From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

Xia Jieren paused, then continued, "Moreover, the purpose of the recruitment order is mainly to allow my people to appear in this country with a legitimate identity."

Xia Jieren looked at Princess Litte very calmly, without any embarrassment.

Princess Litte just smiled and said nothing, but the old butler opened his mouth, seeming to want to say something but stopped.

Before leaving, Xia Jieren promised: "I will definitely help you build a prosperous and strong country."

"You don't need to worry about my other intentions. My sights are not limited to a small country, or even a small West Sea."

Xia Jieren said with a firm look in his eyes and full of confidence.

"I believe you." Princess Litt put away her smile and said seriously.

Then, the two of them smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.

After Xia Jieren left, the old housekeeper said, "Your Highness, Princess?"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Princess Litt: "Okay, Grandpa Kiel. I know what you are going to say."

She said seriously, "Lord Xia Jieren helped us. He also conquered the Kingdom of the Netherlands with his own strength."

"With his strength, if he really wants to do something, we can't stop him at all."

"Yes." The old butler sighed silently: "Alas, in this world, strength is supreme after all."

"Besides, I believe that Lord Xia Jieren is a good person."

Princess Litt had a bright smile on her face, her lips slightly raised, and she spoke softly.

......

"Uh, I've been given the nice guy card." Xia Jieren said speechlessly.

What Princess Litte and her servant didn't know was that their conversation and images were being transmitted to Xia Jieren's mind in real time.

It can be said that Xia Jieren would be the first to know about any disturbance in the entire palace.

And the detection range is still expanding until all the information on the island is under the control of the mind network.

"I received a good guy card from a princess of a country. Should I be happy or sad?"

Xia Jieren muttered, "If it were my old self, I would be very happy, but now I feel a little weird."

"Besides, I'm not such a good person."

Xia Jieren laughed at himself.

In the heart network, Xia Jieren silently watched the detection spores and parasites in the bodies of Litt and her servant, and sighed silently: "Don't blame me."

For his own safety, Xia Jieren would never trust anyone easily.

He likes to make all uncontrollable factors controllable, or add safety devices.

......

The next day, in the palace meeting room.

Xia Jieren took over the magpie's nest and occupied the main position.

"No princess is simple. She is so knowledgeable about the ways of the world at such a young age. I am not as good as her." Xia Jieren admired in his heart.

Just the trivial matter of giving up the main seat is enough to show that Princess Litte is not a simple person.

If someone is not sober-minded, they might think that it is their right to sit in the main seat.

"What's wrong?" Xia Jieren noticed that the expressions of Litte and her servant were not right when he saw them, so he asked in a puzzled tone.

In fact, Xia Jieren already knew most of the reasons why they were in a bad mood, but he didn't show it.

Princess Lit sighed, her face full of worry, and she spoke first, "There are still two months before the Heavenly Gold is due, but there is simply not enough Bailey or treasure right now."

Xia Jieren asked nonchalantly, "How much more is left?"

The old butler whispered, "There is still about 360 billion Baileys left."

Xia Jieren was shocked by the number, and his mouth twitched as he confirmed it again. "How much?"

"360 billion Baileys." Litte answered.

"Um~, how much Heavenly Gold does the Kingdom of the Netherlands need to pay every year? Do other countries pay the same?"

Xia Jieren quickly regained his composure and asked curiously.

The old butler was more knowledgeable about this aspect. He explained in a serious tone: "The scale of Tianshangjin is levied according to the size of the country and its population."

"The stronger the country, the more it will collect. I heard that some member states have to pay 100 billion berries of heavenly gold a year."

"Our Kingdom of the Netherlands is a medium-sized country and needs to pay 600 billion Baileys of heavenly gold every year."

"Of course, you can also use valuable things such as jewelry, devil fruits, rare resources, etc. as substitutes."

As he said this, the old butler sighed.

Princess Litt continued, "Our Kingdom of the Netherlands is mainly based on agriculture, and we usually export a large amount of food in exchange for enough Bailey."

"But every time this happens, the merchants always unite and maliciously lower the price. So it can't be sold for much money at all."

"The national treasury has long been running out of money."

"When His Majesty the Netherlands IV was in power, His Majesty often used the royal family's property to subsidize Tianshangjin, which was how the Kingdom of the Netherlands was able to maintain its status as a member state."

The old butler looked sad, his eyes full of reminiscence.

After learning the whole story, Xia Jieren exclaimed, "Damn, the World Government is too greedy."

Taking the price of a newspaper as a reference, the Kingdom of the Netherlands needs to pay at least 12 billion RMB. How many tons of grain would it have to sell to make that much money?

You have to know that the productivity level of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was still in the feudal era, and the grain output per acre of land was definitely not high.

"A gold belt for murder and arson!" Xia Jieren sighed, "It turns out that those who collect protection fees are the ones who have it best."

Tianshangjin is an alternative form of protection money.

It’s a pity that even if you pay protection fees, you may not be safe.

Then, Xia Jieren started to have a headache again, "My entire net worth is only 30 yuan from submitting my work. Where can I get so much money?"

"If we lose our status as a member country, we will definitely attract more spies from the World Government."

"No matter what, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is also an important food production base, and its influence on the World Government is not small."

"Never overestimate the integrity of the world government."

While Xia Jieren's thoughts were drifting, Princess Litt threw out another difficult question, "Due to the natural disaster this year, the grain harvest was almost cut in half."

"We have encountered another refugee rebellion, and now the granaries in the capital are almost empty."

Xia Jieren was not too worried about the food problem. "What a joke! Are the Zerg still short of food?"

Spending 1 energy point can produce an energy block that can keep you full for a day and ensure nutritional balance.

But if everyone eats energy blocks of unknown origin, doesn’t that clearly tell others that there is something wrong here?

Demonstration work still needs to be done.

The best scapegoat is also found, and that is the devil fruit.

All unreasonable things can be blamed on the devil fruit.

In Xia Jieren's opinion, the existence of devil fruits is really a bug.

Many of the abilities in devil fruits involve the rules of the world, which people with shallow imaginations cannot even imagine.