Chapter 321: Piltover's Guide to Assisting Alabasta
"Okay, everyone. His Majesty Wapol is also for the betterment of the Drum Kingdom, but his way of doing things is a little different from that of the old king.
People who want to escape from the control of the country are like rabbits thrown into the forest, and they will soon die.
His Majesty Wapol is also for their survival."
The new king ascends the throne, and naturally he must have his own team.
Although Dalton is a veteran of the Drum Kingdom, Wapol does not like him, the current kingdom staff-pawn, and the kingdom affairs officer Hei Molimo.
With their approval, Wapol's policy was finally implemented smoothly.
"Break off diplomatic relations? How long have I not heard this word?"
The people who went to mourn the old king returned to Piltover and brought back this new news.
He did not get a cold shoulder. After all, Wapol was still timid. He dared to oppress the civilians of his own country, but did not dare to offend Piltover directly.
Although he chose to break off diplomatic relations in a brain-twitch, he did not dare to let the other party's envoys who came to mourn get a cold shoulder.
Breaking off diplomatic relations is a national policy. If we don't give face to the envoy, it will be a direct slap in Orlan's face.
"Your Majesty Orlan, we..."
"If he wants to break off diplomatic relations, then let's break off. Follow the rules of breaking off diplomatic relations. Arrange a few ships to help those who can't survive to "smuggle" out."
Breaking off diplomatic relations is something that only makes sense when a strong country uses it on a weak country. On the contrary, it is like lifting a rock and hitting itself. It may not hurt now, but they will know how powerful it is after a while.
It's not worth attacking directly for such a thing, and the Drum Kingdom has few resources. The most valuable ones are those doctors.
But with Wapol's virtue, he will send those doctors here sooner or later. Piltover doesn't have to do anything, just provide some transportation convenience.
The example of Frevans was used once, but it would affect the subsequent actions if it was used on a member country with complete royal power.
At the same time, in Alabasta, there was another scene.
Bear, Wolf, and Bonnie were handling official business in Alabasta.
"King Cobra, please look, this is the desert soil stabilizer invented by King Orlan. Just sprinkle this liquid on the yellow sand, and the desert will solidify into hard land.
This way it will have the conditions to serve as a foundation, and the railway can be laid.
Because of the desert environment of Alabasta, this will be a big project, but it doesn't matter, with the "Random Spray Flyer" I invented, as long as the route is planned, the spraying of the agent can be completed quickly."
After visiting Piltover, Alabasta was very interested in Piltover's island tram track.
But the national conditions of the two countries are very different, and Alabasta is a typical desert country.
The difficulty of laying rails in the desert is undoubtedly extremely great.
The track has high requirements for the slope, and it must be flat, but the desert is full of sand dunes. If you want to meet the slope requirements, it is very difficult to measure, and you have to level the land at any time.
The sand dunes in the desert can move with the wind, and the flattened sand dunes may be reshaped overnight.
The desert environment also restricts the entry of large equipment, which requires a lot of manpower and a huge amount of capital investment. Alabasta has thought about it for a long time and has only recently made a decision.
Even for Alabasta, it takes some time to save money for such a project.
For this kind of thing, an additional chief technical engineer must be sent. As long as the research does not require high heat dissipation, Wolf will basically not have any accidents.
And these things are all ready-made technologies, and Wolf can still handle them well.
Bear is a security escort. It is not possible to cross the island in the Grand Line without a bodyguard.
As for Bonnie,
she came here with Bear.
Bonnie is four years old this year. Although her body is not as exaggerated as Leliana, her Baccanian bloodline also makes her energetic and has a large appetite.
This is also one of the reasons why she likes Bear more between her parents.
Bear will happily give her all the food, while Ginny will only happily take the food away and eat it herself.
The action was not dangerous, and Xiong felt that his current strength was still good and he could protect his daughter, so he brought Bonnie with him.
"Fei Jun, feel free to criticize me"
"Grandpa Wolfe loves to give his inventions those weird names, and Uncle Orlan is more direct."
