Master of Thermodynamics
Chapter 230
Frederick opened the door in a hurry and saw a man in a black coat and a leather hat standing at the door.
He was stunned. Isn''t this the uniform of a civil servant?
But it''s so late. How can Mr. civil servant visit his home?
"Are you Frederick?" Mr. civil servant looked at him and asked.
"Yes, sir." Frederick replied cautiously, "please come in and talk. It''s cold outside..."
He turned his head and yelled: "Vera, pour a glass of hot water for Mr. civil servant..."
Mr. civil servant said: "don''t bother. I''ll leave right away. I''ll come here today to inform you of something..."
"As the new year approaches, the Lord intends to give a new year''s gift to each of his subordinates, including a department store voucher worth 2 silver nals, 3kg edible oil, 2 pieces of soap, 20kg scallops, and 100kg dry firewood..."
At this point, Mr. civil servant specially emphasized one sentence.
"Everyone can get a gift. There are four people in your family. You can get four in all."
"Tomorrow there will be a motorcade to deliver the gift here. When you register your name, you can get it directly..."
"By the way, tomorrow evening, the Lord plans to hold a large-scale new year celebration in the valley to the north of Hongshi town. Everyone can participate in it free of charge..."
"The above is the notice of the administrative department. Do you have any questions?"
Frederick shook his head foolishly. He was dazed to hear that the LORD was going to give his family a new year''s gift, and the gift was so heavy.
Oh, my God, there are even lords who give gifts to their own people
The civil servant suddenly arranged his clothes and hat, stood up straight, and Su Rong said:
"the Lord also asked me to bring a word for him, I wish you a happy New Year..."
Frederick suddenly had a sore nose and a blocked throat. A mixture of strong emotion, surprise and pride came to his heart.
His eyes were full of tears, but he nodded desperately, but he could not say anything.
"Frederick, if you have no doubt, I think I have to leave. There are more than 30 families to be informed..." The civil servant said with a smile.
He gently lifted his fur cap with his right hand, turned around and walked into the snow with his walking stick. In the "creak creak" trampling sound, he gradually walked away.
Looking at the figure of the civil servant disappearing into the night, Frederick could not help sighing.
Although the treatment of civil servants is enviable, to tell the truth, they are also very hard. On such a cold night, they have to go door to door to inform the civilians.
There is no way to do this. Nowadays, there are few idle people on the island. Many civilian families are empty during the day, and only at night can they find people.
When he looked back at his wife, he saw that her eyes were shining and her face was full of great joy. She could hear what the civil servant said at the door.
"Thank you, Lord. May your light shine on this land forever..."
Excited to pray, Vera can''t wait to ask.
"Honey, isn''t it possible for our family of four to get eight silver nals As she asked, she couldn''t wait to count with her fingers.
She talked like a happy lark, and her voice was very happy.
"With these eight silver nals, we can change a new dining table, which is painted with jellyfish paint. With a little more money, we can change four new high back wooden chairs to match the new dining table..."
"There are 12 kg of animal fat, fried fish steak only needs a small piece of fat, fried twice a week, 12 kg can be used for half a year..."
"There are also 8 pieces of soap. The department store sells 75 pieces of tongnals. I heard that they can be used to wash very clean. After washing, the body will smell good. If the clothes are stained with oil, the soap can also be washed off..."
Frederick just listened to his wife''s chatter with a smile.
Only two children indulge themselves in eating without paying any attention to their parents'' conversation. In their eyes, the delicious fried fish steak in front of them is the most important thing.
"Honey, what''s the celebration going to be?" After a while of excitement, Vera asked again.
"I don''t know. Do you want to see it tomorrow? It''s just a little cold at night. Bella and Betty can''t stand it... " Said Frederick.
"Yes, of course! It''s the Lord''s idea. Just give them more clothes at that time... " Vera said firmly.
Now everyone in the territory knows that everything that the Lord does is definitely worth seeing.
According to Fredericks and Fredericks, a valuable gift is too cheap for Renault.
There are only more than 2000 leaders in the territory now. One person gives a shopping coupon, with a total value of more than 40 jinnals. With Renault''s wealth, this is just a drop in the bucket.He decided to do so because the department stores in the territory had only been open for less than two months, and the total profit actually exceeded 400 jinnals.
Renault was taken aback by this figure. It is necessary to know that there is only such a small population in the territory. According to the head, each person contributed 20 Silver nals to him on average.
Of course, most of the profits come from the big dog owners on the island, but the contribution of the civilians is not small. Most of the surplus money of the civilians is absorbed by the shops.
Even Renault felt that it was too hard to make money, so he planned to share 110% of the profits to subsidize the bottom civilians.
For the big dog owners, two silver nals are not considered, but in the eyes of the common people, two silver nals are a huge sum of money. For example, Frederick''s family can get eight silver nals, which is equivalent to two months'' rent.
In addition, there is another deep-seated purpose of subsidizing civilians in the form of shopping vouchers rather than directly distributing money - money. What
does is to use metal currency, but Renault knows that with the development of economy, paper money instead of metal currency represent the general trend. But there is a difficulty in promoting banknotes. Why do woodlouse believe that a thin piece of paper can be used as money?
Or, why do you believe in the credit of paper money?
The birth of shopping vouchers is to solve this problem.
On the other hand, it is also a subtle way to let civilians gradually accept paper money, which is light and easy to carry. Once they are used to paper money, it will be very inconvenient to use heavy metal money.
In the future, Renault will gradually issue larger denominations of shopping vouchers, such as 10 Silver nals, 50 silver nals, 1 gold nals, up to the largest denomination of 10 gold nals.
When the circulation of the voucher reaches a certain level, paper money can be introduced to replace the voucher.
As for other gifts, such as scallop meat and firewood, the former is simply distributed to the common people because there is no room for them in the warehouse, while the latter is leftover materials from furniture processing factories, which are distributed to the common people purely for waste utilization.
The purpose of soap delivery is not simple, but mainly to cultivate consumption habits. Once the common people are used to using soap, they will not have to worry about future sales.
Finally, this batch of new year''s gifts also have a deep-seated purpose - to encourage fertility. When
receives gifts as like as two peas, whether born or young, the gift share is the same, and it will not be more popular because of age.
This approach conveys a clear meaning to the civilians: more population, more income.
Want to get more presents? Try to have a baby!
As a matter of fact, Renault has issued an order for the administrative department to consider granting birth subsidies. The relevant policies have been formulated and are waiting for the official announcement.
In Renault''s plan, this policy will become a long-term national policy.
The known land area of the whole alien world is more than 20 million square kilometers, and the human population is only over 20 million, less than one person per square kilometer.
According to the low density of five people per square kilometer, the whole world can accommodate 100 million people, and the current number of human beings is only 15 times of the target.
Therefore, we must vigorously encourage fertility, and the earlier we start to explode the population, the better.