In the early morning, the Shanghai Xuhui Branch of Bank of China had not opened the door, but there was a long queue in front of the door. However, the order was in order, and everyone was honest and lined up in order. Although there were jokes and chats with each other, no one stirred up the flames and started to make trouble.

On the one hand, the police had already arranged it in place early, and just a few days ago, the police arrested more than 20 people who fanned the flames and caused trouble, which also played a sufficient shock effect. On the other hand, the bank run has been going on for 5 or 6 days, and the banks have not stopped converting silver dollars according to the relevant system, so the public's mood has been greatly alleviated, so naturally they will not cause trouble easily.

At 8:30 in the morning, the bank door opened and staff at the door issued numbers to those who were placing people. Those who got the license plate entered the bank to handle their own affairs. Those who had not received the license plate were not in a hurry and waited patiently.

At this time, some vendors who bought newspapers, water, various snacks, and rented small stools came to buy them. It turned out that they had discovered business opportunities here, and some people bought newspapers to pass the time, but most people were still waiting dryly or chatting with each other.

After waiting for about 30 minutes, three groups of people had entered. At this moment, three cars drove over and stopped at the door of the bank. Five people got out of each car, standing on both sides of the car, guarding them strictly. At this time, cars were still very rare, and it was boring to line up again. Therefore, these three cars stopped at the door of the bank, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

At this time, two people left the car and walked straight into the bank. Some people immediately shouted, "Why don't they line up" and "go in line". However, some people still understood what was going on and said, "What's the name? They are big customers, and they have made an appointment long ago."

Some people also recognized the belongings of the car from the logo drawn on the car door: "This is the car of Wuren Group."

Now "Wu Ren Group" is one of the most famous large enterprises in Shanghai. Its products include cloth, clothing, shoes, hats and accessories, textile machinery, etc., and its business scope is spread across the ruling areas of the East China government, with total assets of nearly 10 million silver dollars. Among the enterprises founded by veterans, it is also a handful of large enterprises. Therefore, even ordinary people know the name of Wu Ren Group. Knowing that these three cars belong to Wu Ren Group naturally caused a lot of discussion.

Just as everyone was talking, a team of security personnel came out of the bank. When they came to the car, the guards opened the backup cover of the car and moved two boxes out of each car. Then, two people carried the boxes in groups, and the bank's security team protected them on both sides and entered the bank together.

Among the people in line, someone said, "See it. This box contains money, I'm afraid there are more than 100,000 yuan!"

After everyone entered the bank, there was a person next to each car, probably looking at the car. Of course, some people in the queue knew about it and told others that this was called a driver, a person who specialized in driving.

As everyone was talking, two drivers were probably idle and walked over and chatted with someone. After saying a few words, the topic naturally came to redemption. Someone asked, "How much did you bring to exchange this time?"

A tall driver said, "It seems to be 300,000."

Another short driver said, "Yes, I heard from the finance department that this is the first batch of 300,000 silver dollars, a box of 50,000. The finance department is still clearing the remaining silver dollars, and it will be delivered again in two days. I heard that all the silver dollars in the group will be exchanged this time."

The person who asked just now was stunned and said, "Are you all the silver dollars you brought?"

The short driver said, "Of course it's silver dollars."

Another person was surprised and said, "How do you take silver dollars to paper money!"

The tall driver said, "What's strange about this? Don't you know! The government has already started to collect seigniorage tax. 300,000 silver dollars, but it needs to pay 9,000 yuan in seigniorage tax. Who would like to pay so much more tax in vain? Then you can quickly exchange the silver dollars into paper money."

The short driver smiled and said, "To be honest, we don't understand. Why do you want to exchange all the banknotes into silver dollars? Who said that you all think that the money is too much and want to pay more taxes?"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and didn't know what to say. At this time, another person said, "Since ancient times, money has either been gold, silver, or copper coins. Haven't you heard that this paper can be used as money?"

The tall driver said, "Brother, you are wrong. Look at the money of foreigners, isn't it just for money? Didn't they use it well for decades?"

