Chapter 30: Cooperation Talk

The next day.

New World, Royal Ship of Fortis.

"Has Ars already decided how many livestock we will buy later for the Prodance Kingdom, Lowa?" Kaguya asked while looking at Lowellmina who was currently beside her.

The two of them were currently inside the ship's cabin along with Hashirama and the others.

"Already. Ars has given me a list of livestock that we will buy." Lowellmina nodded and immediately took out the paper that Ars gave her, "The plan is that we will buy 2100 cows, 350,000 chickens, and 4620 goats. All of these livestock will later be accommodated into 14 cages that will be built for the first time"

"14 cages? Why not more?" Hashirama asked in confusion.

"Ars probably thought that the most important thing was the place and the things first. Since there are currently a lot of projects to build. If Ars will only focus on one project, for example, building a cowshed. That will likely take a very long time. Maybe 1 to 3 months the project can be completed" Gin answered calmly.

"I think so" Kojiro nodded, "Right now we don't really need a lot of livestock since our meat needs are still not high enough. In addition, we also do not need to buy cows in large quantities. If we have a cow and a bull. We can marry them to produce children. This can also save our royal funds because the selling price of one cow alone is quite expensive."

Kaguya nodded, "Every single cow can at least have a price ranging from 2 million berries to 5 million berries. We currently have plans to purchase 2100 cows. Although currently the funds owned can still buy in larger quantities. However, the funds will still be used for other purposes."

"Then shall we make the payment in person?" Jouichirou asked while raising his eyebrows.

"We will not make such payments. We will make payment when we receive the goods" Lowellmina said calmly, "Currently we still do not have a stable and this cooperation discussion is only intended to inform the King of Prodance that we want this number of cows and please prepare them. This can also help the Prodance Kingdom to manage the issue of the price of the cows they sell to us. Ars doesn't want us to take big advantage of them especially if there is a possibility that they will build a working relationship in the area of territorial protection."

"I see." Hashirama nodded.

New World, Prodance Kingdom, Prodance Kingdom Port.

Right now the area of the harbor section was already filled with many citizens from the Prodance Kingdom. This gathering of citizens from the Prodance Kingdom is to welcome the high-ranking officials of the Fortis Kingdom who want to come to talk in terms of building cooperation.

Everyone seemed very enthusiastic.

It was also seen that Iru had controlled the area so that the citizens would not take actions that would embarrass the kingdom.

"Look! There is a ship currently heading this way!"

"What a huge ship!"

"Is it a ship from the Fortis Kingdom?"

Everyone shouted excitedly.

"Everything! The ship in front is the Ship of the Fortis Kingdom! Please don't embarrass our kingdom. His Majesty would like to discuss the cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom, one of which is the cooperative relationship in the protection of the territory. If so, this cooperation runs smoothly. Our kingdom will have direct protection from the Fortis Kingdom. Therefore, please be careful and also don't create a problem that our kingdom can't build a cooperative relationship with them." Iru shouted seriously.

All the citizens nodded and continued to watch the ship that was slowly starting to land in the port of the Fortis Kingdom.

Simultaneously, a descending ladder was immediately lowered by Hashirama's clone who had now changed his appearance to that of a soldier. Hashirama was the first to step down, followed by the other higher-ups. Everyone was currently wearing their formal attire even Jouichirou and the others who were aiming for sightseeing were asked by Ars to put on their clothes.

"So pretty!"

"Who are the three women?"

By the time Lowellmina and the others descended along with Hashirama. All the men who were there were immediately amazed by the appearance of Lowellmina and the others. By now Lowellmina and the others had made up for themselves both casually and in their formal attire. The three of them can currently be said to be first-class beauties in the One Piece World.

Iru who was there was also amazed by the appearance of Lowellmina and the others.

"Commander Iru, we meet again" Hashirama immediately took the lead.

Iru immediately woke up and immediately smiled looking at Hashirama while returning his greeting, "Mr Hashirama, thank you in advance for helping us in solving the war problems we experienced"

"Master Hashirama?"

"Was that person who defeated Yonkou Whitebeard?"

"Extraordinary!"

The crowd immediately shouted excitedly because right now they could see firsthand someone who could defeat Whitebeard.

