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2 Longmen coins per kilogram, and it costs 4 Longmen coins per kilogram to cities in the northwest and south-central regions. However, the price of grain received by local grain merchants is 3 Longmen coins per kilogram. The 100% profit is enough to make merchants take risks!

In addition to this kind of semolina, there is also 6 kilograms of forage for one Longmen coin, and the average price is only [-] Longmen coins for high-quality fat lamb and various frozen meats.

They are all good things with 50%~150% profit as long as you dump them casually, and the supply of goods is extremely abundant, which makes the monopoly firms that are dissatisfied with these low-price dumping like smashing the market unable to bear this interest. Started this reselling business.

Carloads of grain were transported from the station and then sent to various settlements, cities, and tribes. In order to ensure that profits would not be lost, they had to reduce the purchase price of grain and livestock from other channels. However, Lao Xia did not go to Cheap industrial products are available here.

Because that will drive the local factory owners to death, and it will also completely turn the factory owner class produced by these industries to the opposite side. It is not a good thing to make enemies everywhere.

As a result, in Kazdale this year, there has been an abnormal drop in grain prices, while the prices of industrial products have remained unchanged. The prices of salt and iron pots have not dropped, but the selling prices of their own livestock have dropped.

Lower food prices are temporarily good news for workers and industrial production. Why?Because the wages of the workers have some surplus after purchasing the necessary food, and the factory owners need to quickly expand production at this time because of the increase in profits, and they also need to give the workers some slightly better treatment.

However, this is the last brilliance, because soon, wildfires called grain dumping and low-income farmers will burn over, and what is even more terrifying is that there will be thunders that are more terrifying than wildfires— — Economic crisis, Great Depression!

While the Rabbit Valley Fair is booming, South Kazdale, as an ordinary farmer in South Kazdale, Lava is a very common surname in the southern Sarkaz, and he is also a member of the Southern Sarkaz The common sarkaz has thin horns that spread out in arcs on both sides like bull horns.

They are better at source stone spell talents, which belong to the upper middle class in the Sarkaz nation, and generally exist in the society of warlocks, farmers and priests, and the bottom class represented by the cornered Sarkaz like W Slave warriors are not the same as herdsmen.

The production of Sarkaz in the south is obviously much more developed than that in the north. The stable rainfall and the geographical environment close to Iberia make the local industry, economy and agriculture relatively close to a modern state.

The crops planted on the farm are the same as those in the north. They are all green wheat, but there is no sand fruit. Instead, it is another crop similar to rice that requires more water. It is a special crop of Terra. After maturity, the leaves will curl up and fall away. The central banana-like body is exposed.

This kind of fruit is usually 60 cm long and 4~5 cm in diameter. It is rich in cellulose and plant protein. It is a crop that requires considerable water and fertilizer and field management. It tastes not like bananas, but more like bananas. It is the kind of sugarcane that is relatively tender, and the sweetness is very light.

The main purpose is to extract oil and make coarse grain feed similar to soybean meal. Of course, people can also eat it.In addition, the farm also grows carrots, cabbage and other vegetables, but those are eaten by the farmers themselves and will not be sold.

"Hey, Uncle Lava, you look good!" The truck that came to purchase agricultural products stopped in front of the farm, and the guy in charge of the purchase greeted the head of the Lava family who was working in the field, "I'll collect it." I brought you something good, do you want to try it?" The other party shook the wine bottle with the wheat seedling emblem of the Xia Group in his hand.

"You're going to buy these fashionable goods again. Really, I've said it several times. These things are not as cost-effective as those made at home." Uncle Lawa is a typical Sarkaz farmer, relying on careful calculation With a little luck, I saved the first few pieces of land, and then relied on the good years during the reign of Queen Theresia to pull up a little bit, and then became a farmer with fields and mills.

Saving or being stingy has been deeply imprinted in his body like an instinct. Although the surname Lava means that his ancestors are actually combat warlocks in the army, but in his generation, the glory of the family has long been Nothing left.

The farmer called for a few temporary workers to carry the prepared goods, and said one by one, "Wait, Uncle Lawa, although I'm sorry, but the purchase price this time is really only 2 Longmen coins."

"What! Isn't it at least 3 yuan in previous years?"

"You also know that it was in previous years. This year everyone is doing well, so the price will naturally be lowered!"

"But..." But with 2 Longmen coins, there is really almost no profit, and it is tantamount to doing nothing all year round-in fact, it cannot be said to be doing nothing, because in fact there is still considerable profit margins, but he You have to pay taxes!

Grain cannot be directly used to pay taxes, or it cannot be used to cover all taxes. Naturally, it needs to be sold for money to pay taxes.

"Uncle, it's really not that I don't help. If I give too much, I will be unlucky. Besides, the money I bring is only so much." The buyer is already very familiar with the farmer.

