I Stand For Justice In The Marine

The royal palace and castle of the Kingdom of Tobias is located on the top of a mountain a few kilometers away from the coast. It is a castle made of stone. It is not gorgeous, but it is extremely strong and majestic.

There are several heavy front-loading cannons on the city tower and the arrow tower, and soldiers of the palace guards can be seen everywhere, which can be described as heavily guarded.

"Your Majesty, Earl Amphitheater Cross has arrived!"

In the palace hall, a guard knelt on one knee and lowered his head to report to the king on the throne in front of him.

Cross stepped forward with a calm expression, and walked into the slightly empty palace hall unhurriedly. The sight was very simple, except for the various weapons and armors placed on the weapon racks on both sides, there were not many other things. ornate decoration.

"Good day, Your Majesty the King!"

When he was about four or five meters away from the king, Cross stopped, put his right hand on his left chest, bowed slightly to the king in front of him, and gave a chest salute.

And on the stone throne, sat an old man with white hair and beard wearing a golden crown. He was looking at the young Cross with a smile, and said gently: "It's just in time, I'll be waiting for you!"

He is the nineteenth king of the Kingdom of Tobias - Harwich Usoppaka, also known as Harwich XIX.

Cross straightened his body, looked at the two people standing in front of the throne, and greeted with a smile: "Master Salin! General Humir! Good day!"

One of them had a long face, dead fish eyes, long white curly hair, and a tall and thin man said calmly, "My lord, good day!"

This person's name is 'Timor Salin', and he is the minister of the Kingdom of Tobias, in charge of civil affairs.

"Good day! Earl Cross!" Another strong man with dark brown skin also greeted in a deep voice.

He has a scarred face, a black forehead band and a white turban on his head. He is the general in charge of the army, and his name is Hanks Hummel.

Afterwards, King Harwich, who was sitting on the throne, laughed and said, "You must have doubts about bringing Earl Cross over today!"

"I'm really confused, especially seeing His Majesty the King, Lord Salin, and General Humir are all there. It seems that there is something important." Cross nodded.

The Kingdom of Tobias is just a small country with a small island, with a population of more than 200,000 people and an army of 3,000 people. It is also divided into the Kingdom Army and the guards guarding the Kingdom Castle.

The main buildings of the city are all on the coast below the mountain, with ports and docks, and the houses are from bottom to top, all the way to the palace and castle on the top of the mountain.

As for the other side of the mountain, there are only a few scattered villages and some small mines of iron, copper, coal, etc., as well as some noble manors and villas.

But the government affairs of a country with more than 200,000 people are not an easy task. If it is not an important matter, it is impossible for the highest level of the kingdom to gather together and wait for him to come.

"It's not a big deal, I just need the help of Earl Cross!" Harwich XIX said with a smile.

"Your Majesty the King is very polite, please give me your instructions!" Cross said.

"Not long ago, the Kingdom just raised a huge sum of 300 million Baileys to purchase a batch of muskets and cannons to equip the Kingdom's army!" King Harwich said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, Sarin contacted a The underground arms dealer bought 300 million Baileys from the other party, so I want Earl Cross to accompany General Humill to ensure the safety of this transaction. Even if the transaction fails, the 300 million Baileys must Bring it back!"

"Equipping more muskets and cannons to the Kingdom's army is the right thing to do. I'm very happy to take this trip!" Cross agreed without hesitation.

Although the king of Harwich Nineteenth is not a wise king, he is also a benevolent king. He is good to the people and himself. Even his title of earl is a gift from the other party.

What's more, for a poor and small country like the Kingdom of Tobias, 300 million Bailey Bailey's money is indeed a lot of money. It's no wonder that His Majesty the King specially invited him here.

"Relying on your strength in the past two years, you have helped the kingdom to stop many pirates from invading, but we can't put the safety of the kingdom on the shoulders of you, an underage child. I'm ashamed!" Harwich XIX said with a bit of ridicule.

"Your Majesty, as a member of the Kingdom of Tobias, I'm just doing my part!" Cross shook his head and said in a calm tone.

"Alas~ You also know that ever since that damned Pirate King Luo Jie set off the so-called era of great pirates, the number of pirates in North Blue has skyrocketed, causing the kingdom to be harassed by pirates from time to time, and businesses and people's livelihood have plummeted, but the kingdom is peaceful. It has been a long time since the armaments have been slack, coupled with the sharp drop in taxes, the kingdom does not have enough money to equip the army with sophisticated weapons, and the firepower is not even as good as that of the pirates!" Harwich XIX expressed resentment, and then Said very ashamed.

If it is said that the pirates' harassment is due to external reasons, then the kingdom's military is slack and unable to protect the common people from the pirates' attacks, then it is his fault as a king.

"Your Majesty, it's not your fault!" General Humir quickly comforted him, "If it wasn't for the 'gold in the sky'..."

"To shut up!"

Harwich Nineteenth's face changed slightly, and he suddenly interrupted the other party's next words.

"Sorry, I made a mistake"

General Humil woke up suddenly and shut his mouth quickly.

"It's said that the Kingdom was able to raise a huge sum of 300 million Baileys this time, and most of the credit is due to Earl Cross!" Minister Salin changed the subject, with a smile on his expressionless face, and said: "After all, Earl Cross defeated 11 pirate groups in the past two years and seized a lot of pirate property. In addition, the kingdom gradually stabilized and taxes began to recover. Only then did the kingdom accumulate more money in two years. A huge sum of 300 million Baileys!"

"Master Salin is too polite."

Cross smiled indifferently, thoughtful.

Although he only listened to half of it, he understood that the Kingdom of Tobias is just a small and poor country, and Harwich XIX is unwilling to increase the burden on the people, so the annual tax is not only a part of the "gold from the sky" , the remaining money can only be used for domestic expenditure and to maintain a small army.

In other words, before the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, the Kingdom of Tobias was relatively peaceful, and the existing army could fully cope with the invasion of foreign enemies. There was no need to maintain a large army and purchase or manufacture more sophisticated weapons. Unnecessarily heavy burdens on the kingdom.

It's just that the high-level officials of the kingdom didn't expect that the words of the One Piece King Luo Jie before his death actually opened up an era of great pirates, causing countless people to rush to the sea and become pirates who did all kinds of evil, and the result was that the kingdom of Tobias was destroyed. It can only be difficult to resist the repeated harassment of one pirate group after another, not to mention the rapid drop in taxes, and the extra money can only barely appease the people in the country.

After all, the royal family and nobles lived in strong castles, so they didn't have to worry about their own safety. But the common people live in the port cities along the coast, and every time the pirates attack, there will be casualties among the common people.

So, if the king and the nobles can't use money to appease the dead and injured people, then the next time the pirates attack again, I'm afraid even the kingdom's army will mutiny.

Therefore, this caused the kingdom's finances to fall into a deadlock, with a continuous cycle, and it was completely impossible to accumulate enough money to buy high-quality arms with a lot of money.

Unless the Kingdom of Tobias gives up its status as a member country of the World Government, and no longer provides half of the taxes as "gold from the sky" to the Celestial Dragons, but in that case, it is undoubtedly provoking the Celestial Dragons of the "World Government" and "World Nobility" , Such consequences are ten times, or a hundred times more serious than being harassed by pirates.

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