Girls und War

Then the development of civilization will stagnate.

This "carrot in front of the lazy donkey" policy is an incentive policy for social citizens.

If you don't work and don't make an effort, the level of social welfare you can get can only be maintained at the lowest level.

If you want a better life and want to buy something like 250 million yuan worth of original underwear, you have to work hard and exchange your hard work for a generous reward.

For this reason, the concept of currency cannot be directly abolished, but it should be replaced by real-name value points controlled by individuals.

687. Xia Shu does not want to be a slave to money

"At the same time, in order to ensure the real purchasing power of currency, we must control the amount of currency issued and the upper limit of the expansion of the robot workforce. Do you understand this?"

The director asked Xia Shu again.

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he understood.

The director then expanded the market system of the robot manufacturing industry and showed her the financial dividends that were constantly soaring.

"To keep society running, robot factories will continue to operate, constantly recycling and remanufacturing physical robots. And to be on the safe side, the robot workforce produced by factories must be incremental to ensure we can respond to any emergencies. At the same time, the issue of inflation you mentioned also arises."

As he spoke, the director took out another set of data and some photos of the robot warehouse.

"Every year, surplus robots from the factories fill warehouses, piling up row after row. We mine minerals from iron-rich planets, draw energy from stars, and pile up surplus labor to an infinite number—do you know how many surplus robots there are in the robot warehouses right now? Ten times as many as are currently serving humans!

"Every year, we take tens of thousands of scrapped robots out of our warehouse and send them back to the factory for rework. These robots may not have been used once from the time they are produced until they are scrapped - even their labels are brand new.

"But we have to do this because we have to preserve the value of labor and link the monetary system to the existing value of labor. Otherwise, the financial market will expand or contract dramatically, making it impossible for us to control the existing market."

The director's words reminded Xia Shu of the story of capitalists dumping milk during an economic crisis. In a sense, what the robot factory did was similar to this behavior.

However, Xia Shu understood and agreed with this behavior.

Because she is a human being, not some mindless machine.

At the same time, as far as Xia Shu knows, the policies formulated by the current robot factories and financial markets are the results of their financial control office's research over the years.

Director Ai Keke is the person most responsible for the implementation of this policy.

From this point of view, this lovely mother is definitely a talent, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is an elite of mankind.

In this way, Ke'ai'ai's family can enjoy more financial resources, and Xia Shu can understand it.

No wonder Kekeaiai can spend 2.5 million to buy a pair of underwear without blinking an eye.

Money, currency, and funds, to put it bluntly, are just carrots used to motivate "lazy donkeys" to move forward.

The funds that Aikoko regulates in the market every day are around hundreds of billions.

The true elites of humanity have so much money that they can’t spend it all, and they don’t even need to spend any money.

If the generals want something, they can just report it directly to the Generals' Council.

Scientists never have to consider the high or low prices of housing.

The money in this era is not money at all, it is just some toys for playing house.

Those lazy guys who lie at home and live off welfare don't live on money at all, and ordinary people who work a little harder don't live for money either.

Because AI has done all the hard work for them. The rest is up to you.

Is making money more important than leaving a name in history?

When Xia Shu saw this, he understood.

It turns out that treating money as dirt is such a happy thing.

Seeing that Xia Shu had almost understood the effectiveness of the Financial Control Office, he ended the tour and took her back to the office.

The two chatted casually about some financial insights. The director was very happy and liked Xia Shu more and more. He asked, "Xia Shu, what do you plan to do after you retire? Are you interested in working in the financial industry?"

Xia Shu was stunned. What was going on here? Why was he retiring?

"I haven't thought that far yet." Xia Shu could only smile and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Oh, you are talented. I think you are suitable for development in the financial field. Would you consider it?" The lovely mother extended an olive branch to Xia Shu again.

Xia Shu neither agreed nor disagreed, just said they would talk about it when the time came.

Director Ai assumed that Xia Shu was interested, and said some cute words to her, asking her to be at ease. Then he took Xia Shu for a walk back to the conference room.

In the conference room, staff were still summarizing the work for the financial officers.

After greeting Director Ai, Xia Shu returned to his seat and listened silently to the report on the stage.

Director Ai seemed very satisfied with this meeting. He smiled and looked at Xia Shu for a long time before slowly walking away.

A few hours later, when the report was completed and the financial directors of each war zone signed the new agreement, the meeting was successfully concluded.

But having said that, the girls who signed the document don't actually understand economics at all. They signed it anyway, so why bother with the specific details of military spending?

Could the General Administration Department let the army starve to death?

To be honest, the process of the agreement between the Military Finance Department and the General Finance Department is a bit like a child asking his parents for pocket money.

When parents give you money, they will carefully explain the family expenses, why they give you so much money, and how you should spend the money.

But will children care about you so much?

Just give me the money and that’s it. Why do you care how I spend it?

So after signing the agreement, the General Management Department took the girls out for a good meal to heal their hearts that were hurt by the long and boring meeting.

At night, Xia Shu returned to his camp with the team.

Although I didn't gain any practical benefits from this trip, I gained knowledge and broadened my horizons.

It also resolved the doubts that Xia Shu had always had in his heart.

Over the next few days, the Red Dragon Squadron gradually became busy. Although it was their turn for vacation this month, no one in the squadron went on vacation.

The reason is simple. This month is the assessment period at the beginning of the year. As long as one has some ambition, he or she hopes to pass the assessment at the beginning of the year.

