Chapter 321: Piltover's Guide to Assisting Alabasta
"Okay, everyone. His Majesty Wapol is also for the betterment of the Drum Kingdom, but his way of doing things is a little different from that of the old king.
People who want to escape from the control of the country are like rabbits thrown into the forest, and they will soon die.
His Majesty Wapol is also for their survival."
The new king ascends the throne, and naturally he must have his own team.
Although Dalton is a veteran of the Drum Kingdom, Wapol does not like him, the current kingdom staff-pawn, and the kingdom affairs officer Hei Molimo.
With their approval, Wapol's policy was finally implemented smoothly.
"Break off diplomatic relations? How long have I not heard this word?"
The people who went to mourn the old king returned to Piltover and brought back this new news.
He did not get a cold shoulder. After all, Wapol was still timid. He dared to oppress the civilians of his own country, but did not dare to offend Piltover directly.
Although he chose to break off diplomatic relations in a brain-twitch, he did not dare to let the other party's envoys who came to mourn get a cold shoulder.
Breaking off diplomatic relations is a national policy. If we don't give face to the envoy, it will be a direct slap in Orlan's face.
"Your Majesty Orlan, we..."
"If he wants to break off diplomatic relations, then let's break off. Follow the rules of breaking off diplomatic relations. Arrange a few ships to help those who can't survive to "smuggle" out."
Breaking off diplomatic relations is something that only makes sense when a strong country uses it on a weak country. On the contrary, it is like lifting a rock and hitting itself. It may not hurt now, but they will know how powerful it is after a while.
It's not worth attacking directly for such a thing, and the Drum Kingdom has few resources. The most valuable ones are those doctors.
But with Wapol's virtue, he will send those doctors here sooner or later. Piltover doesn't have to do anything, just provide some transportation convenience.
The example of Frevans was fine once, but it would affect the subsequent actions if it was used on a member country with complete royal power.
At the same time, in Alabasta, there was another scene.
Bear, Wolf, and Bonnie were handling official business in Alabasta.
"King Cobra, please look, this is the desert soil stabilizer invented by King Orlan. Just sprinkle this liquid on the yellow sand, and the desert will solidify into hard land.
This way it will have the conditions to serve as a foundation, and the railway can be laid.
Because of the desert environment of Alabasta, this will be a big project, but it doesn't matter, with the "Random Spray Flyer" I invented, as long as the route is planned, the spraying of the agent can be completed quickly."
After visiting Piltover, Alabasta was very interested in Piltover's island tram track.
But the national conditions of the two countries are very different, and Alabasta is a typical desert country.
The difficulty of laying rails in the desert is undoubtedly extremely great.
The track has high requirements for the slope, and it must be flat, but the desert is full of sand dunes. If you want to meet the slope requirements, it is very difficult to measure, and you have to level the land at any time.
The sand dunes in the desert can move with the wind, and the flattened sand dunes may be reshaped overnight.
The desert environment also restricts the entry of large equipment, which requires a lot of manpower and a huge amount of capital investment. Alabasta has thought about it for a long time and has only recently made a decision.
Even for Alabasta, it takes some time to save money for such a project.
For this kind of thing, an additional chief technical engineer must be sent. As long as the research does not require high heat dissipation, Wolf will basically not have any accidents.
And these things are all ready-made technologies, and Wolf can still handle them well.
Bear is a security escort. It is not possible to cross the island in the Grand Line without a bodyguard.
As for Bonnie,
She came here with Bear.
Bonnie is four years old this year. Although her body is not as exaggerated as Leliana, her Baccanian bloodline also makes her energetic and has a large appetite.
This is also one of the reasons why she likes Bear more between her parents.
Bear will happily give her all the food, while Ginny will only happily take the food away and eat it herself.
The action was not dangerous, and Xiong felt that his current strength was still good and he could protect his daughter, so he brought Bonnie with him.
"Fei Jun, feel free to criticize me"
"Grandpa Wolfe loves to give his inventions those weird names, and Uncle Orlan is more direct."
