Naturally, the Admiralty did not dare to slack off on the work of going to Germany to receive warships, and the time to go to Germany was set at the beginning of December, and now it is the end of September, which is only more than two months, and it is necessary to conduct some necessary training for soldiers, so it is really not much time.

However, after all the four ironclad ships were converted into reserve ships, the shortage of the number of crew members that had been tight has been alleviated a lot, not only can the number of people who go to Germany be gathered, but also can temporarily replenish a certain number of personnel to the battleship detachment, although it cannot be filled up at once, but it can also be made up to more than sixty percent, and the exemption can meet the standard of training in the open sea; of course, after the warships are driven back from Germany, these crews will still be transferred back, after all, the first goal is now to complete the personnel establishment of the four new ships.

However, Wang Hailong was also quite satisfied, after all, at least in half a year, the personnel of his fleet had enough, and after half a year, there would definitely be a group of new crew members to make up for it, so Wang Hailong also rubbed his fists and immediately began to prepare for the first offshore training of the battleship detachment.

The final number of people to go to Germany was 452, including 34 officers and 418 soldiers, led by Zhang Wei himself, responsible for the overall organization and management of the working group to receive the ship, anyway, he has nothing to do now. Of course, the reception of ships involves consultation and communication between the East China Government and the German Government, so the Central Military Commission will report to the Executive Yuan the number of people, the list, and the plan for receiving ships.

At this time, the Executive Yuan was busy with the work of summarizing this quarter, because it was the end of September, which was the penultimate quarter of the year, so after the summary of this quarter, the work of the whole year was also roughly set. In addition, in this quarter, the East China government officially promulgated the [Commercial Bank Law], opened the Bank of China in Qingdao, Jinan, Tianjin, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Jimo and other places, issued new currency, and stipulated in the form of an executive order that all merchants shall not refuse to accept the new currency, and the wages of government agencies, government enterprises, and factories are all paid in the new currency, and the new currency is used as the settlement currency for sales and purchases, as well as the currency for tax payment. Now that the issuance of the new currency has been more than two months, and more than 3 million yuan has been distributed one after another, a phased summary should be carried out.

Overall, although the East China government has implemented it by executive order, it has so far been relatively normal, and has not provoked any strong opposition, and the people everywhere seem to have accepted the new currency very calmly. Some of the time-travelers feared that the chaos and protests had not happened at all, so this also surprised many travelers, didn't it say that the change of currency was the most troublesome and accident-prone, and why couldn't they even hear a sound?

In fact, the Chinese in this era are far more honest and docile than the era of the traversers, and generally speaking, they will not resist when they have no choice but to live and cannot live, so they rebel against the government. Moreover, the areas where the new currency was issued were all areas under the relatively tight control of the East China government, and in the early stage, they not only won the support of the majority of the people, but also gave the government considerable prestige, which was also the basis for the implementation of currency reform.

And the new currency is still based on silver as the main material, by its main push of the one-dollar silver coin, its fineness is quite high, and the ratio of silver is also set very reasonable, although also issued a certain amount of banknotes, but the denomination of the banknotes is not large, mainly for small money use, so that the people's bottom of the new currency is much smaller.

Of course, whether the currency reform can succeed, in addition to the prestige of the government, there is also an important condition, that is, purchasing power, simply put, the currency that can buy things is a good currency, although the East China government is an administrative order to forcibly push the new currency to the market, but in the year and a half after entering Shandong, the East China government opened a large number of large and small factories, shops, providing many commodities for the market, after the land reform, the East China government controlled more than 9 percent of the grain trade, In addition, the salt trade, which had been controlled before, and the large amount of cloth that was put into the market after the expansion of the textile mills, with these bulk consumer goods as the foundation, also guaranteed the purchasing power of the new currency.

Originally, at the beginning, there were indeed many people who lacked confidence in the new currency, so after getting the new currency, they immediately went to buy all things, because it was in the big city, which once also caused a rush to buy goods, but the East China government quickly mobilized the inventory of materials into the market, especially grain, salt, Cloth and other bulk consumer goods not only quickly stabilized the market, but also only accepted new currency, and even paper money did not refuse, which also reassured many people, and the looting behavior also slowly subsided, and jointly enhanced the people's confidence in the new currency.

