My friends are all pirates

Asherid looked at the naval officer beside him again, only to see that the other party was smiling and more enthusiastic than ever.

Sure enough, he still felt comfortable looking at Akainu's stinky face, which made his skin crawl.

"King Asherid, don't worry, I will arrange the work here."

"That's troublesome."

"No trouble, I should do it."

Chapter 250: Asherid and the Five Old Stars

Asherid followed the official of the world government and re-entered Pongle Castle.

When he knew that Wu Lao Xing also worked and lived in Pongle Castle, Ashred was actually very surprised.

He already knew now that the Five Old Stars were all Celestial Dragons, and they belonged to high positions among Celestial Dragons. There was no reason to live outside the special area for Celestial Dragons they called the land of gods.

In terms of function, Pongle Castle should belong to a public area, which mainly carries the relevant operations of the world government. To make a more appropriate analogy, if Mary Gioia is regarded as a high-end brand community, then Pongle Castle, it is property room.

So, what is the mystery of this castle?

With such thoughts in mind, Asherid, under the guidance of the officials, walked to a particularly pretentious gate.

Let's just say that the person who built this door probably wanted to carve a long comic on it.

He was really nervous, and he had the urge to turn around and leave.

"King Asherid, please come in." The official bowed deeply, and then, together with the attendants at the door, pushed open the double doors with great effort.

Seeing how the door opened little by little after they had worked hard for a long time, Asherid resisted the urge to help them with a finger, he was afraid that the door would fly in if he tried too hard.

The governor's mansion originally had such a nerve door, so he was asked to tear it down.

After his patient waiting, the door finally opened completely, and the scene inside the door was unobstructed.

Presented in front of him was a super large hall with a high dome. The decoration inside the room was quite gorgeous, and the main color was white.

But the hall seemed very empty, with only a low table, a long sofa, and a few chairs in the center.

The five old men were either standing or sitting, all looking at him.

The attendants and officials who pushed the door were all kneeling on the ground at this time.

Ashred looked at them, then at the old men.

"Come in and sit down, Ashred."

One of them spoke up.

He is full of air and does not look like an old man. He is dressed differently from the other four. He is dressed in a white bathrobe-style clothes. He has a rather large Japanese-style Odachi on his shoulders, and the scabbard touches the ground. .

Asherid walked in generously. The hall was so big that he couldn't finish walking in a few steps, but since he was there with ease, he had to walk through it without any nervousness.

Whether it is a negotiation or a conversation, whoever feels uncomfortable first loses.

Wu Laoxing actually prepared a chair for him, which is a good treatment, much better than the red dog in the comics.

Ashred was not polite. He went to the chair and sat down.

"Is there any wine to drink?"

"Do you like drinking very much?"

"Marie Gioia's wine can't be bought outside."

Maybe it was because he heard what Asherid said about buying instead of grabbing, Wu Laoxing didn't look ugly, and a tall and thin old man hooked his fingers.

Obviously there was no one else in the hall, but an attendant appeared immediately, carrying a set of drinking utensils and silently stepped forward, set them on the low table, divided the drinks and then stepped back.

They walk really silently.

Ashred reached out, took a glass of wine in his hand, and took a sip.

"That's not how you drink this kind of wine." The old man with the sword said, "But since you like it, I will prepare it for you when you leave. Can we talk now?"

"Several people, how do you call them?" Ashred asked curiously.

Wulaoxing, Wulaoxing, that's what I've always heard.

But they are five people.

"Don't be so troublesome. Since the five of us are here to meet you, what we are talking about is the will of the world government. Just like everyone else, just call us the five old stars."

Others don't call it that.

They like to say that those five old men took the wrong medicine again, but...

"Okay." Asherid followed suit, "What do the five old stars want to say when they see me?"

"We don't care about your previous status. Since you have become the master of Dressrosa, you should do well. As long as you fulfill the obligations of the franchise country, we will not treat you badly."

