After receiving the consul's approval, Jiang Fei returned to his office and passed on the decree.
As the decree was passed on to all the shops on the ground floor, the owners of the shops were all cursing and swearing. This was because the currency was depreciating every day. Even if the government still strongly supported the currency, the circulation of the currency far exceeded the capacity of the economy. Therefore, the currency's depreciation was inevitable.
In the beginning, there were indeed people who refused to accept the currency. Then, the commoners started to protest. They had waited so long for the currency to be able to buy things. How could they tolerate the merchants refusing to accept the currency? Therefore, someone immediately reported it. Soon after, the military and police arrived. The shop owner was arrested and was sentenced to a heavy crime.
After learning from this, the other shop owners did not dare to refuse. Although they deliberately suppressed the purchasing power of the currency, they still could not stop the currency from depreciating every day. Therefore, the more these merchants sold, the more they lost. However, if they did not open for business, the military and police would come to their door again. Therefore, in the end, they had no choice but to limit the sales to prevent losses.
However, the more these merchants limited the currency, the more the currency depreciated. Although the currency was still in circulation under the government's mandatory order, its purchasing power was less than one-thousandth of its original value.
In just a few days, the purchasing power of the currency was less than one-thousandth. This made it even more difficult for the commoners who were already poor after the debt crisis. Many people even began to sell their children. In the worst places, they almost had to exchange their children for food.
The worst part was that when society was in turmoil, it was also when humanity was at its darkest. The officials in charge of collecting taxes would also start to come up with crooked ideas. Originally, according to Jiang Fei's decree, the government's taxes could be paid with paper money. This would more or less reduce the pressure on some merchants.
However, after the government officials in charge of collecting taxes, they began to refuse to accept currency when collecting taxes. Instead, they asked the merchants to pay with Moon Crystals. As they did not know that this was a private act of the government officials, the merchants all thought that it was an order from the government. Therefore, they did not dare to say anything.
The most hateful thing was that when these government officials collected Moon Crystals as taxes, they actually asked for the public exchange rate. One should know that in the public exchange rate of the government, the ratio of Moon Crystals to currency was one to one thousand!
At this time, the purchasing power of the currency had fallen to less than one-thousandth. The merchants had collected a large amount of currency, so they had to pay a lot of taxes. Originally, according to the government's regulations, they could just pay in paper money. Although they would lose some money, at least the tax rate would remain the same.
But now, the low-level officials were asking them to pay the tax with Moon Crystals according to the official exchange rate, which was equivalent to making them pay a thousand times more tax. The merchants didn't even have that much revenue, let alone a profit margin!
For a time, the small merchants at the bottom of the hierarchy went crazy. In just a few days, the small merchants who were barely able to survive went bankrupt, while the government officials made a lot of money. This was because they used paper money to pay the taxes to the treasury. A few Moon Spirit Crystals were enough to cover the amount of taxes they collected.
In this dark environment, the entire gamma space was full of complaints. Almost everyone scolded the government, but because the army was still firmly in the hands of the senior officials, the people could only live on.
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"I should be able to open this brocade pouch, right?" Because Jiang Fei had prepared enough paper money and Moon Spirit Crystals for her, Lina's life was not bad. She could even support the group of gangsters under her.
Because they could at least eat their fill under Lina, they could even bring back enough food for their families. This made the gangsters even more loyal to Lina. Although the gangsters were not loyal enough to die for anyone, they were willing to risk their lives for the sake of their families.
In her room, Lina quietly opened the second brocade pouch.
"Go to XXX to withdraw money, expand the society, and prepare for the revolution. Be careful not to get caught!"
The content of the note was very short, but it let Lina know what she should do next.
That night, Lina quietly went to the place Jiang Fei mentioned. Jiang Fei had stored a large number of Moon Spirit Crystals and paper money there. Needless to say, Jiang Fei had looted the eleventh underground floor of the Life Building and obtained nearly one-third of the stored Moon Spirit Crystals. It could be said that he was now the richest person in the entire gamma space.
In fact, if Jiang Fei wanted to, as long as he took out the money, he could solve this economic crisis. However, this crisis was created by him, so how could he solve it?
As for the paper money, Jiang Fei had obtained it legally. Previously, when the Moon Spirit Crystal Futures was at its peak, there were countless people queuing up to buy orders. At that time, Jiang Fei had made a lot of money.
At this moment, the money had become the starting capital for Jiang Fei to push forward the revolution. Revolution sounded very passionate, but it was also a very costly thing.
After obtaining the money, Lina divided it into several portions and hid them in different places. She knew that she should not put all her eggs in the same basket.
With the support of the money, Lina began to expand her own society. She also listened to Jiang Fei's instructions and hid herself behind the scenes. As Lina could provide real Moon Spirit Crystals, a large number of people began to seek refuge with her and join her society.
Especially in the slums, Lina had become the queen here. Although no one knew where the queen was, everyone was willing to die for her so that their families could eat their fill.
Originally, the archon did not pay much attention to the slums. However, there was such a huge super society there with hundreds of thousands of members. If the archon still did not pay attention to it, he would not be able to sit on the chair he was sitting under.
Therefore, a large number of military and police went straight to the slums. They arrested a large number of members of the society and threatened everyone not to join this illegal organization. However, there was almost no effect. This was because obeying the law could not let the people in the slums eat their fill. They were now as poor as a church mouse. Only Lina could give them money and let them eat their fill!
Therefore, no matter how the military and police arrested them, these people were willing to join Lina's society. If not, they would starve to death.
The military and police spent a lot of effort. However, because Lina had received professional training, her father used to be in this field. Therefore, she was very well-hidden. The military and police had planned to arrest her several times, but they always returned empty-handed.
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