Section 2135 Reform

The life of the common people in the Southern Empire is not very easy. The most important thing for them is the problem of food. They still have a lot of banknotes from Cao’s House of Commerce, but they don’t know if these things can be exchanged for Money, I used to know that such things are very convenient, no matter where it is, even in other empires, it doesn't matter, as long as it is a place with the signboard of Cao's House, it is considered one of them Other stores can exchange it for you into silver. It is unimaginable that there are so many such outlets. Many people hoard a large amount of banknotes like Cao's Commercial Bank for this. It becomes waste paper, especially some big families, they are the most depressed, they thought this thing is easy to store, so they replaced half of the things in the house with such things, especially The patterns on the top can’t be imitated by others. They feel that such things are very good. Who knows that they have become waste paper now. During the war, these people wanted to commit suicide, but Now that the peace talks have begun, many people say that such things can be turned into silver. As long as the peace talks between the imperial court and the Cao's Commercial Bank are successful, the people in the Cao's Commercial Bank will definitely exchange these things. It is the name of Cao’s House of Commerce again, that is to say, at the very beginning, someone will exchange it. After a period of time, these things will definitely become more useful things. At that time, business will resume again, but It doesn't seem that simple. Many people also said that the peace talks are just a cover, and the court will not open this.

Some wealthy merchants in the Southern Empire immediately couldn't stand up when they heard this. How can this be possible? The peace talks must be successful. Someone has calculated that there must be at least tens of millions of Cao's banknotes in a single county. If none of these things come back, it will be a huge loss. In fact, closing the Cao's House of Commerce is good for the Southern Empire, and they have gained trillions of benefits from it. Those sites are the best things. But for the people and merchants of the Southern Empire, this is a nightmare. Now the price of food in the Southern Empire has reached nearly 30 cents a catty, which is more than double the original price. If the war is not over if. It is possible to triple or quadruple the price. This is also because some high-level officials in the Southern Empire took out the food for war preparations. If you don't take it out, you don't know how high the price will be. It's impossible for these profiteers to do other things one by one. But it’s okay to make money for the country. Some businessmen in the Southern Empire suffered a lot from it. Now they have increased taxes because of the war, and they are filling their pockets one by one. It can be said that the Southern Empire Even if there is no war of the Cao family firm, they may fail. These people really don't have the concept of an empire, and they all think that it is a little bit more at this time. This kind of thing has risen, and it can be done at this time. If you seize this opportunity, your family may rise.

Although the Southern Empire pays more attention to the status of merchants than other empires, it is still impossible for merchants to interfere with some policies of the imperial court. Now they can only panic and wait for the court's decision, but they wait Now, the people of Cao’s House of Commerce don’t wait any longer, anyway, the people of Cao’s House of Business know what will happen in the future, what they have to do now is to take advantage of the fact that these people from the Southern Empire are waiting and watching, and quickly get them The banknotes in your hand are purchased, and you can buy them at a discount. You must know that these things are real money.

As long as the Cao’s House of Commerce returns to the Southern Empire, these things can be exchanged. Now that they are all worried about this matter, the people of the Cao’s House of Commerce can use this psychology to make a fortune. The merchants of the empire and the common people, of course, those who are officials also have a lot of them, even the government of the Southern Empire also has a lot of them, all because the people from the Cao family firm attacked too fast at the beginning. At that time, the empire was also a bit lacking in consideration, and directly sealed up the various industries of the Cao family firm. As a result, they were terribly depressed. Some valuable things were basically transported away, and what was born was some food. , This is how much money you can have. There is no such thing as a golden mountain in the imagination. Damn, I don’t know where these guys have been transported. Now they all want to burn these things with a fire , It’s just that they don’t have the courage, and everyone thinks that the people from Cao’s House can give it to them.

