"Currency, the new lord of the origin territory actually dares to issue currency!" Looking at the crowded trading room in front of him, Sumo suddenly had a new understanding of this sudden appearance of the lord.
It cannot be said that he is bold and enterprising, but it can be described as extremely arrogant.
A new currency, even if it is not used for circulation with the outside world and only facilitates transactions within the territory, will definitely encounter problems.
First, the government recycles resources and converts them into currency to supply transactions to people below. Invisibly, the preservation of these resources consumes a lot of manpower and space.
Once any accident occurs during the preservation process, there will be a huge shortage of resources and it will not be able to satisfy everyone's needs.
What will be left behind, then, must be an extremely serious collapse of official credibility.
At worst, everyone in the territory is in danger and fights on their own; at worst, they rise up, unseat the lord, and redistribute benefits and resources.
Second, the price of resources is not fixed at a scale, and there is no regulatory power within the origin territory.
There are many merchants, and the consumption of more than 30,000 people is not a small number.
Maybe you can buy a cabbage with 1 currency today, but if the price of cabbage goes up tomorrow, you have to spend 2 currencies to buy it.
Most people just exchanged cabbage for a currency today and used it.
When I went to exchange the currency the next day, I found that I could only exchange half of the currency in my hand.
Such a horrific asset shrinkage makes it impossible to maintain the stable operation of the currency for a long time. Once prices explode, it will definitely trigger turmoil.
Third, after collecting these materials, what did the lord of the origin territory do?
In the civilized era, these resources can be used to trade with others to exchange for more assets, thereby making the cake bigger, and the excess will become the internal income of the territory.
But in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, the circulation speed is extremely slow. How can it be possible to trade and appreciate things in your hands?
If you involve yourself in this monetary system, your territory's assets will be shorted.
Overnight, it is very likely that the economy of the origin territory will be separated and collapsed, and it will owe money to the outside world.
The above three points are difficult to solve even for the Free City of the Demon Soul Tribe, and they can only rely on the unified price announcement every morning to control them.
How can this origin territory be more advanced and powerful than the Demon Soul Clan?
"Sir, Mr. Yang, please don't misunderstand me!"
Seeing Somo standing there, neither stepping forward to queue up to exchange currency, nor speaking out about his concerns.
Huang Bing scratched his head and thought of a reason.
"If you want to trade in the territory of origin and pay for food and clothing, most places do not need to use this currency. Only a small number of channels, such as transactions within the territory, meals, official purchases, etc., will require currency."
"No matter how the supplies rise or fall, the prices in these places within the territory will not fluctuate much. As long as you exchange these currencies, you basically don't have to worry about devaluation."
"And if you haven't spent all the currency in your hand before you leave, you can bring it back here and exchange it for supplies again."
This well-organized explanation was certainly not thought up by Huang Bing himself.
A month ago, when the exchange first opened, the vast majority of people in the Origin Territory were in the same situation as Somo now. Basically no one was willing to exchange the materials in their hands for unwarranted currency.
Even if this thing is backed by a lord as a guarantee and has a territorial credit connection, it cannot make everyone change their mind.
But living here, encountering this kind of reform, how can you stay out of it except leaving.
After only two or three days of changes, more and more explanations were given, and the wages of all the people in the origin territory began to be paid out in this currency.
All people living here must accept it if they don't accept it.
Gradually, when most people discovered that this thing was really more useful than hoarding supplies in their own hands, they began to slowly promote it.
"Oh, let's go in and take a look!"
Without letting Huang Bing explain again, after some thinking, Sumo was almost 100% sure that there was definitely a "ghost" in the new lord's heart.
Issuing currency will do all harm to the current territory and environment without any benefit.
Anyone with a normal mind would never make such a stupid move and leave so many loopholes in it.
But that's exactly what he did, and he did it so thoroughly.
There must be some unspeakable reason, or there must be some profit in it.
Take two steps forward and stand behind the entire team.
While waiting in line, Sumo thought carefully about the loopholes that could be exploited.
However, it was a bit dumbfounding. The people in front who were still queuing suddenly turned around and found a strong bandit standing behind them, with a gun on his waist.
The behavior turned out to be surprisingly uniform.
They first pretended that they were acquaintances who had suddenly arrived, and then naturally left the team and went to the side, letting Somo go to the front.
Then, as if nothing had happened, they lined up again naturally.
In less than a minute, the thirty or so people in front of him followed Somo all the way to the door of the stone house.
"Guest, please read the instructions next to it before entering the exchange."
It seems that he is used to the operations of these people.