"However, when the harvest is bumper in previous years, the purchase price will be lowered, but it hasn't fallen so badly!" A fall of 2 at most is already the level of jumping off a building. If it is lower...

Lava shivered instinctively. He made his fortune from the bottom, not the rich second generation who inherited the family farm. He clearly knew how miserable those ordinary self-cultivators would be if they fell two yuan.

On the contrary, the serfs did not have a very big impact. After all, they had few species, and the high price and low price had nothing to do with them. Ninety percent of the harvest would be taken away by the landlord and bureaucrats. There is a question of the goods being sold, and the tax will not go to them.

Of course, this impact is not very large and it is only relative to the owner farmers. In fact, the landlords will soon increase their exploitation in order to ensure profits.

"Uncle? How about..."

"Sell!" Lawa said through gritted teeth. It's not okay if you don't sell it. You have to pay taxes, share it, and pay tribute to those bureaucrats. Everything needs money. Fortunately, the past few years have been good, and the family still has some savings. , It is not a problem to surpass this year.

The price of green wheat has reached 2 yuan. This is still a place close to the city like Lawa, and it is farther away, where transportation costs are required...

"Master, please do me a favor!" The white-haired farmer, who was less than 40 years old, almost knelt on the ground and begged, "This is really too low!" It is lower than the money he paid for the seeds.

However, the businessman in front of him didn't waver at all, because if the price was raised a little, and the transportation cost was added, and the food was sent to the cities where the food was consumed, it would not be able to compete with the super cheap food from the north.

In other words, he is merciful to these farmers, but his competitors will not be merciful to him. The only option between his own bankruptcy and the bankruptcy of the farmers is already clear.

"Look at what you said, the master didn't force you to sell it. You can keep it, whether you eat it yourself or sell it to others." Low, there is nothing we can do, who is to blame if God doesn’t give us food?”

These foreign merchants will never raise the price again. As for keeping it for themselves, it is of course okay, but those noble tax collectors don't think so.

As for selling to other people, haven't you seen that those local farmers and big landlords are already waiting to be wiped out? They haven't raised the rent of tenants for the time being, because now their main dishes are still these self-cultivated farmers.

They have to sell it in order to pay taxes. It’s okay to sell it to these foreign businessmen now. If there are really iron-headed boys who are ready to wait and see, then the purchase price of these big households will become one yuan, and then they will be sold to them after they are collected. These foreign businessmen, at the price of one piece.

In this way, both sides can make a fortune, and these farmers will not have a little surplus after paying taxes to live and buy next year's seed.

Then, the big households can take out the grain collected for one yuan and lend them, and calculate the loan and interest at the price of the cheap grain that is sold everywhere in the market. People from all over the world tell me, which landlord would lend money to a mud leg at the lowest price in the market!"

For these businessmen, they will never lose money. If these people sell, they will receive one yuan and two for two days. On the grounds that they have collected enough, they will drop to one yuan or even lower. If they do not sell, those landlords will pay one yuan The money is accepted, and it can be collected in batches of one yuan.

"If you want to sell grain, you can come to the mobile store at the head of the village. If you don't want to sell it, forget it. Our master only waits for two days, first come, first served." After the dog legs left, only a group of crying farmers were left watching Looking at the well-growing wheat field, I was silent.

They don't need to know much about mathematics, they all know that the next day will be very difficult.

But now is just the beginning, there are still some savings from the past, and the autumn grain collection and summer and autumn taxes have not yet started. Kazdel's cold winter is gradually hitting at a slow speed. It will be the coldest winter they have ever had.

"Fired!? Why, why?" Until he stood at the door of the company holding a cardboard box full of personal belongings, the young Vajvan didn't understand how all this happened.

He is an employee of a Longmen trading company, and the company's main business is food sales. This is a very good business for Taila, especially after signing a food agency agreement with Xia's Group last year, the performance is booming.

There are endless phone calls and endless orders every day, but for some reason, it suddenly became deserted this year, and then rumors of the boss's layoffs began to circulate in the company.

Within a few days, he was announced to be dismissed. According to Terra's rules, of course there is no compensation for dismissal.Autumn is here, and there is already a bit of cold wind on the streets of Longmen, which makes him shiver involuntarily. The streets are still so prosperous, maybe this is just some small setbacks?

The young Vaifan did not immediately fall into despair, because the trade in Longmen was still so prosperous, although according to reports that the economic growth rate was slowing down, it was just some simple technical adjustments.

Soon, he regained his energy. As an educated salesman, he can always find a job. If it’s not possible, there is Xia’s Group. They have recruited a lot of people recently. Although When it comes to going to places like Kazdale, everyone is a little bit reluctant to go.

Basic teachers, accountants, engineers, technical workers, the Xia Group recruits these talents with high salaries, which makes the more sensitive people among the only elites not aware of the footsteps of the cold winter, because their salaries and employment rates are all low. on the rise.

