Chapter 5: Fuck the Reason
Looking at the bundles of French currency carried by the neighbors, small bags of gold, silver, and dollars, and the gold yuan notes taken off the carts by the white dogs,

He Yuzhu was quite jealous.

According to the regulations of the space system, my current weight is 40 kilograms, and the gold equivalent to my weight is 800 taels.

Want to exchange for money to buy life,
Either sell items worth 800 taels of gold (8 silver dollars, 16 gold yuan coupons) to the system,
Or, based on the 1:10 in/out ratio, take out 80 taels of gold and deposit it into the space.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu became even more jealous of the real money in front of him.

He knows,

整个金圆券改革期间，旧夏政府总共收兑黄金166.3万两、白银893.7万元、银元2403.8万元、美钞4773.5万元、港元8732.5万元，

The total amount is equivalent to US$1.9 million.

That translates to more than 2.3 life-saving coins.

Although the people who came to Gao Shigui to queue up to exchange gold yuan notes were all small people from the nearby alleys,

However, considering the wealth of the residents in Nanluoguxiang, if He Yuzhu were to rob now, getting 80 taels of gold would definitely not be a big problem.

But this is just a thought after all.
The dozen guns in the hands of Gao Shigui and his gang were a huge mountain that He Yuzhu could not climb over.
If you don't want to be shot to death, it's better to be honest.

Sighing slightly,

He Yuzhu's gaze quickly shifted from the real gold and silver in front of him to two cars, one large and one small, parked in the crowd.

As the saying goes, a cannon shot brings a fortune.
In this chaotic era, the most valuable things besides gold and silver are always various weapons and equipment.
Among them, the prices of various technical equipment are the highest.

He Yuzhu slowly blended into the noisy crowd, then stepped forward and touched it.
Dodge T-234 Truck:

Origin: Milijian Federation
Era: 20s,

Unit price: 1000 US dollars (20 taels of gold),

Cannot be stored.

……

Willys Jeep:

Origin: Milijian Federation,

Era: 20s,

Unit price: 750 US dollars (15 taels of gold),

Cannot be stored.

……

Looking at the information that couldn't be simpler in his mind, He Yuzhu was not surprised.
After all, the system has already reminded us,
It can only detect rough information about objects, which is just a little too rough now.

As for the inability to store it, it was probably because there were people nearby.

But it’s good this way. Having this reminder saves me from having to check if there’s anyone nearby paying attention when I collect something next time.

Everything else is fine, but for the price of these two cars,

He Yuzhu felt a headache.

He vaguely remembered that the US military purchased the Willys Jeep at a price of 700 to 800 US dollars.

按照金圆券和黄金200：1、金圆券和美元4：1的兑换比例，700~800美元正好就是15两黄金左右。而黄金在空间的进出比例却是10：1，

That is to say, if He Yuzhu chooses to sell the materials directly to the system, there will be a 90% loss.
But if he chose to take the supplies to the market to exchange for gold, although there would be no loss, it would be like a child carrying gold through a busy market, which was no different from seeking death.

It seems like there are two paths, but in fact, He Yuzhu only has one choice at the moment.

He certainly knew what to do.
It's just a pity that his plan to quickly earn money to buy his life by selling cars is not feasible.

Although there were many such military vehicles in Peking,

But selling 4 or 50 cars is an impossible task.
Let’s not talk about whether we can find so many.
Even if you can find it, this behavior is like touching the tiger's butt.

If 4 or 5 vehicles were missing, the White Dogs would quickly become alert and turn the entire Beijing upside down.

Although this is true intellectually,
But who can blame us for the fact that this is a chaotic world where people cannot stand firm unless they are ruthless.

The heartbroken mother and son of Jia Zhang struggled to move the body of Old Jia; and Gao Shigui, who was smiling and gnawing at the gold bars; they all reminded He Yuzhu of the saying that when you sit at home, disaster will come from the sky.

Escaping won't solve the problem.
The cars and money in front of us are the only way to solve the problem.

Having decided to try his luck at midnight, He Yuzhu slowly walked up to He Daqing.
Just about to say hello,

When He Daqing saw him, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then whispered to chase him away.
"Stay away from here. Didn't you see that your uncle Jia was beaten to death?"

Knowing that He Daqing was worried about him, He Yuzhu didn't waste any words and just turned around and left.
On the way back to the courtyard, he saw Jia Zhang and her son struggling to move Old Jia's body. He pretended he saw nothing and turned to the other side of the alley without hesitation.

It's not that he's cruel.

But who made Jia Zhang so mean that she ordered Sha Zhu to beat Xu Damao, but in the end she didn't even say a word of greeting?

It was naturally impossible for He Yuzhu to go up and help voluntarily.

I returned to the middle courtyard and glanced at the side room.

I saw the two sisters lying on the kang with their hands on their heads, their legs crossed leisurely, their little feet dangling as they talked happily.
He Yuzhu ignored them and walked straight into the north room of his house.

It must be said that He Daqing is indeed a chef. He pays great attention to personal hygiene and keeps his room very clean.

I might have been a little hurried when I went out today, and there were a few French francs left on the ground.

He picked up the French currency on the ground and took a look, and found that their denominations ranged from one hundred yuan to one thousand yuan. Considering the exchange rate between French currency and gold yuan, it was no wonder that He Daqing didn't want to pick them up.

Just throw the fiat currency into the space.
He Yuzhu, who was a little thirsty, took out a large bowl from the cupboard, picked up the thermos and poured himself a bowl of boiling water.

Although the water in the bowl was cold, He Yuzhu's heart was warm.
He was not ignorant. He knew very well that the bowl of boiled water in his hand, which could not be more ordinary in later generations, was a real luxury at that time and 99% of the people of Daxia could not even afford it.

Although boiled water is small, it represents a lot of things.
The first is sufficient financial resources.
The seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Firewood is the first and is much more important than food.
There is always some harvest when you plant food, but the firewood is always getting less and less.

For example, the suburbs of Peking and the areas inside and outside the Great Wall were already barren at this time, completely different from the lush and green appearance of later generations.

As for burning coal when there is no firewood,
I’m sorry, but at this time the annual coal output of the entire Daxia is only 3000 million tons, which is not enough to support the daily consumption of 4 million people.

Not to mention the rural areas which make up the majority of the population.

Even in relatively wealthy cities with smaller populations, limited fuel supply and high fuel prices mean that not every citizen can guarantee their own food and heating.
Not to mention that there is extra money to boil water after eating and heating.

Secondly, boiled water is an important guarantee of life.

Drinking raw water is an important factor why the average life expectancy of ordinary people in this era is only 35 years old.

(End of this chapter)