While Wolfe was describing the development plan, two colors of hair, one pink and one blue, were undulating by the window outside the meeting hall.
The pink one was Bonnie, and the blue one was Vivi, who was just one year older than Bonnie this year. Xiong and Wolfe have been here for a few days.
They were of similar age and had little difference in status, so they played together quickly.
Even when Xiong and his friends first came, a small misunderstanding was caused.
"Is this the daughter of King Orlan?"
"No, it's my daughter. She inherited her mother's name."
Because of the iconic pink hair, the people of Alabasta initially regarded Bonnie as Orlan's daughter. After clarification, some people regarded Xiong as Orlan's son-in-law.
But nothing serious happened.
"Weiwei, it's my turn."
"Wait a minute, I'll be down soon."
The two of them were eavesdropping, or rather eavesdropping blatantly, anyway, everyone in the hall noticed them.
Due to their height, they couldn't reach the window, even with a ladder, they were still a little short, and in the end they could only use the method of stacking people, letting Kalu stand on the top of the ladder, and one of them stood on Kalu's head.
"Gah!"
"Okay Karu, just bear with it a little longer and it will be over soon."
Karoo is a duck with a thick neck and belongs to Alabasta's endemic species - the runner duck.
Alabasta even has a fleet of running ducks.
"Bonnie, stand a little further in the middle, or the ladder may fall over."
"It's been so long, can Karu still hold on?"
"Don't worry, Karu is very strong. This is a fast-running duck that only exists in Alabasta."
"It's true that we don't have a running duck, but the cats in Piltover can drive robots and catch bad guys."
Unknowingly, the two of them began to compare, and at this time, a boy dressed dirty ran in from outside the palace and entered the hall smoothly.
"Weiwei, your guards here don't seem to be very good."
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In the hall, Wolfe had already introduced the construction plan, and Cobra himself had no other opinions.
The guard was about to pull the child out, but Kobra stopped him with a wave of his hand.
"The village is too dry! Why don't you come to save us?!"
"Because the weather is God's will, and although I am a king, I am powerless against the might of nature."
"But daddy told me that the king is omnipotent!"
"All I can do is try my best."
The biggest problem in Alabasta is still drought. Although Alabasta has a black technology called dancing powder, the essence of dancing powder is to benefit oneself at the expense of others.
It will concentrate the surrounding clouds into one place. Through dancing powder, it can make one place rain, but the surrounding areas will usher in stronger drought.
"Your Majesty Kobra, the father of this child is outside."
When the child questioned Kobra, the guard sent a new message, and when his father entered the hall, he knelt down while holding the child down.
"I'm extremely sorry, Your Majesty the King! Please forgive this bastard of mine, and I will bear all the blame!"
"It doesn't matter. There is nothing we can do about this drought. The affected residents should live here first, and we can slowly find a solution to the drought problem."
Kobra didn't pay attention to this kind of thing. His attitude towards the people was in sharp contrast to Wapol, and he said that he would provide disaster relief and rebuild his home.
The child's father, a man named Duoduo, kept kowtowing to express his gratitude, but the child, Kosha, could not accept this answer.
"What! You have no idea what the villagers are thinking!"
After saying this, he ran out of the hall crying.
Cobra didn't pay attention to the children who ran away. Today, the security in Alabasta is still good, and children are not in danger here.
On the contrary, Ikarem had a headache.
"Your Majesty, we don't have the budget to resettle these villagers. Building the railway is a huge expense, and..."
"Let's cut it from the palace's living expenses. Just save a little more."
"Your Majesty the King! Oh no! Princess Weiwei got into a fight!!"
Although Kobra didn't take Kosha seriously, Vivi hated the crying boy, and after he ran out, a conflict broke out between the two.
"What a bastard! How dare you do this to a country's princess! I'm going to kill him!!!"
Icarem acted even angrier than Kobra, so much so that Kobra, the king, tried to persuade his ministers to calm down.
"I'm sorry! At this point, I can only die to apologize!"