Since you all have such thoughts, if the people of Cao’s House of Commerce don’t use their brains, I’ll feel sorry for you. One by one, the spies of Cao’s House of Commerce began to buy Cao’s House of Commerce in the black market of the Southern Empire. People also said that the money was to be transported to the Northern Empire for exchange. Many people did not believe this method, because at the beginning of the war, a large number of merchants from the Southern Empire used their own The channel uses these banknotes to pay the merchants of the Northern Empire, but the merchants of the Northern Empire know this, so they do not accept banknotes with the word "South" written on them. Having said that, because the war with the Southern Empire has not yet ended, this thing cannot be used. If you want to, we don’t care if you come back and turn it into waste paper. It’s like digging one’s own ancestral grave, one by one is depressed to death, and they don’t give details about why you have such a thing, what’s going on, and now a large number of people have come out and said that they can exchange this, no matter you Whether you want cash or other things, you can give them to you. As long as the banknotes of Cao's Commercial Bank in your hands are real, when the government officials want to investigate them, they will find that none of these people really As for the unified leaders, the amount of exchange each time is not very large, so there is no way to catch them. Besides, some local people are protecting them, as long as people from the government come. Immediately someone covered them.

The common people don't care about the affairs of the empire, they only know one thing, that is, their money has become waste paper, without these people, they may not get back anything, although these people are using Half of the price will be refunded, but you can get some back, right? On the first day, an average county town had only a few thousand taels of silver. Although there were not many cities, the entire Southern Empire had hundreds of millions of silver. On the second day, even more people were exchanged. Even some big businessmen from the Southern Empire joined in, but the amount they exchanged was a bit large, and these people seemed to be a bit overwhelmed. Seeing this situation, those big businessmen became even more anxious. This is if there is no money. What else did I change. Without waiting for the people from Cao's House to speak, they immediately said, and in exchange for them, they can give 40% of their words. There is no need to give half of it at all, because of such things, those people immediately started to exchange for these people, and these big merchants abruptly lowered the exchange price by 10%, but after a day, these people's hands It seems that there is not much money left. In fact, this was decided by the people of Cao’s House. They just behaved like this, and many people also started spreading rumors in the market. If it is exchanged, they may lose money if they eat it.

This suddenly made the people of the Southern Empire panic even more. Those who had a lot of banknotes in their hands ran to the black market to exchange them in box after box. Yesterday, a banknote of one hundred taels of silver could still be exchanged. How about 40 taels of silver, now? Damn, don't talk about 40 taels of silver, even 30 taels of silver is fine, as long as it is silver, it's just that those people on the black market seem to have disappeared, and they collected less than 100% of the money in the entire Southern Empire Fifthly, the banknotes from the Cao’s Commercial Bank disappeared. They tried their best to find those people, but they couldn’t find anything. In the end, these people had no choice but to carry the money back home. That said, those people actually want to buy it back at this price, and exchange it with the people from Cao’s House when the war is over. It may be exchanged for them, the journey to other empires is too far, I don’t know how much they will lose, so they don’t exchange it, and now these people are crazy, and the banknotes of Cao’s house are even worse. It's worthless, just like the waste paper on the street. When these things were reduced to the lowest value, those people came back again. Facing the people who sold them banknotes everywhere, they seemed to bet a lot. The determination is the same, and the price of 10% is purchased. Although these people are unwilling, they have no other way. It is much better than turning into waste paper. Five days, just exchange for five days. You can get it, if not, then I’m sorry, we don’t have that much time, we have to go to the Eastern Empire to exchange it, the Cao’s House of the Eastern Empire has already said that it is acceptable, but the time is limited, exceeding the They wouldn't want it at this time, and the news immediately spread, and even the top officials of the Southern Empire ran out.

At the beginning, some high-ranking officials of the Southern Empire did a lot of work for the people of the Cao Family Firm. Most of the things they sent back then were such things. A box was worth hundreds of millions of silver. Of course, such things are convenient. , They also thought that they might not be able to exchange money. Several people went there once, and some even asked their servants to try in other empires. Now that this is the case, it is very easy for some people like this to appear. If you don’t act quickly, you will have nothing. On the first night, the exchange in a county city has more than one billion silver Yes, one can imagine how much banknotes Cao's House issued in this empire in the past. Although these people don't have any trousers left, it's not bad for them. At least they change them one by one. It’s 10% back. If not, there’s nothing left. It’s not that they haven’t thought about going to the Eastern Empire to exchange, but who knows what’s going on there? , who can go to the Eastern Empire? Even a ninth-level fighter will have to pass half a year to cross the Warcraft Mountains. Who knows if they can come back again and again? It's not right to give too much money to one person, even his own son needs to think carefully.

