From Admiral to the Gotei 13

At the beginning of 1504, the naval headquarters Marlingford.

In Marshal Steel's office, Diarmuid was sitting on the sofa with a big grin, eating an apple in his hand.

"Bartholomy Bear, is that guy from the Revolutionary Army?" said Marshal Steelbold, smiling, as he looked at the papers.

As the words fell, he raised his hand to stamp his seal on the paperwork, and then picked up the next one.

With a 'click', Diarmoud bit down a piece of apple, and then chewed it while muttering: "When I was in Solbay, I met that fellow Dorage, and now it seems that it is normal for them to have an ambiguous relationship..."

"That's right. Marshal Steelbone nodded.

After a slight pause, he looked away from the document and looked at Diarmuid and said, "What do you think of his proposal?"

"Me?" Diarmuid thought about eating the apple, then shook his head and said, "That guy is not as simple as he said, there are other plans in it, so I don't plan to express any opinions, marshal, you think it's okay." "

"You kid is getting more and more cunning. The marshal complained, but did not ask anything more.

Diarmuid didn't mention the topic anymore, but asked, "What about the Warring States General, why didn't you see him when you came back?"

"I'm going to Mary Joy, the world conference is just around the corner, and there are some things that need to be arranged by the Navy over there. Marshal Steelbone said very casually.

"Really?" Diarmuid didn't care, and then asked, "Speaking of which, does our navy have any demands to mention at this world conference?"

"No, it's useless to mention it, the relationship with the above has been tense recently, as long as the military spending is not deducted in the coming year, I think it is a good fortune. Marshal Steelbone said with a smile.

"It's tense," Duarmuid muttered, but didn't say anything.

"Well, take a look. Marshal Steelb, thinking of something, picked up a document from the table, raised his hand and threw it to Diarmuid.

Diarmuid stuffed the remaining half of the apple into his mouth with the core, raised his hand to catch the file, and opened it to look at it.

After a while, Diarmud swallowed all the apples in his mouth, looked at the marshal of the steel bones, and said, "Isn't this a normal thing? I remember that in 1500, they also refused to participate in the World Conference. I haven't seen the Fish-Man Island royal family come to Mary Joya for a meeting, right?"

The document says nothing else, that is, the Neptune royal family of Fish-Man Island, refusing to participate in the World Conference.

This is not surprising, although Fish-Man Island joined the World Government two or three hundred years ago, and has been a stable member of the Nation ever since.

However, because of racial issues and slavery and other related issues, there are great differences and contradictions between Fish-Man Island and the world government, and between humans on the sea.

So they basically never participate in the World Conference, they just have the name of a member country.

Of course, I have to say that Fish-Man Island is rich and rich, and the heavenly gold can be paid on time every year... I don't know what to say about them.

Now, in the era of the sea pirates, there have been some drastic changes, such as the flag that Fish-Man Island is now hanging on, which is the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates, and they have been summed up in Whitebeard's territory.

In this case, it's normal for people not to come to the meeting, right?

Marshal Steelbone nodded first, then shook his head and said: "It's normal, yes, but normal doesn't necessarily mean correct, the location of Fish-Man Island is very important, if I can, I still hope to win the support of their position..."

"That's very difficult, as far as I know, the king of Fish-Man Island, the great knight of the sea, Neptune, is very repulsive to humans, and is a good friend of Whitebeard, not to mention, although the law prohibits the relevant slave trade, but in private, what the hell is Mary Joa, Marshal, you can't not know, there is a slave trade between the mermaid clan and the fish-man clan, which has been repeatedly banned, and there is even the support of the Draco people behind the back, in this case, it would be good if people don't turn their faces against you, do you still want to get their support?" Diarmuid glanced at the marshal and said.

That's right, Neptune didn't start out with the same attitude toward humanity as he did twenty years later.

At this stage, Neptune is very repulsive to humans, and it wasn't until after Princess Otohime died that he repented, inherited Princess Otohime's will, and began to devote himself to making Fish-Man Island communicate with the society on the sea or something.

Unfortunately, it didn't make much of a difference in the end.

"The slave trade—" said Marshal Steelbone, with a look of disgust in his eyes.

He also knew very well that the main reason for the gap between Fish-Man Island and the sea was the problem of this slave.

"Do you have any good solution to this problem of the slave trade?" asked the marshal again.

Diarmuid was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, as long as you nod your head, Marshal, I will go to Mary Joya now to kill all the Tianlong people, and if there is no business, there will naturally be no harm." "

"What nonsense are you talking about!?" said the Steelbone, glaring at Diarmuid.

"Hahahaha, marshal, you know it's nonsense, what can I do about this kind of thing?" said Diarmuid laughed.

Marshal Steelbone glanced at Diarmuid, and then said with a little emotion: "Although the world government is rotten, the five old stars are actually very thoughtful and acting, and they are not afraid to tell you that the five old stars also intend to reshape the relationship with Fish-Man Island, but they just don't know where to start." "

"With the power of the five old stars, it shouldn't be a problem to teach those lawless Celestial Dragons a lesson, right? As long as the slave atmosphere can be stopped, things will still take a turn for the better. Diarmuid said softly.

