After lunch, the comrades watched Chen Ke go to the podium, and many people were worried that Chen Ke would say something more mysterious. At lunchtime, everyone was discussing the new concept of "money" that we had just learned in the morning, and the most basic truth was the more we talked about it, the more we understood it, and the question was how to apply this principle after understanding it. The connection between theory and practice has never been something that can come out of the lips at the touch of words.

Since the afternoon, Chen Ke has extended the concepts of "fiat currency" and "credit" to the concept of "general equivalent". This is already the concept of a modern bank. Chen Ke has already made up his mind to establish a banking system in the base area no matter what. Although a large number of precious metal currencies were shipped back from Anqing, as well as a considerable amount of copper coins. However, this amount of money is only a drop in the bucket for the future development of the base area. Without the support of modern banks, the base areas would not have been able to raise enough funds for development. This is also the reason why Chen Ke wants to gather all the party, government, and military cadres in the base areas together for theoretical education.

In the modern banking system, there must be reserves for the issuance of money, and since the meaning of fiat currency is "general equivalent", then fiat currency must be strictly linked to "transactions". The fiat currency issued by the central bank must have reserves, and without reserves, the fiat currency cannot be withdrawn. Due to the lack of precious metals, the reserves of the currency issuance system established by the Party in history were mostly grain reserves. Now the gold and silver brought back by the People's Party from Anqing are very well used as reserves.

What Chen Ke wants his comrades to understand is how fiat currency operates in economic construction and people's lives, and what role it should play.

This is a very profound question, and if we look at the revolution from this point of view, the Party members, although they do not understand it now, will finally understand in their work how much of the future labor of the comrades of the People's Party will be "unpaid", and this unpaid labor will become the cornerstone and will be deposited in the economic system of the base areas. To what extent can comrades accept this fact, even a confident person like Chen Ke does not dare to be blindly optimistic.

In the case of "spring ploughing", the most urgent task of the moment, the People's Party's banking system will issue productive loans through "agricultural cooperatives". For example, for newly produced agricultural tools, farmers take out loans in the form of accounts. Reimbursement is made with labor and various products. From start to finish, the loan did not come in the guise of a real currency. Money is just a number that exists on the books. But at the end of the loan process from lending to repayment, the farmers get the tools, and the banks and the governments behind the banks get the fruits of the people's labor, as well as all kinds of agricultural products. That's what modern banking fiat currencies are all about.

The problem is that this is not the case in the army. The troops will also be paid, not in gold and silver, but in the fiat currency issued by the base area. Compared to this money, the labor of the cadres and fighters of the army is much higher than their income. The economic accumulation of the base areas is accomplished by ruthlessly "exploiting labor within the system".

This will be a test if the members of the People's Party have such a sense of selflessness and the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants has the consciousness of being a "common people's army". Then this reality is not a problem. If the members of the People's Party, the cadres and fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, put their own personal interests first. Then the serious asymmetry between pay and gain will become a core contradiction.

Chen Ke has always been hesitant to explain this issue thoroughly. Once this basic theory is thoroughly explained, there is nothing to hide. The basic theory defines the major issues of right and wrong. Up to now, the members of the People's Party, the cadres and fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army fought for themselves. They are also a spontaneous struggle, a struggle to survive, and the enemies of comrades are external.

After Chen Ke has told everyone the basic revolutionary theories and started a deeper revolution on the basis of these theories, this spontaneous struggle will have to turn into a "conscious" revolutionary struggle, and the enemies of the comrades will be more selfish and distracting from their own thoughts. While lecturing, Chen Ke thought a little self-deprecatingly, who would be the first to ask the sentence "Why do we have to do it in vain".

This part of the theory course is actually quite simple. Complex is the specific operational process, not the theoretical basis. The comrades who participated in the study probably understood the content of the course. Chen Ke didn't drag it out, these comrades were very busy with work, and seeing that everyone really figured it out, Chen Ke immediately asked everyone to get out of class.

One by one, the comrades were pardoned, and those who were stationed far away from each other, such as those in the army, ran out. The comrades working in the county town also got up immediately, and after a long day of study, they would accumulate a lot of work. It's about five o'clock in the afternoon, and if we hurry up now, we can still solve a considerable part of the work. It didn't take long for only four people to be left in the venue: Chen Ke, Yan Fu, Shen Zengzhi and Feng Xu.

"Mr. Chen Ke has worked hard." Feng Xu said calmly.

"That's what I do."

"If nothing else, let's go back first. There is still a large part of this editing of the Xinhua Dictionary. Feng Xu seems to be a serious person.

"Then there will be labor."

Yan Fu, Feng Xu and Shen Zengzhi went out, and Yan Fu thought that these two would say something. At least Yan Fu felt that he had something to say. Yan Fu basically understood what Chen Ke said today, and it was because he understood that Yan Fu felt that Chen Ke's mean attitude towards his own people was very undesirable.

