Chapter 290 Monetary System

Next, everyone took out their goodies from the bottom of the box to bid.

Such a "magic weapon" can greatly improve a person's survival rate in the wild.

No matter how much supplies you have, if you can't survive, they will all be in vain.

If you die outside, everything will be in vain.

Today's apocalypse is an era of personal power. Only if you are strong enough can you break through the world.

It's just that the auction process is a little confusing.

Since there is no unified unit of measurement, the items among each survivor are also different and have different values, making it difficult to distinguish.

Which one is more valuable, a bar of soap or a bottle of Vaseline?

A box of condoms or a box of Yuting, which one is more valuable?

Which one is more valuable, a sausage or an electric husband?

Um. It's obviously sausage. After all, you can still eat it after use.

finally,

Under the auspices of the vice-captain, the auction ended in a very chaotic manner.

Lu Renyi spent a large 4-pound bag of compressed biscuits in exchange for [Flint·Long Sword]. He was very satisfied, because with this sword, he could go to the rich cellar tomorrow. ,

By then, let alone a large pack of compressed biscuits, even a box of cans would be just the tip of the iceberg.

Lao Qi spent one of his treasured satellite phones in exchange for his favorite [Flint and Great Sword].

Another [Flint·Western Sword] sold 5 cans of luncheon meat,

The other people who didn't win the bid all sighed.

The deputy captain had the smile of an old capitalist on his lips.

"Xiao Zhao, go to the warehouse and get three more swords."

The eyes of those who didn’t buy it were brightened.

"Ah this?"

The three people who had just bought the sword suddenly felt that something was not right.

The same scene is happening at the West Gate. Today is destined to be a day of great harvest for Shen Jin.

Shen Jin walked around in the evening, and the sales at the city gates on both sides were still in full swing. His Craftsman's Soul weapons were very popular.

After all, a suitable weapon is the foundation for people to live and work in the apocalypse. There is no need to skimp on it.

Just like the old lady who buckled down before the end of the world and bought a box of health products worth 10,000 yuan without blinking an eye, the older she gets, the more she cherishes her life.

In the apocalypse, the closer people are to death, the more they cherish their lives.

Hundreds of craftsman's soul weapons made of ordinary materials were sold, and a bunch of weird things were sold, which greatly enriched Shen Jin's supply library.

Let the pseudo-supernormals shed some blood.

In this regard, Shen Jin has no burden at all. He has built such a large settlement by himself, providing free accommodation, medical care, electricity, and even occasionally subsidizing some food. At least no one has starved to death in Home No. 1. How about a reward? Already?

Of course, it doesn’t mean throwing people out when they are about to starve to death.

As Shen Jin walked toward the villa, he muttered to himself: "Situations like this can only happen a few times. In the future, the weapons market will become saturated, and a unified pricing will be needed. But what price should be used? Crystal core? This thing is considered a hard currency, right? Extraordinary people and pseudo-extraordinary people can absorb the energy factors inside to slowly strengthen themselves, and can also temporarily burst out to restore energy. This is not bad. It is very reasonable to sell a few crystal cores for a weapon at the same time! "

Shen Jin feels that he has grasped the important trend of the future development of the base.

Establish a unified metric: energy core!

It's like trading spiritual stones in the world of immortal cultivators in novels.

Just do it!

Shen Jin went to the villa and found Shang Qian with excitement on his face.

"Shang Qian, I want to do it."

"Man, are you seducing me?"

Shang Qian rolled her eyes at him.

"Ah no, I mean."

"Okay, I admit that you successfully caught my attention."

Shang Qian's body flashed with purple light, and she pulled Shen Jin directly to the bedroom.

Under Shang Qian's precise control, her clothes fell directly on the spot.

In front of the bed, Shang Qian's two big white rabbit brooches are particularly dazzling.

For a long time,

Shang Qian walked out of the bedroom refreshed,

Shen Jin said with a look of resentment: "I mean, I have a good idea and want to do something big."

Shang Qian blinked her big eyes and bit her lips.

"Oh? I saw the anxious look on your face and thought you were going to fuck me."

Shen Jin looked at Shang Qian biting her lips playfully, and suddenly felt a little ready to make a move.

"Ahem. Let's get down to business, let's get down to business, I think."

Shen Jin told Shang Qian his genius idea of ​​making the crystal core into a unified unit of measurement, and showed a proud look.

As if to say: How is it? Am I showing off this time?

Shang Qian pondered for a moment and said: "As our scale grows, the establishment of a universal currency will be put on the agenda. Crystal core is a good hard currency, but it also has several shortcomings."

"Huh?" Shen Jin felt that in his own mind, the crystal core was completely comparable to ancient gold and silver.

"Do you know about the previous gold standard? It completely collapsed during World War I for three reasons:

First, the growth rate of gold production is far lower than the growth rate of commodity production. Gold cannot meet the ever-expanding needs of commodity circulation, which greatly weakens the basis for the circulation of gold coins. This is also true for crystal cores as currency. , our output is actually not much, the current inventory is only about 250,000, right? It seems like a lot, but once it is circulated as currency, it is completely insufficient. Currently, we have nearly 30,000 survivors. On average, each person has less than 10 pieces of circulating currency, which is very stretched. Of course, we won’t distribute it to everyone, so there will be even less in circulation;

The second is the unbalanced distribution of gold stocks in various countries. This does not exist for us. After all, we only need to consider our own base at present, but in the future there may be survivors from other bases who will purchase large quantities of things from our base through crystal cores and impact our base. monetary system.

Third, when the First World War broke out, gold was concentrated on the purchase of arms by the participating countries, and the free export and redemption of bank notes were stopped, which ultimately led to the collapse of the gold standard. Our crystal core is actually a valuable currency, but Its effect is not as good as credibility currency, which we can control ourselves. As long as we don’t fail, credibility currency will not collapse.”

"Credit currency?" Shen Jin heard this word for the first time,

"It's paper money, a currency issued based on a country's reputation system. Before, there was a country that dominated the world and relied on monetary hegemony. It spread money everywhere, throwing money as soon as it went out, and used paper to exchange the strategic resources of other countries."

"Hiss~~ I understand, you don't need to tell me, I once had this country's 404 yuan banknote as a collection. If you say more, I will miss my 404 yuan again."

"Well, you just understand what I mean. In fact, the crystal core is valuable. It can be used as an auxiliary form and physical guarantee of currency. But to truly build a long-term economic system, we need to issue our own credibility currency!"

Shen Jin looked at Shang Qian, the vice president, and felt confused.

Perhaps she was born to be an economic leader.

Shang Qian took out the small notebook she carried with her, flipped through two pages and continued: "Actually, I have thought about using crystal cores as currency, but the price of this currency is a bit high, which is not conducive to exchange. It cannot be used in clothing stores. Are clothes sold for one crystal core? Or one crystal core for a small bag of salt? We still need a smaller credit currency to supplement, but it is very troublesome to make a currency that is not easily copied, and we do not have the talents in this area."

"Currency that's not easily counterfeited? Wait, I think I've seen it somewhere!"

Shen Jin suddenly thought of

PS: 3 updates today.

I wrote a bunch of shit last night. I read it this morning and deleted it. I rewrote it.

I’ve been writing this since 8 o’clock.

(Fortunately, noon is not redefined)