"I just want to know if the agreement we signed counts!", Mr. Sail lit a cigarette, and his personal doctor had long since asked him to stop smoking and drinking and the like, and almost everything that could be used for enjoyment, including Paradise.

Everyone is afraid of death, but before death comes, even if you understand some profound truths, you can't stop people from flying themselves.

Maggs was silent for a moment before he said, "That was many years ago, and the agreement was only valid for fifteen years. ”

"It's not something I'm thinking about, Maggs, now I need it, I have to do something to save the situation, I helped you at the beginning, now you should help me. "If I fail, I'll expose all the inside story, the moment before I die." You can say that to them, and then you can discuss it, and I'll wait for your reply!", and before Maggs could reply, Mr. Sail hung up. There was no reluctance on his face, a little smugness.

Humming a popular song from more than 20 years ago, he walked to the window and looked out the window at the revival of spring, the bright green stars making the whole world full of business.

The war twenty years ago was not just an ordinary war. In the eyes of many people at the top of the tower and even at the top, in order to solve the increasingly fierce conflicts and contradictions in the social class, the founding family of the Federation chose to temporarily solve some troubles by exporting wars, and then the most famous Civil War broke out in the Northern Continent, the Federation invaded the empire, and the southern border of the empire was completely lost in a week, and even resistance could not be done. A large number of conscripted soldiers died in the Southern Meat Grinder battlefield. Some of the battlefields can still be seen to this day with some dark red soil, which is said to have been stained with the blood of the time, and it has not faded to this day.

The war had a profound impact on both countries, the Federation resolved internal conflicts by exporting wars, and the Empire regained all the territories conquered by the Federation after losing millions or more of its soldiers, and as an opportunity, Magus led the New Party to power strongly, ending the thousand years of feudal rule of the Bright Star Empire, completing a new life and entering a new era.

Unbeknownst to people, Mr. Sail of the Confederate Founding Family had known the young New Party leader Maggs before the outbreak of the Civil War, and the two had quietly signed a series of fifteen-year agreements. This agreement is full of too many terrible things to be exposed, and it has become a sword in the hands of Mr. Sail to force Maggs to agree to his terms.

His conditions are actually quite simple...... Let the empire wage a war, as it did twenty years ago.

Several cities led by the city hall of San Lo City joined together to launch an independence referendum, Mr. Sail knew that this was definitely not San Lo Du really wanted independence, as a federal hinterland city, even if the referendum passed, they were really independent, but did they dare to announce this result?

They don't dare, they just need to block all communication and trade, they can trap these cities and let them return to the arms of the Federation. This is the final fatal blow to these consortia, they want Mr. Sail, they want the federal government, they want the citizens of the whole federation to know their determination, they need to start negotiations, they need to sit down at the negotiating table to solve the current problem. But Mr. Sail was reluctant to do so, and no doubt he knew what the consortium was thinking, and they were trying to avoid being wiped out by bowing their heads, and then waiting for a chance to rise again.

This kind of stupid thing has already been done by the Joint Council once, and the concessions made these consortia stronger and stronger, and if they had directly used the power in their hands to completely evaporate these people from the beginning, there would have been no trouble again and again. Decentralization, fragmentation of the polity, all because of the lack of determination and the consciousness to take the last step for the first time. Now, after so many years of shit-like fighting, Mr. Sail wants to completely pacify these people, these consortia, before he dies.

He will not open the negotiation process, he will watch the referendum of Saint-Lo enter the referendum, and even expect them to announce the referendum through the start of independence. If you don't get cornered yourself, others won't have the courage to stick the knife in their hands into their bodies and kill the person standing behind them.

Now the Provisional Government has weakened the strength of these conglomerates to the greatest extent, but there is still something to be done to completely eliminate them. It can be said that it is the approval of the whole people, or it can be said that it is the indifference of the whole people, Mr. Sail does not want to compromise with these people anymore, so he needs some help from external forces.

