At 8 o'clock in the morning on July 11th, Lin Fei convened a meeting of his subordinates, because the reception work has been very smooth in recent days, so Lin Fei's subordinates are all happy, but when they see Lin Fei's appearance, these joyful colors suddenly disappeared, because Lin Fei's face was sinking like water, his face was full of clouds, and he seemed to be more sad than before the war.

Everyone was very strange, but they didn't dare to ask, Lin Fei saw that everyone was coming, and said, "Everyone thinks it's strange when they see me, right?" ”

Everyone nodded, and Li Mingming, who was closest to Lin Fei, asked softly, "I don't know why Your Majesty is worried about something?" ”

Lin Fei said in a deep voice: "We are about to face a heavy challenge. ”

Li asked tentatively, "Is it the coming British?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head and smiled, and said, "Although the British are also a big challenge, they are nothing compared to this challenge. ”

Everyone was even more surprised, their eyes stared at Lin Fei, Lin Fei said: "Our recent reception work has been very smooth, now is the time to issue a decree announcing the full conversion of Manila to Huaxia currency, I have decided to announce the decree on the exchange of huàn at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Fei explained: "After we announce the full conversion to Huaxia currency, we will ban the circulation of Spanish pesos, gold and silver, and let the locals exchange gold, silver, pesos and other currencies for huàn Huaxia currency within a specified time." ”

"The process of redeeming huàn is actually a process of wealth transfer, to put it simply, we transfer the wealth of the local people in Manila into our hands, and in this process, the local people will definitely resist and resist, so it is very likely that there will be turmoil like Wuduan City in Manila."

Lin Fei said this, and said in a loud voice: "The reason why I say this is a big challenge is because we have to deal with possible major turmoil, there are a lot of Spaniards in Manila, there are few Chinese, and the Chinese may not all support us, so this turmoil may be difficult to control..."

Everyone looked solemn, and Lin Fei said loudly: "Now I will order ......"

As soon as they heard the "order", everyone stood up with their heads held high, looking at Lin Fei, and Lin Fei said loudly: "Second Brigade Commander Wei Zelong..."

"To..."Wei Zelong agreed loudly.

Lin Fei stared at Wei Zelong and said in a deep voice: "Order your department to be stationed in Union Square in the north of the city and Kansas Square in the south of the city before ten o'clock this evening, and after stationing, set up a communication line to the Governor's Mansion before eleven o'clock this evening, and tonight, I will sit in command in the Governor's Palace." ”

"Liu Jun, the head of the first regiment... Zhou Zhenghe, the head of the independent regiment..."Lin Fei said loudly.

"To...", "to...", the two agreed aloud.

"Order the 1st Regiment to establish a defensive line around the Governor's Palace, and order the 1st Independent Regiment to increase the number of patrols, inspect the whole city, and report any situation in a timely manner."

"Yes—" The two agreed in a loud voice.

After Lin Fei gave the order, he thought to himself, troops had been arranged in the south of the city, north of the city, and the center of the city, and the number of patrols had been increased in the independent regiment, so he should not be worried about the Spaniards rioting, so Lin Fei said: "Okay, today's meeting will be held here first, let's go back and prepare." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he announced the adjournment of the meeting, and then held a meeting with the currency exchange huàn group of the People's Bank of China to study the specific matters of the currency exchange of Huaxia currency.

Because the Chinese Empire punished the Spaniards and Filipinos in the Philippines and helped the Chinese, many people in the Qing Kingdom were attracted to the country, and there were people from all walks of life, "Yinzhuang" is also one of them, Yinzhuang is similar to modern banks, and the shopkeeper inside also has a certain amount of financial knowledge, and it is not difficult to understand and implement Lin Fei's policies.

Lin Fei, Fu Ren and others finalized the details of the exchange of currency against huàn, and the next day, July 12, at 8 a.m., the city announced a decree on the exchange of money against huàn on loudspeakers and newspapers throughout the city. Lin Fei had always paid attention to propaganda work, so after entering Manila, he took control of the city's newspaper offices and printing houses, and sent special personnel to censor all printed matter, and everything that was unfavorable to the Chinese Empire was not allowed to be printed, at this time he ordered the newspaper to announce this decree with front page headlines.

The Currency Exchange Decree stipulates that from 12 o'clock on July 12, Manila will be fully converted to Huaxia currency, and all gold, silver, and pesos will be withdrawn from circulation, and the gold, silver, and pesos held by individuals and institutions will be exchanged for Huaxia currency at the business points of the People's Bank of China within a period of 10 days, and all funds exchanged by the bank will be settled in Huaxia currency.

Lin Fei was very nervous after the decree was announced, fearing that there would be a riot, so they ordered all troops to report the situation as soon as possible.

