The empress did not admit that she was a beneficiary of the slavery system. Although she did eat the fruit during her slave period, it was not the kindness of the Celestial Dragons, but the way the Celestial Dragons played with their slaves. She listened to Dulan's explanation that the slaves were Celestial Dragons.
Some slaves exchange dignity for material things, thinking that this is servility.
But by recognizing these, we can better understand who is the enemy and who is a friend. Otherwise, the end will be the same as Tiger. Tiger of the Sun Pirates did not die in the hands of the Celestial Dragons, but in the hands of ordinary people. He saved
He got off the slaves and kindly sent the slaves home, but was ambushed and died by ordinary people.
"Not all slaves are against slavery. Only by recognizing this can you avoid being stabbed in the back." Duran advised kindly.
Unfortunately, to the Empress' ears, this was just whitewashing the slavery system and saying good things to the Celestial Dragons.
"I will go to negotiate with Ghost Eye Island, and I hope they can accept the cooperation of Daughters Island."
Dulan asked: "Even if the negotiation is successful, won't they tear it up? How can you be sure you can trust others on this sea? There are so many people in the world who make alliances, and there are even more things that fail." Those who make alliances and fail to make alliances.
There are too many things, ancient and modern, both at home and abroad, and we simply cannot believe in the binding force of an alliance.
The empress was silent. To be honest, she couldn't even trust the sisters on her daughter's island. In order to cover up her experience as a slave and prevent everyone from seeing the slave mark on her body, she lied to everyone that she had a tattoo curse of the petrified magic eye.
Therefore, when taking a shower, you need three layers of protection inside and outside.
Later, Luffy fell from the sky and fell into the bath, only to see her tattoo.
Why is she unwilling to show her tattoos to everyone? It’s because she doesn’t trust her. She’s worried that people will discriminate or even look down upon her because of her slave experience.
If you don’t even trust your own people, how can you trust outsiders?
There are too many alliances that were formed and failed. The Six Kingdoms Alliance in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Three Kingdoms and Eighteen Route Princes, the Wu-Shu Alliance... Anyway, the results were not very good. Because even if the alliance was defeated, no one would punish them.
The reason why people keep their word is mainly because the cost of breaking the promise is too high, not because people are born with credibility. People are animals, siblings can kill each other, and father and son can harm each other, let alone breaking an alliance.
It is perfectly normal to sign a contract just to break it.
With third-party surveillance and punishment for betrayal, everyone is forced to keep their promises. And third-party surveillance and punishment for betrayal are the core ideas of human society.
Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, France, Mohism, and religions are all building a platform where people can trust each other, and they control everyone to complete their contracts through rewards, punishments, and surveillance.
On the sea, between countries, the navy is the third party. On the local level, the nobles are the third party. But if the empress wants to form an alliance with Ghost Eye Island, it will definitely not be protected by the navy. Locally,
Even the nobles can't control it. Then there will be no one to supervise the performance of the contract by both parties, so there will be a chain of suspicion between the two parties.
The Empress does not believe in Guiyan Island, and Guiyan Island will not believe in the Empress. However, due to the Empress's strength, Guiyan Island will definitely use despicable plans to prevent it, and may even strike first.
The empress was questioned by Duran. Trust is really a luxury in this era. There are intrigues, betrayals and betrayals everywhere on the sea. You really can't trust others easily.
She hesitated because she knew very well that even if she signed a contract, she could break it at any time. For example, she was a Shichibukai, but she often did not give the navy face and would not fulfill all the obligations of the Shichibukai.
This man is indeed a bastard who destroys everything. I originally thought that negotiation was a good method, but when the other party questioned me, I lost confidence. Is there really going to be a war?
Their daughter's island, or Nine Snake Island, is not warlike. They just want a place to live and settle down. But in life, you can't do it without working hard. If you stand still, the outside forces will have bad intentions. So you must seek
Development, only by developing and growing can we protect ourselves.
