Chapter 228 New Currency Transactions
Sun Qing walked slowly towards Xia Xiaoman, holding a European-style cane. If you look closely, you can see that her right leg is a little stiff and cannot bend flexibly.
"My legs are frostbitten and my calf muscles are damaged. The doctor said it can't be cured." Sun Qing said in a relaxed tone with a smile on her face, as if she didn't care about the matter.
But how could a healthy person suddenly become a cripple and not care? Xia Xiaoman asked with a heavy face: "Did you get frostbite the last time you went back to Yuancheng?"
Sun Qing nodded. "On the way back, we were ambushed by the enemy. We couldn't get back before the cold wave came. In order to save time, we drove the snowmobile all the way back to Yuancheng at high speed. Both of our legs were frostbitten."
As she spoke, she pretended to be thankful and said, "I was lucky enough to save one leg. Most of the people who went back with me that day had their legs lame." Some had their legs amputated, and some even lost their lives...
Xia Xiaoman really couldn't laugh like her. After a moment of silence, she said, "Have you seen a Chinese doctor? Chinese medicine practitioners can do acupuncture, maybe they can cure your muscle injury."
Sun Qing shook her head. Ye Xiaojie found Chinese and Western medicine for her, but the results were the same. "Let's not talk about these disappointing things. What are you doing? Digging a hole to set a trap?"
Xia Xiaoman glanced at the shovel in his hand and explained, "No, I want to dig some yellow mud to build a wall."
Hearing this, Sun Qing turned around and shouted to the men he had brought with him, "Stop fighting, both of you. Come and help dig the yellow mud!"
Two tall and strong men were beating the man who had just insulted Sun Qing. When they heard what Sun Qing said, they kicked the man out of anger. Then they followed Sun Qing's instructions, took the shovel from Xia Xiaoman's hand, and started digging the yellow mud.
"Let's go! Leave this to them. Let's go in and chat. We haven't seen each other for a long time. How have you been doing recently?" Sun Qing said as she walked into the house with her cane. Her gestures showed the attitude of a superior who could not be questioned. It seemed that during this period of time, Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie's power had expanded a lot.
After entering the house and seeing the sturdy Maodan, Sun Qing's eyes flashed with surprise, "This wolf cub has grown so big, you really know how to raise it. The female wolf we brought back didn't survive the cold wave and was frozen to death."
When Maodan heard the word "mother wolf", his ears twitched, and then he stared at Sun Qing vigilantly, with a look of alertness in his eyes.
Xia Xiaoman patted Maodan's head and said, "I didn't take good care of him. He ate whatever I ate. I usually let him sleep by the kang."
She didn't really want to talk about how to raise Maodan, so she changed the subject and asked, "What's the matter with you coming here this time?" In these troubled times, she didn't believe that Sun Qing would have nothing better to do and come all the way to chat with her.
Sun Qing pursed her lips and said straight to the point: "I want to open a shop in Fucheng."
"Open a shop? A shop specializing in selling seafood?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Sun Qing shook her head. "Not only seafood, but also goods produced in abundance in cities in the north and south, I sell all kinds of goods."
She has a caravan, and as long as the city has not fallen, she can arrange a caravan to go there and buy up the local goods for sale.
Xia Xiaoman was stunned. "You want to play such a big game? Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
This is not the time before the natural disaster. Before the natural disaster, even if you were bankrupt, you could still have a meal if you had your hands and feet. Now that you are bankrupt, it is real bankruptcy. Not only can you not have a meal, you may even lose your life.
Sun Qing smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Xiaojie and I have more than a dozen boats. If we really lose money, we can make up for it by salvaging sea fish. What's more..."
She paused, lowered her voice and continued, "The capital has compiled a set of currency trading rules suitable for the current environment. Some time ago, Xiaojie took a convoy to the capital to exchange some supplies for currency. This money can be regarded as our retreat."
Xia Xiaoman looked puzzled. "You exchanged the supplies for money? What can paper money do now? It won't burn bright enough. How could you make such a decision?"
Facing Xia Xiaoman's series of questions, Sun Qing calmly said, "Don't get excited. The new currency is different from the previous one. It's not paper money, but a string of numbers."
Xia Xiaoman: “…” Numbers are even more useless than paper money. Paper money can be burned, but numbers can’t even be burned.
Sun Qing ignored Xia Xiaoman's speechless look and continued, "Before using these currencies, you need to go to the relevant department to enter facial recognition, pupils, fingerprints, and DNA."
"After your personal information is successfully entered, they will issue you a new ID card. The new ID card will have a special chip embedded in it. When you put the chip into the instrument they produce, it will display all your information, including your deposits."
"As long as the country exists, even if you lose your ID card, you can use facial recognition, fingerprint authentication or pupil authentication to get a new one and get your savings back."
"Similarly, as long as the country still exists, the deposit on the ID card can be used. It is equivalent to handing over the supplies to the state for safekeeping. When and how much to withdraw can be exchanged with the points on the ID card."
Xia Xiaoman still felt that it was not reliable. "If a devastating disaster suddenly occurs, such as an earthquake, a tsunami, or a major flood like before, these points will become useless numbers. It is more reliable to hold the supplies firmly in hand."
Sun Qing smiled and said, "The country has already considered this issue."
"We have heard that the capital has already started to implement this trading rule. They have specially built a warehouse that is waterproof, cold-proof and heat-proof, and can withstand a magnitude 10 earthquake and a magnitude 8 gale. As long as the planet does not explode, the supplies in the warehouse will not be destroyed."
"In addition, they will also classify the personal supplies collected. Perishable food will be sent to the army for digestion. Building materials will be sent to the engineering team. Clothes, fabrics and other materials that are prone to aging and damage will also be arranged in different categories."
"Every time you send out a piece of material, they will add a piece of compressed biscuits of the same value to your personal material supply to ensure that the quantity of materials in the warehouse matches your personal points."
Afraid that Xia Xiaoman didn't understand, she continued, "For example, you took a pound of fresh pork to the trading point and exchanged it for 10 points. Because fresh pork spoils easily, the people at the trading point send the points to the army canteen."
"But in order to prevent any accidents from happening someday, the warehouse will take out food for you, and the trading point will convert the pork into compressed biscuits and put them in the warehouse. If a devastating disaster really happens and you have no food to eat, you can use your points to exchange for compressed biscuits."
Xia Xiaoman understood and said, "What if something happens and I'm trapped at home and can't go out, and I can't use my points to buy food? Just like the floods and cold waves before."
Sun Qing smiled and said, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket, and the same goes for supplies. We will sell some supplies to the trading point and keep some for ourselves."
There are currently 7 places where she and Ye Xiaojie hid supplies. This is only the supplies they hid together. She and Ye Xiaojie hid even more supplies individually.
The country is reliable, but it is better to rely on oneself than on heaven or earth. She will not put all her hopes on the country.
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