One Piece: I Am Really Not Crocodile

Wallos Fortress, also known as Fortress No. 13, is a bay city facing southeast. It is rich in fishery products. Fishing boats of different sizes can be seen coming and going on the pier. Many wrestlers carry fishery products and send them to carriages. .

"Hurry up, these are the Duke of Valos's favorite food, pick the best and freshest, and send them to the Duke's mansion immediately, if you neglect, be careful of your dog's life." There are noble guards on the dock to supervise , a small boss waved an iron thorn whip and slammed it on the ground, causing a series of sparks and sonic booms.

Behind the pier, there is a tall city wall that looks gray and silver as a whole. The city wall is more than 30 meters high, and there are sentries on it. Under the city wall, there is a row of two-storey fortresses.

There are cannons installed on the city walls and fortresses, and the whole city looks very fortified, but obviously, these are not for war, but to supervise the city builders who are responsible for strengthening and renovating the walls.

As far as the eye can see, the city wall is endlessly spreading, and the builders of the city are sweating like ants perched on a giant beast. Under the scorching sun, everyone is working hard, and from time to time, they can hear the scolding sound from the supervisor in charge.

"It's much more lively than expected." Rosen looked at the pier, where there were many fishing boats docked, as well as merchant ships and refugee ships from various places coming to the Kingdom of Andia. There were really a lot of people.

At this time, a refugee team passed by Rosen Robinson and others, their voices were full of excitement and longing: "My wife, that's great, great, we finally reached the Kingdom of Andia, I heard that here is The safest country, now we don't have to suffer from war anymore"

A middle-aged man, a family of five, two boys, one girl, not too young, all about seventeen or eighteen years old, but they all look thin, malnourished, not in a good state of mind, very tired, I don't know which country he came from.

"Hmph, filthy low-class people, don't block the Earl's way, drive them away, really, it's better to be a king, there are some dirty beggars here." A thin, pale man The noble man looked at the civilians and refugees pouring into the Valos fortress with disgust.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two teams of guards with dozens of people around him automatically opened the way ahead, and the refugees and civilians who heard the voice quickly moved out of the way.

Obviously, the person who came was a dignitary of the Kingdom of Andia, and ordinary people like them naturally couldn't afford to provoke them.

Rosen also stepped aside, watching silently, came from the capital? Judging from the tone of voice, it should be rare to come here before.

Coming to Valos Fortress at this time, it seems that the propaganda during this period has played a little role, arousing some suspicions of the king, so did you send this person to investigate the situation?

"All those who enter the city must pay a fee of 2 million Baileys per person according to the population. Those who have not paid the fee can go to the city defense department to register first, and they can use their work to earn enough money." After the nobles entered the city, the rest If you want to enter the city again, it will not be so easy.

"2 million Baileys, why do we need to charge money to enter the city? The captain who sent us here didn't say that, and it's so expensive!" The five men in the family were stunned.

2 million Baileys is not too much for pirates or businessmen, and it is not to say that it is absolutely impossible for ordinary families to get it, but if one person needs 2 million Baileys, then the five of them will need 10 million!

This is an amount that they wouldn't even have if they had been sold. As soon as the captain of the guard said this, it immediately caused dissatisfaction and reactions from many people.

Instead, some businessmen and rich people entered the city triumphantly after paying the money, and turned their heads to glance at the ordinary people who were turned away with disdain.

"Bang!" Seeing that the atmosphere of the discussion was getting more and more intense, the captain of the guard felt that it was almost the same, took out his pistol, and fired into the sky.

Then he said coldly: "What's the noise? Don't we, the Duke, spend huge sums of money to build such a big barrier without spending money? And there is no money. If you work, you will have money. All trespassers will be killed."

Crash! Bunkers, city walls, gates, more than a hundred heavily armed soldiers raised their spears and pointed at everyone, and the scene fell silent.

Seeing this, the captain of the guard smiled coldly, and everything was under control: "Those who don't want to stay can leave, those who want to stay, there is a registration office over there, as long as they register and sign the contract, they can temporarily enter the foreign country. city ​​life."

"Can I enter the city after signing?" Someone couldn't help asking, many of them were desperate.

Of course, there are also some who are unwilling to go back like this, after all, when they came here, they had already spent almost all of their wealth.

"Of course, but if you want to intrude, take a good look at the corpses hanging on the wall, that's the end. Don't think that you can invade the iron wall Valos casually, and the sea is outside the city, and the other three sides are fierce beasts behind it. If you don’t want to live in the forest, you can try it.” The captain of the guard pointed to the ten-meter-high city wall, where several corpses were hanging.

In fact, many people have seen this corpse long ago, but in this world, seeing a few corpses is completely trivial, and no one cares about it.

And from the mouth of the captain of the guard, I learned that these should be lawbreakers who did not want to pay the money and broke into the city without authorization.

"I'll sign it." It's not about killing people, it's just a job contract. For most people, it might be a good choice.

"What about the kid?"

"The children are charged 1 million Baileys. If you can't work, those who can do it will bear it. If you earn enough to enter the city, you will be free in the city." The captain of the guard replied.

Rosen watched all this silently, and also watched many people line up to sign the so-called contract at a place in charge of registration next to the city gate.

"President of the AKS Chamber of Commerce?! Please." The captain of the guard saw Xi Ya and others in the middle of the crowd. Although his face was still cold, his tone eased a lot and his attitude changed.

Because the AKS Chamber of Commerce is a giant in the construction industry, and there are many workers under it, they are celebrities in the Kingdom of Andia, and he is not something that he, the captain of the guard, can offend.

"Will these people all be registered under the name of the AKS Chamber of Commerce?" Rosen and the others entered the city without paying the fee. As soon as they entered the city, Rosen saw the messy gathering place tent.

The outer city is almost a gathering place for construction workers, the inner city is the people who actually live and live in the barrier, and the high city is the aristocratic area. The three major areas divide the three classes of people in the Kingdom of Andia.

This is the most basic ruling structure of the Kingdom of Andia.

"It is under the name of the AKS Chamber of Commerce, but in fact, our AKS Chamber of Commerce is more of a worker who provides construction drawings and maintains some fortresses. Since joining the Pheromones Chamber of Commerce, many decision-making matters are no longer ours. Well, our AKS Chamber of Commerce currently only has the right to advise and part of the supervision power, and has no absolute governance power, especially after the death of my father, the distribution of rights is basically finalized, even if I want to take it back, it will not be so easy." Xi Ya's face is not so easy. It's great, because she knows very well what the fate of this group of people will be.

"What will happen to them?" Robin was thinking. Judging from the situation just now, if the work can be paid back, it would be a good choice. At least within the barrier, it is generally not attacked by pirates and the like .

"Look at them." Shea glanced at the people in the outer city.

Rosen and the others heard the words and took a closer look. Beggars, there are a lot of beggars, and the beggars are truly disabled and sick. Some nobles and rich people will occasionally give a little money.

In addition to beggars, Rosen also saw many billboards that said selling children, selling girls, and selling oneself. Every time they walked, the faces of Rosen and others became more and more serious. He saw many overworked city builders, Dying.

From time to time, some corpses can be seen being carried away.

Sadness everywhere? Luo Sen didn't know if it counted, but Luo Sen could already see the future of the group of people who entered the city just now.

"My lord, please buy my son. He is only 7 years old. I can't live anymore. I beg you, whoever buys him will be enough to give his mother some medicinal materials to survive. Please... Ahem..." A man who looked young but was already old and outrageous kowtowed desperately to every pedestrian passing by.

Beside him, there was a woman who was terminally ill, and a scrawny little boy.