These things were known only to Lynn.
Half a year ago, he had only vaguely sensed it.
Foreign countries were imposing a blockade to protect their own trade and production, keeping him from reaping wealth.
At the same time, they were using food to starve him into submission.
They also wanted Olesia to fall into an economic crisis.
Lynn had always believed in self-sufficiency.
His approach was all about integrating farming and warfare, but with an industrial twist.
Once he realized the enemy had set an Economic Trap for him, he immediately shifted to an internally self-sufficient economy.
At the same time, he launched large-scale infrastructure projects and used public works for relief, winning the people's support. Roads and water conservancy projects sprang up everywhere, integrating the economy by helping goods circulate.
Now the autumn harvest was in, and they could more or less feed themselves.
Back when they were sowing in spring, the entire Northern Alliance had gone mad, planting fields everywhere.
They put everything to use: mages, Qi Warriors, machines, draft horses, oxen—anything they could get their hands on.
At the same time, they had paid close attention to their own propaganda, portraying the government as strong.
Now, he needed diplomats to break the blockade and put his formidable production capacity to work reaping wealth.
In plain terms: open the gates and allow Free Trade.
He also wanted their War Reparations.
Edward's understanding of economics was more theoretical and systematic.
Lynn's own understanding of economics was essentially a mix of a self-sufficient Small Peasant Economy, v3 Economics, Star Cluster economics, and the commodity-backed economics of the early days of his home region's red regime in Eastern State.
He had also considered the Zhibai Coin and Great Spring of the Three Kingdoms, and carefully studied Wei State's barter system.