I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 719 True Free Trade

Lucci said in a deep voice: "You have also seen the World Government. Given the current situation in the world, they are unstoppable. Only by cooperating with us can the Flower Kingdom have a future."

“But the cost is too high.”

The king frowned. "The World Government only gives us 10 billion per year, but what you want is the economic lifeline of our Flower Kingdom. Even O'Hara will have a hard time dealing with the Flower Kingdom. Lucci, you used to be an intelligence officer of the World Government, so you should understand our background."

"Of course, those who can be considered as 'powerful countries' have always been the most important force in the world. But we don't want everything. We just want your products to circulate with us. If you allow us to build factories here, we can also pay taxes to you."

Lu Qi nodded: "With sufficient tax revenue, it won't be difficult to pay the Heavenly Gold in the future."

"I know what you guys were up to in Alabasta."

The King of the Flower Kingdom took off his small round sunglasses, revealing a pair of wise eyes that could see through the world. "The more this happens, the more I cannot agree to this."

None of the rulers of a powerful country are easy to deal with.

“Don’t you have confidence in your country?”

Lucci smiled: "The people in the Kingdom of Flowers live a good life. Unless they can't make a living, no one would be willing to leave their hometown. Even we often miss our hometown."

"And our captain said that we sincerely cooperate with powerful countries. As long as you don't break the agreement, you can serve as O'Hara's downstream market and cooperate with us forever. You also know the credibility of our captain."

"Of course, Zai's promise is still very valuable. I also pay attention to major events in the pirate world. It's not that he took the initiative."

The King of the Flower Kingdom nodded, pondered again, and stared at Lucci in silence.

Lu Qi was not in a hurry. He just picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly.

Unlike before, Lucci now has more calmness and the elegance of a superior. The cold light emitted from his eyes when he occasionally glances at someone is captivating.

The King of the Flower Kingdom frowned and relaxed his brows from time to time for a few minutes before Lu Qi slowly said:

"Before I came here, the captain told me that the 'powerful countries' in the world all have their own unique features. The world is too big, and even we have reached our limit now. From now on, the first half of the New World will be our territory."

"But with technology, we must always exchange what we have with other countries. Otherwise, we will be like the World Government, content with the status quo and not thinking about exchanges across the ocean. That won't be prosperous enough. The Flower Kingdom also needs to be more prosperous, right?"

The King of the Flower Kingdom nodded subconsciously, and after thinking for a while, he seemed to have made up his mind. He looked at Lucci again and said:
"Is there any more powerful policy? I know that O'Hara's market is very advanced and our resources can make money, but for the sake of my people, I hope there will be better trade. For example, our goods can also enter and leave O'Hara freely."

Lu Qi looked up at him, put down the teacup, and said:
"I have certain powers as an envoy here. I can agree to your request, but there are conditions. You cannot impose a trade ban on us. Our people can establish industries and purchase land in the Kingdom of Flowers."

As soon as these words came out, the King of Flower Country was about to speak, but Lucci spoke first:

"Of course, we won't do anything like we did against those small countries. We won't expand our territory in the North Sea and the West Sea. But if your people want to go to Ohara, you can't stop them. We will abide by the rules like Alabasta and won't do anything out of line."

The King of the Flower Kingdom lowered his head slightly, his pupils flickering.

O'Hara.
As an emerging and powerful force that is worthy of being called a "top country" in the world, it was created by that natural disaster.

The pirates regarded him as the pinnacle of pirates, and aspiring kings certainly considered him the top ruler.

As a pirate, how long did it take for Sarge to occupy a country in the New World?

Definitely less than three years!

A pirate transformed into a king. Even if he did not admit it, he still ruled the territory as the governor of the Calamity Pirates, but the kings had already tacitly accepted that he was a king.

In a short period of time, from scratch, they occupied the first half of the New World. It was not in the form of pirate-like protection fees, but a thorough occupation like a kingdom.

They don't think there is anything wrong with Sag's model. They just think that Sag has superb ruling power and has a great control over the islands in the first half of the New World, achieving the strongest rule.

The entire first half of the new world!
There is actually a huge gap between countries and between individuals.

