Chapter 55: The Current Situation of Yancheng
Up to now, the gap between the rich and the poor in Yancheng has been very obvious, and the treatment between middle-level members and low-level members is not an ordinary difference. The low-level members in Yancheng not only had to obey labor every day, but also ate only inferior wild vegetables and grass roots, and what was even more pitiful was that they didn't even have a place to sleep, so they could only make a bunk in the slum every day.
Although the above mentioned is a little bitter, relatively speaking, most people can still accept it, compared to the horror outside, they are still happier to have a stable place to live. But as time went by, the unfair treatment in Yancheng became more and more obvious.
There are many disputes, the Yancheng government is inclined to middle and high-level members, and what is even more excessive is that in the circle of middle-level and high-level members, it is also popular to call low-level members untouchables.
Lin Yue knew all about this, but Zhao Longtao still didn't understand, they just thought that there was only a difference in the quality of life between middle and low-level members.
"Excuse me, where do the senior members of Yancheng live?" Lin Shaota casually asked the soldiers who led them over. The soldier glanced at Lin Shaota, said coldly, "No comment", and left.
"Eh, what kind of attitude is this!" Xue Dai snorted dissatisfiedly and said, "Isn't it just a soldier, what are you dragging!" ”
Qing Zhao tugged at her and said, "Every soldier in Yancheng is a senior member, do you think they can not drag?" ”
"All of them are high-ranking members!" Meng Wen was a little surprised and said: "There are more than 3,000 soldiers here in Yancheng, and the total number of people in Yancheng is almost 100,000, why is the proportion of senior members so large!" ”
"Looking at the large proportion now, it will be different in the future, have you noticed that more and more people tend to join Yancheng. In a few months, the total number of people in Yancheng will increase, and the proportion of relatively high-level members will decrease very little. Yama Kiyoko replied.
"That's right, but the soldiers in Yancheng aren't all high-level members!" Suddenly, a voice came from behind Lin Shaota, and I saw that at the door of the wooden house, a man walked in with a smile and said, "Since half a month ago, Yancheng has recruited some more middle and low-level members to serve as soldiers, but their positions are generally relatively low. ”
When the man finished speaking, all eyes were on him. Lin Shaota opened his mouth and asked, "Are you?" ”
And when Lin Yue saw this man, he smiled inexplicably, because this person Lin Yue also knew in his previous life.
After hearing Lin Shaota's question, the man smiled, unceremoniously found a wooden stool in the wooden house and sat down, and said, "My name is Tian Mu, I am your neighbor, and I live next door!" ”
"Oh!" At this moment, Lin Shaota became interested, and immediately pulled a stool to sit next to Tian Mu, and asked, "When did you join Yancheng, can you tell us some news about Yancheng?" ”
Except for Lin Shaota, the others also unconsciously surrounded him.
Tian Mu glanced around at everyone and said: "As for me, I joined Yancheng more than twenty days ago, and when Yancheng recruited middle and low-level members as soldiers more than half a month ago, I also participated, because I was a veteran in my previous life, and now I am a middle-level member, so I am fortunate to become a small platoon leader in Yancheng." ”
Everyone nodded, and looked at Tian Mu a little differently again, the military quality of veterans is generally very good, compared to those military academy students in Yancheng.
"For Yancheng, you should know some basic situations!" Seeing that everyone nodded, Tian Mu continued: "The level distribution of Yancheng is very strict, simply put, it is divided into high, middle, and low members, you should all know this, I won't talk about it much. And then in terms of political hierarchy, it's a lot more complicated. Among them, the absolute ruler is Wang Hongjun, the city lord of Yancheng, who is said to be an instructor of the former S City Military Academy, and it was he who organized the military academy students to establish Yancheng after the Great Crossing occurred. ”
"There are three main departments in Yancheng, namely the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, and the heads of these three departments are all served by Wang Hongjun. I'll tell you quietly. Saying that, Tian Mu looked left and right, and when he confirmed that there was no one else around, he lowered his voice and said: "The Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Justice have actually long been reduced to the tools of Wang Hongjun's dictatorship, and there are many aspects that cannot be done at all if Wang Hongjun nods, and after some unreasonable suggestions are put forward, as long as Wang Hongjun nods, it will be implemented smoothly." ”
After whispering quietly, Tian Mu immediately returned to his normal tone and continued: "I won't talk about the two departments of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, because compared to the Ministry of Military Affairs, these two departments can almost be said to be fictitious. The most important department in Yancheng is the Military Department. At present, there are 3,100 regular troops here, plus 2,000 temporary reserve soldiers recruited half a month ago, a total of more than 5,000 people form a division, and the division consists of three regiments. Needless to say, the division commander was Wang Hongjun, and the three regiment commanders were Qiu Chen, Ge Bai and Li Minghua. It can be said that in the entire Yancheng, except for Wang Hongjun, it is these three regiment commanders who really have a weight. ”
Under Tian Mu's introduction, everyone's understanding of Yancheng also has a rough outline, but there are some aspects in it that are a little different from what they think. Because Tian Mu revealed to them that it was a dictatorship in Yancheng, and all affairs in Yancheng had to be carried out with the nod of Wang Hongjun. This is difficult for everyone to accept.
