"

"Five yuan and ten yuan denominations!"

"How many of this batch are there?"

"It looks like it's not much. I guess it's not more than 10 million, and it should be about a few million. All of them are old money. I heard from Taro Sagawa that these are the first batch of experimental products made by the Japanese. The quantity is not large. They are mainly used to put them on the market and see the effects of the forgery."

Ning Zhiheng slowly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. The current depreciation of the fiat currency is serious, especially the Chongqing government ordered that the four major banks in Shanghai have cancelled unrestricted foreign exchange exchanges. The fiat currency cannot be abolished, and its value has been falling all the way. Now that this ten million is invested in the market, it will not cause much storm.

This is also a calculation made by the Japanese. After all, the purpose of this is just an experiment to verify the effect of the counterfeit fiat currency in the market, so the amount will not be large. But this is also an extremely dangerous signal. If you can print 10 million, you can print 100 million, 100 million, or even more.

Suddenly he thought of He Siming's words just now and asked quickly: "Are those personnel and printing equipment used to counterfeit legal currency?"

If the Japanese put the manufacturing location of counterfeit fiat currency in Shanghai, it would be fine. If they try to destroy the printing equipment themselves, especially the most critical core engraving board, they can perform their original actions and deal a heavy blow to the Japanese's plans.

But He Siming shook his head and explained carefully: "The Japanese have learned the lessons before. All the work of counterfeiting legal currency is carried out in Japan. After completion, the finished products will be shipped to China and put into the market. As for these printing equipment and supporting personnel, they are all used to print new currencies."

"New currency? It's China Reserve Coin!" Ning Zhiheng suddenly thought of something, and immediately thrust his body, looking at He Siming in surprise, and couldn't help blurting out.

He Siming was also stunned, then nodded and said, "Have you heard that? The Japanese will soon issue this currency, and it will not take too long. At present, the Nanjing Central Reserve Bank is under construction. It is said that Zhou Fushan, Minister of Finance of the Nanjing Government, is the president. Of course, this is just a name, and everything is the final say of the Japanese."

It turned out that after the pseudo-government returned to Nanjing, it could not wait to build its own financial system and began to prepare for the establishment of the Central Reserve Bank, and issue new currencies, referred to as the China Reserve Coin, to squeeze out the fiat currency issued by the Chongqing government out of the controlled areas of the pseudo-government, and at the same time solve the chaos of various currencies in the occupied areas, trying to gain more voice.

In fact, this matter was mentioned to the Japanese very early, but the process was full of twists and turns. At the beginning, the Japanese did not agree. First, they were worried that the establishment of the Central Reserve Bank would have an impact on the military tickets issued by the Japanese military. At the same time, they were worried that the puppet government would expand its strength too quickly and it would be difficult to control its economic development and break away from its own control.

Until later, the pseudo-government in Nanjing made huge concessions and sacrificed many interests. For example, the Central Reserve Bank had to hire Japanese people as consultants, and the foreign exchange obtained must be deposited in Japan's Japanese gold bank. At the same time, in order to make up for the losses of military notes and provide Japan with a certain amount of funds. The issuance and circulation of China Reserve Coins must be consulted and communicated with Japan at any time. Regarding fiat currency, military notes, Japanese currency matters, Japanese currency matters, and relations with Mongolia, Xinjiang and North China, all must be consulted and agreed by the consultant, and other unequal terms. The Japanese finally agreed to the establishment of the Central Reserve Bank.

However, in this way, the Reserve Bank of China has completely become a financial tool for Japan to brutally plunder the occupied areas.

The power of printing the China Reserve Coin was naturally firmly held by the Japanese, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs selected a group of personnel and equipment to come to China to be responsible for printing the China Reserve Coin.

Ning Zhiheng suddenly had a sudden enlightenment at this moment. This was a god-given opportunity!

At present, because of the large amount of support for the front line, my funds are already underpaid. It is definitely not a solution to persevere like this. I am considering opening up new sources of funds, but with such a large funding gap, where can I find it for a while? Could it be that I really let myself extort everywhere?

Ning Zhiheng has always been quite worried about this, but now isn’t it a great opportunity!

Why can't the Japanese counterfeit legal currency themselves?

In fact, Ning Zhiheng had not thought about this idea before, but it was difficult to implement. First of all, the currencies circulating in Shanghai were all British pounds, US dollars, Japanese yen, and fiat currencies. However, except for fiat currencies, it is too difficult to counterfeit the other three currencies. Among them, the anti-counterfeiting technology of the pounds and the US dollar was superb. In addition to the high anti-counterfeiting technology of the yen, more importantly, the paper raw materials of the yen were added to a precious plant fiber unique to Japan's island countries. Ning Zhiheng could not solve the problem of the raw materials alone, so he gave up this idea very early.

As for counterfeiting fiat currency, Ning Zhiheng naturally would not do this. Moreover, fiat currency is currently under the responsibility of the US banknote printing company, and the technical content is not low. It took Japan's efforts and it took a long time to complete it.

But now that China Reserve Coin is about to be issued, Ning Zhiheng doesn’t believe it. How technical content will be for such a temporary currency issued by a puppet government?

The circulation foundation of China Reserve Coin is very good. With the support of the Japanese, it will replace various currencies in the vast occupied areas. It has a large area and good liquidity, which is the best target forgery.

As long as you can complete the counterfeiting of China Reserve Coins, the problem of funds can be solved easily. What industry in this world is more profitable than counterfeiting currency? The profits are so abundant that it is far more profitable than the income from smuggled materials.

The key is that the cost of forging currency saving is not high. As long as you can get the core carving, other venues, equipment, and personnel, it will not be a problem for you.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but stand up all of a sudden. He walked around the house excitedly, and his mind was constantly designing. Soon, he made up his mind to do this!

He turned around and looked at He Siming and asked in a deep voice: "Since it is the Japanese who are responsible for printing the China Reserve Coins, then the core carving version is also provided by the Japanese? Is this also completed in Japan?"

"No, the Central Reserve Bank is still under construction, and the design work of China Reserve Coin has not been completed yet, so the steel plate has not yet begun. Moreover, there are two very special figures among the staff who came to China this time!"

"Special person, who?"

"Two carving personnel who are specialized in carving steel plates, one is Tetsuhei Ito and the other is Hiroshi Tanimura. These two are sculptors selected by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs. The engraving of the China Coin Coin was completed by the two of them. At the same time, they are also responsible for the revision of the new version of the military ticket."

"God helps me!" Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but smile.

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The strong Han, prosperous Tang, rich Song, violent Yuan, strong Ming, slave Qing, and rich Song are recognized by later generations! But who knows that the strangeness of the Song Dynasty! This is a country that was ruined by the emperor himself. Let’s see how the protagonist joins the game of ruining the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!