Chapter 135 - 133 Efficient Exploitation
Although he had confirmed Li Yulong’s plans and intentions, Chen Xin still did not allow him to enter his shelter.
He merely let Li Yulong enter the preparation room, where they could sit down and discuss the matter.
"Xiao Chen, you’re wrong to think I want the currency issuance rights, that would be such an injustice to me. The government is still around! How could such a thing be allowed for private individuals?" Despite his ambition, Li Yulong remained level-headed, not assuming that the end times allowed for any outrageous behavior: "What I want is simply the minting rights, not issuance rights, and whether this happens or not doesn’t really matter. The real core interest is that with a market, there is commercial flow."
Hearing this, Chen Xin couldn’t help but laugh: "You have a clear view; money is only money when it’s in circulation, when hoarded it can only be called production materials."
Nonetheless, while praising Li Yulong, Chen Xin remained curious and asked: "I understand you want to establish commercial flow, but the total amount of resources in the hands of survivors is limited. Without societal production, these people will eventually exhaust the wealth they control, and the market will soon run dry. How do you plan to solve this problem?"
"Xiao Chen, can you use your geothermal heat pump to build a greenhouse?" Li Yulong slyly asked Chen Yu, raising another question.
"A planting greenhouse? Of course, the geothermal heat pump provides a continual heat source, maintaining the planting greenhouse..." Chen Xin instinctively responded; halfway through speaking, he suddenly had an epiphany: "Ah, I see—plantation economy, exploiting surplus value."
Seeing Chen Xin understood his idea, Li Yulong scratched his head sheepishly: "Hehe, Xiao Chen, that’s harsh. I’m not a capitalist; I’m just trying to help others survive while gaining a little extra for myself."
Both Chen Xin and Li Yulong understood what the other was saying, but Qin Lan found it somewhat confusing.
She could comprehend what Chen Xin meant when he said the market would soon dry up—demand determines value, and what survivors need most now are various survival commodities, which are essential needs and the most valuable wealth.