Chapter 643: Transaction, I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Before?

"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. Google search reading

It can't 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 be traded by 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 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 it 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 and exchange for more assets, thus 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 things be traded and appreciated in value if they are in your hands?

If you involve yourself in this monetary system, the 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.

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

"Sir, Master 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 within the territory of origin and pay for food and clothing, most places do not need to use this currency. Only a few 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 won't 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.

All people living here must accept it by force 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.

"Hey, 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 walked Somo all the way to the door of the stone house in exactly the same way.

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

It seems that he is 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.

Generally speaking, you can enter with weapons, but you cannot use weapons to carry out any looting threats.

Once implemented, no matter what the reason, you will be directly regarded as an enemy of the territory and surrounded and cleared.

In addition, some other things are not to make loud noises, not to be unreasonable, disrupt order, etc.

For people who have lived in the end of the world for such a long time, it is just the most basic rule.

"I want to bring my entourage in, is that okay?"

The gatekeeper looked back and finally nodded: "Yes, but please hurry up, there are many people queuing behind!"

In principle, only one person can enter each exchange, and letting Su Mo and his group of four enter is obviously breaking the rules.

But rules are dead.

Orders are passed down layer by layer, and discounts are certain.

In most cases, they are just used to restrict ordinary people in the territory.

For these foreign dragons crossing the river, the upper levels of the territory are unwilling to forcibly control and discipline them, so naturally the guards of the lower levels of the territory are not concerned and are unwilling to offend the strong and cause disasters for these dead rules.

"Okay!"

Nodding to accept the guard's kindness, Su Mo squatted slightly, walked forward and pushed the door open.

The door was not a big heavy door, so he pushed it open gently and entered.

The furnishings inside were arranged in a structure very similar to that of a modern bank.

A long counter divided the room into two places.

Inside, there were four or five staff members, who were busy counting the materials piled on the ground and sorting them out.

Outside, it was where Su Mo stood. He could go through the currency exchange by taking two or three steps forward.

Following the signs on the ground, Su Mo slowly walked forward and sat down in front of the counter marked with exchange items.

"Sir, this is today's exchange list. Please check it first and then confirm the exchange content with me!"

The guards outside were smart, and the exchange staff inside were not stupid either.

Realizing that Su Mo and others were extraordinary, and seeing Huang Bing standing behind and winking, the female employee in charge of exchanging materials quickly handed over a slightly thick atlas.

On the cover, seven Chinese characters were neatly printed:

"Resource Exchange Price List"

And in the lower right corner, the latest modification time was marked.

Su Mo took a look and found that it was April 25th of the last month, which surprised him.

"Has the items on this price list not been moved for two weeks?"

"Oh? It seems so. The resource prices of the major category items have basically not changed from April 25th to now."

"However, the prices of some small items have changed, but the number is not large. We have re-marked them with labels, and the first page also has the names of the materials that have changed recently."

Hearing Su Mo's sudden words, the young female worker quickly raised her head and answered carefully.

It can be seen that although she also got a job in the territory, just like Huang Bing, her status is not high.

"The first page?"

Turning over the album, Su Mo's eyes fell on the update form mentioned by the female worker.

Unlike what one might imagine, the new things that the female worker said were not many, but in Su Mo's eyes, they filled up a whole sheet of paper, involving dozens of items.

Most of these things were chemical products that Su Mo had not heard of many times in modern times.

A small part was relatively rare parts and ores.

I don't know if it was because of the scarcity of the things, but the exchange prices were basically slightly higher than before.

"Hmm"

After browsing up and down, Su Mo couldn't find any problems, so he turned his head and nodded at the album.

The soldier standing behind him naturally understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to stand behind Su Mo, took out a small Polaroid camera from his pocket, focused on the first page of the album and took a picture.

"Sir, this"

I have never seen anyone use a camera to save the prices in the album, and the young female worker was a little at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do.

But just as the words came out, her peripheral vision swept over the people behind her who were doing their own work, looking "deaf and dumb".

She quickly retracted her gaze and lowered her head, as if nothing had happened, letting the warrior behind Su Mo take pictures of the album page by page.

After a moment, all the photos were recorded and confirmed to be correct.

Su Mo lowered his head and continued to check the prices of the exchange items from the second page.

Rice (unprocessed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one catty is exchanged for 5 Origin Coins.

Flour (unprocessed raw materials can be exchanged for 80%), one catty is exchanged for 4 Origin Coins.

Cooking oil, one catty is exchanged for 8 Origin Coins.

Salt (purchased at 50%-120% according to purity), 200 grams is exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Fresh vegetables (including wild vegetables), one catty is exchanged for 5 Origin Coins.

Condiments, one bottle is exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Beverages (500ml), one bottle is exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Ordinary heat-insulating clothing, one piece is exchanged for 8 Origin Coins.

