Ian didn't forget his purpose of coming to Ace this time, so he asked Ace who was supporting him in a low voice, "Ace, have you met Tiki?"
At this time, Marshall D. Teach didn't seem to have the title of Blackbeard. It seemed that he got the title after he joined the Whitebeards, so Ian directly said his name.
"Tiki?" Ace froze for a moment when he heard the name, and then said, "Oh, I remembered, it's that guy. I've seen him on the boat, and he seems like a pretty good guy."
Ian nodded, confirming his guess. Tiki appeared here with Whitebeard, explaining that Whitebeard called him back after the Clockwork Island incident, so Ace and him must have met.
However, from Ace's answer, Ian found that Tiki seems to be a good disguise. Tiki has been in the Whitebeard Pirates for a long time, and he has always pretended to be honest and bold, and put himself Not only did he deceive others, but even Ace, a newcomer who just joined, seemed to have a good impression of him.
"Ian, have you met Tiki?" Ace asked Ian while helping him to walk.
"I know, I saw it when I was on Clockwork Island!" Ian said, thanks to the tingling all over his body, Ian was supported by Ace, and now he was very close, so he whispered to Ace: "Listen to me , Ace, you have to be careful about Tiqi, he is not as simple as he appears!"
Ace frowned and said, "But, I think he is nice. I also like the atmosphere in the Whitebeard Pirates..."
Ian shook his head and said, "Ace, have I ever hurt you?"
"No!" Ace laughed and said, "You and I are brothers, how could you hurt me? By the way, if I have a chance to meet Lu Fei in the future, I will introduce him to you. I believe he will also like you as a brother very much." of!"
Ian smiled and said: "Let's talk about it, but Ace, you must pay attention to my words!"
"Well, okay!" Ace nodded: "I will pay attention to that guy."
Hearing what he said, Ian was a little relieved. However, he calculated carefully and knew that Ace would probably spend two years with Tiki. During this period of time, the scheming black beard I'm afraid he will use his own performance to wear down Ace's vigilance towards him bit by bit. Maybe in the end, Ace will feel that Ian is over-hearted.
Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help but frowned, thinking about how to solve this problem.
It is impossible for him to join the Whitebeard Pirates. Joining the Whitebeard Pirates means recognizing Whitebeard as his father, but Ian has his own parents. The two masters Koshiro and Lei Li, his sister Kuina, and the junior brother Sauron, all relatives are still there, so unlike Ace who lacks fatherly love, psychologically Ian can't accept recognizing others as his father. Dad's.
Ian admits that Whitebeard is really good, he really treats Ace and the others as his sons, if Ian is really that kind of poor person, maybe he really follows Whitebeard and regards the brothers of the Pirates as his family It is also a good home to look at in the same way.
The problem is, Ian isn't.
If there is no big deviation in history, then two years later, during the time when Luffy went to sea, Tiqi would kill the captain of the fourth team, Sage, and betray White Beard Sea because he wanted to snatch the dark fruit. Thieves.
Two years, since Ian doesn't want to join the Whitebeard Pirates, it's impossible to stay with Ace for two years.
Moreover, Ian didn't know when the dark fruit appeared, so it was impossible for him to return at that time.
I had to think of other ways. Ian glanced at the white beard walking in front of him, and felt that it was not time to talk to Ace in detail, so he had to stop talking about it for now.
And Ace is an idiot, he didn't know that Ian was worrying about his affairs, but he happily told Ian what he had encountered during this period of time.
When everyone left the port and entered the city of the Principality of Salamis, causing the place where the previous battle had been fought to become empty, the intern reporter Pulitzer stood up tremblingly and ran away quickly.
Today's scene is too exciting for him, a trainee reporter who has just debuted. Fortunately, no one will trouble him for a small person like him, and because of this once-in-a-lifetime report, he is going to make a fortune in the future up.
Pulitzer left, but what he didn't know was that just after he left, another figure appeared here.
This figure looked very mysterious. He was covered in a green cloak, and the hood of the cloak tightly covered his head.
He stood where he was, looking at the mess all around him that had been destroyed by the fighting, and couldn't help but smile.
"Xiong, it seems that you are worrying for nothing. This little guy is more capable than we imagined..." the mysterious man whispered to himself, then walked away slowly.