But now that they have entered Yancheng, they can only go with the flow. Fortunately, Tian Mu only practiced dictatorship, not tyranny, so all kinds of order in Yancheng were established very strictly and perfectly. For example, Yancheng's own unique currency has been in circulation for a long time, and it is also a paper money, but it is many times worse than the fineness of the currencies of various countries on the earth.
There is an advantage to starting anew from modern civilization, that is, you don't have to be careful about the distrust of paper money from the masses. But the premise is that the government can maintain the system of trust in the currency. If the government continues to print paper money indiscriminately, it will end up with all kinds of economic collapse.
Fortunately, the credit system of today's Yancheng currency is still maintained quite well, so their banknotes are widely circulated in Yancheng and are very thorough. Of course, these currencies can only be implemented in Yancheng, and they will be a piece of waste paper outside.
After entering the city, ordinary people will immediately sell the excess meat and sell it to Yancheng at the price of 19 Yancheng coins for one pound of meat. Therefore, Lin Yue now has more than 400 Yancheng coins on his body, which is enough for Lin Yue to live comfortably in Yancheng for more than a month.
And Yancheng also replenishes its own food reserves according to this way of purchasing the meat of people entering the city, so as to facilitate the distribution of food in Yancheng.
If a person holds a large pile of meat and does not sell it, and he can't eat it for the time being, he can only dry it into bacon and keep it all the time, so that the meat will always be idle. Yancheng uses the method of acquisition, so that these idle meat can be collected and distributed to other people who buy it with money, so that they can make full use of various resources in Yancheng.
So for now, the order and economy of Yancheng are relatively stable.
After Tian Mu chatted with Lin Shaota and the others for more than an hour, they got to know each other a lot, and Tian Mu also called the companions of the wooden house where he lived to get to know each other, and the two sides seemed very enthusiastic.
Lin Yue and the others ate their dinner in a canteen in the center of their wooden house group, of course, the meal was much simpler, just a lot of wild vegetables, tree roots and a little meat. These are similar to what Yama Kiyoko and they eat outside, but when everyone eats these wild vegetables, they seem to be very at ease. Because they no longer need to be afraid of eating and fear of danger that may arise at any time, as they did before.
A simple meal is not very expensive, and it is only about one Yancheng coin per person. If he eats in the simplest way, one Yan City Coin for one meal, it will be almost three Yan City Coin a day, and his more than 400 Yan City Coin will be enough for him to live in Yan City for more than 100 days. Of course, if you live in Yancheng, it is impossible to only have these consumptions.
After supper, they went back to rest, and although it was very crowded in the cabin, they also seemed to be very at ease, and they rarely slept peacefully outside.
When everyone fell asleep, Lin Yue got up, climbed onto the roof of the wooden house, and lay on the roof to watch the stars.
"In my previous life, I came here at about this time!" Lin Yue looked at the stars and muttered, "When I first came here, I felt like these people and found a belonging. ”
Saying that, the corners of Lin Yue's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, and said: "Thinking about it, I really have some nostalgia, at that time, I simply thought that it would be good to live simply in Yancheng, how could I ever think that I could become the master of Yancheng." ”
Today's Yancheng seems to be stable and prosperous, and it seems that it can be maintained like this forever. But if you continue like this, sooner or later there will be a riot just like in the previous life. The practice of class stratification among these groups of people, whose democratic consciousness is already deeply ingrained, is in itself stupid. This method seems to be able to promote the rapid development of Yancheng in a short period of time, but once Yancheng really develops, the contradictions between high-level members and middle-level and low-level members will be very obvious, especially low-level members.
However, Lin Yue, who understood the essence of Yancheng, didn't want to change anything for the time being, because he was worried that once Yancheng was changed, it would cause a great butterfly effect, and then it might cause Liu Yunshuang to not reach Yancheng, so Lin Yue's main purpose of coming to Yancheng would not be achieved.
"Frost, I'm waiting for you here!"