Chapter 74： Arms trade (1/2)
The Kingdom of Hall and Bell is the second of the five kingdoms adjacent to the Kingdom of Saint Martin, and both are non-world governments.
The two are on the same island, the area of the island is comparable to the size of two St. Maarten islands!
The two kingdoms were actually one kingdom two hundred years ago. Later, because of the conflict between the princes, they finally split into two kingdoms.
The country is rich in grain, and is a famous grain-rich country in the West Sea.
But at the same time, it is also a famous poor country in Xihai.
How poor is it?
The civilians in other kingdoms probably reacted as follows when they saw the pirates.
”Ah... there are pirates!”
”The pirate is here, run!”
”Call the army over!”
...
When the civilians in the two kingdoms of Hall and Bell saw the pirates, they probably reacted as follows.
”There are pirates!”
His eyes lit up and an excited smile appeared. Then he walked home, picked up the kitchen knife or hoe, or even a wooden stick that can be used as a weapon at home, and called the people in the village, or relatives and friends, to the sea in groups of three or five. The thief went away.
Then, the pirate will respond as follows.
”Fuck, let go, let go of Lao Tzu's knife!”
”Let go, Lao Tzu's gun!”
”Don't grab my pants!”
”You also grab my underwear, you are still not human!”
...
The pirate cried bitterly and was stripped naked!
If you are lucky, you can still get on the boat and run away. If you have bad luck, even the boat was robbed!
Experienced pirates or human traffickers, etc., when I saw these two kingdoms, they took a detour.
Only fledgling pirates will come to this kingdom!
It stands to reason that most of the pirates who can mix in the sea are strong people with rich combat experience and will not be robbed so easily.
However, the people of these two kingdoms have more experience in fighting. In the two kingdoms, one small fight for three months and one large fight for five months. Every year, thousands of people are not happy.
If the normal kingdoms would have been destroyed in such a fight, but the territories of these two kingdoms are rich in food, how rich is it?
Sprinkle a handful of seeds casually, and in autumn you can harvest a bag of rice.
Moreover, the combined population of the two has reached more than one million, and the average kingdom is more than 500,000.
The kings of the two kingdoms encouraged the commoners to have more children. If they don’t want to raise them, they can directly hand them over to the kingdom, and the kingdom will raise them. Anyway, there is more food and no fear of a large population.
But apart from food, these two kingdoms are very poor in other aspects. Clothes, shoes and daily necessities are all scarce items!
Usually they trade food for some money, and then buy various items.
But there is no shortage of food in the surrounding kingdoms, except for a few occasions, when there is a disaster, it is usually not available for a good price.
It costs a lot to transport it to a long distance and sell it out, which is not worth it in terms of the price of food!
And why these two kingdoms fought so hard, I have to say that there is a spring in their kingdom.
This spring is called the Fountain of Life and is located at the junction of the two kingdoms.
The water output is terrifying, and it is the only freshwater resource on the entire island.
is called the fountain of life because it supplies all the residents on the island, food and so on.
Both sides surrounded this spring water and beat you to death.
No idea!
No one can rest assured that the only spring on the island is controlled by the other party. If the other party cuts you off the water, what should I do?
so I can only fight!
As for the negotiation and distribution of spring water, the two sides did not think about it at first.
In addition to the fierce fighting in the first few years when the two princes separated, the two sides tried to solve the problem through negotiation in the next few years.
The talk was good at the beginning, but the war soon stopped.