Chapter 231

Chapter 231

It happened to be three o'clock in the afternoon that day when several soldiers who had used a shuttle to intercept a nuclear warhead returned from the surface and returned to Earth Era. These soldiers were treated like heroes!

Many people blocked the gates of the living quarters and spontaneously welcomed these soldiers.

This kind of enthusiasm is simply a farewell, even if the flowers in the spaceship are very expensive, they are still sold out of stock!

This time the award ceremony for "first-class heroes" and "second-class heroes" is quite grand. It is not only a commendation for meritorious officials, but also a kind of inspiring war mobilization, so a large number of ordinary people are allowed Participate.

Various official reporters and self-media reporters lined up on the sidelines, and the flashes flickered like death. Three soldiers won first-class medals, and the observation and calculation team behind them won second-class medals. Without these computing personnel, it would be impossible to intercept the nuclear bomb by relying on the shuttle, so these personnel have the same credit.

These soldiers solemnly accepted the medals and medals, their expressions were serious, and the solemn international song sounded on the venue.

Zhang Yuan was standing aside, smiling, watching and applauding, only to win a second prize. Although he also has a lot of credit, he can even say that he came up with a temporary plan, which is greater than the credit of these soldiers, but he is already at this level, and there is no need to compete with the soldiers for credit, and he won a second prize. That's it.

"Salute!"

"End of ceremony!"

There were cheers and applause in the playground.

Looking at so many enthusiastic people, Li Junkang, the shuttle driver, was a little ecstatic. Because of the first-class medal this time, the whole life trajectory will be greatly changed, and I will stand out from the group all at once.

In the future, it is not impossible to move towards a management level or even a higher position.

He saw the look of admiration in the eyes of many girls in the audience, and the whole person was about to float.

But he glanced at Chief Guo, who was standing in front of him with a serious expression, and his face immediately became stern. The difficulties of the entire civilization have not yet passed, and all private issues should be thrown aside...Yes, it should be. .

A beautiful female reporter has passed the microphone to the front: "Hello, this is Ji Jingjing, a reporter from the Deep Space Daily..."

"Hello, reporter Ji." Li Junkang saluted.

"First of all, the first question I want to ask is, did you feel scared or frightened during your mission? After all, wanting to use this civilian shuttle to intercept ultra-high-speed missiles is very Very difficult... Even a layman like me would find it very difficult. There is no weapon on it at all. Was the plan to intercept with a retarder come up temporarily?"

Actually, all All the conversations were passed through in advance, and Li Junkang remembered his task, and suddenly his Adam's apple shook, and he tried to make his head more sober. If you lose face in such a place, you probably won't be able to look up for a lifetime.

He said a bit jerky: "Fear...Of course there is! We have simply never been on a real battlefield. Peace has lasted for too long and too long!"

"But, After setting off, I instantly forgot these fears...because the horizontal is also dead, the vertical is also dead, it is better to die horizontally, and then die after the task is completed!"

"As for the interception with the parachute The plan was devised by Minister Zhang of the Ministry of New Civilization Development. Fortunately, we implemented it well... it did not live up to everyone’s expectations."

There was a lot of well-intentioned laughter in the venue. If you say Not being afraid at all, it is simply against human nature, but it seems more real to say this, and it quickly narrows the distance between the audience.

As for Mr. Zhang from the New Civilization Development Department, a top-notch smart man, as everyone knows, he can be said to be the most prestigious person in spaceship. Think of a good way, and the people have already taken it off.

"I heard that you were born in the Xia Country peacekeeping team on Earth, is that right?"

"Yes! But that's a thing of the past!"

"Have you performed some tasks on Earth?"

Li Junkang thought for a while, and vomited a large string of words: "When we were on Earth, we did perform some tasks. The whole team I have won the third-class merit 5 times and the second-class merit once...It is the contribution of the whole team, not the personal contribution."

"When you were performing this mission, the intercepted nuclear bomb suddenly exploded. How did you escape? It’s a nuclear bomb...it means the most violent destructive power in nature."

At this time, Major Guo, who was standing by, answered, "In In space, nuclear bombs explode in vacuum, and their formidable power is different from what we imagined."

"Nuclear bombs include hydrogen bombs and helium-3 bombs, but they are just a conventional weapon in interstellar warfare. In space A medium explosion does not produce shock waves, and there is no mushroom cloud, so if you don’t explode close to your body, the lethality is not too strong."

Immediately afterwards, a video was played on the big screen in the square. Common sense about interstellar warfare and the current research progress of various weapons. The Earth civilization once broke out the interstellar civil war, so the new civilization has experience in this area.

