Mr. Han Wei put the handsome face, which was no longer young, between his hands, and rubbed it vigorously, before raising his head to look at Chen Mingyuan.

"Chief Chen, I used to be as young, impulsive, and like to use force to solve problems, but have you ever thought about what kind of resources are needed to attack a planet with a population of more than a billion people across four hundred light years? How many fleets do we need to mobilize? How much rinium is consumed? If you can't break through the Hermes Gate in the first place, what are we going to do to maintain this long supply line? ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Han Jianfei, who had been listening quietly, and continued: "Originally, this should be the issue we need to discuss after the meeting, that is, neither we nor our opponents want to fight a war where the costs far outweigh the benefits, and if it can be solved by peaceful means, we are willing to pay double our sincerity, which is why I am talking about this issue here." ”

Han Jianfei nodded: "When I was in Sillasong, I used to meet the decision-makers of the rebels, and they said that as long as the conditions I just mentioned could be met, they would not want to go to war with the alliance. ”

"If," Chen Mingyuan stood up with his hands pressed on the conference table, "the chaebols of Fort Augustus are willing to leak a little bit from their fingers, the cost of this war is only a drop in the bucket - they will always only see the small profits in front of them, and ignore the threats around them, and in the end, they will only die in the fire of the prairie with their own money bags!" ”

After speaking, he also looked at Han Jianfei, who was sitting opposite: "If we want peace, we have only one request for the enemy - surrender and surrender our arms, completely and completely obey the jurisdiction of the alliance!" ”

Chen Mingyuan's voice was sonorous and powerful, but no one in the room could be swayed by a few incendiary words, and he looked around and suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

The new prime minister of the coalition, George Hanway, the most typical member of the Conservative Party, and the initiator of the rebellion in Sillasson were sitting in a conference room, so this meeting was originally a compromise collusion.

He had been under the illusion of convincing Mr. Hanway, but now it seemed that it was all his own wishful thinking.

"Mr. Prime Minister, what you have paid is only the insignificant benefits of the capital tycoons behind you, but what you gain is to maintain the dignity of the alliance and even if it is nominally unified, and it is possible to fight with it in the face of a more powerful enemy!"

"But today, you insist on appeasement and compromise, remember my words, this will be the beginning of the collapse of the entire alliance - by the way, you don't care anyway, in the eyes of those big plutocrats, the alliance is their steward and watchdog, as long as the status of Fort Augustus and the mining stars that bring them wealth, whether the alliance is united, whether it is united, what does it have to do with them!"

After Chen Mingyuan finished speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, what does it have to do with me!" ”

With that, he pushed away his chair and walked straight out of the conference room.

When he walked to the door, he turned around and said coldly to everyone in the room: "Someone must fight this battle, and I hope that by then, everyone here will not regret today's decision!" ”

With that, he opened the door and walked out.

Lieutenant Commander William Gladstone, the ace pilot of the Union fleet, also stood up and followed the chief of the fleet's general staff to the door.

Then, it was Zhai Liu, who was beside Han Jianfei, who hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and followed behind Gladstone.

The Minister of Defence, Mr. Lu Jie, looked down at his coffee cup from beginning to end, seemingly unaware of what had suddenly happened in the field.

The door to the conference room was slammed shut again, and the four people left behind in the room fell silent.

In fact, everyone knows very well that although Chen Mingyuan is high-sounding, he himself does not care whether the alliance is united or not, what he needs is a powerful government and a big rear that can support his huge plan.

Since the alliance can't do this big rear, there is no need to maintain this ridiculous face.

Feng Pinghai, who had been closing his eyes from beginning to end, seemed to be woken up by the sound of the door closing, he opened his eyes, looked at the empty chair opposite, and asked softly: "Oh? It's over? Am I missing something? ”

"No, old president," Chancellor Hanwei shook his head, "we're just getting started. ”

Han Jianfei smiled slightly, noncommittal.

"So, as for the conditions proposed by Mr. Han - regarding the conditions proposed by the Xinluo Song side, can we talk about the conditions of the alliance?"

After the departure of the main left-wing officers, the "peace" deal went smoothly, and the coalition and Silasson soon reached a unanimous agreement.

In this agreement, Sila Song will still recognize its subordination to the Alliance, but will have autonomous jurisdiction and limited legislative power over the planet in the name of a group company legally registered with the Alliance, and at the same time, the Alliance will appoint a Governor with official status to exercise the Alliance's nominal dominion over the administrative star, whose status is roughly equivalent to that of the Alliance President, and at the suggestion of Han Jianfei, the "official adviser to the Alliance", after the agreement, the first Governor of Sila Song, It will be held by Ms. Mavis Shetton, an Augustan philanthropist with a great reputation in Novorosson.

