Chapter 21 The Kingdom of Felt

The Kingdom of Felter is located in the northeast of the Kingdom of St. Martin, and it takes about three days for a normal sailboat to get there.

The kingdom was established for about two hundred years.

The current king is Felt IV.

Normally speaking, the two hundred years of the founding of the country should not only be the fourth generation, but the people of the Felt family have the ability that some people envy, and they are especially able to live.

Felt I, founded the country at the age of fifty, lived to be one hundred and nine years old.

Felt II, who succeeded to the throne at the age of seventy, lived to be one hundred and twenty-one years old.

Felt III, who succeeded to the throne at the age of seventy-one, lived to the age of one hundred and twenty-three.

Firth IV, because Firth III has only one son, and he is a son of old age. This year is fifty-seven years, and he has been on the throne for forty years.

Among the ordinary people in the world of One Piece, it is considered to have a long life.

Because it is the reason for getting a son from old age, Felt IV has been favored since he was a child, and his character is very violent, but his brain is smarter.

The land area is three islands.

Among them, the largest island is also where the capital of the Fürth Kingdom is located, Firth Island, which is about the size of St. Maarten Island.

The other two islands, one with medium-sized gold mines, are the main source of revenue for the Kingdom of Firth and are a quarter the size of St. Maarten.

The last one is that there are coal mines on it, and the area is two big in Blood Harbor Town.

The three islands are not far apart. Standing on the edge of Fürth Island, you can see the island with gold mines. Although the island with coal mines is invisible, it is only half an hour's voyage by normal sailing from Firth Island. That's it!

The country is mountainous and food resources are not abundant.

The population is about 200,000 people.

But there were 30,000 soldiers.

When Arthur saw this information, he was shocked. This is an extremely dangerous number!

Of course, it's not that these soldiers can do any harm to the Kingdom of St. Martin.

Rather, when there were only 200,000 people in the country, there were actually 30,000 soldiers, and the ratio of people to soldiers was almost seven to one.

In this case, the country has not collapsed, it is simply a great luck!

Like the Kingdom of Saint Martin, even if the country is rich in products and the economy is developed, Arthur only recruits 10,000 soldiers. It is not that he cannot recruit more, but this ratio is the best for the country. !

If there are more, it is likely to affect the development of the country!

However, with the following information, he knew why Felt was able to raise so many soldiers like this.

Among the 200,000 people, a full 100,000 were treated as slaves by Felt IV, who went mining, farming, etc., and only gave one bite to eat, and they were not necessarily full.

Together with the soldiers, there are a total of 130,000 people under the direct control of Felt IV.

The remaining 70,000 people are either the nobles of the kingdom or the slaves of the nobles.

As for civilians?

There are also, but very few, all of them are inextricably related to the nobles, or the nobles' confidants and think tanks.

Arthur even felt that if the Kingdom of St. Martin did not attack the Kingdom of Felt, they would collapse on their own in a few years.

It is worth mentioning that the Felt Kingdom is not a member country of the World Government, so it is often troubled by pirates.

Perhaps because of this, the Felt Kingdom only recruited 30,000 soldiers.

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Keene Island, which is the coal mining area of ​​the Felt Kingdom.

The value of coal mines in this world is not high!

No way, steam engines are not common, how can the value of coal go up?

Today, the person in charge of Keen Island stood at the port of Keen Island with a smile on his face, looking out from afar.

The person in charge of Keen Island is a man in his thirties and the only nobleman on the island, named Kerry Marcus.

Marcus was wearing a gorgeous shirt with tight muscles. He looked strong and strong, but his eyes showed deep exhaustion. He was only 30 years old, and his hair was already a little pale.

After a while, on the sea in the distance, a ship with a rose flag appeared.

The smile on Marcus' face widened.

The ship is docked on the shore.

It is the current commander of the Navy's First Fleet, Leslie, who has come down!

