City of Grass.

The sky is always gloomy, with a large number of factories entrenched in the suburbs, using child labor and other things. Emerging capitalists try their best to squeeze workers and spare no effort in reducing costs.

Such sweatshops, which are said to be a person who will never live for five years after entering, but they are also them that have created the glorious grand occasion of Insmann.

In the city center, there are many Gothic buildings like spires, and a huge bell tower makes the clock sound.

There is always a shortage of people in the streets, including black top hats, gray coats, and a civilization stick, forming the mainstream gentleman's clothing at this time.

A gorgeous carriage drawn by two black horses traveled across a bridge full of classical style.

Donald opened the window and saw a river full of black garbage, smelly and obviously seriously polluted, and frowned.

As a maritime warlock, he hates such places, especially such acts that harm water sources.

Unfortunately, he is just a newly famous economist, even if he comes to criticize him, he will not play much role, because this is the trend of a big era.

The carriage continued to move forward and stopped in front of a gorgeous palace-like manor.

Birds sing and flowers scent, and servants are flocking.

All of this made Donald feel a strong sense of trance, as if he had come from hell to heaven.

"Is it Mr. Donald?"

A butler in a tuxedo opened the car door himself and bowed slightly: "The Duke has been waiting for a long time!"

This is the residence of Duke Ham.

At this time, Insmann was openly ruled by the royal family, but in fact a large part of his power was concentrated in the hands of the parliament and the prime minister.

Of course, as a king, he also has great power. The royal power and the ministerial power are in a delicate balance.

The Duke of Ham not only has royal blood, but also an evergreen in politics. He has produced several prime ministers and countless political allies. He is Insman's top nobles.

Such a great nobleman, if he wants to meet Donald, he naturally has to come here obediently.

On a lawn, Donald met the contemporary Duke of Ham.

This is an old man with platinum hair and energetic hair, wearing a loose silk robe, leisurely enjoying afternoon tea.

"Mr. Donald... I have been honored to read your "The Wealth of Nations". Many of the views are really impressive!"

After seeing Donald, the Duke stood up to greet him: "Pour a cup of black tea for my guests. A new dim sum chef has arrived here. The things are very good. Try it!"

"Thanks!"

Donald expressed his gratitude reservedly and took over the exquisite porcelain teacup.

The porcelain here comes from the Eastern continent, with the color of glazed enamel, as exquisite as a work of art.

Black tea comes from another large colony of Insmann, the Kingdom of Qilan.

There is also sugar cube, which is the product of tropical plantations.

"I wish the great Insman..."

All of this seems to be telling the rise of a powerful country. Insman seems to be taking advantage of this great east wind to become the king of the world!

"Wish our Queen!"

Duke Ham smiled and took a sip of black tea: "Mr. Donald, do you know if you know what I meant to invite you?"

"certainly!"

Donald stood up and bowed again: "I am honored to be the Duke's personal consultant!"

"That's great... There have been many things recently, which are annoying. With your help, I can be much more relaxed..."

The Duke smiled and handed over a newspaper.

Donald took it carefully, knowing that this is the assessment.

He calmed down and looked at the first edition.

The fragrance of ink was emitted, but it was not touched at all. The huge title on it was extremely conspicuous, "Atrocity! The port of Deerborn was robbed by pirates!!!"

Below the title, there is also a black and white photo. Although it is a bit blurry, you can vaguely see a large number of ruins and corpses.

"...It is reported that this time Dearborn Port was attacked by pirates, accompanied by citizen riots. The Royal Navy has headed to Dearborn Port to calm the situation... Loss statistics, more than 1,000 civilians were killed or injured, and the Viscount Dearborn family was wiped out... Affected by this, on the stock exchange today, the stocks of several companies that had trade with Dearborn plummeted..."

"Pirates, another damn pirate!"

Duke Ham covered his forehead and sighed: "Look at what... what is our seemingly brilliant country in fact rotten? Hehe... the citizens riot, who doesn't know that the most pirates in Deerborne Port is pirates! The viscount was a rock shot himself in the foot, but... Insman's majesty does not allow blasphemy. Insman's pirates who killed Insman's nobles must pay a price!"

