Chapter 86: Surrounding
The dock belonging to the 16th branch is indeed under construction.
After Vegapunk joined, it can be said that all the previous plans were slowly realized bit by bit.
There are still a few shipwrights in the East China Sea, let alone senior shipwrights. He plans to send someone to the Capital of Seven Waters to hold a job fair or something later.
Although relying on Vegapunk is enough even if there is no shipwright, Vegapunk has his own job. How can he be allowed to study shipbuilding all the time?
In this regard, Vegapunk has already complained to him, saying that he is only one person and how can he do so much work!
Of course, as long as the funds are sufficient, Mr. Vegapunk is still very willing to study these boring things in his free time.
At the same time, he also asked Vegapunk to study the airship...
After hearing about the idea of floating ships, Vegapunk was also very interested. Especially after taking a look at the design drawings of Enel's Ark Proverbs, countless new ideas burst into his mind.
After that, he drove his new BOSS out mercilessly, and also told him not to disturb him if nothing happened during this period.
He now has many new ideas in his mind that he wants to realize, and he doesn't want to accept other new ideas for the time being.
In this regard, Xia Che could only regretfully give up on exploiting Bega Punk.
But I have to say that Vegapunk is really easy to use!
Know everything!
Although it requires a little more funding, not a penny is wasted, it is all used on research.
The only regret is that there is only one like this.
Of course, I believe it won’t be long before Branch 16 will be able to build their own ship!
At present, the main tasks of the 16th Navy Branch include...
It will take some time to fully accept the gains this time, especially the various territories gained this time.
The other thing is to expand the number of naval soldiers and make money.
Especially making money...
The current income of Navy Branch 16 mainly comes from three aspects, orange processed products, cosmetics and Mock making a little extra money from time to time.
As for orange processed products, it is still the same, and the income is very stable.
As for cosmetics...as time goes by, it can be said that they are becoming more and more popular now.
For this reason, Vegapunk was also asked to upgrade the factory equipment and increase production. It can be said that it has become one of the important industries now.
As for Mok's little extra money...the little seedlings of the East China Sea Pirates have almost been wiped out, so it's getting harder and harder to do it!
Xia Che also sighed for a while.
Perhaps in the future, if we want to make extra money, we will need to open up new markets and expand to the Grand Channel or the other three seas.
only.
Thinking of the situation of the Great Channel and the other three seas...
Reviving the glory of North Sea pirates?
He was afraid that Mok would be beaten to death if he was so arrogant!
After taking a brief look at the situation in the training camp, shipyard and factory, and giving Guina some swordsmanship instruction by the way, Xia Che also returned to his office and looked at Robin at work.
He picked up the black tea that Robin had poured for him with his ability when he came in. After taking a sip, he said, "How is the situation over at the Conomi Islands?"
"It's been arranged!" Robin raised his head slightly, looked at Xia Che and said, "The Konomi Islands have sent manpower to manage the new islands, and according to your request, try to bring more people from the joining countries. The arriving personnel will be placed on islands near the participating countries.”
As he said that, he raised his head again with an elegant smile on his face, "Now it is estimated that the kings and nobles of the participating countries will start to have a headache."
…
With the end of the operation to restore the glory of the pirates in the East China Sea, the East China Sea has calmed down again.
only.
Although this pirate operation did not last long, it still had a considerable impact on the participating countries.
Especially for the royal family and nobles...
Their treasures plundered by pirates can no longer be recovered. It can be said that they have truly suffered heavy losses!
For this reason, in order to make up for the losses, the nobles of the participating countries have to... increase taxes!
This is the Kingdom of Michael, a member country of the East China Sea.
"Have those dirty poor ghosts been driven out?" King Patton, the current king of the Kingdom of Michael, looked at the grey-bearded old man in front of him with disdain, "Hurry up and drive out those poor ghosts. Drive away, don't dirty my beautiful kingdom."
"Has been driven out! King Patton." The older man had a bitter expression on his face. He hesitated and said, "They... are also citizens of the Kingdom of Michael."
"Guys who can't even pay taxes, what qualifications do they have to be my people?" Hearing the old man's words, King Patton snorted coldly and looked at him with dissatisfaction, "Buck, are you doing this? Do you question my decision as king?"
"Don't dare!" Facing the king's question, the old man named Buck quickly lowered his head and said, "Please forgive me for being rude! It's just... because of the continuous tax increases, everyone can't afford to pay taxes. "
Not to mention the common people, not even the nobles can handle such a tax increase.
only.
Nobles did not pay taxes.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the fat King Patton in front of him, with a pleading tone, "The gold in the sky has been collected, King Patton, can we stop? Otherwise, there will be more and more people. homeless!"
"Shut up! There is enough gold in the sky, but my losses are not enough!" Seeing the right minister who still dared to question his actions, King Patton still seemed not to let him go, with a sneer, "I know you have always looked down upon him. I! You think that my stupid brother is the king of the Kingdom of Michael, and I have no qualifications to be the king of the Kingdom of Michael, but I don’t care because you are just a dirty muddy man who was dragged out of the land by my stupid brother! The untouchables you mentioned are gone. To be honest, if my stupid brother hadn't voluntarily given up his position to me and made me promise to keep you, I would have dismissed you! "
"I apologize for being rude just now." Hearing that King Patton still insisted on his opinion, Buck could only sigh and lowered his head.
