The newly appointed mayor had shown enough goodwill to these overseas investors. This had also stimulated everyone's enthusiasm for investment and their confidence in making economic gains here.
This was a good thing for both sides. This was definitely not a fiction. A large amount of investment could bring prosperity to the region. Just like the Federation before, a large amount of capital poured in, and the economic development of the Federation was like a rocket that no one had ever seen before.
As for some of the social problems caused by the investment, as well as some problems after the investment period ended, Lynch felt that these were not too important.
People were starving to death. Who cared if the food was dirty or not? The only thing they could do was eat it first to keep themselves alive. Then, they would think about how to eat clean food and how to get others to provide them with clean food.
Soon, the people here noticed some changes from the past. It was a positive change.
On the ruins, the hired people began to work and clean up the ruins. This was not quite the same as before.
In the past, they did not get paid to clean up the ruins because the privileged classes would tell them that providing services to the privileged classes should be a gift to them. It was not a harm, and they should not ask for payment. That was shameful.
The privileged classes were also considerate enough to arrange some fierce people to watch them work. If anyone did not work hard, they would either be whipped or beaten with a stick.
But now, these things did not exist. The foreigners would hire them to do the work and were willing to pay them a salary.
This was the first time in many Nagaleans' lives that they had touched cash. It sounded incredible, but this was exactly the reality here. Some people even shed tears when they received their own money.
This also created some new problems. What the Nagarial Youth Party said did not seem to match up with reality!
The Nagaleans' youth party had been identified as an illegal organization, but it was still not enough to encircle and suppress them.
Foreigners like Lynch could not put all their energy into helping the Nagaleans' government to capture these "anti-government" organizations. This was just a preliminary determination. When necessary, they would be encircled and suppressed. When not necessary, they could be allowed to grow freely.
In fact, the existence of the Nagaleans' youth party was not entirely bad. They were like a magnet, "collecting" people who were hidden in society, prejudiced against foreigners, and even extremist people.
It was clear who the enemy was at a glance.
Instead of playing a game of cat and mouse with these people, it was obviously better to focus on propaganda to the people, and directly solve the problem of the youth party's continued growth.
The youth party believed that foreigners were here to persecute the people of Nagaleans, to exploit and plunder their wealth. But the problem now was that these foreigners not only did not take anything from them, but also paid them for their labor.
This completely opposite reality confused the people because the truth was completely opposite. Sometimes they even felt that the Nagaleans were a group of bad people with ulterior motives, just like the government's propaganda.
Wasn't that what the posters on the road said?
Anger couldn't solve the problem of feeding a family, but work could!
Simple posters, simple words, but it brought a lot of trouble to the youth party.
"There are not many people who came to the meeting these two days, and …" The person who spoke glanced at the leader of his province sitting at the head of the table. He did not know how to continue. "I shouldn't say this, but I suspect that there is a possibility and risk that we will be betrayed."
"These foreigners from the Federation are more cunning and deceitful than the previous ones. They just used some small favors to bribe many people. Those people will follow the foreigners for money, and they will definitely betray us for money!"
The short young man didn't say anything and remained silent. There were many posters of various colors on the coffee table in front of them. The printing of these posters was very clumsy. It was just a piece of ordinary oilskin paper with ordinary characters printed with oil mud.
If one was not careful and touched the oil, the color would fade, and it would be difficult to deal with.
The content of these posters was so simple that even an illiterate person could understand the meaning after hearing it read once.
Slogans such as "Work changes fate, employment creates future", "If one works, the whole family will be full, if one works, the whole family will be rich", and "If you want to be rich, work less and work more".
The content of these slogans was easy to understand. As long as one had normal intelligence, even an uneducated person would be able to understand the meaning. This made the situation that the youth party had just opened a little awkward.
Not long ago, they used violent means to destroy the rich class and gained a lot of support because they were the only ones who dared to resist and did it. It was not slogans, but actual actions, even though there were some elements of trickery involved.
But in the blink of an eye, the people around them had gone to work, and they were working for foreigners. This made everyone feel as ridiculous as a clown.
The short leader kept his eyes on the posters on the coffee table. He did not understand what these foreigners were trying to do.
They were not the same as the foreigners in the past.
In the past, the foreigners were very stingy and tried not to spend money when they could. But the businessmen of the Federation like Lynch spent a lot of money. A lot of things that people thought were unnecessary were given enough money by them.
For example, buying land. In the past, this kind of thing did not cost money at all. The rich men could find a reason to drive the poor away and take over the poor's land.
Just like Asr's father, when he wanted to expand his yard, he found a reason to tell the neighbors next door. The neighbors immediately moved to another place, leaving the land that they had lived in for more than a decade to Asr's father and brother.
This was actually related to the rich land resources in Najaril. The poor did not have much property, so they could just build a simple house in another place and continue to live. There was no need to fight with the rich over land that was worthless to them.
However, the merchants of the Federation paid them a sum of money for this. It might not be a lot, but it was at or below the market price. This was still a huge and inconceivable change.
They were not the same as the foreigners in the past. So much so that the moment the Youth Party made a name for themselves, their slogans became useless.
After a few minutes, he came back to his senses and shook his head. "I don't understand these people."
He looked at the other determined members of the Youth Party who had gathered around him. His expression was a little solemn. "I don't understand these people. I don't understand what they are doing."
"They will pay for everything they buy. They will not take away our belongings, they will not humiliate women, and they will abide by our laws."
"Other than the unpleasant way they look at people, they are better than the old men I've seen."
"I don't understand why they are doing this. Why are they here? We don't understand these foreigners. They are different from the foreigners we've seen before."
As he said this, his tone was very solemn, which made the others keep their attention on him.
He sighed softly. "We know nothing about the group that may become our biggest enemy. If we can't find out their real purpose, we can't defeat them."
"As far as the current situation is concerned, we are no match for them!"
It was not easy to directly admit that he had failed in a certain aspect. This might damage his prestige, but he still said it. People did not think that he said it to diminish his prestige.
"I have an idea …" He looked at the people around him. "We don't know what they are doing, and the current situation is very unfavorable for us. I suggest we split up and join them!"
This sentence was different from the ones before. The people around him had a look of disbelief on their faces, as if … they had heard the biggest joke in the world.
But it was not a joke. It was a decision the short leader came to after thinking for a long time.
"Like you said, there will be people who will betray us in order to be put in an important position by the foreigners, as long as we stay together."
"So if we split up, one or two of us won't be of much use to the foreigners. We will also expose these people. Not many people know us, and the foreigners are not sensitive to our appearance."
"We will apply and become their employees. We will see with our own eyes, feel with our own bodies, and figure out what these people want!"
"This will be more effective than sitting here and discussing how to deal with an unfamiliar enemy. This is not a surrender, nor is it a humiliation. This is something we must experience on the road to victory."
"If some of you are not willing, I won't force you. I will recommend those who are not willing to work or live with the Youth Party in other places. Maybe they have a different environment than us, so they will do things differently."
"But here, my idea is that we should join them first, find the problem, find their purpose, and then think about how to defeat them!"
The people around him fell silent, thinking about the meaning of the leader's words. Then, some people raised their hands, and more and more people raised their hands.
In fact, they were also confused. They also wanted to figure out what they could do to save the country.