Recently, a strange phenomenon has appeared in the market of Tianyuan Base. Let me tell you what it is specifically...
"One kilogram of 4 energy crystals? Why don't you go and grab it!" The mercenary standing by the stall couldn't help shouting with a lump of gold nuggets in his hands.
The vendor yawned and glanced sideways at the survivor.
"There is no charge for explosives to blow up the vault? No charge for getting things back? Don't think that gold is easy to pick up. I even ran into a crawler that was not dead in the basement. Okay, don't block the way if you don't want to buy it.
, you may not be able to buy it after a while.”
After hesitating for a moment, the mercenary threw the energy crystal on the vendor, picked up a few gold ingots from the stall, threw them on the electronic scale and weighed two kilograms. Although the bank's gold ingots were stamped with the former government's
The specifications are coded, but it is still said to be relatively safe.
He picked up the energy crystals with a smile and put them on the quality detector. After confirming that the points were enough for eight energy crystals, the stall owner put the energy crystals into his bag.
Looking at the gold nugget in his hand with some pain, the mercenary finally put the gold in his arms and walked quickly out of tune.
The price of one kilogram of 4 energy crystals can be said to be cheap for gold. As for why? You know, a can requires 10 energy crystals. This means that this kilogram of gold can only be exchanged for a pack of instant noodles.
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But judging from the expression on the mercenary's face, he was still dissatisfied with the price.
No wonder he would be dissatisfied.
After all, for people in the wasteland, gold is really of no use. Most of what is needed in industry can be recovered from other electronic parts. In the years when the apocalypse first came, some people really hoarded it.
A lot of gold, but these people almost starved to death in the end.
The value of gold is widely recognized because of its rarity and corrosion resistance. Compared to a population of tens of billions, the gold within the territory of the East Asian Cooperation Government does have sufficient value. But now the entire earth does not know how many hundreds of millions of people can be collected
Come on, the average distribution of gold in the world. Everyone can get tens of thousands of tons. Is the value of gold still so safe?
The answer is obviously no.
But in that case, why would this mercenary exchange energy crystals for the gold in the hands of the stall owner?
The main reason is that there are too many energy crystals in Tianyuan Base now!
The New Ming Dynasty launched large-scale rocket bombs into Jinling City. The spectacular scene really frightened the survivors of Tianyuan Base. Half of the aliens and zombies in the city were burned to the ground. The tragic scene was like hell.
And then they were shocked again by the generosity of the new Ming government.
Whoever picks up the energy crystals will belong to them. They only need to hand over 10% of the proceeds to the military government. After all, the rockets were released by the military government. This order is somewhat difficult to implement, and it mainly relies on the tax collection point at the city gate.
There is a tax, but fortunately the tax rate is not high, and the survivors are quite cooperative. Moreover, the existence of a bank makes it much easier to check the accounts.
But even so, the survivors in the base still made a fortune.
If you are diligent, you can earn seven or eight hundred a day. If you are slow, you can easily earn four or five hundred. The ground is full of corpses of alien species. There is no need for any fighting. You only need to use a knife to pick apart the dried charcoal.
That’s it.
It was not just the survivors in the camp who got rich, soldiers of the New Daming Dynasty also organized organized activities to participate in corpse picking activities. It was almost half a month later when the alien species and zombies in Dongcheng District slowly spread back.
In just half a month, everyone had thousands or even nearly ten thousand energy crystals in their hands. There was not a single poor person in the entire Tianyuan base.
If we only talk about rich and poor based on energy crystals.
The survivors of Tianyuan Base have never been so rich, but this kind of wealth is extremely dangerous. The per capita wealth has far exceeded the total market commodity, even if all the factories in Tianyuan Base are
Even after ten years of rapid operation, these energy crystals cannot be digested.
What followed was a sharp rise in commodity prices. Cans soared from 10 energy crystals back to 50 energy crystals, but they were still out of stock. Steel, which had depreciated in value due to the second expedition, once again soared back to the peak of 100 energy crystals per ton.
.And it has a price but no market.
Then, the value of luxury goods returns.
Jewelry, gold and gemstones... these things that were originally regarded as useless in the apocalypse have reappeared on the market. Many wealthy businessmen and mercenaries, after depositing energy crystals in banks, have selected some gold.
and jewelry, as an investment in the future. The price of gold has also "skyrocketed" from the initial steel price of 100 energy crystals per ton to the current 4 energy crystals per kilogram.
In fact, collecting gold is mainly based on expectations. If order can be restored in this wasteland in the future, gold will eventually reflect its value.
It was just that the launch of the colonial ship by the United World Organization bankrupted most people's expectations. But the emergence of the New Ming Dynasty gave the survivors of Jinling City hope of re-implementation. As a result, expectations for gold rekindled.
Naturally, gold became valuable again.
"It is not a good thing for everyone to have money. If there are not enough goods to meet the consumption of survivors, many capable people will take energy crystals to consume elsewhere. After all, energy crystals are hard currency in the wasteland.
Life in Suzhou or Hangzhou may not be better than here, but if you put 10,000 energy crystals there, you will definitely become a rich man."
In the virtual conference room, Chu Zhaonan stood in front of the conference table and reported to Zhu Tian the situation of Tianyuan Base.
"What's your countermeasure?" Zhu Tian asked in a deep voice, touching his chin.
"The first step is to maintain the stability of the supply of materials in the market."
