Jingshi, Luoyang, Dong Zhuoxing visited his banknote manufacturing factory.

The craftsmen are constantly busy. But they themselves don't know what they're busy with, they only print, but they close them up, and they don't give them work for a long time.

They didn't know Dong Zhuo, and they didn't know what Dong Zhuo was doing here. They just knew that a big official was here. In order not to let them be idle, they were given a lot of work to do. They have to print several pigments delicately on a single piece of paper, which is very difficult. Because of the staggering, it will lead to a large deviation in the color position of the pattern, which is an unprecedented disaster for them.

They don't know what to print, but what they do know is that if there is a deviation, they will be punished, and if there is a mistake all the time, they will be killed. There are already three old people, because of their age. Not really. As a result, he was beheaded. All people have to be careful.

"My lord, this is the template. We decided to use three-color overprinting. Li Dao took out a finished product and said. They imported a batch of mulberry hemp paper from the Republican Army, which was thicker and better at absorbing ink. Easy to print. As for the ink, the Republican Army resolutely did not provide them with new ink, even the ink used in newspapers.

In order to solve the problem of color. Li Dao had to ask the craftsmen to experiment several times.

Color is not only a matter of anti-counterfeiting, but most importantly, it makes the banknote not look very monotonous. The banknote is dominated by yellow. Using yellow, and green to complement the other two colors, they also experimented with five colors for overprinting. But all failed. Even if it is close to success, it is difficult to move forward because it is not easy to manufacture. Therefore, banknotes are still used for three-color overprinting. Is this kind of technology difficult? Relatively large. But if you are proficient in a printing technique, this problem is not very big. Plus the pigments are easy to obtain, and only simple inks are used. It can be equipped by the average person, especially from the Republican Army on a large scale. It's easy to imitate.

Dong Zhuo took the new banknote and looked at it. The banknote is five feet long and two feet wide, and it seems to be quite large when picked up. But Dong Zhuo doesn't think it's big at all. He thinks it's a great fit for their expenses. Because it's a lot bigger than the Republican Army's banknotes. This may give a powerful feeling.

However, in terms of denomination, Dong Zhuo felt that there was something down. There is only a fixed denomination of fifty cents. There are only simple patterns on the banknotes. Although it doesn't look very good, it's good to have its own banknotes.

"Very well, just like that, print, print more. Every day I need a hundred thousand, no, a million dollars of such banknotes out. Dong Zhuo said. He desperately needed money, and he needed paper money. Therefore, his need is extremely urgent.

"But my lord, how can this banknote be circulated?" Li Wei is very worried, because the printed banknotes can easily cause others to refuse to accept them.

"Hehe, it's easy. It is paid to the army, and this is their salary. As for you, just print more banknotes. Also, this denomination can be larger, for example, a thousand dollars. Dong Zhuo suggested. Even, he felt that a thousand was a little small. He should have given a larger denomination.

Dong Zhuo had already arranged the circulation of banknotes. The army, as long as they are paid more, is fine. Those soldiers have weapons in their hands, if they refuse to take them, haha. Dong Zhuo didn't care about a series of problems after the banknotes were issued.

Chen Liu.

The size of Cao Cao's army has always remained at about 3,000 men.

Under the training of Cao Hong, Xiahoudun and others, the morale is still good. But alas, Cao Cao knew very well what his army lacked.

The size of the army of 3,000 people is still too small, he does not know how the republican army can do it, they can mobilize more soldiers into it at once.

The armament of the troops is still very backward. Compared with Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao's army was extremely lacking in firearms. Dong Zhuo has established a standard firearms infantry regiment. And with a cannon. But their own situation. Only a few firearms existed, and Xiahoudun and Cao Hong were extremely disrespectful of such weapons. This is a dangerous idea.

Worst of all, his soldiers were peasants, because joining the army allowed them to get a share of the land and reduce taxes and forced labor. They had only come to serve as soldiers, and they had never had any experience of fighting before. And there are too few experienced veterans.

This army is too new, too immature. There is no possibility that they will fight at all.