The person in charge of this matter is a new head of the intelligence department of Cao's firm. No one knows what his name is. They just know that this guy is a ninth-level fighter who came out of the training camp of Cao's House, but his skills can be said to be very sloppy, not very capable, but this person's brain is It is very useful, otherwise it is impossible to hang around here. Li Cong asked him to operate this matter and did not expect to be able to exchange nearly 140 trillion banknotes. Cao's House of Commerce has its own records. About 160 trillion banknotes were issued in the Southern Empire. I really didn't expect that there could be so many with just a dozen trillion. Wait until the affairs of the imperial court are completed. The people at Cao's House can definitely announce that their banknotes will continue to be valid and can be exchanged, but at that time people will lose their hands, so that they can restore their reputation. There are also benefits. As for the loss of the people of the Southern Empire, I'm sorry for you. It's your empire's fault, and if they hadn't raided our stores, we wouldn't have done such a thing. Of course, this is also for the other three empires to see that our currency war has already begun, and we occupy an absolutely active position. If you want to come with us, it seems that you don’t have that ability Of course, if your finances allow, you can continue to issue these things, but I don’t know if you have that much money. If you also issue banknotes, then I will give you a currency war.

They don't dare to mess around with things like currency wars. They haven't been exposed to similar things. Sometimes they feel that they can't accept these new things, but the people of Cao's House will not give you time to react. , Five days passed in a flash, but many court officials and some nobles who waited and watched regretted it at this time. They knew a lot of news. Quickly restore some business order, so they don't worry about this. They don't want their wealth to shrink. Those who went out a few days ago are said to be money in the hands of people who are not very useful. There are about a dozen trillions of silver in the hands of Li Cong, but what Li Cong wants to cheat is the silver in the hands of these people. How could he wait to give it to them when he comes back? At this time, Li Cong took a big risk. The danger started another offensive on the front line. The 400,000 troops of Cao's Commercial Company quickly attacked the people here. As a result, they captured three counties and cities, and the people in the other three cities were afraid. He didn't dare to come out. In fact, Li Cong didn't expect to be able to take down these three counties. It's just that after the previous war, the people of the Southern Empire no longer had any intention of resisting. In their opinion The most important thing now is to keep your head. As for other things, I'm sorry. They will never be with these people. When these people see these things, they feel like the end of the world. Li Cong The purpose is to let this matter spread to the Southern Empire quickly, and then those mysterious people will come out again, and will even be bought and sold by the great nobles of the Southern Empire, but the price is only half completed. You used to be I did a lot of things for Lao Tzu, but now I let Lao Tzu get it back in one go.

Although all the money in the hands of the great nobles has come back, there is one piece that is not acceptable, and that is the ones in the hands of the Southern Empire government. The Southern Empire court still has about three trillion yuan in banknotes. They will definitely not fight with those people. In the same way, in their view, these things will be hard currency sooner or later. Several household officials in the Southern Empire have already studied them. If these things will come back sooner or later, these people are very persistent in doing things one by one. In fact, it is their persistence that keeps the Southern Empire from losing the money. The Southern Empire government was once shaken. They saw The people from Cao's House of Commerce started to attack again, and it was only after they figured out the matter that Cao's House of Business did this to chase down some stragglers, and it was because of this that people on both sides felt a little Uncomfortable, the peace talk has some shadows again, and sometimes these shadows may affect them in the end, but the people of the Southern Empire have grasped all this very well, the most important thing is that they did not give the money to It was exchanged, which made them feel that things were going well. Indeed, they won in the end. But their people lost.

