One Piece: Roar of Justice

"TOLL?"

Hearing Zebula's words, Lafitte was confused, but Astrod asked with a frown.

"Charge? For passing ships?"

After all, Astrod is a businessman, and he is much more sensitive than Lafitte in this kind of matter. He can understand Zebra's idea of ​​charging, but there is a problem in front of him.

"Don't forget, Zebra, you are no longer the pirate you were in the past, and we are now nominally relying on the kingdom of Balegon. If you do this, there will definitely be problems within the kingdom."

Astrod is very cautious. After all, if this issue is not handled properly, it may involve the Universal Chamber of Commerce, and even the Universal Chamber of Commerce will be destroyed. If this is the case, Astrod's painstaking efforts in the past few years will be in vain.

Of course Zebra knew what Astrod was worried about, but after hearing what Astrod said, he smiled and said.

"Of course I have also considered this point. Don't worry, the nobles in St. Peter's Wall have become very panicked because of this incident, and they are planning to close the gates of St. Innocent's Wall. By that time, the outer towns and The area inside the wall will be separated again as before, and Kakulista has acquiesced in this practice in order to attack his competitors. In the evening, William reported this matter to Kaku Lista said it, but now there is one more thing we should worry about."

"what?"

Lafitte asked.

"Although this matter is easy to fool those who don't know, but Kakulista is not. He has already shown his feet when he met William tonight. This old fox has already begun to suspect William."

"It's really a problem. He's in a position of power now, and we can't help him much anymore."

Lafitte said in a deep voice.

"Kakulista this guy has to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"He's not that idiot like Yixiu Zac. That old guy can climb to his current position step by step. His city is not comparable to that of a muscular guy like Yixiu Zac."

Hearing Lafitte's words, Astod raised his eyebrows and said.

Astord, including Wallon, is different from people like Zebra, William, and Lafitte, at least from the point of view.

The family of Astord was a typical merchant family, he could understand some dark side of business, but he was more inclined to be a responsible businessman, as for Wallon, it was even simpler, he was a blacksmith Even now, he is immersed in the research of weapon development. Zebra and the others hold meetings to discuss matters, and he is not present most of the time.

Zebra, needless to say, although he was born as a fisherman, but after staying in the Don Quixote family for so long, his heart has hardened a lot, and so has William. Nobility is never a clean place. William has been exposed to many dark things since he was a child. As for Lafitte, his name as the devil sheriff is no joke.

In fact, in Zebra's mind, Walloon and Astrod's positioning is more inclined towards logistics. From the very beginning, he did not intend to let them have access to these things. From Astrod's words, he heard that After seeing the differences between him and Lafitte, in order to avoid problems in the future, he immediately reached out to stop the two of them and said.

"Okay, Lafitte, Astod is just a businessman, unlike you and me, just leave the old fox Kakulista to me, and I will take care of him, and now we still have to solve the urgent need .”

With that said, Zebra looked at Astrod and said.

"We cleaned up all the pirates in the waters around the Kingdom of Balegon, and how much convenience it brought to those merchant ships. I don't need to say more. Since they enjoy this convenience, they always have to pay some price."

"I don't care about other sea areas. In the sea area of ​​the Kingdom of Balegon, passing merchant ships berth at the pier. During the course of sailing, they must hang my flag and pay fees according to the number of times. Sink."

"Can"

Astord seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Zebra. Zebra looked directly at Lafitte and said.

"This matter is left to you."

There is a precedent for this kind of thing in reality, and that is the famous Chinese pirate, Zheng Zhilong.

According to the records: "Any ship that does not have the flag of the Zheng family cannot come and go. Each ship has three thousand gold, and the yearly income is tens of millions. This is used to enrich the enemy's country and build the city of Anping Town." , domestic and foreign merchants all use Zheng’s banner, there is no respect and no fear, merchants have twenty times the benefits, Zhilong will use the sea to facilitate transportation, and it will be prominent.”

Classical Chinese may not be easy to understand, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to rely on the fists in the hand to forcibly collect marine protection fees.

