The dimly lit Vias Noble Council.
Within the government offices, the noble officials were still hosting a welcome banquet for Marquis Yueshan from the Eastern Continent, now the Green Forest Duke. They spoke loftily, discussing what measures the Green Forest Duke would take against the Dragon Wing Legion invading from the Caesar Empire, while laughing and chatting about what compensation the Federation would demand from the Caesar Empire after driving the Dragon Wing Legion out of Vias.
Fanent, the chief elder of the Noble Council, leaned close to Lin Qi's divine puppet and quietly discussed plans to supply his family with large quantities of timber in the future. With the collapse of the great super-families that had once dominated the Vias Commercial Federation, Vias's shipbuilding industry had also suffered a tremendous blow.
Duke Fanent's family intended to enter the highly profitable shipbuilding trade, and they had already taken advantage of the chaos to purchase several major shipyards. But shipbuilding required fine timber, and Green Forest Province was famed throughout the entire Western Continent as a producer of excellent lumber.
Lin Qi, whose true body was still watching the commotion in the slums, cheerfully discussed all sorts of terms with Fanent. With goods in hand, there was no panic in his heart. In the future, ninety percent of Vias's shipbuilding industry would have to live off the high-quality timber produced by Green Forest Province—how could Lin Qi possibly sell that wood cheaply?
For Green Forest Province, Lin Qi had spent goods worth three hundred million gold coins at market price! With Lin Qi's money-grubbing nature, if he did not earn that investment back in short order, he truly would not sleep in peace.
One point where Lin Qi surpassed Gram was this: Gram regarded gold coins as more important than everything