As a tradition of the Federal Governors' Conference, the organizers arrange a day of outdoor activities such as hiking, climbing, hunting, and ...... In a seaside location like Midgarh, sailing is undoubtedly a sport that is both distinctive and a team spirit.

Governors work in groups of seven to steer a sailboat. This time, instead of getting together according to personal preferences according to the salon of the previous night, they were divided according to the large geographical teams, namely the northern team, the southern team, the eastern team, and the western team, while the central federal states were divided according to the general orientation and personal inclination.

Neuchâtel's Miller, Anlu's Cherch, Marburdon's Gooy, Sifuel's López, Emilia's Marsal, Morrisse's Pal L'Aquila, plus Clumber Haysom from Lorraine, make up the Western United.

Weiss was a complete stranger to sailing, both before and now. Although Lorraine also has the Hainan line, it is adjacent to the cold and tyrannical southern sea, the fishing scale is small, the coastal settlements are mainly at the village and town level, and the coastline of Lorraine is also steep, not suitable for large-scale development. In their Western Wing, Marsar, the oldest man with sailing skills, assumed the captaincy of the ship.

It's a friendly contest where there are no rewards or punishments for winning or losing. Through such activities, everyone not only relaxes their minds and bodies, but also deepens their mutual understanding, and if they are observant, they can also judge his style and true ability through the performance of his peers in the team......

From Marsal, Weiss saw the stability and sophistication brought by age and experience, and from Miller, Cherch, Gouy and other colleagues, he also saw and understood a lot of things. These seven federal states, as large as Lorraine and Neuchâtel, which span thousands of miles, and Emilia and Sifort, which are only six or seven hundred miles from east to west and north to south, are significantly inferior to those of the eastern and southern federal states in terms of population density and economic level. Taking the opportunity to have a good time, Weiss proposed the formation of a forum for Western cooperation, which would be held every six months or a year. If everyone agrees, the first Western Cooperation Forum will be held in Lorraine, and the participants will not be limited to governors, but each federal state can produce about 20 officials and celebrities.

Massar responded that this was a very good idea, in fact, they had established a similar joint initiative in the early years, which lasted for about seven or eight years, and then it was interrupted by the war, and the personnel turnover was naturally terminated. Nowadays, the transportation is more convenient, and the seven states take turns to do it, and it can be held once or twice a year, and it is possible to cooperate with each other, and I feel that the effect can still be expected.

Except for the Governor of the Federal State of Morise, Par L'Aquila, who expressed his silence, everyone actively agreed. Geographically, Morise belongs to the Midlands, and it is completely understandable that he is not interested in participating. So, on the last night of the convention, Weiss and the governors of the other five western federal states finalized the arrangements for the next meeting in Mason, and also tentatively determined the form and scale.

When Weiss came, he was alone, and when he left Middlegar, he was not a brother to many people, but at least a familiar friend, and the journey back from the east to the west was long, and the governors of the Western Alliance went with them unless they had other arrangements. Among them were Miller of the Federal State of Neuchâtel, Cherch of the Federal State of Anru, Gouy of Mabourden, and the "old captain" Marsal.

They had specially booked a luxurious train compartment so that they could play cards, drink and chat on the long way home. Although the trip could not be financed by public funds, it was not a big expense for them, and they gladly accepted the arrangement. In the previous round tables and salon meetings, the gossip was a bit scattered, but when only a few governors of the western federal states were left in the train compartment, the topics were easily unified and cohesive. Of course, the unemployment rate is the biggest threat to stability, and the best way to achieve unemployment is to develop the economy, so even if you have a Buddhist mentality, you can't sit idly by and ignore economic development at this time.

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In the swaying train car, five governors gathered around a small tea table, each holding a handful of cards.

"It's my turn to decide my fate...... Look...... Ha! Night! The age of the gods! ”

It was the prefect of the federal state of Neuchâtel, who had just pulled out the one that represented the night from the three face-down flags. This kind of card game, which has prevailed in the Federation for almost a century, consists of three flags and sixty-three straight cards, the main cards correspond to the flags, and are divided into three sequences, namely: society, night, and war, corresponding to the era of peace, the age of religion, and the age of war. The social sequence consists of 6 civilian cards, 5 bandit cards, 4 police cards, 3 mayor cards, 2 minister cards, and 1 prime minister card, the religious sequence consists of 6 spirit cards, 5 believer cards, 4 clergy cards, 3 priest cards, 2 saint cards, and 1 bishop card, and the war sequence consists of 6 hound cards, 5 soldier cards, 4 knight cards, 3 cannon cards, 2 general cards, and 1 prince card.

