In most parts of the world, this term only exists in legends.
People have an instinctive fear of the silent and lightless sea.
But only in the United Kingdom it is different.
The United Kingdom is an archipelago country composed of Denisoa and many islands.
Although the United Kingdom is a unified government, with the native Denisoa as the center of power. However, the surrounding islands, although nominally Denisoya's territory, are not actually subject to Denisoja's management.
On each island are the former governors of Denisoa.
The Governor is first responsible to the "Denisoya Privy Council", and secondly to King Denisoya. Although King Denisoya himself has the power to remove advisors, he cannot easily use it if he does not want to quarrel.
this right.
The Privy Council is divided into three levels.
The lowest level is composed of veterans who have made meritorious deeds, wealthy businessmen from various places, famous elders in the village, craftsmen with ancient skills passed down from generation to generation... that is, the "indispensable" masses, composed of "indispensable" people in the local area.
"Members Association".
The members can put forward some suggestions for optimizing the bill based on their own life experience during the twice-yearly meetings.
But not all of these recommendations will actually be implemented... they will be uploaded to the "committee".
The members of the committee are composed of the bishops of Yavon, Silver-level extraordinary people, the most outstanding elites in various industries, and the new generation of nobles. Most of them have experience in politics in various places and can understand which opinions are feasible.
Which opinions cannot be implemented due to various reasons.
After their internal meetings, they will sort out and optimize the opinions submitted by the members and put forward their own opinions. Eventually, a thick pile of documents will be sent up to the "Advisory Committee".
Denisoya's advisors are actually the cardinals of Yavon, gold-level extraordinary beings, the highest-ranking officials who manage various departments of the kingdom, plus the great nobles at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the "governors" of each region——
In other words, the bloodline continuation of those small countries. Or even the king himself.
In other words, it is not the most senior officials in each department who can become advisers. Instead, managers in the fields of diplomacy, finance, national defense, culture and education, and justices are selected only from the advisory committee.
Even for the great nobles at the beginning of the founding of the country... no matter how big or small their family is now, there is only one person who can enter the advisory council. That is, the "spokesperson" of the family.
Even if the other family members have achieved success, they can only join the "committee" at most.
For example, if someone in a certain family becomes the Pope of Yaweng, or becomes a gold-level transcendent and joins the Advisory Council, then their family no longer has a quota as a member of the Advisory Council.
——Each surname can only have one vote, this is Danny Sawyer's iron law.
Even the "royal family" is no exception.
From the beginning of the founding of the country, Grand Duke Denisoya, who was still a duke at the time, made a choice. Since their power was not enough to suppress the other great nobles... Rather than being usurped or sidelined later, it would be better to start from the very beginning.
Take a step back.
He didn't care at all about the power that he had no chance to touch in the first place - it wasn't his thing anyway, and he wouldn't regret it if he gave it away in time.
Give up the highest position and let everyone be on an equal footing.
So at this time, anyone who wants to go further will be held tightly by other "consultants".
This is the wisdom of retreating in order to advance.
Nowadays, the power of the governors has expanded to an almost unchecked level - each island in the Field Islands has an independent military and economy, and is under the jurisdiction of the governor alone.
It is customary in the United Kingdom to call the Governor-General "Little King".
However, the little king is actually bigger than the "big king".
Although the king retains the power to "remove advisors", he has not used this power for nearly 30 years.
And because of the military and economic independence of each island.
From this, another business emerged.
——That is "pirate".
The militia groups on each island were not allowed to be dispatched to other islands, let alone Denisoya. So this formed a custom similar to that of an underground city - that is, to rob people from the vicinity of this island.
If you get the goods, just run around the United Kingdom and you won't be held accountable again.
And from this situation, a new situation emerged.
That is……
——Since the Field Islands don’t want to pay taxes to Denisaw, then I will rob it myself.
Yes.
Denisoya directly funded a group of pirates and asked them to rob the goods transported between his own islands. And those islands also knew this very well.
Because the Field Islands are not monolithic.
They were originally the "Exile Alliance" composed of defeated countries during the bloody war.
What was their first reaction after being robbed by pirates sent by Danny Sawyer?
Of course it is impossible to snatch them back... The fact that they will be robbed means that they are in a disadvantaged position, and the governor is even less able to compete with other advisers on his own.
So, they themselves began to hire pirates to rob goods from other islands.
It's not just governors who do these things.
Even wealthy businessmen have pirates they sponsor.
Some merchants had just sold their goods... before the goods could reach the shore, the pirates sent by the merchants changed hands and snatched them back.
And since, they already have pirates.
When these pirates are "out of work", you can't really let them out and let them rob them at will, right?
And the combat effectiveness they possess is also quite rare.
Then they will naturally send these pirates out to eradicate dissidents. This can also be regarded as a kind of waste utilization.
The result is... In a sense, this country is equivalent to being ruled by pirates.
People usually don't see the governor, let alone the king.
But they can often see pirates appearing on the beach, in markets and in taverns. These pirates have a strong sense of presence...
And the pirates under the governor, the pirates sponsored by the merchants, Denisoya's big pirates... there are also the explorer teams who go to sea to pursue their dreams, and the robbery gangs composed of wanted criminals.
The only two talents they need are the ability to go to sea and the ability to kill people.
These stories of pirates are sung by bards; good sailors on merchant ships and fishing boats may become pirates at any time, and pirates who offend others may also hide somewhere anonymously.
——This is the real deal, a pirate country.
"The environment here at Danny Sawyer surprised me a little."
Wearing a white robe that only exposed his left arm, and holding a scepter like two snakes intertwined in his right hand, the white-haired boy walked on the noisy street while talking: "I thought Denis Sawyer was better than Field."
The islands are much more prosperous.
"...I didn't expect that this port didn't even have roads repaired. Moreover, this smell..."
Annan frowned.
He looked suspicious of life.
As soon as he came out of the subway, Annan was almost fainted by the strong fishy smell.
There was obviously no seafood market selling fish around, but there was a smell of blood and fish mixed in the air.
There are many people coming and going in this port, including merchants and men in robes dressed as wizards.
Annan even had some doubts as to whether their nearly floor-length robes might get stained by dirt on the ground and leave an unpleasant smell...
"...Where does this smell come from? Isn't this the most prosperous port in Denisoa?"
Because when Annan spoke, he had an obvious winter accent.
This made the passing Denisoyan look back in surprise.
But they were not curious about it, and they didn't care what he said. The relationship between the Denisoyans was distant and indifferent - they might frown and mutter Annan's discourtesy in their hearts, but they wouldn't.
If you really say it, you won't even remember it.
But in the middle of winter, two people who don't know each other at all may suddenly start a fight on the street over a word or a look, and even beat each other to a bloody head.
"This is what you don't understand, Your Majesty."
Isaac, on the other hand, took a deep breath of contentment - I don’t know if Hugo gave his puppet a smell function, but now it seems that it probably does.
He has a very distinct Denisoyan accent when he speaks, which is different from the pronunciation he had in Black Tower.
"how?"
"You should be able to smell the stink."
Isaac said with a smile: "If the port can't smell the stink, it will be fatal.
"The smell of fish, the rotten smell of corpses, the dust on the goods..."
He said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
He glanced back and looked at the street corner: "There is also the unavoidable smell of copper.
"I am very familiar with all this...it is no different from a hundred years ago."