My friends are all pirates

"It depends on whether you can make the royal family really interested." Monet said, "There is another way that you can reach the point where no one can challenge you in all the arenas. At that time, the voice of the people And send you there, too."

"That's fine too." Asherid didn't object to the latter method, "I don't want to enter there because of someone's favor."

After confirming the direction, Asherid continued his rhythmic sword practice - single-swipe infinite loop copy.

While he was lingering in the arenas, there was finally a discussion about him in Dressrosa Palace.

The initiator of this discussion was a court nobleman.

The most distinctive and salient feature of a society dependent on a monarchy is the title of honor, whose utility is to define and maintain various social registries, not only to prevent social mobility, but also to provide official confirmation when it occurs.

In the past, the social status of the nobles depended on land wealth, but after the 800-year rule of the world government, land wealth can already be obtained by people from humble origins through public office, trade or legal means. When social mobility occurs, the new rich often Princes also try to turn "the despised into eminent men" by fabricating noble births to make themselves dignified, but if families rise and fall too quickly and land ownership becomes unstable, title and status The gap between one side and the side of power and wealth is widening day by day, so when unable and unwilling to confer easily, granting nomination rights has become a reward method often used by the monarch to courtiers.

The titles of the land nobles are obtained through heredity, but the titles of the court nobles are obtained through contracts and transactions. Compared with the problems caused by the expansion of glory itself, the dirty plots and transactions behind the expansion of scale are not worth mentioning.

A rather strange phenomenon that does not surprise Asherid at all is that most educated commoners in this world actually think that it is the destruction of the nobles who are never sure and never loyal to the country. friendship.

The former may be embodied by the land aristocracy, but the latter must be represented by the court aristocracy.

At this time, a group of court nobles who have never been uncertain or loyal to friendship are talking about the name "Longlandiyuan" in the royal palace of Dressrosa.

Chapter 64 Dressrosa lacks everything now

In the Palace of Dressrosa, Rick Dolder III sat on the throne, looking at the courtiers who seemed to be discussing passionately below, and remained silent.

The peaceful Dressrosa Kingdom will also have various problems.

In this country that claims to have never had a war for 800 years, the people are not rich, at least they are poorer than when the Don Quixote family ruled.

For a long time, the attitude of the common people of the Dressrosa Kingdom has been that although they are not rich or even poor, they will not suffer from war in this country. This is the most important point.

In the turbulent era of great pirates, and in the new world, it is especially important.

The many social contradictions in this country have been well suppressed under the people's cherishment of peace, but the court nobles of varying quality will often become the creators of crises.

In general, the greater the wealth in a given society, the more equitably it is distributed, and individual differences in titles are insignificant, but if the number of titles is multiplied, the struggle for them will be more intense.

Regrettably, the Kingdom of Dressrosa, which has pursued a peaceful policy for 800 years, has lost its weapon of reconciling class conflicts in foreign wars. With its limited and increasingly tense resources, it is unable to rely solely on self-production and trade. To the abundance of social wealth, let alone fair distribution.

A long time ago, Dressrosa fell into a long aristocratic crisis.

The crisis was initially caused by the financial crisis of the nobility.

Dressrosa was not a very large country, and as the population grew during the long period of peace, the increase in land rents and entry fees began to weaken the ancient relationship of trust and loyalty between landed nobles and tenants, and thus eroded The prestige of the aristocracy, and even a certain landed aristocrat, was the wrath of almost all classes in the country for simply draining a swamp - due to the relative and absolute impairment of the landed capital held by the aristocracy and its income , the people's respect for noble titles and authority has also been shrinking, affecting the country's grassroots organizational capabilities.

There is also a legacy of Dressrosa, that is, the military tenure system implemented during the rule of the Don Quixote family has caused private force to be widely distributed among the nobles and gentry, and they are easily used by them to pursue personal interests. Therefore, the Rick family who took over the country had to face a very real problem - the excessive habit of private violence, which would inevitably lead to the collapse of public order when the new royal family lacked power and absolute superiority. And weaken the authority of kingship.

The first task of the Ricks after ruling Dressrosa is to free the country from these subjects who are accustomed to using private violence. In addition to a series of political means, the Ricks have worked hard to fundamentally change the violent habits of the subjects. It took a long time for all the subjects to accept and believe that resorting to private violence is not only illegal and inappropriate, but also demeaning and immoral. Despising killing and advocating peace have become the virtues recognized by the whole class.

But when the royal family maintained its monopoly on public and private violence, new problems arose. As an important part of the state apparatus, the nobles began to flatter hedonism, despite increasing financial dependence on court gifts , but they spent all the cash exchanged with respect and loyalty on pleasure, which also made the royal family have to rely more on court nobles of varying quality, even if no matter what kind of nobles they were, they were half a catty.

In the era of Rick Dolde III, the 800-year-old tradition has formed a strong inertia. Even if you want to change the direction, you can’t do it. Men with combat capabilities recruit an army, but in fact, the management of the assembly, selection, training, and arming of this force requires the support of nobles and squires, and the current Dressrosa nobles simply don't know What is war, does not have such organizational management capabilities, let alone take up arms again.

