1994

A government at least needs a government team, even if it is a government-in-exile.

Once the Pengeos agree to the demands of the surviving clans and the Federation and recognize the legitimacy of their independence, there will be many problems next.

They are a government-in-exile, recognized by the international community, and they have a large amount of private land in Pengeo.

There is no problem in converting these private lands directly into diplomatic territory, right?

They seemed to have no problem building an army on this land.

In addition, the federal people can openly support them behind the scenes, and the war between the federal government and the Pengeo people is over.

But the war between Pengeo and these survivors has just begun.

Now the Emperor of the Pengeo Empire has issued a death order, resolutely not recognizing the legitimacy of these regimes, and will not grant them equal diplomatic status.

Or, they leave the Pengeo Empire.

Or, everything should follow the rules of the Pengeo Empire.

They gave these survivors one more option so that they could leave Pengeo safely. This was their greatest sincerity.

In short, the negotiations must continue. Every day, the two sides shout at the top of their lungs at each other at the negotiating table, or slap the table and curse each other, and then leave the meeting angrily.

In this negotiation, Peng Jie'ao's diplomats were obviously of much higher quality. They remained unmoved in the face of insults, curses and difficulties.

Unlike last time, I didn’t want to talk about it before anything happened.

It may be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time. The Pengjiao people are fighting and negotiating while privately contacting some survivors. The Federation is similar.

Both sides are brainstorming, and experts predict that good news is unlikely to come before September.

But no war is the best good news for ordinary people!

The clouds of war are fading away, international trade is beginning to resume, and the federal government has also announced that high tax rates during the war will be restored to pre-war levels after an armistice agreement is reached at the armistice talks.

All kinds of news from all over the world come together. Every day, federal people will be bombarded by a large amount of news that is not very smart.

After Queen Feline confirmed the political system of Gefra, she was not too sad and went out to travel with Xenia again.

It seemed that everything had settled down as the temperature increased.

In early August, Serra called Lynch and told him that there was a card game in which Joanna was participating.

She also gave Lynch the name of the person who organized the poker game, as well as a list of participants.

Lynch had no intention of participating in such a card game himself. He was very smart, but that didn't mean he could win money.

In fact, if he really wants to delve into it, this matter is simpler than other things.

To put it bluntly, it’s just familiarity.

Long-term and extensive training is enough, but instead of winning money at the poker table, he focuses on "financial" games where he can win more money.

Finance is essentially a kind of gambling.

The only difference between them is that the most powerful one at the gambling table can only harvest the chips on the gambling table.

But with good financial operations, you can harvest the money of a group of people, or even a country, or the whole world!

Lynch couldn't play cards, so he arranged for someone who could.

Lynch's plan to build a world-class casino was naturally not a temporary idea. He had been planning for a long time.

At the same time, we also found some skilled people.

These craftsmen are basically controlled by underground casinos, large and small, even if they do not interfere in their own casinos or other people's casinos.

Casinos also need to keep an eye on people from other casinos to do illegal activities in their casinos.

There are many people of this kind around the reserve, and there used to be some here in Bupen, but after the demise of the five major families, they have almost dispersed.

The one Lynch hired this time was not very well-known, but he did a really good job.

On Saturday afternoon, under Lynch's arrangement, the craftsman entered the card game as the dealer.

In another room, Lynch was looking at the foundation's accounts in Joanna's hands.

Twenty percent of the funds flow into specific charitable assistance. This ratio is a very appropriate ratio in the federal government and is higher than the ordinary ratio.

After all, she is the First Lady of the Federation and cannot set this ratio too low like those capitalists.

Since its establishment, the foundation has received more than 26 million yuan in donations.

The first and last donations added together amounted to nearly 20 million.

The remaining millions were raised from other activities.

Among them, less than 1.5 million was actually spent on those disabled soldiers.

A total of 735 people were helped, with an average of one-time cash assistance of 2,000 yuan per person.

Nearly two million have been used to purchase various supplies, but these supplies have not been distributed, but have been stored in warehouses.

When Lynch saw this, he picked out the list of suppliers and company names.

He thought there was something wrong with these people.

According to the foundation's announcement, almost 5 to 6 million should actually be used to help the target groups.

Apparently, they only used half of it, and the other half hadn't been activated for some reason.

