Orleans Kingdom Above the palace hall.
King Orleans Kingdom wearing a crown, Okrus III, sat on the throne and said with a spring breeze on his face, "Everyone has been working hard recently to prepare for Heavenly Gold. However, although there is still one month until Reverie is held, according to the tax collected so far, it is far from enough to collect Heavenly Gold."
"So, all ministers, please hurry up and take care of the next thing. If anyone is negligent during this period and the number of Heavenly Gold is insufficient, then I will have to get it from the homes of everyone present!"
As soon as Okrus III finished speaking, a minister immediately stood up from the crowd and bowed. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely be able to get Heavenly Gold together within a month!"
"It's difficult, Master Luke!"
A middle-aged man in the minister's team made an untimely voice, "If you want to collect Heavenly Gold this year, unless everyone here takes out their family property, it will be difficult to do so! Because many untouchables, not to mention paying taxes, are not hungry themselves!"
"What's so difficult about this?" The minister named Luke tilted his head and looked at the middle-aged man, and said solemnly, "If those untouchables can't pay taxes, sell them!"
"Alas!" The middle-aged man sighed and shook his head, "These untouchables are worthless. In order to collect Heavenly Gold, I have reached a cooperation with the Beihai Trafficking Group, but for some reason, they have kept the price very low this year. Untouchables under the age of ten are not valuable at all. The only ones who can still sell for a price are those over fifteen and under fifty!"
"Hahaha, Master Koren couldn't have been deceived by the human trafficker group, right? I sold a batch of untouchables who couldn't pay taxes before, and the prices were quite satisfactory!"
"It was before," the middle-aged man named Colen looked sideways at the speaker and continued to sigh, "You may not know, but since the Navy Headquarters appointed a young marshal this year, not only the North Sea, but also the three sea areas of east, west, south and even the Grand Line, all naval branches have been vigorously arresting human traffickers."
"What's going on?"
"Isn't the Navy's duty to catch pirates? Why do they suddenly start arresting human traffickers?"
"Damn it, how could Holy Land tolerate the navy's misbehavior again and again? The reason why human traffickers exist is not because Holy Land's Celestial Dragons adults like to keep slaves in captivity!?"
Looking at the sudden explosion of people, Koren sighed again, and then said, "You don't know, the navy is not only vigorously arresting human traffickers, but also will not try and imprison them like pirates. But as long as the traffickers are caught, they will be executed on the spot... According to a trafficker who has long-term cooperation with me, the Navy still has a little leeway against pirates, but it has zero tolerance for human traffickers. As long as they are human traffickers, they will be beheaded on the spot without trial!"
"Damn the navy, they are cutting off our financial resources!"
"Without human trafficking, how are we going to get enough Heavenly Gold? Except for the civilians in the royal city, we have received the taxes of all the untouchables outside the city for more than ten or twenty years. One of the towns has been collected by me for a hundred years. Now there is no other way but to sell these untouchables!"
"Is it true that we have to pay for it ourselves? This is definitely not possible. I have so many servants in my family, and the daily expenses are very high!"
"Me too, you don't know. My wife needs to change new clothes every day. She never wears the clothes she wears once. She is also very picky about her food. Many ingredients need to be transported from far away places through freight companies every day, and the ingredients must be kept fresh! If they are not fresh at all, she will make a fuss, which is very difficult!"
"Well, who says it's not the case? The same is true for my ladies!"
Okrus III, who was sitting on the throne, was not angry because of the words of the royal ministers. After the crowd vomited their bitterness, he stood up with a smile and said calmly, "It seems that everyone's life is very difficult, but don't worry, since this These untouchables have no value at all. Let us learn from the white towns of the past and drive these untouchables out of the Orleans Kingdom and let them fend for themselves. In this way, we can pay at least half of Heavenly Gold."
Hearing this, everyone present raised their heads in surprise and said in unison, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Just do it!"