"Brother Rilis!" Marcus stepped forward and hugged Rilis tightly.

"Marcus, it's been another year!" Rilis also hugged Marcus tightly, and said with a sigh.

After a while, the two separated.

"By the way, why didn't you see Brian?" Marcus asked.

"Oh, Brian went to Mary Joa to go through the formalities for the kingdom to join the world government!" Rilis said with a smile.

"Look at my head!" Marcus patted his head and said with a smile, "I saw a report in the newspaper some time ago that your kingdom has joined the World Government, congratulations!"

Keen Island doesn't have half a ship except for the port. Unless people from the Felt Kingdom come, Marcus can't go out, so he can only learn about the outside world by delivering newspaper birds. Reading newspapers is his only entertainment!

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Rilis smiled and waved his hand. He turned his voice and said sternly, "How have you been lately?"

"Hey," Marcus sighed and said sadly, "It's still the same, and I can't hold it any more recently. If it wasn't for you guys, I guess it wouldn't be able to stand it in a few days!"

Marcus is the younger brother of the first princess of Fittus IV. It stands to reason that with this status, he will not be reduced to guarding Keen Island no matter what.

The main reason is that he is a noble with a kind and upright character. Because he is not used to domestic policies and treats commoners as slaves, he conflicts with Felt IV.

In the face of the princess, Felt IV did not execute him, but sent him to Keene Island to guard Keene Island.

Keen Island is the poorest of the three islands in the Felt Kingdom. There is only one coal mine, nothing else, and the land is not suitable for growing food.

The island has five hundred soldiers and two thousand miners.

Because the output value of coal mines is low, Felt IV does not pay attention to this place. The food and military salaries usually allocated are not enough, and he often suffers from starvation!

But mining is heavy work after all!

If people go hungry again, they are likely to die from overwork!

Therefore, in addition to turning over the coal mines needed by the kingdom, the kind and upright Marcus secretly sold coal mines in exchange for money and food to maintain the basic life of the miners and soldiers.

Rilis is one of the biggest customers.

However, the Kingdom of St. Martin can only go to sea for one month a year, and even the largest customers can’t trade much. The food of more than 5,000 people is not a small amount, and there are not many coal mines that he can steal. Most of the coal mines!

At this time, Marcus discovered that there was only one merchant ship coming this time!

"By the way, why do you only have one merchant ship!" Marcus said with a frown.

There are few ships, and there are few things to carry, and if you buy coal, you can't buy much.

"Don't mention it, not long ago, a pirate attacked our country's port, so the original ship sank, and now this one is rushed out this month!" Rilis sighed.

"How could it be like this!" Marcus said in shock, "Isn't your kingdom only allowed to enter for one month every year?"

He saw in the newspaper that the Kingdom of St. Martin occupied the town of Blood Harbor, but he did not expect that the Kingdom of St. Martin was also attacked. After all, the Kingdom of St. Martin had a natural barrier!

"Yes!" Rilis nodded and explained simply, "But if you rush in regardless of the danger, it is still possible to rush in. We encountered this kind of pirate!"

Immediately, a hint of despair appeared on Marcus' face. Originally, he was counting on a big deal with the Kingdom of Saint Martin to get through this difficult time!

What should we do now?

Although he is a noble, he will not starve to death, but his subordinates will definitely starve to death, especially the miners!

Over the years, in order to help these suffering people, he has put a lot of money into it, and now his pockets are empty. There is only enough money and food left for him to live on his own!

Could it be that he does not eat and give food to his subordinates?

Marcus thought of this and fell silent.

After a while.

"Haha!" Marcus suddenly chuckled and shook his head. He realized that he was also afraid of death!

He can't give up his life for others!

"If you want your miners to survive, it's not impossible!" Rilis seemed to see Marcus's thoughts on the side. said quietly.

"kindness!?"

As if the drowning man had grabbed a life-saving straw in desperation, Marcus stared wide-eyed at the mysterious Rilis!

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