Although Li Yulong's thoughts and intentions were confirmed, Chen Xin still did not let him enter his refuge.
He just let Li Yulong into the maintenance room so that he could sit down and talk to him about the matter.
"Brother Chen, you are wronging me by saying that I want the right to issue currency. The government is still here! How can private individuals be allowed to get involved in this kind of thing?" Although Li Yulong was ambitious, he was still very clear-headed and did not feel that Now is the end of the world, so you can do whatever you want: "What I want is the right to mint coins, not the right to issue them. And it doesn't matter whether there is such a thing. The real core interest is that when there is a market, there will be commercial circulation."
Hearing this, Chen Xin couldn't help but laugh: "You see clearly, money is money only when it flows, and hoarding it can only be called production materials."
However, while praising Li Yulong, Chen Xin was still curious and asked: "I can understand that you want to establish commercial circulation, but the total number of materials in the hands of survivors is limited now. Without social production, these people will sooner or later be exhausted. With all the wealth you have, the market will soon dry up. How are you going to solve this problem?”
"Brother Chen, can the ground source heat pump you made be used to build a greenhouse?" Regarding this question, Li Yulong just smiled at Chen Yu and asked another question.
"Growing greenhouse? Of course, the ground source heat pump can continuously output heat to maintain the planting greenhouse..." Chen Xin answered this question instinctively, and suddenly realized in the middle of the sentence: "So that's it, the plantation economy exploits surplus value."
Seeing that Chen Xin understood what he was thinking, Li Yulong suddenly touched his head in embarrassment: "Hey, brother Chen, it's ugly for you to say that. I'm not a capitalist, I just let other people live. At the same time, I just absorb a little bit of oil and water.”
Both Chen Xin and Li Yulong could understand what the other party was saying, but Qin Lan seemed to understand somewhat.
She could understand what Chen Xin meant when he said that the market would soon dry up. Demand determines value. What survivors need most now are various survival supplies. These things are both rigid needs and the most valuable wealth.
However, the survival materials in the hands of each survivor are limited and will gradually be consumed over time.
It's like the money in everyone's hands is limited. If you can't make more money, no matter how much money you have, it will be spent.
Although she understood what Chen Xin said about the market drying up, Qin Lan still didn't understand what he and Li Yulong mentioned about greenhouse cultivation, as well as what Chen Xin said about the plantation economy and the exploitation of surplus value. These were only in high school thought. Qin Lan was confused by what she had heard in politics class.
"A Xin, what are you talking about?" She asked if she didn't understand. Qin Lan directly asked Chen Xin her doubts.
"Sister Qin, we didn't say anything. I just want to build a greenhouse and need Brother Chen to provide a ground source heat pump." Li Yulong hurriedly explained, but he was obviously fooling Qin Lan and didn't want Qin Lan to figure out what was going on. what happened.
However, Chen Xin just glanced at him and explained to Qin Lan: "Alan, you should understand that for a market to have commercial circulation, there must be a continuous supply of goods for trading, right?"
"Of course. If there are no goods for trading, there will be no commercial circulation. I still understand this truth." Qin Lan nodded to express his understanding.
Seeing Chen Xin starting to explain to Qin Lan, Li Yulong's face suddenly turned ugly, but he still resisted the desire to say anything and just watched Chen Xin explaining his intentions to Qin Lan with a cold face.
"Alan, since you can understand this, you can understand that in the current environment, the materials in the hands of survivors are limited. Except for the new material output in official hands, other survivors are currently It can be regarded as having no production capacity." Chen Xin could naturally detect the change in Li Yulong's demeanor, but he continued: "So, if you really want to build a trading platform and establish commercial circulation, supply of goods is very important.
Now, for all survivors, the most valuable thing is survival supplies, and what survivors need most is nothing more than food and warmth.
The ground source heat pump I can make is heating equipment. After Xiaolong obtains the ground source heat pump heating equipment from me, he can sell it to a survivor in need, but this is just a one-time deal and the benefits obtained are too little.
So Xiaolong, who wants to make more profits, plans to use ground source heat pump equipment to build a greenhouse, and then hire survivors to work for him, produce more food, and then sell the food to the survivors, so that he can Get a steady stream of benefits. "
"But if that's the case, why do you want to buy his food?" Qin Lan understood Chen Xin's explanation, but she also had new doubts: "Can't you also get food by working in an official shelter?"
"Good question!" Chen Xin praised, like a brilliant speaker meeting a cheering audience, he stood up with a desire to perform and explained: "If you just grow food to sell, then there is no need for him at all. To build a trading platform, you only need to sell these foods.
But only primitive and stupid slave owners would use such an inefficient way to make money, and smart capitalists would adopt more efficient ways to make money.
If I were Xiao Long, I would hire a group of people to work for me, and then after growing the food, I would give everyone more food than the rations they need. This part would become surplus production means, and these are obviously It can be used for trading.
Let your subordinates have materials that can be used for trading, then commerce can circulate, but this is not enough, because all the means of production still only flow in a closed loop, just from me to the workers, and then from the workers to me .
This is not profitable for me, so I need to add another trading party between me and the workers, that is, other survivors. "
Chen Xin explained to Qin Lan, and at the same time he started gesticulating with his hands, pointing at Li Yulong and saying: "Suppose Xiaolong is another survivor, A Lan, you are my worker, A Lan, the food you grow every day is not only enough for you to eat. There is still a lot of surplus.
Even though I 'generously' gave you enough food for two people, the total amount of food you produced, Alan, is still far greater than the reward I gave you, and the extra part is the amount of food you produced, Alan, by me. Exploited surplus value.
At this time, I can use the remaining value to trade with other survivors like Xiaolong, exchange food for the supplies I need in his hands, and increase the number of commercial activities in the market.
But it's not over yet, because the supplies I exchanged from Xiaolong are far greater than what I need to survive alone. At this time, I can sell these supplies to you, Alan.
However, this is too inefficient. I can ask Xiaolong to sell these supplies to you directly, so that the food in your hand, Alan, other than what you need for survival, can also participate in the market circulation.
In this way, a three-party trading market is formed. As long as I maintain the existence of the cultivation greenhouse and trading platform, I can continuously obtain new profits, and this is the most efficient method of exploitation. It seems that you have obtained It’s a great reward, but in reality you still get nothing. "(End of chapter)