Chapter 52: Ticket Exchange
Walking to the side of the battle flag jeep, the freckled woman behind saw that Li Mo was about to get into the car, but said: "Brother Li, you are tired of coming all the way, why don't I help you drive?" Rest assured, I'm driving steadily. ”
Li Mo knew that people were flattering, and it didn't matter about it, so he threw the car key to her.
The freckled woman took the key and stepped into the driver's seat with some joy.
But when I looked sideways, the door opened on the opposite side was the back. Then I saw Li Mo take Xiao Jiangsheng to the back seat, and he was immediately a little disappointed. Suddenly, I felt that I had really become someone else's driver.
But she naturally didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, so she took a taxi and drove towards the gate of the inner city.
As soon as the car reached the gate, soldiers approached. However, it was convenient for someone to bring it, and there was no need for Li Mo to come forward at all, and the freckled woman didn't know what to say to the other party, so she was quickly released.
Then, driving into the inner city of the Lianghua base, the girl began to introduce herself to Li Mo while driving.
"Brother Li, this is the inner city of our Lianghua base, there is a military restricted area, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. To the north is a general residential area, and to the west is an upscale residential area...... Let's follow this road, and in a few minutes, we will be able to reach the guest house where you want to stay.
But I have to tell you in advance, the cost of the guest house is quite high, and it must be settled with the internal ticket of our Lianghua base. So do you think you should go to the exchange office first and exchange some tickets? ”
The exchange note she said, Li Mo knew, was actually a circulating currency issued by the Lianghua gathering place. In fact, it is also a tool prepared by Lianghua's senior management in order to accumulate wealth in the future.
It's like a person like Li Mo, after arriving here, if you don't use materials to exchange for tickets, it can be said that it will be difficult to move an inch at all. Is a penny a hero, that's the truth.
With the opening of various trade routes in the future, the floating population in the gathering place is bound to increase significantly, and at that time, the benefits of the exchange center will naturally be revealed.
Therefore, the high-level of the Lianghua base is actually very far-sighted.
However, there is a premise that the issuance of redemption bills must be checked by professional talents, and it is not allowed to mess around, and there must be an overall plan and arrangement.
For example, in Xingcheng, when Li Mo left, in fact, several bigwigs also discussed the issuance of an internal currency. But after all, because of the lack of economic talents, it was not done for the time being, so we only got the work division system to test the water reform.
Speaking of Lianghua's side, in fact, the redemption of tickets is equivalent to wages for people inside Lianghua.
It can be said that in terms of attitude towards survivors, it is similar to Xingcheng here, and they are both implementing the work system.
However, earning wages is earning wages, but there is a cap on the amount of food exchanged. For example, the average adult evolutionary can only exchange for a pound of food at most per day.
Of course, just because the survivors have limited food doesn't mean that the extra part of your monthly salary will be useless. Because the redemption of tickets is not only for food, but also for other supplies.
But like food, like some of the more in-demand supplies, they are also limited in exchange. Even some materials will limit the identity of the exchanger.
And this restriction is somewhat similar to a planned economy. But you also have to admit that it is very suitable in the last days, which can allow the gathering place to effectively control the materials.
"Then there is Miss Lao Wang, take me around." Li Mo replied casually. Now that you're here, of course, you have to follow the locals.
When the freckle girl heard this, she hurriedly laughed and said: "Brother Li, don't be so different from me, my name is Wang Ruolin, you can call me Ruolin." ”
Li Mo smiled faintly and didn't speak, he wasn't used to calling a strange woman by her name.
But Wang Ruolin thought that he had acquiesced, and suddenly felt a little happy in her heart. And seeing that Li Mo was cold and indifferent, he was not like other capable people or evolutionaries, and when he saw people, he looked like he was "looking at the sky", and he had a good impression of him.
However, that kind of good impression is not that he has any thoughts about Li Mo, but that he thinks he is easy to talk to, and I want to see if I can ask for some benefits.
In fact, before, when this girl mentioned the exchange office and the exchange ticket, she had already made a small calculation. You must know that if you want to exchange materials for a ticket, you don't necessarily have to go to the exchange office.
So I heard Wang Ruolin say tentatively: "Brother Li, in fact, if you want to exchange tickets, you really don't have to go to the exchange office." My family and I are willing to exchange some food with you for a sum of 10% higher than the exchange amount. No matter what kind of food you can, you will definitely compare the price at the exchange office and add 10% of the ticket to you. ”
Li Mo understood as soon as he heard it. Don't look at the Lianghua base, the ration of one pound of food per person per day seems to be a lot, but I really can't eat enough.
This is like the migrant workers who worked the construction site before the end of the world, they did the hardest physical work, but if they met a black-hearted contractor, they didn't even add some oil and water to the meal, even if they ate four or five steamed buns at a meal, they would not be at the top of the time.
Mind you, what I just said was a meal.
Therefore, in the present last days, too, even if you are not engaged in heavy physical labor, that kind of ration is not enough.
But it can't be helped, this winter is actually similar for survivors all over the world, and it must be the season when food is most scarce.
Therefore, a family like Wang Ruolin, although the salary is not small, is just barely enough to survive.
So it's not unusual to take out some surplus redemption tickets and find a way to exchange them for some high-priced food to subsidize your stomach.
In fact, in the Lianghua gathering place, there are definitely not a few people who have the same thoughts as her. But the problem is, because of the shortage of food, even if people like them are willing to pay a high price, who wants to sell it? Everyone is the same, you are not enough, and I am only half full.
As for the privileged elites? Hehe, will people still care about your redemption?
Therefore, when she met Li Mo, such a wonderful passer-by, Wang Ruolin certainly didn't want to let go of the opportunity. This is also the reason why even if she has an unpleasant quarrel with her sisters, she still has to "hold Li Mo in her hands".
Although we don't have the kind of spring dream of a grass chicken turning into a phoenix, under the premise of mutual benefit between the two parties, it is always okay to get some benefits.
It's just that to her surprise, Li Mo's reply disappointed her greatly, "Forget it, you better take me to the exchange office." ”
Regarding the generous conditions proposed by Wang Ruolin, he didn't seem to be tempted at all.
And Wang Ruolin followed the rearview mirror, looking at his indifferent appearance, only feeling bitter. I couldn't help but secretly say in my heart: Are you a fool? If you have a cheap ticket, you don't have to exchange it for a high-priced ticket at the exchange office.
But no matter how depressed she was, in the face of a stone Buddha-like Li Mo, she didn't dare to say anything more.
The car also quieted down, and Li Mo, who was in the back seat, looked out of the window expressionlessly, not taking himself seriously at all.
But it's not that he's unkind, and it's not that he's stupid and has to be wronged. It's really because the things he is going to take out to exchange for tickets are not something that people like Wang Ruolin can exchange at all.