At 12 o'clock at noon, Lin Fei came to Huaxia Bank to inspect the currency exchange work, Huaxia Bank was set up in the original Santander Bank, and Lin Fei fought their branch in Wuduan City.

Lin Fei came to Huaxia Bank and found that there were already a lot of people gathered here, these people were Chinese, as well as Spaniards and Filipinos, they were all waiting in line to exchange huàn currency, the reason why these people were able to use Huaxia currency was not because they were convinced of the Huaxia Empire, but because Lin Fei announced that all banks in Manila only used Huaxia currency to settle business, and there were many small businessmen among these people, who could only exchange the gold and pesos in their hands for Huaxia currency in order to allow their funds to circulate.

Lin Fei looked at the busy crowd and was very pleased, feeling that the currency exchange work was very smooth, but he still didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief, because night was a good time to start a commotion and rebellion.

Lin Fei spent the night in fear, there were no riots, and after a few days, the situation in the city was very stable, but on July 16, an accident suddenly happened.

At 6 o'clock in the morning of this day, Chief of Staff Li Mingming suddenly came to Lin Fei, Lin Fei saw Li Mingming's panicked face and knew that something important had happened, but he knew that there must not be a rebellion in the city, if there was a rebellion in the city, the commanders of each unit must report it directly.

Lin Fei said: "Look at your panicked appearance, what happened?" ”

Li clearly said: "Your Majesty, at around four o'clock this morning, the economic data investigator of the People's Bank of China reported that the price of grain in Manila has increased significantly, by more than 50 percent. ”

Once the price of grain has increased sharply, commotion and rebellion are inevitable, Lin Fei was shocked and hurriedly asked, "How can the price of grain rise?" What is the reason? ”

Li Ming replied: "We have sent people to investigate, and various grain stores have said that they have no choice but to raise prices because they have no food. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said: "Now that we have just used the new currency, the surrounding farmers dare not trust the new currency so quickly, and it is normal for them to store grain in their hands and not dare to sell it.

Lin Fei thought for a while and asked, "Where did the grain in the grain store come from?" Have you investigated clearly? ”

Li clearly replied: "When the Manila Special City Government was established, we investigated this matter clearly, and the food supply chain in Manila is like this, the grain is produced by farmers near Manila, and the farmers do not have to sell the grain in Manila after they produce it, and there is a big company in Manila, called the 'Lillard Company', which will send people to the countryside to buy grain from farmers. ”

"The Lyral Company was run by a relative of Governor Sanders, so it had a monopoly on the food supply in Manila, and the company bought grain from the farmers, put it in warehouses and hoarded it, and the various grain stores went to the Lillard Company to buy the grain, and then sold it to the citizens, and that was the process."

"After we drove out the Spaniards, the logistics battalion took the lead and set up a grain buying group to buy grain from the farmers, but recently the new currency was introduced, and the farmers did not dare to sell the grain for a while."

Lin Fei pondered for a while and said: "Sue the person in charge of the grain purchase team, insist on using Huaxia coins to buy grain, if you dare not buy with Huaxia coins at this time, the farmers will be even less confident, and our Huaxia coins are very likely to be driven out of the market..."

Li Ming agreed, and then asked, "Then will we watch the price of food skyrocket?" ”

Lin Fei said in a deep voice: "There must be a large amount of grain in the warehouse of the Lilar Company, what about the warehouse? ”

Li replied clearly: "The warehouse is in the north of the city. ”

Lin Fei said: "Okay, go to the warehouse in the north of the city immediately, this matter is very important, I will go in person." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he left, and Li Ming followed Lin Fei out. Lin Fei came to the north of the city, first went to the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade stationed in the north of the city, and asked this regiment to send a company of soldiers to follow him, and then came to the warehouse.

Lin Fei also came to the north of the city for the first time, and after coming, he found that there were many warehouses here, many of which were planted with red flags, which were the receiving signs of the Chinese Empire, and having this red flag meant that this place was received by the Chinese Empire.

Lin Fei asked, "Which is the warehouse of the Lillard Company?" ”

Li Ming looked at it for a while, pointed to the distance with his hand, and said, "It's the biggest one." ”

Lin Fei looked at Li Mingming's fingers, only to see that there was no red flag planted on it, and couldn't help but ask: "Since it is a warehouse of the Spaniards, why haven't our troops received it?" ”

Li was also confused, shook his head and said: "There are a lot of things to receive, and I don't know the specific situation, or I will find the chief official who was in charge of receiving it at the beginning?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head and said, "No need, we are already close to the warehouse, let's go over and take a look for ourselves." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he knocked his legs on the horse's belly and ran towards the warehouse, everyone trotted behind, and Lin Fei came to the front of the warehouse after a short time, he sat on the horse, pointed to the warehouse door with his hand, and said: "Two people in the past, open the door." ”

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