Pirates: The first companion is Tom Cat

Mushroom Town can only be regarded as a border town in the Kingdom of De Arena.

Because of the woods and no decent road leading to the seaside, few people would land here.

According to Sia, their small restaurant usually doesn't have many customers and can barely make ends meet.

However, because the quality of the mushrooms in the town is very good, businessmen from other towns and even the royal capital will come to buy them regularly. Then they can make a little more money and improve their lives.

The Kingdom of De Arena is a member of the World Government and is even one of the 50 countries eligible to participate in the World Conference. It is not controlled by any big pirate.

The reason why Shia's husband and the adult men of the town are absent is because they have all been forcibly conscripted into the army by the king.

The king here is a war maniac. Every slack season, he recruits citizens to join the army and launch a war against the Gambo Kingdom in the south of Hourglass Island.

Naturally, civilians are reluctant to go, but the king has made laws, and men of appropriate age must respond.

This is not without its benefits. As long as someone in the family enlists in the army, most of the heavenly gold can be exempted. Otherwise, the heavenly gold will be doubled every year.

The burden of paying the heavenly gold as usual is already heavy. If it were doubled, the whole family would starve to death.

There is no way, except for the nobles and some wealthy households, most civilians can only choose to join the army in order to reduce the burden on themselves and their families.

Under strict laws, the Kingdom of D'Irena's military strength exceeded that of the Kingdom of Gambo, and it always received a large amount of loot and compensation in every war.

So much so that in recent years, as long as D'Irena's army marched to the border and showed up with sophisticated weapons, the Gambo Kingdom would obediently send money over.

If the D'Irena Kingdom were a little more aggressive, it would have a chance to bring down the entire Gambo Kingdom.

But the king did not do that. He believed that capturing Gambo would require too many troops. Moreover, as the land area became larger and the number of citizens increased, the heavenly gold that needed to be paid would also increase.

And because of the special terrain of Hourglass Island, even if it conquers neighboring countries, the possibility of rebellion is very high, which is very troublesome.

Might as well maintain the status quo, at least don't have to worry about the gold in the sky.

Although the Gambo Kingdom is more prosperous than D'Irena, it has no way to purchase sophisticated weapons, so there is no good way to do it. In addition, the current king is relatively weak, so he can only spend money to avoid disasters.

If nothing else, this situation will continue for a long time.

But this year is different. The Kingdom of De Arena has sent two groups of people to purchase weapons for unknown reasons this year.

There was no news from the first group of people. When the second group of people came back, they only brought back the first group of people who went to sea, but not any weapons.

Shia didn't know the specific reason. It was a secret that only the king and some ministers knew.

In short, this meant that D'Irena's weapons and equipment were insufficient, but the Kingdom of Gambo did not know where to get the weapons.

This resulted in a failure to collect the 'compensation' this year. If the king of Gambo had not been weak in character, he might have had to pay compensation in turn.

"At this time in previous years, Yak should have come back." Shia frowned, "But this year he is still stationed at the border. Although the entruster brought a message saying that he is fine, but..."

Zhang Daye and the others looked at each other. When talking about arms trading, they would first think of Doflamingo.

Coupled with the description of "inexplicably sending two groups of people", it is probably because they beat up Doflamingo that D'Elena was unable to buy weapons.

As for Doflamingo before he became the Shichibukai, there may have been other channels before, but they were later absorbed by Doflamingo.

When the Flamingo fell, the king could not think of any other solution for a while.

"This king... has quite some ideas." Zhang Daye said, "At least he paid the heavenly gold and did not rely entirely on collecting money from the people."

Jackie Chan said: "But he forced the army, which is very unfriendly to the civilians, and it is also very unfair to the Gambo Kingdom that he robbed."

Weiwei felt that Uncle Long was right. Whether to join the army should depend on the personal wishes of civilians, and heavy taxes should not be used to force them. Moreover, it is too much to start a war without authorization.

"Maybe, maybe the overall standard of measurement is relatively low." Ye Yan said, "Compared with the guy from the Drum Kingdom, he is already pretty good."

Everyone was deeply impressed by Wapol's wanton killing of civilians.

Thinking about all the scumbag kings in this world, the king of D'Elena is indeed pretty good.

However, this matter belongs to other people's internal affairs. If the civilians don't resist, it won't be Zhang Daye's turn to dictate.

Although the situation is different from what he imagined, Zhang Da is still willing to help a little:

"We happen to be going to Gambo in the south, and we should pass through the border. Do you need help carrying a letter?"

"Is it okay? That's great!" Sia was overjoyed.

Yake was in the military camp, and it was impossible to communicate with his family using a phone bug. It would be good if he could ask someone to come back and report that he was safe. During the war, no one would go to the border casually. It was very difficult to bring the message across.

Shia forgot for a moment whether the person in front of her was a big shot, and hurriedly wrote a letter. Even Langa also wrote a few strokes, but she may not be able to write many words, and she looked embarrassed when she held the pen. .

Shia handed over the envelope with both hands. There was a family photo of a family of three on it: "Jacques was assigned to the 7th Musketeers of the Second Western Army. This is his photo. Please!"

Langa then bowed: "Please!"

Zhang Da also took the envelope: "I will deliver it."

After having a meal, I took over the task of delivering a message. No one thought it was troublesome, and I was on my way anyway.

After Rui Mengmeng and Tom finished working in the kitchen, everyone was satisfied that they had eaten and drank, and Zhang Da also paid the bill.

Sia said she had nothing to repay them, so this meal was her treat.

"I accept your kindness. If you just treat us to dinner, you will go bankrupt." Zhang Daye said, "If you feel bad about it, why not give us some mushrooms?"

"no problem!"

Sia took out all the remaining mushrooms at home and filled a big basket.

Even Langa pulled out the small basket and poured in some of the mushrooms she had just picked today.

Sia picked one out with a smile and threw it away in Langa's distressed eyes.

Tom reacted very quickly and appeared on the path of the mushroom in an instant, opened his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Shia was shocked: "No! That's poisonous. Hurry, spit it out!"

Tom's face turned green with fright, and he immediately fell to the ground holding his throat.

"Hey~~" Langa was also frightened, "Mom, what should I do!"

Zhang Da calmly grabbed the tip of Tom's tail with one hand and stroked it upward along the tail with his other hand.

puff!

A clean mushroom, as if it had never been in his stomach, spurted out of Tom's mouth, hit the wall first, and then bounced into the trash can.

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