After spotting the gun on Somo's waist, the guard standing at the door quickly cheered up and pointed to the wooden sign hanging next to him.
On it are written the rules of the exchange.
Generally speaking, you can enter with weapons, but you cannot use weapons to carry out any robbery or threats inside.
Once implemented, no matter what the reason is, they will be directly regarded as enemies of the territory and be surrounded and captured.
In addition, other things include not making loud noises, being unreasonable, disrupting order, etc.
For people who have lived in the apocalypse for such a long time, these are just the most basic rules.
"I want to enter with my entourage, is that okay?"
The gatekeeper looked back and finally nodded: "Okay, but please hurry up, there are a lot of people lining up behind you!"
In principle, only one person can enter for each exchange. Allowing four people from Somo and his party to enter is obviously a violation of the rules.
But rules are inherently dead.
Orders are passed down from level to level, and discounts are certain.
In most cases, they are just used to restrict ordinary people in the territory.
For these dragons crossing the river from outside, the upper levels of the territory are unwilling to forcefully control and discipline them. Naturally, the guards at the lower levels of the territory are not interested, and do not want to offend the strong and cause disaster for these dead rules.
"good!"
Nodding to accept the guard's kindness, Somo knelt down slightly, stepped forward and pushed the door open.
The door is not a big heavy door, just push it open gently to enter.
The furnishings inside have a structural layout that is particularly similar to that of a modern bank.
A long counter divides the interior of the room into two places.
There were four or five staff members in the back, hurriedly counting the materials piled on the floor and organizing them.
To the outside is where Somo is standing. If you take two or three steps forward, you can exchange money.
Following the signs on the ground, Sumo slowly stepped forward and sat down in front of the counter marked with the money exchange items.
"Sir, this is today's redemption list. Please check it first and then confirm the redemption content with me!"
The guards outside are smart, and the exchange staff inside are not stupid either.
Realizing the extraordinary strength of Su Mo and others, and seeing the winking Huang Bing standing behind him, the female employee in charge of exchanging supplies quickly handed over a thick atlas.
On its cover, Gonggong printed seven Chinese characters:
"Resource Exchange Price List"
In the lower right corner, the time of the latest modification is marked.
Sumo took a look and was surprised to find that it was April 25th on the last calendar day.
"This item on the price list hasn't been touched in two weeks?"
"Oh? It seems so. The resource prices of major category items have basically remained unchanged from April 25th to now."
"However, the prices of some small items have changed, but the quantity is not large. We have re-inscribed them with labels. The names of the recently changed materials are also noted on the first page."
Hearing Sumo's sudden words, the young female worker quickly raised her head and answered carefully.
It can be seen that although she has also obtained a job in the territory, her status is not high, just like Huang Bing.
"The first page?"
Opening the album, Sumo's eyes fell on the update form mentioned by the female worker.
Contrary to expectations, there were not many new things in the female worker's mouth, but in Somo's eyes, it filled up a whole piece of paper and involved dozens of items.
Most of these items are chemical products that Sumo has never heard of in modern times.
A small part are rarer parts and ores.
I don’t know if it’s because of the scarcity of things, but the exchange price has basically increased slightly compared to before.
"Um"
Browsing through it, but unable to find any problems, Somo turned his head and mouthed at the album.
The soldier standing behind him naturally understood what he was doing. He quickly stepped forward and stood behind Somo. He took out a small instant camera from his pocket, focused on the first page of the album and clicked a picture.
"Sir, this."
I have never seen anyone use a camera to save the prices in the album. The young female worker was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he glanced at the people behind him who were all minding their own work, looking "deaf and mute".
She quickly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, as if nothing had happened, and let the soldier behind Somo look at the album and click on it page by page.
After a while, all the photos were recorded and confirmed to be correct.
Sumo lowered his head and continued from the second page to check the prices of the exchange items.
Rice (unprocessed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one pound can be exchanged for 5 origin coins.
Flour (unprocessed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one pound can be exchanged for 4 origin coins.
One kilogram of cooking oil can be exchanged for 8 origin coins.
Table salt (purchased at 50%-120% according to purity), two hundred grams can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.
Fresh vegetables (including wild vegetables that can be used) can be exchanged for 5 origin coins per pound.
Condiments, a bottle can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.
Drink (500ml), one bottle can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.
Ordinary insulating clothing can be exchanged for 8 Origin Coins.
Ordinary cold-proof clothing can be exchanged for 10 Origin Coins.
Ordinary cold-proof cotton-padded clothes can be exchanged for 50 Origin Coins.
Iron, one kilogram is exchanged for 0.2 origin coins.
Copper, one kilogram is exchanged for 0.5 origin coins.