"No need to thank me. I was just running errands at that time" Hashirama then took a step to the side, "Oh, yes. Commander Iru. Introduce the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom. These are the higher-ups who deal with paperwork and other matters. Our purpose in coming here is not only to talk about cooperative relations, we also want to take a trip to see your kingdom. They just had a vacation from His Majesty and want to use this time to rest."

"We are very happy to hear that. You will be very welcome in this kingdom" Commander Iru said with a happy smile.

Lowellmina then came forward, "Hello, Commander Iru. Introduce my name is Lowellmina. I am the Head of the Fortis Kingdom's Department of Foreign Relations. His Majesty has appointed me as the person who will be in charge of the cooperative relations talks."

"H-hello, Miss Lowellmina. Nice to meet you. My name is Iru. Please just call Iru" Iru said in an embarrassed tone and stammered a little.

One by one the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom began to introduce themselves to Iru.

"Okay. You are free to do whatever you want now. However, if I have contacted You must return to the ship immediately. We will return to the kingdom soon. We have a lot of work to do."

"We understand." Kaguya and the others nodded.

"Commander Iru, to meet the King of Prodance, it is enough that I and Iru go. While others let them roam the city to rest. Because in this assignment, only I and my Lowa were appointed to do it."

"I see" Iru nodded, "Then please get on the horse carriage that we have prepared. The carriage will take us to the palace. His Majesty is currently waiting for your arrival."

Hashirama and Lowellmina immediately went along with Iru. As for Kaguya and the others. They started to go around the Prodance Kingdom shopping while each of them was protected by two of Hashirama's clones, each of which had the power of a Shichibukai.

The adventurous journey that Kaguya and the others took went very smoothly. Because wherever they would go, they would always be greeted very kindly by the citizens of the Prodance Kingdom. This is also a form of their gratitude for helping to resolve the long-standing war conflict in their kingdom.

Meanwhile on Hashirama and Lowellmina's side. The two of them were currently in a horse carriage and were on their way to the royal palace in the middle of the Prodance Kingdom.

"Miss Lowellmina, if you may know. Do you already have a partner?" Iru asked boldly but his face was slightly embarrassed.

*Cough*

Hashirama instantly flinched and continued, "I'm sorry, Commander Iru. However, you better not try to catch up with Iowa. Lowa herself already has someone she likes and that is Your Majesty."

"Hashirama!" Lowellmina's previously graceful and dignified face immediately turned red with embarrassment upon hearing this.

Iru who heard this immediately broke his feelings and immediately remembered that there was Shiina. The previously crushed feeling instantly calmed down.

"Also, don't expect too much from Shiina as well as Kaguya. The two of them also seemed to like His Majesty. It will be very difficult for you to pursue both of them."

The heart that had previously improved was immediately broken again hearing Hashirama's words. Iru immediately sighed, "I don't think it's possible..."

Prodance Kingdom, Royal Palace, Front Gate.

At this moment at the front gate of the Royal Palace were waiting for Elizabello II, Dagama, as well as some of the troops guarding the two. The horse carriage used by Hashirama and the others finally arrived there and immediately the door was opened.

Iru was the first to go down, followed by Hashirama and finally Lowellmina.

"Sir Hashirama, we meet again" Elizabello II said excitedly seeing Hashirama's arrival and immediately gave him a handshake.

"We meet again, King of Prodance" Hashirama immediately returned the greeting then looked at Dagama, "You too, Dagama. We meet again"

"Nice to see you again, Mr Hashirama"

The two of them also shook hands then Hashirama took a sideways to show Lowellmina to both of them.

"Master Hashirama, he?" Elizabello II asked carefully.

"Hello, King of Prodance. Introduce my name is Lowellmina. I am the Head of the Fortis Kingdom's Department of Foreign Relations. I have now been given the responsibility by His Majesty to take care of the matters of our cooperation talks." Lowellmina gave a polite and graceful introduction.

"Welcome to the Prodance Kingdom, Miss Lowellmina. I'm Elizabeth II. The King of the Prodance Kingdom" Elizabello II's gaze stared at Dagama, "This person beside me is Dagama. He is the tactician of the Prodance Kingdom"

"Greetings, Mr. Dagama"

"Nice to meet you too, Miss Lowellmina" Dagama said excitedly looking at Lowellmina since she doesn't have a partner at the moment.

