Daphne smiled bitterly:

"He asked me to tie you up at all costs, even if it cost me my dignity. This was the condition for him to take me to that meeting.

"Everything is condition and exchange, politics is an art of compromise, and I can only compromise with you at this moment.

"This is completely different from last time. It's our request... I can't directly give you a title and resources. The Sherman family is afraid of your so-called experimental projects and won't let you participate in their core work.

project.

"What I can give you is to establish a cooperative relationship with the Sherman family and give you better development prospects.

"What you can give me is to increase my value to my uncle."

Yang Ming closed his eyes and thought for more than ten seconds.

He nodded slowly: "I agree to the secret de facto marriage and the handing over of a scan of my ancient technology battleship."

"Thank you. I will pay attention to propriety and boundaries in the future, and try not to cause you any trouble," Daphne glanced at Yang Ming, "For me, marriage is just a decoration."

"What do we want to talk about next?"

"The next step is cooperation in a practical sense."

Daphne handed over several contracts.

Yang Ming looked down for a while, his brows furrowed tightly, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He had already foreseen it.

The assassination operation carefully designed by him and Lu really broke the Sherman Empire.

Every decision he makes now will have a huge impact on Dark Star, Luo Feng, the slim future of his home planet, and hundreds of billions of civilians on Sakaar and the empire.

[The White Ghost nominally commands the Sherman Imperial Expeditionary Force.]

Mudd!

No wonder Director Ino would sacrifice Daphne's self-esteem!

The empire should use its appeal to civilians to exaggerate the justice of the all-out war against the New Federation, stabilize the domestic political situation, and export conflicts to the outside world.

In this attack on the New Federation, the Empire is going to plunder resources and people. It will definitely cause a large number of civilian deaths and make a large number of New Federation people become slaves of the Empire...

"Is it okay?" Daphne asked softly, "You have complete right to choose."

"Please let me be quiet for a moment."

Yang Ming pursed his lips slightly, and the only sound left in the living room was the gentle breathing of the two of them.

…

Daphne left the VIP room.

She folded her arms and stood behind the window in the prison corridor, staring at the dozen aristocratic prisoners playing ball leisurely in the square below.

Noble prisons have always been known as small resorts. Nobles who have committed crimes can live happily here. Except that they cannot call call girls and male models in or leave by themselves, there are no other problems.

In the room, Yang Ming scratched his head, his expression slightly tangled.

It is true that there are things that he cannot consider, but it does not matter, he has the law, and the law is also calculating and thinking about various possibilities at this moment.

"Boss, if you sign it, the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages."

Lil's voice came out of the hidden earphones.

"What are the disadvantages?" Yang Ming asked immediately.

"The first is that you will definitely be criticized by the new federal public opinion machine, but they have spared no effort to blackmail you, why should we care about the enemy's evaluation?

"The second is that engaging in foreign wars and plundering civilians is not a good reputation, and it will lower your historical evaluation. However, considering that you are only in name, and you also have deep grudges with the new federal government, through me,

The impact on your prestige will not be great and is basically controllable.

"Third, the military department is exclusive. If you suddenly land in the military, even if you just have a name, you will easily be squeezed out, and you will need to spend your energy to manage it."

Lu groaned a few times:

"If I have to say the fourth thing, it's because based on my understanding of you, you will feel guilty and uneasy in your heart."

Yang Ming sighed: "Actually, it's the fourth one. I don't care about the first three. After completing the mission of connecting to my home planet, the rest is all about love."

Lu chuckled.

Yang Ming muttered: "The only thing I hesitate about now is that if the massacre is carried out in my name, am I considered a part of the massacre?"

"It must have been calculated," Lu whispered.

"Damn it, I'm playing political games in the interstellar world, am I becoming a little devil?"

"Huh?" Lu didn't know why.

Yang Ming briefly talked about the Anti-Japanese War in his hometown a hundred years ago.

Lu smiled and said: "Boss, this is different. Your hometown has been invaded by imperialism. This conflict between the New Federation and the Sherman Empire is a stinky bite between two interstellar vicious dogs.

"

Yang Ming's forehead was covered with several black lines.

He always felt that Law was scolding him.

Lu said softly: "Boss, I have always been curious about why you have such a strong anti-war gene in your bones. War is actually a normal state for human civilization."

"It has to do with the education I received since I was a child. My hometown has always advocated peaceful rise."

"Peaceful rise? That's almost impossible," Lu said with a smile. "When civilization needs to expand, it must obtain more resources. On a planet, there is an upper limit on the reserve of rare resources, which will almost certainly lead to war."

Yang Ming said: "It may not be possible in the long term, but in the short term, it is indeed achievable. The liberation of labor, the improvement of labor value, the improvement of workers' self-quality and their happiness can all be realized in a huge number of people.

The population base has been achieved. Do you know how many people my hometown supports, even though it occupies 6.5% of the land surface area of ​​my home planet?"

"How many?"

"One billion."

"ha?"

"It's also because the civilization level of my home planet is low," Yang Ming sighed, "the individual people's demands for life are not that high."

Lu asked rhetorically: "However, if you blindly pursue peace, you will always suffer losses in the confrontation between civilized political systems."

"Well, it is certain that we will suffer losses in this aspect, but we must maintain sufficient deterrence," Yang Ming said with a smile, "A gentleman wears a sword without using it. The sword must be sharp enough. We all understand this."

"Well, I still don't understand. It's almost impossible for low-level civilizations to live in peace."

"Put our problems here," Yang Ming knocked on the table, "Are there any other disadvantages? My personal sense, I can overcome it myself."

"There are no drawbacks, boss," Lu said with a smile, "Your current interests lie in Luo Feng and Dark Star, as well as your influence within the empire. The New Federation has always regarded you as an enemy. Your human history books have told me more than once,

What civilized conquerors can get is not necessarily historical infamy, and history books are actually very easy to tamper with."

"What else could it be?"

"The honorary father of conquered civilizations."

Yang Ming leaned back, his thoughts suddenly enlightened.

If you put it this way, the title of Father of the New Federation is quite good.

"Daphne, you can come in."

Yang Ming's voice sounded directly in Daphne's mind, ignoring the shielding device.
Chapter completed!