Zefa kept his word, and after the king left, he continued to bring people to help build roads and houses, and compensation and the like were also verified and distributed.
According to his plan, he will stay here for a few days. In addition to the aftermath work, it will also take some time for the wounded to recover.
It just so happens that Zefa can also use this opportunity to let the recruits have more contact with civilians. Among the civilians, there are good people, bad people, and some people who are neither good nor bad, but they like to take advantage of them as long as they have the opportunity. How to get along with these people is also an important knowledge. .
As a soldier, it is necessary to know why you are fighting. It is also necessary to understand that in addition to the battlefield, you may also face other difficulties and even dangers.
Zhang Daye and the others joined in the fun for a while, and then went to wander around.
Before the king left, Zhang Da also went to the accompanying guards to ask for a pass. Seeing that the king had a stinking face, the guards did not object, so they issued one for them. Now the Amber Tour Group can play in this country reasonably and legally.
There was not much time left today. After Zhang Daye and the others checked the injuries of Ai Yin and other sailors, they simply walked around the port town and spent some time.
As a port town, it has convenient transportation and developed commerce. However, because of this, it is often attacked by pirates, so the life of ordinary people can only be said to be decent.
As for the merchants in the town, it is rare to see large and generous customers like the Amber Tour Group. This afternoon, they were tired and happy.
In the evening, everyone completed their training, and the flag demons who went out to inquire for news also came back one after another to report on the situation.
According to their survey, people in this country are not rich, but they are not rich not because their output is not enough, but because they have to pay too much heavenly gold. After paying, most families can only barely make ends meet.
Take a family of three downstream of the small river that passes through this town. Their family runs a dairy farm and delivers milk to the town every day. However, based on their income, they don’t have much savings. The couple even He planned to hand over the ranch to his daughter when she grew older, and the two of them went to find a job at a nearby naval base.
By the way, the daughter of this family is called Moda. She looks a little younger than Weiwei. She was the one who later fished Ace out of the river and knocked down more than 50 million with a stick under the influence of the Encourage Fruit. A big pirate, the girl who was finally taken away by Sabo to join the revolutionary army.
"You have inquired carefully about the information. Is there something wrong with the amount of gold in the sky?" Speaking of selling milk, Zhang Da also thought of the little girl Miu Ke who delivered milk to them every day in the Shampoo Islands. They do similar business, but they live a good life. The standard of living can be considered quite high at 59GR, and they are not as pitiful as Moda's family. There must be something wrong with the country's heavenly gold.
Weiwei raised her little hand and replied: "The amount of gold in the sky here is much higher than in Alabasta."
"I probably know the reason for this." Sui Feng'er said, "I heard someone use very interesting words when they mentioned heavenly gold. They said, 'Heavenly gold given to the dragons and kings.'"
This is interesting. It stands to reason that the kings of various countries only collect money on behalf of the Tianlong people, but this king obviously made a lot of difference from the process.
Judging from the pomp and circumstance of each of his trips and the private comments from the public, this king does not have the courage to enjoy the treatment of the Celestial Dragons without authorization, but he still has the courage to make money through the name of the Celestial Dragons. Not only does he have it, but it is also very big. .
In fact, except for kings like Vivi's father Kobra who really care about their people, most of the other participating countries do this. Although they can adjust taxes as kings, the name of the Celestial Dragons is nothing compared to The tax laws are much better.
There are many countries that evade taxes, but thanks to the unremitting efforts of the World Government over the past eight hundred years, there is really not one person in a million who dares not to pay the heavenly gold.
As long as the amount of heavenly gold is quietly raised a little, the country's annual tax gap can be easily plugged. It is faster and more convenient than collecting taxes, and it can also enrich the king's private treasury.
As for what will happen to the people after doing this, it depends on the conscience and brains of the kings.
"Why is this so?" After everyone analyzed it, Weiwei was a little hard to accept, "Don't they care at all what happens to the people? Doesn't it matter if they falsely report the amount of heavenly gold without authorization?"
"In the eyes of many kings, the people are just money bags. They can take it as they want." Zhang Daye said, "As for falsely reporting the amount of heavenly gold, it is not a problem. The Tianlong people only care about whether the money is enough. They have no control over what kind of taxes you collect when you make money.”
