Blackstone Code

It is inevitable that the Federal Sol will be withdrawn from circulation.

Now the mainstream hard currency in the world is gold, and it is also the only last currency circulating around the world!

It is said that the gold has been scraped off the buildings in many monarchy countries, and in some countries where religion is popular, their statues of gods have also been smashed and made into gold, all for the sake of gold!

The widespread circulation of gold coins caused the price of silver to continue to rise, and silver coins, as a subsidiary currency of gold coins, also began to circulate around the world.

But it does not refer to large-scale trade, but to small-scale transactions among the people.

The international purchasing power of Federal Sol is far less than that of previous years, so withdrawing from circulation is not a decision of one person, but a helpless choice of the entire world.

As long as the Federal Sol is announced to be withdrawn from circulation, the money owed by the federal government to individuals and companies over there can be paid back——

Global Communications Services refused to accept soles in exchange for credits, and the federal government would only issue federal soles, leaving creditors with almost no choice!

Or wait forever, not knowing whether there will be an equivalent gold settlement in the end.

Or, choose to get the Federal Sol first, and then consider exchanging the Federal Sol for gold or silver.

This move was obviously a bit...shady and not so aboveboard, but Lynch had no other choice.

If he had the ability, he would be willing to bear this debt, but this debt is simply not something he can afford!

The federal government has already spent almost all of its Social Security account on building shelters and related facilities, as well as purchasing and storing critical supplies.

It was impossible for Lynch to bear the tens of billions of losses, so he simply refused to transfer this part of the responsibility to himself.

People may have a period of labor pain, but as long as they endure it, they will find that the severe pain becomes bearable, and they will eventually accept it, get used to it, and even ignore it.

As long as you give up all unrealistic fantasies, living like this now won't be that bad!

As the weather gets colder, people's discussions on various issues become more and more heated, and the occupancy rate of private shelters has once again increased significantly.

Many private shelters have started recruiting residents frantically with the gimmick of "connecting to the global platform" and "providing free food that can fill their stomachs".

What official shelters cannot provide, and some private shelters promise to give residents a job, have caused many people to turn around and start applying for private shelters.

Some shelters that had been in a state of suspension have received new investment and have restarted and are accelerating.

For capital, as long as they are sure of stable profits, even if the rate of return is not that amazing, they will invest.

The profits from operating private shelters come from two aspects. On the one hand, they provide various paid services to the middle class and wealthy classes.

You have to pay for these things if you want to, while enjoying artificial sunshine underground in a shelter and playing beach volleyball with beautiful girls on the beach.

Wealth, or whatever.

This is the main business project of private shelters, and the other part of the profits comes from these ordinary residents.

Human beings are a very special resource. Human beings are different from other resources, such as mineral resources.

Once mineral resources are mined, condensed into various basic materials, and their value is realized, the original ore itself ceases to exist.

And it's impossible for these ores to reproduce themselves, but people can.

People have always been a very important resource, and capitalists know this very well, so there are private shelters willing to provide more spacious living space, more food, and a more favorable environment for free.

This group of people will serve the middle and upper classes of shelters, provide emotional value to these main consumer groups, and provide more services.

Of course, some shelters will set up factories, and they also need workers. It is impossible to "import" everything from other shelters.

As long as the scale of the shelter is not so small, most shelters are now preparing to build their own light industrial factories to reduce unnecessary outflow of resources.

Therefore, the residents at the bottom have become resources that everyone needs to compete for.

Different shelters continue to offer more advantageous and tempting conditions, and for a while people don't know how to choose.

However, people also have some concerns. If they enter a private shelter, who will be their protector when they grow old?

In such lively and cold days, the New Year is getting closer and closer.

The deserted Bupain also has some New Year atmosphere, and the business district in the center of Bupain is also hung with various ribbons to welcome the New Year.

It's more than 20 degrees below zero, so cold it can kill people, but it's still not the coldest.

In the corner between the buildings on the roadside, there was a large iron barrel burning with blazing flames, surrounded by some people warming themselves up. In fact, in the low temperature of more than 30 degrees below zero, there was little point in warming up the fire.

They were more chatting, putting some food by the fire to heat, and some burnt black coffee pots were hung over the fire and emitting thick steam.