There are a lot of conceptual things, such as the powerful helium hydrogen ion cannon, which are all products of Earth civilization. The current new civilization can’t be created at all, so put it on first.

According to the current subconsciousness of the people, the advanced heritage of Earth civilization is all new civilization. Since Earth civilization can be created, new civilization can also be created... as long as there is enough time.

Although there are exaggerated suspicions, these conceptual weapons have invisibly eliminated the panic among the people.

After the entire video was played, there was a warm applause in the venue. Many people were whispering to each other, and their confidence in the victory of the war increased.

"So, what we humans lack is only time!"

"Please don’t worry, if we can fight for a long time, we will become stronger and stronger. Scales of Victory is On the side of humans!"

"Mr. Guo, is there anything else I want to say to everyone?" It's almost time, this reporter asked the last question, and the most important one. .

Next is the highlight...

Major Guo has a "sincere" smile on his face: "Originally, we had a two-day holiday after we got the first class. Come relax yourself. But now the war is not over. Today we will return to the barracks and receive regular training!"

"Then you guys are really working hard." The beautiful female reporter said in cooperation.

Major Guo said again: "When I passed the supermarket just now, I found that many of the supplies in it had been robbed. This may be the reason why everyone lacks security and confidence."

"Why is the sense of security insufficient? The main responsibility rests on us soldiers. Our army is not strong enough to bring everyone a sense of security."

"So, everyone has discussed Now, I decided to give some food from the army to everyone for free... It is our duty to protect the entire civilization, but we also hope that everyone will not overreact and keep us a stable rear..."

Listen By this time, many people on the scene began to commotion. Some people blushed and left quietly. Others began to yell at them. They had endured this matter for too long.

As for the food distributed, anyone with a little IQ would definitely not dare to ask for it.

The keyboard man on the Internet took this opportunity to quickly start spraying. Many people have seen this thing quite unpleasant, frigid irony and scorching satire.

"It’s so good, I’m so touched, our military brother would rather be hungry, but also let the people in the rear enjoy a good petty bourgeoisie life!"

"...I don’t know what's ahead. When the war is raging, is there a girl hiding behind and willing to sing a song with me? I have a lot of goods at home, enough for two people to enjoy for a year!"

"Business girls don’t know I hate the country, and I still sing the backyard flowers across the river..."

There are pictures on the Internet, which are barbaric scenes of people rushing to buy goods. In order to protect privacy, some mosaics are also made.

The ridicule among intellectuals is also very sharp, and there are some very rude words in the middle.

For example, "After the war is defeated, men are used as food, women can provide extra services to aliens and still live their own good life..."

Especially Xu Jie this A type of irritable guy, it's just unusually vigorous, he doesn't know all kinds of high-end black, he can only spray wildly at the low-end!

As a result, the account was banned again because of the messy abusive statements, and it was necessary to pay a bail to be able to unblock it.

But he started spraying again after paying the bail. Crackle typed a string of text on the computer: "This group of people have become jians and lackeys. It is recommended that the government department thoroughly check it!!"

I just feel cool, very cool!

The inventory is of course impossible, because the crowds participating in the snap-up purchase accounted for at least a quarter of the total population, or even more!

With such a large number of people, even if it is found out, it is of no use. It is always impossible to try them one by one and put them all in the prison, right? In that way, the entire industrial system is directly paralyzed, and according to the current law, it is difficult to truly determine how many things are guilty.

I don’t know what’s going on. The government departments that usually act very fast have been slow in the explosive public opinion frenzy at this time, and have no intention of restraining this group of online mobs. Now we are facing a war. Everyone is very busy. Who has time to restrain these online mobs?

Various rude remarks lasted for two days. Under the pressure of overwhelming public opinion, no one simply dared to buy them in the supermarket. Even buying a pack of instant noodles is trembling with fear, for fear of being photographed and posted on the Internet, causing a fight of saliva.

People have to spontaneously lower the quality of life.

Of course, this kind of spontaneous patriotism can last for a long time, but the resources saved are enough to maintain the current prices and enough for government departments to formulate next steps.

Finally, a blockbuster economic policy was promulgated: the first tranche, a total of 5 billion special war bonds, were sold to the private sector in large quantities!

Due to the uncertainty of the war prospects, the coupon rate of this bond is not high, about 4.5% per year, compared to last year’s economic growth rate of more than 30%, which is indeed pitifully low.

Moreover, there are many restrictions on bonds. Once you buy them, you have to buy them for a three-year period. If you need to apply for cash in advance, you will lose a part of the interest and so on...

Buying frenzy, even the purchase webpage is temporarily paralyzed!

