Lu Jiu stood aside and looked at the young Ace with a smile, and it was not until the wedding master of ceremonies walked up to the stage that Lu Jiu led Ace away and returned to his table.

Lu Jiu was invited to the wedding of Cyrus, and the teachers of the Naval School were invited.

According to Cyrus, he wanted to save money when it came to banquets, although he was a vice admiral, and his salary was much higher than that of ordinary navies. But Cyrus had always been a man of faith, and he knew that the Sword of Dawn branch was now the time to continue its rapid financial development.

His few salaries were also smashed back into the construction of the branch.

Cyrus's idea is also very simple, he basically lives in the branch, except for occasionally inviting his subordinates to eat and drink, he has nothing to use money, so he has always paid little attention to material things.

Spending money on such a grand wedding, his financial conditions are really unbearable.

However, King Liku can't tolerate this kind of thing, his daughter is married, not to mention how to do a big deal, if he can't even compare to the wedding of ordinary people, where will he, the king, put his face?

However, King Liku is not a big man, you can do without anything like a fox and a fox, and the banquet for relatives and friends must be big.

Because of this, almost everyone in the branch navy participated, and even the navy on duty today will receive a separate banquet after the end of the duty.

King Riku was quite good at being a man, and he gave Cyrus enough face.

In this regard, Cyrus, who has no father or mother since he was a child, is naturally very moved.

As the guests took their seats one after another, King Liku also left his seat.

The master of ceremonies walked up to the stage, and after a light cough, the venue finally quieted down a little.

Cyrus's wedding finally began, and after the celebrant's greetings, Cyrus in a dress appeared in the center of the color door in front of the open space, and slowly came to the stage amid the applause of the people.

Under the gaze of everyone, Cyrus was slightly nervous, his body was straight, and the muscles on his face were slightly stiff.

Wearing a slightly modest wedding dress, Scarlet appeared at the entrance of the color gate by the wrist of King Riku, and then, amid the cheers of the people, walked on the red carpet and walked slowly towards Cyrus.

"Lieutenant General Cyrus has really found a good wife!"

"When I saw her, I couldn't help but think of Princess Otohime."

Jinping hadn't seen Scarlet much, and his first impression of Scarlet was pretty good. Scarlet's wedding dress was not decorated with any jewels, and she wore only a few delicate silver ornaments on her head.

Such a dress is of course a luxury for ordinary people, but for the princess of Dressrosa, it can already be called simple.

Obviously, both King Liku and Scarlet have similar values, and such a royal family is a good thing for the people.

"Hmm."

"Although the two of them came together in free love, whether it is for our navy or for Dressrosa, this wedding will be of great benefit to each other."

Tiger nodded and said with a smile.

When he heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "Mr. Tiger, don't say such a disappointing thing on such a day." ”

"Beneficial is not beneficial."

"As long as the two newcomers can be happy."

"In a world like this, happiness is a luxury."

The words of a smile made everyone in the banquet fall silent.

Ji Guoyuan picked up the teacup, gently blew away the foam on the cup, and was just about to "drink tea to suppress the shock", his action was immediately sudden.

At the same time, Yixiao also raised his head slightly, and his face was slightly gloomy.

"What's wrong, Mr. Smile?"

Tiger noticed the abnormality of the smile next to him, and couldn't help but turn his head sideways and ask.

Yixiao didn't answer, but tilted his head slightly to look at Jiguo Yuanyi.

"Smile, go to the harbor and don't affect Cyrus's wedding."

Ji Guoyuan picked up the teacup and put it to his mouth, and after taking a sip of tea, he said with a smile. Hearing this, Yixiao nodded slightly, stood up from his seat, and walked towards the outside of the venue.

"Is something wrong?"

Tiger and Jinping's sights and hearings are far less domineering than a smile and Jiguo Yuanyi, seeing a smile and leaving the table, they glanced at each other and asked towards Ji Guoyuanyi.

"A strange guest has arrived."

Cyrus' wedding was going on as usual, and at this time, in front of the naval port, there was a huge luxury cruise ship slowly sailing towards Dressrosa.

Cruise ships are the more traditional kind of sailboats, in the center of the bulging sails, a huge symbol of world government.

When Yixiao came to the military port wharf, the navy's patrol ships had already surrounded the world government ship, and under the guidance of the patrol ship, the cruise ship slowly entered the military port and docked next to the wharf.

At the side of the harbor, the navy on duty saw the figure of a smile, and immediately found the backbone, and all gathered around a smile.

After the cruise ship came to a stop, he paced towards the pier with a smile.

The long wooden ladder was slowly lowered from the top of the cruise ship, and not long after the wooden ladder was lowered, a young man in a white dress led a little boy down the wooden ladder.

Soon after he got off the boat, a group of CP9s in black suits disembarked one after another and formed a long line on the pier.

