Things Were Not Going Well for Anyone

Crimson Blood Wood is a tree unique to Nagaril, named for its crimson color resembling fresh blood and containing golden threads. This special texture endows the tree with a sacred quality.

In many religious beliefs, "gold" seems to have become a characteristic exclusive to gods. For example, in mythology, people often describe the blood of gods as "golden and radiant," or even simply as "golden blood."

The characteristics of Crimson Blood Wood have also given rise to some legends and myths. In some myths, the blood of gods drips onto the ground, and Crimson Blood Wood will only grow where the blood gathers. The golden threads in Crimson Blood Wood represent the divinity that has not yet been extinguished.

The more gold threads a piece of Crimson Blood Wood, the more expensive it is. Some special varieties are priced several times or even dozens of times higher than the price of an equivalent weight of gold.

Nagaril is a nation of faith, where people believe that using furniture or utensils made of Crimson Blood Wood can imbue their bodies with divine essence, allowing them to receive divine protection and enter the divine realm when the Great Destruction arrives.

Therefore, people eagerly used the wood of the Crimson Blood Wood. However, unfortunately, precisely because of its special properties and its status in religion, the Crimson Blood Wood is listed as one of the trees that are prohibited from being cut down.

To obtain this kind of wood, one must obtain the consent of the temples in various places before this precious tree can be felled.

Perhaps at first people just wanted to use something with special meaning to elevate their status, but as time goes by, some of what may have been lies have now become facts.

Lin Qi looked into it briefly and then moved on to topics that interested Mishe Haye and others.

"Let me tell you about my plans for the future..." People watched him with bated breath. Apart from the soothing and folk music played by musicians in the distance, the only other sound in the hall was Lin Qi's voice.

The architecture of this hall is meticulously designed, with the area where Lin Qi is located as the core of the entire hall. It is not in the very center of the hall, but the sound of people speaking here can be clearly heard by everyone in the room through some ingenious architectural mechanisms.

Every civilization has its merits. Even if it may be outdated today, it has always had its moments of leading the times in the long river of history! Of course, the Federal doesn't count because its history is not long.

"I will arrange to resolve the factory construction issue as soon as possible. I am not sure what I can do here, and I cannot transport raw materials from other places here, process them, and then send them away. This would cause my costs to skyrocket. Therefore, I prefer products for which raw materials can be obtained locally."

"These things require further observation and exploration before I can draw conclusions, but overall, I remain optimistic about Nagaril's future. It has fertile ground for capital to thrive, and I can foresee more capital settling here in the future."

"Although we cannot start building a factory and producing immediately, we can start doing some business first."

"I want all the timber, spices, animal hides, claws, and beautiful gems, gold and silver, and copper too. Settlement will be weekly, and payment can be made in Galil, Federal Sol, or any other currency!" he said, as if remembering something. "Oh, and we also have War Bonds with a certain appreciation rate!"

Lin Qi has countless bonds in his possession, but his mention of this doesn't mean they're worthless. On the contrary, as the Bayer Federation's status in the International Community rises and international diplomacy becomes more frequent, the exchange terms for these bonds are beginning to thaw and relax.

Gefra was willing to buy back these bonds at half their face value, and Lin Qi had already made a fortune. However, he was still a bit greedy and believed that things could turn around. Everyone else thought so too, so most of these bonds were still in people's hands, with only a few cowardly individuals having already escaped.

If the people here are willing to pay for these bonds, Lin Qi thinks it's not a bad thing. After all, it's a matter of mutual consent. Gefra doesn't honor the debt later, it has nothing to do with Lin Qi. That's just Gefra's ugly face of hegemony, and Lin Qi is also a victim.

Thinking about this, he felt that using those bonds for such purposes was a good idea. Perhaps these people preferred bonds with higher appreciation potential that could be redeemed in the short to medium term rather than cash? As Lin Qi finished speaking, someone asked, "Mr. Lin Qi, do you want all kinds of animal fur?"

The speaker was a fat man. Lin Qi looked around and found that about half of the guests were of average build, and some were even extremely obese.