That's right, he is not a pure nobleman, but a right minister who was promoted by King Luce in an unusual way.
For this, he is also very grateful to King Luce, who is a king who truly cares about his people. It's a pity... In the end, he was kicked out by all the nobles.
At that time, he originally wanted to leave with King Luce, and even died to repay King Luce's kindness.
But in the end, he was persuaded by King Luce, hoping that he could stay and watch the Kingdom of Michael.
If even he leaves, no one will really care about the civilians of this country anymore, and this country will really be hopeless.
In order to repay King Luce, he abided by his agreement with King Luce and secretly protected the people of the Kingdom of Michael. In the end, he endured the humiliation and stayed.
only.
As King Luce said at the time, the country was hopeless.
Even if he stayed, nothing would change. King Paton and the nobles just regarded him as a joke, and no one would listen to his advice.
"Please forgive me! King Patton!"
"I forgive you! Buck, after all, you are the important minister that my dear brother begged me to stay! Hahaha, it's so interesting!" Looking at Buck who compromised again, King Patton's ugly face showed joy. expression, "Of course I will let you understand who is the real king of the Kingdom of Michael. I will make the Kingdom of Michael recognized by the Celestial Dragons and become as beautiful a country as the Kingdom of Goa!"
As he spoke, he looked coldly at Buck, who was lowering his head in pain.
"Now continue to raise taxes for me, but my treasure house is not full yet!"
"?! King Patton." Hearing that King Patton wanted to raise taxes again, Buck once again showed a desperate expression on his face, and quickly begged again, "Your treasure house is almost full. Even if you don't increase taxes, as long as you wait a while, Time is enough, everyone is out of money!”
"No money? If you don't have money, get out of here. The Kingdom of Michael doesn't need them. Of course, if they can voluntarily become slaves, I am willing to let their families stay here for a while. You know that I am the kind Michael. My king! Remember, you just need to collect taxes for me!"
"?!"
Seeing the demon in front of him speaking the word mercy, Buck felt his heart filled with anger.
He really couldn't stand it anymore!
After all, he couldn't respond to King Luce's approval!
【Sorry, King Luce! 】
Just when he was about to stand up and scold this stupid king.
A royal guard suddenly ran in in a hurry, "King Patton, King Patton!"
"You rude fellow!" King Patton, who was enjoying himself, looked at him unhappily, "You are my guard, please calm down."
Looking at the guard who finally calmed down, "Tell me, what happened? Are those damn pirates coming, or are those greedy navy coming?"
"No, no!" After hearing King Patton's words, the guard took a deep breath and said nervously, "Those damn scavengers, they..."
"What happened? What happened to those dirty scavengers? Did they agree to become slaves?"
"No, they left! They left the Kingdom of Michael!"
"?!"
After hearing the guard's words, King Patton looked at him with confusion. Even Buck, who was originally angry, also looked at him with confusion.
Leaving the Kingdom of Michael?
Where else can those ordinary people go?
“You guys, why don’t you say it quickly?”
"A group of people came to the Kingdom of Michael to recruit workers, and all the scavengers followed." Seeing King Patton's dissatisfaction, the guard quickly said, "Even many civilians in the country followed!"
"Recruiting? Damn that guy, you actually come to my kingdom to recruit workers?" King Patton stood up dissatisfied, "And those stupid civilians, don't you know they are civilians from the Kingdom of Michael? How dare you follow them? ? Don’t let the kingdom guards drive those guys away.”
"We can't get rid of it! And King Luce is coming!"
"?!"
King Roose is back?
Before Buck, who looked anxious on the side, asked anything.
"Luce? Wasn't that guy captured by the pirates and made a slave? Even if he is that guy, so what? Why don't you drive him away? No! Catch him!" Patton heard the familiar name. A ferocious smile appeared on the king's face again, "I want to entertain my stupid brother well!"
"No, we can't catch him!"
"Can't catch me? Damn it, are you planning to welcome my stupid brother back as the king?"
"No, I am loyal to you! King Patton, it's just..." The guard said with a bitter expression on his face, "The Luce Kingdom...that guy is now working under the King Qibukai, as long as The King's Shichibukai has not plundered the franchising countries, and the franchising countries cannot do anything to him, not even the navy can do anything to him. "
After saying that, he sighed again and looked at King Patton in a complicated manner.
"King Paton, many civilians in the royal capital have followed that guy and left. The civilians ran out one after another when they heard that there were jobs there, wages were paid, and they no longer had to go hungry."
"Damn it, Luce, is he going to let Michael die?" After hearing the guard's words, King Patton also came back to his senses, looked at Buck, and said angrily, "If you don't stop them quickly, everyone will Don’t leave, tell those guys that as long as they agree to become slaves, I can exempt them... No, my kind King Paton can let their families stay in the country for another year, hurry up!”
"Yes!" Buck came back to his senses, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said without hesitation, "I'm going now!"
The words fell.
Before King Patton could say anything else, Buck had already hurried out.
Even King Patton was a little surprised when he saw this scene, but he quickly nodded with satisfaction, "Although this guy is a pariah, he is still loyal to the Kingdom of Michael."
However.
Not a moment.
Another guard hurried in and said in a panic, "King Patton, King Patton, Lord Buck... That guy rushed out of the city and went directly to Luce, and that guy, that guy... also... The entire town’s civilians were also taken away!”
"?!"
(End of chapter)