Lin Qi was very interested in Gefra's right to issue currency.
Small Earl and the others knew this as well. Strictly speaking, given Lin Qi's status as Gefra's Prince, he could have completely bypassed negotiations and directly signed a few documents.
That would have given him control over part of the currency-issuance authority.
It seemed as though everything was on his side. Everyone involved was one of their own, including Your Majesty.
The problem was that Gefra would no longer follow the path of feudal rule in the future.
If the country continued as it had in the past, with the royal family or the nobility remaining its supreme rulers,
then there would be nothing wrong with this. It would amount to the royal family or the nobles handing something of their own to Lin Qi.
As far as the people were concerned, they would not feel that their interests had been infringed upon.
But Gefra was about to undergo earth-shaking changes. The nobles' retreat and society's advancement would awaken the people's sense of national identity.
Just like the Federation's lower classes, who always liked to proclaim themselves "excellent taxpayers," then use that identity to do all sorts of unpopular things.
For example, they would accuse the Presidential Palace's cafeteria of using coffee beans and equipment that were too good, claiming it was wasting taxpayers' money.
Gefra would develop to that point as well. The country's development and progress would require more people to stand up and work together.
In this process, the spirit of being a "master of the country" would gradually emerge.
If Lin Qi obtained the right to issue currency without going through negotiations or similar means, and the one who actually obtained this authority was not Lin Qi himself but Blackstone Capital,
then the people would