My friends are all pirates

For the members of the Don Quixote family on the St. Marianne, it was also the first time they experienced the benefits of Qibuhai.

When they entered the port, it seemed that the whole port was cheering for their arrival.

When the cadres walked on the streets, they would run into sailors who volunteered to recommend themselves to them from time to time.

But there are still few such people after all, and most people just follow them and look at them expectantly.

But Doflamingo's destination at this time is not to recruit sailors, but to go to the naval stronghold in the city center to obtain the world government trade contract that every Shichibukai comes standard with.

Through this contract, he will get a permanent pointer to the Kingdom of Dressrosa.

Chapter 58 A World Divided by Islands

The sky is gray and the sun is thin.

Doflamingo took the three major cadres under his command to negotiate with the navy, so the other cadres were temporarily on vacation.

Acherid walked down the street, which led through the sprawling downtown market to the entrance to the Navy's administration building.

There is a cobblestone walkway in front of this four-story building. The main building material is wood, with a large number of window frames and ornate decorations. A balcony protrudes above the street, overlooking the people coming and going on the market square, but The market always stinks, as hundreds of animals are slaughtered here every day, with hills of offal piled just yards away.

The lead gray windows on the second and third floors are small diamond-shaped panes facing the street, only the third floor has no windows in the middle, where it is decorated with a ten-foot-high wooden sculpture of the Navy badge. , a huge fifteen-foot-high mural depicting three warships sailing far away, there are sculptures of two angry sea monsters on both sides of the entrance, and a sailor standing guard leaning on a sword.

Behind the counter on the floor at street level stands a doorman who checks outsiders for appointments before they can enter.

Even in the New World, the navy is still the navy, but its style is still much rougher than that on the other side of the red earth continent. In many places, the navy officers and soldiers are more like gangs than the army. Brother loyalty is more cohesive than military discipline here.

Of course, this laxity is also compared with other parts of the navy.

The deal Doflamingo would negotiate with the navy was nothing but slaves.

When Asherid was still developing in Isera, he already knew a thing or two about the local products of the New World-hailou stone and slaves are the trump products, and the latter still covers the whole market, from low-end to high-end, regardless of All varieties are available.

In a world divided by islands, the imbalance of science and technology is also reflected in the mode of production. Part of the slave trade is indeed used to meet the demand for labor. For non-joined countries, this is a way of attacking their national strength.

Asherid has been in the Don Quixote family for so long, and found that Doflamingo is not directly engaged in the slave trade, or he is not directly engaged in any trade. He is essentially a black intermediary, and all business is done through It is done with the resources of the underground world, but on the surface it only engages in pirate activities.

To put it more simply, he is in charge of "qualification" and provides trading channels for others.

But this does not mean that Doflamingo has nothing to do with the slave trade. On the contrary, he is an active organizer in it, responsible for providing a trading platform for buyers and sellers in different regions.

Asherid looked at the down-and-out sailors who could be seen everywhere in the market. If these people were unlucky, they could easily be turned into legal slaves by human traffickers through various means.

Once legal slaves, there is no such thing as life, and at the same time, as sailors, they will work to death on the master's ship, or resell it as a more valuable commodity.

Ordinary pirates do violence to strangers and rob them of their labor income, which is certainly an evil deed.

Even, if you really hate someone, you can find fault with him and kill him.

But it is still different from turning people into slaves.

I don't know what's wrong with this world. It's obviously not a ruthless drinker at all, but it is doing things that would only be done in the era of ruthless drinkers.

When he was on land, he didn't feel it deeply, but now at sea, Asherid really felt that the slave trade in this world is really a formal industry that is widely distributed and protected by law.

All men, civilized and barbaric, seemed to participate and take it for granted.

This is not as good as the medieval country lords on the blue star. At any rate, they still practice serfdom. Although the life of serfs is not worthy of praise at all, at least serfs are people and not property, and they will not be sold from their own land and family. , after paying all kinds of expenses to the lord, they can still keep part of their labor income and be protected by the lord.

Ashred felt that there was no need for him to keep his little bit of embarrassment anymore, there were some monsters and ghosts floating in the sea.

"Good-hearted people, give me some money to spend."

When Asherid passed a fish stall, an old sailor who was extremely slovenly and smelled came up to him.

All the "little brothers" of the Don Quixote family who were following Asherid stared at each other, and were about to rush over to deliver a JIO.

Asherid waved his hand, and the "brothers" stayed quietly aside.

Perhaps because of the joke, the old sailor wanted to touch Asherid as soon as his eyes lit up. He probably regarded Asherid as a young master who had just set sail and still had kind thoughts.

Although the sunlight was thin, the reflected light was still beautiful when it shone on the dagger.