Ordinary cold-proof clothing, one piece is exchanged for 10 Origin Coins.

Ordinary winter coat, one piece can be exchanged for 50 Origin Coins.

Iron, one kilogram can be exchanged for 2 Origin Coins.

Copper, one kilogram can be exchanged for 5 Origin Coins.

The exchanged atlas has more than 20 pages, and the things on it basically cover all the resources that humans can access in normal life.

Although the prices of some things are obviously abnormal compared to other things.

But in the wasteland, it is understandable.

After all, no matter what time, food will always be the most sought-after thing, regardless of other things.

"Sir, please exchange quickly, the people outside have been waiting for a long time, please understand our work!"

Knock on the door, the guard who has been guarding the door came in and reminded softly.

Each person has only five minutes to exchange, and will be kicked out after the timeout.

If you don't exchange and still want to continue, then go to the queue until the exchange is completed.

But for Su Mo, it has been nearly ten minutes since he came in, and the team outside has expanded to more than fifty people.

Seeing more and more people making a fuss, the guard had no choice but to come in and remind.

"Okay, right away!"

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

I can only go back to change the film paper and print it out, so I can slowly sit in the hotel to analyze it, without waiting here to waste time.

"We exchanged them correctly. You also accept expired food here, right?"

The female worker was stunned, then nodded: "As long as it is edible, whether it is expired or not, it can be exchanged, but the price will be different from ordinary food!"

"Well, let's exchange all these!"

Waving casually at the counter, two cartons with Panpan patterns printed on the outside fell on the counter and made a buzzing sound when Su Mo raised his hand.

"The bread inside has expired for three months, but it should still be edible. You can exchange it at a price!"

Instant bread, the shelf life is 90 days.

When it was found in the small supermarket, it had expired for a long time.

At that time, Su Mo was still thinking about how to get rid of it. Now that he encountered such a good opportunity, he would naturally not let it go.

On the other side, the female worker was obviously a person who had seen a lot of storms. When she saw two boxes of bread appear, her face was not too surprised.

She skillfully used a knife to cut open the seal on the carton and poured out all the bread.

First, she counted all the breads, and then inspected them inside and out to see if they were moldy.

After a minute or two, she put down all the breads and whispered the price:

"Two boxes in total, one hundred bags of instant bread that are expired for three months and nineteen days. The weight of one bag is 120g. The purchase price is 8 Origin Coins per bag, and one hundred is..."

"80 Origin Coins!"

"Here, I can make the decision. I'll increase the price by two coins and pay a total of 82 Origin Coins. What do you think?"

The purchase price of a normal 100g bread is 1 Origin Coin.

But expired bread, even if it doesn't look bad, actually has to be discounted a lot.

Because it was expired food, the price was nearly 70% off, but Su Mo didn't look unhappy. Instead, he nodded in surprise: "Okay, let's exchange it at this price!"

"Okay!"

Seeing Su Mo agree, other staff members behind the female worker came forward and began to take away all the bread, and at the same time handed the cartons back to the soldiers behind Su Mo.

Count, enter, and release.

As the ten iron sheets with numbers printed on them were taken out of the safe by the female worker, counted, and pushed to Su Mo, the transaction was officially completed.

"Thank you, trouble you"

Sitting here, it is not easy to take a closer look at what the mystery of these currencies is. Su Mo just grabbed a handful of them in his hand, threw them into his coat pocket, and stood up.

Regardless of the system of this exchange, for these rules and procedures in the origin territory.

Su Mo was very satisfied.

Especially for the attitude and ability of these staff members, Su Mo even envied them a little, and wanted to pry the corner of the origin territory on the spot, bring them back to his own territory to recruit caravans and survivors.

But unfortunately, before the truth is investigated, these can only be kept in mind.

"Sir, you are polite!" The young female worker also stood up and smiled, watching Su Mo and the other four go out.

However, when Su Mo was about to walk to the front door, the female worker didn't know if she had the courage, and asked boldly:

"Sir, have we met? I always feel that you look familiar, but I just can't remember where I have seen you?"

It seems that they are trying to establish a relationship, and it seems that the two have really met.

Regardless of the slightly contemptuous eyes of everyone behind her, the young female worker's eyes are full of sincerity.

"Oh? What's your name?" Su Mo turned his head, his face normal.

"My name is Huang Ya, Huang Bing is my cousin." Pointing to the short guard next to Su Mo, Huang Ya stuck out her tongue, quite embarrassed.

"Huang Ya"

"I don't seem to remember it either?"

Pretending to be thinking, Su Mo gave an ambiguous answer and smiled softly. Without saying anything else, he turned around, opened the door and walked out.

Everything was so natural, nothing unusual could be seen.