Sun Xiuqing had an idea, asking her to give meat and food according to the same as in the smelting and casting city, where did she get so many things? Although some of everyone's harvest will be handed over, at this stage, and even in the future, it is not a short period of time, except for the expenses that must be consumed to survive, and there will not be too much surplus.

If you can't afford to give something, then give money. One of the uses of money, thinking about it from a very tricky angle, isn't it just to alleviate this embarrassment?

The reclaimed land belongs to the public, the houses and factories built are the public, and the public's is equal to the government, and the government is up to her and Ma Yi for the time being.

People work, the government pays their wages, and people use their wages to buy or rent back land and houses, and speculate in real estate. Although it seems a bit shameless, but economic development needs power, domestic demand is the driving force, without these invisible whips to drive away, how can people rack their brains to work and generate income?

Sun Xiuqing felt that she was not a smart person, and paying her salary with money was the best way she could think of.

So, what is used as currency? In the history of mankind, there are many things that act as currency, and I have heard that people used shells as currency in ancient times, and I feel quite capricious. Later, coinage such as copper, iron, gold, and silver became the standard and has been handed down ever since. However, now that the word "iron" is hard to find Sun Xiuqing, where do you still have the heart to engage in coinage?

Speaking of which, as a currency, not to mention its role or value, just as a currency itself, anti-counterfeiting is actually the most important, isn't it? If there is something that is difficult to imitate, but the technical difficulty of obtaining it through official channels is not particularly great, can it be used as currency?

So, what is it that is difficult to imitate, and only Sun Xiuqing and Ma Yi can take it out and use it as currency for the residents to circulate?

The answer is...... Dangdangdang...... Bills and coins!

That's a cheap answer, yes, but think about it, even in the 21st century, where technology is so advanced, people can't counterfeit banknotes and coins, and no one can do it well in this era.

Therefore, Sun Xiuqing plans to use the money of modern society directly as the money of this society, and when the time comes, it will be directly the space-time express business, and it will be good to express her money over. Of course, there is a practical problem, that is, Sun Xiuqing himself does not have much money, he spent some money on purchasing materials a while ago, and then he received a few advertisements to forward them to make up for the used ones, and now there are hundreds of thousands.

You would like to say, hundreds of thousands are worth a ghost? But money is just a unit of measurement, isn't it? The same soft sister coin, the value of a dollar and a dollar changes with economic development, and the gap is very large!

Referring to the history of China, in the 60s of the last century, the level of science and technology and productivity were certainly much higher than at this moment. At that time, the salary of the apprentice who had just joined the work was eighteen yuan, twenty yuan the next year, and twenty-two yuan in the third year. In the seventies, wages were raised, and the wages of ordinary workers ranged from 36 to 37 yuan. By the time Sun Xiuqing worked, although there was no unified standard for wages, it should have increased by about 200 times.

So it doesn't matter how much money Sun Xiuqing has, what matters is: how much is that money worth when it arrives here?

In Sun Xiuqing's speech to the residents of Xincheng, she began to draw a big pie for the simple ancient human beings with reference to the standards of the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century in China.

"Aren't we all traveling all the way from the Smelting City to this wilderness to build a new city just to live a better and better life? I don't think the current Guanlong City is very good, the previous smelting and casting city is also the same, Tongguò just those displays, you can clearly see how different they are from my hometown. Although these gaps cannot be caught up overnight, my hometown was originally built brick by brick from such land. ”

"You know, to build a city like that, it takes not only time, but also more advanced technology. And I can provide you with such technology. Of course, I also need everyone's dedication and labor. In fact, from the moment we left the city, we were already comrades in the same boat. So these days, I have been thinking about how to build our new city step by step into what I remember my hometown. ”

"First of all, I know very well that it is impossible to build such a perfect dream city by just saying it. Especially in this long process of construction, how do we survive and how do we get the benefits we deserve? In addition to the universal medical insurance and pension insurance that I promised you at the beginning, how to let everyone and myself get the greatest profit and convenience in my daily work? ”

"In the Smelting and Casting City, I have listed the disadvantages of barter, and I will not go into detail today. What I want to tell you today is that from now on, I will implement the monetary system. First of all, it is reflected in the remuneration given to you, no longer in kind, but in money, or in layman's terms, money, as your salary. ”

People who were aroused by Sun Xiuqing's speech and Ma Yi's on-site literal translation finally came back to their senses and started discussing with the left and right.

