"Thank you for your hard work!"

The next morning, in the Emperor's study, Jenia relayed the "information purchased at a high price" from Lynch to the Emperor. After hearing the news, the Emperor immediately expressed his gratitude to Jenia.

"What you said is very important to me, providing a perspective we hadn't considered before. How did you convince Lynch to tell you this?"

Jenia sat on the beautifully upholstered chair, crossed her legs, holding a lady's cigarette holder with a filter. She glanced at the Emperor with a hint of disdain, shook her head, "Are you sure you want to know?"

The Emperor was stunned by her attitude for a moment, but curiosity ultimately overcame his reason.

Curiosity is normal for everyone, even the Emperor.

The methods conveyed by Jenia, which came from Lynch, indeed offered a way to address some issues in the Amelia Region that they hadn't considered before. This was a unique approach and solution, very valuable.

His Majesty the Emperor believed that if he were Lynch, he wouldn't have disclosed the information without sufficient benefits.

Even though Jenia's "Are you sure you want to know" contained potentially unpleasant guesses, the Emperor still wanted to ask.

Curiosity comprised most of it, and part of it was to ensure the effective value of this information through its "purchase price."

It's like someone buying a gemstone-like thing for one dollar. When he tells others he bought it for one dollar, no one will associate the shiny thing with a gemstone.

But if he tells others it cost hundreds or thousands or more, people will immediately associate the shiny thing with a gemstone.

Not just gemstones, anything that can be assessed, tangible or intangible, follows this principle.

Jenia took a drag from the cigarette, the intricate lady's cigarette holder adorned with gemstone particles, wrapped in red lips, glowed for a moment as she exhaled the smoke and revealed the cost she paid for the information.

"I sucked...", she didn't feel any embarrassment at all, instead looked at the Emperor with interest.

The Emperor was first stunned, then his expression turned unpleasant.

Jenia, as the most famous member of the Imperial Family, the sister acclaimed as "Flower of the Empire," the dream love of countless men in the Empire.

Yet she went so far...?!

Lynch truly despicable!

But soon, this angry emotion subsided; he knew he had no means against Lynch.

If Lynch were killed by him, perhaps a war would be inevitable.

The Federation frantically expanded its international influence; their approach differs from Gafura's through war. They are more subtle, less aggressive, and easily accepted.

But this doesn't mean they can tolerate a diplomatic personnel's death; it would undoubtedly cause significant trouble, all just speculation.

Yet the thought of his sister, sitting less than ten meters away from him, possibly engaging in those acts naked, made him unhappy, angry, and... a bit excited.

Fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mindset, finally saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

"You said that earlier!", Jenia's sharp counter, "I did this not for myself or for you, but for the Imperial Family and the country. I must tell you, this is the last time."

"I don't want you to have me do this whenever there's trouble; I'm not a prostitute!"

Jenia rarely expressed her position firmly; feeling guilty, the Emperor faced his rarely assertive sister and chose to apologize to express his attitude.

"I'm sorry, this is the last time!"

Jenia's expression soon softened, "I accept your apology!"

After a few seconds, the Emperor escaped from these emotions, continuing to ask, "So, are these all his methods?"

Jenia shook her head, took a puff, pulled the cigarette from the holder, tossed it in the ashtray, "From the tone and attitude when he spoke, these are merely what he is willing to share; he has better methods, but he's determined not to tell me. I believe you need to meet him."

The Emperor nodded, "If he truly has better methods, then I should meet him...", he pondered for a while, "You can talk to him, invite him to the Imperial Palace, we can have dinner together, perhaps make some progress."

Jenia stood up, packed some personal items like a lighter, cigarettes, and cigarette holder into her bag, "I will invite him, but I can't promise he will come."

"Thank you!"

The Emperor eagerly anticipated the meeting with Lynch, but in the evening, he received disappointing news; Lynch refused to meet the Emperor, citing refusing private meetings before negotiations concluded.

To ensure the negotiations proceeded without incidents from an unsolicited invitation, Lynch's reasons were sufficient. Neither Jenia nor His Majesty could find any reason to refute Lynch's reason.

He himself being a member of the diplomatic delegation, private contact with Gafura official personnel would be a taboo, no flaws to pick, Emperor Gafura can only urge his subordinates to conclude the negotiations, at least the main contents.

The two simple methods Lynch offered to Emperor Gafura were brought out by the Emperor to discuss with trusted ministers.

"Are these truly Lynch's ideas?", the Minister of Defense found it hard to believe, "I think it's more likely someone behind him provided the ideas, a young man in his twenties can't possibly have the capability to devise these solutions, and you said he has better methods!"

Other ministers nodded in agreement, their eyes returning to the written description.

The two methods Lynch conveyed through Jenia to the Emperor were simple: immigration and opportunity.

Large-scale immigration alters the foundational structure of the Amelia Region's social base; Lynch also mentioned immigrants mainly from the lower class.

Letting more ordinary people from the Empire fill the Amelia Region to dilute the proportion of the entire region resenting the rulers while providing stability and supervision to some degree.

Currently, most of those living in the Amelia Region are merchants, middle to upper class; they wouldn't live with ordinary people, having their own living areas in each city, disconnected from the outside world.

This instead gave locals a very wrong implication, that Gafura people haven't truly accepted the region or its people; they first established a class confrontation stance, leading to the subsequent escalating tensions.

Secondly, Lynch mentioned giving locals opportunities; Gafura people are arrogant, evident from their attitude towards other races; under such a "we are superior" environment, how could the ruled accept themselves as inferior?

Moreover, utterly lacking opportunities, which is the most terrifying.

Human society has proven countless times that with even the slightest possibility of a future, people will strive for the seemingly possible future!

This includes their stable work and study.

Open channels for locals to enter the upper society, increase promotion opportunities for locals, and grant limited autonomy, transforming the "us vs. them" conflict into internal conflicts among locals, reducing pressure.

These methods were perhaps thought of by Gafura people before but not taken seriously; noble Gafura people are the ruling race of the universe, a nameless lowly race doesn't deserve equality with the noble Gafura people?

No... Impossible!

Now they must face this problem and seriously consider Lynch's suggestions; ultimately, their discussion concluded the suggestions were quite feasible.

But soon they faced another issue; all Gafura people knew the Amelia Region's messy situation was dangerous, frequent attacks from various anti-government armed groups against Gafura people.

Call for people to migrate to the Amelia Region now?

Even the Emperor's words wouldn't be effective; only a few lunatics would go, normal people wouldn't.

"These methods are suited for relatively calm times, not now; our current problems require more stringent solutions, these are references."'

This was the Minister of Defense's final summary: valuable but currently useless.

The Emperor hesitated; his hesitation was noticed by the Minister of Defense who then communicated instantly through eye contact among ministers, and the Minister of the Army stood up.

"Your Majesty, if Lynch has better suggestions, perhaps we should talk to Lynch!"

Amelia Region affects the nerves of this nation; if anyone claims to solve the issues, ministers wouldn't mind offering an opportunity.

The Emperor nodded and then shook his head, "He does have, but he doesn't want to meet us now, citing that we're currently in the negotiation process, and before that concludes, he won't engage in private contact with anyone."

Showing a helpless expression, urging the completion of negotiations, without undermining national dignity, showcasing Gafura's tolerance and generosity.

The entire time, the Minister of Finance, feeling some matters slipping out of control, appeared indifferent.

Compared to the shared interests of the nobility and royal family, an international speculator and some money won't stop him from pursuing his true intentions!

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