Darkstone Code

Chapter 1037 - 1035: The Future Ruler

"We can’t always be the echo of Gafura, Mr. President!"

In the President’s Mansion, sitting directly across from the President, Lynch had his fingers intertwined, elbows resting on the chair’s armrest, appearing somewhat conservative.

But in truth, his words were extremely radical!

"When our children and their children open their textbooks, they always see how Gafura did this and that, whether they succeeded or failed."

"No one cares about how the Federation did, what we gained, or what we lost."

"Because they can’t see us in the history books, maybe only when introducing the Gafura Alliance and its member countries, a brief mention is made in a tiny corner."

"Bail... Federation!"

"This shouldn’t be, Mr. President. We possess advanced technology, our society is more civilized than other countries’, and our people are wealthier."

"In every aspect, we are the most suitable—culture, technology, economy, history, human empathy, sense of responsibility to the international community..."

"People should see us and talk about us!"

"Just like right now, our focus is on you, on the Bail Federal, Mr. President."

The President nodded slightly, his reserved smile betraying his appreciation for Lynch’s subtle flattery.

Look at this eloquent child, always so comforting.

Lynch responded with a heartfelt smile, "That’s how it was before, because of the Conservative Party and escapism, even if we wanted change, we were powerless."

"But now, Mr. President, we can change all this."

"If the entire international community is led by us, our voice will be louder and spread further, allowing us to care for more people!"

"Regions, populations, countries, wherever there’s need, we will appear."

"The whole world should revolve around forming a new order, a new international society centered on the Bail Federal; this is how the history of the world should develop."

"Last millennium, Gafura called the shots."

"Next millennium, we call the shots!"

The President raised his head, seemingly exhilarated, quickly jotting down Lynch’s last few words in the notepad beside him, useful for speeches.

This was one of his little habits, rapidly noting useful things. It’s rumored his first political job when young was serving a Governor as a stenographer.

When delivering speeches, the President often quotes others with pleasant sentences.

He had previously quoted Lynch, even inviting him to his celebration ceremony because of it.

There’s nothing shameful about borrowing others’ ideas to shine; there’s nothing wrong with that!

After recording the sentences, he pondered briefly and asked, "But how can we achieve this?"

"We can’t just say ’we want to be world leaders’ and expect others to believe and act accordingly, right?"

His tone was light, chatting with Lynch being an enjoyable experience.

It’s like a post-dinner chat or afternoon conversation.

"Interest, Mr. President, as long as there’s sufficient interest, we won’t even need to demonstrate military might to embrace the whole world!"

The President’s eyebrow twitched slightly; he nodded ambiguously, "Explain in detail."

He’s very interested in this notion; the President isn’t truly radical, he’s striving to play the role.

But if possible, he still wishes things could be kept conservative.

Being too radical isn’t good; this is from his long-lived experience. Yet people want a radical President, so he doesn’t want to lose this opportunity, thus striving to play his role—a passionate radical!

He’s well aware he’s not really like that, he’s just pretending.

Now Lynch’s discussion about leading the world without war or conflict is intriguing to him.

Not being radical allows for timely course correction if problems arise—as long as diplomacy and politics solve them, they’re not really issues.

War can’t achieve this; a fired shell into another country’s territory is a declaration of war!

Once war is declared, there’s no retreat, only fighting until one side collapses to usher in the Dawn of Peace.

Diplomatic policy doesn’t, if disliked or unacceptable, change it with a different policy and route.

"Everyone, every country, is striving for development."

"Technological development, societal development, economic development... there’s much to develop, but not every country handles things as well as we do."

"They might have some issues here, maybe problems there, they lack mature experience for the correct path. This is where our value lies, Mr. President."

"We’ve just endured the most dreadful depression, yet in under four years, the decline period ceased and recovery began."

"Maybe another four or five years?"

"Soon we can restore the Federation’s peak, and during your term, it will become the most powerful Federation ever!"

The President maintained his reserved smile; he said, "Thank you," believing this very likely, no, certainly will happen.

Then he carefully chose his words, "So how do we help them?"

"Two parts, Mr. President: one helps them walk our successful path by establishing factories and selling them assembly lines."

"And another..."

The President suddenly raised his hand, interrupting Lynch with a somewhat apologetic inquiry, "Lynch, isn’t this too radical?"

"Our enterprises spent years researching for technological results; selling them like this..."

"Will the citizens have concerns?"

What concerns would the citizens have?

They wouldn’t have any because it doesn’t concern them at all.

Moreover, increased orders could yield higher salaries, leaving them delighted.

Not all companies can compete in the international market; many sell only domestically, at most dumping to regions like Nagariel under the Federation’s sway.

Competing against other countries’ goods doesn’t guarantee victory, not saying it’s impossible, but difficult.

Competent enterprises aren’t afraid of competition.

By "citizens," the President actually refers to capitalists; would they have objections?

Lynch shook his head, inquiring back, "Can you make a car?"

The President, not halting the conversation despite Lynch’s irrelevant question, shook his head with interest, "I can’t, but I know the principle."

He explained the steam engine principle briefly; few truly know this!

In the Federation, if five in one hundred understand the steam engine principle, it’s an educational triumph.

Lynch nodded, "They can’t either, so we sell them assembly lines, teach them mechanical operation without explaining why."

"Lacking industrial foundations, product upgrades and future research rely more on our technology."

"Unless they quickly catch up with our technological level, but that’s impossible!"

"Any breakthrough in advanced products involves multiple scientific fields; individual research can’t catch us."

"In other words, we will control certain industrial lifelines in these countries!"

The President slightly raised his head, not fully comprehending, but he had to act as if he did. He’d revisit this with Truman.

"Please continue, Lynch."

"The second option, we sell products only."

"These countries’ research capabilities may lag behind ours, perhaps just slightly, so we use affordable tech goods to undermine their research capabilities."

"For instance... the Ji-I bomber, currently the world’s most advanced bomber, I’m sure no country can independently produce it."

"If we let countries research independently, they might not develop anything comparable to the Ji-I bomber."

"But possibly, they can emulate it somewhat."

"During this process, their industry and technology will greatly evolve, potentially threatening our industrial base in the future."

"So we don’t want to catalyze their research efficiency, but use cheap products instead to destroy their research capability!"

"When they find spending multiples more yields nothing worthwhile and results in choosing our products, we win!"

"From then on, countries and regions globally depend on our industrial and technological capabilities."

"We hold the keys to world societal progress."

"Only if we push it a little will society advance."

"No war, no conflict, not even arguing, we control this world!"

"If they lose competition with other countries, they’re subject to our arrangements."

"What if they break from our system?"

Lynch smirked slightly, "They’ll find themselves not just two or three years behind, but twenty or thirty years behind!"