Okrus III waved his hand in a grand manner and said, "Keep playing music and dance."
"Report--"
Suddenly, tens of thousands of urgent sounds came from outside the hall.
Immediately afterwards, a Royal Army commander quickly rushed into the hall and knelt down on one knee facing Okrus III, "Your Majesty the King, something big... is bad. I don't know what happened in the sky, but a huge Birdcage suddenly appeared."
"Birdcage?"
Okrus III blinked. "It's just Birdcage, why are you so nervous?"
"Now this Birdcage has enveloped the entire territory of the Orleans Kingdom, Your Majesty!"
Commander Royal Army looked up at Okrus III and said in despair, "In addition, the person who used Birdcage to cover Orleans Kingdom... is... is Donquixote·Doflamingo!"
"What!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone including Okrus III widened their eyes in shock.
Immediately afterwards, Ocruz, who had just sat down, stood up and said angrily, "What on earth is going on? Hasn't Doflamingo already surrendered to the navy? How could he suddenly appear in the North Sea!?"
"Your Majesty, don't panic!"
Minister Luke stood up again and said calmly, "There is no doubt that Doflamingo has surrendered to the navy. Since he is now loyal to the navy, we can directly contact Holy Land and ask Holy Land Chamber of Power to give orders to Marine Headquarters."
Koren took the words, "Sir Luke, we still don't know what Doflamingo intends to do!"
"No matter why he came here, is it possible that he can disobey Lord Chamber of Power Five Elders's order!?" Luke tilted his head and looked at Koren.
"Master Luke, have you forgotten that the current Chamber of Power is no longer the original master Five Elders? The two Five Elders are the former Navy Marshal Sengoku and the predecessor Admiral Zephyr!"
"Isn't that simple!?" Luke smiled coldly and immediately faced Okrus III, "Your Majesty, didn't you have a pleasant meeting with Mr. Izambaron? You can try to contact Mr. Izambaron!"
"Yes, yes!"
Okrus III nodded repeatedly, and a palace maid standing next to him immediately squatted in front of him holding a Den Den Mushi.
Seeing this, Ocruz didn't dare to be negligent at all. As the king of the Orleans Kingdom, he knew the bully Doflamingo very well. Although he didn't know why Doflamingo appeared in Orleans, it would definitely not go wrong to seek protection from Holy Land at this time.
Soon, Den Den Mushi was connected.
"Who?" A deep voice came from Den Den Mushi.
Okrus III calmed down his mood and said in a respectful tone, "Is this Master Izambaron?"
"I am the king of the Orleans Kingdom Okrus III--"
"I don't know you!"
As soon as Ocruz announced his home address, the other party decisively threw out these three words and then cut off the call.
At the same time.
In the Chamber of Power communication room, a staff member who received Okrus III Den Den Mushi just cut off the call and got up and rushed straight to Chamber of Power.
"Izambaron-sama!"
As soon as he walked into Chamber of Power, this staff member was talking to Jaygo Lucy ya·Saturn and Topman·Worcester. Izambaron·V·Nusjuro knelt on one knee and said excitedly, "You are really a master of calculation. Just now Okrus III wanted to find you, but the subordinate cut off the call when he heard his name!"
"Well done!"
Izambaron gave the staff a thumbs up for the first time, and then said, "Any calls from the Orleans Kingdom to Den Den Mushi will not be accepted."
The staff were ordered to leave.
After watching the staff close the door to Chamber of Power, Izambaron suddenly cursed, "Okruz, this bastard, is contacting me at this time. Does he want to kill me?"
Hearing this, Topman and Saturn's facial muscles twitched slightly.
They all had a general idea through CP0, and it was clear that whoever was involved with the Orleans Kingdom at this time would attract Akira's thunderous suppression. Izambaron was already very restrained in shouting curses. If Okrus III was standing in front of him now, he would definitely tie him up and bring him to the young Marshal himself.
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