Using money as wages, they talked about this topic before, but what exactly is used as money, and how is it used?

Sun Xiuqing listened carefully to the discussions of several people, and picked up the microphone in time to attract everyone's attention.

"Please look at the big screen." The camera captured what Sun Xiuqing was doing and displayed it on the big screen in real time. I saw that she was holding a small discus that looked like iron but did not look like it, and the front and back were painted with delicate patterns.

It was a dollar coin that Sun Xiuqing found in the pocket of his jacket. Originally, this thing was of no use in this world, and it was not thrown away just as a souvenir, but I didn't expect that after so much time, it would come in handy again.

"Look at this thing in my hand, this is the money of my hometown. The face value is one yuan, with a 1 written on the front and a delicate chrysanthemum on the back. In our hometown, adults can get one such coin for a day of work. ”

Thirty yuan a month, it's not a lie, she said the price of goods fifty years ago, after all, the total amount of coins is not much.

Someone asked: "This thing looks quite rare, but what's the use, it shouldn't be eaten or worn." ”

Sun Xiuqing waited for him to ask: "Yes, this thing itself can't be eaten or used, but we have agreed that this thing can be exchanged for food, clothing, and use." For example, this dollar can be exchanged for 20 catties of grain and rice, and 5 catties of cooked meat can be bought. As much as you deserve for a day's work, this dollar can be exchanged for as much as you want. ”

The man said again, "Can you change it if you say you can change it?" What if someone isn't happy to change? In winter, the weather is cold and death, I have the money you said, but people with food and meat are unwilling to change, don't we just freeze to death and starve to death with the money? ”

Sun Xiuqing paid attention to the person who asked, his appearance was not good-looking, and he didn't usually have much of a good look, but he didn't expect to be quite economical, so he asked Ma Yi in a low voice: "What is his name, do you know?" ”

Ma Yi knows. She was very disgusted by this guy's constant interruptions, and whispered back: "I don't know, go back and ask, and clean him up." ”

"Don't." Sun Xiuqing hurriedly stopped her and bit her ear: "I'm not asking you to clean up people's homes, his head is so bright, he will be trained in the future and be the bookkeeper for us." ”

Ma Yi knows that Mr. Bookkeeper, who has been played in the TV series, wears a pair of small glasses, holds a pipe, and has a stingy personality that wants people to knock his head, which is quite consistent with that person's image. She nodded, "Okay, I'll go back and ask." ”

Sun Xiuqing saw that the person had finished asking, and the group of people below followed the commotion unconsciously, relying on the loud voice of holding the microphone by himself, and suppressed the other voices lightly.

"You ask if you can change it, and I tell you that you can. You ask if there will be people who don't want to change, and I'm sure there will be. But this matter has already been decided, for example, I will use the money as a salary for everyone, but I will also make everyone that this salary can be spent. ”

"During this time, we have built some houses and cultivated some fields, just like we promised you at the beginning, these houses and land will belong to all of you, but how to distribute these things? I think you need to pay some fees. I discussed with Ma Yi, first of all, the house, our batch will build 200 rooms, but we have more than 300 people. Who can get these houses? The house was built by everyone, and for the sake of fairness, the highest price wins. ”

"I have a plan where you can buy or rent these houses. If you buy a house, as long as the house is not damaged by natural causes, you can live there until you die of old age. Whereas, renting a house, you pay much less, but you can only rent it for a certain period of time. Renters can save and save for a period of time to buy a house at a later stage. ”

"As for the land, under the leadership of Ah Ying, so much land has been reclaimed. The salary of Ah Ying and the others is also calculated according to one coin a day, but since the land belongs to our city lord, and the seeds and planting techniques are mine, the ownership of the grain, vegetables, crops, etc. produced in the field also belongs to us, and these things can be purchased with money. Residents who are not at ease, we are not imposed, you can rent land, grow your own crops and exchange fruits with others, these are your freedom. ”

"As for the factory, everyone knows that we built this city to make iron. Therefore, for the workers who work in the factory, we will give them two coins a day, and the excellent ones will be paid more. However, our requirements are also very strict, that is, during the period from the sun's rise to the sunset, except for the necessary meals and rest periods, workers must fully participate in production work, and are not allowed to participate in other labor. ”

When workers are paid twice as much as other jobs? At this time, many young people are eager to try. In fact, Sun Xiuqing underestimated her status in the minds of this group of people, and in the eyes of everyone, her food, clothing, and gestures all revealed a mysterious atmosphere, and she also had an unparalleled yearning for her so-called hometown. Most people don't really understand what she says, but they are willing to follow it.