While Wolfe was describing the development plan, two colors of hair, one pink and one blue, were undulating by the window outside the meeting hall.
The pink one was Bonnie, and the blue one was Vivi, who was just one year older than Bonnie this year. Xiong and Wolfe have been here for a few days.
They were of similar age and had little difference in status, so they quickly got along.
Even when Xiong and his friends first came, a small misunderstanding was caused.
"Is this King Orlan's daughter?"
"No, it's my daughter. She inherited her mother's name."
Because of the iconic pink hair, the people of Alabasta initially regarded Bonnie as Orlan's daughter. After clarification, some people regarded Xiong as Orlan's son-in-law.
But nothing serious happened.
"Weiwei, it's my turn."
"Wait a minute, I'll be down soon."
The two of them were eavesdropping, or rather eavesdropping blatantly, anyway, everyone in the hall noticed them.
Due to their height, they couldn't reach the window, even with a ladder, they were still a little short, and in the end they could only stack them up, with Kalu standing on top of the ladder, and one of them standing on top of Kalu's head.
"Gah!"
"Okay, Kalu, hold on a little longer, it will be over soon."
Kalu is a duck, but with a thick neck, and is a species unique to Alabasta - the Runaway Duck.
Alabasta even has a Runaway Duck troop.
"Bonnie, stand in the middle, otherwise the ladder may fall."
"It's been so long, can Kalu still hold on?"
"Don't worry, Kalu is very strong, this is a Runaway Duck that only Alabasta has."
"We don't have a Runaway Duck, but the cats in Piltover can drive robots and catch bad guys."
Unconsciously, the two of them began to compare, and at this time, a dirty boy ran in from outside the palace and successfully entered the hall.
"Vivi, your guards here don't seem to be very good."
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In the hall, Wolf had already introduced the construction plan, and Cobra himself had no other opinions.
The guard was about to pull the child out, but Cobra waved his hand to stop him.
"The village is too dry! Why don't you come to save us?!"
"Because the weather is God's will. Although I am the king, I can't do anything about the power of nature."
"But my father told me that the king is omnipotent!"
"All I can do is try my best."
The biggest problem of Alabasta is still drought. Although Alabasta has the black technology of dancing powder, which can make it rain, the essence of dancing powder is to harm others and benefit oneself.
It will concentrate the surrounding clouds to one place. Through dancing powder, it can make one place rain, but the surrounding area will usher in a stronger drought.
"Your Majesty Cobra, the child's father is outside"
When the child questioned Cobra, the guards sent a new message, and when his father entered the hall, he pressed the child to his knees.
"I'm so sorry, my king! Please forgive my bastard boy. I will take all the blame!"
"It doesn't matter. There is nothing we can do about the drought. The affected residents can live here first. We can slowly find a solution to the drought problem."
Cobra didn't care about this kind of thing. His attitude towards the people was in sharp contrast to Wapol. He said that he would provide disaster relief and rebuild his home.
The child's father, a man named Duoduo, kept kowtowed to express his gratitude, but the child, Kosa, could not accept this answer.
"What! You don't know what the villagers are thinking!"
After saying this, he ran out of the hall crying.
Cobra didn't care about the child who ran away. Nowadays, the security in Alabasta is still good, and there is no danger for children here.
On the contrary, Ikalem had a headache.
"Your Majesty, we don't have the budget to resettle these villagers. Building a railway is a huge expense, and..."
"Cut it from the living expenses of the palace, just save a little more."
"Your Majesty! It's bad! Princess Vivi got into a fight!!"
Although Cobra didn't take Kosha to heart, Vivi hated the crying boy. After he ran out, the two of them had a conflict.
"Which bastard boy! How dare he do this to a princess! I'm going to kill him!!!"
Ikalem was even angrier than Cobra, so much so that the king Cobra had to persuade his subjects to calm down.
"I'm sorry! At this point, I can only die to apologize!"
