Due to the incompetence of the Favre royal family, Firefly Island became a lawless place.
Oran arrived, drove away the pirates, and established Piltover. The country then flourished and changed rapidly.
This is the modern history of Firefly Island.
As a legitimate nation, it is essential to act with due authority. Flevans is a constituent republic, and if the Flevans royal family were still alive, their meddling in its affairs would constitute an unreasonable international dispute.
But once those people leave, Flevans will theoretically be no man's land, not to mention that it has already been abandoned by various countries because of lead poisoning.
Although there are many details that Tesoro hasn't figured out yet, and the actual execution of this matter is definitely not something that can be done with just a few words, in his view, only this kind of benefit is worth Oran's attention.
Frivans is not large, not even as big as a district of Piltover, but because of the presence of platinum and lead, it is almost one of the most prosperous places in the North Sea.
If we can occupy that place, we will have the capital to develop in Beihai.
"These are just my guesses, please forgive me if I am wrong."
"No need to be so careful. You guessed right. And three years ago I promised you that if you could achieve something, I would give you a better opportunity. You will train with Brand and Kate for a while, and then I will put you in charge of some of the kingdom's financial affairs."
If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them. Once they pass the assessment, they will naturally be entrusted with important responsibilities.
"Work hard, and the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer might just be yours in the future."
"yes!"
Upon hearing this promise, Tesoro became quite excited. Apart from joining the royal family through marriage, this was almost the limit that outsiders could achieve.
"Don't get so excited. This position requires a strong heart. It's not certain whether you can pass. Let's take a look at this first."
Oran casually pulled out a stack of papers, and looking at the uniformly negative entries on them, Tesoro suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.
It might get even more chaotic when he gets access to Oran's real and fake ledgers.
"Kate, go find that batch of equipment in the warehouse, then go to Crocus and have him select a group of doctors who are willing to go on field missions with me, and teach them how to use that equipment."
"Meow knows what to do, don't worry."
The device Oran mentioned was a derivative device created during the research on the P-particle shield. Because they had prepared in advance, they had already produced quite a few, which would certainly be enough to treat the disease.
"Also, go and inform the soldiers on the Power Gear that this trip may not be just for medical treatment."
"Okay, leave it to Meow. Meow will prepare everything before dawn tomorrow. Is that a good time?"
"No need to rush, I'll give you three days, take your time."
"yes."
After assigning Kate her tasks, Oran looked at Tezzolo in front of him.
"You haven't finished explaining your thoughts yet, have you? Tell me everything."
"Please forgive my rudeness, but I think that according to your usual practice, you will definitely make this matter justifiable, which would require the tacit approval of the World Government."
The Flevans royal family is still alive, so either they must be made to disappear quietly, or the World Government must be offered enough benefits to voluntarily relinquish the Flevans royal family for those benefits.
Taking a deep breath, Tesoro spoke his mind.
From a personal standpoint, this contradicts his promise to Stella that he would never do anything bad again.
However, from Piltover's perspective, this kind of thing is beneficial to their own country and therefore cannot be considered part of the deal.
"You're only right about part of it. Actually, some things don't need to be so complicated."
Oran then made a quiet gesture to Tesoro and took out a Den Den Mushi.
"Hello."
"Five Elders, I'm here to discuss a new deal. My research still requires platinum and lead, and Flevans cannot simply disappear."
In keeping with the principle of saving time, Oran didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.
"Sidil, I know that with your abilities, you wouldn't believe stupid things like platinum lead poisoning is contagious, but what do you want to do?"
"It's very simple. I have a cure for platinum lead poisoning that can perfectly resolve this crisis. The World Government will still reap the benefits from platinum and lead mining, and I want everything from Frivans."
On the other end of Oran's phone call was Satan. Instead of rejecting Oran's idea outright, Satan began to think about it.
The world governments are well aware of the true situation regarding platinum and lead.
A century before the development of the Flevans platinum and lead industry, geological exploration teams from around the world had explored this area and clarified the nature of platinum and lead.
This ore contains toxins, but as long as you don't engage in mining, excavation, or smelting, the impact will not be significant.
However, this toxin can accumulate, causing future generations to gradually lose their lifespan due to it, eventually leading to several generations of people falling ill together.
Despite the dangers, the wide range of applications for platinum and lead made them extremely profitable. The world government and the local royal family could not resist these temptations and ultimately chose to deceive the locals into mining platinum and lead.
Now that platinum-lead poisoning has broken out, this chain of interests has collapsed. To rebuild this chain, we must at least wait for these insiders to gradually die out, and then relocate a new population to continue mining platinum and lead.
This will take a long time, and world governments don't want to wait.
The royal family of Flevance is still alive, and they were evacuated with the help of the World Government. But without Flevance, these royals are nothing but useless people.
According to Oran, he could actually restart this chain of interests, and Oran would definitely profit, while the World Government would not lose out.
The royal family of Frevans originally had no chance of returning in this lifetime, so they weren't really at a loss. It's just that they might not be able to bear seeing the place they gave up being reclaimed and developed.
Of course, what the Frevans royal family thought was not within Satan's considerations; all he wanted was the interests of the World Government.
"Yes, but remember that platinum lead poisoning has nothing to do with the world government."
"That's not a problem, but after that, it will become an exclave of Piltover, which shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"The world government does not support this behavior, but it will take into account the wishes of the local people."
Then Oran's Den Den Mushi went dead. The lack of a clear refusal was tantamount to tacit approval. Satan's claim of considering the people's wishes was clearly nonsense, but that nonsense was enough.
"You see, some problems are solved just like that."
"Your Majesty Oran, I have no doubt that the people of Frevans will support you, after all, you will be their savior, but other royal families may turn against us because of this."
While not absolute, it is certain that some kings will object to this. This time it was Flevans, so which country will be next?
This is why Satan's final statement was still one of non-support; even if the World Government tacitly approved of this for its own benefit, it would not verbally acknowledge it.
They might even have a double standard, criticizing Oran's actions while simultaneously claiming that they ultimately agreed to the matter considering public opinion.
"If they had just allowed the people to survive, this situation wouldn't have happened. And why should we listen to their opinions?"
Tezoro, Piltover got to where it is today not because of relationships or interests, but because of real military force.
Moreover, you must remember, it's not that I want to become the new king there; it's that the people there voluntarily requested to join Piltover.
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