However, the issuance of currency is also facing a series of problems, first of all, the currency on the market is extremely chaotic, now ordinary people use copper money, silver horns, oceans, silver, and bank bills, and large businessmen also directly use foreign currency, it can be said that the chaos is extreme, so it is necessary to unify the currency, but also to consider how to exchange is appropriate, otherwise it will hurt the interests of some people.

In addition, how to issue banknotes, what is the scope of issuance, how much to issue, and how to manage are all issues to be considered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the issuance of banknotes can be said to be a major matter related to the entire financial order in the southwest, and I must not be sloppy, I am ready to set up a southwest bank, which is responsible for issuing banknotes and supervising other banks, and you have any suitable candidates to recommend to me!"

To put it bluntly, the Southwest Bank is the central bank of the southwestern provinces, responsible for issuing banknotes, and during the Republic of China, commercial banks were responsible for issuing bank bills as paper money, and commercial banks were for the purpose of profit-seeking, so it was difficult to control the issuance of their currency. In later generations, the inflation rate did not exceed 10 percent, and the common people complained bitterly, and the kind of inflation rate that needed to be looked up to could be said to have reached the point of madness.

It was out of this concern that Qiao Yu decided to set up a bank dedicated to issuing currency, which was controlled by the political axe, which was also an important step in maintaining financial stability.

"Dashuai, recently a group of Chinese returned to China from the United States, all of them are the work done by Mr. Huang Sande, among them there are many talents in various industries, there is a person named Wei Ruolan, who is a financial wizard, I think this person is useful!" As the Minister of Finance, Wang Dongcheng still pays attention to financial talents, so he recommended this Wei Ruolan.

Qiao Yu nodded in agreement: "Since Minister Wang is optimistic about this person, then you might as well let him make a plan, and if it is feasible, hand over the Southwest Bank to this person to manage!" ”

Narcotics and currency reform are only a small part of the meeting, and the main topic of the meeting is how to strengthen control over the newly incorporated areas, which is the most important thing at the moment.

"Marshal, I suggest that Tianshui and Wudu in Gansu and Hanzhong and Baoji in Shaanxi jointly establish the Yongzhou Military Region, and then set up the Yangtze River Cruise Fleet, and set up the headquarters in Yichang, Hubei, to strengthen the control over these strategic places!" Wu Tong put forward a new proposal at this time, which is also an inevitable thing.

"Well, the Yangtze River Cruise Fleet will hand over Tang Xiangming, the Yongzhou Military Region will be handed over to Chief Liu Xiang, and Luo Changqi will manage local civil affairs!" Qiao Yu personally ordered two people, Tang Xiangming was originally the governor of Hunan, but now it has been occupied by Tan Yanmin, Qiao Yu asked him to patrol the fleet because Tang Xiangming was born in the navy and knows more about naval affairs, and he is also used to restrain Tan Yanmin, so that this old fox always has a sense of crisis.

Different from Tang Xiangming, Luo Changbei is Qiao Yu's confidant, he has been working hard in Sichuan before, and he has exhausted his efforts to stabilize Tibetan Province for Qiao Yu, Luo Changbei is very methodical about dealing with ethnic issues, and he is also familiar with civil affairs, and Shaanxi and Gansu are all places where Hui and Han people live together, and there was a serious rebellion a few decades ago, the situation is very delicate, Qiao Yu must send a capable cadre to be responsible for the affairs of the northwest, so Luo Changqi was selected, and the affairs of Tibet Province and other places were handed over to Yu Peilun to deal with.

In addition to these two, there is one of the most important areas, that is, Qinzhou, according to the agreement between Qiao Yu and Lu Rongting, the political districts of the two Guangxi began to be redivided, Lu Rongting even wanted to assign the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island to Guangxi out of preference for his hometown, but the people of Guangdong strongly objected, and finally only assigned the Beibu Gulf to Guangxi, but Guangxi finally had its own access to the sea, plus the Guizhou-Guizhou Railway was also ready to be built, and the people of Guangxi were much more supported by Lu Rongting. This bearded Lu Dashuai can do things for the people.

Lu Rongting, out of gratitude to Sichuan, promised to assign the surrounding areas of Qinzhou to Sichuan for management, and at the same time Sichuan could send a brigade of soldiers to protect the Qinzhou shipyard, because Qinzhou involves the big matter of Sichuan's estuary, so it has also become the most important enclave in Sichuan.