Each game, according to the flipped flag to determine the sequence of the main card, the rest of the deck, the rules of the card and "fight the landlord" is somewhat similar, to out of the hand of the card to win. If it is five people to play, then before playing you can agree on whether to win four or four to win one, one win four that there is a person out of five cards to end the game, the other four people according to the remaining cards in the hand to calculate the loss point to the winner, four win one is four people out of the end of five cards, the last person to the remaining cards in the hand of 10 times the loss point, respectively lost to the front four people 4 times, 3 times, 2 times, 1 times.

The four governors in the same company are obviously accustomed to the five-player "four-win-one", 12-card format of 10 crowns each, that is, a game may lose 120 crowns, but the probability of winning is 80%, reflecting the essence of the "elimination system at the end".

The prefect of the federal state of Mabourden sat in Miller's next place, and he played his cards according to the rules.

"5 civilians!"

"Over!"

"Over!"

"Over!"

Weiss, Cherch, and Massar all shouted "pass". Although in the night game, civilians are the smallest cards, but the probability of five people playing a deck of cards and getting 5 of the same card is very small, and even if someone gets 4 police cards, according to the "rules" of the game, it is not more than 5 civilians. Of course, no matter how many civilians there are, they can't be higher than the higher cards in the sequence.

5 civilians can't hold down a robber? Yes, that's the rule.

In the end, it was the turn of Chief Miller, who flipped the flag in this game, to play his cards, only to see him smile slightly and release 5 geists.

"Beautiful!" Chief Gu took a sip of wine and happily discharged 5 cards, which were actually 5 believers, perfectly "suppressing" the former's 5 geismas.

In just two rounds, he ran out of 10 of the 12 cards in his hand. In the "night" game of a deck of cards, 5 believers are not likely to be suppressed, if he has two cards left in a pair, directly win the first place, if it is two single cards, there are still certain variables.

The Governor of Anlu Federal State Cerch looked at the cards on the table: "It is foreseeable that the development situation of Maburden this year is very optimistic...... First of all, there is plenty of work! ”

Chief Gouy shook his head: "If the economic situation is still bad this year, the continued outflow of labor will be the norm, and we cannot take coercive measures to change this situation." ”

After saying that, he consciously drew a single card and put it on the table.

A police card!

In a 4-1 hand, if the loser doesn't have a card out of his hand, the losing point is doubled. Weiss, who was sitting downstream of the prefect of Gouy, hurriedly threw out a clergyman.

In the "Dark Night" Bureau, the police had to be respectful when they saw the priests. In the Ulster Free Federation, people believe in freedom, which refers to political ideas, and the influence of religion is very extensive in life, but in the process of the formation of the federation, religion and politics are gradually separated from each other, and they are completely secularized.

The next two, in turn, played the mayor and then the priest, and it was Miller's turn to play the cards, and behind him was Gooy, who had only the last card left. If he were to block Gouy, Miller would have thrown the biggest card in his hand, but blocking would likely lead to two outcomes: one would make Guy miss the opportunity to escape and become a loser, or the other would be a loser by losing his reliance.

After thinking for a moment, Miller knocked on the table: "Pass! ”

Gu Yi smiled and played the last card: Prime Minister!

Miller let out a soft sigh of relief, and it was clear that if he chose to block, it would not prevent Guy from "escaping", but instead lost a big card, which was very disadvantageous for the rest of the game.

In the "Night" game, the Prime Minister card is second only to the Bishop card. Even if someone gets the "Bishop", there is no need to release this "nuclear bomb" for the sake of a round of cards, so no one is older after Gouie, and it is automatically his next family, Weiss, to play the cards.

Weiss looked at everyone's expressions quietly, except for Gu Yi, who had a comfortable face, the other three had solemn expressions.