In fact, the money was returned to Cao’s House at the end, but it’s a pity that the money was returned as war indemnity. Originally, the Southern Empire government was going to treat them as waste paper. But in the end, I didn't expect that it could still be recycled. Such a thing made them all happy, but it was unclear. No one thought that there would be such an ending, but now these things will happen in the future. The thing in front of Li Cong is how to recover quickly from the Southern Empire. This war is also very difficult for Cao's house. For now. Cao's business has already spent tens of billions of silver in the entire war, and the cannons on the front line are worth tens of thousands of taels of gold. However, this amount of war expenditure is still very good for the people of Cao's business, but from the war Li Cong felt it. The military establishment on Earth in the past is not very suitable for this planet. Because this compilation is really a bit big. Therefore, Li Cong felt that it was necessary to make some of the establishments in the army smaller. The establishment of hundreds of thousands of people per division must not work now. Li Cong decided to implement the principle of the three-three system. The military rank system has also begun to be implemented, and there are corresponding levels at all levels. Now the army of Cao's Commercial Bank has some prototypes of a primary modern army. It is simply a complete change at this time. For Cao's Commercial Bank It may not be a bad thing to say, but this will cause another great change in the army. I believe that people in the army will also adapt to such changes, but there will be more officers who come out, that is to say, in the army The people who went to Cao's house had to spend even more.

In addition, Li Cong is also planning to increase some salaries in the army again, which will be of great help to some people who can lead. The armies of the four empires, except the army of the Eastern Empire, can serve as soldiers to support their families. Except for people, the salaries given by the other three major empires are not very high. For them, these people only need to eat enough. As for other things, they don’t need to worry about it. Li Cong wants to talk to them. To compete for some soldiers, you have to make your own treatment better than theirs. Otherwise, why would they want to serve as soldiers under your hands? Isn't this a brain problem? There is also a good gap now, but Not enough, first of all, my name is different from others. Others belong to the imperial court, but I belong to a chamber of commerce. As long as there is no problem in my mind, I will know that I will work with the imperial court, and I will get an official in the future. As a half-timer, you can go home to honor your ancestors, right? What good results can be achieved by following the people of Cao's firm? It doesn't matter if you have money, many people still pursue that official position, so Cao's firm must have its own territory. Although it does not have a country on its own land, it can also be an uncrowned king. People from the four empires dare not make irresponsible remarks to themselves, so that they all understand that they are not easy to bully, so that they can attract more talents to join their own army. If not, it is probably impossible accomplish these things.

First of all, there is the problem of the original military organization. In the past, there were ten people in a squad. Li Cong didn't do much with such a grassroots combat organization. If there were five or six people in a squad, it would be a little less. Ten people have a squad leader and a squad leader. The deputy squad leader and two cadres are enough. There is a little difference here and on the earth, that is, the squad leader on the earth is not an officer, but here he can be regarded as an officer. The monthly salary of an ordinary soldier is 2 taels of silver, those who have a family will return 50 catties of wheat every month, and those who have no family will give you the silver directly, or another way is to exchange these into silver and deposit them in the bank of Cao's Commercial Bank. You can take it whenever you want it. Most of the soldiers will save it. After all, they live a good life in normal times. They don’t need to take it with them. Those who have a family can choose it directly. In another way, his salary and monthly food were taken away by his family members. Now Li Cong raised the treatment of ordinary soldiers, and everyone’s monthly salary became 3 taels of silver. It has also increased to 70 catties, which is twice that of ordinary soldiers of the Eastern Empire and three times that of soldiers of the three major empires. The most important thing is his pension policy and retirement policy. Every soldier who died in battle can He received 500 taels of blood support money at one time, and he could receive half of this person's salary for his family every month. If there were elderly people, Cao's House of Business would be responsible for providing for the elderly. The children are also brought up. Cao's House has also established some educational institutions to allow their children to go to school for free. Not only do they not need to spend a penny, but the most important thing is that the children still have 20 catties of food every month. Profitable.