More importantly, the East China government's tax currency has indeed been changed to a new currency, which also shows that the East China government recognizes these currencies and naturally settles down. Moreover, the new currency not only has a clear real price, but also has a very detailed classification, which is indeed much more convenient to use than white money or copper money, so it has gradually been recognized by the people.

This also shows that under the smooth appearance of the new currency issuance, the East China government is still doing a lot of work, and it is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface.

By the end of September, the land reform of the East China government in Shandong was also carried out very smoothly, at this time, the land reform in Jinan, Qingzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou and other areas were basically completed, accounting for about 6 percent of the total area of Shandong Province, and the land reform in the remaining places is also being promoted, and it is expected that by the end of this year, it is expected that all the land reform in Shandong Province will be completed. Therefore, some people have also proposed that banks be opened in other regions and new currencies should be issued, with a view to completing the monetary reform in the whole of Shandong Province within this year.

However, at this time, the supervisors of the Commercial Committee still kept a clear head, knowing that the currency reform went smoothly some time ago, mainly because the foundation of the reform pilot was good and the preparations were relatively sufficient, so there were current results. It would be too risky to rush to implement monetary reform elsewhere, and the current pilot site is only two months old, and the problem has not yet arisen, but if you want to see the final results, this time is far from enough, and it is better to wait until the end of the year to see the final situation, and then consider carrying out a comprehensive monetary reform in Shandong.

In this way, the problem of pilot projects will gradually emerge to provide experience for the next step of monetary reform; second, the control of the East China government in other places will gradually stabilize, and it will be much safer to carry out monetary reform. Of course, at this stage, we can take the pilot areas as the core and expand outward, so that the development should be more prudent.

The Executive Yuan agrees with the attitude of the Commerce Committee, but even if the Commerce Committee decides to expand the monetary reform, the Executive Yuan will not agree to it, because in the last quarter of the year, the Executive Yuan has more important things to do and cannot focus on the monetary reform. And this is more important than the monetary reform, which is the autumn harvest.

Even in the area ruled by the East China government, the agricultural economy still occupies an absolute dominant position, and the autumn harvest is naturally the focus of the year. Not only does it determine the main source of revenue for a government for a year, but it is also a season of turmoil. Because the peasants after the autumn harvest not only have to pay taxes to the government, but also have to pay land rent to the landlords, it is often the time when the contradictions in civil society break out in a concentrated manner, although the burden of the peasants in the areas that have undergone land reform has been greatly reduced, and the possibility of triggering contradictions is not great, but after all, there are still about 40 percent of the areas where the land reform has not yet ended, and the tax system of the Qing court is still being implemented, and a large number of peasants still have to pay land rent to the landlords, so there is a possibility that the contradictions will intensify.

After discussion at the meeting of the Executive Yuan, it was decided to adopt two measures: First, it was necessary to send a warning notice to the local officials who had not yet completed the land reform, urging them to strictly restrain the officials and errand servants who levy taxes during the autumn harvest period, and to collect taxes according to the custom, and not to overcharge them, still less to extort them arbitrarily; at the same time, it was also necessary to warn the squires, landlords, and tyrants in various localities to leave some leeway and not to go too far when collecting land rents, otherwise the East China Government would never take it lightly once it found out.

Although this warning was not issued in the name of the governor of Shandong, after the Qingzhou incident, local officials and powerful forces in various parts of Shandong settled down, and no one dared to openly confront the East China government. Therefore, the warning issued by the East China government is still quite binding.

Of course, the traversers were not arrogant enough to think that they could restrain other places just by virtue of their own empty words, after all, there was a limit to what local officials could do, because the actual power of the local grassroots was in the hands of officials, servants, squires, landlords, In the hands of Haoqiang, it is just that although these people control a large amount of power at the grassroots level, their own knowledge and vision are limited, and they may not be able to see the situation clearly, so it is difficult to ensure that they have made wrong judgments only for the sake of temporary selfish interests, and the East China government must also take some substantive actions to suppress the situation.

Therefore, the Executive Yuan decided to send monitoring teams and troops to supervise the autumn harvest work in various localities, such as those that have not completed land reform, whether there is harsh exploitation of the people, and cooperate with the action of the committees and groups that are still carrying out land reform in various localities. In this way, I believe that the officials, servants, squires, and landlords in various places will no longer dare to act rashly.