Pirates: Winged Dragon of the Beast Pirates

What do you want to do?

Ian fell into deep thought.

It has been six years since I came to this world, and I have never thought about this.

Unable to think of an answer for a moment, Ian asked Yamato, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"Because Ian, you don't seem to be interested in anything else except training!"

Yamato pursed his lips and sniffed, "Ian, you don't seem to like such beautiful fireworks just now!"

She looked at Ian with a strange look.

That is, pity?

Ian's mouth twitched, is this girl pitying herself?

"What about you, what do you want to do when you grow up?"

Ian asked.

"I want to become stronger than my father!"

Yamato said seriously, "Then become the new captain of the Beasts Pirates! Dad said, if that happens, I can do everything I want to do!"

Ian was not surprised.

Of course, he could feel that Teacher Kai really regarded Yamato as his successor.

Of course, the time of succession is hard to say.

Teacher Kai didn't expect to entrust his dream to anyone.

"Where's Ian!"

The girl came to Ian, tiptoed, and her nose almost touched Ian's face. Ian looked down and could see the stars in her eyes.

Damn, how can someone have stars in their eyes? Are you the Queen of Bee Shokudo?

"What does Ian want to do?"

Ian pushed Yamato's face away with his hand, frowning slightly.

What does he want?

Power?

Now he is the king of Wano Country and a high-ranking member of the Beasts Pirates. There should not be many people in the world who are more powerful than him.

Wealth?

Wano Country is rich in seastone. If you make a profit from it, the wealth you get will definitely be an astronomical figure.

Beauty?

Ian looked down at Yamato-no!

As the king of Wano Country, it is not a problem for him to recruit all the beauties in Wano Country.

But none of these three things seem to satisfy him.

Then, only power is left.

The power he has been pursuing, but his obsession with power has never been relaxed for a moment.

However, even though I have the power, I don't like fighting, and I even want to escape from dangerous enemies.

What I pursue seems to be more than just power.

A flash of light suddenly flashed through Ian's mind, and he almost subconsciously blurted out, "Peace of mind."

"Peace of mind?"

Yamato tilted his head.

Ian's eyes gradually brightened, "Yes, peace of mind."

Because I know that this world is very dangerous, I feel uneasy instinctively.

Because I feel uneasy, I want peace of mind.

I know that the Beasts Pirates is a pure villain organization, but I am still willing to stay, because the Beasts Pirates are strong enough to make me feel at ease.

I know that I am too weak to face this dangerous world, so I don't care about anything else, but I will never relax on becoming stronger.

I know that powerful enemies will bring danger to myself, so I instinctively don't want to face them.

It's just that simple.

What I want is just a sense of peace of mind.

So, what is true peace of mind?

The strongest power?

The highest power?

The most wealth?

It seems to be neither, but both.

But in this case, I understand.

I understand what the things I have been unconsciously pursuing for these years are called.

Ian's mouth corners gradually rose, "What I want is a world that can make me feel at ease."

Stronger than anyone! More powerful than anyone! More wealthy than anyone! No more enemies in the world, this is, peace of mind.

Yamato blinked, not really understanding.

But.

"World? It feels so great! Well! Since this is what you want to do, Ian, then I will definitely help you!"

Yamato smiled, revealing his little white teeth with two missing front teeth, and the white tops of the teeth have already emerged from the gaps.

"Isn't that natural?"

Ian laughed.

I can't do this alone.

Two days later.

Flower Capital Castle.

Ian flipped through a stack of documents sent by Fukurokuju.

His army and the Beast Pirates have occupied the entire territory of Wano Country, at least all the towns are under their control.

After all, this country is not that big.

In front of him, Fukuroku reported to him respectfully, "The warriors in various regions have set off riots of varying sizes in the face of our entry."

"But because of the assistance of the Beasts Pirates, these riots were easily suppressed. Except for a few diehards, officials at all levels in various towns have sworn to you."

"It's just that there is one thing that is very strange."

"Strange?"

Ian raised his head.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Fukuroku nodded, "Kuri does not have a formal army because of the poverty of the Kozuki family. The armies of Udon, Hime, and Suzuko have been completely wiped out by us before. It is very easy to take over these areas. The strange thing is the Hakumai area. Although the daimyo Shimotsuki Yasuie was captured by you, the army in that area should still be maintained."

"Then, in the process of occupying Hakumai, we still did not encounter any resistance, as if the warriors in that area had disappeared."

He said seriously, "I suspect that they are lurking, perhaps preparing to rescue the Shuangyue Kang family."

It makes sense.