The soldiers are all gearing up for the non-commissioned officer assessment, and the officers are also working hard to prepare for the officer assessment taking place at the same time.

Influenced by this situation, Xia Shu also began to consider whether to try the Sergeant Major examination that was about to begin.

You should know that for ranks above Sergeant Major, unlike privates, there is only one chance to be promoted to Corporal first class every month.

There is only one assessment opportunity every year for this thing, if you miss it, it will be gone.

Judging from Xia Shu's current situation, it's hard to say whether he will still be a soldier next year.

If a sergeant major were to take the military academy entrance exam, wouldn't that be very prestigious?

Once this idea was born, it spread like wildfire and became uncontrollable.

688. Invigilation

"What? You want to take the exam for Chief Petty Officer?"

Qingxian looked at Xia Shu with an expression of disbelief.

Viper was also standing there with his application form in hand, stunned.

It seemed as if Xia Shu had just said something shocking.

"Yeah, is it not possible?" Xia Shu was a little surprised. Isn't it natural for a sergeant to want to take the exam for sergeant major?

"Oh, of course. Oh no, that's not the problem... it's that..." Qingxian frowned. She had been in the army for so long, but she had never seen anyone promoted so quickly.

How many days has it been since you were promoted to Staff Sergeant? And you're already looking up to the Master Sergeant?

Regardless of whether she can eventually get promoted, the speed of her promotion is unprecedented.

Have you ever seen someone promoted to sergeant within less than a year of joining the army?

What? Have you seen it in the novel "Soldier King"?

Have you ever seen someone who was promoted to sergeant major within less than a year of joining the army?

Haven't seen it this time?

"Oh, I see. You want to refer to the Sniper Sergeant, right? After all, he just won the world championship, so it's understandable." Viper seemed to suddenly think of something and nodded in agreement.

Xia Shu quickly said, "No, I want to refer to the deputy commanding sergeant."

Who can understand this?

Viper frowned and said, "Natsuki are you messing with me?"

"No." Xia Shu looked innocent.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Qingxian quickly persuaded, then asked Xia Shu, "Are you sure you want to apply? Don't you want to think about it anymore?"

"Sure." Xia Shu was a little confused. What was there to think about?

"Okay, fine, I'll sign you up right away." Qingxian handed the application form to Xia Shu.

Seeing this, the venomous snake just sighed and said nothing more.

Back then, when Xia Shu was so young (fantasy), I held her in my arms (referring to the new recruits). But in the blink of an eye, the child has grown up so much and is about to become a grandfather (in the military sense)!

She suddenly understood the feeling of being by the water. It turned out that it was so painful to watch the new recruits she brought in climb over her head.

So in the next few days, the training of the sniper training team was also stopped.

The entire Red Dragon Squadron was like a cram school before the college entrance examination, and they began to practice questions and study hard for the exam.

I just don’t know how many people can pass this assessment and how many people will be promoted to a higher rank.

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A few days later, it was almost time for the military rank promotion assessment.

There are more people taking the assessment this time, and the scope is quite wide. Almost all non-commissioned officers in every subject have to take the assessment.

On this day, both privates and corporals took their exams. The NCO exams were held in different locations and covered a wide range of subjects, making it difficult for officers to oversee them all.

So Qingxian followed the regulations and asked the three sergeants to lead a team each.

Several corporals in the squadron, including the newcomers, each applied for the rank of non-commissioned officer.

Jia, Zhan Jian, and Jun Xingcao were assigned as snipers, Ai Ai Ke was assigned as medical, Nya Nya and Ning were assigned as logistics and deputy commander respectively. The four new recruits were assigned as a machine gunner, a demolition operator, and two others as deputy commanders.

Xia Shu led the team for the sniper assessment, with three people under him: Jia, Zhan Ren, and Juncao.

This means that Xia Shu will take the snipers he has trained personally to participate in the non-commissioned officer assessment to see if they have achieved sufficient growth during this period.

Xia Shu didn't have any expectations for this.

Because the training period was actually not long, only one month. And they only practiced basic skills, Xia Shu did not teach them any test-taking techniques.

If they can pass the test with this, it only means that they have done research on snipers, not how well they teach.

Besides, Xia Shu didn't think much of the importance of military rank. After all, for a sniper, strength was the only thing that mattered.

Achieving a high military rank doesn't make a gun's muzzle more stable. Otherwise, Xia Shu wouldn't have won the world sniper championship as a sergeant.

As the departure date neared, the girls taking the test were all quite nervous. Seeing this, Xia Shu casually offered a few words of comfort.

After getting in the car, Xia Shu even told an old joke to Rush and the other three, which was uncharacteristically true.

It is said that on the battlefield, a sergeant reported to the general: "General! There is a sniper two kilometers ahead! But her shooting skills are terrible. She has fired many shots in the past few days, but she has not hit a single target!"

The general was a little angry and asked the sergeant, "Then why haven't you killed her yet?"

The sergeant was puzzled. "But General, if we do that, won't the other side just send in a sniper with better marksmanship?"

After the joke was told, all three of them laughed.

Rush asked, "So, in the future on the battlefield, we should try to make our marksmanship as bad as possible?"

"How is that possible?" Jia quickly denied. "On the battlefield, how could you just ignore a weak enemy sniper? Isn't that playing with your own life?"

Rush thought about it and agreed, then laughed at himself for being too naive.

After this back and forth, the mood of the three people soon calmed down.

Afterwards, the girls chatted and laughed, and the vehicle soon arrived at the examination center.