On December 31, 1934, on the day of Zuihou in the Gregorian calendar of this year, an earth-shattering radio broadcast spread all over the land of China.

“…… I declare...... The Chinese Soviet Republic ~~ Shanghai Soviet Government ~~ Today ~~ was established! ”

In the broadcast room of the newly established Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station, the eldest sister Jin Qina, who was wearing a Mao suit, was full of excited smiles, proudly held up her rather plump breasts, and tried her best to imitate the style of the chairman comrade in the "Founding Ceremony" and issued a public declaration on the founding of the Shanghai Commune.

And beside her, the traversers in the broadcast room looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle with a calm expression on their faces.

This was followed by the "Internationale", "March of the Volunteers", "March of the Soviets" and "The People's Army Marches Forward", which were broadcast in rotation.

On the other hand, the collection and exchange of various banknotes of the Kuomintang government was also rapidly carried out at exchange points set up on the streets of Shanghai.

Since the citizens of Shanghai now know that the Nationalist Government has been robbed of the treasury by the Red Army, and they have seen with their own eyes the overwhelming cluster of Kirov airships, the mighty Apocalypse Tanks, and the Mobile Suit Gundam team marching to Shanghai Tang to the accompaniment of the "Soviet March" and "The Internationale", they feel that the Nanjing Nationalist Government under Chairman Chiang Kai-shek is afraid that it is also the same as Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang in those years, and belongs to the type of rabbit tail that cannot grow. Bank of Communications and Bank of China do not mention the exchange of bills for foreign exchange.

However, the promotion of the new currency of the Shanghai Soviet government. It didn't go so well. Out of the habitual fear of the imperialist powers for many years, even though he had seen so many "super-scientific weapons" full of fantasy colors, and witnessed the rapid destruction of the Shanghai garrisons of Britain, France, the United States and Japan. Many Shanghai citizens were influenced by old ideas and still did not believe that the Red Army could stand on its feet in Shanghai.

As a result, they preferred to exchange the Kuomintang banknotes for foreign currencies rather than ask for the banknotes issued by the Red Army.

Fortunately, the travelers did not intend to exchange the salt stamps that could be exchanged for real goods for the old banknotes in the hands of ordinary citizens, so there was no exchange window for new and old banknotes. Instead, they only accepted gold bars and silver dollars for new banknotes, and both sides were happy.

Moreover, since the banknotes of the Shanghai Commune were not completely empty military bills after all. Anyway, it can be exchanged for refined salt, and table salt is also one of the necessities of life, so there are still some people who exchange silver and copper dollars for new coins, and then exchange them for refined salt and drag them home.

Even those who do not lack salt at home. If you have spare money. I often try to exchange a little new currency and take it back to watch and play.

For example, in No. 9 Xincun on the mainland, in a three-story red brick building, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping are looking at a new set of currency that has just been issued.

“…… Is this the Shanghai ticket issued by the Red Army? Tsk, it's all red tickets! Look at the revolution! ”

Looking at the stack of red tickets in his palm, Xu Guangping couldn't help but smile and be surprised, "...... Unfortunately, it's just too small, I've never seen such a small banknote. And the material is quite strange. Not paper, not wood, more non-metal. I don't know what the hell this is......"

-- The banknotes issued by the Shanghai Commune were officially known as the Shanghai Soviet Bank Currency, but according to the custom of the Republic of China, they were abbreviated as "Shanghai Notes" on one side.

In order to completely cut off the delusions of all counterfeit banknote makers, after some discussion, the travelers simply did not use paper, but used smooth and crisp plastic sheets that were not afraid of water immersion to make the "banknotes" of Shanghai bills - the plastic industry before World War II was still very primitive, and even colorless plastics were only just invented. As for plastics, which can be used to print graphics and make tickets, they will not be invented and widely used until after World War II...... Due to a century of jishu differences, this kind of currency that can be produced in a small school-run workshop in modern society has become an incredible science fiction product in the Republic of China.

Therefore, at this time in 1934, the Shanghai Commune used the "black technology" of plastic money, which was tantamount to taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle for counterfeit banknote makers...... Aren't you very capable? If you really have that ability, you would have invented this plastic for me in advance?

Even if someone reluctantly makes a counterfeit banknote out of cardboard, the way to detect counterfeit banknotes is very simple - just throw them in water and soak them!

In order to save materials and highlight the difference, this plastic banknote is much smaller than normal banknotes, basically only on par with plastic vegetable stamps, each is only about two and a half the size of a standard stamp, the front is the currency value number and pattern, and the back is printed "Each dollar banknote can be exchanged for one pound of refined salt (500 grams)".

In order to highlight the tone of the proletarian red revolution of our party and our army, the basic background color of this plastic banknote is to use different shades of red, purple red, pink, rose red and so on. Then, in view of the current brutal war environment in the country and the imminent intervention and invasion of the imperialist powers, in order to inspire the courage of the people, the banknote design is always based on the theme of advanced weapons full of science fiction.

