After inspecting several representative workshops in Sidaowan Village, Richard stayed in one of the more famous hotels in Sidaowan Village in the evening, called the "Nanyue Hotel".

During this time

The 120 personal guards that Richard brought with him from Denver were successively sent to serve as junior officers in the newly formed troops, and less than 20 remained with him.

These are all good seedlings who have experienced several large-scale bloody battles, are experienced, loyal and steadfast. After a period of training, they already have the excellent qualities of grassroots commanders.

After being officially promoted to the rank of second lieutenant or lieutenant officer, the members of the personal guard are transferred to the newly formed unit and become the backbone of the new unit.

meanwhile

380~400 outstanding soldiers were selected from the new troops, and after layers of screening, they entered the royal guard cuirassier regiment to serve, providing new blood for this cavalry unit with the nature of a teaching regiment.

The basic conditions are 17~21 years old, healthy, upright, loyal to the kingdom, loyal to Your Majesty, literate and hyphenated, good moral character, and willing to dedicate their lives to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

These selected outstanding soldiers, after being reviewed by His Majesty the King one by one, were approved and entered into the Guards Cuirassier Regiment, and the total number was controlled at about 320 people.

The entrance of Nanyue Hotel

Fan Pengfei, who had recently been selected into the Guards Cuirassier Regiment, was fully armed, standing solemnly on the sentry post with a spear in his hand, his body standing straight, and a touch of excitement on his face could not be concealed.

He is a refugee from the Jiaodong Peninsula, his hometown has been in drought for ten years, and he has to come out to beg for food when there is no famine in the spring every year, gnawing tree bark along the way, eating countless Guanyin soil, hungry mayflies all over the place, and falling down while walking.

Last year, there was another scorching drought, and there was no harvest.

Eighteen-year-old Fan Pengfei's parents, sister and brother all starved to death on the way to escape, and he struggled to Weihaiwei with the crowd of refugees.

So what's there to hesitate about?

As long as you can survive, you can do anything!

In this way, Fan Pengfei passed the physical examination of foreigners, and there was no disease, no plague, no disability, and no bad habits.

The physique was strong and young, articulate, and met the basic standards of immigration, so he changed into new clothes, ate enough, and raised himself for more than three weeks, and his body became stronger like a blow.

Such a move is necessary, because when many refugees are first selected, they are as skinny as bamboo poles, and it is difficult to withstand the harsh environment of ocean voyages, and they must be raised and strengthened.

Then, he and 789 other people were stuffed into a galleon, all the way across the ocean to North America, and finally ushered in the good days that they never dreamed of.

Because Fan Pengfei was young, strong and literate, he was selected to the recruit training camp after getting off the ship and started his different military career.

Here, the white flour steamed buns and broth tubes are full to eat, running five kilometers every day, sweating on the training ground, and receiving the daily loyalty ideological education will soon undergo transformation, and the whole person has become different from before.

After four months of wrestling training, he became physically fit and became a qualified recruit.

By chance, through layers of screening, he entered the most glorious unit of the Tang Kingdom ~ the cuirassier regiment of the royal guard.

This is an opportunity that all partners envy, how can you not be excited?

"Be serious, keep your eyes on it, and always be vigilant when you're on duty." The officer on patrol came over and ordered loudly.

"Yes, sir."

The eight sentries on duty involuntarily raised their chests higher and looked ahead with blazing eyes.

The officer walked up to the sentry and corrected his untidy appearance one by one, and when he walked in front of Fan Pengfei, he lowered his head and looked at it, and was immediately furious;

"Soldier, name?"

"Report to the chief, Private Fan Pengfei."

"Why aren't your boots wiped clean?"

"Report sir, I'...... I was negligent. ”

"What? Negligence. The officer's vicious face came to Fan Pengfei's face, and the nose-to-nose difference between the two sides was no more than three centimeters, and he shouted loudly;" These boots are worth more than you, idiot! No one can wear these boots. I want you to wipe it brighter than a mirror every day, so that you can see the human figure, and you are not allowed to drop a trace of dust, otherwise I will press your head on it and lick it clean, do you hear? ”

The chief's saliva was all sprayed on Fan Pengfei's face, with a strong smell of garlic, but he didn't dare to move, his body stood more straight, and replied loudly; "Yes, sir, lick it clean if you can't wipe it clean"

"Repeat my orders, private."

"Report sir, these leather boots must be wiped brighter than a mirror every day, so that you can see the human figure, and not a trace of dust is allowed."

"Remember my words, private, the glory of the Royal Guards Cuirassier Regiment lies in caring for every piece of our equipment, from helmets to cuirassers, from water bottles to leather boots, and the insignia that symbolizes the Royal Guards Cuirassier Regiment, each one of which must be as clean as new and spotless, which is the glory that we will guard with our lives. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, sir, this is the glory we will protect with our lives."

"And what about you?"

"Understood, sir, this is the glory we will protect with our lives." The eight sentries shouted in unison.

"Alright, why are you shouting so loudly?" The officer waved his hand, looked back at the lights in the depths of the hotel, and said with some trepidation; "A bunch of fools, if you alarm Your Majesty, I will also accompany you to be unlucky."

"Understood, sir, you are also unlucky with us." The eight sentinels replied neatly, and their voices were indeed much quieter.

