Pirates are born to be king

Devil Fruits are well-deserved secret treasures everywhere. Even Valpo placed two Devil Fruits in the secret vault of the Drum Castle Treasure House. .

He and Jace, the chief of staff, were the only ones who knew how to open the secret vault and its location.

Without much effort, a small box was placed in front of Phil.

"Open it and get your own power." Valpo sat upright with some excitement, waiting for the next change.

He now feels like he has bought a lottery ticket and is waiting for the draw. The unknown Devil Fruit also represents infinite possibilities. He is very familiar with what kind of animal Devil Fruit it is, which looks like a green mango.

The same was true for the three ministers. For the first time, Phil enjoyed the attention of everyone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Click" a soft sound.

The incoming intelligence officer opened the lid of the box and held up the green mango with slightly trembling hands. The simple but complicated patterns on the face impressed everyone's eyes.

"I heard it's a bit unpalatable, and some people say you can gain strength by eating just one bite, but I think it's better to eat it all."

"Then I'll eat."

"Eat."

"Aww." Phil took a big bite and his whole face wrinkled up instantly. He only felt that the dark taste that he had never tasted in his life filled his taste buds. It was rotten, sour, bitter and hard to swallow. Every time he chewed it, he felt... It made him feel like he was about to leave his body.

There can be such unpalatable things in this world!

'Google! '

He forced himself to bite the fruit and swallowed it quickly. The pulp passed through the tip of his tongue, the body of his tongue, the base of his tongue, and finally reached his throat. The unpleasant taste became more and more obvious.

No, there are still many uneaten devil fruits that are nearly the size of a human head, and only one tenth is left at the moment.

"Aww!" Phil took his second bite, feeling that he was not far from death.

"It looks... it seems really unpalatable." Valpo vaguely noticed tears flashing from the corners of Phil's eyes, and couldn't help but feel grateful that he had possessed the fruit ability before traveling through time.

"It's really delicious. I didn't seem to finish it at first." Dalton shrank his neck and recalled a miserable episode.

The sound of chewing was heard by a group of people waiting for Phil's performance after eating.

Maybe I waited too long,

Valpo took advantage of his free time to continue talking to the three about the follow-up to the poisoning incident.

"The War Slave Group must conduct further screening to eliminate all those who should not exist. Dalton, don't let me down this time." Valpo's tone was murderous.

It was clearly about murder, but Dalton would not object this time, "Your Majesty, don't worry, after Dr. Hippok 'questions' all Gesar's associates, I will clear them all out." clean."

"Besides, there is no need to keep anything about the Chamber of Commerce." Valpo's murderous intention became more intense, and he said specious words, "The crime of deceiving the emperor is unforgivable! Let's confiscate the house first, and wait until there are ships in the future. I, the king, will We will also destroy their clan!”

Thinking of Bailey, who has worked hard to take care of the country since he came to this world, without daring to relax at all, and who never deducted money from those businessmen during the most tense financial moments.

The results of it?

First, the price of food keeps rising, then they steal the drug franchise, then they join forces to create the illusion of difficulty in food supply, and now, because they see a new source of marine fish that hinders their ability to earn money, they even poison them!

This is really too outrageous!It completely violated Valpo's bottom line!

Although everyone was surprised by the way His Majesty the King spoke, it was not difficult to understand the meaning of confiscation of homes and genocide.

This kind of thing that should also be dispatched by the army was naturally the responsibility of Dalton. He bowed and replied, "Your will will be carried out." After saying that, he left.

But Jace stopped him, "Wait a minute, this might be an opportunity."

"Opportunity? What opportunity? Let them change their ways?" Valpo sneered, with disgust on his face, "I have had enough."

Jace shook his head and said, "It's not about giving them a chance to change, it's about the ship."

"Ships? You mean..." Valpo was stunned and thoughtful, "Those merchants' merchant ships?"

"Yeah, those merchants' merchant ships." Jess smiled, and his thick sausage lips could not make his sinister expression much lighter at the moment. Obviously he also hated the food merchants. The chief of staff almost gritted his teeth and said, "Now when they go to 'search the house', all they lose is a few Chamber of Commerce agents. But if we simply take advantage of the situation and release the news that all the food in the warehouse has been contaminated by poisonous powder, and they are in urgent need of a large amount of food, you say, they will What will happen next?"