Asherid played with his new short-soldier dexterously, looked at the old sailor who had calmed down, and asked, "Where did you come from? By the way, why didn't you stretch out your hand? Continue."

The old sailor showed an embarrassed smile. He actually wanted to run just now, but the younger brothers of the Don Quixote family who were still "quiet and beautiful boys" blocked his way to escape. None of them was empty-handed, either copying a knife or holding pistol.

"From the Eastern Sea, my lord."

"You are from the East China Sea, what are you doing in the New World?"

"I'm still young..." The old sailor seemed a little embarrassed, "I just want to give it a go."

Ashred: "..."

You started at [-] at least. In your own heart, you are still a teenager?

"Let him go, just give him some money, enough for him to drink a glass of wine."

"Yes, Master Asherid."

Seeing that these people seemed to have something to say, Ashred asked, "Anything else?"

"No, it's just... my lord, if you give me money, those people will all come over and ask for money."

"I look like a fool, how fast will the money come? If I come over again, I will break my leg."

If the leg is broken, the probability of becoming a slave is small. After all, there will be an extra cost of recuperation.

It can also be regarded as infinite merit.

The younger brothers promised with a loud bang, threw the money to the old man, and then beat him and other street thieves who tried to get together.

The surroundings were restored to cleanliness. After wandering around, Acheride felt that it was really boring and the smell was still unpleasant, so he turned back and went back to the St. Marianne.

When I got back to the ship, I found that most of the cadres were there, probably because they looked down on the environment of this stronghold and said it was a holiday, but few of them were willing to go out.

Among them, Qiao La is trying on women's clothing for Delinger again, saying that if she is raised as a girl, then she will really be raised as a girl.

Monet and Granose were playing a clapping game, and she was the only one on this boat who dared to play like that with Granose.

BABY-5 was running vigorously on the deck with a plate in her hand. Being a maid is simply her belief in life.

After wandering around the ship, Alcherid found an empty spot on the bow and began to practice his sword.

After a while, he heard cheers from the middle deck.

Looking back, Doflamingo stepped onto the boat with a disapproving pace, sticking out his tongue and laughing, his gestures were very similar to "everyone calm down, don't get excited".

"Young master, as expected of you, you got it from the navy so quickly!"

"What words? Of course those bastards dare not embarrass the young master!"

Although he was beaten up by the navy headquarters a while ago, calling the navy a dog leg is the latest mainstream public opinion on this ship.

This is probably "Although I can't beat you, I can scold you".

Asherid stopped practicing his sword and didn't bother to wipe off his sweat. He inserted the sword into the scabbard and walked down the bow quickly.

"Ready to set sail." Doflamingo waved his hands on the deck vigorously at this time.

He has obtained the eternal pointer of the Kingdom of Dressrosa, or indirectly obtained it.

Of course he didn't tell the navy that he was going to usurp the country.

The Kingdom of Dressrosa, 800 years later, is a country of "love and passion, flowers and food". It is famous for its peace-loving and is also the leader of the countries joining the New World.

It has the same status as the Kingdom of Alabasta. It is an initial member of the world government and a frequent visitor to the world conference.

The islands where the two countries are located also belong to Summer Island.

But in the education that Doflamingo received when he was a child, under the rule of their family, this is a country that is martial and brave. War, plunder, conquest, rule and enjoyment are the laws that need to be followed. Destruction and destruction It is the expression of passion, the devotion of warriors and heroes to gods and kings, and is regarded as a true virtue.

But all this has not been completely erased, as evidenced by the existence of gladiators. Even though the royal family has preached peace for 800 years, the gladiator field is still so fond of the Dressrosa people that they cannot abandon it, so that although the royal family does not like this activity, Still can't get rid of it.

The current Kingdom of Dressrosa is still the country of famous gladiators.

But the manpower shortage of gladiators in this famous country of gladiators is as big as [-] million.

Dressrosa Island is not like San Ding Island, which has a population of tens of millions and is sparsely populated. Its size is only enough to spread a limited number of villages and towns and manors after the next city, and then it will be formed by The outer island barrier composed of huge stone forests.

This country will use attractive enough prizes to attract overseas braves to participate in gladiatorial competitions every year, but this kind of activity can only be held once a year, and the people of Dressrosa can't bear to watch the gladiator only once a year gladiators.

This is what Doflamingo said to the navy. He will go to a nearby port called Bengkulu according to the contract provided by the navy. There, the St. According to the introduction of the navy, it is a 460-ton merchant ship equipped with 36 guns. The large round hull can carry a large number of slaves. It is a perfect ocean-going slave ship. Tang Ji The Hede family needs to escort it to Dressrosa Island, provide them with a trading license, and calculate the fee based on the number of heads, as the first income of Doflamingo, the Qibuhai, in the new world.

Normally, privateers are indeed in this position when facing the army.

