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The weather was originally good and had warmed up to around freezing. However, last night it snowed heavily without any warning.

When I woke up in the morning, the snow plow had already made two trips back and forth. The piles of snow stained black by sewage piled up on the roadside looked dirty and disgusting.

Fortunately, the federal government now has experience in dealing with cold weather. They will use garbage trucks to transport the dirty snow instead of piling it there.

Because the weather is too cold, it will not turn into water on its own, but will freeze and turn into an ice pile, which may cause an accident with a certain probability.

In the first two years when the weather suddenly changed, there was a city that piled snow on the roadside without managing it. As a result, it froze and turned into lumps of ice.

There was a guy who was obviously missing a muscle in his brain and was walking on the road. He didn't know what happened and suddenly ran over and gave it a kick.

As you can imagine, he fell and broke his leg.

As a result, this idiot sued the city hall and ultimately won the lawsuit. The city hall compensated him for more than 2,000 yuan in medical expenses.

Since then, the snow on the roadside has been cleared every day, and on some sections of roads prone to snow accumulation, there will be signboards to remind people not to step on the snow on the roadside to avoid injury accidents.

This is a good way to avoid legal risks. If an idiot falls on a snowdrift, even if he falls to his death, it will have nothing to do with the city hall.

However, they will still remove the snow piles that need to be removed.

A few days after the weather improved, it was covered with heavy snow again. There were more pedestrians on the road and the vehicles were moving slowly.

The policemen on the side of the road, wearing thick coats, pulled a body bag out of the park on the side of the road and placed it on the side of the road.

There were eight or nine body bags placed on the roadside, and it looked like there were more bodies in the park that needed to be removed.

Because of the sudden heavy snowfall, these homeless people who did not take precautions against the cold went to see God overnight, hoping that they would no longer be cold and hungry in their eternal sleep.

Passersby avoided the somewhat disturbing objects, with some even walking on the road outside the sidewalk, their shoes soiled by the dirty snow.

No one will be sad about the death of these homeless people, including their families. Perhaps the more thought is relief and relaxation.

Reporters are too lazy to take pictures. In the early years, this might have been news, but now, it is the most common thing in winter.

It is said that more than 4,000 elderly people died in Bupen this winter. Some died of the cold, and some were too old and could not survive this cold winter.

It was only around 9:15 when Lynch arrived at Blackstone Capital.

As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw Ms. Tracy waiting at the elevator door. He was a little surprised, but he felt that everything was reasonable.

"I didn't expect you to come so early!" Lynch took off his hat and shook hands with Ms. Tracey.

The waiter who was responsible for pressing the elevator button quickly pressed the "up arrow". Rich people don't even have to press the damn button themselves when taking the elevator.

With a ding, the elevator door opened. This elevator was exclusively for Lynch and led directly to the office on the top floor.

Ms. Tracy briefly expressed that she had just arrived to avoid Lynch's discomfort, and then followed Lynch into the elevator.

The two chatted about some things about Connor. The Connor cabinet has begun to take over all departments of the federal cabinet, and the work is gradually starting.

Many people in the Federation are looking forward to Connor's presidential career, because Connor said he would solve many difficult problems for the people.

But whether it can really be solved is another matter.

As we all know, the promises made by the president during his campaign to win votes are often not fulfilled, or not all of them, or the things he delivers are different from what he said.

The elevator rises very smoothly, and there is almost no sense of weightlessness.

The best luxury elevator in the Federation, its acceleration and deceleration have a very comfortable process, unlike ordinary elevators that go straight up and down.

The secretary at the door of the office made two cups of coffee for Lynch and Ms. Tracey, and then left the room.

At this time, they started to talk about some more formal "topics".

"All my work has been handed over." Ms. Tracy sighed a little. She is no longer the governor, but a liberal member of the Progressive Party.

He has no federal office or party position, just like Connor before he ran for president.

However, there was still a slight gap between the two. Connor was working as a broker at that time, collecting money to help people solve some problems.

Ms. Tracy, however, is currently unable to do this.

A female governor who will definitely leave her name in the history of the federation, but she is not a complete politician. She cannot solve the problems that capitalists need to solve, so she cannot do this.

"Next...", she spread her hands, "...last time you said I could go to Slem?"

She had talked about this with Lynch before, and Lynch found a good place for her to go to Slem to take over the teaching class and become the president of the regional senate.