In my personal opinion, Sager was extremely powerful from beginning to end and was famous for his strength.

But in the eyes of the state, some things are discounted.

If Sarge, who occupied Gareth at the beginning, was just a powerful pirate in their eyes, after becoming one of the 'Four Emperors', he was just a famous pirate, and at his peak he was only at the low- to medium-level among the 'powerful countries'.

The so-called pirates are just a relatively popular industry in front of the whole world. Together with the underground world, they can only compete with the navy.

The revolutionary army, which is committed to overthrowing the world government, has targeted kingdoms that are all small or medium-sized. So far, there has been no example of a "powerful country" being overthrown by the revolutionary army.

Whether it's the navy or pirates, or those rare strong men, they all essentially come from them.

So far, no pirates have been able to conquer these traditional "powerful countries".

Pirates are, after all, just pirates.

Some of their kingdoms have a much longer history than the World Government. The so-called World Government was just formed by the twenty countries in the world back then, and now it is in power as a joint government.

After all, just by paying money, part of the coastal defense can be solved, and every kingdom is happy to do it.

The hegemons are not the World Government, but the member states that have joined the World Government, the real old-fashioned "powerful countries".

But in their eyes, Sarge, who occupied a quarter of the Grand Line and achieved true dominance, was really different.

Not only can it occupy half of the turbulent New World waters, but it now also affects the other half. Whether it is influence or military force, territory or wealth, it is enough to rival any "powerful country"!
No one dares to underestimate Sager.

Even though he started out with the City of World Desire, others didn't know. Didn't they know? At that time, Gareth was on the verge of collapse.

Their intelligence network was not bad, and they were still paying attention to a kingdom that could be called a "powerful country". According to estimates, as long as there was a civil war in Gareth at that time, it would inevitably split and disappear from the ranks of "powerful countries" and become a small or medium-sized country.

But despite this civil war, Sage managed to take power and grew stronger day by day.

The King of the Flower Kingdom is not a termite ruler. Improving the wealth of the people is beneficial to both him and the kingdom.

The most important thing is that as long as they cooperate deeply, they can take advantage of the pirates that come from the second half of the New World and expand their territory.

The only risk is that places like Alabasta have a lot of people leaving and a lot of resources being controlled.

The King of the Flower Kingdom asked again: "How long do you think the chaos will last?"

"That depends on how long you want to cause chaos." Lucci's mouth curled up, "If enough countries cooperate with us, then the chaos will continue until the captain can complete his plan."

"What exactly does Sag want to do?" the King of the Flower Kingdom continued to ask.

“That depends on you.”

Lu Qi picked up the teacup again, took a sip, and said, "The decision you make will allow our captain to make a more appropriate decision."

The King of Flower Kingdom paused after hearing this, first looked towards the Red Earth Continent, then looked towards the New World, and finally clenched his fist, "I agree!"

At the same time, in the North Sea, there is the Kingdom of Lubnir, a most standard feudal kingdom jointly ruled by the king and the nobles.

It is also the hometown of Mont Blanc Nolande, the 'big talker' four hundred years ago. This kingdom was not a 'powerful country' a few hundred years ago, but starting four hundred years ago, the country implemented an 'adventurer' policy, encouraging adventurers to sail and guaranteeing their expeditions, which brought rich resources to the country.

The privateering groups formed by those adventurers occupied personal territories in the North Sea, and then merged them into Lubnir, forming a country with powerful nobles and the king at the center as the backbone. Over the past few hundred years, this country has become one of the powerful countries.

The current king, Vladimir, had just finished the World Conference organized by Den Den Mushi. As the Den Den Mushi closed his eyes, he turned around and said to the fat guy sitting in front of him:

"Cooperation, I promise."

"Your Majesty, you will not regret your decision today."

Link smiled and said, "The Kingdom of Lubnir will surpass this stagnant accumulation and become a more prosperous country!"

"Don't be in a hurry to respect me."

Vladimir waved his hand, "On condition."

