Blackstone Code

"President Catherine announces halt to immigration policy! 》

"Is stopping immigration a good thing or a bad thing?" 》

"Interpreting the Advantages and Disadvantages of Immigration Policy in the End of the World"

The news was reported in newspapers. On January 18, Catherine's government officially stopped accepting immigrants from abroad and closed all immigration channels.

Most people in the Federation are cheering for this policy, and some people liken Catherine to be the greatest female president in the history of the Federation!

Of course, there is no one, because she is the only female president.

However, some people compared her with Connor and others. In the results of the comparison, people gave a very satisfactory evaluation of Catherine's performance when she took over the federal government.

From the very beginning, she targeted her policies at the pain points of ordinary people's lives.

Economic problems, as well as the problem of more high-quality immigrants squeezing the living space of the lower class.

Many of the immigrants are... the foreign middle class. They are well-educated and have rich work experience and technical skills. Some of them are very rich or have a certain social status, such as Talking about the declining little nobles and the like.

The appearance of these people is a powerful destruction of the few living spaces at the bottom of society. Just like those private shelters now, the conditions for recruiting residents have become much more stringent.

In the past, they could accept all kinds of applicants unconditionally, but now they have requirements. Not only do they have requirements, they also have to sign a contract.

It is equivalent to a contract of sale. As long as you sign it, you will turn your whole family into slaves in the shelter.

Compared with the slaves two hundred years ago, this kind of slave may only have a little more freedom, a little more dignity, and a little more private property, that's all.

But when Catherine's government announced it would stop accepting immigrants, the conditions in some shelters were appropriately relaxed.

That's why people support Catherine. She won't be like those presidents in the past who talked up their lies during the campaign.

After they snatched the votes from voters, they turned around and turned their backs, becoming the lackeys of the capitalists and opening their eyes to the capitalists.

Catherine is different, she takes care of everyone like an angel, even the lowest people!

And it’s not just about the issue of stopping immigration, the detailed introduction of the “Resource Recovery Act” also made people very excited!

For ordinary people, security and happiness are not brought to them by the surrounding environment.

Even living in a luxurious and warm house for free will not bring much sense of security to people today.

But it's different if you have money in your pocket.

Money is the root of all evil and the embarrassment of all things!

The entire federation seemed to have entered a very special environment. Men began to pack up neatly, carrying various sacks or large bags, and left home in groups.

People like "scavengers" can be seen everywhere. They knock off all the metals they can see and exchange them for credits.

In just one week, many cities, villages and towns suffered.

This also led to the federal government issuing an emergency notice to punish scavengers who wantonly destroy inhabited urban public facilities with the crime of theft.

Not only will they not be redeemed for credits, but they will be arrested and thrown into jail.

Although this has reduced the number of waste pickers in the city, overall there is not much difference.

"Our application has come in..."

The man in line looked at the envelope in his hand. His face didn't look too happy, but rather sad.

His wife walked up to him, picked up the letter, and read it, and then fell into silence.

The envelope stated that the shelter's operating costs were now much higher because the Federal Sol's exposure to inflation had multiplied.

Although the letter congratulated the family on passing the review, it also reminded them that the contract had changed.

First the family had to sign a work agreement to work for the shelter for twenty years.

In the first ten years, they can only get one-third of the salary. From the tenth to the fifteenth year, they can get two-thirds of the salary. From the fifteenth to the twentieth year, they can get to the entire salary.

A wonderful life after twenty years?

No, there will be a new reincarnation in twenty years, because this agreement binds the right to live in the shelter.

In other words, once the agreement expires, they lose their permission to live in the shelter unless they continue to sign such an agreement.

But twenty years later, they are already old, and it is difficult for them to continue to work and contribute to the family.

"This is a damn world." The husband pursed his lips and forced a smile, "But the good news is that the federal government doesn't care about us."

He picked up the newspaper and showed it to his wife, "Look, now many things can be exchanged for credits, metals, and various raw materials. These are all money!"

The newspaper devoted an entire page to describing what could be exchanged for money and how it was stored and transported.

There are some dangerous goods among them, but for people who are too poor to survive, even an explosion cannot be more terrifying than being poor!

"If we have money, we can hold on until the official shelters open."

