"Humph, you don't need to ask, I will mention that to you."
The diplomatic old man smiled disdainfully, and the other five old stars around him also smiled disdainfully.
Amidst the sneer, the diplomatic old man said.
"As for the reason for the proliferation of pirates, haha.
Eight hundred years ago, the war ended and the World Government was formally established.
After that, our ancestors, together with the countries that had fought for hundreds of years, buried most of the bloody history during the Hundred Years' War.
Although hundreds of years of war have caused us much suffering, the civilians of many kingdoms have suffered even more. No one wants to welcome the arrival of peace more than they do.
But there is always a small group of people who don't think so.
In the Kingdom of Wano, the Kozuki clan has always believed that stopping the war and establishing an alliance was a betrayal of the Kingdom of Wano by all the countries in the world.
Therefore, the Kozuki clan secretly carved the main text tablets recording history!
If not everyone wants to cover it up, can the history that everyone has personally experienced really disappear out of thin air?
Can things that everyone all over the world knew eight hundred years ago really be easily erased by us Tianlong people?
That is the hatred of several generations, and the memory of each of them!
The reason why we can hide history is that compared to hatred, countries around the world want peace more!
They put down their attachments, abandon hatred and memories, just to embrace the peace that has not come for a long time.
But as time went by, after the older generations in various countries who had experienced wars gradually passed away, the selfish behavior of the Kozuki clan finally set off a new wave of resistance.
About seven hundred and forty years ago, the world once again burst into flames.
For this, we had to adopt some special strategies.
In the beginning, we sent soldiers to all parts of the world in small groups, active near almost every island.
They do not seek to suppress the local kingdoms, but only seek for them to cause enough harassment and trouble for each country to contain the military forces of each country and prevent the country from easily raising a rebellion.
However, after a few decades, the released soldiers had already become accustomed to a life of wandering and plundering, and they transformed from the original soldiers into real pirates.
In this regard, we have not implemented coercive measures because we have only one enemy, and that is all the countries in the world!
Whether they are pirates, soldiers, or even revolutionary troops.
As long as they can bring trouble to all countries in the world, we can let them go!
At the same time, we have embarked on a truly big project around the world.
In order to completely solve the fundamental problem of inconvenient transportation that makes it difficult for central power to control local areas, we decided to build a network among all the islands in the world...
Build a great infrastructure project called the Continental Bridge!
Since its beginning seven hundred years ago, the continental bridge project has never been discontinued, and countless workers have been devoted to this project.
For seven hundred years, until today, this project has never been interrupted, rain or shine!
It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future!
And before the continental bridge is completely built, before we have the conditions to conquer all countries in the world at the same time, and before we can quickly dispatch troops to suppress the rebellion on every island.
The existence of pirates is necessary.
Pirates distributed all over the world will bring enough pressure to the nobles of various countries and deepen the nobles' dependence on the world government.
Those pressures will also make the nobles seek our protection more urgently, and this protection will make it easier for the nobles to hand over the taxes they are supposed to pay, which is heavenly gold.
For seven hundred years, this situation has continued. Although there are occasional bumps and bumps, the overall environment has never changed.
until……."
"Until the appearance of the former Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, right!"
Gawain's eyes lit up and he thought of many things, so he interrupted the diplomatic old man and asked softly.
Hearing his inquiry, the diplomatic old man gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"That's right.
Although pirates have emerged one after another in the past seven hundred years, under our guidance, they have been distributed evenly.
Except for some big pirates who are entrenched in the small area of the New World, there are enough pirates in the four seas and the Grand Line to create pressure on all countries.
That kind of pressure is not very great, but it is never so small that they can ignore it. This situation has been kept extremely stable by us.
Before Roger, whether it was Rocks or any other great pirate.
None of them has shaken this stability.
Until Roger shows up!"
The Five Old Stars probably hated Roger very much, and the diplomatic old man was very sentimental, which made him gnash his teeth.
"One Piece, haha, after he saw the history that disappeared for a hundred years on the island where secrets were buried, I'm afraid he thought he had really made some great decision, right?
It was his declaration about the great secret treasure before his death that caused this sea, which may not be very good, but was finally stable and had basic order, to completely lose its original order!
Young people and pirates from all over the world responded to his call and rushed towards the treasure he called, and they all flocked to a corner of the New World!
You may not be able to understand this kind of disaster, but I will explain to you exactly what kind of trouble the excessive loss of population has caused to the world and to countries and islands all over the world!
this matter……"
"No need!"
Gawain suddenly interrupted the diplomatic old man.
"I can only imagine the harm caused by this phenomenon!"
As he spoke, Gawain smiled bitterly.
Of course he understands that kind of trouble, because in some ways, that trouble is similar to where he used to live.
Pirates rushed into the new world in an attempt to make a fortune, but the dangers of the new world caused most pirates to fall on the way forward.
In all the islands in the world, most of those who have the conditions to go to sea are young and middle-aged people of the right age.
Since Roger's death, too many young people from all over the world have embarked on the path of pirates and never returned!
Isn't this situation exactly the same as northerners leaving their hometowns and heading to the south in large numbers? Whether they go to other places to work or to work hard, aren't they all doing it to make a fortune or make a living?
And the young people leaving their hometown...
Wouldn’t it mean that the people in my hometown can’t drink the sweet well water?
