Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

Chapter 284 Suffering First 1 Suffering Yourself

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..." The winged beast that went out to forage for food in the early morning folded its wings skillfully and landed by the window to rest.

In its few memories, the window is usually open at this time. Sometimes there are a few bread crumbs on the window sill, which is considered a fixed refresh foraging spot.

Yushou tilted his head curiously and looked into the bedroom through the narrow gap between the curtains.

The warm sunlight shone on the messy bed, and the soft gold and silver hair were tangled together.

The sleeping Nightingale hugged Shining intimately, and their jet-black horns rubbed against their bone-white horns.

On the skin of the neck covered by the hair, there are faint red marks from mosquito bites.

It seems that even in early spring, annoying mosquitoes will always be there.

However, in the eyes of the simple-minded feathered beasts, whether it is hair or clothes scattered on the floor, they are all good materials for building nests.

At this moment, a pair of large hands suddenly appeared in the field of vision and suddenly pulled open the curtains. The feathered beast was so scared that it quickly flapped its wings and left the window.

"Oh, it's you. Wait a minute, I'll get you something to eat." Roy, who had just opened the window for ventilation, recognized the beautiful feathered beast at a glance.

Liz fed it regularly, and Roy suggested keeping it in captivity, but was rejected.

"Its home is the blue sky, and I don't want to deprive it of its freedom..." Liz said this with sadness in her eyes.

Roy guessed that she might be recalling the blue feathered beast that accompanied her in the Absolver's laboratory.

He took out the bread from the kitchen refrigerator and broke it into small pieces so that the feathered beast could swallow it in one bite.

"Eat it." Roy scattered the bread crumbs on the windowsill and looked up at the feathered beast that landed on the power line.

Roy prepared breakfast for the two people who were still sleeping, woke them up, and went to work.

.......

Through yesterday's meeting, Kazdel reached some cooperation with representatives from various countries.

Specific cooperation matters and document signing will be completed in these two days.

When Roy arrived at the office, he made himself a cup of coffee, sat down in his office chair, and started waiting for someone to visit him.

As contracts were signed one after another with Speaker Witte, the Duke of Windermere, the Columbia representative and others.

Roy bought a lot of good things from them, including steam train sets from Victoria, high-efficiency steel production lines from Ursus, and chips and electronic components from Columbia.

Everything is good, but a little expensive. Even if you can rub pure source stone by hand, you can't afford to make it like this.

Representatives from various countries also took into account that Kazdel, as an emerging country, could not settle all payments at once given its current financial situation.

So they all chose to pay in installments, with no interest for one year and half the interest for three years.

They were all quite optimistic about Kazdel's future and gave him some preferential treatment as a gesture of investment.

Roy was very happy that all countries were willing to give Kazdel preferential treatment, but he didn't like owing others money.

After seeing off the representatives from various countries, Roy stood alone in front of the window and looked at the clouds in the sky.

"If you don't have that much money, why sign those contracts?" Xi, hiding in the scroll, watched the entire process of Roy's negotiations with representatives from various countries.

Xi saw Roy's current predicament, but at the same time wondered why he chose to do this.

"We need these things for the country and the people. It would take too long to develop them ourselves. It is more cost-effective to buy them and learn while using them."

Roy looked back at Xi who was walking towards him and explained calmly.

"Taking big steps is not a good thing." Xi walked around to the sofa and sat down.

"Miss Xi, for a new country, if it wants to complete primitive accumulation, it must either invade abroad or exploit at home."

"But in my opinion, these are all manifestations of the monarch's incompetence. So I tried to find a completely new path... and make myself suffer first."

Roy turned around and sat down opposite Xi, took out a map from his personal space and unfolded it on the table.

"Miss Xi, do you have a pen? Can you lend it to me?" Roy reached out to Xi and asked for a pen.

"Take it..." Xi pulled out a brush with a white jade handle from his sleeve, on which were carved mountains, rivers and auspicious clouds.

"Are all the pens Miss Xi uses so exquisite?" Roy took the pen and found that the feel was not right, so he looked at it carefully.

"A pen is just a pen. There's no such thing as exquisite or not. You can use it or not. If you don't want it, just give it back to me." Xi was a little unhappy and was about to take his pen back.

"Yes, of course." Roy had never used a brush before, he had only seen others use it. The way he held the brush and applied force was not right, but it was enough to draw circles.

"......" Seeing that Roy's grip was wrong, Xi frowned but didn't say anything.

Roy drew four circles on the map, namely Sami, Colombia, Rembitor and Iberia.

"Thank you for the pen, Miss Xi." Roy returned the pen to Xi and began to draw four circles on the map with his fingertips.

"What are you going to do?" Xi didn't understand Roy's purpose in drawing these four circles and asked him.

"I'm going to mine..." Roy pointed at RemBitco and said seriously.

"Huh? Do you know what you are saying?" Xi was so shocked by Roy's thoughts that he didn't know what to say, and his tail behind him was stretched straight.

How could a king of a country lower himself to mine, let alone mine in another country!

"I know, Miss Xi, there's no need to be so excited. I know my limits on this matter..."

Roy learned that deep in the source stone veins of RIM Billiton, there were many ores that could not be mined due to technical safety issues.

His target was these unmineable ores. At the same time, Roy also wanted to try to see if he could dig out some things from previous civilizations in the mineral veins.

"Oh, Miss Xi. I remember one of your sisters is good at farming. Her name seems to be Shu."

"I want to ask her for help with something." Roy's eyes fell on the coastal country of Iberia.

After the Great Silence, Iberia was severely affected. The land was soaked by seawater and was no longer suitable for growing food.

The problem of sea urchins along the coast is becoming increasingly serious. Fishermen not only have to face a decrease in catch, but also have to be wary of terrorist fish coming ashore to attack.

Severe food shortages, the Deep Sea Church, the Sea Heirs, and evil cults continue to plague this once powerful Terra nation.

Roy intends to start with food and establish stable diplomatic relations with Iberia.

If Lateran's faith cannot save Iberia's believers, then the Sarkaz Demon King will do it.

"You want to see Sister Shu? That's not easy. I'm going to ask my elder brother and sister Ling." Shu's situation is different from Nian and Xi. He has been engaged in planting and breeding in Dahuang City all year round. If he disappears rashly, it will definitely attract the attention of Simuitai.

Perhaps only in a painting or in a dream can it go unnoticed.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Miss Xi."

"Just call me Xi from now on."