"I wonder which group of pirates did this?"

Donald calmed down and asked.

"It seems to be a group of newly rising pirates, nicknamed "The Magician", a superman, whose abilities seem to be very complicated, revealing many strange means..."

Under the current communication conditions, we can still know so much information, which is enough to show that this duke is not simple.

"... Several consortiums with damaged interests have joined forces to promote and form a resolution to want the pirate, the amount is...10,000 gold gallon!"

Donald nodded, knowing that this trickster would probably become famous.

After all, it is rare to see pirates who get such a huge reward at the beginning.

"Frequent pirates are just one aspect, and on the other hand, they are the catching up from other countries..."

Duke Ham continued: "My country has gained huge wealth in maritime trade, which has long attracted the covetousness of other countries on the Offal continent. It seems that Cicel has continuously expanded the scale of the shipyard, claiming to build a fleet of hundreds of warships and over ten thousand seamen in the next three years!"

"At the same time, countries are also relaxing restrictions and encouraging private capital to go overseas... Their marine capitalists will be our Insman businessmen's biggest opponent in the future!"

...

The Duke seemed to be old and talked a little, but his meaning was very clear.

Donald was silent for a moment, and thought of Fang Yuan’s previous revelation, and couldn’t help but say: “Pirates and foreign countries, these seem to be two problems, but in fact, they are just two aspects of the problem, both revolving around the hegemony of the ocean! The real king of the world only needs one!”

"That's right, and it's only us Insman!"

Duke Ham said without hesitation.

"To be honest... We Insmann is an island country with a unique position and a previous accumulation. It is very difficult for other countries to catch up with us. And aren't there any killer weapons among the major shipyards?"

Donald blinked.

"Although this is the case, even if we have an invincible fleet, maintenance and maintenance are a big problem. We cannot drive warships and block all oceans!"

Duke Ham said that if Donald had only this level, he would undoubtedly be disappointed.

"Yes, so we need to fight pirates and merchant ships from all over the world..."

Donald whistled playfully: "But Tianjuan Insman, our location is so good, like a big ship that never sinks, guarding the offshore of the Olfal Continent... If my memory is correct, the pirates active in the offshore and even the sea of ​​nightmares, Insman's own nationals account for a very important proportion, right?"

"really!"

Because it is an island country, going to sea has formed a tradition. A large number of fishermen are accustomed to making a living at sea and don’t mind making extra money or anything else.

"In fact, not only the fishermen, but also the bankrupt nobles seem to have joined some not-so-good business..."

Donald smiled sarcastically: "That's simple. What's the pirate license we issue to our country? As long as they don't steal our country's ships, but only other countries' ships, their interests can be protected in Insmann!"

"license?"

Duke Ham was a little dizzy: "You mean...we are making peace with the pirates? No...no..."

"Pirates in the ocean are originally a powerful force. If they can conquer some of them, it will be very beneficial to our expansion!" Donald said firmly: "And, they can be used to block the development of the oceans of other countries, and they will not feel distressed even if they fail! At critical moments, they can also recruit these forces and join the naval battle... Even when those pirates are old or want to become good, we can also collect taxes from them in exchange for the power of amnesty..."

This was the case in the previous life of Fang Yuan.

However, the British navy was not strong at that time, and it was just a temporary measure that had to be carried out to deal with the maritime power Spain.

Insmann in this world, the world's largest naval strength, but he still can choose to do this in order to combat the development of the navigation industry in other countries!

Although the starting points are different, the ultimate interests are the same.

Therefore, even though Duke Ham shook his head repeatedly, Donald was very confident.

"Okay...I think this idea needs to be discussed..." Duke Ham said flickeringly: "Well...Mr. Donald, I want to invite you to dinner with me, how about it?"

The butler holding a teapot next to him shook his hands, knowing that the person who could be invited by the Duke to have dinner was even more intimate, and he couldn't help but look at the economist with a high degree of intimacy.

"That's my honor!" Donald bowed with a smile.

"If...I just said if..." Duke Ham asked slowly: "What do you think the licence proposal is implemented?"

"I think the official name is very good!"
Chapter completed!