The wife still didn't speak. After a while, she nodded, but she didn't know what she wanted to express.

"Then help me prepare some cold-proof clothes and food. I plan to go on a long trip."

His wife reacted and grabbed his clothes nervously, "It's too dangerous."

"Is there any danger?" the husband said, seemingly relaxed. "The wild beasts are all frozen to death. Maybe I can still pick up a bear or something."

"The most dangerous thing outside right now is the low temperature. This time many of us are going together, just to the town to the east. There were many factories there before."

“There’s also a railroad that’s out of service.”

"They found two human-powered rail cars and we won't be on the road for long."

"When we get to the town, there will be a house there. In the house we can escape the wind and snow, and we can light a fire to keep warm."

"We will come back soon after we collect enough supplies, and we will be able to make a lot of money by then."

This is a very good idea, but my wife doesn't know how to refute it. She doesn't have that much knowledge.

The Federation may be the first country to implement universal education, but it should also be the first country to implement the idea of ​​fooling around.

Although they had high expectations for students in the early days, with the beginning of universal education and the realization that not all children were suitable for learning, education actually returned to its original essence -

Monopoly of educational resources.

Only the rich and truly gifted children receive an elite education; everyone else just needs to be happy and promiscuous.

So the wife doesn't know that this matter is actually not easy, and the man thinks it is too simple.

It's just that she doesn't know how to refuse, after all, they are indeed facing a dilemma.

The price of mincemeat outside keeps changing every day. On the contrary, the prices of some useless small electrical appliances are getting lower and lower every day, but there is no use in asking for them.

In the end, everything turned into a sigh of helplessness due to poverty, and she began to prepare warm clothes and food for her husband to go out.

Early the next morning, the man left wearing thick clothes and carrying a huge backpack with several sturdy pockets.

The two kissed goodbye downstairs and looked forward to their husband's return.

When the wife returned home, she saw her daughter and son by the door. She just smiled, comforted them with a few words, and let them go back to the room.

In such boring days, she didn't know what to do. There were some things she couldn't tell her children, but she could tell her neighbors.

She has a good relationship with her neighbor's family, especially the hostess.

Men at the bottom of the federation have to bear the responsibility of supporting their families, while women have relatively more time.

Housewives becoming good friends is actually a helplessness of the times. If they both had their own jobs, their relationship would not be so good.

As soon as we entered the neighbor's living room, a strong smell of meat came out.

The woman said with some emotion, "You seem to be living a good life. We can only eat meat once a week, and we can only eat a little."

She noticed the pieces of meat in the pot. Eating meat in the morning was something she had only done before when the weather had not turned cold yet.

As the two entered the living room to chat, and the neighbor's hostess actually took out an orange and gave half of it to her, she was a little overwhelmed!

"Don't tell me that you have a grandpa who has a large inheritance for you to inherit!" The woman's emotions were fluctuating. Everyone was suffering. How do you live such a good life?

But it was hard for her to say it.

The hostess of the neighbor's house seemed very unconcerned, and even took the initiative to introduce the source of the money. Of course, she was skillful.

"How long has it been since you drank milk?"

The woman could hardly hide her jealousy, and the taste of milk even appeared out of thin air in her mouth!

"It's been a long time, don't tell me you still have milk here!"

The hostess shook her head, "Of course I don't have it here. Only gentlemen can afford to drink milk, but there are always people who are not gentlemen but also want to drink milk."

The woman frowned, "I don't quite understand. There's no need for you to hide it, considering our relationship."

The hostess of the neighbor's house also knew that it was almost done, so she said directly, "I am selling breast milk, one bottle of milk, one credit point."

"If you're willing to let them suck it right off you, it's zero point and five credits at a time."

The woman was a little unbelievable, "So..."

The hostess admitted this without hesitation, "I go there every few days, sometimes it's less than 0.10.2, sometimes I can get half, or even one!"

A credit point can no longer be measured in federal soles, but it can be measured in meat.

A credit is about the price of twenty to twenty-five pounds of ground beef, not ground beef.

If we had to use federal Sol to calculate, it would be equivalent to about 2,780 yuan today!

For a while, the woman couldn't calm down. To put it bluntly, even if she was engaged in the skin and flesh business, it seemed that it was not as profitable as this!