Chapter 88 The Country of Pirates

pirate.

In most parts of the world, this term only exists in legends.

People have an instinctive fear of the silent and lightless sea.

But only in the United Kingdom is it different.

The United Kingdom is an archipelagic country composed of Denisaua and many islands.

Although the United Kingdom is a unified body of government, the native Denisaua is the center of power. However, even though the surrounding islands are Denisauia's territory in name, they don't actually obey Denisawia's management.

On the various islands are the governors who were entrusted by Denisaua in the past.

The Governor is firstly responsible to the "Privy Council of Denisoa" and secondly to King Denisoa. Although King Denisuoa himself has the power to dismiss advisors, if he does not want to tear his face, he cannot easily use this right.

The Privy Council is divided into three layers.

The lowest level is composed of veterans who have made great achievements, wealthy businessmen from various places, famous elders in the village, craftsmen with ancient skills passed down from generation to generation... that is, the "indispensable" masses, composed of "indispensable" people in the local area member association".

Members can make some optimization suggestions for the bill based on their own life experience in their twice-yearly meetings.

But not all of these recommendations are actually implemented...they go up the "committee".

The members of the committee are the Bishop of Javon, the Transcendents of the silver rank, the most outstanding elites in various industries, and the nobles of the new generation. Most of them have experience in politics in various places and can understand which opinions are feasible and which opinions cannot be implemented due to various reasons.

After their internal meetings, organize and optimize the opinions submitted by the members, and put forward their own opinions. In the end, there will be a thick stack of documents going up to the "Advisory Council".

And Denisaua's advisors are actually the cardinals of Javon, the golden-ranked transcendents, the most senior officials in charge of various departments of the kingdom, plus the great nobles at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the "governors" of various regions— Or the bloodline continuators of those small countries. There's even the king himself.

In other words, not the most senior officials in various departments can become consultants. Instead, managers in fields such as foreign affairs, finance, national defense, culture and education, and justices are selected only in the advisory council.

Even the great nobles at the beginning of the founding of the country... No matter how big or small their families are now, there is only [one person] who can enter the advisory council. That is, the "spokesperson" of the family.

Even if the rest of the family's children have made achievements, they can only enter the "committee" at most.

For example, if someone in a certain family became the Pope of Javon, or became a golden-rank transcendent and entered the Advisory Council, then their family would no longer have a seat as the Advisory Council.

——Each surname can only have one vote, which is the iron law of Denisauer.

Even the "royal family" is no exception.

From the beginning of the founding of the country, Grand Duke Denisaua, who was still a duke at the time, made a choice. Since their strength is not enough to suppress other great nobles... Rather than being usurped or ostracized afterwards, it is better to take a step back from the very beginning.

He didn't care about the power that he had no chance to touch in the first place—it wasn't his property anyway, and he wouldn't regret it if he gave it up in time.

Give up the highest position,

Everyone is on an equal footing.

So at this time, anyone who wants to go further will be held back by other "consultants".

This is the wisdom of retreating.

But now the power of the governors has expanded to an almost unrestricted level-on each island in the Field Islands, the military and economy are independent and only under the jurisdiction of the governor.

It is customary in the United Kingdom to refer to the Governor-General as "Little King".

However, Xiao Wang is actually bigger than the "big king".

Although the king retains the power to "remove advisors", it has not been used for nearly thirty years.

And because of the military and economic independence of each island.

And out of it came another business.

- That is "pirate".

The militia regiments of various islands are not allowed to be dispatched near other islands, let alone near Denisaua. So this formed a custom similar to the underground city-that is, to rob goods from around this island, as long as you run around the United Kingdom, you will not be held accountable again.

And out of this situation, a new situation arose.

That is……

——Since the Field Islands don't want to pay taxes to Denisoa, I'll grab it myself.

Yes.

Denisaua directly financed a group of pirates to rob the goods transported between their own islands. And those islands are well aware of this.

Because the Field Islands are not monolithic.

They were originally the "Alliance of Exiles" formed by the defeated countries during the bloody war.

What was their first reaction after being robbed by pirates sent by Denisaw?

Of course, it is impossible to rob them back... They will be robbed, which in itself shows that they are in a disadvantaged position, and it is even more impossible for the Governor to fight against other advisors on his own.

So, they themselves began to hire pirates to rob goods from other islands.

Governors are not alone in doing these things.

Even wealthy businessmen have their own sponsored pirates.

There are also merchants who have just sold their goods... Before the goods landed, they were snatched back by the pirates sent by the merchants.

And since, they already have pirates.

Usually, when these pirates are "not alive", they can't really let them go and grab them casually, can they?

And their combat power is also quite rare.

Then they will naturally send these pirates out to eradicate dissidents. This can also be regarded as a waste utilization.

The result is... In a sense, this country is equivalent to being ruled by pirates.

People usually don't see the governor, let alone the king.

But they can often see pirates appearing on the seashore, in markets and in taverns. These pirates have a strong sense of existence...

And the pirates under the governor's hand, the pirates sponsored by the merchants, the great pirates of Denisaua... and the robbery gang formed by the explorer team who went out to sea to search for dreams, and the wanted criminals.

The only talents they need are the ability to go to sea and kill people.

The stories among these pirates are sung by bards; the good sailors of merchant ships and fishing boats may become pirates at any time, and pirates who offend people may also hide somewhere incognito.

——This is the real thing, the country of pirates.

"The environment on Denisauer's side surprised me."

Wearing a white robe with only his left arm exposed, the white-haired boy holding a scepter like two snakes intertwined in his right hand walked on the noisy street while talking: "I thought Denisoa would be better than Field The islands are much more prosperous.

"...I didn't expect that this port didn't even have a road. Moreover, this smell..."

Annan frowned.

He had a suspicious expression on his face.

When he just came out of the subway, Annan was almost fainted by the strong smell.

There is obviously no seafood market selling fish around, but there is a smell of blood and fish in the air.

There are people coming and going in this port, and there are many merchants and people in robes dressed as wizards.

Annan even had some doubts, whether their robes that were almost mopping the floor would be stained with dirt on the floor and leave some unpleasant smell...

"...Where did this smell come from? Isn't this the most prosperous port in Denisoa?"

Because when Annan spoke, he had a distinct winter accent.

This made the passing Denisauians look back in surprise.

But they weren't curious about it, and they didn't care what he said. The relationship between the Denisoans was distant and indifferent—they might frown inwardly and murmur Annan's faux pas, but never actually say it, or even remember it.

But if it is placed in the cold winter, two people who don't know each other at all may suddenly fight because of a word or a look in the street, or even beat their heads to the point of bleeding.

"This is what you don't understand, Your Majesty."

Isaac, on the other hand, took a deep breath in satisfaction - I don't know if Hugo gave his puppet a sense of smell function, but now it seems that most of them have.

He speaks with a very distinct Denisauian accent, which is different from his pronunciation in Marsh Tower.

"how?"

"It's only right that you can smell the stink."

Isaac said with a smile: "If the port doesn't smell bad, it will be fatal.

"The stench of fish, the stench of corpses, the dust on the cargo..."

He said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

He glanced back, toward the corner: "And the inevitable stench of copper.

"I'm so familiar with all of this... It's no different from more than a hundred years ago."

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