Pirate Evolution Fruit

Chapter 502 Timber for Queen?
In the Kingdom of Alabasta at this time, in the palace hall, on the exquisite throne, the water-blue long-haired girl Weiwei wearing a crown is holy and noble, carefully reading the document with her slender hands, listening to the suggestions of the ministers below, and inquiring at the right time.
At this time, a fat scribe minister below suggested,

"Queen Weiwei, the kingdom is short of trees and the drought is still there. It is recommended to temporarily reduce logging and shipbuilding, otherwise more and more land will become desert!"

On the side, Icarem with a row of curly hair heard Weiwei's thoughtful expression, and hurriedly said,

"Queen Weiwei, no, the kingdom has a long coast and borders, and there are many people fishing for a living. If it is banned, the rapeseed city will cause a lot of people's resistance!"

"The kingdom's shipbuilding industry has long been declining due to the lack of trees. How can we go to other island kingdoms without ships!"

As soon as the words fell, all the ministers in the hall agreed, and there were many discussions.
"Yes, yes, it cannot be banned!"

"As one of the countries that joined the world government, the Kingdom is a strong country. It can't even build ships. It won't let other kingdoms laugh at us!"

"That's right, a ship must be built!"

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Holding the document, Weiwei saw that all the ministers in the hall agreed with Icarem's statement, but the document in her hand was provided by the fat scribe Snod who didn't speak anymore to observe the status quo of the kingdom.
She somewhat understood what was written above, but she didn't expect it to be this serious.
Her country is a desert kingdom, short of water, and naturally lacks wood. Without wood, there will be no ships. For thousands of years, the number of trees in the kingdom has been declining.
The reduction of trees has further damaged the ecology. She thought it was the cause of Crocodile, the former oasis city in the lower reaches of the Santo River.
The kingdom is originally a desert kingdom. Compared with other kingdoms, the supplies are scarce and in short supply. With a population of tens of millions, the people don't want to live a hard life. Looking at the businessmen and tourists from overseas, they are naturally unwilling.
She knew that there was no way to suppress this national desire. This was something she had heard since she was a child, and it had always been a major issue in the kingdom, and she didn't know what to do.
Stealing trees and building ships to go to sea has become something that the kingdom can't prohibit, and her father didn't pay much attention to such things.
However, the bad impact caused by privately felling trees has turned the land into more and more deserts, which is also a reality.
Weiwei thought for a while and asked,
"How is the trade situation of buying timber from overseas? If it is strengthened, can it solve the problem of citizens secretly cutting down trees?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall and ministers couldn't help being silent. One of them was a fat old nobleman in noble robes, wearing several diamond rings, and even had gold teeth in his mouth. He smiled triumphantly, everything was in his expectation Among.
None of the ministers spoke, and the nearby guard minister, Icarem, walked out directly, bent down again and said seriously,

"Queen, now the pirates on the great route are extremely rampant, and the number is much higher than before. The number of merchant ships traveling to and from various countries has been reduced by more than half. The impact of overseas trade is huge!"

"Buying timber overseas, the amount of timber in a ship is small, and the profit is low. Now there are five or six out of ten businessmen who dare not go to sea!"

"In addition to Earl Neil's family, they are also expanding the caravan recently to purchase wood for the kingdom!"

After the words fell, all the ministers couldn't help looking at the fat old nobleman. Although the ministers usually ridiculed this guy as an upstart, there is no doubt that this kind of behavior is for the country and the people, and he is a great hero of the Kingdom of Alabasta.
Queen Weiwei looked at the old guy and said softly,
"Earl Nealer!"

The fat old aristocrat in noble robes walked out straight away, and said with a sincere and respectful face,

"The old minister is here, for the sake of Queen Weiwei, for the kingdom, even if I die, I will bring enough wood from overseas to solve the crisis of the kingdom. This is the supreme honor of the Neil family!"

Seeing this, Weiwei couldn't help but smiled and said, "The Niele family has a heart!"

