Chapter 315 Notoriety
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Fishman Island
Dragon Palace
"Go to sleep, my dear baby~"
A giant mermaid, more than ten meters tall, was holding a little mermaid and coaxing him to sleep.
In the palace below, a seahorse mermaid and a catfish mermaid were chasing a blue-haired, chubby little mermaid in 5th gear. The two sides were running around in the palace, chasing each other.
"Your Highness Shark Star, please don't swim so fast. There are too many pillars in the hall and it is very dangerous. Stop quickly!"
The two were already out of breath after chasing for a long time.
The one-year-old prince Shark Star was still a little kid who could only babble, and continued to shuttle around the hall, swinging his fish tail.
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"report!"
An armored merman guard ran in from outside and was about to report something, but he saw King Neptune on the throne raised his index finger, put it to his mouth and made a gesture of silence, indicating that he should not wake up the baby who had just fallen asleep.
Neptune waved again, and two maids hurried forward. One of them gently took the second prince from his arms, while the other ran to take the eldest prince, Shark Star.
After the two maids took the two princes away, Neptune asked:
"Didn't I ask you to escort the Whitebeard Pirates out of the Dragon Palace? What's wrong? What happened?"
"Your Majesty, the Whitebeard Pirates have left safely. There are a few more human merchants claiming to be from the Bra Merchants Guild who want to see Your Majesty."
"Bula Chamber of Commerce?"
Neptune frowned and asked:
"What is the origin of this Bra Chamber of Commerce? Have any of you heard of it?"
"I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember where it is at the moment."
The right minister touched the round belly of the seahorse and recalled.
"I haven't heard of it. Are they human merchants? Maybe they want to do business in Fishman Island, so they come to pay a visit to Your Majesty and give gifts first? How polite they are."
The Left Minister stroked his two long catfish whiskers and sighed.
The humans who came to Fishman Island, whether they were pirates or merchants, basically no one would take Ryugu seriously. On the contrary, if Ryugu Castle was not independent of Fishman Island and the import and export could only be opened from the inside, the pirates would even want to capture Ryugu. The mermaid royal family? To them, it was just a species that could be sold at a higher value!
It really makes the listeners cry and the listeners sad!
The left minister turned to the guard and asked:
"How many of them came?"
"Your Excellency, there are four of us, a young couple, a child, and a tall and strong man."
The guard reported truthfully.
The Left Minister nodded. With his family and a bodyguard, at least he didn't look like a bad guy who was here to force the city gate open and do something bad to Longgong City. He became more certain of his guess.
Although his wife, Princess Otohime, has always hoped that Fish-man Island should communicate more with humans, and Neptune has always supported his wife's ideas by setting an example himself, he had just received an important guest from the Whitebeard Pirates and really didn't want to work overtime.
So he waved his hand and said:
"Tell them to go back and tell them that I'm tired and don't want to see any more guests today."
"Yes!"
The guards responded and prepared to retreat.
Neptune thought for a moment and added:
"By the way, if they are giving gifts in order to do business on Fishman Island, just tell them that it's not necessary. I have received their kindness. As long as they abide by the laws of Fishman Island and don't do anything that harms the residents of Fishman Island, that will be fine."
"Yes! Your Majesty Neptune!"
"Wait!"
"My Lord, do you have any other instructions?"
Just as the guard was about to run out of the door, he was stopped by the right minister. The fishman guard turned around and saluted with a normal expression, without any dissatisfaction. He had been working in the palace for some years and was used to this kind of thing.
Seeing that Neptune and the Left Minister were waiting for him to speak, Kaiba the Right Minister did not keep them in suspense and spoke directly:
"Your Majesty, I suddenly remembered where I heard about this Bra Merchants Association."
"Oh? Tell me quickly."
Neptune asked curiously.
"I overheard it from the conversations of those human pirates. It is said that a very large Chamber of Commerce has appeared in the first half of the Grand Line in the past two years. They have thousands of armed ships and are trading with many countries and islands in the first half. It is rumored that this Chamber of Commerce is not only powerful, but also very brutal. All pirate ships that encounter them will be destroyed, regardless of whether they attack the caravan or not!"
"Nani?!"
Neptune and Catfish Left Minister were both shocked when they heard this.
"Thousands of armed ships? This is too much. They will destroy all the pirates they encounter? Isn't this even more brutal than pirates? Is this true?"
You have to know that even a top pirate force like the Whitebeard Pirates, with the large fleets under their command, may not be able to muster more than a hundred ships at most.
Although combat power cannot be measured simply by the number of ships, financial resources can!
"It is better to believe it than not to believe it! Your Majesty Neptune! We must take it seriously! If only one or two people said so, it might be an exaggeration, but so many pirates are so afraid of the Bra Merchants. It has almost become their nightmare to encounter a caravan flying a goldfish flag on the sea. After arriving at Fishman Island, the pirates celebrated that they would soon enter the New World and finally escape from the influence of the Bra Merchants. So, I am afraid that the rumors are true!"
"Ah this!"
Neptune was already sweating coldly, he almost offended a powerful giant.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay that you reminded me! Quick, quick, go and invite them in! No, no, no, that's not right, I should go and greet them myself, you guys go and invite Princess Otohime out."
Neptune commanded in a panic.
It's no wonder that he, as the king of Fishman Island, has no dignity that a king should have. All his confidence comes from strength! The overall strength of Fishman Island is too weak! There is not a single real strong man! Otherwise, they wouldn't live in this world with the sea as the background. Mermaids and fishmen who have the best time and place have fallen to the point where they are robbed and kidnapped by pirates and slave traders.
Fishman Island can only work hard between various forces and survive in the cracks.
Neptune was well aware of the embarrassing situation they were facing, so as the King, he was extremely cautious and treaded on thin ice, fearing that one day he would accidentally offend someone he could not afford to offend, which would bring disaster to the Fishman Island. This island hidden ten thousand meters deep under the sea was the last pure land for their fishmen and mermen.
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