The capitalists of the Federation were always full of mercy and brotherly love.
When they heard that the Peng Joe Empire's government had decided to open most of its markets, the first batch of "gold prospectors" from the Federation had already embarked on their journey to Peng Joe.
Lyon was one such fellow. He had gone bankrupt four times, yet each time, he had found a way to claw his way back up.
Only a month had passed since his last bankruptcy. He had gone under purely because a business speculation had failed.
Consumables used in Federal weapons, such as artillery shells and bullets, were all made with copper.
Although some of them were recovered during wartime, that did not mean every bullet could be retrieved.
On top of that, society had developed at an astonishing pace over the past three years, and copper prices in the Federation had been steadily rising.
Even the appraisal firms on Bu Peien's Financial Street believed that now was a good time to continue holding copper futures.
This was especially true because this year's winter was colder, and the output of several copper mines in Maliro had fallen again—
Those copper mines had originally stopped operating in November and resumed production around March of the following year.
Last winter's temperatures had hit a new low. A cold wave arrived in mid-October, forcing the copper mines to halt operations. Mining did not resume until early April this year.
That was another two months less mining time than before, so copper output would naturally decline as well.
Moreover, mining became more difficult as temperatures dropped, and overall copper production would shrink by roughly seventeen to twenty percent.
This had triggered a very noticeable minor boom in copper. Lyon paid close attention to the financial market and