The officer was stunned by the sentinel's answer, looked at their innocent faces with black lines, shook his head speechlessly and turned to leave, and continued to check the post.

in a hotel room

There were a large number of pieces piled up on Richard's desk, involving all aspects of the military, politics, economy, police, and people's livelihood, and he read them one by one and handed them over to various departments of the kingdom for execution.

It has been a year and a half since the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, and various systems have gradually entered the right track, and the United Kingdom has sent a considerable number of administrative, legal and police professionals to assist the Tang Kingdom in establishing a modern administrative system.

The legal and administrative system of the Tang Kingdom is fully applied to the British system, which saves time, effort and worry, and has proved to be highly efficient.

Richard didn't have the time to get a whole set of administrative systems that belonged to the Tang Kingdom itself, and the feudal system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been proven by the historical trend to be unsuitable for the development of the new era, and he would not learn it.

At present, Richard is facing several important matters that have a bearing on the international people's livelihood, and decisions must be made as soon as possible without any further delay.

Once the tide of battle changes

As the supreme commander and spiritual pillar of the army of the Tang Kingdom, Richard must immediately rush to the front line of Denver to sit in town, and he has no leisure time to deal with these government affairs.

When the time comes, I don't know how many years later.

One is the weights and measures standard of the Tang Kingdom, whether it adopts the imperial system, the metric system or the Qing system, this matter must be clear, otherwise it will cause confusion in measurement.

Richard first abolished the Qing system, and the Qing system did not even understand himself, and the approximate amount of paying taxes and grain was still one bucket and one load, which was extremely unrigorous.

1 tael of silver = 1/16 catty.

1 tael = 37.3 grams

1 tael = 10 money

Since 1 catty is equal to 16 taels, there is an idiom "half a catty and eight taels", which means that it is comparable, and it is easy to cause confusion in modern people's cognition.

The imperial system is widely popular in English-speaking countries and British colonies, and is the most widely mobile weights and measures in the world today, which is conducive to the development of international trade in English-speaking countries, which is convenient and trouble-free.

But the imperial system has a big problem, what pints, gallons, ounces, miles, feet, etc., has a whole set of tongue-twisting terms, which are not friendly to the general public who are not proficient in English.

Moreover, the British system has reached the Chinese world, French-speaking countries and Spanish-speaking countries, and it still has to be settled.

Come and think about it

Richard finally chose the public system of weights and measures, and the Tang Kingdom will promulgate laws as soon as possible to establish the legal status of the public system of weights and measures and put an end to the current situation of chaotic measurement.

The second thing is that the Tang Kingdom must issue its own banknotes, which are now tentatively designated as "Yuan", because the Tang Kingdom itself is rich in gold, so the value of the currency is pegged to gold.

Looking at the countries where the world's great powers have adopted the gold standard, the gold content of the currency varies, especially the British pound is the most valuable.

1 pound = 7.32238 grams of gold

1 franc = 0.2903225 grams of gold

1 USD = 1.50463 grams of gold

1 German gold mark = 10 German marks = 3.58425 grams of gold

1 ruble = 0.774234 grams of gold

1 yen = 0.75 grams of gold

1 Kuping tael of silver = 37.3 grams = (the ratio of gold and silver in the first day of the first day is 1:20) 1.865 grams of gold = (after 1900 the ratio of gold and silver is 1:35) 1.065 grams of gold

1 Spanish peso = 0.507816 grams of gold

Although the pound is the most valuable, the value system that makes people hurt is very inconvenient to convert, and it really makes people scratch their heads.

£1 = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, i.e. one pound is equal to 240 pence.

After careful consideration

Richard finally determined the value of 1 Tang Yuan = 1.5 grams of gold, which was worth about one dollar.

1 Tang Yuan = 1.5 grams of gold

1 USD = 1.50463 grams of gold

The difference in the value of the currency between the two sides is about 4.63‰, unless the transaction of the value of the goods is extremely huge, the general can be ignored, and the default is 1 Tang Yuan = 1 US dollar, which is also conducive to trade in North America.

1 Tang Yuan = 100 Tang Cents, 1 US Dollar = 100 US Cents, which is also the same, which is conducive to the smooth use and acceptance of Tang Yuan currency by the general public.

The currencies related to the Tang Yuan are divided into coins and banknotes, and the coins are divided into gold, silver and copper coins, and one gold coin is worth ten Tang Yuan, weighs about 15 grams, and contains 92% gold. It is used for large-scale circulation and collection.

There are two types of silver coins, 1 yuan and 2 yuan, and copper coins are divided into 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, and 10 cents, a total of 4 types, which are used for daily commodity circulation, and these two are the most used coins.

There are 4 types of banknotes, including 1 yuan, 2 yuan, 5 yuan and 10 yuan, and the price is the same as that of gold coins, and they can be exchanged for gold without barriers.

So

The currency of the Tang Kingdom can be integrated into the international system, and the exchange ratio with the currencies of other countries is as follows;

1 pound pound = 25 francs = 5 tang yuan = 5 US dollars = 2 German gold marks = 20 German marks = 9 rubles = 10 yen = 4 taels of silver (before 1894) = 7 taels of silver (after 1900) = 14 pesos

The conversion is;

1 Tang Yuan = 1 US Dollar = 4 Shillings = 5 Francs = 4 German Marks = 1.8 rubles = 2 yen = eight coins of silver (before 1894) = 1.4 taels of silver (after 1900) = 2.8 Spanish pesos

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