But development requires hardship, fighting against inertia in the body, and constant competition with others, which is tiring, difficult, and risky.
"Actually, if you really don't want to take action yourself, you can also use the navy's demon-slaying order. As long as you bribe the navy, you can let the navy come out to wash the land and raze Guiyan Island to the ground." Dulan proposed another plan to kill people with a borrowed knife.
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It's too evil. This man is too evil. This is a moving natural disaster. Even the navy shuns this guy. He can't feel a trace of humanity in the other person's heart. He only feels that the other person is the incarnation of deep darkness. He is no longer a human, but a devil.
Constantly shaking people's hearts and constantly corroding people's hearts.
"I do hope that my hometown will develop, but definitely not in a way that harms others." the empress said firmly.
When Tom saw that the Empress's guard had been completely raised, he thought that Dulan was obviously a good person, but he usually did things too out of character. Tom knew very well that the high speed of the ocean current was Dulan's masterpiece. Dulan loved the world deeply and hoped for the world.
It's getting better and better. But the outside world only thinks that Dulan does everything except good things and is a complete madman, but he knows that Dulan is a good person.
"Okay, Empress, if you really want to develop, you can let people from Daughters Island come to work on Machinery Island." Expatriate workers are also a way to make extra money.
"Is that okay?"
"Of course, there are many jobs in the Machinery Island that are still vacant." Tom said: "As long as you have the ability, the salary will definitely not be low. Of course, some jobs will be very hard."
"We are not afraid of hardship." the empress said.
"That's no problem. You can ask your clansmen to join us at any time. Although we can't build highways in all places immediately, our philosophy is to get rich first to drive wealth later. The islands that develop first have the responsibility to drive the islands that develop later.
At the same time, the islands that develop later lend talents and resources to the islands that develop first, thereby forming a flow of resources and establishing an economic circulation that belongs to us." Tom said a very scary thing calmly. Once this flow is formed, what will happen?
Where are the world's navies?
It can be said that what Mechanical Island is doing is what the Navy is most afraid of, which is to build a new economic system. In this way, if there is a problem with the Navy's system, everyone can immediately switch to the new system.
However, the Mechanical Island will not shout and kill, it will just quietly do its own thing and build its own system. Before the system is completed, the Mechanical Island will not pose a threat to the navy.
The current behavior of the Navy is to continuously overdraw its own system, making it difficult for its own system to operate.
One is constantly destroying its own system, the other is constantly building its own system. In the end, it is obvious which one you choose.
Of course, the Machinery Island must also build a talent selection mechanism, otherwise it will still be dominated by the Tianlong people. It must give ordinary people the opportunity to receive education and cultivate ordinary people into talents.
Of course, low-level Celestial Dragons will definitely have the opportunity to challenge high-level Celestial Dragons, but not just by relying on their own strength, but with ordinary people.
Du Lan said: "Speaking of making money, I also have an idea. You are a Shichibukai and you have some spare money. Have you ever thought about loan sharking? Get involved in finance?"
Upon hearing this, Tom also said: "Empress, you can really give it a try. Mechanical Island has actually been considering doing financial work, but it lacks capital. If you are a Shichibukai, maybe you can."
"You mean to lend money to others and charge interest?"
"Yes, you can invest in young pirates and fund their dreams. When they succeed, you will gain both fame and wealth." Duran said.
"Are you so kind?" The empress couldn't believe Dulan.
"Didn't I say that you can better destroy by understanding the structure of society? Sometimes violence alone is not enough. You have to destroy the old by building new ones. Continuous innovation is also a kind of destruction." Duran said: "Wait.
You build a new system, and I will find someone else to build an updated system. If the rotation continues like this, the destruction will continue."
The empress thought that she was mentally ill, but this idea was better than invading others. She thought it was acceptable: "Master Tom, we can talk in detail."
After the rich woman's loan project is completed, Luffy can come to the rich woman to borrow money to repair the ship.