There is nothing more powerful than a war of aggression to unite the whole Union, and at that time, these people who seek independence and division within themselves will become sinners of the whole Federation, and they will perish without even any means. As for everything sacrificed for this, it is worth it, and it can be forgiven for giving up the interests and even lives of some people for the sake of the country's true reunification.

Of course, Mr. Sail will not say that this is done so that the founding family, mainly his own family, can continue for a long time and hold a lot of power. No one knows the country better than him, and only he and the other founding families have been able to make the country go far.

In the Empire, Magus walked through the streets into an underground space where dim light could only illuminate the ground, a dark room, a conference table, the matte top that reflected no light. Around the conference table there were some high-backed chairs, which were already full. They couldn't be seen here, it was pitch black, only a faint silhouette could be seen, and when Maggs walked into the room, the "young man" sitting in the first place teased in a young voice, "It's you the last every time." ”

Maggs smiled, he sat down in his chair and looked at the shadows around him, everyone had arrived.

The design of this room is so wonderful that it is said that it was designed with the participation of the great figures of the Art Branch of the Imperial Academy, and the theme drawings are said to be from the collection of theocratic religions. The light became controllable in the room, and everyone only showed their lower bodies, but they couldn't see the faces of the others, only a dark silhouette. As for the exact means used to build this room, Maggs did not know, and although he was curious, he did not want to know.

The young man sitting in the first place crossed his legs, and the rusty bronze ring on his hand looked a little more rusty than the last time, and at this time he was playing with a gold coin, which was the most commonly used currency in the empire during the feudal rule, the gold coin of the Bright Star Empire.

Since the overthrow of the feudal dynasty by Magus, almost all of the Imperial gold coins have been melted into gold bricks and stacked in the treasury, some of which were given to the Imperial Central Bank in exchange for the support of the merchants, and some were used as "deposits" for the early issuance of money. There are very few gold coins like this on the market nowadays, and each one is very valuable, and its price now exceeds the price it was when it was used as a currency, which can be regarded as a young antique.

Maggs took off his hat and placed it on the table in front of him, he loosened his scarf and coughed lightly, "Gentlemen, I am initiating this meeting today because Mr. Sail hopes that we will be able to fulfill the Seventeen Agreements. ”

"That agreement has expired. The figure sitting across from Maggs, a man in a pair of dark gray white striped trousers, a little stylish, but with a somewhat old voice.

"I know, I've said it, but Mr. Sail said that if they don't get through the current situation, they will expose the 17-point agreement if there are twists and turns that cause them to lose power. ”

The young man sitting at the top smiled and asked, "What does he want us to do?"

Maggs hesitated for a moment before saying, "War!"

"War of Aggression!"

The man sitting at the head of Maggs laughed deliciously, and his laughter was full of sarcasm, "He means let's start a war? He thinks well, but what about our losses? In addition to this, we have to bear the name of the aggressor in the international arena, which is not in line with our next development direction and imperial interests, do not promise him." If he is willing to expose it, it will be exposed, anyway......"

He didn't say anything anyway, but everyone here knew what should be behind anyway.

Mr. Sail is very cunning, he wants to use external pressure to force the entire Federation to rally around power, and he represents power. In such a highly centralized situation, anyone who goes against him and stands against him will be swept away by the collective will of society. At the same time, he needs some victories to spur the federal society and cast himself into a hero, which looks like ...... Just like Maggs did more than twenty years ago.......

In the conference room, which had been silent for a moment, a voice suddenly remembered, and the person sitting in the first seat said in a thoughtful tone, "Actually, it's not impossible to promise him." The empire lost one game, lost a lot of things, including people's confidence. Now, with this good opportunity, maybe we can get back what we lost. With one victory after another, the empire will regain the confidence of a heavenly country and awaken people's sense of dignity and glory. But this matter will continue to be discussed and discussed, and tell Sail that if he is not afraid of death, he can come to the empire once, and we will sit down and explain things clearly. ”

"It's better to sign a new deal, he's got our little handle, and I need to be in control of his life. ”

All eyes were on the hands of the young man on the first seat, and the tumbling gold coin glittered in the light, as if it was heralding the glory of the once empire!