This is completely different from the Upper Class class of the Bayer Federation. In the Bayer Federation, people in the Upper Class social class always maintain very disciplined eating and fitness habits. It is rare to see the president of a group or the head of a conglomerate as an obese person.

Even if there are any, they are only a very small minority. Most people care a lot about their health and physical condition, and some of them even live a life of self-discipline comparable to that of ascetics!

Some people have their schedules precise down to the second, and recently, a concept of fragmented rest time has become popular in the Federal.

It is said that these are the people who came up with this idea. They firmly believe that fragmented deep rest time is more helpful to the body than a whole night's sleep. In short, the Upper Class class of the Federal and the Upper Class class here have completely different attitudes toward "themselves".

One person has already learned to restrain themselves, but here, they are still indulging their desires.

Lin Qi nodded without hesitation, "Any animal's fur, but I must tell you in advance that the fur of some ferocious beasts and the fur of rats will definitely not be the same price. The larger the size, the more ferocious the animal, and the more intact the fur, the more the price of these things will be determined."

"If you can capture a live wild animal, as long as it's not injured or sick, you can still exchange it for money!"

The people around listened attentively. Most of Nagaril's land area is grassland and jungle, and there are too many wild animals here.

In the past, people were reluctant to hunt wild animals, partly because it was very dangerous, especially in the jungles, where even insects the size of a bean or giant pythons twenty or thirty meters long could be deadly to humans.

There is no need to risk your life venturing deep into the jungle just to get some food.

On the other hand, this underdeveloped country actually has a good agricultural foundation because the climate here, which is between temperate and tropical zones, is very suitable for agricultural development.

They could simply throw the seeds into the ground and tend to them with a little care to grow enough food for people to eat, and they had no need to go into the jungle.

But from that moment on, things began to change; people became willing to enter the jungle, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

The fur merchant stepped back, satisfied, indicating that he had finished asking his questions. Immediately afterward, a new person stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Lin Qi, what are your requirements for purchasing spices?"

Lin Qi kept answering people's questions, as if he really was there to give away money.

In a study a little further back in the hall, the Provincial Governor sat behind his desk, looking at an introduction to the Bayer Federation Bayer Federation Lin Qi's actions within it.

He investigated Lin Qi, very thoroughly, and in the process, he also learned a little about the Federal Republic of Bayer Federation.

When he saw that the Bayer Federation was still pursuing an isolation policy until the year before, he inexplicably felt a bit of goodwill towards the country, because Nagaril was also pursuing an isolation policy.

They don't actively engage with the world, nor do they want other countries to bother them, which resonates with the Provincial Governor, but the value of this resonance is limited to this.

Besides him, there were his five children in the room, boys, but that's not all.

He had nine boys and seven girls. In Nagaril, men could take care of more women as long as they were capable, which was a demonstration of their abilities, and no one would blame them for it.

In another province, there is a 71-year-old Governor-General Provincial Governor greatest interest in life is creating life and expanding his population. As a result, he now has more than 200 children and more than 300 grandchildren. He needs many people to help him prepare three meals a day just to feed his family.

Compared to this Provincial Governor with many children and grandchildren, the Governor Degra here is much simpler.

"What do you think Mr. Lin Qi from the Bayer Federation is up to, coming here at this time?" Governor Degra put down some documents in his hand, took off his glasses, and leaned back in his chair, which gave him a brief moment of relaxation. His gaze swept over the five children across the table.

These are his five most outstanding children. The girls don't count. In a patriarchal society, women have absolutely no status, even if they come from prominent families.

At this time, Nagaril was also facing some changes. The world war made this closed and backward country suddenly realize some dangers. They believed that if they were to face those weapons of war, they would be unable to fight back.

Some people in China have the idea of change, but unfortunately, these ideas are just faint glows, not even enough to ignite a single leaf, let alone set the whole world ablaze.

The corrupt Ruling Class fears change. Once the class barriers are broken down, some of them are likely to be crushed and become nourishment for the newly rising ruling class. Therefore, everyone is avoiding this issue.

At this intriguing juncture, instead of choosing more suitable and stable countries for investment, Lin Qi stepped into the quagmire of Nagaril. Degra never guessed Lin Qi's true intentions.

Is he really here to do business, or to cause trouble?