"Furthermore, if the king is smarter, he will definitely create a different name when collecting money. Anyway, they can come up with a set of rules at any time and explain it how they want. The people below misunderstood it and thought it was gold from the sky, but It’s not the king’s fault.”
"It's too much." Weiwei sympathized with the civilians of these countries, but she didn't know what she could do to persuade the kings?
"One of the reasons why your father asked you to come out with us is to see more of this kind of thing." Zhang Daye said, "I want you to know how difficult it will be for the people if the king behaves recklessly. Remember not to interact with those Human Studies.”
"Yeah." Weiwei nodded.
Today is also a day for explaining the truth to the children. Teacher Zhang Daye was satisfied and continued to ask: "We almost understand these, what about the situation of the king and the palace?"
Suifeng'er said: "The king is in his thirties this year and has only one daughter, who is about the same age as Weiwei. The two most powerful people under him are Lancel, the captain of the king's army, and Niharonbai, the minister of state. Lancel is okay, he only wants to protect the people from pirates. Niharonbai is a good helper for the king to make money, but he also seems to have selfish motives."
"As for the security situation of the palace, there is nothing to say. It looks strict to ordinary people, but to us it is no different from a sieve. It is even worse than the security of Weiwei's palace. After I went in and took a walk, I didn't even know that the king was sleeping today. I know what kind of underwear I’m wearing.”
"Ugh..." Weiwei pouted dissatisfiedly, but she couldn't refute. She knew that if everyone wanted to, they could even sneak in and draw a little turtle on her father's face and leave safely. The guards in the palace... It's okay if they don't find it, but whoever finds it will have to lie down.
"Eh~ Abnormal!" Perona said in disgust.
"Disgusting." Xia Lulu showed contempt.
Wendy and Weiwei took each other's hands and took two steps back, away from Suifeng'er.
"I'm not interested in the king's underwear." Zhang Daye said, "In short, sneaking into the palace is much easier than imagined, right?"
"Yes, it's especially easy for us." Sui Feng'er nodded, and then asked, "Do you want revenge? Our brothers go in and put a sack on him and beat him up? Or paint flowers on his face every night? How about shaving his hair and beard clean?”
"That's too cheap for him. I suddenly want to play something big." Zhang Da also wondered if it would be interesting if the king woke up and found that the king had been replaced. Moreover, if he changed to a reliable king, the people here could also Live a better life. He glanced at Weiwei, thinking that he was taking care of Weiwei's sympathy and teaching her a lesson?
Ye Yan said: "Hey, Mr. Ye, you really want to kill that king, right?"
"No, I just want to give him a little surprise." Zhang Daye said to Sui Feng'er, "Let's go carefully check the details of Lanseer and Niharonbai tomorrow."
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The next day, there were a few more naval cadets helping residents repair their houses. Their injuries had recovered a lot and they could at least do some simple work.
Zhang Daye and the others were still wandering around like nothing happened. Zhang Daye also specially took Wendy to visit Lancel and used healing magic to speed up his recovery process. It is estimated that starting from tomorrow, he can also lead a team to help residents.
The king was not idle either. As soon as he returned yesterday, he ordered his ministers to collect information about the Amber Tour Group and wanted to study how to deal with these people who had embarrassed him.
The document was delivered to him today. The more the king read, the more frightened he became. With so many powerful achievements and so many weird abilities... He calculated it. If he gathered all his troops to fight with them, he seemed to be unable to bear the consequences. rise.
In addition, the king also saw information that stated that the Amber Tour Group had met many naval generals, including the Navy Marshal, the Navy Hero, and the current three generals. In addition, they have also interacted with some departments of the world government. They have friendships with the king of Alabasta and the mayor of the Seven Waters. They also have close contacts with Hawkeye and Jinbe of the Shichibukai. The president of the World Economic News Agency Morgans also admired them quite a lot and even sent someone to conduct exclusive interviews with them.
There are also rumors that the previous chief of CP5 offended them, which led to the collapse of the entire department. Moreover, they rejected the invitation of the Shichibukai from the Five Old Stars and are still safe and sound so far.
