Chapter 268
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Chapter 268: Variables
Yi Chen stayed silent, urging Lu Qingxian to continue.
Lu Qingxian slightly organized his thoughts and started to drop the first bombshell.
“Although the Country Lord is already a member of the human federation and contributes to its development, pledging loyalty to the federation’s interests is part of his responsibilities.”
“However, the Country Lord has not enjoyed the benefits of the human federation since childhood. Plus, with his great achievements in supporting the Tree-Dwelling Tribe…”
“Therefore, we plan to award the Country Lord two hundred trillion federation coins.”
“…”
Yi Chen was speechless; it was truly impressive.
They calculated monetary units in trillions.
Lu Qingxian explained, “In the human federation, one coin can approximately buy a pound of rice.”
“The calculation unit is something the Country Lord can understand in the context of ten thousand.”
“Going further, there are one hundred thousand, one million, ten million, one hundred million, one billion, ten billion, one hundred billion, one trillion, ten trillion, one hundred trillion, and finally, two hundred trillion! The Country Lord can try to grasp the level this represents.”
“This amount of money is also an astronomical figure for our entire human federation. The resources it can buy are unimaginable.”
Wow!
Yi Chen felt a bit dazed.
Was the human federation this generous?
They were starting off with two hundred trillion.
And it wasn’t the same trillion he knew from his past life.
In his previous life, trillion could refer to either a million or a trillion.
But in the human federation’s terms, a trillion equated to one hundred billion.
“Besides this, in the future, because you will need to spend a lot of time and energy cooperating with our technological power to create various high-level skills, we will also grant the Country Lord the honorary title of ‘Master of Humanity’ and construct various statues in the entire galaxy to honor you.”
Lu Qingxian could see that Yi Chen was very confused; perhaps he still couldn’t comprehend the value of two hundred trillion federation coins, but at least he knew this was an endless wealth.
He pressed on, throwing out the second bombshell: “At the same time, our Federal Parliament will also arrange for the Country Lord to hold two speaker positions in the parliament.”
“Our human federation’s highest decision-making level is the parliament, which consists of one councilor and twenty-four speakers.”
“Perhaps the Country Lord cannot fully understand the authority of one speaker, but if you compare it to the Political Council of the Great Flame Kingdom, it would be equivalent to two Vice Councilors. Moreover, although there are more of them, their power and status are higher than that of the Vice Councilors in the Political Council.”
Yi Chen nodded.
He could actually understand Lu Qingxian’s words.
The Great Flame Kingdom’s Vice Councilors were only six, but above the Political Council stood him, the Country Lord, who possessed both political and divine authority.
Although there were twenty-four speakers in the parliament, there was no ruler above them, so their power and status were certainly much higher than that of the Vice Councilors in the Political Council.
Being granted two speaker positions indirectly meant he would hold two twenty-fifths of the power in the human federation.
Of course, this was just the simplest calculation.
Below the speakers, there should be countless members of parliament.
Without controlling the appropriate number of members, the two speaker positions would just be for show.
Similarly, even with two speaker positions, it would require mutual compromise with other speakers to create policies that serve one’s interests.
But no matter how one looks at it, the human federation is incredibly generous.
“Lastly!”
What Yi Chen did not expect was that Lu Qingxian was not done yet and dropped a third bombshell.
“Finally, our human federation’s system is one of equality; there is no noble class. However, if the Country Lord can create some even more powerful skills with the help of advanced technology to quickly raise the average strength of our human federation’s people, we will make an exception and establish a noble class—royal family!”
“The Country Lord will become the only royal family member of the human federation, possessing various privileges that surpass the laws of the federation, such as owning territory.”
“Beyond the exile planet, our parliament will also allocate another life planet as part of the Country Lord’s private domain.”
“In this private domain, the Country Lord will have highly independent privileges.”
Oh my!
Yi Chen felt skeptical. If these conditions were true, then the human federation must be desperate to ally with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
They were offering him such great benefits just because he could help the human federation quickly sign a vassal agreement with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
“The specific details still require further discussion, but the general content is about what I just mentioned. I believe the Country Lord should understand our sincerity?”
