Finance is a crucial part of the government at any time. The old saying that having money and easy to do things still makes sense. Even if the troops are expanded to appease the people's livelihood, financial support is essential.

Obtaining funds by seizing and external aid alone is undoubtedly very unsafe. Even if the arsenal is printing some counterfeit money on the market, it cannot meet the growing demand for the central government.

After the meeting, He Zhengdao also recalled the information about the base gold and silver mines. Increased revenue and reduced expenditure, and how to increase hard-to-open stocks, is the best solution to the financial solution. The output of gold and silver mines can also provide a lot of help.

Like the National Government, which now lives in Chongqing, there are still a lot of financial reserves. Yan'an has started from scratch and has been going on now. Most of the funds seized in the past have the money to do as much as possible.

But now with the expansion of base areas, there are also more and more democratic governments at the county level. The demand for finance is more urgent than before. Although the troops do not pay wages, they are inevitably responsible for food, clothing and expenses.

Even though He Zhengdao proposed to form the Northeast Alliance the last time, the central and headquarters agreed, but he still couldn't afford much money. In a sense, the current financial shortage also restricted the development of the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of the later generations of the Armed Police Golden Forces that specialize in searching for gold ore veins, He Zhengdao felt that at this stage, such a group of people familiar with geology could be organized to search for gold ore veins in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Once you gain something, the central government only needs to invest a certain amount of mining funds to have a continuous source of income. Now the fiat currency issued by the government depreciates, but hard currency such as gold and silver is still very useful.

Moreover, if you want to stabilize the central government's finances and stabilize the currency issued by the central government in its base areas, it is very important to maintain the value of gold and silver. If you have enough gold and silver, you can issue more currencies.

As the head of the central government's finance, Mr. Lin naturally knew that the headquarters had not reserved much gold now. If the reserves of precious metals were not increased, there would be a risk of depreciation of the banknotes printed by the base bank.

After the meeting, He Zhengdao also wrote a report on the financial issues. He wrote the suggestions for increasing the geological exploration team into the report. In addition, it was to find new sources of fiscal revenue.

At present, the central government has a large amount of funds invested in the research and development and production of arsenals. But in fact, the source of income of the central government is also beneficial to the arsenals and large factories in the base areas.

Thinking about the development of penicillin, it is entering the clinical stage. He Zhengdao felt that perhaps it should be recommended that the central government start to invest in this drug in the market. This drug was soft gold during World War II!

According to what He Zhengdao learned, the development of penicillin is actually already underway. However, from research and development to market entry, scientists studying this drug abroad have actually encountered difficulties in sales.

Nowadays, when doctors use antibacterial drugs, they prefer to use sulfonamide drugs. Sulfonamide drugs are also the largest source of profit for central exports to earn funds. However, He Zhengdao feels that this money does not make much money.

In contrast, if penicillin can be introduced to some foreigners, the funds earned may be more cost-effective than selling sulfonamide drugs. Most importantly, the pricing of penicillin in the future will also be controlled by China.

Thinking back to the time, every penicillin imported during the War of Resistance Against Japan was priced at gold. But even so, penicillin was still a high-end imported medicine that both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were urgently needed.

Seeing He Zhengdao, who had entered the study after the meeting and began to write a report, also knew that Chen Siya, who was holding a military and political conference recently, did not ask about what she said at the military and political conference.

Sometimes, if you know less about things, she is actually safer.

But not long after, looking at Mr. He and others who came over with him, Chen Siya hurried forward and said, "Boss He, Commander Luo, you are here. Zhengdao is still writing a report in the study. I'll call him!"

Chen Siya had a real experience of He Zhengdao's good popularity in the army when she got married this time. As He Zhengdao's wife, Chen Siya also knew very well that she needed to be a good wife for He Zhengdao.

‘Xiao Chen, we are coming to disturb us again. Are we writing a report? The meeting has just ended, what report he plans to write?’

Mr. He, who asked curiously, soon heard Chen Siya say a little embarrassedly: "I don't know much about this! I just saw that he had a serious expression when he came back. I think it should be something that is a headache!"

‘Oh, there are things that make him a headache, that’s really nothing!’

At this moment, He Zhengdao walked out of the cave and said, "President He, Brother Luo, sorry! I just buried my head in writing a report, but I forgot to have an appointment tonight! Siya, go and take out the tea I brought last time and make two cups of tea!"

