Chapter 368 Charlotte
Rhine invited the young Hawkeye to join the alliance, which is a very rare event in the Sea King Alliance.
In this sea, there are very few young people who are worthy of being specially invited by the Sea Kingship Alliance.
At least it has to be a congenital great swordsman holy body like Hawkeye, or a congenital domineering holy body like Red-haired Shanks. However, Lex does not intend to invite Red-haired Shanks.
In fact, Rhine's invitation to Hawkeye to join was just Rhine's personal behavior, but Lex knew about this behavior in advance and acquiesced to it.
Rhine, as the second-in-command of the Hiku Pirates and a great swordsman of the mythical beast species known as the 'King', is undoubtedly the core figure on Lex's side. He represents Lex's will and ideas to a large extent, so before doing many things, it is not good to do so without Lex's acquiescence and support.
Of course, Lex has never been a person who abuses power arbitrarily. On the contrary, Lex adheres to the principle of laissez-faire towards all the forces under his command. He likes to delegate power to the forces under his command and let them make their own decisions. Lex is only responsible for providing the overall strategic direction.
For example, the trade chain plan a few years ago was proposed by Lex, then planned by Roy and Gut, who then called on all forces of all sizes in the New World to jointly promote its development. Now the trade chain has covered the entire Grand Route. All industries, sectors, fields, and routes have their own economic systems and development models that conform to their own laws. In recent years, Qinghai has also entered the fast lane of development relying on the trade chain. It can be said that it is changing with each passing day and its economy is taking off.
During this process, Lex only proposed the concept and idea of the trade chain and did not even propose any specific measures or plans. However, the trade chain still developed very well, unexpectedly well.
The reason is that Lex is good at delegating power and using people. He will not give orders blindly. He will leave professional matters to professionals. In this way, the greatest advantage of a huge military-industrial complex alliance can be brought into play.
And this huge military-industrial complex alliance is now dominating this ocean with unstoppable force.
Under such a powerful force that dominates the world, some forces are not having an easy time. It can even be said that they are sitting on pins and needles, and their days are like years.
……
Wan Guo Totland, Cake Island——
"Katakuri, give me an idea quickly!~"
Moria urged again.
Katakuri's sharp fishman mouth was hidden under the scarf, his sharp eyes flickered, he was confused at the moment, but he forced himself to stay calm. If even he, the second in command of the Charlotte family, was confused, then the Charlotte family would really be at the end of its road.
Seeing that Katakuri remained silent, Charlotte Smoothie said:
"Mom has died in the war, but the King of the New World still has no attitude towards our Wan Guo. He even ignored us after the war. However, many surrounding forces are eyeing us covetously. Without Mom, Wan Guo can't resist these hyenas at all. In the past few months, several trade chains that originally belonged to our Charlotte family have been occupied by many forces one after another, and the Bailey collected is nearly 80% less than before! ~ Second brother Katakuri, you should think of a solution quickly! ~"
Today's Totland, after the death of BIG MOM, has been on a downward spiral, getting worse day by day, and even some small, insignificant pirate groups dare to take a bite out of them.
The whole world has entered an era of great rise. Everyone has the opportunity to rise and the great era is booming, but their Charlotte family has reached a critical moment of life and death.
Katakuri said in a low voice:
"We can't rush this matter. The attitude of the King of the New World is the most important. He hasn't given a clear attitude yet, which means everything can still be saved. Mom died in Marinford for the war of the King of the New World. He will not stand by and watch her die now."
Seeing that Katakuri still has high hopes for Leon Lex, Charlotte Owen, his younger brother, is already impatient:
"Brother!~ Don't be silly, Lex's failure to express his opinion means he has given up on us! He is a treacherous guy, he sacrificed mom to win his war, but he turned around and abandoned us!~"
Hearing this, the Cake Castle suddenly fell silent. Katakuri's eyes were sharp as he glanced at everyone:
"Owen! Shut up! Never say such words again, and neither do all of you. Even if that person doesn't want to help our Charlotte family, we can't criticize him. Otherwise, even if that person doesn't take action, the strong men under his command alone are enough to destroy the entire Wan Kingdom! Have you forgotten about Barrett?!"
A few years ago, Charlotte Linling had the idea of leaving Lex. At that time, Barrett had just returned from studying in Fenghuai Qianli, so Lex asked Barrett to go to Wan Guo to teach BIG MOM a lesson. As a result, Barrett, who was only eighteen years old, fought with BIG MOM on Cake Island for five days and five nights, and finally defeated BIG MOM with the peerless secret skills taught by the Red Earl. At that time, Barrett shocked Qinghai and became very famous.
From then on, everyone in the world unconsciously began to fear the young and powerful Douglas Barrett. After all, even his mother was defeated by him.
Now, several years have passed, BIG MOM has died in battle and has completely become history, but Barrett has become more and more powerful, almost at the peak of his power. For most of the time when the King of the New World was not born, Barrett was Lex's arm in Qinghai, able to destroy all rebellious enemies with disloyal intentions.
Douglas Barrett, the youngest king-level fighter in the era of great rise! !
Barrett alone was enough to put the Charlotte family under great pressure, not to mention the King of the New World behind him, whose power was beyond their imagination.
Therefore, the idea of leaving Rex and leaving the New World was never Katakuri's choice.
The most urgent thing for Katakuri now is his own strength. As long as his strength breaks through the bottleneck and reaches the level of general emperor, the Charlotte family will be able to come back to life, and then everything will be saved.
External public opinion and internal conflicts have put tremendous pressure on Charlotte Katakuri. However, these pressures cannot overwhelm him. He is the support of his brothers and sisters and the last patriarch of the Charlotte family!
Katakuri looked around at everyone again and said:
"We will continue to shrink our sphere of influence. The trade chain will take away the funds. Only the elite members will remain in the affiliated pirate groups. Let the family members return to Cake Island. Moria will continue to be in charge of the affairs on Cake Island."
Gekko Moriah was a slave obtained by BIG MOM at the Pentles World Expo. After joining the Charlotte family, he and BIG MOM gave birth to two offspring with demon blood. Later, he was reused by BIG MOM. Now that BIG MOM has died in battle, Katakuri is the new head of the Charlotte family, and Moriah is the second-in-command.
Everyone replied: “Yes!”
However, after everyone left, a gloomy look flashed across Moria's eyes.
He is actually a spy arranged by Leon Lex!
However, the Charlotte family is no longer worthy of Leon Lex's attention, and no one has contacted Moria recently, which makes Moria feel that Lex has forgotten the Charlotte family.
And that's exactly what happened.
……
Lex, who was thousands of miles away in Fenghuai, was living a shameless life with his wife. The new world and the Charlotte family were not within his consideration.
"Oh, honey, I want a stevia milkshake~"
Gion shook Lex's arm, little stars twinkling in his crimson pupils.
Lex shook his head firmly:
"How old are you? Why do you look more like a baby than Yunxiu? You've become so fat~"
The first half of the sentence was fine, but when Gion heard the second half, he instantly became furious:
"Do you have the guts to tell me that again?!~"
"…Um, I mean, we're tired of stevia milkshakes. Let's have some strawberry salad."
"Humph~"
Leon Lex, who is almost thirty years old, still maintains the status of the second child in the family, and judging from the situation, he will probably continue to maintain it.