Then there are operations, investment of some funds, personnel salary expenses, expenses when organizing charity activities, and Joanna's various expenses.

Judging from the accounts, there seemed to be no major problems. Every transaction was recorded in detail, but Lynch knew that this was a fake account.

Sierra told her that Joanna often lost money and that unlike Severella, she was rich in her own right.

Basically all her money comes from the foundation. The foundation's accounts do not record any gambling expenses, and there are problems with the accounts.

But now, the most important thing is to make Joanna lose more.

If she didn't waste all the money, those disabled soldiers wouldn't be angry enough!

Soon, his attention was focused on the card game in the house opposite.

A circle of ladies were already sitting together, and there were more than a dozen ladies in their thirties, forties, and fifties sitting beside the huge gambling table.

What they play is a method that is popular all over the world.

In the Federation, it's called "Bounty," and in Gefra, it's called "Hunter."

The content of the game requires some thinking, and the rules are very simple.

There will be at least one winner in each round, and the winner's bounty will be increased. The increased bounty is composed of "base number" and "victory number".

In short, the more a person wins, the more rounds he wins, the more bounty he gets.

Once the person with the bounty loses the round - there are two concepts of losing.

The first is "escape". In addition to losing the chips bet on the table, the winner must also be given half of his or her bounty.

The second is "death". In addition to clearing all the betting chips on the table, you also need to pay all your own bounty to the winner.

The fun of this kind of game is finding ways to keep your own bounty low while increasing your opponent's bounty.

Some with stronger skills can often turn the tables in an instant in the last two rounds, from almost losing everything to making huge profits!

The more people who participate in the game, the more exciting it becomes, because the more people there, the greater the bounty!

Joanna didn't know how to play this kind of card at first. She had seen others play it, but she had never played it herself.

Later, as the social circle expanded, Gaevra's group of noble ladies organized various card games when they had nothing to do. She was dragged into them and gradually began to become addicted.

Her obsessions are multiple.

An addiction to the battle of wits and courage inherent in the game of gambling.

The obsession with throwing a lot of chips onto the gaming table with a wave of your hand, the revenge on yourself for being poor in the past.

The kind of addiction that brings the thrill of adrenaline between winning and losing huge sums of money.

There are too many factors involved, and sometimes she will even take the initiative to propose organizing a card game!

At this time, the first round was already halfway through, and he had a bounty of 27,000 yuan, and there were about 30,000 chips on the table.

She has won seven thousand so far.

At first she wasn't used to such a big bet, but since winning or losing could often cost hundreds of thousands, winning or losing a few thousand dollars had long lost its appeal to her.

She wanted more.

The starting cards in her hand were good. After her eyes wandered over the faces of the other ladies, she looked at the chips in her hand.

He picked up a small pile of five thousand yuan and threw it up.

"Five thousand."

Although five thousand yuan is not a small amount, to the ladies here, it is actually just that.

Except for those with bad cards, basically everyone followed.

The dealer continued to deal the cards, and the cards in Joanna's hand were even better, forming two sets of medium-sized cards.

She had a vague hunch that she was going to win!

She took out more chips, took a deep breath, and threw them on the gaming table.

At this time, she already felt something vaguely!

There were nearly 100,000 chips on the table, and such a win or loss was enough to make her excited.

She teased with a hint, "I have good cards, so don't run away halfway."

When your hand is bad, you can choose to run away and reveal the biggest set of cards in your hand.

If this deck exceeds the smallest deck in the hands of at least two-thirds of the players, the escape is considered successful.

Lose the chips, but don’t lose the bounty.

If it's just bigger than the smallest set in one-third of the player's hands, it can only count as a getaway.

Lose your chips and lose half of your bounty.

If less than one-third of the players can surpass them, they will be caught and will lose their chips and all bounties.

It's very competitive and entertaining, because big cards don't necessarily mean you'll win.

Sometimes adding more chips can also intimidate others!

Small cards win big cards, which is also one of the fun of this game.

Joanna's words made most of the players participating in the game realize that the cards in her hand were good.

Someone thought for a moment, put down a deck of cards and ran away.

But some people choose to follow until the end.

Gambling money, if you don’t gamble, how can you make money?

As the dealer continues to deal cards, everyone has at least three sets of cards in their hands. Next, the killing is almost about to begin!