However, the news that some factories on the fringes with relatively backward production capacity and technology began to lay off workers did not attract anyone's attention, because this is also very normal. The products are more expensive than Lao Xia's, the quality is worse, and the labor cost is higher. Naturally, wages must either be reduced or Layoffs, or both.

As for the other way, reducing the profit and the retained profit of the boss (that is, the part that the boss uses for his own savings, not for investment or consumption) is simply impossible, even if it is just a digital game on the account .

After all, compared to the capitalists in Terra, it is still very rare for Lao Xia to have no desires and desires. Every penny earned by Lao Xia is spent, whether it is for his own consumption or for investment. , Salary, all mean the creation of value and jobs, rather than meaningless numbers on the account or a hedging fund in a financial game.

At the same time, the new equipment jointly launched by Xia Group and Swire Group and the benefits brought about by the sharp drop in raw materials have also made Longmen's industry undergo a rapid upgrade. However, this is just the beginning.

Factories on the fringes have laid off workers, some factories have updated their equipment to expand production capacity, the prices of consumer goods on the market have dropped, raw materials have plummeted, and profit margins have risen, causing a large amount of investment hot money to flow into the manufacturing industry. healthy process.

Well, if this happens in a country that is prepared to deal with it, it is indeed a very healthy process, as long as you can ensure that the excess manpower is absorbed and the dumping market is found, this is a big economic boom, and the disaster is diverted When you go to other people's homes, you only enjoy the benefits and bonuses.

And if you can’t find it, then you can only create a dumping market or create a visible future dividend, forcing capitalists to invest their money now—if it’s more straightforward—to start a war!

And in places where Lao Wei can't see, a considerable number of workers have become unemployed, and they have no money to consume, and they have no money to consume, forcing the price of goods to be sold to pay back the cost, and the price of goods is forced to be reduced, and the profit is meager It is necessary to lower wages, update advanced equipment, increase production scale, and reduce the number of personnel.

In the other corner, the growers, primary processing mills and food factories that mainly produce raw materials fell into distress at an alarming rate, because their costs were already higher than Lao Xia's selling price.

As a result, imports of raw materials from other sources have also dropped sharply. The first thing to be affected is the minerals from Ursus and the grains from Casimir. The world is spreading.

The huge and cheap export products are also hitting the gates of every country like waves. Victoria, who reacted quickly, is already discussing the matter of raising tariffs. However, tariffs are not a small matter. Coupled with the previous events, the two factions are fighting scary , and now the Victorian Parliament has completely fallen into a state of opposition for the sake of opposition.

Tariff policy is a very good buffer to protect their own industries from being impacted and killed at this time, but they don't care about it at all now. After all, before taking power, no matter how bad the country is, it is someone else's problem.

For other countries such as Casimir, increasing tariffs means that this frenzy of cheap goods will not be able to impact itself, and will go back to devour and release its owner. At this time... Generally speaking, It's almost time for an "Open! Free Trade" scene.

Among all neighboring countries, Casimir, which mainly exports food and primary products and imports consumer goods, and borders almost all countries, is the one that has been hit the hardest.

In the knight lord council, some smart people have realized that the international economic situation is not right—no matter how stupid these knight lords are, how many gold coins their manors and farmlands turned into last year, and how many gold coins they only earned this year, then It's so obvious at a glance!

The conclusion or measure drawn by 90.00% of the knight lords above five is to put this gradually increasing pressure on the peasants—in short, they began to refuse to collect in kind and asked the peasants to pay the currency according to the standards of previous years.

In this way, their income will not be affected. As for where the peasants get money, it is not something these noble people consider. It doesn't matter to noble knights whether they need to sell their children or sell their children or mortgage their land for usury.

Chapter 12 Good Evening, Night City

Casimir, the capital, Kavaleriaki, the capital of tradition and modernity, business and prosperity, is also one of the only large modern cities in Casimir. At one point, the commercial prosperity was no less than that of Longmen.

However, as a commercial city developed solely by collecting tolls, it is very different from a city like Longmen, which is backed by three major raw material production areas and has a fairly developed financial industry and manufacturing industry.

In the center of the city, the huge arena occupying an independent town block is the famous Casimir Knights Arena. This is a bloody and cruel arena, but it is also the only way for Casimir civilians and even infected people to advance. , as long as he can survive in the arena, he may become a knight.

And once you become a knight, you have your own fief and basic aristocratic power. For the infected, it means that you have a home that can accommodate yourself. The garbage heap crawls out and becomes a person.

And countless people, even noble children, joined in, which naturally attracted countless tourists and... gamblers, and the big nobles and forces behind the gamblers who manipulated the game.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!" Every screen in the city is shining brightly, showing the images of teams and soldiers, "Welcome to the Casimir Knight Tournament, yesterday's game The death toll is a full count of [-], and the Hell Knights alone lost ten on the field, I think you all have to lose money, because the Red Knights of the Blazing Team must not be able to swallow this breath!"