"The second step is the one we must take no matter what. Moderate inflation can stimulate economic growth, but excessive inflation will cause the market itself to die. The scary thing is not inflation, but that inflation is not under our control." Chu Zhaonan
said in a deep voice.
"You mean, issue currency?" Zhu Tian guessed after listening to Chu Zhaonan's words.
"Yes, this is a top priority." Chu Zhaonan nodded approvingly.
"Issuing currency...but with what guarantee?" Zhu Tian asked.
Gold? Too much, not only in the hands of survivors, but also in Jinling City. And although gold has been recognized as valuable in Tianyuan Base, it is not enough outside Suzhou and Hangzhou.
become hard currency.
You know, the estimated global gold reserves are 60 trillion tons, which is comparable to iron. As of 2005, there were 89,000 tons of proven mineral reserves and 125,000 tons of gold mined. God knows what this number was before the war in 2270.
Hearing Zhu Tian's question, Chu Zhaonan smiled mysteriously, obviously prepared for it.
"Marshal thinks carefully about what has a stable demand, and the quantity is controlled by us."
Demand?Control?
Zhu Tian frowned slightly, but then showed a surprised expression.
"Is it...food?"
"That's right! We can use food as security for currency!" Chu Zhaonan said with a smile.
The next morning, there was a long queue at the bank entrance of Tianyuan Base.
Under the supervision of the soldiers of the New Ming Dynasty, people handed over the energy crystals in their hands one after another and replaced them with pieces of paper with special identification codes printed on them. Some simply came out empty-handed.
It was obviously not forced confiscation. The folk customs in Tianyuan Base were fierce, and all the survivors were owners with guns. And judging from the people's scrambling expressions, they were obviously squeezing in for fear that the people at the bank would not accept them.
energy crystal. And those new Ming soldiers, rather than threatening people,
It's more like maintaining order in the queue.
As for why this is the case, we have to start with a bill announced yesterday.
In order to change the current price chaos in the Tianyuan Base market, the New Daming government will publicly issue a currency called "credit points" through the Tianyuan Base Bank. It is not guaranteed by any precious metals, but the New Daming guarantees its value with government credit.
At the same time, any goods defined as special supply by New Daming can only be traded with credit points. These goods are products produced by factories under New Daming. For example, food, industrial Dum resin, rough processing
Steel, aluminum, arms, etc., covering almost all basic fields of production.
A pound of rice is 5 credits, a piece of compressed biscuit is 2 credits, and a pound of flour is 8 credits... Although the prices of these commodities have doubled compared to a month ago, in the current chaotic market, this price is undoubtedly
It's a lot of conscience.
2 energy crystals can be exchanged for 1 credit point at the bank, and exchanging the credit points back into energy crystals requires a 10% commodity tax.
In mid-September, Tianyuan Base Bank expected to issue 5 million credit points, and the new Ming government promised to provide the market with 500 tons of rice, 100 tons of flour, and 100,000 compressed biscuits in the spring of next year.
The operating rights of food trade in Jinling City were also taken back from the Zhao Group, and were controlled by the market set up by the new Ming government at the west gate of Tianyuan Base.
Regarding the issuance of credit points, Chu Zhaonan and Zhu Tian came up with a specific plan after a detailed discussion.
The denominations of credit point banknotes are 1, 5, 10, 100. The total circulation is 3 million. The virtual currency currency is 5 million. It is recorded in the personal DNA code and can be transferred and paid through a personal terminal implanted with a "credit point transaction chip"
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All data is stored in the bank database, and virtual transactions can only be done in military areas with information transfer stations! Employees' salaries have also been changed from energy crystals to credit points to prevent the reduction of energy crystals from shrinking the employees' property.
The release of credit points has been widely supported by the merchants of Tianyuan Base.
These businessmen are all sensible people. Only a stable order can make their assets steadily increase in value and prevent them from being worthless overnight.
For merchants with large support deposits, Zhu Tian opened special channels to them, released a total of 8 million credit points, and recovered the backlog of energy crystals that were gradually depreciating in their hands. This specially issued credit point was stored in major banks.
merchants’ bank accounts, and stipulates that before November this year, 90% of the credits exchanged through special channels shall not enter the market for transactions. Fifty% will be unfrozen after November, and 100% will be unfrozen in January next year. In this way
, which prevents a large amount of money from entering the market and interfering with prices.
The launch of credit points marks the end of the era of barter within Jinling City.
The energy crystal point measuring instruments that can be seen everywhere in the streets will gradually become a piece of history that is only remembered by people. After having credit points, people will conduct more transactions through personal terminals. Just like people in the 21st century use mobile phones to pay
That way.
Not only that, Zhu Tian also plans to push the "new Ming standard" further.
Use the invisible lever of the economy to leverage the resources of the entire wasteland. Just like in a certain world, the US dollar hijacks the world economy through oil and gold. Credit points will use the prosperity of the Tianyuan base and the food inventory of the New Ming Dynasty to hijack the entire wasteland.
Commodity trading in the wasteland!
The specific manifestation is that the Zhao Group, which is responsible for food trade, took the lead in changing the original energy crystal trading strategy, using Xinda Mingxing's credit points as commodities for settlement, and treating energy crystals as a type of commodity and no longer as equivalents in transactions.
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Although the survivor settlements in other provinces have no concept of credit points and banknotes, I believe that as time goes by, more and more businessmen will move from Tianyuan Base to other provinces, and this currency will one day become the mainstream of the world.