Just imagine, Gawain can see that kind of scene.
After losing a large number of young and middle-aged men, the proportion of aging people in the world has increased, the number of newborns has decreased, and productivity has decreased.
But at the same time that productivity has declined, the pressure of heavenly gold, that is, taxation, has not decreased.
Will the pressure on civilians all over the world double as they go back and forth?
In addition to this pressure, Gawain can also think of other influences caused by the great pirate era based on the previous words of the Five Old Stars.
In the past, most of the pirates who roamed the world came from the local islands. With their control, the nobles of various countries in charge of each island would not be too cruel to the civilians on the island.
After all, the thieves in my hometown are around me. If I bully the wrong person, wouldn't I be beaten to death?
And the mass departure of local pirates has caused ordinary islanders to lose some kind of invisible but absolutely existing protective power!
For many years, the Tianlong people have collected the same amount of heavenly gold from each island country.
Then why are the lives of common people becoming more and more miserable, while the money spent by nobles of various franchised countries on Chambord Island has been increasing year after year?
Besides, since ancient times, the navy has established various branches in the four seas. The number of the navy they arranged when establishing their establishment should have corresponded to the number of pirates in the local waters.
But with the advent of the great pirate era, pirates from all over the world changed from semi-fixed criminal thieves who roamed within a certain range to outright running around the sea.
All pirates focus on rushing. They rush to the Upside Down Mountain, rush to the Grand Line, and rush to the New World!
Who cares about the navy all over the world?
As a result, the Sihai branch became increasingly poor and weak. Pirates who ran away blindly could no longer be a fixed source of political achievements for the branch navy. The branch officers had no merit and were difficult to be promoted.
It was a funny situation that a branch was created, and a chief executive could stay for decades with no promotion.
Gawain knew what this would cause, which was of course the rapid decline of the Sihai Branch Navy.
Just like when Wang Lufei and the others were in the East China Sea, there were corrupted naval officers everywhere, be it Mengka or Rat.
But when Wang Luffi and the others arrived at the Grand Line, such phenomena became much less common, except for spies from related households and others, as well as psychopathic lunatics.
In each G-number branch of the Grand Line, the quality of the navy has been greatly improved compared to the four seas.
Thinking of this, Gawain raised his head and gestured to Wulaoxing.
"Whether you believe it or not, I can probably understand what you haven't said yet.
For those, I don't think a solution will be found anytime soon.
Compared with problems that cannot be solved immediately but already know the answer, I prefer to explore new unknowns.
So, can you tell...tell...me, what is D's will...?"
"Hmph, haha, hahahahaha!!!"
Listening to Gawain's question, the five old stars burst into laughter at the same time.
"Gawain, you still can't get rid of the youthful temper!
Just willing to pursue those so-called secrets!"
This time, it was an old military man who spoke. He held a long sword and said jokingly.
"If the so-called D's will is really a terrifying secret, can we still allow Garp, a descendant of D, to become the greatest hero in the entire navy?
Are we so stupid that we don’t even deal with the bombs in front of us?”
"Well……."
When the old man holding the sword said this, Gawain suddenly felt that something was wrong.
I was indeed too eager!
Normally, I shouldn't be like this. No matter how curious I am, I should stay calm enough according to the situation.
but now……
Gawain recalled the feeling just now, and after a moment, he knew the reason for everything.
My internal organs were becoming more and more painful, but the pain was suppressed by the previous tension and was not noticed by my previous self.
When I am no longer nervous, I even investigate the secrets of the One Piece world to satisfy my curiosity.
The injury hit him, and he became more and more dizzy.
For a moment, his vision became blurry.
Fortunately, in his eyes, the increasingly blurry military old man smiled and spoke.
"The so-called will of D, do you think it is freedom, a dream, or death?
No, no, no, not every descendant of D pursues those things!
Look at every descendant of D you see, and look at their disgustingly optimistic smiling faces.
Their mouths were wide open when they smiled, and that bright smile seemed to be ignorant of the sufferings of the world. Isn't it just a big D?
They founded a country called D, then drew a giant smiling face on the flag and named the country the Happy Country.
Although they have brought us some trouble, they are not worthy of being our most feared enemies.
We are Tianlong people, and we are never afraid of any individual country, no matter how powerful that country is!
The only thing we worry about is that the participating countries around the world will unite again and then fully confront us!
As for the current descendants of D, yes, some of them are indeed not weak, but that is not a talent, it is just because they love to laugh.
People who love to laugh are cheerful and optimistic, tough and tenacious. No matter failure or setbacks, it is difficult to completely defeat them.
Should such people be weaker than others?"
…
On the soft sofa, listening to the explanation of the military old man, Gawain's eyes darkened and he felt happy in his heart.
I finally heard...the secret I was most concerned about before time travel!
On the side, the old man holding the sword wanted to continue saying something.
But before he could speak, the old diplomatic man sitting on the same sofa as him squeezed him out.
"Damn it!" the old diplomat shouted. "I was talking so happily that I forgot about little Gawain's injury!"
Beside him, the cultural old man suddenly exclaimed.
"Hurry up Kizaru and ask him to send the bear over quickly!
If something goes wrong with little Gawain, we may have to kneel in front of Lord Im for a whole year!!!"
…
If Gawain could hear the last words, God knows what he would think.
But unfortunately, he couldn't hear anything at this time.