The Kingdom of Fürth is located northeast of the Kingdom of St. Martin, and it takes almost three days to get there by normal sailing ship.

The kingdom was established for about two hundred years.

According to legend, the current king is Felt IV.

According to normal logic, the two hundred years since the founding of the country should not only last four generations. However, the members of the Felt family have abilities that others envy, and they are particularly able to survive.

Felt I founded the country at the age of fifty and lived to be one hundred and nine years old.

Felt II succeeded to the throne at the age of seventy and lived to be one hundred and twenty-one years old.

Felt III succeeded to the throne at the age of seventy-one and lived to be one hundred and twenty-three.

Fürth IV, because Fürth III only had one son, and he was a son of old age. He is fifty-seven this year and has inherited the throne for forty years.

In the world of One Piece, ordinary people have a long life.

Because he had a son at an old age, Felt IV was favored since he was a child. He had a very violent personality, but his brain was relatively smart.

The land area is three islands.

The largest island among them, where the capital of the Kingdom of Fürth is located, Fürth Island is about the same size as St. Martin.

The other two islands, one with a medium-sized gold mine, are the main financial revenue of the Kingdom of Fürth, and are a quarter of the size of St. Martin.

The last one has a coal mine on it, and its area is twice as big as that of Xue Gang Town.

The three islands are not far apart. Standing on the edge of Fürth Island, you can see the island with the gold mine. Although the island with the coal mine is invisible, it is only half an hour's sailing trip from Fürth Island.

That’s it!

The country is mountainous and food resources are not abundant.

There are approximately 200,000 citizens.

But there were actually thirty thousand soldiers.

Arthur was shocked when he saw this information. This is an extremely dangerous number!

Of course, it doesn't mean that these soldiers can cause any harm to the Kingdom of Saint Martin.

Rather, when there were only 200,000 people in the country, there were actually 30,000 actual soldiers. The ratio of people to soldiers was almost seven to one.

Under such circumstances, it is extremely lucky that the country has not collapsed yet!

Like the Kingdom of St. Martin, even if the country is rich in products and has a developed economy, Arthur only recruits 10,000 soldiers. It's not that he can't recruit more, but that this ratio is the best for the country.

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If there are more, it may affect the development of the country!

But with the next information, he knew why Felt was able to raise so many soldiers like this.

Of the 200,000 citizens, a full 100,000 were treated as slaves by Felt IV, who were used to mine, farm, etc., and were only given a mouthful of food, which was not necessarily full.

Including soldiers, a total of 130,000 people were under the direct control of Fürth IV.

The remaining 70,000 people were either the nobles of the kingdom or the slaves of the nobles.

As for civilians?

There are some, but they are very few. They are all closely related to the nobles, or they are the confidants and advisors of the nobles.

Arthur even felt that if the Kingdom of Saint Martin did not attack the Kingdom of Felt, they would collapse on their own in a few years.

It is worth mentioning that the Kingdom of Felt is not a member of the World Government, so it is often troubled by pirates.

Perhaps because of this, the Kingdom of Felt recruited 30,000 soldiers.

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Keen Island is the coal producing area of ​​the Felt Kingdom.

The value of coal mines is not high in this world!

There is no way, steam engines are not widespread, how can the value of coal increase?

Today, the person in charge of Keen Island stood at the port of Keen Island with a smile on his face, looking from a distance.

The person in charge of Keen Island is a man in his thirties and the only noble on the island named Cle Marcus.

Marcus was wearing gorgeous clothes with tight muscles. He looked strong and strong, with a resolute face, but his eyes revealed deep fatigue. He was only thirty years old, and his hair was already a little pale to the naked eye.

After a while, a ship with a rose flag appeared on the distant sea.

The smile on Marcus' face became even bigger.

The ship docked at the shore.

The one who came down was none other than Leslie, the current commander of the Navy’s First Fleet!

"Brother Riley!" Marcus stepped forward and hugged Riley tightly.