There is a little difference between the regional Senate president and the National Assembly Senate member, but the promotion from the regional Senate president to the National Assembly Senate member is not too much of a promotion.

But now the professor is still the speaker, so Ms. Tracy may need to take some time off.

Lynch nodded, "But not now, but in two years."

"Besides, I've been thinking about it recently. There are still some places you can go, such as Marillo."

This was not one of his options before because some things were not yet clear.

Now that Connor has become the president of the Federation, and Gladstone has been successfully alienated, the two are not enemies now, at least they are not as close as they were at the beginning.

On the contrary, Lynch and he got closer. If it was Lynch who suggested it, then there is a high possibility that Connor will adopt his suggestion.

And Marillo's current appointment as the de facto candidate for the five states entrusted with federal administration was not entirely chosen by locals.

Half of the government officials are nominated by local people rather than elected.

Of course, when the federal government promotes it, it calls it an election, but in fact it is a nomination.

These nominations and the list of federal politicians are then appointed directly by the federal president.

He can appoint who is the governor of a certain state, so Ms. Tracy can definitely go there and be the governor.

Lynch has even found the reason - female governors are less likely to arouse people's resistance, and they will be more tolerant of Ms. Tracy.

This can well promote the integration between the federal government and the people, and maintain stability throughout the transition from the Marillo regime to the federal government.

Look, with such a suitable reason, Connor has absolutely no chance of rejecting it!

"Marillo?" Ms. Tracy was stunned for a moment, "...Governor?"

Lynch nodded and admitted this, but Ms. Tracy was still hesitant. After a while, she did not make a decision.

Not everyone wants to go to Marillo.

Marillo has winter for about six months of the year, now.

The temperature there starts to cool down rapidly in mid-to-late October, and it doesn't even take until November. By the end of October, the temperature is below freezing.

Then it won't be until April next year that the temperature will return to above ten degrees.

There are only about four months of the year when the temperature is above 20 degrees, which is one reason why the federal takeover of Marillo went so smoothly.

The terrible climate has severely reduced food production in Marillo, and some cold-resistant cash crops cannot be eaten.

The food they grow in four months may not be enough for them to eat in a year, so they plant cold-resistant cash crops and then exchange money from the federal government to buy food.

The most basic survival guarantees depended on the federation, so the takeover was relatively smooth.

The harsh climate environment in Marillo makes life there difficult. Except for those who are eager to use the governor as a springboard to climb to a higher political stage as a ladder, few people are willing to serve in Marillo.

Ms. Tracey's hesitation was understandable. After all, he was so poor and cold, and the governor actually had no benefits or power. He might as well stay in the country or go to Nagalir.

Catherine's state in Nagaril is very wealthy. Even if she can only become a regional speaker after leaving, she will still have no less power.

And the living environment is better and more comfortable.

Lynch smiled, "This is just a suggestion from me. If you don't want to go, you can follow our previous ideas and plans, wait a while, and then go to Nagaril."

Ms. Tracey breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is the best!" She was afraid that Lynch would ask her to go to Marillo, where she would really suffer!

Lynch nodded as he listened, "I have a suggestion."

"you say!"

Lynch carefully observed the changes in Ms. Tracy's expression, "The Senate list will be out in a while. Maybe you can try to fight for it."

Ms. Tracy's eyes lit up instantly. Entering Congress is what she desires most right now.

She has already been governor, but she doesn't really want to be.

The governor does hold great power, but for her, for an ordinary woman, this responsibility is too heavy.

On the contrary, as a member of parliament, she does not have to bear too heavy a burden, has a high status, and has great power. This is her ideal state!

"Can I... give it a try?" She was pleasantly surprised. Lynch said it was impossible for her before, but now that he asked her to try it, she felt that... this might really be an opportunity.

What if it succeeds?

Lynch did not finish his words, and even said very reservedly, "I did not say that if you try now, you will succeed. What I meant is that if you try, it will be like a knock on the door."

"Even if they don't open the door for you, the knock will make them hear it and think."

"I thought about it, if we don't try, if we don't do anything, don't let them know that we want to get in, then the door will never open."

"But we have worked hard, and maybe the result is not what we want, but we will make them go from being unable to accept it to starting to discuss and think about the possibility of this matter."

"This is progress. It will prepare you for entering Congress in the future!"