Chapter 78: The Kingdom of Kotal
Kingdom of Kotal.
It is often referred to as the source of chaos and disorder in the North Sea.
In the North Sea, many pirates have flowed out of this chaotic country.
Most of the grain of the Kotal Kingdom, which was basically not engaged in production, was bought from the neighboring kingdom of Ishtar, and it was traded for weapons and iron resources.
However, in recent years, due to the fact that too many weapons and iron resources have been traded, the demand for weapons in the Ishtar Kingdom has long been saturated, and iron resources have also been stored in abundance in recent years.
After all, food is constantly consumed, and weapons can last a long time if they are properly maintained.
In addition, although the kingdom of Ishtar has a strong army, it has not been at war with other countries in the North Sea at all in recent years.
Most of the battles are just to prevent the invasion of pirates, and the depletion of weapons is not very fast.
After all, they are only small-scale pirates, and swords are not something that can be broken at a single chop, and the weapons and iron resources stored are enough for the Ishtar Kingdom to use in terms of war and people's livelihood for a long time.
Now because of the recent opening of the era of pirates, it's too late to guard against pirates, and in the past two years, they have no heart to start a war, and even if there is a fight, most of them are just skirmishes with pirates.
And even if there are casualties among soldiers, as long as the weapons are not broken, they can still be recycled, so the demand for weapons and iron resources in neighboring countries has decreased.
So the kingdom of Kotal was very uncomfortable.
Even if there are hired characters, most of them are to help defend against pirates, so the Kotal has been in a state of making ends meet for the past two years.
However, the surrounding countries began to ask for the use of Bailey trading, which simply means that the surrounding countries no longer want to barter because they trade too many weapons and iron resources, but want Bailey.
But in the current situation, as a king, Kotalrad simply can't come up with so much money to buy supplies, and thinking about it, Kotalrad is extremely irritable.
He was the king of the country, which even took his surname, and as a king, he should have enjoyed the glory and power that the king brings.
But now he has to worry about food.
But it was impossible to go to war, because the current meagre food stock of the Kotal Kingdom was simply not enough to sustain a war.
Even if Rad wanted to go to war to deflect the pressure on the country, it would not be enough to send the mercenaries into battle to relieve the pressure with loot, loot, and even their deaths.
Thinking of this, Kotalrad took a sip of the red wine in his hand, and couldn't help but sink his face when he remembered the cooperation conditions brought by a certain pirate family a few days ago.
While working with pirates wasn't all that glamorous, he wasn't a good job either, especially when Kotal was in desperate need of a war.
Even, if with their help a kingdom is built...
Thinking of this, Kotalrad licked his somewhat cracked lips, thinking a little greedily.
In the end, mercenaries are just a fig leaf on the surface, and many mercenaries will work part-time in the same profession as pirates, and some of them are even transferred from pirates.
Inevitably, the king at the very top of the country is even more so, so to speak, a real tyrant.
Thinking of this, Ladd waved his hand and said, "Give me the phone bug, it seems necessary to have a good talk..."
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Time flies, and at the same time that Dawn is heading to the Sky Island for his own plans.
The southern kingdom of Ishtar - Kotal has welcomed an unusual guest.
Today's weather is very bad, and dark clouds have already hung over the kingdom of Kotal.
And in a ship moored near the Kingdom of Kotal, darkness was shrouded in the cabin at the moment, and only a burst of lightning could bring light to the dim cabin for a short time.
And under this burst of light, it was a man with a crazy smile on his face.
"Hey, hey, young master, we're here." With a strange smile, Torrebol appeared in front of Doflamingo.
As a young man, Torrebol wore a heavy green hat, a necklace of two beads around his neck, and a quilt-like mucus garment with circles.
He was wearing a pair of ugly little sunglasses, and he still had half a piece of snot hanging from his nose, which made him look very sloppy.
At this moment, his hair has not yet covered his entire face, the underside of his hair is like a drop of water, and his teeth are not yet thin.
He was barefoot, holding a wooden staff, his upper lip and beard unshaven, and his snot and ugly face made him look even more sloppy than a scruffy uncle.
But no one could ignore him, because it was he, along with the other top officials, who made Doflamingo.
It can be said that after seeing Doflamingo's royal ability, the establishment of the Don Quixote family has a lot to do with him.
And it was he who gave Doflamingo the power of revenge - the fruit of the thread and a pistol.
And Doflamingo directly killed his father with that pistol, and the Thread Fruit was developed by him to be extremely powerful, making JoKeR in the underground world!
It can be said that Doflamingo has changed from a Draco who everyone shouts at to a powerful pirate, and the origin of all this is Torrepol and other top cadres.
"It's here, it's time to talk to our king." Doflamingo was dressed in a black suit with a wicked grin on his lips.
Beihai was originally Doflamingo's base, but gradually because of the pursuit of Lieutenant General Azuru, Doflamingo was chased and fled in embarrassment and had to leave Beihai.
But the mastery of the North Sea is broken.
And now, Doflamingo is already planning to start his own layout in the underground world, and if the rich iron resources of the Kotal Kingdom can be used for himself, then the foundation for smuggling weapons will be there.
After all, even if you want to smuggle arms, you need to have a steady supply of resources to craft weapons.
Based on this, Doflamingo set his sights on this chaotic country, which he saw as nothing more than a large group of pirates.
And the king?
It's just a stupid guy, he only knows short-term benefits when he has arms, and if he is allowed to operate it, the Kotal Kingdom will definitely be as powerful as the Ishtar Kingdom now.
After all, as long as they casually provoke a war in the North Sea, then those countries will have to rely on the weapons of the Kotal Kingdom, and if you add the mercenaries of the Kotal Kingdom, then the benefits will be even more.
But this guy who only knows how to have fun has done a surprisingly good job of short-sightedness, and the kingdom of Kotal is rotten at home.
But it's okay this way, it's more convenient to plan and control yourself.
But when he thought of the rich kingdom of Ishtar, even Doflamingo couldn't help but be greedy for the kingdom of Ishtar, but he soon suppressed this thought.
Because he knows the relationship between the Ishtar Kingdom and the navy, if he provokes the Ishtar Kingdom, then the first one to strike is the navy.
After all, with Gaius's old fellow's relationship with the navy, he can be said to be the most staunch naval ally in the member countries.
Even if they were just showing off to the other member countries, they would not allow themselves to touch the Ishtar Kingdom in the slightest, even if they were once Draconians.
It seems that because of his identity, he thinks of a lot of bad memories, and Doflamingo becomes more and more irritable, with a crazy look in his eyes.
"Boom, Cottal Kingdom..."