Chapter 1049: 18. "Liberation" (7)

In the war years, there were two things that once fell, their speed even exceeded the meteor in the sky.
One is the monetary value;
The second is human nature;
"What do you want us to come out for?! Do you have a joyous song and dance?"
The woman waved her rolling pin, her clothes were torn several times, covered with dirt, her thin arms seemed to be a sticky bone, her hands covered with cracks and calluses. The thin cheeks could vaguely see the previous posture, and the bloodshot eyes were filled with hatred and anger. A few pairs of small eyes mixed with fright and disgust were looking here in the slightly opened door slit.
The woman spit on the ground, and the hysterical voice rang again.
"You just grab my corpse and grab it! Anyway, we have nothing! Flour, wheat, onion, chicken, goose, animals... Even the pans are gone! There are always soldiers passing by here, one by one. We are all virtuous, and we took everything away with a pile of broken paper!!! Now we have nothing but paper that cannot be eaten or worn!!!"
The out-of-control lady cried aloud, and there was a subtle voice from the surrounding wooden house. Although it was not clear, Captain Rafael, the logistic staff, concluded that it was not good news.
After a lot of effort, the lady calmed down and looked at the silent village of Shar with all the doors and windows closed. The captain sighed and turned away with the same frustrated soldiers. On the dusty country dirt road, bursts of abdominal noise were particularly harsh.
The army is a continuous consumption unit. It is consumed in peacetime and wartime. The difference is only in the number of differences. The cost of wartime is simply unable to reflect the actual situation with the phrase "much higher than usual". It is almost the same as "extremely terrifying". This is because not only the multiplied demand for nutrition and calories by soldiers who consume a large amount of physical energy during combat, but also various losses during transportation.
As the war continued, the continuous loss of young labor and livestock into the army and military production units, coupled with the withdrawal of the consortium and the sea blockade, prevented Charlemagne from obtaining imported fertilizers, and the food shortage problem is becoming increasingly prominent every day. After occupying the crowns of Ostoria and St. Eastman, a large number of important agricultural areas were under the direct control of Charlemagne. In order to protect the local food supply, Charlemagne transported the food from the occupied area to the country, while prohibiting soldiers and officials from giving food to the people of the occupied area, resulting in an artificial famine in the occupied area. . In some areas, there have even been many horrifying incidents that attacked passers-by, old and weak, and robbed humans.
Even so, Charlemagne failed to contain the deterioration of the food supply, and the Ajanto Raton offensive launched for the "last blow" even allowed the Charlemagne people to experience endless hunger and despair--also It was the period when the people in the occupied area had just begun to go hungry.
Until this time, many people still have confidence and trust in the government, and they believe that the difficulties are only temporary. They have the bravest army in the world, and the invincible Saint Girl who continues to create miracles. The ultimate victory must belong to Charlemagne. The abundant materials must be triumphant with the army in victory and glory. There will always be bread, as will coffee and salt.
It is with such longing in mind that everyone endures hunger and struggles silently at work. However, what came with the victory on the left and the victory on the right was not a huge material return, but a huge amount of gold coupons and inflation.
Roland correctly predicted the possible results of malicious exchange rate adjustments and the printing of gold round coupons, but he underestimated the speed and scale of the outbreak of these evils. What he did not expect was that it was not Yalfheim, but him I had previously ignored or said that I was reluctant to go to a positive question-universal speculation.
It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, but it is not to support each other and to struggle together.
When it was learned that the official exchange rate of the Yalfheim mark and the gold round coupon was set to 1:300, the gold round coupons from all over the country immediately flowed into Argentola from various channels like a tsunami. Among them, in addition to purchasing materials, the vast majority are used to exchange foreign exchange in exchange for mark profit.
You’re right, the patriotic Charlemagne people exchanged the gold coins they held for the abandoned Alfheim mark with unparalleled courage, and then took the mark to the black market for goods and precious metals. Or the currency of other countries-anything that is more valuable than a gold certificate.
At a time when gold yuan bonds continue to depreciate, this is the only way for ordinary people to ensure that their property is not lost. You know that although Yalfheim Mark is theoretically not circulated within Charlemagne, it is extremely strong in the black market and international trade. Even if the previous fall of the Iselin Fort caused some fluctuations in the mark exchange rate, but with sufficient industrial products and precious metals as the guarantee, the market is still full of confidence in the mark. At the moment when Charlemagne is seriously lacking in supplies and rampant black market trade, as long as there is an opportunity, people will collect marks as much as possible to ensure the guarantee of living supplies.
Now that people have been told that they have the opportunity to exchange gold coins for marks, and still exchange them at an incredible rate, it is not difficult to imagine what actions people who are hungry or mad will take.
As a result, a large number of gold coupons poured into Agento Raton. The limited marks and supplies of Agento Raton were swept away in a very short time. In order to make up for the vacuum left by the unidirectional influx of gold yuan coupons, all the printing machines Run at full horsepower. More gold round notes flowed into the market, while foreign exchange deposits, precious metals and material reserves did not increase, so gold round notes accelerated depreciation, mark and price appreciation accelerated, the market material was scarce, and people more and more panic threw gold round notes in exchange for materials and marks~ EbookFREE.me~ Then put various usable or unusable materials into the black market for a new round of speculation and profit...
In this inflationary storm in which Charlemagne put into operation, the depreciation of gold yuan bonds was not calculated on a monthly, daily, or hourly basis, but on a minute basis. In Rudes, a week ago, a 100-yuan gold voucher could buy two eggs, only one egg on the second day, one sixth of a baguette on the third day, and one on the fourth day Put the flour...On the seventh day, you can only buy one grain of wheat at 1.45 per thousand.
Workers, civil servants, and teachers in many cities exchange all kinds of commodities as soon as they get paid, from food, fabrics, hardware, and even medicinal materials. Anyway, they are worth more than gold coins. The army led the military pay and went straight to the black market to exchange gold and foreign currency, and then issued military pay at the market price (directly issued gold coupons, soldiers can eat the raw men), and the remaining difference directly into the pockets of officers at all levels.
In the words of the Ministry of Finance official: "Everything is doing black market transactions."
Against this background of scarce supplies and soaring prices, how can we expect people to greet the government and the military with a smile?
Not to mention, the Charlemagne army, which had once fascinated countless people, has now completely transformed into a group of professional bandits wearing military uniforms.