The matter with Ikarem was not over yet, Duoduo began to plead guilty again, which made Kobra very irritable.
"That's enough! It's just kids fighting! Don't be so pretentious!"
"Um. Actually, I haven't finished speaking yet. The boy was beaten again by Miss Boni, and he may have been injured more seriously."
"What did you say?!"
This time it was Xiong who overreacted. He even ignored that it was Bonnie who was hitting someone. His huge figure instantly disappeared into the hall, and he followed his sense of sight and color and came to Bonnie's side.
Looking at the stool that was broken to the ground, Kobra's expression became even more helpless.
"Is this going to turn into an international dispute?"
"No dad, Bonnie is very powerful. She threw that crybaby away in one go."
Leliana is a special case. Not all children can throw deliberate punches at the age of four or five.
Their fights were more of unstructured fights. At this time, physical fitness could almost determine everything.
At least when the bear came to Bonnie, he saw that Bonnie was unharmed, but Kosha who was thrown out by her had fainted.
"Bonnie, didn't I tell you not to fight?"
"He was the one who fought with Weiwei first. I want to protect my friend."
Bonnie stood by the wall with her hands behind her back, explaining why she did it.
"You are really like your mother. It is right to protect your friends, but you must distinguish the reasons and pay attention to the intensity of the attack."
The bear is just not aggressive, and in most cases, he will not choose violence.
But the bear is not incapable of fighting, especially after he realizes that fighting is indispensable if he wants his family to settle down for a long time, so he becomes more decisive in taking action.
This incident did not turn into any international dispute that Cobra was worried about, but instead made Vivi make a friend.
After this fight, neither Vivi nor Kosha was convinced, so they dueled again.
However, the result remained unchanged. Weiwei failed to beat Kosha, and Kosha still couldn't beat Bonnie.
Even if he had improved his health, he would still be thrown out when facing Bonnie.
Because of engineering problems, they have to stay here for a while, and Bonnie successfully became the leader of the children in this area.
After several consecutive failures, Kosha was completely convinced and let Bonnie become the leader of the Sandy Group, which was a local children's organization.
Vivi and Bonnie originally lived in the palace of Alabasta, but because of this, they often left the palace to play outside.
Kuma had no objection to this, and he always supported Bonnie in making friends.
Cobra had the same idea, and Cobra also felt that this was a necessary process for Vivi to take on the important task of Alabasta in the future.
However, this and that attracted the attention of some robbers.
The princess who left the palace without an escort was a mobile treasure house in their eyes.
A group of robbers surrounded them and wanted to kidnap Vivi for ransom, but they were stubbornly resisted by the children of the Sandy Group.
Bonnie was very strong, even not inferior to adults, but she had no fighting skills, and just threw stones with brute force.
Then she suddenly remembered that Wolfe had given her a flare, saying that she could use it to notify others when there was danger.
But after Bonnie blew the flare, no signal was sent out. The thing even only emitted some colorful smoke and then stopped moving.
"Grandpa Wolfe's invention is really unreliable"
Bonnie had just thrown away all the stones in her hand. After not finding anything to throw, Bonnie threw the flare out casually.
As a result, after the flare landed, a bunch of flaming things spewed out cracklingly, disrupting the pace of the robbers.
During this process, the bear was watching from behind. He was worried about a group of children going out to play alone.
He didn't take action immediately, just to see how Bonnie and the others would react when facing danger.
With an air cannon fired by the bear, the crisis ended. After the bear's analysis, the most unstable factor in the whole incident was Wolfe.
Therefore, when the bear took the children back to a safe place, he found Wolfe as soon as possible and explained the previous things to him.
The point is to emphasize that the flare invented by Wolfe is unreliable.
"Uncle Wolfe, can you please not give your invention to Bonnie in the future?"
"Isn't this quite useful?"
"Please."
The bear squatted on the ground, put his hands on Wolfe's shoulders, with a kind smile on his face, but from this smile, Wolfe felt some danger.
"Okay, I won't give Bonnie the things I just invented."
