Federation, capital star.

It wasn't dawn yet, around three o'clock in the morning, and it was already a little white outside the window, and it was always snowing. Last night's snow was so heavy that it obscured the other colors of the earth, and even without the light of the sun, it still made the city feel like dawn.

This time of year should be the quietest time in the city, and the crowd of people who have been partying all night is almost asleep at this time, and the early risers are still asleep at this time.

But Patton had already woken up, and he slept for a while, and then he was awakened by a nightmare, and he could not sleep again, so he simply got up with his clothes on, poured a glass of wine, and took his favorite copy of Mr. Holm's Wealth of Nations, and went to the pavilion in the garden.

The snow was no longer falling, but it was even colder, and he put on his clothes and began to read by the color of the snow.

It's a pity that I don't know if it's because of sleepiness or the remnants of a nightmare.,The fascinating words of the past can't be read this time.。

He knew that it was not because the charm of words was gone, but because his heart was disturbed.

So many things have happened during this time, the Federation, the Empire, the war, the peace, so many things that have pressed over and made people breathless.

He then began to reminisce, reminiscing about his youth, when he was still young, at first he wanted to be a doctor, then he became a lawyer, but in the end, under what circumstances, he entered the political arena and did what he thought he would not do when he was young.

It's a bit ridiculous to say, when he was young, he never thought he would become a politician, but fate plays tricks on people, he didn't become a good doctor, and his career as a lawyer was extremely short, but his career as a politician was smooth sailing. It's ridiculous to think about.

It was in '85, and as a young lawyer, he won a high-profile lawsuit, but he couldn't remember the content of the lawsuit, but it was still clear that he had changed his mind and turned to politics.

Be a lawyer. You can only help one person, but being a politician can help more people. Whether it is said that he is young and vigorous, or that he is blindly idealistic, it is with this mentality that he entered the political world at that time.

After thirty years of ups and downs, the ideals of that time seem to have been almost forgotten by the passage of time, he is used to compromise, used to trading, just this moment. The ideals that I thought I had forgotten have never been clearer.

"In the beginning, I wanted to help more people."

He sighed in a low voice, flipped through the book in his hand again, and looked at the sentence written by Mr. Huo on the title page: We are all ideal martyrs.

He knew he hadn't really done that, and when he got into politics, he was more of a speculator than a politician.

At that time, I always thought that I would have more power. If you have a higher status, you can help more people. Realize your original dream of making this country better.

But unfortunately, as he gained more and more power, he climbed higher and higher, but gradually forgot the original ideal of just wanting to make the country better.

This may be the paradox of life, it is always good at first, but unconsciously, it is a little wrong. When I landed there, I gradually became unrecognizable, and even I couldn't recognize what I was like when I had my ideals.

He thought like this, but the sky gradually brightened, and after a while. The early orderly began to buse himself with breakfast, and after a while, he saw his daughter come out with her clothes on, her face was not very good, and she did not seem to have slept well last night.

"Father."

Hathaway came out of the house, looking a little tired, and was a little surprised to see Barton sitting in the pavilion, and then walked forward and said with concern: "Got up so early?" It's cold outside, let's go inside. ”

He nodded, but didn't move, just looked at the white snow, and said, "In a few days, you should go to the Sujin Republic, I asked Sam's friend over there to buy a manor, it's good, you go first." ”

Hathaway was stunned for a moment, crouched down, and took Patton's hand, which was much drier and older than she remembered, much older, no longer powerful, no longer great, but it was distressing for no reason.

"I'm not leaving. I'm going to stay with you. ”

He smiled and patted her hand, "Silly girl." What to stay and do. Anyway, it won't be long before I just want to stay, and I'm afraid I won't be able to. ”

Hathaway was suddenly a little sad, and didn't speak, just put her face against Patton's hand, which was slightly cool.

"I just thought about it a lot. Some don't, the past, the future. A whole bunch of messes. I used to want to be a doctor, but I didn't do it well. Later, I became a lawyer again, but I still couldn't do it well. After being a politician for so many years, I thought that I was doing a good job, not to mention leaving a name in history, at least it would not be stinking for 10,000 years. ”

"But when I think about it, I have never done a good job in my life. If you are a politician, you will either leave a name in history or leave a stench for thousands of years, and you want to be a compromise in the middle, but in fact, in the end, you can only say that you have failed. ”

He smiled, there was a lot of things he wanted to say, but when it came to his mouth, he couldn't say it, so he could only smile, pat Hathaway's hand, and stood up, "Go in." It's not early. ”

Hathaway looked at him with some concern, it was the first time she had seen Barton like this, she had some inexplicable palpitations in her heart, and she had a bad premonition, she didn't know what Barton was going to do, but obviously Barton had already made a decision, a decision that could not be changed.

