Chapter 643: Transaction, I seem to have seen you somewhere?


Chapter 643: Transaction, I seem to have seen you somewhere?

"Currency, the new lord of the origin territory actually dares to issue currency!" Staring at the crowded trading room in front of him, Sumo suddenly had an updated 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 provide trading for 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.

Then what is left must be an extremely serious collapse of official credibility.

At best, everyone in the territory is in danger and fighting 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.

Thirdly, after taking back these materials, what did the lord of the origin territory do?

In the civilized era, these resources can be used to trade with others and 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?

Involve yourself in this monetary system, and once the assets of the territory are 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.

How can this origin territory be more advanced and powerful than the Demon Soul Clan?

"Sir, Mr. Yang, please don't misunderstand me!"

Looking at Sumo standing there, neither stepping forward to queue up to exchange currency, nor speaking out about his concerns. .

Huang Bing scratched his head, but he 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 too much. As long as you exchange these currencies, you basically don't have to worry about depreciation."

"And if you have the money in your hands before you leave, If the currency is not spent, it can be brought back here and exchanged for supplies again."

This rather logical 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 away except leaving.

After only two or three days of changes, with more and more explanations, and the wages of all the people in the origin territory began to be paid out in this currency.

Everyone living here must accept it forcefully 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 have 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 to be acquaintances who had suddenly arrived, 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.

It only took less than a minute for the thirty or so people in front to see Somo all the way to the door of the stone house.

"Guest, please read the instructions next to you before entering the exchange."

It seems that I am used to the operations of these people.

Seeing that there was a 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, the rules within the exchange are engraved.

In general, you can enter with weapons, but you cannot use weapons to carry out any robbery threats inside.

Once implemented, no matter what the reason is, they will be directly regarded as enemies of the territory and 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 queuing up behind me!"< br>
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.

The orders are passed down layer by layer, and discounts are certain.

In most cases, they are just used to restrict these 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.

"Okay!"

Nodding in acceptance of the guard's kindness, Somo squatted 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.

In the back, there are four or five staff members, hurriedly counting the materials accumulated on the ground 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 exchange list. Please check it first and then confirm the exchange content with me!"

The guards outside are smart, and the exchange employees 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 large Chinese characters:

"Resource Exchange Price List"

In the lower right corner, the time of the latest modification is marked.

Su Mo took a look and was quite surprised to find that it was April 25th on the last calendar day.

“The items on this price list haven’t been touched for two weeks?”

“Oh? It seems like eh, the resource prices of large category items have been from April 25th to now. Basically there is no change.”

“However, the prices of some small items have changed, and the quantities are not large. We have re-indicated them with labels, and the names of the recently changed materials are also noted on the first page.”


Hearing Su Mo'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?" Su Mo opened the album and his eyes fell on the update form mentioned by the female worker.

Contrary to imagination, 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 many items. Up to dozens.

Most of these items were chemical products that Sumo had never heard of in modern times.

A small part is rarer parts and ores.

I don’t know if it is because of the scarcity of things, but the exchange price has basically increased slightly compared to before.

“Yeah”

After browsing up and down and failing to find any problem, Somo turned his head and mouthed at the album.

The soldier standing behind 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 for a while 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, and acted as if nothing had happened. She let the warrior 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 exchange items.

Rice (uncompletely processed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one pound can be exchanged for 5 origin coins.

Four (uncompletely processed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one pound can be exchanged for 4 origin coins.

Cooking oil, one kilogram can be exchanged for 8 Origin Coins.

Table salt (according to the purity of 50%-120%), two hundred grams can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Fresh vegetables (including wild vegetables that can be used), one pound can be exchanged for 5 Origin Coins.

Condiments, one bottle can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Drink (500ml), one bottle can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Ordinary insulated clothing, one piece 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 things are obviously a little abnormal compared to other things.

But in the wasteland, it can be said to be okay.

After all, food is always the most sought-after thing at any time, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

"Sir, please hurry up and redeem. The people outside have been waiting for a long time. Please understand our work!"

Knock on the door, and the guard who has been guarding the door He poked his head 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 and still want to continue, then go ahead and queue up until the redemption is completed.

But for Sumo, 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, now!”

The price of the album has been saved in the instant camera.

You can only go back and change the film paper, print it out, and then you can slowly sit in the hotel and analyze it, 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 will be accepted. It can be exchanged, but the price will be different from ordinary food!”

“Okay, let’s exchange these!”

He waved at the counter, and where Sumo 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. Please 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 for a long time.

At that time, Sumo was still thinking about how to get rid of this thing. Now that he encountered such a good opportunity, he naturally 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.

She skillfully used a knife to open the seal on the carton and poured 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, one hundred bags expired at three months and ten The weight of a bag of Jiutian instant bread is 120g, and the purchase price of a single piece is .0.8 origin coins, 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?"

The purchase price of normal 100g bread 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 was not unhappy at all. Instead, he nodded in surprise: "Okay, let's exchange it for this price!"

"Okay!"

Looking at Sumo agreeing, other staff members came up behind the female worker and started to take away all the bread. At the same time, they handed the carton back to the soldier behind Sumo.

Counting, recording, and lending.

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 to trouble 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 these services in the origin territory.

Sumo was very satisfied.

Especially for the attitude and ability of these staff, Sumo was even a little greedy. He wanted to pry the corner of the origin territory on the spot, bring it back to his own territory and recruit caravans and survivors.

But unfortunately, until the truth is investigated, 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 gate, the female worker did not know that she had the courage, and boldly asked:

"Sir, have we met before? "Yeah, I always think you look familiar, but I just can't remember where I've seen you before?"

It seems like we are building a relationship, but it also seems like the two of us have really met.

Ignoring the slightly contemptuous looks 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 it clearly?"

Pretending to think, leaving an ambiguous answer, Sumo He smiled softly, said nothing, turned around, opened the door and walked out.

Everything is so natural, no abnormalities can be seen.

(End of this chapter)

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