Earl Nile, looking at Weiwei, smiled sincerely and said,

"Don't dare, Nile has five sons, all of them are knowledgeable, capable in literature and martial arts, able to govern the country at the top, and Anbang at the bottom. I heard that Queen Weiwei has reached the age of marriage, for the future of the kingdom!"

"Also please be sure to give the old officials and children a chance, even if the old officials die, they are willing to die!"

As soon as the words fell, Niele burst into tears, with tears running down his face, all the ministers in the hall couldn't help but look at this old guy speechlessly, it was too straightforward, it was a bit shameless to actually want Weiwei to marry his son.
This clearly shows that Earl Nile, who bullied Weiwei when she was young, looked at Weiwei with eyes full of sincerity. He knew the former princess too well; for the sake of the kingdom, she dared to do anything.
Because of this, as the only importer of overseas wood, it is related to the stability and future of the kingdom. For the benefit of the kingdom, he is sure that Queen Weiwei will eventually agree to it.
Yes, for the benefit of the kingdom, the royal family and the Niller family formed an alliance, isn't it a perfect combination? It doesn't matter if they eat badly, even the fat scribe was specially introduced by him.
Wei Wei looked at the tearful Earl Niller below, bit her lip, relaxed, and said calmly,
"I'm not interested in your son, talk about the wood later!"

After saying that, she got up directly and headed towards the back of the main hall. Seeing this, Ikalem hurriedly followed behind, wanting to comfort her loudly;
But looking at Queen Weiwei who was stepping forward firmly and powerfully, she didn't know what to say for a while; although she felt that Earl Nealer was disgusting, she was right, the kingdom needs descendants to be stable for a long time.
From the perspective of interests, it is a good cooperation, but this kind of political marriage is definitely not what Weiwei wants.
Wearing a royal robe and a crown, Weiwei entered the huge lounge at the back, and just sat down at a table, when the maid brought a few cups of tea, Weiwei stretched out her hand and was so angry that she wanted to fall to the ground .
"hateful!"

Weiwei took a big sip of tea, and couldn't help but yelled, the maids were all afraid and didn't feel like making a sound; looking at this scene, Weiwei felt a little uncomfortable.
Being a princess and being a queen are two completely different situations. When you were a princess, you could still talk, but as a queen, even Icarem is now in awe of himself.
Even Nami, when facing herself, is a little cautious, not as comfortable as before, this is the loneliness of the king, and what kind of acting skills this is, cannot be ignored.
Thinking of this, Weiwei became more and more fond of Roland's unscrupulousness towards her, boldly daring to have an affair with her, the queen of a country, every night.
Thinking of this, Weiwei chuckled lightly, as if thinking of something interesting, she said brilliantly,
"I don't know when that idiot will come back!"

When the maid saw this, she couldn't help being surprised, but she didn't dare to ask more questions; Weiwei was still thinking about the solution to the lack of wood for the kingdom's shipbuilding. Now the number of pirates on the Great Route has increased by more than ten times compared to before.
Merchants dare not go out to import timber with small profits, so the kingdom can only send troops to collect it. It is better than being stuck by that disgusting Earl Niller.
A little bit of time passed, Weiwei was thinking about the kingdom's wood solution, Roland was exercising crazily in the windless zone, and Nami and Robin visited Albana, the capital of the day.
As evening approached, the sun sank below the surface of the sea and dimmed.
On the windless island boat, Roland was sweating profusely, steaming, and his muscles were bulging. When he lifted the zombie Ozzy up, he was about to change his posture and continue exercising, when he opened his eyes and saw the dimming night.
"By the way, Weiwei is still waiting for me!"

As if thinking of something, Roland threw Ozzy the Devil, threw it aside, reached out and touched his face full of water, his whole body was full of energy, but also full of exhaustion.
After quickly eating more than a dozen pieces of sea king meat next to him, he returned to the castle to clean himself, changed his clothes, and left the castle.
(End of this chapter)