"Laughing lieutenant general!"

"I really feel honored that you picked me up at the pier in person!"

The young man in a white dress is about 30 years old, wearing a white top hat and a pair of monocles, his appearance is quite handsome, his height is about 190cm, and his bones are thin.

And the little boy who followed him, Mo was about ten years old, wearing a black suit, and after following the young man off the boat, he looked at him with an indifferent smile.

When greeting Yixiao, the young man stretched out his hand, grabbed his hat, and bowed slightly towards Yixiao, showing considerable politeness.

"You are?"

The other party was polite and thoughtful, smiled and held a cane in one hand, and asked out loud. It was precisely because he sensed the strong aura of the person in front of him that he came to the port, and in the report of the navy, he knew with a smile that the luxury cruise ship docked at the dock at this time was the ship of the world government.

However, as for the identity of the person in front of him, Yixiao didn't know.

"First time we met, I'm Ulises Guderian, the highest commander of CP0!"

Hearing the self-introduction of the visitor, the navy behind him all looked at Ulisés Guderian strangely.

CP0, some people are hearing it for the first time, and some people have heard of it. Those who heard it for the first time were curious, and those who heard it were even more surprised.

Although the Navy has relatively little contact with the CP organization, the Navy that knows CP0 is well aware that any information about CP0 is secret.

At the moment, this person doesn't even wear a mask, and he is still a CP0, which is exactly the strange thing for the navy.

“CP0？”

"What are you doing in Dressrosa?"

Knowing the identity of the other party, he smiled and asked out loud.

"Hehehe, we happened to be on some mission in the nearby seas, and it just so happened that we learned that Lieutenant General Cyrus was going to marry Princess Scarlet of Dressrosa."

"Let us congratulate King Riku, Her Royal Highness Princess Scarlet, and Lieutenant General Cyrus."

"You see, we also brought some congratulatory gifts."

As he spoke, Ulises Guderian hooked his finger at CP9 behind him. At his signal, a CP9 carried a gold chest and delivered it to Ulises Guderian.

It is a small box that is almost 30cm long and nearly 20cm high.

The entire chest is made of pure gold, and the surface of the chest is full of delicate and gorgeous patterns, and at the keyhole of the chest, it is a special coat of arms similar to a badge and independent of other patterns.

If King Riku was here, he should be able to recognize what this crest represented.

This is the family coat of arms that belonged to the Don Quixote family.

Ulises Guderian held the gold chest in both hands and explained with a smile on his face:

"Lieutenant General with a smile."

"What I am holding in my hand at this time is a congratulatory gift for Her Royal Highness Princess Scarlet."

"Dressrosa is a member of the world government, hundreds of years ago, the Don Quixote clan who ruled Dressrosa became one of the twenty tribes that created the world."

"Left Dressrosa and went to the Holy Land."

"However, this is the homeland of Don Quixote."

"I am also very happy that King Liku can govern Dressrosa so well, and the Celestial Dragons!"

"Mr. Yixiao, is it convenient for me to give this gift to His Highness Scarlet in person?"

"In addition to this one thing, we also have important things to discuss with King Liku."

Ulises Guderian's tone was calm and soft, and in the conversation with Yixiao, his posture was very low, and he did not have the arrogance of ordinary CP agents.

After a little hesitation, he said:

"I'm not the master here, so it's inconvenient to call the shots."

"I'll need to ask King Riku or Princess Scarlet's opinion."

"Could you wait here for a moment?"

For polite people, even if the other party is CP0 of the world government, the tone of the smile can't help but soften.

Yixiao is a jealous and hateful person, but for ordinary people, he is kind and pleasant.

"Then I'm sorry for you."

Ulises Guderian nodded and replied with a smile.

He smiled and motioned for his subordinates to report, while he himself stood by the harbor with Ulises Guderian.

In Dressrosa in February, the weather is not cool either.

The sea breeze blows on a person's body like a soft wattle on the skin.

"What a wonderful country!"

"It would be great if all the countries in the world could be like this!"

"Only a country under the patronage of the world government can enjoy such harmony and tranquility, right? Lieutenant General with a smile? ”

Ulises Guderian handed the golden box in his hand to the boy beside him, and then walked to the shore, looked at the sea, stretched comfortably, and asked with a smile with emotion.

"You're right."

"If every nation had a strong and upright navy like Vice Admiral Cyrus, and a wise royal leader like King Liku, then all nations would be able to enjoy such harmony and tranquility."

"But this world is so cruel and unfair."

"Not all countries have wise royal families, and not all countries have righteous and righteous strong navies."

Smiled at Ulises Guderian's question, and replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Ulises Guderian paused, turned around slowly, and his voice was a little lower, and he spoke:

"A wise royal family is not the foundation of peace."