Therefore, when she explained the specific salary system and assessment plan, although everyone was still discussing, many people had reached an agreement and expressed their willingness to support this new attempt.

If it was said that at the beginning, this kind of monetary system and salary system was mentioned out of the pressure of public opinion, but after some explanation, everyone handed over their trusting hands to her, and Sun Xiuqing rose a new pressure to be responsible for the livelihood of these people.

Sun Xiuqing's former boss, the general manager named Chen Jianhao, once said: "It is not difficult for people to make themselves excellent and top-notch." The most difficult thing is to make the people who trust themselves become better and better because they choose this trust. ”

She once thought it was just a line of pretending to be a criminal. But this night, under the starry sky, in the only bright light in the dark earth, surrounded by mosquitoes, she suddenly remembered this sentence and understood its meaning.

However, things didn't go as smoothly as the night began.

Most of the people here don't even know how to do arithmetic within a hundred. In order to explain to them what wages are and how they are calculated, several meetings were held. Not to mention how much meat is exchanged for a dollar, and how many vegetables are exchanged for a few dollars.

Sun Xiuqing felt that her heart was so tired, and day by day she felt that she had made an extremely stupid decision, why did she bring this group of people out of the smelting and casting city, why!

I kept asking myself like this, but I couldn't express my grievances at the slightest impatience on my face for several days, and the liaison assistant sent a message to remind me: "Master, you can start the next purchase." Build yì think about it for a few more days, so that you don't end up buying crazy again. ”

Sun Xiuqing scratched her head, to be honest, she really wanted to send the elementary school math teacher over now. But the liaison assistant had already stated that the space-time courier could not deliver living creatures, not even a white mouse, let alone anyone.

Sun Xiuqing chose Weibo for help. That's right, even when she was the busiest and most irritable, she didn't forget to scroll through Weibo every day. Netizens have no power to complain about her increasingly bizarre experience, so they have to go along with it, seeing her scratching her head and scratching her ears, some of them are ridiculing, and some are helping to come up with ideas.

For example, when Sun Xiuqing mentioned that there was really a problem with the basic education of this group of people, some netizens said: "Where there is a problem, make up for it, they don't know basic arithmetic?" Wouldn't it be nice to loop a math lesson for elementary school students a hundred times? ”

Although it is a good idea, but now is the time to lay the foundation for the construction of the city, which position does not need the help of this universal mobile phone? Besides, except for Ma Yi to really reassure her, others took her mobile phone away from her sight to "study"? Please forgive her for not being particularly relieved.

It would be nice if there was another device that could be connected to a large screen and loop some commonly used videos. Pity......

No, Sun Xiuqing patted his head, no, no, no! She has always felt that the mobile phone is too rebellious, and it is impossible to build such an unnatural device, but that was before. In the past, she didn't have the golden finger of space-time express, and she didn't have electricity. But now it's different, she can buy a piece of equipment because she has a small solar generator!

Why didn't you think of it sooner? Forget it, it's not too late. There is a generator to charge, there is a mobile phone network to download resources, she can now buy one, two or even more devices to come, such as a laptop, transfer the downloaded resources from the mobile phone to the computer, and then use the computer and the projector to connect and play, so that her mobile phone can be liberated? And Ma Yi wants to watch Korean dramas, so she doesn't have to hold back and endure it anymore, you must know that since they came back here and started to engage in urban construction, Ma Yi has no time to chase dramas...... Work is essential, and entertainment is also essential!

Sun Xiuqing told Sù Ma Yi about this heavy idea, and this little girl was really happy to jump three feet high. The two discussed the purchase of two notebooks, as well as various materials that are urgently needed in urban construction, as well as the lotions, masks, condiments, etc., which were really praised last time, and soon, the shopping cart page of Sun Xiuqing's account turned the page.

The liaison assistant weakly prompted: "Master, if you choose like this again, I'm afraid that next year's space will be fully reserved." ”

Sun Xiuqing replied: "Hold back the nonsense, let's choose it first, and then we will screen out the ones we don't want, so you don't have to worry about it!" ”

As a smart phone person, the liaison assistant feels that this kind of crazy behavior of filling up the shopping cart without actually shopping more than one-tenth of it is really irrational and inefficient. But since the owner is so happy, then she is happy.