It's just that no serious Shichibukai would do such a thing.

But Doflamingo accepted this "send the beggar" business, even though he appeared to be handled on the surface, he was actually laughing wildly in his heart.

Before he finished usurping the country, he was very happy that the navies in these places could be self-satisfied, so as not to be discovered by the Naval Headquarters in advance of his true goal.

Once a fait accompli has been created, there is nothing the Navy Headquarters can do if it knows it.

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Chapter 59 Pro Dressrosa

Bengkulu Island is not a place that looks very prosperous, not even chaotic, it looks like a place where people drink blood.

When the Don Quixotes set foot on the beach, they saw no town, but a bunch of low, rickety buildings with bushes growing among them.

The most striking buildings on the island are a church that has been burned down to its frame, covered with vegetation, and a blockhouse of local powerful people, but this blockhouse looks like it was built decades ago.

But they still saw the people who joined, after all, a merchant ship had anchored here earlier.

And their captain had already waited on the beach with people when the St. Marianne appeared on the sea level.

The captain and his men, armed with sailor's knives, muskets, spears, and clubs, brought out from the woods, and from those primitive and squalid huts, a great number of men, with scarcely any decent covering, There are only animal skins that have not been processed at all, and their outfits are the most primitive that people in this world can imagine.

I learned from the captain that he exchanged clothes, gunpowder and metal tools from the local primitive tribe for these people, and the price was less than one-eighth of what he bought in the formal slave market. Not people either, just another cargo stuffed into the hold, the only difference is that someone needs to be fed, these "cheap commodities" are weak and unorganized, unable to resist those who want to sell them, whether it is the previous tribe or This gang of slave traders.

Ashred was also among those who disembarked. He boarded the slave ship of these people to check.

After taking a casual look, Asherid was sure that this was indeed a slave ship, and it was not specially designed like Blue Star's slave ship in the [-]th century. It simply divided the cargo compartment into a slave deck with a low ceiling.

With the completion of the connection on the shore, the captain began to escort the slaves onto the ship. Usually every two slaves were handcuffed together and packed tightly into the cargo hold, with almost no room to lie down. Women and men were separated, and each pair of slaves was packed Before entering the cabin, they were closely monitored by the crew of the slave ship to prevent them from committing suicide by jumping into the sea with chains.

After the "loading" was completed, the crew with weapons stood guard at each hatch. Small rotating cannons were installed on the handrail of the poop, and the muzzles were all facing the main deck. If slaves tried to rush out of the cabin to escape or riot, The crew could blast them to pieces with bursts from the towering poop.

Asherid didn't save anyone, firstly because he couldn't do it, secondly because he couldn't see it, and he finally realized the reason why he had been having trouble in this world.

He was a slave, and the existence of this group made him feel insecure. He couldn't imagine what it would be like if he were reduced to this level again.

To put it bluntly, if Doflamingo doesn't like his ability, he will put a pair of Hailou stone handcuffs on his hand, sell him as a slave, and he is 100% confident in avoiding this result ?

Back on the St. Marianne, seeing the start of a slave trade up close for the first time, Ashred felt his own weakness more than ever, and was more disgusted than ever by those who lived in Mary Gioia, mastered Tianlong people with "final pricing power".

Become stronger!He wants to become stronger!The sooner the better!

Only in this way can he kill those who make him feel threatened!

In the urgent mood of Acheride, the St. Marianne set sail again. This time, it had the "companion" of the Duchess.

With the permanent pointer, the St. Marianne no longer has to follow the temporary pointer at random. Everyone is dreaming of arriving in the country that will soon belong to them.

Ah Sherid didn't imagine that no one could save that perhaps poor country.

There was a king who had given up resisting on his own, and it happened that Qi Wuhai and the former royal family were holding the dragon egg in his hand, and no one could save him.

Ah Sherid suddenly became more energetic, and did not cause any waves on the boat. As mentioned in the preface, the Don Quixote family is a group that likes to show "personality", and its behavior and emotions are easy to magnify, regardless of whether it is or not Deliberately, at a time when everyone on the ship is excited, Asherid's behavior is not surprising at all.

On the contrary, he is the most serious one.

At least he didn't climb up the mast to see who peed farther away.

It's just that he didn't urinate near him, otherwise he wouldn't have a row of roast chicken.

After many days and nights, a tall rock barrier finally appeared on the sea in front of the St. Marianne.

Dressrosa, here we come.

This country, which has become a symbol of peace, is blocked by high-arched boulders, and it is impossible to see the inside clearly from the sea.

But it still has ports.

In addition to the official port, there are also narrow inlets between the boulders that can be used for temporary moorings.

The destination was in sight, on the St. Marianne, without the Duchess knowing anything about it, Doflamingo gathered the cadres and began to arrange the next move.