After the agreement was reached, the staff of the Prime Minister's Office drew up the agreement with unimaginable efficiency and presented it on two pieces of electronic paper in Mr. Hanwei's hand before the bigwigs in the conference room even walked out of the door.

The Prime Minister carefully read each clause and signed his name on a piece of paper.

The e-paper was handed to Han Jianfei, who took a cursory look at it and signed his name.

The federal government, despite its bureaucracy, still has the ability to do its job and not make any mistakes on these terms.

After that, the e-paper was handed to the sleepy-eyed old president, and all eyes were focused on his slightly trembling right hand holding the pen.

Although there is no decision-making power, the official orders of the alliance are still nominally signed by the president.

The old president didn't look at the paper in his hand, but looked at Han Jianfei: "The can of coffee you gave me tastes very good, but it's a little expensive." ”

Han Jianfei smiled and said: "I didn't let you spend money, if you want to drink, there will be in the future." ”

The old president shook his head: "I can drink for a few more years!" Young people, drink more coffee and be less angry! ”

With that, he trembled and signed his name on the paper.

The e-paper was handed back to Prime Minister Hanwei again, and he gently tore off the anti-writing corner in the upper left corner.

The anti-writing corner of e-paper is an irreversible locking process, as long as the anti-writing corner is removed, the text on it will be permanently solidified, and you can watch it repeatedly, but there is no way to write anything again.

Therefore, the e-paper contract after the corner is the most credible at the level of alliance law.

In later historical records, these two pieces of e-paper and the contents recorded on them have a proper historical term - "The Secret Treaty of Silla Song".

Of course, in some wild history and romance stories, people prefer to call it another name - "Coffee Secret Contract".

"I think," Han Jianfei said to Prime Minister Hanwei as he put away his piece of paper, "and during my stay at Fort Augustus, there will definitely be some extremists who do not want to see peace, and will do some desperate things." ”

The Prime Minister nodded: "I will arrange the best Secret Service agents to keep Mr. Han safe in Fort Augustus." ”

So, when Han Jianfei walked out of the Ministry of Defense building with Gen Tomoko, there were six more agents from the Secret Service of the Alliance Department of Defense by his side.

"Are you not used to being followed like this?" Han Jianfei asked Gen Zhizi, who was uncomfortable, with a smile.

While he was going to the meeting, the girl had been watching everything about the world on the computer — something she loved to do most when she wasn't seasick in the months since she was away from Haishan.

"Hmm." Gentomoko feels that this protection is more like a form of surveillance.

"This is the treatment that only the Prime Minister of the Alliance, the most powerful person in this star field, can enjoy, you can be content."

Genchiko tilted her head, as if thinking about something, and after a long while, she asked, "Isn't there another order?" I don't recognize that letter. I read on the Internet that the supreme of that order is the most powerful person. ”

Han Jianfei laughed and said, "You know so many things so quickly? ”

But the girl who came out of the original civilization independent development reserve did not smile, but said very seriously: "Actually, your society is similar to that of Haishan, except that the technology is more developed, these rights and interests are not much different. ”

Han Jianfei thought about it seriously and felt that what the girl said was very reasonable.

"Where do we go next?"

"Go to the headquarters of the White Mountain Company." Han Jianfei said, "Speaking of which, I, the chairman, have never been to my own company's headquarters until now. ”

A black car, which looked very low-key, drove silently and stopped in front of the two.

The window of the car fell, revealing the face of President Feng: "Mr. Prime Minister has arranged a car for you - don't you mind giving me a while?" ”

Han Jianfei smiled: "Of course." ”

He opened the car door, and Tomoko Rangen got into the car, and he sat on the other side.

The car looks low-key on the outside, but it looks very luxurious on the inside, and it should be the official car of the Prime Minister of the Union.

Han Jianfei sat on the soft sofa and took the wine glass handed by the president.

"What are you going to do next?" The old president asked suddenly.

"I want to go to the headquarters of the White Mountain Company." Han Jianfei said.

The old president angrily pointed to a white pyramid-shaped building next to the Ministry of Defense: "Then what are you doing here?" ”

Han Jianfei smiled: "Aren't you going to take a ride?" I'll take you to the airport. ”

The old president stopped the car, naturally he had something to say to himself.

"I just asked, you have got what you want, a planet with developed trade, with autonomous military rights, completely in your own hands, next, I want to know what you plan to do to deal with the kind of thing we have all seen."

Han Jianfei looked at infinity, and after a long while, he spoke: "Seriously, I don't know, I will do my best, in this storm, even if it is worth leaving a pure land for mankind." ”

The old president was also silent for a while and said, "Are you so pessimistic? ”

"Since seeing those visions," Mr. Han said, "I've had many dreams, none of which have been optimistic." ”