He produced 1 priest, 2 hounds, 3 robbers, 2 soldiers, 1 cavalry, 1 cannon, 1 minister, and 1 general, and the cards were relatively scattered, and the hard power was weak. In line with the strategy of winning with less loss, he took out 1 hound, 1 soldier, 1 cavalry, and 1 cannon, and made a small straight.

Marsar immediately threw out the combination of robbers, policemen, mayors, and ministers, which happened to overwhelm one head, while Cherch sacrificed soldiers, cavalry, artillery, and generals, and the cards of this straight were already quite large. I saw Miller smile slyly, and quickly discharged four cards: cavalry, cannon, general, and prince. Theoretically, apart from priests, priests, saints, and bishops, this straight is already the biggest card.

The other three, one by one, shouted "pass", and Miller seemed relieved as he played two police cards and then slammed the last card in his hand upside down on the table.

Generally speaking, this means that the hand is not big, and whether you can run away is left to fate, but it may also be to confuse your opponent.

This card is big for my whole family...... Weiss knocked on the table helplessly: "Pass! ”

Marsar made two copies of the Priesthood, Cherch followed closely behind and threw out two more of the Saints, Marcel frowned, and made two more of the Saints - this is the capped pair, and there is no need for anyone else to make a statement, and the "old captain" took out three of the hounds, and also put the last one in his hand upside down on the table.

The pressure was on Weiss and Chelch at once.

63 cards, 60 drawn by 5 people, and three quietly upside down in the center of the table, this play adds to the difficulty of card counting, but as the game progresses, especially in the late stages, the savvy player can still accurately determine the distribution of the remaining cards.

Cherch shook his head and looked at Weiss.

"Due to its remoteness and backwardness, Lorraine's development started very late, and it is difficult to get attention and attention from the outside world on weekdays, but I believe that it will have the opportunity to catch up and play an important role in a certain period." With that, Weiss gently dropped the three robbers.

At this point, there are no more higher three-card cards.

Weiss also has 1 hound, 1 soldier, 1 minister, and 1 general. He didn't go small, but played the minister card.

Cherch was a little surprised, he hesitated for a few seconds, and threw out the prince.

If no one catches the Bishop, then this is the cap card.

Marthal tapped on the table, as did Miller.

Weiss smiled at Cerch, who cast his gaze, and knocked on the table: "Pass!" ”

While thinking about the game, Cerch expressed his doubts: "I wonder why the Normans always like to attack us over the Monamolin Mountains, where the terrain is dangerous, and if we come from the north or the east coast, Lorraine is the last bastion, rather than being the first to be attacked." ”

Wei Si picked up the three cards in his hand and responded: "From the point of view of the art of war, they like to take the sword sideways and move dangerously, and from the mathematical point of view, they probably think that the straight line between two points is the shortest!" ”

Cherch gave Weiss another look and played two Soldier cards.

Weiss smiled and shook his head.

The other two have only one card each.

"The loser seems to be going to be between the two of us." Cherch said to Weiss.

"We were a little unlucky in this game." Weiss responded calmly.

Cherch hesitated for a moment and snapped a picture of a soldier.

After seeing the card clearly, Weiss quickly tapped on the table: "Go!" ”

Massar let out a sigh of relief and flipped the upside-down card over.

A Priest.

Miller paused, then shook his head. Apparently, he didn't catch the bishop's card.

Chelch knocked on the table and quickly turned his gaze to Weiss.

"I'm sorry!" Weiss said to Cherch, then tapped on the table.

Miller breathed a sigh of relief and flipped over his card, which turned out to be a priest as well.

Weiss still tapped on the table, even though he had a bigger minister card in his hand.

Miller, who still had two cards in his hand, knocked on the table, and this time, he didn't set his sights on his only opponent at the moment.

Weiss played the "soldier", Miller played the "cannon", and what was waiting for him was the "minister" in Weiss's hands.

Miller lowered his head and tapped on the table.

Weiss calmly placed the last and smallest hound card on the table.

Seeing this card clearly, Chelch laughed self-deprecatingly: "Your cards are really worse than mine in this game!" ”

Weiss said calmly: "When the cards are bad, it is more important to see the form, the direction, the strategy, and consistency." ”