There are also some garment factories in Cao’s Commercial Bank, which are dedicated to making clothes for the frontline soldiers of Cao’s Commercial Bank. The salary of this part of the employees is 1.5 taels of silver and 50 catties per month in addition to food and housing. For food, these people mainly use the family members of the soldiers of Cao's Commercial Bank, which can be regarded as a benefit. Otherwise, they rely on their own ability to farm. Where can I get so much money? This management of food and housing means that I don’t have to spend a penny, and the food distributed can be taken back to the elderly and children at home. When the child goes to school, he doesn’t have to worry about anything, and he can still get it every month. Go back to the food. Why not go. The children who graze cattle for the landlord's family have no future. It's better to learn to read, so Li Cong's expenses are definitely not small, but Li Cong believes that such an investment is absolutely worthwhile. The ordinary soldiers and employees under Cao's Commercial Bank have such treatment. There are more than 3 billion ordinary employees, and their monthly salary expenditure exceeds 12 billion silver. However, this is only a preliminary stage, and the number will increase in the future. There are a lot of people, this amount is nothing to Cao's house at all, and this expenditure is nothing when there are more people in the future. Besides, Li Cong will focus on food in the future, and they are willing to pay less money directly. Those who take food, the price of food is not cheap, that is to say, the people and family members of Cao's business can eat white noodles every day. Others don't have such treatment, and they are very envious.

Of course, these major arms definitely cannot be treated the same, just like those people on the airship, they have learned for so long and come out, you make them the same as those soldiers on the ground, how can your family Willing? The organization on the airship is different from that on the ground. Five people can drive an airship, but they are divided into three shifts. After all, the people above have to work 24 hours a day, and they have five people in one shift. There is no deputy squad leader here. Each person is paid 30 taels of silver and 100 catties of food a month, which is ten times that of the soldiers on the ground. However, they also passed the exam. Among the dozens of people, there are only a few airship pilots. Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about this, people can already have such a salary, even if you are dissatisfied, there is nothing you can do about it, they are all based on their own abilities, you can do it yourself if you have the ability Just rely on one, the salary of the navy on the warship is twice that of the infantry, which requires technology, the cavalry on the ground is the same as the infantry, the usefulness of the cavalry has become less and less recently, basically They don't even have the chance to leave the factory. Everyone was not very satisfied with the treatment at the beginning, but thinking that people get more is indeed much better than their own skills. Well, it's a pity that I don't have that ability, so there's nothing I can do about it. I can only honestly take my share of the salary. Besides, it's not a lot, enough for the family's expenses.

Next is the issue of the treatment of the squad leader and the deputy squad leader. Li Cong knows very clearly how important the squad leader is. When a squad leader does something, it will definitely affect many people around him. Generally speaking, according to Cao's With the speed of military expansion, a recruit will basically become a veteran in two months, and then he can become a squad leader or deputy squad leader. Originally, he could have two months of study time, but there is no such thing now. It's time, now basically they have at most half a month of study time, mainly because the fighting time is too short, none of these people will give you that long time, the current society is like this It looks like this, as long as it can be squeezed out, everything is fine, and the fighting time is also like this. Now that the people from Cao's House of Commerce come out, the squad leaders are also very competent, so their salary cannot be compared with Ordinary soldiers are the same. According to the principle of promotion, the squad leader of Cao's Commercial Bank is 150% of the soldier's salary, that is, two or four coins per month. However, Li is not that stingy. If you give one penny, it is two taels of no money, but it doesn't sound very good. This is just two taels of silver. This amount of money is nothing to Li Cong, and the food will naturally increase. Li Cong believes that officers below the regiment level can basically increase their salary in this way, but they can be given double salaries during wartime. The blood allowance also needs to be increased, and the senior military officer will be doubled again. It is clear that the high salary will support the honesty.

Another difference between officers and soldiers is the issue of officers' families. Officers' families can join the army. This is something they never thought of. When will officers' families have their own share of money and food? This is the difference between Cao's Commercial Bank and other armies. Of course, Cao's Commercial Bank will not give you money for nothing. The family members of military officers can go to the nearby Cao's Commercial Bank to find a job. Every month is only a grain of food. Although compared with the family members of the army on earth, it is much worse. But on this planet, it is the only one, so the treatment is already very good, and all the officers are very satisfied. In fact, they don't care how important the money is. The most important thing is because you can let your family members follow you at any time. In addition to some other things when going to the battlefield. There will be no such things, they can see their family members at any time, and this alone has allowed Li Cong to buy a lot of hearts. In addition, there is another very important benefit for veterans. Li Cong used to set up a retirement system in the past, but now many people feel a little uncomfortable, so Li Cong began to enforce it. This matter, no matter whether you support this matter or not, you must buy this pension insurance. This thing is supported by many people on earth, but here they seem to be unwilling to take care of it, but for a few years Only later did they realize that this was the most important benefit, and the other benefits were nothing compared to this, and they were nothing compared to them.