"It's not that simple, although the five old stars are the highest-ranking Celestial Dragons, they can't just arrange the affairs of the rest of the Celestial Dragons... I don't know exactly what the situation is, but..."Marshal Steelbone said this, pausing slightly, and his brows furrowed.

"But what?" asked Diarmuid curiously.

Marshal Steelbone thought for a moment, and finally said: "The group of Celestial Dragons on Mary Joya, who seem to be wastes now, also seem to have a very key role, for the world government..."

"Role," Duarmuid muttered, and then asked, "Is it about the legitimacy of the law and reason of the world government?"

The twenty kings were the founders of the world government, and as a result their descendants enjoyed great power and were called the descendants of God.

This is the origin of the Draco people, and the reason why the world government provides for the Draco people like this, in a political sense, is because the existence of the Draco people represents the legal and rational orthodoxy of the world government.

Marshal Steelbone shook his head and said: "It's not a political reason, it should be related to some secrets of Mary Joy, and I'm just chasing after the wind, I don't know the specifics." "

"Well—" Diarmuid nodded, not asking any more.

After all, the marshal said that he didn't know, so what else did he ask?

"Well, that's not something we should be thinking about. The Cyborg Marshal shook his head, not ready to talk about the dragonmen anymore.

After a pause, he looked at Diarmuid again and said, "Is there really nothing to do?"

Diarmuid smiled helplessly, and said: "It's nothing more than strengthening ties or something, if you really want me to talk about it, have you considered marshal, forming a special force like the Giant Army, which will be served by the fishmen? This may be able to improve the relationship between the two of us." "

The Cyborg Marshal glanced at Diarmud and said, "You may not know, but once our navy did something similar. "

Diarmuid's eyes lit up and he said, "And then?"

Then, it failed. The Marshal said in a slightly helpless tone.

Without waiting for Diarmuid to ask, he explained: "How to say, the merfolk don't have to think about anything, they are relatively peaceful in nature, regardless of whether they are male or female, and they are not suitable to be members of the battle sequence, so we only absorbed the merfolk at that time..."

"Well, with ten times the basic strength of humans, and at the same time being able to breathe freely in the sea or something, this race, to be honest, I think is more adapted to the world than humans. Diarmuid nodded.

"That's right, we also took a fancy to these at the time, but there are gains and losses, and while the Fish-People have great power, they are also naturally extremely irritable and rude, extremely poorly disciplined, and quite xenophobic..."Marshal Steelbone said softly.

A flash of confusion flashed in Diarmud's eyes, and then he asked, "Is this the reason for the final failure?"

"That's right, in the end, the special unit formed by the fish-men rebelled and finally disbanded, and since then, there has been no relevant proposal, maybe they are very good at being pirates or something, but being a navy... It's really not suitable. The steel marshal said helplessly.

"That's a pity. Diarmuid said with some emotion, he really didn't know that the Navy had made these efforts.

"But not all fishmen are rude, are they?" asked Diarmuid again.

"Of course not, there are always cases, some fishmen don't have that kind of irritable gene in their blood, they can tame their wildness...", Marshal Steelbone said.

Similar to Jinping, similar to Fisher Tiger, they should all be this kind of people, and even Hachi is estimated to be.

It's just an individual case, it's useless, and it can't change the general trend.

"Then there's not much I can do," Diarmoud shrugged.

The marshal of the steel bones had nothing to say when he saw this, this matter was so difficult to do.

But at this moment, Diarmuid suddenly spoke: "Princess Otohime of Fish-Man Island, does she have a lot of kindness to humans?"

The Steelbone Marshal frowned, and said with some hesitation: "I don't know very well. "

"Marshal, you're going too far, you want to appease Fish-Man Island, but you don't know the status quo at all, isn't that empty talk?" Diarmuid complained.

"Hahaha, I was wrong, so I'll send someone to investigate the situation. The Steelbone Marshal said.

"Well, if Princess Otohime really has a good stance towards humans, then our navy may be able to start from this aspect and support her, and in her capacity, maybe it can work wonders. Diarmuid said with a smile.

"I'll give it a try. Marshal Steelbold nodded in response.

Picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip, Diarmuid asked again: "I always feel that the Warring States generals are busy to death all day long, why don't I feel a little busy? Marshal, is there something wrong with my general?"

"Nothing is a problem. Marshal Steelbone smiled, and then explained: "Sengoku is special, he is not just a general, he also takes on a large part of the duties of a marshal..."

There was nothing to hide, and the steel marshal said generously: "When I retire, or be promoted to commander-in-chief or something, he will definitely take over the position of marshal in the Warring States, so now he is arranging these jobs so that in the future, he can quickly accept all the powers of the navy." "

"That's it, then I can fish in peace, hahaha. Diarmuid teased.

At this moment, the phone bug in Diarmud's pocket rang, he took it out and looked at it, and said, "It's Gion, marshal, I'll leave first if there's nothing to do." "

Marshal Steelbone smiled, nodded, and said, "Go ahead." "