Above the Pirate King

Chapter 782 Weaknesses
"Old Zhu, I remember that the last time we talked was a few years ago, when you wanted to redeem the green peppers?" Arthur said with a little emotion to the King of the Kingdom of Flowers on the other end of the phone.

After being silent for a while, Lao Zhu, the king of the country of flowers, said as if reminiscing and laughing at himself, "Yes, I was still a king at that time!"

Arthur smiled meaningfully and said, "That's all in the past, accept the reality!"

"But I just can't accept the reality~" Old Zhu said quietly.

"That's right. So what are you thinking now?" Arthur asked quietly.

"Idea? Huh!" Lao Zhu sneered and said, "Winners and losers, what other ideas do you have? I just want a decent way to die now!"

"A decent way to die?" Arthur shook his head and said lightly, "No way!"

Old Zhu was taken aback for a moment, and then said in a self-deprecating tone, "What? I don't even deserve the last bit of decency?"

He said it was self-deprecating, but in fact, he also meant to mock Arthur inside and outside the words!
Originally, he thought that Arthur, as the king of a superpower like St. Martin, should be a man of grace, but now he heard that Arthur rejected his request for a decent death, and he felt that Arthur was a man without grace. That's why he said such self-deprecating, but also ironic words!
And Arthur heard what Old Zhu said, and instantly understood that he had misunderstood himself!
So, Arthur explained lightly, "I mean, you can't die!"

"Um!?"

After a trace of astonishment appeared on Lao Zhu's face, he couldn't help asking, "Can't I die?"

"Yes!" Arthur nodded.

"Why?" Old Zhu asked with a frown.

"The Kingdom of Flowers is a big country, and it has been passed down for a long time. In the past thousands of years, people from your family have been kings!" Arthur did not explain directly, but said something that seemed to have nothing to do with the problem !

However, after listening to these words, after Lao Zhu thought for a while, he somewhat understood what Arthur meant!
In the Kingdom of Flowers in the past thousands of years, the throne has been inherited by their family line, and it has never changed. The commoners and nobles in the kingdom are also used to their family as kings, ruling Flowers. country!
In this case, even if St. Martin occupied the Kingdom of Flowers by force, he could not make the civilians and nobles in the Kingdom of Flowers submit to him from the bottom of his heart in a short period of time.

At most, he was afraid of St. Martin's force and surrendered on the surface!

Once something happens, or if someone instigates it, the common people and nobles of the Kingdom of Flowers who are dissatisfied with the rule of St. Martin from the bottom of their hearts may rebel, and the Kingdom of Flowers will fall into chaos!

As for who will encourage
Loyal to the royal family, branch families from the king's line, careerists hidden in the kingdom, etc., these are all likely to instigate the country of flowers to rebel, and even participate in the rebellion!
As a kingdom with a population of more than 300 million, once a rebellion occurs, it will inevitably take a lot of effort to quell the rebellion, and may even hinder the development of St. Maarten!

If you want to avoid this kind of thing from happening, you must use some methods to prevent the rebellion from happening at the source!
Grind by time!

This is the most stable way!
Putting the army in the Kingdom of Flowers, suppressing the Kingdom of Flowers, so that there is no chance of rebellion. With the stability of the kingdom, the Kingdom of Flowers will naturally be gradually forgotten by the commoners, and the commoners will not know it. Unknowingly agreeing to the rule of St. Maarten, the rebellion will never happen again!

But this takes a very long time!
At least it is possible that all the civilians of the country of flowers of this generation, and even the civilians of the country of flowers of the next generation, will all die!

Therefore, under this method, some auxiliary methods are needed to speed up the process of the people of the country of flowers forgetting the country of flowers!

For example, strictly control the royal family branches in the kingdom to prevent them from causing trouble!
For example, giving tax exemptions to the commoners of the Kingdom of Flowers and buying their hearts!
For example, catch some aristocratic criminals, and then arrange some public trials to expose the scandals of the nobles of the Kingdom of Flowers to the common people, and arouse the common hatred and hatred of the nobles among the common people!

