Darkstone Code

Chapter 1487: Chapter 1485: Simple Negotiations

There used to be people who linked the level of public security to the level of education.

These people believed that if a person was better educated and had a very firm sense of right and wrong, then such people would not make mistakes.

So by raising the level of education, one could greatly reduce the crime rate in society.

This view was popular for a period of time, then gradually faded away.

Because later sociologists, through more precise data and facts, proved one point: people with higher education are just as likely to commit crimes proactively, and even commit premeditated crimes and carry them out——

Here it needs to be particularly pointed out what this "premeditated" means: it signifies that the criminal act is not a crime of passion, not a sudden loss of emotional control leading to a crime of passion.

It is a criminal act carried out in a calm state, after careful consideration.

Such criminal acts and criminals are more harmful to society, because they will think things through before committing a crime, and they know how to accumulate experience, to the extent that some criminals have still not been captured to this day.

And in subsequent social research, people gradually discovered that the crime rate actually has a very direct relationship with the employment rate.

When the employment rate is high, the social crime rate tends to show a downward trend.

But once the unemployment rate rises, the social crime rate will begin to rise at the same time.

And the employment rate in fact represents a person’s earning capacity and situation.

When a person has no income and does not possess the ability to cope with the urgent needs of life while lacking income, crime may become the path they choose.

Just like Lemar right now.

People spend money but cannot buy anything; when the money in their hands, which might once have taken several months to save up, can’t even buy a single loaf of bread, what else can they do?

At this point some people may wonder: if they can’t afford bread, can’t they at least fish?

Have all the fish in the sea... already been caught?

Or do these people simply not eat fish?

Why do they insist on choosing crime?

In fact, this way of thinking often comes from those who oversimplify the problem; they cannot see through certain appearances, and naturally they cannot grasp some of the underlying essences.

What people are anxious about is not just the simple issue of "having food to eat", but the confusion about the future, and the sense of personal power being petty and powerless beneath the tidal waves of the era.

People will be split apart, society will be split apart, eventually forming different opposing camps, and thus conflicts will erupt.

People will attribute their own weakness in being unable to resist social change to the fault of others—such as "it’s not that I really can’t afford bread, it’s that these people have raised prices so high because they want to starve me to death", and so on.

From "why are you raising prices" to "let’s all go to Hell together" actually does not require much change in thought; all it takes is to be immersed in despair and unable to see a future!

When people lose hope in life and lose hope in the future, they become radical, extreme, resorting to means that do not conform to rules in order to obtain what they want.

Fortunately, this problem is now being rapidly alleviated.

With the arrival of the Federation delegation, some factories have begun to resume production, and the hollow shells left behind after foreign capital fled have been promptly filled by some capitalists from the Federation; job postings can be seen everywhere.

Even the Paradise Island resort has begun to restart operations!

On the streets there are not only police, armed police, but also Soldiers from the Federation; with strong armed force suppressing the unrest, and also giving people hope of continuing to live.

This upheaval erupted very quickly, and the speed at which it ended also exceeded people’s expectations.

Almost by the third day after the Federation delegation arrived, order had basically been restored everywhere.

And now the only problem that has not yet been solved is the issue of Yares.

Yares has collapsed; to pick it up again will certainly require strong guarantees. After the chairman of the Autonomy Party took office, he immediately summoned the President of the Lemar National Bank to his side and inquired about this problem.

How can Yares be returned to the position where it ought to be?

The President’s answer was that there was no way to achieve this—at least, given Lemar’s own situation at present, it cannot be done.

If one wants to accomplish this, it is not something that can be achieved with just a few policies or a few documents; rather, it will require a very long time.

First, all old currency currently in circulation must be comprehensively recalled, while at the same time a newly designed New Coin must be issued, and the issuance volume as well as Lemar’s Gold reserves must be publicly disclosed externally.

Only in this way can Yares come back to life.

Or, someone must be willing to give Yares a hand—for example, the people of the Federation.

If they are able to give some support to Yares, such as the Federation Government voluntarily stating that it will increase its Yares reserves by a certain amount, or opening an official exchange platform for Federation Sol to be exchanged into Yares, and then giving a suitable exchange rate.

Only in this way can Yares quickly return to the level it was at a few months ago; apart from these two approaches, all other methods can only wait slowly.

It might take three to five years, or it might require thirty to fifty years to return to its original level.

But with external assistance, this speed would become extremely rapid.

Between the lines, the President clearly conveyed the hope that the new President would invite help from the Federation, and indeed that is what he did.

Right there at the negotiating table.

In fact, the progress of the negotiations has been slower than the outside world imagined; the chairman of the Autonomy Party, that is, the new Grand President, is not a qualified "traitor to his country."

