Chapter 16, the so-called gentry union
This time, the driver is unsmiling.
People who have something on their mind, it will be very comfortable to meet such a driver.
So when the car took Lei Yundong to Fenggang City, Lei Yundong generously gave 1 yellow yuan as the fare.
That's how the driver got a dry voice: "Thank you." ”
At this moment, it is already dusk hour, and it is also the rush hour to get off work.
When the flying car entered the city, it attracted countless eyes.
In these years, ordinary people have no money to rent a flying car, let alone own it.
But some advertisements, film and television dramas, and the appearance of flying cars will naturally not be less.
So everyone just looks at it strangely, and it won't be as out of shape as if they found something shocking.
Lei Yundong also knew the mentality of these people, so he didn't give them the opportunity to watch.
The chosen destination is the largest money village in Fenggang City, and as soon as you leave the flying car, you will go directly to the money bank.
If you want to distinguish the institutions of the Great Heng Dynasty, it is actually very simple.
For example, any institution with the name of modernity was formed by the gentry alliance.
And all the institutions with the name of the old atmosphere are either not official institutions, or they are not formed by the old nobles or the old gentry.
For example, who is the owner behind the money village in front of him, Lei Yundong has not explored.
But he has seen this money bank all over the country, even in the capital.
So after discovering the existence of this money bank on the smartphone map, Lei Yundong decided to come here without thinking about it.
Lei Yundong is familiar with the way to save 600 pieces of Daheng Liang, and the rest only leaves about 10 pieces with him, and all the others are exchanged for local currency.
In fact, it is a very loss to exchange Daheng Lianglai for local currency.
The official price is one Daheng two for 10,000 local currency, but in fact, it can be exchanged for at least 15,000 when exchanged for private currency.
As for why not find a private exchange?
One has no way, and the other can cause trouble.
Lei Yundong, who didn't care about money, or thought that he would not be short of money in the near future, naturally didn't bother to care about the difference between the three hundred or so Daheng taels.
With a turnover of less than 1,000 Daheng Liang, naturally he will not receive the special courtesy of this Four Seas Money Bank.
People can also receive guests when the sky is about to darken, and that is because Sihai Money Village is open 24 hours a day.
Therefore, Lei Yundong subconsciously wanted to get a way to purchase machinery from Qianzhuang.
The guy politely and indifferently said: "I'm sorry, I can't work for you, maybe you can go to an institution like a bank and ask." Such a reason politely declined.
Lei Yundong directly took the two memory cards and left.
One is the memory card of Daheng Liang, as long as it is a commercial bank that has signed a business account with Sihai Qianzhuang, you can directly swipe the card for consumption.
Well, this thing is used nationwide, there is no geographical limit, as long as there is a commercial bank that signs a contract, as long as there is a money bank in the four seas, it can be used.
The qualification of the commercial bank to swipe the credit card can at least deposit more than 10,000 taels in the name of the commercial bank in the Sihai Money Bank before signing the service.
In other words, Lei Yundong's newly registered "Lei's Trading Company" is not yet qualified.
One is the currency card of Harvest City, which can be used by all banks and shops in Harvest City's sphere of influence.
That's right, even if it's Sihai Qianzhuang, as long as it's within the sphere of influence of Fenggang City, it can still swipe the card.
As for why split into two cards?
It's not that the local currency can't be used in other regions, so you have to exchange it through a special bank.
It may be said that it is not too troublesome to make so many rules for the currency of a city?
Well, there will be such a misunderstanding, that is, it is not known how large the territory controlled by a gentry alliance.
Let's put it this way, the land under the name of the Lu family is almost 10,000 square kilometers.
This Lu family is only a middle level among the gentry in the sphere of influence of Fenggang City, and it is far from being the top.
But when the gentry alliance was first formed, the small and medium-sized gentry were worried that the big gentry would mess up, and at the same time, the big gentry were also worried that in case their family collapsed in the future, they would be beaten by water dogs.
Therefore, at the beginning of the formation, it was agreed by contract that all the gentry in the sphere of influence were naturally members of the governing council.
The powers of the legislators are the same, and any matter is voted on by one person, one vote.
The government naturally supports this kind of stability maintenance organization.
Maybe it was just acquiescence at first, but the officials will return to their hometowns and directly become members of the local parliament and continue to have power.
This does not need to take a long time, it only needs that the officials discover this interest and directly publicly approve of the parliamentary system of the gentry union.
It even reached the point where the emperor could not order the dissolution of these local councils.
Of course, the emperor and the imperial court, because of their own attributes, are actually on the side of the gentry.
After all, the territory of the Great Heng Dynasty was too vast, and it was very difficult to govern.
Since there is a county order sent by the imperial court to control the planet on the surface, it is only natural that the vast wilderness below will be handed over to the gentry to develop and manage.
After all, it has been like this for thousands of years, and some small turmoil was solved by the gentry themselves, so worry-free and effort-saving, what's not bad?
Therefore, because of the habit and inaction of the Great Heng Dynasty, there will be gentry alliances and local councils under the government.
The conversation diverged and returned to the question of the gentry being able to print their own currency.
Needless to say, the main reason is that the territory of each gentry league is very, very vast.
For example, the Fenggang Alliance is centered on Fenggang City, a city near the sea.
Radiating to the land for 1,000 kilometers, an area of more than half a circle.
That is to say, the sphere of influence of the Fenggang City Gentry Alliance is about 1.5 million square kilometers.
It is also normal for such a vast land, with a population of hundreds of millions, to have its own monetary system.
And such an alliance of gentry, because of the geographical problem and the factional problem behind the backer, there are at least ten or more in each county of the Great Heng Dynasty, that is, in the administrative star.
These gentry alliances, don't look at the county town above, are still under the rule of the Great Heng Dynasty.
But just like in ancient times, there were large-scale fights between villages over water problems, and there were heavy casualties.
Not to mention the alliance of the gentry, which covers an area of millions of square kilometers, has a population of hundreds of millions, and has incredibly heavy interests.
Sending spies, intrigue, fanning the flames and other shady methods do not need to be mentioned.
The real conflict of interests cannot be alleviated, and it is not uncommon for the two sides to directly send troops and warships to directly start fighting.
It's really not blowing, the kind of planes that can only fly in the atmosphere, the kind of warships that can only roam in the waters, and what kind of machine guns, cannons, and missiles, all gentlemen's leagues have them.
Those who do not know how to do it will surely be shocked that the gentry can actually have an army? Or a modern army? Isn't it possible to rebel?
Just kidding, there are only 5,000 county soldiers in charge of the county lieutenant, but the strength of these 5,000 people and their equipment make it difficult to directly destroy the global gentry alliance, but it is easy to destroy a gentry alliance.
This is also the reason why Daheng Dynasty doesn't care about the development of the gentry below.
The difference in technology generation is here, and the difference in individual strength is here, so I am not afraid of them doing things.