‘Okay, then you guys talk first!’

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the cave to prepare tea with the guests, He Zhengdao called the guards over and asked him to prepare the ingredients for barbecue tonight. As for charcoal, he left a lot of them at home last time, so I don’t have to buy them.

After entertaining the two, President He asked about the previous matter again. He Zhengdao did not hide anything. He thought of some ideas about improving the central government's finances, wrote a report and planned to submit it to the central government for a briefing.

After listening to He Zhengdao's suggestion, Mr. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's still easy to use your young people. It's really a drop in the bucket to fill the central government's vacancies through seizure.

In fact, we are on the battlefield now, and we can’t get much money. These days, the people have a hard life, so there is still money! As for the Japanese, they are trying to grab money from us!

It is better to think of solutions from the inside because of the confiscation of the troops. I think the mine search team you mentioned is still very necessary. Speaking of which, although there are not many gold and silver mines in our country, there must be such mineral veins in the base areas.

If we can find a large mine vein, as long as we invest some manpower and material resources to mine, the central government will have a stable source of funds in the future. This is more practical and reliable than relying on our seizures on the front line!"

Luo Binghui, who came with Mr. He, said curiously: "Just, is the penicillin you mentioned better than the sulfonamide medicine we use now? But why didn't we see this kind of medicine in our army?"

With the various constructions of the Eighth Route Army, it is much better than in history. Yan'an and Yulin have also opened special colleges for medical science. A large number of interns and nurses have also been added to the rear hospitals of each division to work.

With the rear hospital, the soldiers injured on the front line can also receive the most timely and proper treatment. This is also the changes brought to the Eighth Route Army by He Zhengdao in the column, who has always focused on the construction of logistics support.

Faced with Luo Binghui's inquiry, He Zhengdao did not hide anything and said directly: "Penicillin has better antibacterial effects than sulfonamide, and can also treat some diseases that cannot be solved by sulfonamide drugs. However, it takes a process to enter clinical use.

In addition, this kind of drug will also have sensitive groups, and some people are not suitable for using this antibacterial drug. Moreover, the actual number of finished drugs developed by our Medical Research Institute is not large, so it is naturally not suitable to use them in large quantities.

It is just based on the effect of the clinical trials of the rear, this penicillin is better than sulfonamide. It can effectively inhibit scarlet fever, suppurative pharyngitis, various tuberculosis, septicemia, pneumonia, typhoid fever and other diseases.

In the future, if this kind of drug is not only used by our troops, it should be a new source of central government revenue. However, after I return to Yulin, I will discuss it with the people from the Medical Research Institute.

At least I hope that Vice Chairman Zhou will organize some intelligence personnel to act as a drug dealer at that time. Sell these drugs to foreigners, and the price of each penicillin will be settled in gold."

‘Gold settlement? This medicine is so expensive?’

Looking at the surprised expression on Mr. He's face, He Zhengdao smiled and said, "This medicine can also cure some special diseases. For people who are infected with this disease, if they do not have this special medicine, they can only sit and take it and wait for death.

In this case, not to mention the price of gold, even if they want half of their property, they will probably be ecstatic? So I plan to ask the intelligence department to collect some information about foreign consular military officers in China.

If anyone suffers from those diseases that are not curable at this stage, give him a try. If he wants to buy medicine after it has effect, then wait to exchange it for real money and silver, and stir-fry the reputation of this medicine first.

In this way, the profits brought by future sales can allow our soldiers to use relatively cheap drugs, but also use them to solve the financial shortage through export."

'It seems that you are a businessman who must be a profiteer!'

‘President He, look at what you said! No business is a businessman! What’s more, I am still happy to be a businessman when I make money from foreign devils. With money, the democratic regime and the Eighth Route Army we formed can move forward more stably!’

He Zhengdao actually doesn't have much good feelings for those foreigners who are still in China. Even now, especially those concessions that foreigners still retain, in He Zhengdao's view, is also a shame for China.

If there is a chance to liberate those cities with concessions in the future, He Zhengdao will also cancel the special treatment and extrajudicial power of these foreigners in China. He will even find ways to make these invaders pay the price they deserve.
Chapter completed!