"Marcus, another year has passed!" Leiris also hugged Marcus tightly and said with some sigh.

After a while, the two separated.

"By the way, why didn't you see Brian?" Marcus asked.

"Oh, Brian went to Mary Joa to go through the procedures for the kingdom to join the World Government!" Leiris said with a smile.

"Look at my head!" Marcus patted his head and said with a smile, "I saw in the newspaper some time ago that your kingdom has joined the World Government. Congratulations!"

There are no ships on Keen Island except for the port. Unless people from the Felt Kingdom come, Marcus cannot go out, so he can only rely on the newspaper delivery bird to learn about the outside world. Reading newspapers is his only entertainment!

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Leiris smiled and waved his hand, then changed his tone and said seriously, "How are you doing lately?"

"Alas..." Marcus sighed and said sadly, "It's still the same. I can't hold it anymore lately. If you hadn't come here, I probably wouldn't be able to hold it in a few days!"

Marcus is the younger brother of the First Princess of Fetus IV. Logically speaking, with this status, he will not be reduced to guarding Keen Island no matter what.

The main reason was that he was a nobleman with a kind and upright character. He couldn't understand the domestic policies and treated civilians as slaves, which led to a conflict with Felt IV.

For the sake of the princess, Felt IV did not execute him, but sent him to Keen Island to guard Keen Island.

Keen Island is the poorest of the three islands in the Felt Kingdom. It has only one coal mine and nothing else, and the land is not suitable for growing food.

There are five hundred soldiers and two thousand miners on the island.

Because the output value of the coal mine was low, Fürth IV did not pay much attention to it. The food and military pay usually allocated were not enough, and he often had to endure hunger!

But mining is hard work after all!

If we make people hungry again, they may die from overwork!

Therefore, in addition to handing over the coal mines needed by the kingdom, Marcus, a kind and upright man, relied on secretly selling coal mines in exchange for money and food to sustain the basic lives of the miners and soldiers.

Riley is one of the biggest customers.

However, the Kingdom of St. Martin can only go to sea for one month every year. Even if it is a big customer, it cannot trade much. The food for more than 5,000 people is not a small amount, and there is not much coal mine that he can secretly sell. After all, he has to turn in a lot of money.

Most of the coal mines!

At this time, Marcus discovered that there was only one merchant ship coming this time!

"By the way, why do you only have one merchant ship!" Marcus said with a frown.

There are few ships, and there are few things to carry. If you want to buy coal, you can't buy much.

"Don't mention it. Not long ago, a group of pirates attacked our country's port, so all the original ships sank. Now this one was rushed out this month!" Leiris sighed.

"How could this happen?" Marcus said with a shocked look on his face, "Isn't your kingdom only accessible for one month every year?"

He saw in the newspaper that the Kingdom of Saint Martin occupied the town of Blood Harbor, but he did not expect that the Kingdom of Saint Martin was also attacked. After all, the Kingdom of Saint Martin has a natural barrier!

"Yes!" Leilis nodded and explained simply, "But if you rush in regardless of the danger, it is still possible to rush in. We just encountered this kind of pirate!"

Suddenly, Marcus showed a trace of despair on his face. Originally, he was counting on a big deal with the Kingdom of Saint Martin to get through this difficult moment!

What should we do now?

Although he is a noble and will not starve to death, some of his subordinates will definitely starve to death, especially the miners!

Over the years, he has invested a lot of money in order to help these suffering people, and now his pocket is empty. There is only enough money and food left for him to live alone!

Could it be that he doesn't want to eat it himself and gives the food to his men?

Marcus was silent when he thought of this...

After a while.

"Haha!" Marcus suddenly chuckled and shook his head. He discovered that it turned out... that he was also afraid of death!

He...can't give up his life for others!

"If you want your miners to survive, there is nothing you can do!" Leilis said quietly as if he could see Marcus's thoughts.

"kindness!?"
Chapter completed!