"Including Heavenly Gold?" Ah Sherid felt that since everyone was so open-minded, he said bluntly, "I don't know how much Heavenly Gold has to pay, but I have Kaido in the north and Whitebeard in the south. If you need There is gold in the sky, so you can wait for the pirates to come and fight the autumn wind."

Unless the world government calls the Ricks who have already sneaked back to make up for the heavenly money owed in the past, he will definitely not be able to pay.

This is called fairness.

"There are still nations to the west of you, why don't you say it? Has an agreement been reached?" The thin tall old man's tone didn't sound sinister, but what he said was particularly unpleasant.

His eyes are narrow and long. From the appearance, most people with this appearance are very ambitious, they only have interests in their hearts, they are very jealous, and they like to find trouble for nothing.

Sure enough, this person, you can't take a close look.

"If I don't even have a good relationship, I won't be able to get along in the New World." Alsherid shook his head, talking about the truth of the New World, "It's not like I'm alone."

"Lonely is a good word." The old man with white curly hair and a fluffy white beard said, "Although you are the king of the lower realm, you are also a king. You must get used to being a lonely person. You and the pariah are not a kind of life. Just like people, you have to know how to distinguish."

"It makes sense, I'll get used to it." Ashred nodded.

It is really necessary to get used to it, the brain circuit of Tianlong people is indeed not human.

"Okay, let's get down to business." The old man with the knife made a movement for the first time, and he waved his hand, ending the topic.

"Heavenly gold, Dressrosa continues to be exempted, this is not a problem, but Yasherid, how do you plan to govern this country?"

"Let's establish a direct connection first." Asherid said, "I want to establish a direct connection route with Fishman Island. Can the government do the work for the Navy?"

"Okay, but what do you want this route for?"

"There are many special products on the seabed, and this will also help the murlocs to contact the surface world. Hasn't the government approved Otohime's application for relocation?"

"What about the pirates?"

"The honest ones can do business and pay tolls, and the dishonest ones can get rid of them." Asherid didn't shy away from this point.

Of course, in the agreement between him and Big Mom, he will screen qualified pirates for Big Mom and let them join Wan Guo.

The current relationship between Asherid and Wan Guo is very similar to the relationship between the Whitebeard Pirates and the affiliated pirates. Many of the leaders of the affiliated pirates are independent from the Whitebeard Pirates, and Whitebeard is among them. Yoshiko.

The reason for saying similar is that Asherid is definitely more independent.

"One more thing." The curly-haired old man said, "We will periodically give you a list of pirates who are rewarded by the government. If they pass through your country, you will be responsible for solving them. In return, if Dressrosa is in danger , you can take the initiative to ask the G1 branch for direct support, and they must not refuse."

Ah Sherid thought for a while, nodded, and agreed to this one.

There is one thing to say, just in the comics, those so-called supernovas wanted by the world government, not all of them, but most of them are not very involved in personnel affairs.

The five old stars began to exchange glances. Up to now, they felt that Asherid's performance did not exceed their expectations.

"Okay, then let's talk about your country's trade."

Chapter 250 The fifth is not very pleasing to each other

"Our country's trade?" Ah Sherid secretly thought that he had finally reached an important topic, and raised his hand in a "please" gesture, "please speak."

Helping catch pirates or something, that's not the point, at most it's a bonus.

The former world government, even through various propaganda calibers, set up the Qibuhai, promoted the myth of the Qiwuhai, and set up checkpoints through the Chambord Islands and the G1 branch to block it on the other side, still could not stop the continuous flow of pirates into the new world. Replenish the forces of the New World Great Pirates.

The reason is also very simple.

The checkpoint in Chambord Islands is not set up, and there are too many businesses that can be done between illegal areas and pirates.

The containment of the G1 branch is also insufficient, and its main task is to defend the World Government's territory in the New World.

As for the Qiwuhai myth, talk is better than nothing, after all, if Qiwuhai is really so awesome, why don't they all go to the new world?There are a lot of idiots in the pirates, but there are still a lot of sane people, so Qi Wuhai is essentially selecting and recruiting more powerful pirates for the new world.