After some internal meetings and discussions, the new government converted the original large amount of donations into special war bonds, which were returned to many donors.

Analyzed from the perspective of Economics, from the implementation of a rationed supply system for consumer goods during wartime, the people have nowhere to consume even if they have money, and large-scale looting will only cause inflation.

So, buying war bonds has become a very good investment choice. At least under the current planned economy, the use of currency is not high, the inflation rate is easy to control, and the 4.5% interest can still beat inflation. . Moreover, if mankind really loses the battle, interest will be a waste, even if interest is as high as 250%, it will become a mess of waste paper.

The most important thing is that these bonds can recover a large amount of money in the hands of the people. As the people have less money, they will naturally have to live more tightly and give way to the needs of the entire society. In terms of weapons production.

Spontaneously maintaining a struggling life is unsustainable, but the liquidity in hand is replaced by bonds. Generally, there is no money in hand, and everyone can only live in a little hardship. Even if the prices of the original materials no longer change, the number of people who buy them will be greatly reduced.

Of course, the war bond is not based on the patriotic enthusiasm of citizens. It provides a channel for the common people to express their patriotic enthusiasm.

Under the current background of public opinion, the first tranche of 5 billion bonds was quickly sold out, and the purchase of bonds has become a new fashion and even a symbol of high morals.

This is 5 billion yuan. Among the population of 500,000, each person buys about 10,000 yuan on average. With the current average salary of two thousand, equivalent to is the salary for a half year, which is indeed a lot.

Even many people are still a little bit dissatisfied, and leave messages on the Internet: "I didn't get it, I was scolded by my wife", "I didn't get it, there was no face". There were more than one or two people like this.

As a result, the government released a second batch of 5 billion war bonds, which were sold out in a day!

The third batch, 2 billion bonds, took about three days to complete the sale.

At this time, the deposits in the hands of residents have basically been squeezed out. The original local tyrants like Xu Jie, with a total of 150,000 deposits, madly bought 140,000 bonds, and only 10,000 yuan was left as working capital. They lived very tightly, and there was not much spare money to buy. Light luxury products, even eating instant noodles must be considered again and again.

Faced with this kind of economic depression, speculator Wang Junpeng felt cold in his heart. At first, he just wanted to take the opportunity to make some money. Simply didn't know it would cause such a big wave!

If he knew in advance, he wouldn't do this kind of thing. Moreover, there are so many products hoarded, which simply can’t be sold...

Because everyone’s spare money has been replaced by bonds, all kinds of consumption are not a general downturn, and there is no imaginary price increase. Coming...

So, what should I do now?

The people I knew were all speculative businessmen, and they didn't start talking about each other, as if they didn't know each other. This kind of dark cloud pressure, the feeling of imminent disaster, even if the government does not take more action, this crazy public opinion environment is enough to make people feel collapsed.

"Xiao Wang, the goods I have stocked will be sold to you at a lower price, do you want to?"

Suddenly, the phone rang and a text message was sent.

Wang Junpeng's face is gloomy and uncertain. This huge pressure has begun to panic some speculators... The more supplies they have, the more they will panic. Some people have begun to be unable to withstand the pressure and want to sell.

"How much is it?"

"25% off, how about?"

After some consideration, Wang Junpeng replied: "There is no free money on hand, I can’t eat your goods."

"30% off, the lowest price! It is even cheaper than the government provided, and it can definitely be sold if it is cheaper..."

" Forget it, Brother Zhao, I really can't eat it. I'm almost bankrupt."

What a joke, I still dare to take the plate now, either a lunatic or a fool! A 30% discount is indeed very cheap, but in this kind of public opinion and economic environment, it is impossible to sell anything!

You can’t sell it even at a 50% discount!

If he dared to sell, he might be beaten to death, it is absolutely true!

Wang Junpeng hugged his head in his hands, buried in the quilt, in pain.

He discovered that the new civilization is very different from the Earth civilization. The prestige of the government is already binding and obviously stronger. And the sense of ownership of the people is gradually awakening.

The pain is not only the loss of money, but there are other things...

In order to make money, I have broken with my best friend, and I am still in a state of severed relations. . Even if the people around you didn't say it clearly, they still secretly despised in my heart, pointing fingers at him.

All social networks are discussing this matter. Walking on the main road, it seems that someone is accusing him from behind, which makes him have not slept well for several days.

What about losing family and friendship, just making money?

"Fuck!"

Wang Junpeng jumped up from the bed, paced back and forth in the room, shook his teeth, and made up his mind.

Although this determination makes him feel very distressed, but... it can still save some things.

Donated!

Donated all these things...!

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