After a simple breakfast, she mustered up the courage to ask for clarification several times, but when she saw Barton's calm gaze, she knew that Barton had made a decision.

November 11, 2015, 7 a.m. in the federal calendar. Federal President Barton and his daughter Hathaway had breakfast, read the day's newspaper in the study, and then drove to the Capitol at half past eight.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Federal President Patton and Secretary of State Sam had a brief meeting to make some arrangements for the domestic economy.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Federal Chairman Patton received the Foreign Secretary and the special envoy of the Double Eagle Empire, and after a four-hour meeting, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Federal Chairman Patton announced that he had reached an armistice agreement with the Double Eagle Empire, and reached a memorandum of understanding on the war between the two countries that had occurred before.

In this armistice agreement, known as the Double 11 Agreement, the Federation and the Empire announced that they would join forces to complete the development of the New River System, and the Empire compensated the Federation with 3 billion Federation coins for the sneak attack war it had launched earlier, and the Federation would lease a resource star near the jump point of the New River System to the Double Eagle Empire for 99 years at a price of 10 billion Federation dollars per year.

As soon as the agreement came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

"Is Barton crazy?"

Those who know the inside story, seeing the content of this agreement, all feel chills in their hearts, Ram, who is far away in the Black Jupiter Domain to command the Federation fleet to fight against the Empire on the border, is so angry that he can't wait to find someone to shoot Patton directly.

He never imagined that Barton would dare to be so bold and privately reach an armistice agreement with the Twin Eagle Empire, and even bring in a third-party country to witness it, and the contract was even ready to be sent to the United Council for filing.

Such an approach undoubtedly disrupted the previous deployments of Li Tomb, and also made Ram, who was still commanding the war at the border, extremely embarrassed.

According to the Federal Constitution, Patton is the supreme leader of the Federation, and since he has reached an armistice agreement with the Double Eagle Empire, then now Ram naturally can no longer command the Federation fleet to advance towards the Double Eagle Empire according to the previous battle plan of Li Tomb.

But the problem is that he knows better that what Li Tomb wants is not an armistice, but a full-scale war that is even more out of control. In this case, Ram was a little flustered, so he could only hurriedly inform Li Tomb and wait for Li Tomb to deal with this matter.

In the Federation, although there are many voices accusing Patton of betraying the interests of the Federation, it is clear that it is undoubtedly an acceptable thing for the people to end the war without any losses and get a reparation.

Of course, the most important key is that no one except Ram knows that Patton has privately reached an armistice with the Double Eagle Empire behind Lee's back.

The omission of Li Tomb's unstable foundation in the Federation finally showed, and even Mu Chenggong and other federal nobles thought for a while that Barton had received Li Tomb's instructions to reach an armistice agreement with the Double Eagle Empire.

Although they were still dissatisfied with some parts of the contract, Mu Chenggong and others also remained silent, and as for the other people who had just taken refuge in Li Tomb, they couldn't understand the truth of this, so many people expressed their support at the first time, which made the conclusion of the armistice agreement in the federation not much opposition for a while.

The Twin Eagle Empire was also pleased with the truce, as it was much better than they had expected.

"Is Hathaway gone?"

Patton sent off the Foreign Secretary and Envoy of the Double Eagle Empire and returned to his office, where Sam was already waiting for him.

"Spaceship at night. What about you, don't come with us? ”

Sam asked.

"I'm not leaving. Someone has to stay and bear the consequences. ”

Barton waved his hand, a relaxed expression.

"Then I'll stay too."

Sam nodded, laughed, and tossed Barton a cigarette, "We did something crazy." ”

Barton didn't speak, nodding and smoking.

"How long do you think it will take for Tomb Li to come back?"

"I don't know. Maybe soon. ”

"Are we going to die?"

"Probably. If what he wants is what I think, then we're going to die. ”

"When you say that, I'm suddenly a little scared."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid of death! Aren't you afraid? ”

"It's okay. But if I die, I can save a lot of people, and I don't seem to be so afraid. ”

"It's like you're great. Hey, don't forget, I'm also going to help with this, okay? ”

"It's not about greatness, it's just about remembering the ideals of the past, I just want to make this country better."

He paused, finished his cigarette, and looked at Sam, "Did you say I did it?" ”

Sam didn't answer, just put the Double 11 agreement in front of his desk, stood up, and gave him a military salute. (To be continued......)