"The identity of the member country of the world government, the protection of the world government, is the prerequisite for the prosperity and tranquility of Dressrosa."

"Lieutenant General Yixiao, did you misunderstand something?!"

"The navy is an indispensable and important force for the world government!"

"If you are not a member country, you will not be sheltered by the navy!"

Hearing this, he shook his head slowly, and chuckled:

"Justice will do everything in its power to protect everyone who is innocent."

"We, the Navy, are burdened with justice."

Listening to Xiaoxiao's conversation with Ulises Guderian, the navies who were originally standing behind Xiaoxiao couldn't help but straighten their chests.

Not far away, the boy in the small suit couldn't help but look at the blind navy a few more times for a while.

"Lieutenant General Yixiao does have his own understanding of 'justice'."

"With a subordinate like you, it must be a headache, right?"

Ulises Guderian asked with a smile on his face. smiled and nodded:

"A blind man like me, no matter what kind of superior he is, I'm afraid he will have a headache, right?"

From the mouth of the smile did not hear the answer that Ulises Guderian wanted to hear, and Ulises Guderian also fell silent.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and it just so happened that at this time, the communicating sailors had hurried back, and after whispering a few times in the ear of a smile.

With a smile, he said to the people of Ulisés Guderian:

"King Riku invites you to Princess Scarlet's wedding."

With that, led by a smile, Ulises Guderian and a group of CP9s were introduced to the wedding venue.

At this time, in the venue, the ceremony has come to an end, and on the stage, there are local Dressrosa actors, who are performing circus.

The guests in the venue watched the performance on stage and ate at the same time.

After a while, Yixiao returned to his seat, and Ulises Guderian led a little boy to the table at the invitation of King Liku, after greeting King Liku.

During the feast, Ulises Guderian presented the congratulatory gift and a golden key to King Liku.

King Liku, who had received the gift on behalf of Cyrus and his wife, was very happy, and then had a warm conversation with Ulises Guderian.

Ji Guoyuan, who was at the same table, didn't deliberately want to hear what the two of them were talking about.

But the conversation between the two still "passively" drilled into Yuanyi's ears.

The two are not discussing any major matters, nothing more than about "heavenly gold".

What is Heavenly Gold?

All member countries of the world government need to pay heavenly gold to the world government and to the Tianlong people in order to obtain the status of a member country.

So what is the use of union status?

The countries of the member countries will be protected by the world government, and the citizens will be able to become the world's third-class citizens under the Tianlong people and the nobles of the kingdom.

If you don't have the status of a citizen of a member country, you can't even be a human being, and at best you're a "humanoid animal".

As an animal, of course, there are no human rights, and the people of non-member countries will be wantonly plundered and enslaved.

Tianlong people will also pass through non-member countries from time to time to show their "strength".

Heavenly gold, you can understand it as a protection fee.

Of course, even if the protection fee is paid, a second-class citizen is always a second-class citizen, and in the eyes of those "gods" in the Holy Land, there is no essential difference between him and an inferior slave.

The way in which the heavenly gold is calculated in every country is through population.

The more people there are, the more heavenly gold they need to pay, and this heavenly amount is also a lot of money, even those countries with prosperous national power and stable industries, similar to Dressrosa, are not a small expense.

For those countries that do not have core industries, do not have developed trade, or are low-end agricultural countries, heavenly gold is very fatal.

If a heavenly gold system is just concerned, if it works properly, there is no problem. The problem is in the stratification of human status, and in the sheer amount of money.

For example, if a country produces 10,000 tons of grain a year, and your harvest of heavenly gold is tens of billions of Baileys, and people can't afford to sell all their grain, so what should those people do?

Become a slave to be hunted and killed? Or do you have the courage to go to sea?

You don't have to think about it, you know, what will you do.

Why were the future Four Emperors able to establish such a huge power in the New World?

For example, the places where Shanks, Whitebeard and even the aunt planted the flag were sheltered, and the people's lives seemed to be at a medium level, far more prosperous than those in the towns and villages of the member countries in the East China Sea.

Is it because the Four Emperors don't need supplies?

Yes, but not exactly.

The main reason is that the members of these royal groups are not extravagant in their own lives, these people do not have a very excessive pursuit of material, and the biggest consumption of these people is at most eating and drinking.

But these consumption are far from enough to squeeze the people on the territory they shelter dry, squeeze to death.

But the desires of the Tianlong people are far from being satisfied by the appetite of the mouth.

As soon as Ji Guoyuan listened to the conversation between Ulises Guderian and King Liku, he also thought of a lot of things in his heart.

"The people's offerings are not to make the scum stronger, so that they can continue to squeeze the people themselves."

Ji Guoyuan smiled lightly, and said secretly in his heart.

(End of chapter)