"Well, I don't object to your approach, but in this case, William will definitely attract the attention of the government and the navy. Don't forget, Piero in the North Sea is still staring at us. At that time, William will definitely Trouble."

Although Astrod was disgusted with this approach, he was still a person who understood the truth, and he also knew that in the current situation, there was no other way but to do so.

After hearing what Astrod said, Zebra smiled and said.

"It doesn't matter. At that time, William has already become the master of the Kingdom of Balegon, and I am the captain of the Pirates."

"No problem, but now there is one more thing you need to solve yourself, Zebra."

After hearing Zebra finish speaking, Lafitte clapped his hands and said.

"what is the problem?"

"Your banner, Captain Zebra."

"Hey, I'm ready."

Zebra smiled, pulled out a piece of black cloth from the back of his waist, opened his hands, revealing the pattern on it, below was a crossed hand bone, and above was a dark skull with a red gap on the left cheek.

"Isn't this a bit too blatant?"

Lafitte frowned and admired it, and said.

But Zebra smiled and said.

"What can I do?"

"Well, you'll still be a pirate after all, Zebra."

Astord sighed and said.

"No way, this is my old profession."

Zebra said.

"So have you thought about a name?"

"Of course, the flags are all ready, the name of the pirate group is called the Ripper."

"The Ripper Pirates? It always feels a bit wicked, but it's acceptable."

Lafitte joked.

"Then, the next thing will be left to you, Mr. Vice Captain."

"My pleasure."

The efficiency of Laffitte and Astrod is still very good. In a few days, you can see the flags of the Ripper Pirates sailing on the ships in the waters around the Kingdom of Balegon. This matter naturally came into the sight of Kakulista as a diplomat. Today, Kakulista found William again.

Kakulista was in a bad mood at this time. Obviously, he was educated by Alexander III in the palace. He almost broke open the door and walked in. When he came in, William was drinking black tea leisurely.

"Hey, isn't this Kakulista-sama? You're here this time."

"It's useless for you to tell me less about these things, William, don't forget your own responsibilities as a nobleman!"

Kakulista interrupted William's words directly and forcefully, and said.

William, on the other hand, slowly put down the teacup in his hand, showing a bewildered expression, and asked Kakulista.

"My duty? Master Kakulista, I have already done what you said. I am negotiating with Chief Durant recently, and I will be heading to Bivis Town soon."

"That's not what I said!"

Kakulista said.

"Then you are."

"As the captain of the militia of the Kingdom of Balegon, you have the responsibility of maintaining law and order, and you are also the emperor of the outlying towns. Don't think that I really don't know anything. Recently, there has been a very rampant tear The Pirates, collecting fees in the surrounding waters of the Kingdom of Balegon, why are you doing nothing!"

"William, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise, even if I can turn a blind eye on my side, His Excellency the Pope won't be able to make it through. This matter has already been told to him by other bishops!"

"Ah, so that's what you were talking about."

William smiled faintly, picked up his teacup again, and took a sip.

"It seems that you know about this, so why do you let them do what they want!?"

"It's very simple, because this so-called Ripper Pirates were originally my people."

William said very calmly.

"what?!"

But Kakulista is not calm, but William snapped his fingers at this time, and saw Zebra walking out of the house dragging a huge cloth pocket.

"what is this?"

Kakulista asked, pointing to the cloth pocket in Zebra's hand.

I saw Zebra put the cloth bag in front of Kakulista, opened the cloth bag, revealing the contents inside.

It was full of Berry, and all of them were banknotes with large denominations. The one placed in front of Kakulista was worth at least [-] million Berry.

"This"

"This is your share, do you remember what I told you here before?"

William asked with a smile.

"You did it this way?"

"That's right, don't you think that the flag of the so-called Ripper Pirates is very similar to Zebra's face?"

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Kakulista frowned after glancing at Zebra.

"I see. I will try my best to suppress this matter. You'd better be careful."

"Excuse me, Master Kakulista, I will ask Zebra to deliver this bag of Berries to you right away."