Another example is to let Lao Zhu, the king of the country of flowers, come forward to appease the hearts of the people of the country of flowers, etc.!

All of the above practices can speed up the process of St. Maarten truly conquering the Kingdom of Flowers.

Among them, Lao Zhu, the king of the country of flowers, played the most important role!
If he is willing to cooperate, then in terms of the prestige of the royal family of flowers in the past, under his comfort, the commoners will not say whether they will surrender to St. Martin, but at least most of them will not rebel!
Even if he is unwilling to cooperate, as long as he does not die, it can still play a certain role in stabilizing the situation in the Kingdom of Flowers!
But if he died, it would be bad!

Regardless of whether he committed suicide or not, the civilians in the Country of Flowers would definitely think that he died of being persecuted by St. Martin, which would cause panic among the civilians in the Country of Flowers.

And the nobles, careerists, branches of the royal family, loyal to the royal family, etc. of the Kingdom of Flowers will take this opportunity to trigger a rebellion within the Kingdom of Flowers!

Let the Kingdom of Flowers fall into complete chaos!
"But, I just want to die!"

After trying to understand what Arthur said, Lao Zhu was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice.

"You can't die!" Arthur said lightly.

"I just want to die!" Lao Zhu seriously emphasized, "Even if you don't agree, I still want to die. This is my last dignity as a king! There is no country in our country of flowers that can survive after being attacked. king!"

Listening to what Old Zhu said, Arthur instantly understood what he meant!
Even if Arthur didn't want him to die, he would commit suicide as long as he had the chance!

And the reason is very simple!
That is, as a king, his inner pride does not allow him to live on when the kingdom is shattered!
Arthur thought for a while, frowned, and asked, "Even if your death will cause chaos in the Kingdom of Flowers, St. Martin has to suppress it by force, resulting in the death of a large number of civilians in the Kingdom of Flowers?"

Lao Zhu took a breath and fell silent!
But after being silent for a while, he still said firmly, "There is no king in the Kingdom of Flowers who can survive in this world after the kingdom is destroyed!"

"I appreciate this kind of thinking!" Arthur said seriously.

For this kind of king who can put the king to death, Arthur has a whole lot of respect from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, all respect!

This will not be a reason for him to let go of the Kingdom of Flowers!
Arthur is a more realistic king, and he doesn't show any feelings. Although Lao Zhu's thoughts make him awe-inspiring, he will not let him go because of this!
As he spoke, Arthur changed his voice, and said quietly, "However, what about your only heir, Princess Hibiscus?

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhu's pupils shrank suddenly!

He asked in horror, "What did you do to her?"

"Ha ha!"

Arthur smiled and said, "How about it? It's not so much now! But if you don't cooperate with us and think about committing suicide instead, it's not necessarily so!"

"Since she left the palace, her whereabouts have been in my hands. As long as you cooperate, she can escape from the Kingdom of Flowers, but if you don't cooperate, she will not be able to leave the Kingdom of Flowers!"

"You!" The anger in Lao Zhu's heart rose to the top of his head, and he wanted to yell at him on the spot.

But in the end, with a slight movement of his lips, he couldn't say anything, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Despicable!"

Man cannot be perfect!

Everyone has weaknesses!
However, some people hide their weaknesses very deeply, while others don't hide them so deeply that people can recognize them at a glance!

And Lao Zhu is undoubtedly the latter one!
As the princess of the Kingdom of Flowers, Zhu Jin has never married another woman since her mother, Lao Zhu's favorite woman, passed away because of dystocia. In Zhu Jin, she has become a girl who has been loved by thousands of people and her whole life since she was born!

"Ha ha!"

Facing Lao Zhu's words, Arthur smiled, and said with a little deep meaning, "This is the king!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu fell silent!
After thinking for a long time, Lao Zhu gritted his teeth, and in a hoarse voice, with difficulty, a few very reluctant words came out of his mouth, saying, "Let her go, I agree!"

(End of this chapter)