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Chapter 73 The mermaid isn't even in our possession yet, and we're already fighting amongs
Chapter 73 The mermaid isn't even in their grasp yet, and they're already fighting over credit? This is too much! (3/5)
Upon obtaining the mermaid, Green Pepper immediately blocked all related news and contacted the authorities back home.
As expected, the current Queen of the Flower Kingdom heard that Green Pepper had acquired a mermaid in the New World, a mermaid who was only a few years old.
ecstatic.
He quickly said that as long as Green Pepper brought the mermaid back to the Flower Kingdom.
All members of the Babao Water Army will be promoted one rank.
For Green Pepper, if he were to advance one more level, he could enter the true power center of the Flower Kingdom.
Like his father, who was also part of the previous generation of the Eight Treasures Navy, none of them were promoted.
In the end, he grew old and died on the Grand Line, without ever seeing his homeland one last time.
Green Pepper's urge to return to his hometown is somewhat related to his father.
Entering the center of power increases one's authority, but control of the Eight Treasures Water Army will not be relinquished—a win-win situation.
Green Pepper immediately declared that he would lead his army back to the Flower Kingdom from the New World and present the mermaid to Her Majesty the Queen. The thought of the extremely high treatment he would receive upon returning home made Green Pepper laugh in his dreams.
As a result, accidents always happen suddenly when people are happiest, and they are hard to guard against.
Green Pepper's political rivals in the Flower Country, the Left Minister's faction, have begun to join the battle.
There's only one goal: to claim credit!
As the leader of the Eight Treasures Navy, Green Pepper represents the contemporary Flower Kingdom's military faction.
Unfortunately, the Left Minister's faction represented the civil officials.
Although the Green Pepper faction is definitely stronger in terms of strength, the Left Minister has more influence in terms of discourse.
This was unavoidable, since the young coach had been leading the team outside for many years, and had also brought out most of the strong players.
The military officers who remained in the country were completely unable to compete with the Left Minister and others.
After the Left Minister and others intervened, the upper echelons of the Flower Kingdom began to openly engage in infighting.
If Brian knew about this, he would definitely exclaim: This tastes just right!
Since ancient times, civil and military officials have naturally disliked each other, and this remains true even in a different world.
This is especially true in a country like the Flower Country, where powerful clans and strict hierarchies exist.
The outcome of the struggle was quite obvious: the civil officials, led by the Left Minister, emerged victorious.
All the civil officials who held most of the power in the Flower Kingdom passed the order. It was no longer important what the current queen thought; the queen's order was issued that very day.
The mermaid, which was found in the New World, was to be received by the civil officials.
As for Green Pepper and the others, they stayed where they were, waiting for the people from the Flower Kingdom to come and take them over.
Before that, you must be responsible for protecting the mermaid's safety and there must be no mistakes.
This decision, which can only be described as brain-dead, has once again shattered the worldview of generals like Qingjiao.
Unexpectedly, even their own queen has reached this point of folly. What will become of the Flower Kingdom in the future?
Although the higher-ups did not say it explicitly, the military officers in the middle and lower ranks were clearly beginning to feel uneasy.
In fact, neither the Queen nor the civil officials were stupid; they all knew the current situation in the new world.
Moreover, the island that Chinjao and the others were asked to stay on was Rocks Pirates territory.
All these idiotic actions are nothing short of courting death.
But the Left Minister and his associates didn't care at all.
No matter how chaotic the New World becomes, it won't affect the West Blue; the World Government is standing in front of it.
For them, taking credit is the top priority; they can't let junior teachers advance any further.
If this tactic could lead to Green Pepper's death in the New World, that would be even better.
At this moment, the Eight Treasures Navy, Green Peppers, Mermaids, and so on all became important tools for the civil officials in their political struggles.
The struggle between the civil and military forces has become increasingly fierce.
They didn't care if the entire Eight Treasures Navy died, which would be a devastating blow to the Flower Kingdom's strength.
The entire Eight Treasures Navy was wiped out, and the Flower Kingdom is now ruled by their civil officials.
As for what will happen in the future, we'll see.
At this point, the command obviously cannot be changed, nor will it be changed.
Even though Green Pepper is the leader of the Eight Treasures Navy, and almost one of the strongest fighting forces in the Flower Country.
This order must be obeyed, unless you, Green Pepper, truly harbor rebellious intentions.
After much deliberation, the green pepper (a nickname for a political figure) ultimately swallowed the bitter pill and had no choice but to share the credit with the civil officials.
Meanwhile, he led his Eight Treasures Navy to garrison here for so many days, just to wait for people from the mainland to arrive.
This is also why Qingjiao and the others were so depressed and angry before.
After this wave, the young peppers' desire for power has become increasingly intense.
He understood that if he wanted to completely seize the initiative, he could no longer stay on the Grand Line.
Domestic power can sometimes have a greater influence.
If we keep letting these old guys stay in high positions and do nothing, it won't work.
The Flower Kingdom will perish sooner or later.
Green Pepper silently made a decision in his heart and began to deviate slightly from the original story; he wanted to seize power.
Coming to his senses, Qingjiao looked down at Daqiang and the others again and asked one last question.
"How are those pirates on the island doing? Still the same?"
"Yes, boss, and the number of pirates is much greater than a few days ago."
"Roughly speaking, besides our Green Pepper Pirates, dozens of other pirate crews have gathered on the island."
"The total number of pirates has reached nearly a thousand."
"Great, with them around, they can at least be of some use."
"But boss, so many pirates have gathered here, and there has been constant fighting these past few days. Many people have died."
"Some pirates even start fighting at sea, completely without order, making them difficult to manage."
Daqiang gets a headache just talking about this.
This group of pirates came from all directions, drawn by the scent, after the Green Pepper Pirates invaded the island.
Perhaps because this is Rocks Pirates' territory, the pirates are paying extra attention.
In addition, it is an important black market, where a large number of pirates gather.
A few days ago, the Green Pepper Pirates took the initiative to invade this black market, which really scared the pirates.
There was a lot of private discussion, with many believing that the old man, Green Pepper, had gone mad to do something like that.
The result was unexpected by everyone.
The Green Pepper Pirates took over the island, but the Rocks Pirates didn't seem to react much.
It wasn't that there wasn't much of a reaction; at the time, their main focus was on the Roger Pirates.
Besides this black market, riots also broke out in many other places.
Things have priorities, and the black market riots on this island were delayed for several days.
Seeing that the Rocks Pirates had not reacted, the pirates went crazy.
Following in the footsteps of the Chinjao Pirates, they plundered all over the island.
Since Green Pepper and his gang had taken over the central location of the auction house, they began plundering other areas, including civilians.
These ruins on the island are the result of the pirates' actions.
The vast majority of civilians on the island died at their hands, while the Chinjao Pirates were relatively few.
The looting had actually been completed two days earlier; the island had been thoroughly searched, but there was hardly anything left to gain.
Logically speaking, the pirates should have retreated.
At this time, the Green Pepper Pirates were delayed in taking action due to the orders from the Queen of the Flower Country.
They have to wait for the people of the Flower Kingdom to come and take the mermaids away; they can't leave even if they want to.
These pirates thought they were about to do something big, so they hesitated for a moment and weren't in a hurry to leave.
Then, a rumor began to circulate on the island, which drove the group of crazy pirates even crazier.