Judging from the clothes of these people, they should all be scavengers.

Boupaine has become the dividing line between the north and the south of the Federation. As you continue north from Bupaine, the temperature will drop rapidly.

From here to the south, the temperature will gradually rise.

More and more cities are abandoned by people, but there is still a lot of wealth left in these cities.

Scavengers are a group of people who live for these riches. They drive modified vehicles to cities that have been evacuated, and then break into the cities in search of wealth.

The federal government has actually enacted some provisions before to prohibit the expansion of the group of waste pickers, but it is obvious that doing so does not make much sense.

From ancient times to the present, there is no shortage of people in this world who take risks for the sake of wealth, not to mention that the risks of scavengers are much smaller than those of criminal activities.

The only thing they have to do is learn how to use a crowbar and how to sleep warmly in areas where temperatures are forty or fifty degrees below zero.

Bupain has now become the "base camp" of waste pickers. Many people who have gone north to collect waste will come to Bupain to rest.

As a result, there have been many individuals or organizations that cash in for scavengers. They exchange a small amount of gold for various materials brought back by scavengers, mainly food.

Secondly, there are tobacco, alcohol, various medicines and pharmaceuticals, as well as things that are around people like clothes.

It is said that some teams of scavengers are so powerful that they can even open bank vaults, and these rumors are constantly attracting those who think they are just as lucky, heading north!

The motorcade on the roadside drove slowly through the ice and snow. Icebreakers and snowplows had already cleared the road in the morning, but it was only in the evening that another layer of hard ice formed on the road.

The scavengers looked at those convoys with a lack of fear in their eyes, but rather a disturbing greed.

It wasn't until they saw the armored vehicle with Black Stone Security printed on it appearing in their sight that they turned around and looked back.

As the scavengers looked at the convoy, Lynch also noticed them.

In fact, he understood the thoughts of these people very well. Their snooping and greed for wealth had made them focus on Bupen.

It's just that Bu Pain is still in operation now, and there are people from Blackstone Security patrolling it, so they don't dare to mess around too much.

And the most valuable commercial center has not been abandoned yet, so they go north to scavenge while waiting for the opportunity here.

A four-story building wrapped in ice on the side of the road shocked Lynch a little.

"When I walked away from here two days ago, it didn't seem like this."

This sentence was said to the driver. The driver glanced at the big ice cube on the roadside and nodded, "Yes, the water pipes in many buildings have been frozen and cracked recently."

"I heard that except for the city center, the water supply in other places has been stopped."

The water pipes or water tanks on the roof were frozen and cracked, and then the water gushed out, eventually forming something that looked quite shocking.

A large piece of ice sealed the mobile building.

The city hall cut off the water supply except for the city center and wealthy areas, effectively forcing the last remaining people who were unwilling to leave to leave Boupen.

Bupain only underwent a large-scale expansion ten years ago. At this time, the city area of ​​Bupain was more than ten times that of thirty years ago!

But at this moment, it seemed like it was back to a certain point in the past.

Accidents always accompany the development of human society. No one knows when, where or what happened.

In one fell swoop, everything was ruined!

Lynch had just returned from the meeting, and many issues regarding the factory had been resolved.

The official shelter will allow companies to process and excavate space in an area. In other words, capitalists can specially excavate a space according to their own factory design.

This location cannot be connected to the living area, so the shelter will prepare internal rail transportation to facilitate travel between the two places.

While capitalists need to bear all construction costs themselves, they must also do a good job in pollution treatment.

However, some people have also raised the idea of ​​whether factories can be built on the ground. With new insulation materials, it is possible to build relatively closed factories and buildings on the ground.

Going to work on the ground during the day and returning to live in the shelter at night may be a way and a trend.

All that's left is to talk about policy issues, and the federal government has to leave the issue of pension security to businesses.

Although enterprises are willing to assume this responsibility, it does not mean that they accept it unconditionally. The discussion in the afternoon was that capitalist representatives believed that part of the taxes paid by the working class should be given to enterprises.

Because companies are responsible for the pension issues of their employees, they take over the burden from the federal government.

So of course, the part of the money that should have been paid to the federal government should now be taken by businesses.

In fact, the money is not that much, but it is not about more money or less, but about the ownership of power!