Ian remembered something.

The harbor had been captured by a group of samurai before, and they seemed to have sent someone out to sea.

After that, the group of warriors disappeared.

Are they the samurai of the Kang family?

Ian thought for a while and said, "Then, let's tell the whole country that the Shuangyue Kang family will be publicly executed tomorrow."

Fu Lu Shou looked excited and bowed his head, "As expected of His Majesty Ian! In this case, those guys will no longer be able to hide."

"Those guys don't matter,"

Ian didn't care much about the warriors under the Shigetsuki family. Again, the real threatening enemies of Wano Country had been eliminated.

He raised the stack of documents in his hand and said, "What interests me more is that the warriors from each township occupy more than half of the local land?"

Fu Lu Shou was a little strange, "It's always been like this."

talent?

What does your majesty mean? Do you think it’s missing?

The system of Wano is a feudal system.

The general nominally rules the country, which is a big state. The famous names in each township are loyal to the general, which is a small state.

The daimyo also had family elders under his command, and they were entrusted to various parts of their territory. Compared with the daimyo, it was a small state.

And these family elders often have various warrior families under their command, which can be regarded as their small kingdom.

Whether it is power or land, Wano Country is divided up layer by layer in this way.

On the basis that only warriors could hold power, the warriors only occupied more than half of the country's land. Ian even felt that they had restrained themselves.

You know, the country of Wano has been stable for nearly a thousand years, and the ruling class has hardly changed during these thousand years!

After nearly a thousand years of land annexation, all the land in Wano was not occupied by nobles. Ian could only say that the samurai were kind.

But even so, the samurai class, which only accounts for a few percent of the total population, occupies most of the country's land, and most of the people of Wano are their tenant farmers.

"Then there will be no need for samurai from now on."

Ian said, "Let's enact a decree, let's call it, well, the Sword Abolition Order. It prohibits samurai from carrying weapons, cancels all samurai's privileges, abolishes the title of samurai, and takes back the samurai's fields outside the Flower City. It’s state-owned. If the government is willing to sell the land within the Flower City, it will buy it back. If it’s not willing, I’ll pay a land tax.”

Land is the most valuable wealth? This concept is outdated.

In the future, people from Wano will definitely say this, "The country of samurai, our country was called this a long time ago. The expansion of the Beasts Pirates twenty years ago——"

Maybe there will even be a wooden sword samurai with silver hair.

"..."

Fu Lu Shou's expression suddenly changed.

Although the samurai class of Wano suffered huge losses in the previous battle, the remaining samurai are still a powerful force.

Moreover, they are the basis of government rule.

Without the warriors at the grassroots level, how can government orders be implemented?

Policies cannot be implemented by just a few words from people above. How can it be done without the people below who actually do the legwork?

"In addition, the government affairs of each township are directly connected with the central government, leaving it to the civil servants to handle it themselves. As for the landless warriors in each township, they are given two choices, either to join the army or to become grassroots political officials, and the government will provide them with salaries. "

Your Majesty, you must be too generous.

You just revoked the privileges of these guys, and you still want to use them?

Fu Lu Shou swallowed.

But he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it? Otherwise, where can we find a group of grassroots officials? Do you expect farmers who have been farming all their lives?

Moreover, what kind of trouble can these samurai who have lost their swords make in the face of His Majesty Ian and the Beast Pirates?

It's just the bureaucrats who suffered. His Majesty Ian just moved his mouth and didn't consider the rationality and feasibility of the policy at all. It can be said to be extremely willful, but they are responsible for the implementation. I don't know how much they will have left. hair.

"yes."

Fu Lu Shou nodded respectfully.

He knew that from now on, Wano Country would lose its fangs completely.

The land of warriors that it once was will no longer exist.

"Finally,"

Ian thought for a while, "Don't you think there are too many farmers who rent land for farming?"

"Eh?"

Fu Lu Shou looked up in shock.

"First release some of the farmers' leases," Ian said, "and let them leave the land."

"But Your Majesty,"

Fu Lu Shou couldn't help but warn him at this time, "If farmers lose their land, I don't know how many people will die."

Wano Country is a thoroughly agricultural society, and land is the source of all wealth.

"Aren't factories being built every month in China? There is also the mine in Tuwan,"

“They’re welcome in those places,” Ian said.

Fu Lu Shou lowered his head, "Yes."

More cruel than a big snake.

Who doesn’t know about Wano Country?

The workers in the factories and mines controlled by the Beast Pirates are no different from slaves.

Should we say that this is the disciple taught by Lord Kaido?