"Dagama, you better not try to get close, Miss Lowellmina. She is the partner of their Royal King." Iru suddenly whispered softly which made Dagama instantly pause and let out a disappointed sigh.

"So… Are we currently dealing with the future Queen of the Fortis Kingdom?" Dagama asked quietly.

"Maybe" Iru nodded.

"Miss Lowellmina, how about we talk about our cooperation inside? We have prepared a room for this conversation."

"That's better," Lowellmina replied with a smile.

They all immediately walked towards the inside of the royal palace and went straight to the room that will be used in this talk. It didn't take them long to get there. Lowellmina and Elizabello II sat opposite while Hashirama stood behind Lowellmina and for Iru and Dagama stood behind Elizabello II.

"We have been informed by His Majesty regarding the matters we will be discussing at this time. How about we start first about your desire to establish cooperation with us in the area of territorial protection?"

Elizabello II nodded excitedly then asked, "If I may ask, how much do we need to pay you each year?"

"We will not charge you a flat fee. If you really want to build a cooperative relationship in this field. You only have to give us 5% of the total annual income of your kingdom. That means even though your kingdom earns low income in a year. You just have to adjust it how much we have to pay us"

Elizabello II's eyes immediately became very happy to hear this because this in itself was in accordance with Hashirama's previous words that their kingdom would arrange for payment issues that would not burden their kingdom.

"That's all the payments you have to make every year. Before you pay us the fee. You have to provide us with a financial statement of your income and we ourselves will determine how much you have to pay. Of course, we will follow the rules by only taking 5% of your total royal income." Lowellmina paused and continued, "If the King of Prodance agrees to this. Later, we will together go to the Kingdom of Fortis to sign this cooperative relationship."

"Going to the Fortis Kingdom? Aren't you the one to sign it?" Elizabello II asked in confusion.

"Even though I have been given full power over this conversation. I only have power over the conversation. The signing of this cooperative relationship will be directly carried out by His Majesty. This is also to maintain your status as King. Even though I have full power. However, our current status is different. You are the King of a kingdom while I am only the Head of Department of a kingdom. You are worthy of respect and our King wants that too." Lowellmina paused and continued, "Besides, our King would also like to invite you to come to our kingdom with the intention of showing you our kingdom firsthand."

Elizabello II was very happy to hear this and immediately nodded, "I understand"

Dagama and Iru were also very happy to hear this. The two of them did not expect that the King of the Fortis Kingdom would view their King with equal status even though they could currently be said to be a kingdom under their protection.

"Okay. Let's start the next conversation." Lowellmina said calmly, "As the King of Prodance already knows. Our aim is to establish a cooperative relationship because we want to buy a large number of farm animals from your kingdom. The livestock that we want to buy include cows, chickens and goats. However, at this time our kingdom is still under construction, especially for livestock cages, this is still in the process of being developed. Therefore, we would like to tell you in advance how many livestock we want so that you can prepare it if indeed the number of livestock you have is not enough. In addition, we will also take it periodically following the completion of the construction of our farms"

"If I may ask, how many livestock do you want to buy from us?" Elizabello II asked curiously.

"We want to buy 2100 cows, 350,000 chickens, and 4620 goats" Lowellmina said calmly, "If possible, please prioritize cattle. Since it is the animal that we will buy first other than that, please also arrange for the cow that will be sold to us is a 2 year old cow."

"I understand" Elizabello II nodded seriously, "I will definitely work on this"

"Okay" Lowellmina breathed a sigh of relief then continued, "This conversation is over. Because you have agreed to this. Furthermore, we hope for you to come with us to Our Kingdom. You will later get our royal flag along with a Special Eternal Pose that can help you to come to our kingdom."

"Special Eternal Pose?" Elizabello II asked in confusion.

"Our kingdom is built on an island that has special electromagnetic waves. If you use regular pose logs to retrieve island data. You won't be able to get the data. You must use the Special Eternal Pose built by our kingdom in order for you to come to our kingdom."

Elizabello II nodded and also felt a bit of an extraordinary feeling hearing this.