The so-called royal army is actually just a palace garrison force with limited numbers and hard to evaluate combat power. It is okay to defend the palace, and you can work hard to repel the invasion of ordinary pirates. Just kidding, in the current Kingdom of Dressrosa, most of the people who really know how to fight are in the arena.

For hundreds of years, the Rick family has been carefully maintaining this country. The Kingdom of Dressrosa, which was tyrannical 800 years ago, is already a faltering old man.

Take the courtiers in front of Rick Dold III as an example. They don’t really care about the Colosseum at all. In their opinion, it is just something used to satisfy the interests of common people, lest they keep remembering that they are poor.

Recommending a strong swordsman to the king is also hoping to make the king happy, so as to help their debt management-such as using the financial resources of the treasury to forgive some of their private debts or postpone their private debts. The people who pay the bill are actually civilians.

"Alas..." Rick Dold III on the throne sighed, the group of people arguing made his head hurt.

He is getting older. Although he is still in his prime, aging is already a visible trend. At this age, he has no other thoughts. He just wants to maintain the family business and continue to maintain this peaceful country. But recently He started hearing a surname more often.

Don Quixote.

Few people in the Kingdom of Dressrosa know the meaning of this surname now, but Rick Dold III is certainly not included.

When he was young, Rick Dolder III was actually not very cold about the pacifism that his family insisted on for generations. He was also a spirited guy, and he also ran to the arena to compete under a pseudonym, and then harvested a son-in-law.

As he grew older, he cherished peace more and more.

The Kingdom of Dressrosa can't afford war either.

Therefore, what Rick Dolder III hates the most is pirates.

Although he felt that the possibility of a pirate with the surname of Don Quixote being a Celestial Dragon was really low, he also felt that if a pirate had the same surname as the Don Quixote family and robbed the gold from the sky, then Mary Jo Ya shouldn't let such a pirate be Shichibukai.

It may be because of the relationship between the eldest son-in-law in the arena, the so-called first-time birth and second-time acquaintance. At the beginning, Rick Dolde III felt very uncomfortable with his father's nature, but soon as a king, he I feel very refreshed.

After all, Cyrus, it is really fragrant.

What does the Dressrosa Kingdom lack the most?I can fight!

In contrast, it is not impossible for the courtiers to cooperate with this little thought.

"Okay, don't argue." Rick Dold III slapped his hand heavily on the armrest of the throne, interrupting the courtiers' quarrel.

These people have already digressed.

"Since you have described that sword fighter so miraculously, let the bullfighting arena invite him to compete."

The Rick family has insisted on peaceful diplomacy for 800 years, but has always retained a very unpeaceful sword fighting sport. At first glance, it seems contradictory, but in reality, this is also the need of the royal family itself.

It cannot be true that everyone will no longer know how to fight.

Seeing that the king had made a decision, all the courtiers stopped arguing, and the courtier who first proposed this proposal was very proud, and felt that he could be bolder in terms of debts.

After all the courtiers retreated, Rick Dolder III left the throne hall, returned to his room, changed into casual clothes, and left the palace accompanied by several guards who also changed into clothes.

Without anyone noticing, the king of a country left his city and came to a sea of ​​flowers outside the city.

Dressrosa Island is a country full of fragrant flowers, but that was a long time ago. Now, it is not easy to find such a large sea of ​​flowers on the island. A gift from Lord III to his daughter and son-in-law.

After walking for a while, a small wooden house emerged from the sea of ​​flowers. When he saw the house, Rick Dolder III asked the guards to wait for him where he was, and then walked towards the wooden house alone.

Walking to the front of the house, Rick Dold III hesitated a little before knocking on the door.

"Come on."

The familiar voice from the room made Rick Dolde III feel guilty.

The son-in-law, Cyrus, was once a murderer. Although he was pardoned because he had won a hundred consecutive victories in the arena, and finally won the heart of his daughter, even if he is a king, he can't risk the disgrace of the world. Betroth her daughter to a former sinner.

Despising killing is 800 years of political correctness.

Or to put it more directly, the combination of the royal family and the untouchables will not be blessed by anyone other than the parties concerned. This kind of social mobility is not allowed, which will cause many problems that already exist in this country.

Identity is the insurmountable gap between the Cyrus couple. The only solution is that the daughter is no longer a princess. So in Dressrosa, the former eldest princess was declared dead by the royal family. Since then, Rick Dolde III can no longer meet with his daughter at will.

Dressrosa Island is just that big, if we meet each other too many times, we will get lost if we are not careful.

But today is a special case.

After the door opened, there was a young woman standing at the door, with a look of surprise and nostalgia on her beautiful face.

"Father..."

"Scarlett." Rick Dold III sighed, "Where is Cyrus, is he at home?"

Although Rick Dolde III has secretly tried to support his daughter in various ways, hoping that his daughter's family can live a better life, it seems that his daughter and son-in-law enjoy the life of civilians.

The last time Rick Dolder III met his daughter's family was when he was seeing his granddaughter.

