"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 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 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 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 cannot make everyone change their mind.

But living here, when encountering this kind of reform, how can I stay away from 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 indescribable 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, 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 you before entering the exchange."

It seems that he is used to these people's operations.

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 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 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, and the quantities are 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"
To be continued...