After these peripheral affairs are almost handled, the problem is left in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, these two provinces still have governors, and the administrative system is at the same level as Sichuan, so it is urgent to set up an administrative body higher than the provinces to lead the three provinces and the Sichuan border region, but this is undoubtedly depriving Cai Ye and Zhang Bailin of power, and they must pay attention to skill.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it has become a top priority to completely integrate Yunnan and Guizhou into the system of Sichuan, and I have decided to formulate a southwest development plan as soon as possible, putting together the problem of smoking ban, poverty alleviation, road problems, financial problems, and agricultural issues, unified planning, first completely control Yunnan and Guizhou economically, and then further promote the reform of the political system, abolish the governor, set up a provincial governor, and then establish a joint parliament, and there is absolutely no reading force in the southwest."

As soon as Qiao Yu's words came out, everyone knew in their hearts that this patrol envoy would never allow the existence of warlords under his control, everyone must act in accordance with the laws and regulations, and there must not be a situation like in Beiyang where there is a Yuan Datou above and a bunch of Yuan Xiaotou below, if there are warlords in the southwest, it is Qiao Yu alone, and others have no qualifications at all.

After the Sichuan civil and military officials held a secret meeting and unified their understanding, Qiao Yu sent a telegram to Cai Ye and Zhang Bailin, asking them to bring the main responsible officials of the province to Yucheng to discuss the development of the southwest, and at the same time, Qiao Yu also let the newspapers in Sichuan go full force to publicize that Sichuan was about to start a huge economic aid plan for Yunnan and Guizhou, so that the people in the southwest have a hope, although there is a new ruler, everyone's life can only get better and better.

In the midst of all the busyness, Qiao Yu received a new guest, he is the German businessman Buscht, Buscht is the first foreign businessman to cooperate with Qiao Yu, these years have been engaged in Sino-German trade, accumulated a huge family property, but after the outbreak of World War I, the trade between China and Germany plummeted, and Buscht's enterprises also disappeared, but this is only a superficial phenomenon, Buscht still remained in Sichuan, through his own relations to provide important strategic materials for Germany.

Although Qiao Yu took full refuge in the Entente on the surface, he kept colluding with Germany in secret, because Sichuan was an important supply base for military supplies to the Entente, so as long as Sichuan provided Germany with some accurate export information, Germany would be able to deduce the military movements of the Entente from it, and then make corresponding preparations, so Germany is still very grateful to Qiao Yu, and through the transaction of Qiao Yu, he also got a lot of German technology, otherwise Sichuan would not have the ability to develop self-propelled artillery and other weapons.

"Joe, what do you have to offer your old friend this time?"

"You'll be satisfied with this time!" While speaking, Qiao Yu handed over a few design drawings to Bushit, who picked them up and took a closer look, and was immediately shocked, only to see that there were several steel monsters drawn on these drawings, and Busher now knows more about weapons, this is definitely a new type of weapon.

"Joe, are these Sichuan-designed weapons?"

"To be precise, Sichuan and French engineers are the joint work, the Entente side has been discussing how to break through the barrier of the trenches, before this France has designed a lot of armored vehicles, but these armored vehicles can be general, the ability to cross the road is very poor, the protection ability is also weak, the actual value is not very large, and then Sichuan with tractors to transform a number of armored vehicles, very popular with France, since then China and France have been carrying out technical exchanges, Britain has also joined, we have designed two weapons, It's what you're seeing on the drawings right now.

One is called a combat vehicle, which also uses a tractor site, equipped with ten millimeters of armor, and two machine guns, with a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, ordinary rifle machine guns can not hurt at all, which is regarded by the Entente as an important weapon for breaking through the trenches, and there is also a weapon called self-propelled artillery, which uses the territory of the tank, and is equipped with a 75-millimeter gun, which has a good mobile surname, and can provide strong fire support, I am sure that this weapon will soon appear on the battlefield! ”

After hearing this, Buscht's face suddenly changed greatly, although Germany is still pressing the French to fight on the front line, but Germany knows that the naval blockade is like a chain around Germany's neck, and now the British are constantly tightening the shackles, the grain in Germany is soaring, the people are miserable, the war has reached the most critical moment, if at this time the French break through the defense line with new weapons, it will definitely be a disaster for Germany.

"Joe, the drawings you provide are extremely important, and Germany is willing to pay a lot of money in exchange!"

"Well, I hope that Germany can provide Sichuan with a batch of engine technology, and I can guarantee that this part of the technology will definitely not be used against German weapons!"

Although Sichuan can produce a lot of equipment now, it is still unable to produce suitable engines, and can only be imported from the United States or Britain and France, which is also Qiao Yu's heart disease, although it can be introduced now, but after the end of World War I, I am afraid it will not work, after the great powers return to the Far East, they will definitely limit the development of later countries and colonies, Sichuan is now the most deterrent is air power, if the engine problem cannot be solved, Sichuan's air force will become a decoration, Qiao Yu will never allow this situation, Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of the war, getting the technology of the engine has become an inevitable choice.