The redemption album has more than twenty pages, and the contents above basically cover all the resources that humans can come into contact with in normal life.
Although the prices of some items are obviously a little unusual compared to other items.
But in the wasteland, it can be said to be okay.
After all, food is always the most sought-after thing no matter what time it is. It has nothing to do with anything else.
"Sir, please hurry up and exchange it. People outside have been waiting for a long time. Please understand our work!"
Knocking on the door, the guard who had been guarding the door came in and whispered a reminder.
Each person has only five minutes to redeem, and will be kicked out after timeout.
If you haven't redeemed it yet and still want to continue, then go ahead and queue up until the redemption is completed.
But for Somo, nearly ten minutes had passed since he came in, and the team outside had also expanded to more than fifty people.
Seeing more and more people making noises, the guards had no choice but to come in to remind them.
"Okay, right away!"
The price of the album has been saved in the instant camera.
I can only go back and change the film paper, print it out, and then sit in the hotel and analyze it slowly, without spending time waiting here.
"We made the right change. You also accept expired food here, right?"
The female worker was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "As long as it is edible, regardless of whether it has expired or not, it can be redeemed, but the price will be different from ordinary food!"
"Okay, let's change these!"
He casually waved towards the counter, and where Somo raised his hand, two cardboard boxes with Panpan patterns printed on the outside landed on the counter and made a buzzing sound.
"The bread here has expired for three months, but it should still be edible. You can give me a price to exchange it!"
Quick bread has a shelf life of 90 days.
When I found it in the small supermarket, this item had already expired quite a while ago.
At that time, Sumo was still thinking about how to get rid of this thing. Now that he encountered such a good opportunity, he would not let it go.
On the other side, the female worker was obviously someone who had seen strong winds and waves. When she saw two boxes of bread appearing, her face was not too surprised.
I saw her skillfully using a knife to open the seal on the carton and pouring out all the bread.
First, we counted the quantity of all the bread, and then inspected them one by one to see if there was any mold.
A full minute or two passed. After counting them one by one, she put down all the bread and whispered the price:
"There are two boxes in total, and one hundred bags of instant bread expired three months and nineteen days ago. The weight of one bag is 120g. The purchase price of each bag is .0.8 Origin Coin, and one hundred is."
"80 Origin Coins!"
"Here, I can make the decision, upgrade two more coins, and pay a total of 82 origin coins. What do you think?"
For normal 100g of bread, the purchase price is 1 Origin Coin.
But expired bread, even if it doesn't look bad, actually requires a lot of discounts.
Because he was dealing with expired food, he was given a discount of nearly 30%. Sumo didn't feel unhappy on his face, but nodded in surprise: "Okay, let's exchange it for this price!"
"OK!"
Seeing that Sumo agreed, other staff members came behind the female worker and started to take away all the bread. At the same time, they handed the cartons back to the soldiers behind Sumo.
Count, record, and release funds.
Along with ten iron pieces the size of bottle caps with numbers printed on them, the female worker took them out of the safe, counted them, and pushed them to Somo. The transaction was officially concluded.
"Thank you, sorry for bothering you"
Sitting here, it was not easy to take a closer look at the mystery of these currencies. Somo just took a handful of them in his hand, threw them into his coat pocket, and stood up.
Regardless of the system of this exchange, there are rules and procedures for doing things in the territory of origin.
Sumo was very satisfied.
Especially for the attitude and ability of these staff, Sumo was even a little jealous. He wished he could break the corner of the origin territory on the spot, take it back to his own territory and recruit caravans and survivors.
But unfortunately, until the investigation of the truth is completed, these can only be imagined in the mind.
"Sir, you're welcome!" The young female worker also stood up with a smile on her face and watched the four of them go out.
However, when Somo was about to walk to the door, the female worker suddenly found the courage and boldly asked:
"Sir, have we met before? I always feel that you look familiar, but I just can't remember where I met you?"
It seemed like they were building a relationship, and it seemed like the two of them had actually met.
Regardless of the slightly contemptuous looks in the eyes of everyone behind her, the young female worker's eyes were filled with sincerity.
"Oh? What's your name?" Sumo turned around, his expression as usual.
"My name is Huang Ya, and Huang Bing is my cousin." Pointing to the short guard next to Sumo, Huang Ya stuck out her tongue, feeling quite embarrassed.
"Huang Ya"
"I can't seem to remember clearly?"
Pretending to be thinking and leaving an ambiguous answer, Somo smiled softly, said nothing, turned around, opened the door and walked out.
Everything is so natural, no abnormalities can be seen.
This chapter has been completed!