Link's expression remained unchanged. "I think we have given you enough convenience. Your country has expanded its territory a lot recently. Those adventurers you recruited went to those uninhabited islands and became nobles. No one raised any objections. It is reasonable and legal. It is nothing more than migrating some people from your huge country to fill the gap. For a king like you, it should not be a problem."

"Don't flatter me, King?"

Vladimir laughed at himself: "In terms of the king, your governor is the real king. We are just fake kings who rely on our bloodline to support ourselves. Since we are fake kings, I don't need the bearing of a king."

"I agree to all the cooperation you mentioned. You can start industries, buy land, and even dig up people from the country if you want. I won't stop you. Calamity is a man who keeps his promises. If he went back on his word, he wouldn't have sent you in the first place. It's not possible to let him deal with the entire world, but it's not difficult for him to kill me."

"I am not interested in what the natural disaster wants to do. I don't mind poaching all the people in the country. As long as the nobles and I stay here, it will be fine. So."

Vladimir, who had a rough and masculine appearance, stretched out his hand to the dazed Link, "Germa 66, Vinsmoke Family, I want their cloning technology. If the deal is not possible, then give me the right to purchase it. I want customized clones that are loyal to the Kingdom of Lubnir!"

"Your Majesty King Vladimir," Link frowned.

"There are so many tracts of land that need people to mine and plant. If Natural Disaster's ambition is to rule people, then my ambition is to make myself and the nobles under my rule prosperous!" Vladimir said firmly.

The Kingdom of Lubnir, a kingdom originally founded by adventurers, is a kingdom that constantly grants new adventurers legal status to go to sea. It is a kingdom jointly ruled by the king and the nobility, and only focuses on the nobility and future adventurers of the nobility.

The rest doesn’t matter at all.

……

"Look, this is called professional!"

O'Hara.

After listening to Lily's report, Sager waved his hand and said, "A big country is a big country. None of them is simple."

Lily nodded in agreement. "The Flower Country in the West Sea wants to lead the entire country to prosperity, and Lubnir in the North Sea wants eternal prosperity and wealth. Both of them have firm goals. Now that the representatives of the two powerful countries have agreed, it shouldn't be difficult to cooperate with other countries in the future."

During this period, they achieved great results.

The world is in such chaos that even the world government cannot collect gold from the sky, so they will certainly not miss this opportunity and continue to advance their plans.

Small countries are used as sacrifices to chaos, while big countries are the targets that are taken advantage of in the chaos to get closer.

It is naturally impossible for Sag to rule across the doldrums. His population is not enough and his radiation capacity is not that great.

After all, the population in the first half is still not enough.

But the plan to rule half the world does not mean ruling it personally, which is actually impossible.

The current conditions and productivity make it impossible for Sager to achieve the goal of a prosperous life through domestic demand, and he still has to exploit the outside world.

The target is of course the West Sea and the North Sea, and it has to be a big and powerful country.

Sarge never thought that the king of a powerful country was a noble idiot who could only bark.

There is a thing called the butt determines the head.

The king of a small country is not a human being because the weight on his shoulders is not enough. As aristocrats, he cannot feel it by nature. With a small population, he feels even less and only focuses on his own enjoyment.

There are also some large countries with large populations. They are not powerful countries, but they have large populations and large areas, and they are among the great countries.

The famine in these countries is not a big deal. At most, one or two thousand people will starve to death in a year. It's not a big problem.

But it is different for powerful countries, as this is a test of comprehensive strength.

No matter how inhumane the nobles and kings are, once a systemic collapse occurs in a powerful country, the number of people who die in a year will be so terrifying that even an idiot will tremble with fear.

The death is nothing serious, but the key is the chaos, plague, and destruction of order that come with the death. That is a devastating blow.

No matter how ridiculous and foolish the king is, he would not dare to say that he doesn't care.

A tyrant is tyrannical, not stupid.

It's not like playing video games where tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people die with a single click of the hand. If there is a problem, it will immediately affect them. Therefore, for the sake of their own rule, these beings treat the people as part of the kingdom.

The strong become stronger. This is also the reason why it is difficult for a powerful country to decline on the ocean.

And now.
Sag gave them a new path that would make them richer and more prosperous!
True free trade!
(End of this chapter)