Lu Qingxian looked at Yi Chen calmly.
Yi Chen nodded.
This sincerity was truly explosive.
“If the Country Lord finds no issue, we can first sign a contract detailing these general terms.”
Lu Qingxian spoke naturally.
Yet Yi Chen unexpectedly shook his head.
“What?”
Lu Qingxian had a thousand complaints in his heart.
He knew Yi Chen’s character and style often led to unpredictable outcomes.
Even with a ninety-nine point nine percent certainty, things could still change.
Yet, he was offering key terms and held critical information; things should not go awry.
“Sorry, I cannot sign this contract because I do not wish to be controlled. Only by removing the obligation of complete loyalty to the human federation can we continue to negotiate.”
Yi Chen politely explained.
If Lu Qingxian had previously threatened Bai Ruo Xin, he could have at least provided a reason that would not make him angry in the end.
As a member of humanity, in the context of the human federation wanting to quickly join the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, he would not mind helping the human federation meet the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s conditions, even offering assistance free of charge.
But asking him to pledge loyalty to the human federation was not a possibility.
Conversely, being regarded as the highest ruler by the human federation would be more acceptable.
But one should not get their hopes up; that too was impossible.
“In the eyes of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, the Country Lord and our human federation are one entity, both part of humanity.”
Lu Qingxian stated earnestly, “It is precisely because of this that powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe directly approach the Country Lord to sign a contract.”
“Since the Country Lord represents our humanity in signing with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, becoming a representative for all of us, we must ensure that the Country Lord will not act with personal ulterior motives at the expense of the human federation’s interests. Otherwise, we would rather overturn the contract signed by the Country Lord and the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”
“The Country Lord cannot seek only benefits while being unwilling to take on any risks.”
“Furthermore, the risks are not significant. In the contract, we will state that the Country Lord must fully cooperate in creating various new skills and making them public. The Country Lord must not secretly seize the military and political power of the federation and must not suddenly turn against us in times of war between humanity and foreign tribes.”
“In other words, when humanity goes to war with foreign tribes, the contract only restricts the Country Lord from cooperating with the foreign tribes. But the restrictions only go that far.”
“The Country Lord has the right to avoid the battlefield, and even the right to prepare for escape to other star clusters in times of impending collapse for humanity.”
“If that is the case, some of the restrictions fall within an acceptable range for me…”
Yi Chen felt some stirrings of interest.
If he was not required to pledge loyalty to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe on behalf of the human federation, and if the federation sought to sign a contract with him merely to restrict him and prevent him from seizing power while granting him sufficient autonomy, he wouldn’t mind taking a role in the human federation and contributing to its development.
After all, he could gain immense benefits that would be favorable for his future with the Great Flame Kingdom.
As for seizing the military and political power of the human federation, he had never considered it.
Although humanity was the foundation of his ventures in the starry skies, the large population of the human federation was undeniably enticing.
But in his estimation, the federated people, accustomed to a parliamentary system, would not accept a ruler who combines both political and religious authority.
He would never use coercion to force his own people to recognize his rule.
At present, given the sincerity shown by the human federation, he could not scheme to seize power and become the wolf that brings danger into the house.
With the small territory of the Great Flame Kingdom and its two hundred thousand inhabitants, if given enough time, he could still reach for the endless starry skies.
The universe is vast and boundless; he did not need to covet the territory of the Milky Way.
When the Great Flame Kingdom reaches a certain level of development, he would even be willing not to compete with the human federation for territories beyond the Milky Way.
When the human federation no longer needs him and considers the Great Flame Kingdom a threat, he could lead the Great Flame Kingdom to develop in other star clusters.
Lu Qingxian couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, though a change had occurred, he had successfully averted disaster.
Just as he was about to seize the moment and propose signing the contract directly, Bai Ruo Xin, who had remained silent all along, suddenly spoke up:
“It seems the chairman has not made some points clear?”