"Our communications are also very backward. It was extremely troublesome to go back and forth to the Republican-controlled areas of the North, and we had to build our own telegraph lines. But it's too expensive. Also, we need to go to the IRA banks and see if they're willing to pay us to solve some of the problems. Xi Zhicai said so.

Cao Cao's biggest concern is money. It was money that supported them in the fight, and without enough money, he simply couldn't fight. Everything can become extremely unrealistic.

"Near Luoyang, there should be arms dealers of the Republican Army, if not, let's go to Handan to find it, it should be possible to find it." Cao Cao said.

The drama was recorded. He felt that he still couldn't cope with such a situation alone. It would be the most advantageous situation if one more person could go to the IRA to get more loans.

Luzhou. Cao Ang was in the Fifth Infantry Division, and Cao Ang saw that the soldiers of the engineer regiment directly under the division were transferred out very hard. Some of the soldiers also gloated and joked about the sappers.

Cao Ang just watched the personnel of the engineering regiment leave. They have more vehicles to support them, for example, more ** in the arsenal for them to use.

The sappers were busy, and they had to clear a lot of obstacles by using blasting on many sections, and all this was done to lay the rails.

The two states** of Luzhou and Zezhou transferred a large number of shares to the railway companies established in the two states. Although they are not listed. The main thing is that there is not enough qualifications. But the ownership of the railroad is vested in them. Once the railroad is put into use, with orders from the military and support, their cost investment is relatively small. Many people know that in the future, this railway will definitely be profitable. And so more and more people got involved.

In addition, there are continuous divisions along the way, and the subdivisions are contracted out. Just measure accurately. Control the quality, many things can be done.

More and more people are involved in the construction of railways. The task of the engineer regiment is to carry out blasting in some difficult places. For example, the 3rd Integrated Infantry Division, which was stationed in Zezhou. Their engineer regiment was very busy, because they had so many mountainous areas there. For some places, they need to blow up a road. It is said that the number of ** used in the project has consumed 30,000 stones**. And that number is constantly increasing. That's a staggering number. Cao Ang felt that this was enough to blow up a mountain. But the Corps of Engineers was faced with several mountains. They need more to solve the actual problem.

The efficiency of the sappers is still very high. The railway is of great significance.

But in contrast, Cao Ang also needs to pay attention to the morale of the soldiers. He had some conversations with some of the veterans. These conversations were very helpful to him. His father, in particular, was raising the banner of rebellion. Resist Dong Zhuo's tyranny. But my father's troops were too small. And the armament is poor. There is a lack of a lot of key personnel. The Republican veterans, on the other hand, show a different story.

For example, an experienced sergeant told him that if there was a war in the future, he would participate, and that it was his obligation. After all, his family has been helped by many of the Republican Army's affordable policies. His father, for example, had dozens of acres of land without paying a penny in agricultural taxes. It's very high, and joining the army is his obligation.

But men also need to have their own careers. Sergeants need to participate in a lot of battles, as well as go through more battles to gain combat experience, and they also need to keep learning. It can be said that they have become professional soldiers, and the skill they have learned is how to fight.

Compared to the same period, their companions, who had been in the army for a long time, made him feel that something was abnormal.

With the rapid rise of the working class of the IRA, it was largely due to the expansion of the size of the factories. The working class, as hard as it was, had to work more than fourteen hours. But their factory owners can offer them handsome payouts. This is one of the most advantageous ways to avoid contradictions, and there are all kinds of benefits. Food, clothing, coal for heating, and so on.

And these expenses are more than those of active duty soldiers, and with the problem of the work arrangement of retired soldiers, there were also problems with the work arrangements of retired soldiers, which could be arranged in the Republican Army with a large number of vacancies, but now, the positions are saturated. Military skills are very special, and in order to solve this problem, many companies provide free skills training. Although it was free, however, because the time to enter the factory later was too short. In terms of salary, it is far lower than the salary of the army.

And with the development of factories, the wages of workers have exceeded 50 percent of the salaries of military personnel, and the higher the skills, the greater the amplitude.

Many servicemen are dissatisfied with this, but they need a new way out. This is the embarrassment of the status of the military. This may not have been a problem before, but now the IRA has to deal with such a conundrum. Cao Ang felt that this was an opportunity.