"Oh yes. Besides that, please prepare your royal flags."

"Flag?" Elizabello II asked confusedly again.

"Our kingdom is currently in the project of building a fellowship building. The alliance building itself is a building which will be the location of the battle ground of the Kings who establish cooperative relations with our kingdom every year to avenge various cooperation and other problems. Your royal flag will later be flown there, which indicates that you are a kingdom that has a cooperative relationship with our kingdom. Apart from you, at this time we have also established a cooperative relationship with the Ryugu Kingdom regarding the matter of foodstuffs, especially in matters of seafood."

"Ryugu Kingdom!" Elizabello II was quite surprised to hear this.

"Then also, because you guys have also established a cooperative relationship with our kingdom. You will later get the same rights as the citizens of our kingdom. Those rights changed to buy everything that our kingdom produces at prices that are below the current market price" Lowellmina paused and continued, "Though currently our kingdom is still under construction. However, our current kingdom already has something to trade. Our kingdom has produced a wood whose quality is almost comparable to the quality of wood that comes from the adam tree. The amount is also very strong and very good for use as raw material for shipbuilding."

Lowellmina paused for a moment and continued, "Our wood has now been sold to a shipyard company on Water Seven Island, namely Gally-La Company, with a selling price of 500 thousand for one unit of wood. 500 thousand itself is the market price. Meanwhile, because you guys have built a cooperative relationship with our kingdom. You will get a discount, previously the selling price of the wood was 500 thousand berries. You can buy it from us for 400 thousand berries."

"400 thousand berries? That's a lot of pieces." Elizabello II said with a face full of surprise.

"That is the benefit of building a cooperative relationship with us. Our kingdom definitely won't hurt the kingdom that builds cooperative relations with us." Lowellmina said calmly, "If you want, you can also try to build a business through selling the wood to increase your kingdom's income. You can buy wood from us for 400 thousand berries and then resell it for 500 thousand berries. Through this business, you can get a profit of 100 thousand berries for every unit of wood you sell and I'm sure it's also impossible for wood like that to be difficult to sell, especially the wood has a quality that is almost comparable to the wood from the adam tree. There are many shipbuilding companies that will definitely buy it for you."

Elizabello II's eyes immediately lit up hearing this then looked at Lowellmina, "Is it okay if we do that?"

"It doesn't matter" Lowellimina shook her head, "After all, the purpose of the wood we made is also to sell so that our kingdom can get funds. If you buy it from us we will get the funds and if you resell it you also get the profit fund. Don't we both benefit?"

"That's it" Elizabello II said excitedly and started thinking about his sales plan in his head at this point. The same is true for Dagama who has started thinking about sales tactics so that they can get a lot of profit.

"By the way, King of Prodance. Even though our conversation is currently over. Can we hold out for a bit? This time we did not come alone. However, there are also several higher-ups from our kingdom who are currently enjoying their vacation time here. We might only be able to leave at 10 o'clock later."

"No problem, no problem. Take your time as much as possible. We are happy to welcome you here" Elizabello II said with a cheerful smile, "Oh, yes. Iru, you brought that thing"

"Ready, Your Majesty" Iru immediately left the room and not long after he returned with several troops carrying a large number of suitcases. Iru immediately opened the suitcase and saw a large amount of cash there.

"Miss Lowellmina, please accept this. This is the money we got from the Navy after exchanging all the pirates that Hashirama defeated before. We have calculated everything and this financial total is 5.3 billion berries"

"You did?" Hashirama asked in confusion.

"Of course" Elizabello II nodded, "Compared to us having to kill them and let their bodies rot. We prefer to let them live and hand them over to the Navy. These are all the gifts we got. We have no right to accept this. You are the one who deserves it."

"Then we will accept it." Lowellmina nodded and looked at Hashirama.

Hashirama immediately stepped forward and put all the money into the storage bracelet he was currently using.

Elizabello II and everyone present were immediately taken aback by this. Their gazes then turned to the bracelet used by Hashirama.

Their conversation then continued by discussing various things, especially Lowellmina and Hashirama explained a lot about their kingdom to Elizabello II and others. Matters related to rules, rights, technology, and also various other policies.