The short driver also said, "If you don't talk about foreigners, just talk about our East China government. In the past few years, have not used paper money like silver dollars? Does anyone think it's not easy to use? Is it because I can't buy things or the government doesn't charge paper money for taxes? According to me, paper money is better than silver dollars, lighter and more convenient to carry."

At this time, another person said, "No matter whether the banknotes are easy to use or not! Anyway, I only believe in silver."

The tall driver laughed and said, "This is right. There are many people in our company. Every time they receive a salary, they only need silver dollars and don't have any banknotes. But we have already made a reservation. Starting from next month, if you have to have a cashier, you will have to deduct the seigniorage tax from your salary, and 30 cents will be deducted for 10 silver dollars. I want to see if they will still collect banknotes in the future."

In fact, the people who queued up to pay seignite tax when using silver dollars are aware of it. However, on the one hand, everyone has a higher trust in silver, and on the other hand, they have also seen so many people come to exchange silver dollars, and there is always a herd mentality. They think that anyway, other people will encounter the problem of paying seignite tax. Then what others do, I will do, right? I really have to pay it, and everyone will pay it together, what are you afraid of.

But when the tall driver said this, he dug out the most worried issue in everyone's hearts. Many people began to shake their hearts. At this time, someone suddenly said: "I admit it if I pay the seigniorage tax, it will be a waste of money. Anyway, I only believe that silver is money. Paper is always paper and cannot make real money."

Another person said: "Yes, paying more of this seigniorage tax now is better than if all paper money is invalid in the future."

After they said this, the people who were shaken just now changed their minds. After all, 3% is not really high. If there is a risk of complete invalidation of paper money, most people would rather bear the loss of 3%.

The tall driver shook his head and said, "Who said that banknotes will be invalid in the future? Will anyone believe such lies?"

The short driver also said, "Yes, our Wuren Group just exchanged 300,000 silver dollars into paper money, and in the future, we will exchange all the silver dollars. We will use silver dollars if we don't make any money, and use all the money instead. If all the money is invalid, then will we drink the northwest wind?"

There was another commotion among the people in line. If there was no danger of banknotes being completely invalidated, or the probability of such danger was extremely low, of course, no one would be willing to bear the 3% loss. At this time, many people also thought, yes, the Wuren Group is not afraid of banknotes being invalidated, so what are we going to worry about?

The man just spoke again: "Who can tell the truth about this kind of thing? Wuren Group is the big boss. We ordinary people cannot compare with each other. Whether it is the government or the imperial court, they are all the same. They will only tear us ordinary people down, so we should still have more thoughts."

The short driver frowned and said, "Brother, you probably don't have a good time to compare our East China Government with the previous court. Everyone, by their conscience, is it better for the East China Government to live in the past court?"

The tall driver also said, "I don't say anything else. It's here. In the past, when the imperial court, what was this place? I think everyone hasn't forgotten it yet. When the imperial court, it was a public concession and the territory of foreigners. When we came here, we have to see the foreigners' eyes. Now, foreigners still dare to show off their power in Shanghai? Isn't our East China government suppressing foreigners? Can the imperial court make foreigners honest?"

Many people nodded repeatedly when the words of the two people said. Bi Jing Shanghai was completely ruled by the East China government, which means 4 or 5 years. Almost everyone has experienced these two rule periods. Although during the Qing Dynasty, due to the economic development of Shanghai, the income and living standards of the people in Shanghai were indeed higher than those in other parts of China, but they were also very limited, just slightly higher than the food and clothing line, which was a level of not starving.

However, under the rule of the East China Government, on the one hand, it vigorously developed Shanghai's economy and opened a large number of factories, which increased the number of workers in Shanghai. In addition, the regulations with labor rules have greatly increased the income of workers. The increase in workers' income has enhanced consumption capacity and driven the development of Shanghai's tertiary industry. The income of many small-scale operations and service industries has also been increased. On the other hand, the East China Government has strictly regulated social order, laws and regulations, and strengthened investment in public infrastructure, such as building roads, markets, setting up schools, workers' night schools, standardizing transportation, establishing circuits, tap water, etc. These work not only objectively promoted Shanghai's economic development and increased people's income, but also improved people's living environment and made people's lives more comfortable.
Chapter completed!