The general's plan...

Valpo suddenly realized, who said that people in the One Piece world can't use tricks.

Following Jace's words, he could completely imagine what the group of businessmen would look like later.

It is nothing more than drastically raising the price of food again, and trying to completely obtain the pharmaceutical franchise of the Drum Kingdom.

Jace's words continued, "We can pretend to accept some unreasonable demands first, as long as they send food and merchant ships to Drum Island..." The chief of staff narrowed his eyes slightly, "That's not their final say. It’s too cheap to just kill a few of them now..."

Valpo touched his chin, and the anger in his heart calmed down a lot. Jace's plan was simple and effective, with a very high success rate. Even based on his understanding of the group of businessmen who wanted Bailey's life, since the other party could poison His actions were not far from crazy.

Even if there are a few omissions, as long as the 'bait' he gives is fragrant enough, various chambers of commerce will definitely go crazy and swallow him.

Merchant ship...

Just as he was prepared to offer enough temptations to the Chamber of Commerce, he could not resist the temptation brought by the merchant ships.

The importance of ships in the world of One Piece is self-evident. No king would not want to have as many excellent ships as possible.

A merchant ship that can reach the Drum Kingdom must not only cope with the ever-changing weather of the Great Line, but also have the strength and a thick and strong hull to be able to resist pirates to a certain extent.

It can be said to be an extremely excellent navigation tool.

For the Drum Kingdom, which only has developed submarine technology, merchant ships can just make up for the shortcomings of the sea. Even with a slight modification, it is not impossible to use them as warships.

As for the cannons that the warship lacks...

Ha ha,

That was just a matter of his words.

With the fleet, the drum kingdom can expand faster!

How many ships do those chambers of commerce have in total? 30? Or 50?

It seems like the captain is a bit lacking.

Valpo nodded in agreement, "Jace, you are right, follow this plan, just pay attention to your image." His Majesty the King looked at him, "After all, we are a country, not pirates, collect their evidence, and return With that Gesar, don’t kill him or make him stupid after interrogation, it will be regarded as a personal testimony in the future.”

As a kingdom, credibility is obviously extremely important. Valpo doesn't want people to misunderstand that he is abandoning justice for profit. Although he does want the other party's fleet and food for the ship, the 'righteousness' must be on his side.

"Understood, Your Majesty." Jess paused, "I originally wanted to report it tomorrow, but the Naval Colonel is about to come to our kingdom to ask about the construction of a naval branch. By then we can bring Gesar and the relevant evidence. He hands it over to the World Government.”

"Oh? Is T-Bone School coming?" Valpo pondered. There are many things that can be seen from the attitude of the representatives sent by the other party. As a navy with a good relationship with the Drum Kingdom, the arrival of T-Bone School is obviously a good idea. Start with, "How long will it take to get here?"

"Two months later." Jace smiled slightly, "By the time he arrives, everything should be over."

Not a bad time,

Valpo looked at the sky, and saw a faint light appearing on Drum Island.

Unknowingly, everyone had been discussing it all night.

His Majesty the King stretched and finally gave the order, "Let's do this for now, Jess. You will be responsible for this matter. Dalton will go back and reorganize the army, especially the War Slave Regiment. All hidden dangers must be eliminated, Cromali Meng still focuses on stabilizing the kingdom and not causing too many losses to the people."

"Your Majesty," the three ministers agreed together.

"Start preparing." Valpo said and left with everyone.

With the soft sound of the door closing, there was no one left in the room.

"call……"

I don’t know how long it took, but a sigh suddenly appeared, "Finally... I finally finished eating. I almost died. Your Majesty, I feel... Your Majesty? Your Majesty the King?"

The voice was somewhat resentful, "Where are your majesty? Where are your family? Have you forgotten me again?!"

Then he suddenly screamed in panic.

"what!!!

What about me?

Why can't I see myself? ! "

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