Ikalem's matter was not over yet, Duoduo started to apologize again, making Cobra very annoyed.
"Enough! It's just a fight between kids! Don't make it so serious!"
"Well, actually, I haven't finished talking yet. That boy was beaten up by Miss Bonnie again, and he might be more seriously injured."
"What did you say?!"
This time, it was Bear who overreacted. He ignored the fact that it was Bonnie who was beating people. His huge figure instantly disappeared in the hall, and he came to Bonnie's side following the perception of the observation Haki.
Looking at the broken stool on the ground, Cobra's expression became more helpless.
"Is this going to become an international dispute?"
"No, Dad. Bonnie is very powerful. She threw that crybaby away in one go."
Leliana is a special case. Not all children can throw intentional punches at the age of four or five.
Their fights are more of a random fight. At this time, physical fitness can almost determine everything.
At least when Bear came to Bonnie, he saw that Bonnie was unharmed, and Kosa, who was thrown out by her, had fainted.
"Bonnie, didn't I tell you not to fight?"
"He was the first to fight with Vivi, I have to protect my friend."
Bonnie stood by the wall with her hands behind her back, explaining why she fought.
"You are really like your mother. It is right to protect your friends, but you have to distinguish the reasons and pay attention to the strength of your attack."
Bear is just not good at fighting. In most cases, he will not choose violence.
But Bear is not incapable of fighting, especially after realizing that fighting is indispensable for the long-term stability of his family, he is more decisive in his actions.
This incident did not develop into the international dispute that Cobra was worried about, but Vivi made a friend.
After the fight, Vivi and Kosa were not convinced, so they dueled again.
But the result did not change. Vivi did not beat Kosa, and Kosa still could not beat Bonnie.
Even if he recovered his body, he would still be thrown out in a flash when facing Bonnie.
Because of engineering problems, they have to stay here for a while, and Bonnie successfully became the leader of the children in this area.
After several consecutive failures, Kosha was completely convinced and let Bonnie become the leader of the Sandy Group, which was a local children's organization.
Vivi and Bonnie originally lived in the palace of Alabasta, but because of this, they often left the palace to play outside.
Kuma had no objection to this, and he always supported Bonnie in making friends.
Cobra had the same idea, and Cobra also felt that this was a necessary process for Vivi to take on the important task of Alabasta in the future.
However, this and that attracted the attention of some robbers.
The princess who left the palace without an escort was a mobile treasure house in their eyes.
A group of robbers surrounded them and wanted to kidnap Vivi for ransom, but they were stubbornly resisted by the children of the Sandy Group.
Bonnie was very strong, even not inferior to adults, but she had no fighting skills, and just threw stones with brute force.
Then she suddenly remembered that Wolfe had given her a flare, saying that she could use it to notify others when there was danger.
But after Bonnie blew the flare, no signal was sent out. The thing even only emitted some colorful smoke and then stopped moving.
"Grandpa Wolfe's invention is really unreliable"
Bonnie had just thrown away all the stones in her hand. After not finding anything to throw, Bonnie threw the flare out casually.
As a result, after the flare landed, a bunch of flaming things spewed out cracklingly, interfering with the pace of the robbers.
During this process, the bear was watching from behind. He was not at ease with a group of children going out to play alone.
He did not take action immediately, but just wanted to see how Bonnie and the others would react when facing danger.
With an air cannon fired by the bear, the crisis ended. After the bear's analysis, the most unstable factor in the whole incident was Wolfe.
Therefore, when the bear took the children back to a safe place, he found Wolfe as soon as possible and explained the previous things to him.
The point is to emphasize that the flare invented by Wolfe is unreliable.
"Uncle Wolfe, can you please not give your invention to Bonnie in the future?"
"Isn't this quite useful?"
"Please."
The bear squatted on the ground, put his hands on Wolfe's shoulders, with a kind smile on his face, but from this smile, Wolfe felt some danger.
"Okay, I won't give Bonnie the things I just invented."