After he took office, he facilitated the establishment of a cooperative relationship with the Federation, but as to how exactly this cooperation would be carried out, that is still under discussion.

He has not completely abandoned his position, and he is still striving to secure benefits for the people of Lemar, which has also made the negotiation process appear somewhat slow.

This can be said to be one of his demands: he must demonstrate that he is making every effort in diplomacy with the people of the Federation to fight for rights and interests, he must show that as President he is doing his duty.

He needs to obtain some things from the Federation in order to stabilize his own power and position, and to help Lemar recover as quickly as possible.

Otherwise he will become a disgrace in Lemar’s history, and remain there forever.

On larger matters of principle, the new President has not held back much.

For example, as a new member of the World Development Committee, in order to confront the evil Peng Jieao Empire and its subordinate states, a large number of fortifications will be built to the southeast of the Lemar Islands.

And the Federation’s Third Fleet will be stationed here——

The First Fleet is commanded by the Admiral himself—of course, this is nominal; in reality the Admiral sits in the command headquarters, while the fleet itself is led by a newly appointed Vice Admiral.

Because of the First Fleet’s "Legendary" past, it has been entrusted with heavier responsibilities and missions; it will serve as the main fleet heading to the Southern War Zone of the East Ocean, confronting the Peng Jieao people at the very front line.

The Second Fleet will cruise across the East Ocean, maintaining mobility and providing support to various regions at any time.

The Fourth United Fleet, currently in formation, will be responsible for the Central war zone of the East Ocean.

There are quite a few islands in the Central war zone of the East Ocean, and many of these islands have already been modified. As early as a few years ago, Lynch proposed the "Midway Island Plan", building a defensive network covering the entire central area of the East Ocean around these islands.

These islands have runways, gun emplacements, and some even have ports; moreover, they are stacked with ample reserves of various munitions and supplies.

Whether for resupplying the fleets, or as forward positions for defense or even offense, they are fully qualified!

And the islands are interconnected; once one island suffers an attack, other islands can quickly organize joint defense or counterattacks. Therefore in the Central war zone it is enough just to station the United Fleet to achieve the strategic objectives.

In fact, the core of the war between them and Peng Jieao is still to wage war on the Southern Continent and even on the home territories of both sides...

Naval warfare cannot thoroughly conquer a country, but ground warfare can!

In the early stage of the war, the Third Fleet will not bear overly heavy combat tasks; it only needs to prevent the Peng Jieao from attempting to land via the territory of Mariluo.

If the Third Fleet is truly required to launch an offensive, that will be in the middle and late stages of the war.

In addition to agreeing to the Federation’s demand to station a fleet here, he has also agreed to some other military cooperation, such as appropriate local conscription, and when necessary, fighting side by side with the Federation, landing from the northern border of Peng Jieao.

Besides this, he has also agreed to quite a few forms of political cooperation. These forms of cooperation are in fact beneficial to Lemar, such as the Federation pledging to assist Lemar in building an industrial base.

More importantly, there will be a loan!

The Federation Government will provide Lemar with a financial aid package of 300 million Federation Sol, of which 45 million will be under the spending authority of the Lemar Government, while the remainder will be under the authority of the Federation Government.

To put it more simply, apart from the 45 million that the Lemar Government can decide on its own how to spend, all the rest must be designated by the Federation Government.

For example, nearly 120 million of the loan will be used to purchase various weapons conforming to the World Development Committee’s military standards, such as all kinds of firearms and ammunition; these weapons and ammunition will equip the first regular army formed after the birth of the Lemar Republic, the Lemar Defense Army.

The remaining portion of the funds will be used for the construction of various basic and military facilities, as well as hiring Federation instructors to help Lemar establish its Defense Army.

If one says this loan is not cost-effective...

At least there are those 45 million that can be put to use.

But if you say it is very cost-effective, in reality that is not necessarily true.

This is equivalent to borrowing money from the Federation to buy Federation weapons to arm your own Soldiers, then sending your Soldiers onto the battlefield to fight and die for the Federation, and in the end you still owe the Federation a loan of 300 million...

Over the course of just a few days, as he delved into the details surrounding all kinds of negotiations, the newly installed Grand President gradually felt that once one truly sits in this position, responsibility weighs heavier than power!

But at this point he no longer has any room for choice; he can only continue moving forward.

After negotiating many treaties that could well lead the Lemar people to "affectionately" call the Grand President a "traitor to the nation", he finally turned to the most thorny issue at present: currency.

He hopes the people of the Federation can, through the exchange rate or other channels, help Yares climb out of the depths!

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