The king was almost dumbfounded. Is this a tour group?
This is simply because there are people from both the black and white circles, and they are all big guys. Is there a Tianlong hidden in this small tour group?
This background seems to be tougher than that of the king of the franchised country. It would not be exaggerated to say that his hands and eyes are all over the sky. Are you telling me that this group of people is just an ordinary tour group? And he was still training hard with a bunch of new recruits in the training camp?
The king slumped down on his chair. It would be impossible to cause trouble for them through his own connections. It would be hard to tell who was putting pressure on whom.
But he couldn't bear to let it go, so the king ordered: "The execution of those pirates will be held at noon today!"
Speaking of which, these pirates were the main culprits that caused his embarrassment. Let's first cut off the ones he could afford to offend.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Minister of State Niharonbai immediately accepted the order, and then asked with a wink, "Are you troubled by this group? Do you want to recruit them, or do you want..." He said Using his hand as a knife, he made a chopping motion.
"Recruit them? Huh!" The king snorted coldly. Those people didn't look like they could be easily manipulated. They didn't even respect the king. Even if they came up with the most powerful weapon to recruit them - promising noble status, I'm afraid it would be unfair to them. They are also unattractive. Besides, wouldn’t it be an eyesore to have those people right under your nose?
Nihalombai understood what the king meant, and he smiled and said: "Then in a few days, you won't have to worry about it."
"Oh why?"
"Because I accidentally learned a piece of news, which is not convenient to write on the document." Niharon said mysteriously, "I heard that a big shot in the world below has been placing a bounty on their heads, and the bounty is constantly rising. , the total bounty of all of them is almost as much as one Yonko!"
"They have been hiding in the Navy Headquarters some time ago, so they are fine, but recently they seem to be staying here. Moreover, the news that Xu Hai, one of the Eight Warriors and the remnant of the Wufeng Pirates, was arrested yesterday, has spread very quickly. Someone will know the whereabouts of the Amber Tour Group soon!"
"What's even more coincidental is that the navy in Hong Kong Town are still injured, and the Amber Tour Group is alone this time! When the killer who is eyeing their bounty arrives..."
The king smiled knowingly, so what if he is a person with abilities or a strong background, the bounty in the underground world doesn't care about that! How dare you be rude to me, you deserve it!
Thinking of the scene where the Amber Tour Group had their heads cut off, the king smiled, but at the same time he was horrified: "Will someone put a reward on me? I had a big fight with the guy from the Kingdom of Ilusia at the last world conference. , will he secretly offer a reward for me?"
I didn't pay much attention to the so-called underground world before, but now that I think about it, the king always feels like there is a sword hanging above his head.
"No, they never offer rewards from the royal family. It seems to be some kind of rule." Nihalombai comforted, "And His Majesty's palace is guarded by the most elite soldiers in the country. Absolutely no one can sneak in quietly. !”
The king was relieved when he heard that the palace was very safe. He nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, that's right, but just in case, double the number of guards."
"yes."
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"Eh? Why are there more guards today?" Sui Feng'er, who once again quietly invaded the palace, scratched his head and wondered, "Did I find out what I did yesterday?"
He came to investigate Nihalongbai. He got the news from Jin Erpeng that Nihalongbai was not at home today, so Suifeng'er planned to come to the palace to have a look. There must be something fishy about the sudden addition of guards. He decided to act more cautiously and first go to find out what was going on in the palace.
At the same time, news of the arrest of Xu Hai, one of the Eight Warriors, in the Kingdom of Lucia has spread all over the world with newspapers. Although his arrest is entirely due to Zefa alone, Morgans does not know whether he is deliberately disgusting the navy or whether Wanting to catch up on the popularity of the Amber Tour Group after a long absence, I specifically mentioned in the news that the Amber Tour Group was also present.
Many people thought that Xu Hai was arrested by the Amber Tour Group and Zefa, but Morgans was forced to write in the news that he was arrested by the navy.
Zhang Da was also amused by his coquettish tricks. This birdie was very good at getting things done.
(End of chapter)
