Chapter 13 Dragon Kingdom's Rising Influence: Allies and Intrigues from All Sides

Garp and Dragon, father and son, both highly praised Kingdom business behavior.

This made many powerhouses take notice.

Garp, a Marine hero, and Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, both recognized Longguo's business behavior.

They even admired it.

Although the Kingdom earned fame and fortune from this cause, they also saved countless refugees.

These refugees would have died of hunger and pain if the Kingdom had not saved them.

In the eyes of Garp and Dragon, the Kingdom actions were truly righteous.

the Kingdom business model also refreshed the world's cognition.

However, the Five Elders and some Four Emperors did not look very happy.

They all thought the same thing.

"The couriers are civilians and not strong in combat, but they will become a powerful army one day."

"They have a strong sense of loyalty to the company and their intelligence gathering ability is also very strong."

"Dragon Kingdom is very good at doing business. It's hard to say if it's Umit's idea or someone else's."

"Umit has been famous in the world for 20 or 30 years, but he didn't have this ability before"

"We can't copy their business model, but we need to find a way to get high-quality seastone."

....

Many factions are sending people to Dragon Kingdom to make contact and try to get high-quality seastone.

"Brother Kaido, let me go there myself!" King said.

"I want to go too!" Jack said quickly.

Kaido agreed to let King and Jack go to Dragon Kingdom.

He thought that sending the three disasters would put enough pressure on the country and make things go more smoothly

.....

"Smoker, where are you?" Marshal Sengoku is also called Smoker.

"Sengoku, we're almost ready to go." Smoker said

"We need to hurry up. We can't get involved in the transportation industry, but seastone is a strategic material. Other forces won't just sit by and let us have it"

Sengoku didn't want, but he was ordered to.

Smoker is back in East Blue, and a fleet led by a Marine vice admiral is also on its way.

.....

"Do we need to send more people to Dragon Country?" Saint Jaygarcia Saturn asked

Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro said, "We'll send a team of CP0 to Dragon Country."

"Um!"

.....

"Perospero, go talk to them about the seastone business. If you can't talk to them, use any means necessary!" Big Mom said

"Um!"

.....

"Do you want me to go?" Marco asked

"No need. We don't need to do business with them. Seastone weapons are not very useful against truly powerful people. Besides, I have a feeling that Dragon Country is not as simple as it seems. Someone will try to test them soon. Don't worry."

"Isn't that simple?" Marco asked

"If it weren't for this so-called leaderboard, we probably wouldn't even know that this country exists. It's not easy for any country to achieve this. It's not just a single person, a fleet... but an entire country! This is something that has never been seen before in the history of the world. I wonder what kind of secrets this country holds."

.....

Sand Crocodile turned to his right-hand man, Mr. 1, and said, "East Blue is not far from us. What do you think?"

"While there is no harm in investigating, I believe that it would be more harmful than beneficial to our organization."

"How should we proceed?"

"Boss, there are too many capable people in our organization. If there are too many seastones appearing in Alabasta, it could be a threat to us, not necessarily a source of wealth."

"That's true. But this Dragon Country is a juicy piece of meat, and it's so close to us. We have a time advantage!"

Mr. 1 shrugged. "Whatever the boss says."

The boss probably already has a plan.

Many forces around the world are trying to get their hands on Dragon Kingdom economic lifeline.

These actions are being kept secret

[Umit: Thank my king, not me. His idea brought my fleet here and gave hope to these people.]

[Stussy: You seem a little crazy.]

[Umit: That's because I've seen what's beyond the mountains]

[Loan shark king: I never thought that money could be made this way before. This model is not complicated, but I just didn't expect it.]

[Golden Emperor: Stella...are you still there? ]

The Golden Emperor, who had not posted a barrage in a long time, finally worked up the courage to post one again.

[Stella: Yes. ]

The Golden Emperor who got the response fell silent!

What should I say?

[Stella: I don't think I know you. The person I know would never enslave others for money, sell their conscience for money, or auction others off like commodities. So, I think we were mistaken about each other.]

The arrogant Golden Emperor was now too weak to stand up.

He realized he had become the kind of person he hated the most.

Why?

[Kaido: You said before that Dragon Kingdom has three major sources of income. What is the third one?]

[Loan Shark King: Just these two sources of income could generate over 200 billion Baileys per year. What else could compare to that?]

[Umit: I don't need to explain any further. You all know what I'm talking about. And it's basically a done deal.]

[Sengoku: What do we all know?]