Chapter 473 Inflation?
There has been a strange phenomenon in the market in the sixth street recently. If you want to say what it is.......
"4 subcrystals per kilogram? Why don't you grab it!" the mercenary standing by the booth holding a pile of gold nuggets couldn't help shouting. {See the latest chapter, please go to:}
The vendor yawned and gave the survivor a sideways look.
"You don't need money to bomb the vault? You don't need money to bring things back? Don't think that gold is so easy to pick up. In the basement, I even ran into a dead claw that didn't die. Okay, don't get in the way if you don't buy it." , after a while you want to buy it but you can’t buy it.”
After hesitating for a moment, the mercenary still threw Yajing on the vendor, picked up a few gold ingots from the stall, threw them on the electronic scale and weighed them for two kilograms. Although the standard code is printed on the gold ingots of the bank, it is still safer to weigh them.
He picked up the sub-crystal with a smile, put it on the quality inspection instrument, and after confirming that the points were enough for 16 sub-crystals, the stall owner put the few sub-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 then walked out of tune.
The price of 4 subcrystals per kilogram can be said to be cheap for gold. As for why? You know, a can needs 10 subcrystals. It is equivalent to saying that one kilogram of gold can only be exchanged for a pack of instant noodles.
However, judging from the expression on the mercenary's face, he was still dissatisfied with the price.
No wonder he was dissatisfied.
After all, for people in the wasteland, gold is really useless. Almost as much as is needed in industry can also be recovered from other electronic parts. In the years just after the end of the world, some people really hoarded a lot of gold, but these people almost starved to death in the end.
Gold's value is recognized for its rarity, corrosion resistance, and widespread value. Compared with a population of tens of billions, the gold within the territory does have sufficient value. But now the entire earth does not know how many hundreds of millions of people can be gathered together. If the gold in the world is divided equally, everyone can get tens of thousands of tons. Is the value of gold still so safe?
The answer is obviously no.
But that being the case, why would the mercenary exchange subcrystals for the gold in the hands of the stall owner?
The main reason is that there are too many sub-crystals in the sixth block now!
Facing the large-scale launch of rockets in Wanghai City, the spectacular scene really frightened the survivors in the sixth block. Half of the city's alien species and zombies were burned,
It was like hell.
And then they were shocked again by the government's largesse.
Whoever picks up the sub-crystal will return it, and only need to hand over 10% as the income of the military government. After all, the rocket was released by the military government. This command is somewhat difficult to execute. Mainly rely on the tax collection points at the gate of the city to collect taxes, but fortunately, the tax collection ratio is not high, and the survivors are still cooperative. Moreover, the existence of a bank also makes it much easier to check the accounts.
But even so, the survivors in the base still made a fortune.
Those who work diligently can earn seven to eight hundred a day, and those who are slow can easily earn four to five hundred. There were alien corpses all over the place. There was no need for any fighting, just picking apart the burnt charcoal with a knife.
It's not just the survivors in the camp who made a fortune, the soldiers also participated in the corpse picking activities in an organized way. It will be almost half a month before the alien species and zombies in the eastern urban area slowly spread back.
In just half a month, everyone held thousands or even nearly ten thousand sub-crystals in their hands. There wasn't a single poor person to be found in the whole of Sixth Street.
If we only talk about the rich and the poor in terms of sub-crystals.
The survivors of Sixth Street have never been richer, but it's dangerously rich. Per capita wealth has far exceeded the total amount of goods in the market. Even if the factory in the sixth block runs at full speed for ten years, it cannot digest these sub-crystals.
What followed was a surge in commodity prices. The canned food soared from 10 sub-grains back to 50 sub-grains, but it was still out of stock continuously. Originally relegated to steel because of the Second Crusade. It soared back to the peak of 100 subcrystals per ton again, and there was no market for the price.
Then, there is the return of luxury value.
Jewelry, gold, gemstones... These things that were originally considered tasteless in the last days have reappeared on the market. Many well-off businessmen and mercenaries picked up some gold and jewelry while depositing the Asian Crystal in the bank. as an investment in the future. The price of gold has also "swelled" from the initial steel price of 100 subcrystals per ton to the current 4 subcrystals per kilogram.
In fact, collect gold. The main thing is to gamble on expectations. If order can be restored in this wasteland in the future, gold will still reflect its value after all.
It's just that the World United Organization launched the colonial ship. Bankrupt most people's expectations. However, the appearance of Ke made the survivors of Wanghai City see the hope of re-execution, so the expectations for gold were heated up again.
Naturally, gold was valued again.
"It is not a good thing for everyone to have money. If there are not enough commodities to meet the consumption of survivors, many capable people will take sub-crystals to spend elsewhere. After all, sub-crystals are hard currency in the wasteland. Life in Suzhou City or Hangzhou City may not be better than here, but if you put 10,000 crystals there, you can definitely become a rich man."
In the virtual conference room, Chu Nan stood in front of the conference table and reported to Jiang Chen the situation in the Sixth Street District.
"What is your countermeasure?" Jiang Chen asked in a deep voice, rubbing his chin.
"The first step is to maintain a stable 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 lead to the demise of the market itself. The scary thing is not inflation, but that inflation is out of our control." Chu Nan Shen Sheng said.
"You mean to issue currency?" Jiang Chen guessed after hearing what Chu Nan said.
"That's right, this is the top priority." Chu Nan nodded approvingly.
"Issuing currency...but what kind of guarantee?" Jiang Chen asked.
gold? Too much, not only in the hands of the survivors, but also too much gold in Wanghai City. Moreover, although the value of gold has been recognized in the Sixth Street District, it is not enough to become a hard currency outside Suzhou and Hangzhou Province.
You must know that the estimated global gold reserves are 60 trillion tons, which is comparable to that of iron. As of 2005, 89,000 tons of mineral deposits have been proven, and 125,000 tons of gold have been mined. God knows what this number was before the war in 2171.
Hearing Jiang Chen's question, Chu Nan smiled mysteriously, it was obvious that he was well prepared.
"The marshal carefully recalled, what has a stable demand, and the quantity is controlled by us."
need? control?
Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but then showed a dazed expression.
"Could it be... food?"
"That's right! We can guarantee the currency with food!" Chu Nan said with a smile. (To be continued ~^~)