Above the Pirate King

Chapter 21 The Kingdom of Felt

The Kingdom of Felt 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.

Passed down to the present, the current king is Felt IV.

Normally speaking, the 200 years since the founding of the country should not only reach the fourth generation, but the members of the Felt family have abilities that some people envy, and they are especially able to live.

Felt I, founded the country at the age of 50, lived to be one hundred and nine years old.

Felt II, who succeeded to the throne at the age of 70, lived to be 120 years old.

Felt III, who succeeded to the throne at the age of 71, lived to be 120 years old.

Fürth IV, because Fürth III has only one son, and he is old. He is 57 this year and has inherited the throne for 40 years.

In the world of One Piece, ordinary people can live a long life.

Because it was the reason why he got a son when he was old, Felt IV was favored since he was a child. He has a very violent personality, but he has a smarter mind.

The land area is three islands.

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

The other two islands, one with a medium-sized gold mine, is the main financial revenue of the Fürth Kingdom, and its area is a quarter of the size of St. Maarten.

The last one has coal mines on it, and its area is two times larger than that of Blood Harbor Town.

The distance between the three islands is not far. Standing on the edge of Felt Island, you can see the island with gold mines. Although the island with coal mines is invisible, starting from Felt Island is only half an hour's voyage by normal sailboat. That's all!
The country is mountainous, and food resources are not abundant.

The nationals are about 20 people.

But there were 3 soldiers.

When Arthur saw this information, he was shocked. This is an extremely dangerous number!
Of course, it doesn't mean that these soldiers can cause any harm to the Kingdom of St. Maarten.

Instead, when the country had only 20 people, there were actually [-] real soldiers, and the ratio of people to soldiers was almost seven to one.

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

Like the Kingdom of St. Martin, even if the country is rich in products and the economy is developed, Arthur only recruits [-] soldiers. It's not that he can't recruit more, but that this ratio is the best for the country. !
If there are more, it is likely to affect the development of the country!
But from the following information, he knew why Felt was able to raise so many soldiers like this.

Among the 20 citizens, a full 10 people were treated as slaves by Felt IV to mine, farm, etc., and they were only given a bite of food, but they might not be able to eat enough.

Including soldiers, a full 13 people are under the direct control of Felt IV.

The remaining 7 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 are the confidants of the nobles and the like.

Arthur even felt that if the Kingdom of St. Martin didn't attack the Kingdom of Felt, they would collapse by themselves in a few years.

It is worth mentioning that the kingdom of Felt is not a member of the world government, so it is often plagued by pirates.

Perhaps because of this, the Kingdom of Felt recruited [-] soldiers.
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Keen Island, which is also the coal mining area of ​​the Kingdom of Felt.

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 a distance.

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

Marcus was wearing gorgeous clothes, his muscles were tight and his clothes were tight. He looked very strong and had a firm face, but his eyes revealed deep fatigue. He was only thirty, and his hair was already a little pale that was visible to the naked eye.

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

The smile on Marcus' face widened even further.

The boat docked on the shore.

It was Leslie, the commander of the Navy's First Fleet, who came down!

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

"Marcus, another year has passed!" Leiris also hugged Marcus tightly, and said with some sighs.

After a while, the two separated.

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

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

"Look at my head!" Marcus patted his head and said with a smile, "A while ago I saw newspapers reporting that your kingdom joined the World Government. Congratulations!"

Except for the port, there are no ships on Keen Island. Unless people from the Kingdom of Felt come, Marcus can't go out, so he can only rely on the newspaper bird to learn about the outside world, and reading newspapers is his only entertainment!
"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Leilis smiled and waved his hands, then changed his voice and said seriously, "How are you doing recently?"

"Hey" Marcus sighed and said sadly, "It's still the same, and I can't hold it anymore recently. If you didn't come, I guess I won't be able to hold it in a few days!"

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

The main reason is that he is a nobleman with a kind and upright character. Because he can't understand domestic policies and treats civilians as slaves, he clashed with Felt IV.

For the sake of the princess, Felt IV did not execute him, but sent him to Keen Island to guard Keen Island.

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

There are five hundred soldiers and two thousand miners on the island.

Because the output value of the coal mine is low, Felt IV doesn't pay much attention to this place. The food and military pay usually allocated are not enough, and he often has to suffer from hunger!

But mining is hard work after all!
If people go hungry again, they may 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.

Lelis is one of the biggest customers.

However, the Kingdom of St. Maarten can only go to sea for one month a year, and even the biggest customers can’t trade much. The food for more than 5000 people is not a small amount, and there is not much coal that he can steal. Part of the coal mine too!
Only then did Marcus realize that there was only one merchant ship coming this time!
"By the way, why do you only have one merchant ship!" Marcus said, frowning.

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

"Don't mention it, not long ago, some pirates attacked our country's port, so all the original ships sank, and now this one was rushed out this month!" Leilis sighed.

"How could this happen!" Marcus said in shock, "Isn't your kingdom only accessible for one month every year?"

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

"Yes!" Lelis nodded and explained simply, "But if you rush in regardless of the danger, it is still possible to rush in. We have encountered such pirates!"

Suddenly, Marcus showed a trace of despair. Originally, he was counting on a big deal with the Kingdom of St. Martin to get through this difficult time!

What should we do now?
Although he is a nobleman, he will not starve to death, but his subordinates will definitely starve to death, especially the miners!

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

Could it be that he doesn't eat and give food to his subordinates?
Marcus thought of this and fell silent.
After a while.

"Hehe!" Marcus suddenly chuckled and shook his head. He realized that he is also a person who is afraid of death!
He...can't give up his life for others!

"If you want your miners to survive, there is no way!" Leilis seemed to see what Marcus was thinking from the side.Said quietly.

"kindness!?"

As if a drowning man grasped a life-saving straw in despair, Marcus stared at the mysterious Leiris with wide eyes!
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