Yan Fu's thinking is closer to that of Legalism, and in his writings and thoughts, Yan Fu is still quite enlightened. In his book "Yuan Qiang", he pointed out that the strength or weakness of a country is determined by three basic conditions: "First, it is strong in blood, second, it is strong in wisdom and wisdom, and third, it is strong in virtue, righteousness and benevolence." "He fantasized about enhancing the prestige of the country through bourgeois education in the physical, intellectual, and moral aspects." It is to unify the government at three ends today: one is to drum up the people's strength, the second is to open up the people's wisdom, and the third is to create new people's morality." The so-called encouragement of the people's strength means that the people of the whole country must have a healthy physique, and they must ban opium and the bad habit of foot binding; The so-called enlightenment of the people is mainly to replace the imperial examination with Western learning; The so-called new civil morality is mainly to abolish autocratic rule, implement a constitutional monarchy, and advocate "respect for the people". Yan Fu demanded that the law be reformed, but he advocated that "it is not expected to be gathered." The specific method of "eliminating but not sudden" was to be realized through education, that is, in China at that time, in order to implement a constitutional monarchy, it was necessary to open up the wisdom of the people before it could be implemented; in short, the "theory of saving the country through education" was a prominent ideological characteristic of Yan Fu.

Therefore, Chen Ke appointed him as Minister of Education, and Yan Fu gladly accepted. Regarding Chen Ke's strong position in the People's Party, Yan Fu felt that it was very appetizing. A revolutionary clique led by a powerful leader like Chen Ke carried out the revolution with a strong force that overrode everything. Even if Chen Ke is not the emperor in the future, Chen Ke is young after all, and if nothing else, there will be at least forty or fifty years left. By the time Chen Ke had grown old, China had built itself into a new and powerful country, and by that time the people's wisdom had already opened, and even the implementation of a more radical constitutional republic would not be too abrupt.

In today's lesson, Chen Ke's profound understanding of the economy once again shocked this handsome old man. But Chen Ke didn't say it directly, but the way of accumulating wealth that has been made clear is to drink the blood of his comrades nakedly. The troops undertook the most arduous basic water conservancy construction, and not only that, they also had to farm the land to support themselves, and they also had to fight battles to defend the base areas. Yan Fu was well-informed, he had never heard of such an army in this world. He also did not believe that such an army could exist.

Chen Ke is a very tough person, since he can say this today, then Chen Ke will do whatever it takes to realize what he said. This is what Yan Fu is most worried about.

Just when Yan Fu was looking for suitable words, Shen Zengzhi suddenly spoke, "A few ways, your disciple Chen Ke is just going to establish a king's master." That's a good thing, why are you so upset? ”

Shen Zengzhi's expression didn't show anything unusual, and his words were completely calm. However, Feng Xu saw that Yan Fu was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shen, a few things are also concerned about chaos. Moreover, Chen Ke's approach is somewhat similar to the way of the Legalists. ”

"How is it a Legalist? This is obviously an attitude of putting the people first and putting the society secondary. Shen Zengzhi still replied calmly, "I really want to see how far Chen Ke can go." If he can really do it, it will not be far from the rule of three generations. ”

Yan Fu and Feng Xu didn't know whether Shen Zengzhi's words were praise or ridicule, and when Shen Zengzhi spoke seriously, no one could see his thoughts. Both of them waited for Shen Zengzhi to say something, but Shen Zengzhi didn't say a word. As a result, until Yan Fu sent the two back to their residence, no one said a word.

Qin Tongren is in charge of the recent production of farm tools, and there is no need for Chen Ke to deliberately emphasize that Qin Tongren also knows the significance of quickly producing large quantities of metal farm tools. The wrought iron farm tools with steel cores provided by Chen Ke made Qin Tongren like them very much. The sharpness and strength of this farm tool reached a fairly well-established level. The trial farm tools are very easy to use, light and fast.

The technicians below were naturally extremely happy, and immediately someone suggested taking this farm tool to report the good news. This suggestion was unceremoniously rejected by Qin Tongren on the spot.

The purpose of the annunciation is to get treatment! Qin Tongren didn't like this attitude at all. And these comrades who are under their heads can't help but underestimate Chen Ke too much. This is the first agricultural tool design idea proposed by Chen Ke, holding this kind of farm tool to report the good news to Chen Ke, Qin Tongren felt that he had not lost his value to this point. When Chen Ke and Qin Tongren talked about the production of farm tools, they mentioned the issue of production efficiency. Moreover, Chen Ke even explained to Qin Tongren the general appearance of the stamping machine and grinding wheel grinding equipment. According to this mechanized production model, coupled with the existing steel at hand, as long as 500 workers are equipped, Qin Tongren can ensure that more than 50,000 pieces of new agricultural tools can be produced within a month.

The problem is that these machines are just Chen Ke's imagination. According to the conditions of the current base areas, 500 people will not be able to produce even 5,000 pieces of peasant army a month. There are so many problems to be solved, and the machinery and equipment have to be manufactured before the product is produced. This kind of status quo in the sky made Qin Tongren feel a great powerlessness.

At this time, there were still people with a few farm tools to report their merits, and Qin Tongren, who had always been serious, finally couldn't help but get angry.

After reprimanding his subordinates severely, the problem still has to be solved. Qin Tongren had to find Chen Ke in person to admit the status quo.

To Qin Tongren's surprise, Chen Ke was neither angry nor discouraged. He pondered for a while, and then said, "I can only work with Engineer Qin for seven days, and let's design a small farm tool processing factory." It just so happened that we got a lot of red copper from Anqing this time, and Tongling is really a good place. ”

As a result, a technical team was established, and at the insistence of Chen Ke, Qin Tongren served as the chief engineer of the team. Chen Ke took on the role of technical advisor. Because of Chen Ke's work, he handles party affairs during the day and works with the technical team all night at night. In the face of such a deadly way of working, Qin Tongren didn't even dare to persuade him.