After a casual meal, Duff warmly stayed, and the Holy Kingdom chose to go on the road with Duff's convoy. Since then, the Holy Kingdom has discovered that the Land of Iron is different from the Land of Fire, and that is the road. Compared to the dirt roads between cities in the Land of Fire, the roads between cities in Iron Country are mostly paved with stone slabs, and of course not all places are paved with stone slabs, but there are still between major cities.

The area of the Iron Country is much smaller than that of the Fire Country, and it only took three days for the convoy to enter the capital of the Iron Country. Duff also needs to negotiate with his business partner for the next year, as well as deliver to another partner, so he asks Kado to be a tour guide for the Holy Kingdom.

Cardo is a very talkative person, since the Holy Kingdom and Cardo left Duff's side, this middle-aged man who always stands behind Duff with his head bowed slightly, seems to have come to life. He became much more confident and no longer silent.

"You know what? In fact, Mr. Duff's business is really big, and Mr. Duff has his tentacles in all aspects of the entire country of waves. It can be said that the country of waves is about to become Mr. Duff's private place, and as long as he wants, he can become the daimyo of the country of waves anytime and anywhere. The country of waves is a country with extremely developed commerce, and it is better to say that it is the country of waves, but it is better to say that it is the island of waves.

There is no such thing as a daimyo in the country of waves, and the order and all aspects of the entire country of waves depend on the great merchants to negotiate and maintain. To a certain extent, the alliance of these wealthy businessmen already has the rudiments of a government, and now all that is missing is a proper name.

From Cardo's words, it is not difficult to find that Duff is very strong in the country of waves, and Cardo is also faintly proud when he says these words.

Presumably, such a person will indeed feel proud, after all, his boss is also like a daimyo. If one day Duff gets tired of playing the big business game and starts playing political games, a close assistant like Cardo may become an existence like the upper and lower three secretaries.

"But unfortunately, Mr. Duff doesn't seem interested in such a future, and all his energy is now focused on running his business. Actually, from my personal standpoint, this is not right. A loosely conglomerated government is far less dignified and beneficial to the people than a solid, orderly, and class-based conquest. ”

It's naïve.

This is what the Holy Kingdom says about Cardo, a "youth" man in his thirties who does not seem to realize that the truly intelligent person is Duff and not him, or a radical person like him. It would be better if a country like a small island like the country of waves could retain the system that is different from other countries. Once the country of waves develops from a free commercial country similar to an alliance to a real country with its own sovereignty and self-government, it means that the country of waves is not far from the end.

It is impossible for the Daimyo of the Fire Nation to let a country with complete sovereignty lie in his arms, and no other country will allow the sudden appearance of a country to disrupt the otherwise peaceful diplomatic battlefield. Those radicals may not see, or may think, how a country of waves can have an impact on the world, which is itself very wrong. Diplomacy is never big or small, only strong and weak.

The country of waves has accumulated a lot of economic power over the years, and the infrastructure on the island is also very well-developed, and the only thing that is lacking now is a ninja force that can stop the enemy attack on the battlefield. But this thing is not a problem at all for the extremely wealthy country of waves, isn't it just spending money? What they have is money! More importantly, the special geographical location of the country of waves is destined to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, it is almost leaning on the body of the Fire Country, and it is not far from the core of the Fire Country, and such a critical geographical location is enough for the forces of the Land of Waves to threaten the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country in a very short time.

As long as the country of waves dares to really establish itself as a real country, the first thing to deal with them is the country of fire.

Cardo has just been brainwashed by his own radicalism, and if the country of waves wants to live a stable life, then continue to develop business. When commerce is extremely developed, other countries will not only not be hostile to the country of Poland, but will have a developed commercial and convenient shipping system in the country of Poland, establish a set of mature business channels and mechanisms, and make a fortune together.

The silence of the Holy Kingdom made Cardo think that what he said was too complicated, he just smiled, he said that the purpose of these things was not really for the Holy Kingdom to understand, to understand, to understand. He hoped that if it was possible, if the Holy Kingdom that Duff had so much in mind could blow the wind, then maybe things could really come to pass.

After staggering this topic, Cardo began to introduce the Iron Country to the Holy Kingdom.

There are many things in the Iron Country that are related to metals, and when Cardo didn't say it, the Holy Kingdom didn't know that nearly one-third of the ore consumed by the five major powers on a daily basis came from the Iron Country. Some of the ores in bonanzas can be sold as iron even if they are not further crushed and extracted. Ores with such a high iron content also give Iron Country its special status, which is one of the reasons why Iron Country maintains a neutral stance.

Each side is his customer, and he has no reason to attack one for the sake of the other, which is not in the interest of the Iron Nation.

After seeing the iron paintings, seeing the many blacksmith shops, and tasting a kind of hard baked cake, the two stood outside the benevolent dojo.

The plaque of the iron pen and silver hook writes "benevolence" with another vigorous charm, and the first thing you see when you enter the dojo is a shadow wall, and there is a huge "Tao" character written on the shadow wall. The handwriting is actually not very good, but every stroke of this character reveals a momentum that will not turn back even if it hits the south wall.

Beyond the shadow wall, you can see the whole of the dojo, a huge wooden building, and everything inside can be seen at a glance. Outside, there is a school grounds, where many young samurai are practicing swordsmanship.

Seeing someone come in, two young men in white uniforms immediately greeted them. The leader had a white cloth strip tied on his head, and after he looked at the two people who came to visit with a large number of eyes, he asked in a slightly proud tone, "I don't know if the two of you want to learn swordsmanship, or if they are here to visit someone?" ”

Cardo took off his eyes, revealing a pair of small, round eyes, small but very energetic. He didn't put an ugly expression on his face because of the arrogance of this young man, but asked with a smile, "Mr. Okisuke is not there?" If so, tell him that Cardo is coming. ”

Cardo's mouth was the dojo master of Okisuke, which really surprised the two young people, and they immediately put away their proud looks, and asked with some anxiety: "May I ask who you and Master Okisuke are......?"

"Friend!" Cardo raised his chin, a little smug like the young man before, "We are friends, very good friends. ”

The two young men immediately bent down and saluted, "It turns out that they are friends of Master, please invite the two distinguished guests to the living room to rest, and we will go and tell Master." ”