Whether catching pirates or killing pirates, these are not the top concerns of the world government. It is the navy's business, and the world government only cares about order.

Nothing can affect the order of a country's trade more than this.

"We originally agreed that Doflamingo captured Dressrosa. He is a descendant of the Don Quixote family, and it is reasonable to rule the old country, but since he died in your hands..."

"He died at the hands of the navy, and it was Lieutenant General Kuzan who cut off his head." Yasherid interrupted and corrected.

One yard for one yard, not the one he cut.

The five old men stared at Asherid with deep eyes, but Asherid looked at them confidently.

"Well, it's not important. The important thing is that we hope that Dressrosa can make his due contribution to the world government in the new world."

"What kind of contribution? Catching pirates?"

"Pirate is fine no matter what, but the market in the new world needs to be used by the government." This time it was the old man with a knife who spoke, "You have a personal relationship with Wan Guo, which is very good, and the trade channel on Kaido's side, if possible , I also hope that you can open it and import Hailou Stone from Wano Country."

"Don't worry about the money, we will buy as much as you can trade." The curly-haired old man immediately followed up, "In addition, we need to better circulate the goods in the underground world of the New World. Government is also very important."

At the end, he added another sentence.

"If there are difficulties, CP will support your actions. Don't you need people? We can transport slaves for you."

"Forget about slaves." Asherid shook his head, "Not to mention CP, if it gets exposed, I won't be able to do business."

If he hadn’t gained anything from this World Conference, he wouldn’t be able to. At least he knew where the main profit points of slave owners in this world were.

Slave-holding agricultural production, the slave trade itself, and the employment of slaves are quite similar to the Blue Star Pretty Country.

Like being a pirate, not all slave traders are professional, there are also part-time ones.

But in the end, slaves mainly flowed to commodity agricultural production, followed by factories that produced luxury goods and products with low technical content.

However, in Dressrosa under the rule of Asherid, there was no commercial agricultural production, and the arsenal as the core production sector did not need slave labor who could only do low-skilled repetitive labor. What Asherid hoped was to cultivate a High-quality technical personnel.

Even putting aside these, and even putting aside personal likes and dislikes, Ashred cannot accept slaves, because...

Slave traders will capture and sell slaves first when there are demand orders, and turn free people in another place into slaves first, and then transport them to Dressrosa to become free people?Slave transportation means that at least one of the three people will die, so he will kill more people than save them.

Isn't this full of food?It's not like he's idle.

"Well, it seems you have a problem with slaves?"

The thin and tall old man who was evaluated by Asherid as "likes to find trouble for nothing" once again spoke unpleasantly.

Asherid could see it, the old man definitely didn't like him.

In fact, he didn't like the other party too much, but he couldn't bear to make big plans. Before Dressrosa completed the transformation, he had a lot of patience.

After the transformation is over, you can see whether he can fight the navy.

"It's useless for me to want slaves. What I want to build is an arsenal instead of a plantation." Having determined what the five old men wanted, Asherid opened the skylight and said, "I will definitely intervene in the underground world. Whether they do it or not, if they cross my way, they have to pay.”

"Okay, remember what you said."

"You can go now, Yasherid, the government has approved a new loan to Dressrosa, and Rick's old debts have all been written off."

Ashred nodded, got up and left.

Chatting with a few old men is very boring, but he can still wrong himself if he can make money.

He is such a good governor.

Asherid left much faster than when he came, and disappeared in front of Wulaoxing in a blink of an eye, fully embodying what it means to return home like an arrow.

Tranquility returned to the hall, albeit temporarily.

A group of attendants filed in and took away the wine utensils on the low table—Wu Lao Xing never shared any utensils with others, so they had to be thrown away.

After the attendants also disappeared, Wu Laoxing continued to talk.

"how?"

"In general, to meet our requirements for Dressrosa, it is not fruitless to summon him."

"Then give him the king's position and tell the Admiralty that as long as there are no major problems, he will secretly cooperate with his actions. He is no longer a pirate."