Specifically, in this plastic Shanghai ticket, the pattern on the one-yuan bill is an AK47 assault rifle; The image on the two-dollar note is a 107 multiple rocket launcher; The image on the five-dollar note is a helicopter gunship soaring in the blue sky; The image on the ten-dollar note is an apocalypse tank with a twin turret; The 20 dollar note depicts a majestic Mobile Suit Gundam; The image on the fifty dollar note is a Kirov airship painted with a shark appearance, which looks extremely hideous and terrifying; The image on the 100-dollar note is a rising mushroom cloud of nuclear explosions......

In short, at first glance, if you don't know what is going on, you may think that this is some kind of "Red Alert" game enthusiast club meal ticket.

Underneath these "banknotes" made of red plastic are Shanghai Soviet government coins made of hard red plastic, which are about the size of modern game coins. Among them, the pattern of the pentame coin is "Iron Fist Burst Chrysanthemum Hemorrhage"; The two-dime coin is the sickle and hammer party emblem; The dime coin is patterned with a five-pointed star...... In fact, at the beginning, Wang Qiu also planned to use the heads of Fang Zhimin, Su Yu, Jin Qina and others as coin patterns in accordance with the customs of the Republic of China, and make a bunch of "Fang Datou", "Su Datou" and "Jin Datou" out.

When Fang Zhimin and Su Yu heard this, they were really frightened and hurriedly excused themselves -- so the coin pattern was replaced with abstract symbols such as sickles, hammers, gears, iron fists, and five-pointed stars that embody the characteristics of the workers' and peasants' power.

Later, the travelers learned that when they were in the Ruijin Revolutionary Base Area, the Central Soviet District Government had also issued banknotes, and originally wanted to draw a portrait of Chairman Mao on the banknotes, but Chairman Mao resolutely refused, and later changed it to the portrait of Lenin.

Obviously, since even Comrade Chairman did not dare or was unwilling to print his portrait on the banknotes, Fang Zhimin and his gang did not have the courage to do so.

Since the value of one yuan of the "Shanghai Bill" is only equivalent to the market price of one pound of refined salt, and the actual purchasing power is much lower than that of the silver dollar, the Shanghai Commune did not issue cents with a lower face value, and it was quite vividly called the "red horn" by ordinary citizens.

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The former Shanghai Women's Commercial Bank, which had just been replaced with the plaque of "Shanghai Soviet Bank", sat in her familiar and unfamiliar office, watching Shanghai civil marijuana bags carrying refined salt coming out of the door downstairs one after another, and Zhang Youyi, China's first female banker, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

“…… In order to issue these 'red tickets' and 'red horns' of yours, my bank will become a salt bank......"

She sighed and said with some complaints to Wang Qiu, who was sitting on the small sofa drinking tea and resting, "...... Do you have enough supplies? ”

“…… Rest assured, we have shipped 600 tonnes of refined salt, enough to meet any run, and to build confidence among the general public. If there is a real need, there is no problem in allocating another 1,000 tons of refined salt. Wang Qiu put down the teacup and pursed his lips disappretently, "...... A banknote that can be exchanged for something is a good banknote, a currency with credit. As long as money can flow, goods can flow, and the market will naturally prosper. ”

“…… But the problem is that the credibility of this kind of paper money has not been established for a while, and as far as I know, many shops are insisting on rejecting these Shanghai bills that do not look like money...... Why the hell are you making the money so weird! ”

Zhang Youyi scratched her hair in distress, "...... Use salt as a reserve to turn the bank into a salt bank...... Which banker has ever played like this? If you continue like this, everyone will greet you in the future and say, 'Your family has salt, and people with salt are really different'...... Hehehehehe......"

…… Before she could finish her sentence, the bankwoman couldn't help but burst out laughing.

And Wang Qiu glanced at her with pity - no knowledge is no knowledge, in fact, there have been more people engaged in "salt standard" banknotes throughout the ages. For example, during the Northern Song Dynasty in China, "salt citations", or salt banknotes, were issued...... Although this thing zuihou was made into the original version of futures and stocks; During the Anti-Japanese War, the Shandong base of the Eighth Route Army also issued "Beihai coins" with Haiyan as capital, and the currency value was quite strong.

What's more, whether it is the gold standard or the salt standard, one of the implicit premises is the "gun standard"! It is also monetary confidence built on the basis of violence. If the common people lack confidence in the survival of a certain regime, then whatever you want, how much gold reserves you have is in vain. And as long as the Red Army can go from one victory to another, then even empty money will be accepted......

And the next enemy that the Red Tenth Army was about to face had quietly appeared on the sea in the distance on the day of the birth of the Shanghai Commune.

-- At noon on the same day, the Shanghai Commune received the first warning signal of an attack by a foreign enemy: "...... Japanese warships were spotted in the direction of Zhuqiao Town! (To be continued......)