The Laughing Clown in Pirate

The great Celestial Dragon Willibald Saint and his wife are coming to the Water City, which is undoubtedly a big event for the poor Water City.

The officials were overjoyed about this, hoping that after catching the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, they would rise to prominence.

This is not a wishful thinking, but it happens often. Not long ago, an official who made the Tianlong people happy was promoted to the Judiciary Island as a prosecutor.

The merchants accurately said that the shipbuilders were also looking forward to this. The Tianlong people were always generous, and they might be able to take a fancy to their ships and make them a lot of money.

The civilians are also happy about this, because officials and businessmen say this is a good thing. Most of the civilians who have never been out of the surrounding seas in their lives naturally feel this way.

In short, the arrival of the Celestial Dragons is a good thing for everyone in the Water Capital!

After receiving the news that the Tianlong people were coming to the Seven Waters Capital to travel and live for a short period of time, Ma Kai, the mayor of the Water City, issued an order to rectify the city's appearance.

The city is required to be clean and tidy, there should be no garbage piled up on the street, and no vendors are allowed to set up stalls to sell things along the street except in the market.

The mayor spent a large sum of tax money to paint all the houses in the city with white walls and blue roofs, because he heard that the houses in the Holy Land were decorated like this. He wanted the Tianlong people to feel like they were home.

After so much effort has been put into the house, the decoration in other places is naturally indispensable.

The most obvious one is the south gate of the Water City. The mayor specially built a vault that is 30 meters wide and 50 meters high, with the words "Welcome to Willibald Saint" written on it for inspection.

Next to the gate, a huge flag printed with the words "City of Water and City of Civilization" made in a hurry sounded in the sea breeze.

On several main rivers, there are wooden boxes filled with soil and transplanted flowers every fifty meters, extending all the way to the city hall at the top of the water city.

The mayor also specially invited a famous singing group from the Grand Line and asked them to take six cruise ships to sing the folk songs of the Water City on the river at the South Gate.

I hope that the Celestial Dragon Lord Willibald Saint will leave a good impression on the Water City, and naturally he will also leave a good impression on him as the mayor.

The heavy rain has stopped, and Espagu, nicknamed Iceberg, is holding a blue umbrella in his hand and walking along the coast of the residential area of ​​Water City. He was not supposed to leave the garbage dump where his master Tom Boatman lived until 9 p.m., but

Because of the city's renovation, he had to go home early to help.

At the entrance of the alley, Espagu stopped. A merchant ship was docked on the shore of the main road of the Water City. The boarding board was lowered. Several sailors were carrying transplanted flowers about 1.5 meters long and 0.5 meters wide.

boxes and place them next to the river.

Espagu first looked back and saw that flower boxes like this were already placed on the road he was walking on. He then raised his head and looked up. He could not see the end of the city hall.

The sweating sailors put down the flowers and reboarded the ship, removed the boarding board, and the merchant ship loaded with flowers set sail again until it stopped again fifty meters away.

Espagu, who was born in a merchant family, is not an ignorant commoner who knows nothing about politics and business.

The financial situation of the Water City has always been poor. The annual Water Gods Tsunami not only prevented the residents from retaining their wealth, but also caused a flood period of about 20 days to a month. During the flood period, people were unable to work.

Therefore, the City Hall of the Water City has always reserved post-disaster relief food and relief funds after the Water Gods tsunami.

Nearly a year has passed since the last Water God Tsunami, and the new one is yet to come. Looking at the current situation in the Water City, that bastard mayor must have spent all his money on a grand event to welcome the Celestial Dragons.

Espagu clenched his fists angrily, but was powerless to do anything. He was just a civilian and could not have any influence on those in power.

The reason why he did not follow his father in business but became a disciple of Tom and entered the shipbuilding industry was that although he loved the shipbuilding industry, he also wanted to change the city.

.The shipbuilding industry is the lifeblood of this city. In the distant past, when the shipbuilding industry in the Water City was extremely prosperous, even though there was an annual tsunami of water gods, the entire Water City was still relatively wealthy.

In the midst of extreme anger towards those in power, the bored Espagu walked for more than ten minutes back home. Since his family had few assets, they had a large yard.

"Aspago, you are finally back. Come and help me with your boat-painting skills!" Espagu's father, who was standing on a ladder and painting the wall, shouted. "Those abominable maggots asked us to put them out."

The exterior walls are all painted white! After painting the walls, we have to paint the roof!”

His mother was painting the lower wall, and his younger brother was also carrying a bucket to help.

Espagu picked up the apron hanging aside and picked up the paint brush. The wall paint smelled very unpleasant, but it was expensive waterproof paint, which was a good thing.

For buildings in the water city, waterproofing is very important. Residents should regularly check the waterproof layer of the house and repair it immediately if there is any damage.

"They gave 6 buckets of wall paint?"

"Damn 6 barrels!" the father on the ladder yelled angrily: "They only gave me 2 barrels in total, and I paid for the other wall paint separately. The dealer also took the opportunity to increase the price by 20%. I guess

It will still go up tomorrow!”

"Dad, you are not such a generous person!" Español quickly moved another ladder and carried the blue wall paint to the roof.

"You think I am willing to buy it. If the wall paint is not fully applied, there will be some bad guys coming to inspect and fine you!" Espagu's father continued to curse: "At that time, it will not be solved by a few buckets of wall paint.

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"Damn it, the Celestial Dragons, if you don't stay well in the Chambord Islands, why are you here with us?"

"I've heard that florists who sell flowers make a lot of money. In these turbulent years, they actually make more money selling flowers than selling food. It's unreasonable!"

Espagu's father's business is mainly engaged in food transportation and sales. The environment of the Water City is not suitable for growing crops. In addition to fishery, other food in the Water City must be transported and supplied by merchants to surrounding islands.

Because his heart is not strong enough, he is often ostracized and suppressed by his peers, so he has always had a bad temper.

Espagu silently brushed the roof and did not respond. At this time, the neighbor's voice came from outside the yard.

"Madam, can you borrow some wall paint? I went to the market to buy it, but the merchants raised the price again!"

“The wall paint in our homes may not be enough!”

"Just a little bit is enough. We can paint an area equivalent to one door! The wall paint distributed by the government is not enough. Even though we have tried our best to save, there is still a certain area that has not been painted."

"The wall paint on the market is too expensive. Even if we buy the smallest size, we won't be able to use that much!"

Espagu straightened up and stood on the roof, seeing his red-faced neighbor bending over to plead with his mother.

"Look, I can pay you according to the amount of paint you pour. You know those maggots are the best at making excuses."

"Husband?" Espagu's mother asked her husband's opinion.

"We are all neighbors, just give him some money." Espagu's father shouted: "Sam, you don't need to pay. We are all neighbors, so we should do a small favor."

"Thank you! Thank you!" The man thanked him again and again. After collecting the wall paint, he was too embarrassed to leave immediately. Instead, he chatted with Espagu's father about some family issues.

It was probably because of the rectification of the city that he could not go out to set up stalls, and he complained that life was difficult without income.

Espagu continued to bend down and paint the roof.

He couldn't stand the hypocrisy of prosperity and excitement. But on the day when the Celestial Dragons came, he was probably helping out at Master Tom's garbage dump, so he could be out of sight and out of mind.

The Draco people would never go to the garbage dump to have fun...