A slight sea breeze blew and stroked his hood, revealing part of the face of the mysterious man. On the left side of his face, there was a strange scaly tattoo...
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After entering the city, Ian realized just how prestigious the Whitebeard Pirates are in this country.
In the navy's propaganda, the pirate Whitebeard is very scary. This strongest man is often used by some mothers to scare crying children and tell them that if they cry again, Whitebeard is coming!
However, this refers to the situation that only occurs in some countries that have joined the world government. In Salamis, this situation is reversed.
White Beard has traveled across the sea for decades, and has met all kinds of people, but he himself is not a person with a bad temper and a perverted personality, so he has made many friends in his life, the king of Fishman Island, the big Knight Neptune is not the only example.
Of course, the so-called white-bearded friends are almost all old men like him now.
When Whitebeard appeared on the streets of the city under the escort of the Principality Guards of Salamis, and was discovered by people hiding at home, the crowd rushed out like a tide.
"Daddy!? Look, it's really Daddy!"
"Whitebeard Pirates! The Whitebeard Pirates are here!"
"My God, Salamis is really saved!"
"Marco, and the phoenix Marco!"
"That person is Fire Fist Ace, right? He's also a member of the Whitebeard Pirates now, that's great!"
Although the people of the Principality of Salamis are still in awe of Whitebeard, they are also warmly welcoming the arrival of the Whitebeard Pirates. They shouted for Whitebeard and the names of the captains who followed him, The hustle and bustle sounded straight into the sky.
Ian looked at this scene with some astonishment. He really couldn't believe that he was welcoming a big pirate. Looking at the smiles of the old people around the street, and the expressions of young girls screaming excitedly, no matter how you looked at it, it was incredible. It's like welcoming a hero!
"Strange?" Marko noticed Ian's expression, and said with a smile, "Don't doubt, Dad is a hero to this country!"
"What's going on?" Ace just joined, so he didn't know the past of this country, so he was a little curious.
"The Principality of Salamis was originally a member country of the World Government!" Marco explained: "But as the amount of heavenly gold demanded by the Tianlong people is getting higher and higher, this country is also a bit overwhelmed. You know, Heavenly gold is different from taxes. That is to say, countries that pay heavenly gold to Tianlong people generally collect extra heavenly gold taxes in addition to normal taxes. King Juan Ka of the Principality of Salamis His Majesty Ross is a good king. After he saw that the country became increasingly impoverished because of the heavenly gold system, he resolutely decided to withdraw from the franchise country. After reducing the heavenly gold tax, he also reduced other taxes at the same time. brought the country back to life."
"So, there are other franchise countries that continue to levy taxes regardless of this impact?" Ian asked.
"Of course!" Marco nodded and said: "And there are not many. For some kings, although the heavenly gold is paid to the Tianlong people, it is not from them. The heavenly gold tax is handed over to the Tianlong people, and the normal The tax revenue is handed over to them, all of which are extracted from the people, so whether there is any gold in the sky has nothing to do with them, and even some countries, in turn, use the name of gold in the sky to extort money.”
Ian shook his head when he heard it. No wonder many countries proposed to abolish the heavenly gold system many times at the World Conference. It seems that wise people have realized that if this continues, it will lead to national turmoil.
Exorbitant taxes have always been the source of turmoil...
"What happened next?" Ace asked.
"After withdrawing from the franchise country, Salamis also had a dark period!" Marko said: "At that time, the navy withdrew the defense forces stationed in this country, which caused some pirates to discover the emptiness of this country, so they took the opportunity to Looting the Principality of Salamis, the army of this country is unable to resist the endless stream of pirates, so in the end, His Majesty Carlos can only find the old man and ask him to come forward to protect Salamis."
"His Majesty Carlos met Dad many years ago when he was traveling abroad, but we haven't seen each other for many years!" Marco smiled and said, "But when he came up, Dad still recognized him at a glance. He came, so he came to this island without hesitation, and hung his banner. From then on, no pirates dared to mess around on this island. This is why the people of the Principality of Salamis welcomed Dad so much. .”
After Ian heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. Although the white beard is old, the pirates have reached their peak when they have reached his level.
When will I be able to reach this point, and be able to protect a country with just the banner of the Dragon Hunter Pirates