"Cyrus is out, father, please come and sit down first."

"Oh, good, good."

After entering the door with Scarlett, Rick Dold III sat on a chair and took the water glass handed by Scarlett. The old father was very emotional.

Over the years, he felt more and more that it might have been wrong to deal with it in the first place.

Chapter 65 Legends of the Past

Today's Cyrus is still a healthy man with three legs alive.

During his tenure as army commander, he won the trust and praise of his colleagues with his strength and serious and responsible attitude, but at the same time, he also knew that the murderer would be a stain that he could not erase.

At least that's the case in Dressrosa.

He is very grateful to Rick Dolde III for taking care of him, but he also feels guilty towards his wife, thinking that it is because of him that his wife lost her title and status as a princess.

Since Scarlett faked her death and married him, he didn't see Rick Dolder III very often, but he didn't expect to go out to buy some food and come back to find a few former colleagues squatting in front of the house.

Rick Wangjun used to be a fan of Cyrus.

For example, the current army commander, Tank, is still full of praise for Cyrus' swordsmanship.

"Captain Cyrus!" Seeing the idol, several soldiers of the Royal Army stood at attention habitually.

"Hey, don't, I've already resigned." Cyrus quickly waved his hand. His career in the army completely dispelled the hostility in his heart, and his wife and children fully exercised his soft side. It takes a few years to take care of children. He didn't even dare to think about it before, but now he is a good family man and a warm man.

"You are here... His Majesty is coming?"

"Yes, His Majesty the King has come to see you."

"Ah? Okay, then I'll go in."

Sure enough, it was his father-in-law who came, so Cyrus hurried home.

Pushing open the door, he saw Rick Dold III sitting on a chair in the living room, teasing his granddaughter.

"Father!" The little girl jumped into his arms happily when she saw Cyrus.

In Cyrus' heart, his daughter Rebecca is a treasure given to him by God as a sinner, and it is salvation. After his daughter was born, he was a very standard daughter slave.

Seeing that Rebecca still kissed himself more, Cyrus was satisfied, hugged his daughter for a while, and waited for Scarlett to take Rebecca away before sitting on Rick Dolder III in a proper manner. in front of.

"Cyrus, I haven't seen you for a while, you seem a bit fat." Rick Dolde III looked at the big man in front of him, feeling filled with emotion, "Can you still swing a sword now?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean... there are enemies that can threaten our country? What can I do?"

Cyrus was a little nervous.

Although he has resigned from the position of army commander, he has been the army commander for several years after all, and he still has a sense of responsibility for this country.

"Ah, not to that extent." Rick Dolde III waved his hand, not telling his son-in-law about the Don Quixote family.

This historical matter cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

"Actually, I want to see someone for me."

"Oh?" Cyrus felt strange, not knowing what His Majesty the King meant.

"Recently, there seems to be a very good swordsman at the arena. You are an expert. I can't go and see it myself. You can help me to see if that person is really good. In addition... That is whether he is a pirate or not."

"I understand." Cyrus understood in seconds.

If he is really outstanding and not a pirate, he must be recruited into the Wang family.

If it is a pirate, then send the information to the G1 branch and ask them to verify their identity.

The G1 branch will not refute the face of the Dressrosa Kingdom. Dressrosa is the focus of the G1 branch.

"Your Majesty, what is the man's name?"

"Black Wing is his title." Rick Dold III said, "Longland Diyuan is his name, but it may also be a pseudonym."

"It's him." Cyrus suddenly realized, "Indeed, I've heard this name a lot recently."

After Cyrus graduated from the arena, he never went back, but the name Longland Diyuan is so popular now, he can meet at least ten girls who want to sleep with this swordsman when he goes out to buy groceries.

Dressrosa's girls are like this, they will be stabbed if they cheat, but they are also serious about poaching.

"If you say it, I will be very relieved." Rick Dolder III said, "As for the threat to this country...you also know that the biggest trouble is always on your own people."

"Would you like to change the group?" Cyrus couldn't help it when he thought of the many bad things he had encountered when he was still in the palace.

"Where can I change it? The current batch is already considered good." Rick Dold III thought of this and had a headache, "The threat from the open sea, after all, there is a navy, and this country will not be destroyed by others." Capture at night, hahahahaha."

Rick Dold III laughed heartily a few times.

"That's right." Cyrus also smiled heartily, "Pirates like that wouldn't come here either."

Although he has never left Dressrosa, he is in the New World after all, and Cyrus has also heard about those few who are particularly awesome in the sea today.

The monarch of the franchise country like Rick Dolder III is even more aware that those people are all ruthless horns who once competed with the One Piece King Roger. Now, they have all established their own pirate kingdoms in the new world.

As a frequent visitor to the World Conference, Rick Dold III is also very aware of the significance of setting up the Qibuhai-in order to ensure that the navy can block these people in the new world.

Otherwise, the franchise countries will not pass the "Seven Wuhai" bill. Most of the franchise countries are outside the New World, and these countries don't want those sea monsters to appear on their doorsteps one day.

It's just that it suffers from a franchise country like Dressrosa that is already in the New World.