Chapter 430 No Difference
The Principality of Desso is a country near the windless zone in the North Sea. It is located among the archipelago. The entire archipelago radiates out to the surroundings with the large island in the center as the main body.
This country is known as the most peaceful and elegant country. The people in the royal city, whether they are nobles or citizens, try their best to be elegant in food and clothing. Even those who are responsible for the lowest jobs in the palace will pay taxes after paying taxes. Try to dress appropriately.
As for those who cannot afford to pay taxes.
What does the elegance of the big island have to do with the slums of the archipelago?
Those who cannot pay taxes are not citizens of the Principality of Desso, and they do not recognize it.
When can I pay up the outstanding taxes before I can continue to be a citizen recognized by the Desso Palace?
But those who lost their homes and were driven to small islands on the edge struggled to survive, and how could they possibly afford to pay taxes? Gradually, the small islands in the archipelago became real slums.
The population of the Principality of Desso is not large, but the number of people scattered on the surrounding islands is estimated to be around 30,000.
The current Grand Duke is currently worried about these untouchables.
"Soon, the Heavenly Dragons will come down to patrol my place. Are those untouchables still unwilling to leave? If the Heavenly Dragons find out that we are not elegant, it will be a big shame!"
Below him, a group of subjects were silent.
There is really nothing we can do.
Even if they want to burn them with fire, there are so many islands and there is no time to burn them. Although they drive people away, that is different from killing them all.
We can't drive them away, but we can't kill them. Now everyone is worried.
It would be great if some kind of sea king came over and specifically attacked those small islands.
"Leave it to me!"
Suddenly, a gloomy voice sounded from outside the palace.
I saw a navy man with a few thin beards, who looked like a mouse and a cat, walked in. He first saluted the Grand Duke, and then said with a smile: "I just have an idea."
"Navy? Who let you in!"
The minister on the side said displeasedly: "You have no right to interfere with our country's affairs."
"I'm sorry, I'm too impatient and want to share the responsibility for the station. I also want to be as elegant as the Grand Duke and don't want those people to tarnish my station."
The navy bowed deeply and after giving a salute, he did not straighten up. Instead, he raised his head and said: "One hundred million beli. As long as one hundred million beli, our navy will transport those people away and will not let the prince carry his burden." Get a bad reputation.”
"Carry them away. Transport them to where? No, that kind of thing is not important. Can you really get them away?" The Grand Duke's eyes lit up, "In what way?"
"Search and identify hidden criminals with orders."
"No, it can't have any bad influence on my country." The Grand Duke waved his hand, "If that's all, don't say it."
This is the 'Land of Tranquility and Elegance', and this reputation cannot be ruined.
This country doesn't even have criminals. That's too inelegant!
"Well, isn't that elegant enough? In that case, it will take more effort. Well, I will use the name of the World Government to recruit them, but I also take a big risk."
The navy smiled and held out five fingers, "Five hundred million Baileys, leave this matter to me."
"Too expensive."
The Grand Duke shook his head and said: "It's only 100 million beli. You have to handle this matter. If it doesn't work, forget it."
Pay 500 million beli for a group of untouchables?
He would rather be robbed by pirates!
"make a deal."
The navy straightened up and said, "Just 100 million Baileys, leave it to me."
This made the Grand Duke stunned. Is it so refreshing?
He originally wanted to talk about it again. Maybe 200 to 300 million people could move all the untouchables away and preserve the beautiful landscape. It was not unacceptable.
In the end, they agreed to 100 million beli?
The navy man kept smiling, but he was happy inside.
Net profit of 100 million.
This matter is that the order issued by the above does not require money at all, and you can even make another fortune from the above. However, no matter how much money you take from this Grand Duke, it will be in vain.
One hundred million beli is also a huge sum of money!
Anyway, those who have been expelled can no longer be regarded as people from the joining countries, and they are no different from having no human rights.
Things like this happened in the four seas and in the various alliance countries in the first half of the Great Line. As long as they could not pay the heavenly gold and thus drove people away, they were all found by the navy or government officials.
From thousands to as many as 20,000 to 30,000 people, they were all relocated.
And these people have also made a fortune from the local king or grand duke. Although not all of them want both face and honor like the Principality of Desso, so they have to pay 100 million beli, but tens of millions of beli are still Very profitable.
As for how to migrate
Some used the pretext of identifying criminals to bring these people on board, and some simply went up to rob them. Later, they said it was a pirate attack. Anyway, they took away the burden, no matter what.
Some navies don't want to do this, but a new navy will come over immediately to perform the mission.
Of course there are righteous navies, and there are quite a few of them, but there are more navies who obey orders, and navies and government officials who want to make a fortune from this matter are also among them.
They didn't know why these people were needed, but the order was to transport them onto the ship and then hand them over.
And those who do this, except for the world government
The revolutionary army is doing it too.
The Kingdom of Cork is located in a certain part of the New World and was just invaded by pirates. Why do you say it was just now?
Because a purple-haired woman wearing only a red long-sleeved vest and showing off her hot body came, waving flags and shouting, making these people who were frightened by the pirates attack burst out with strength inexplicably and repel the pirates.
"Look at you, the fools of the Kingdom of Cork, you don't even have a complete piece of clothing, and you are oppressed so badly, why don't you change places!"
Bello Betty bit a lady's cigarette and shouted loudly.
She spoke with this character, very upright, and would call others trash and scum, but the so-called scolding was just to arouse their fighting spirit.
After all, even if they were affected by the power of the fruit of encouragement just now, most of these people performed poorly, and only a few leaders were still pretty good.
A person who had calmed down nearby raised his hand weakly: "Well, you don't have a complete piece of clothing either."
Betty: "..."
"Anyway, our Revolutionary Army is recruiting brave guys to fight against this world dominated by the Celestial Dragons! But for others, we are not going to give up. This country is not good to you, so do you believe in the Revolutionary Army? If you do, then follow me, I will take you to live in another place!"
Compared to the World Government, the place the Revolutionary Army found is even worse. This country can barely pay taxes, people generally don't have enough food, and sometimes have to endure the invasion of those bold pirates.
Even if it is a member country, sometimes it can't avoid this situation.
And in this environment, the people live even harder.
But even so
There are not many people who want to follow them.
At least this is a member country, and it is generally free from pirates, and people who are not members of the member country have no human rights.
Stay here, no matter what happens in secret, on the surface, they are people with human rights.
Once you go out to sea, it's hard to say.
This also prevented the Revolutionary Army from successfully completing its plan to put some people who couldn't survive into O'Hara to improve their lives.
There were not many people under the rule of the Revolutionary Army, and those who joined the Revolutionary Army basically had to go to the battlefield.
In the past, they were all saving people, or after leading the revolution, they recruited some people who were loyal to the Revolutionary Army to join.
This kind of work of taking all the people away was basically the first time
It was a bit difficult.
Although it was difficult, the base was large!
There were countless countries and islands like this on the sea, even including some people who couldn't survive in some non-member countries. Some of them had been saved by the Revolutionary Army, and some were forced to have no choice but to trust the Revolutionary Army and boarded the ship.
The ships of the World Government and the Revolutionary Army eventually sailed to the New World one after another and met at the port of O'Hara.
No matter what the starting point was, at this moment.
There was no difference.