Officials above the regiment level have another treatment. Above the regiment leader is the brigade commander. Even according to the principle of the three-three system, the brigade commander has a lot of soldiers under him. It can be counted. There are ten people in a squad, and there are forty people in one squad with three squads plus the platoon leader, and 200 people in a company with three platoons plus the company headquarters, and a battalion with three companies plus the battalion headquarters There are 1,000 people in the guard platoon and the secret service platoon, and there are nearly 5,000 people in one regiment, and 20,000 people in one brigade and three regiments plus all kinds of messy things, which is almost the same as a general in the Southern Empire. A general of the empire has a yearly income of at least 30,000 taels of silver, but this amount is nothing to the people of the Cao’s House, and Li Cong also feels that one of their brigade commanders should have 50,000 taels a year. Two silvers, the salary alone has this amount. It can be said that the salary of a brigade commander is more than that of many soldiers combined, but this is also a means of buying these people. Apart from these things, other They also have to keep up. Houses and other things are needed. In addition to giving them money, they also need to make them feel respected by the people of Cao's Commercial Bank. For example, if they have credit, as long as they Even if they show their military certificates, they can get twice their salary in the bank of Cao's House of Firm, and let the guys of Cao's House of Trade help them do some things and support them all their lives. These are those people. Something I haven't seen before.

Li Cong's reform of the military system can be said to be a good thing for some middle-level officials in the army. They used to be just a regiment commander, but the army under them is similar to that of a division commander, so their The official position also rose, and there was no need to worry about being a division commander. Li Cong established one military region after another, and they all became commanders of the military region. What belongs to them, of course, in order to prevent some corrupt ideas in the army, a very powerful investigation department has appeared in the army. This is the so-called gendarmerie. People who are reliable, Li Cong doesn't trust other people very much. Only these people can guarantee absolute integrity, and they have already given you credit. If your usual money is not enough, you can use it in The money bank puts out hundreds of thousands or even millions of silver, as long as you pay it back with your salary in the future, the interest is also very low, as it is said now, if you still want to make money, Then I'm sorry, those with a small number can be locked up for a probationary period or something, and those who are serious will be dismissed directly and told you to get out. Such people can only say that they will not cause major losses to Cao's firm. If you have caused a major loss to a commercial firm, then I'm sorry, no matter how much credit you had in the past, you have to take your head off now.

People in the Southern Empire focused their attention on the peace talks. They never expected that the people in the Cao’s House would start reforming. Generally speaking, they only reform when they are relatively stable. Why didn’t they expect the Cao’s The business will be carried out at this time. Although there are no large-scale wars on the front line, small scenes of tens of thousands of people still happen frequently. This is also a big threat to Cao's business. If it really If they make a fuss, they don't have any good fruit to eat, but that's it, they have reformed at this time, what does it mean? It means that people don’t pay attention to you at all. You people are nothing. In the signal broadcast by Cao’s House, it feels like you are dismissive of the Southern Empire. Even if you are at war with you, it’s nothing. , We are not afraid of you, we carry out reforms as well, this makes some generals on the front line of the Southern Empire feel very ashamed, they even want to go up to see what these people want to do, then they have to challenge, but just in When they want to take action, the order from the top of the Southern Empire will arrive, bear the humiliation, don't let him start a war at this time, don't you see that the empire can't even supply your food now, for the little thing in your heart Is it about to put the empire in danger? This is absolutely impossible. The troops on the front line still have important uses. That is to assess the rebellion. Now there are tens of millions of rebel troops in the Southern Empire. Although there are not many, if they are all twisted into one rope, That is also a fatal thing, so they must quickly end the matter here, and go back to deal with internal worries. (To be continued..)