The host made the opening remarks passionately. This is an arena woven with death, blood, and honor, and it is also a place where Casimirs and even Terrans can enjoy the same fun and opportunities regardless of high or low.

"However, you may be disappointed in today's game!" The host changed the subject, "A new challenge team has joined us, they are the infected team from 'Zone 0', Mangrove! Hope they can Live longer on the field to make the game less boring."

In the lounge, the red-haired girl took a deep breath. She wasn't angry at the host's disdainful attitude, because it was often difficult for the teams of infected people to pass the preliminary round. Originium spells are allowed, plus malnutrition and more.

Most of the time, their only function is to be used as a hot spot for the evening game. They play at around 50:10, and if they can survive 8 minutes without dying, it means that they have played their own value, because the official game will Start at [-] o'clock.

Of course, it’s not that no infected team passed the preliminary round. After paying a considerable loss of personnel, some infected teams did survive this kind of warm-up match and defeated their opponents, but most of them would not be able to go further because of the heavy loss of personnel—— However, as far as the infected person is concerned, if they perform well, they may still be favored by coaches or agents of other teams.

For them and the poor who are not infected, this is the way to change their lives and the future, and it is the only fairness this cruel world gives them.

"Everyone, cheer up!" The red-haired girl looked at her teammates, and then walked towards the exit of the lounge. "The compatriots on the street are watching us!" A group of infected people and poor people nervously watched the arena on the screen.

"Infected~" In front of the betting table in the arena, "I bought the Red Pine team to win" a stack of Longmen coins was placed on the betting table. Behind the girl wearing a lady's cone hat were a few well-equipped The Ursus bodyguard, at first glance, looks like a nobleman from Ursus.

The laughter that just started stopped quickly, because the other party seemed to be the kind of lady from a noble family who was very difficult to mess with, especially when there were a few Ursus hunks with bad expressions behind her .

"Are you really going to buy the Red Pine team?"

"Since it's just for fun, why don't you have something new?" The girl said briskly, as if she didn't take the stack of Longmen coins worth at least [-] at all seriously. "It doesn't matter if you lose."

"..." The punter showed an expression that he didn't understand the fun of your aristocrats, but he didn't say anything because the ticket in his hand seemed to be a VIP viewing box.

"Sister, someone bought us to win!" The huge number of [-] on the bare betting panel of the Red Pine team was really conspicuous, and the punter wrote anonymously.

"Well, don't let everyone down!" The red-haired girl encouraged her teammates, "Just win the game, this is our only chance." Win the game, win the game continuously, and win the title of honorary knight , and finally won the arena for ten consecutive championships, was rewarded as a titled knight, and had his own piece of land to house everyone.

In this way, whether it is the uncle who plays the guitar or the little brother who picks up garbage for a living, he does not have to curl up at the bottom of the city, but has his own block where the sun can be seen.

For this purpose, she must win, keep winning, defeat every opponent in front of her, stand at the pinnacle of this stage, and become a legend of Casimir!

"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, as long as you don't all die." Taking off the cone hat, a head of slightly curly hair shone with silver light under the light, "We still need them."

Because the updated weapon is the M12 rifle, some of the original melted weapons and miscellaneous equipment need to be disposed of. It just so happens that Tallulah knows such a safe channel that can even become a source of income in the future——Casimir’s knight competition field.

You can't use staffs, bows and crossbows, you can only use cold weapons to fight, and this happens to be what Workshop Street can produce. If you put your own brand into it, you can not only get rid of the current obsolete products, but also Feed a lot of infected workers.

And it is also a good thing for the local infected people. They generally don’t have any sponsors, and the equipment is all made by themselves. Another purpose is that since they may need to do something here in the future, they can get a loyal one in advance. A team with combat effectiveness is very important.

What could be a better fit for the development of new members of the Unified Movement than these underappreciated gladiators, or people who are forced to become gladiators and fight for glory?

The current Tallulah is not the more extreme and narrow-minded Tallulah, ordinary infected people, these infected people who seem to be living well, and those civilians who seem to be superior, in fact, they are all in the same camp, but The identity was artificially cut vertically.

Turning them into multiple fighting and hostile groups through a little leftovers, the infected in Casimir generally look down on those of Ursus, because they still have a large arena, and Rem Billiton even advertises that he has The basic social welfare of the infected, to prove that they are already in heaven, don't expect more.

The same is true in places such as Letalu. What about the poor and civilians making trouble?Then announce that it will consider improving the treatment of infected people, that is, to attract infected people with stronger combat effectiveness, and to guide them to be hostile to each other - and the special isolation towns for infected people in places such as Sargon are almost the same trick .