Chapter 726: Straw Hat's Journey! (2 in 1)

Although the movements of the Revolutionary Army were beyond Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's expectations, overall, Ace and Sabo's attack this time completed his plan very well.

Although the revolutionary army was not successfully forced to the negotiating table, the collection of heavenly gold always went smoothly.

As long as he successfully instills the concept of "the Navy Headquarters is very strong" in those member countries, he will be able to subtly use the influence of the Navy Headquarters to interfere in the local politics of each country.

Although he is doing so now, so far, what the navy has done is just small-scale operations. After all, it has not been able to form a huge influence on the world scale. Moreover, with the current power of the Navy Headquarters, it can only have a huge impact on a few member countries.

The plan of the Navy Headquarters was implemented smoothly, and as time passed, the originally chaotic sea became calm.

The reunion of the New Navy and the Naval Headquarters ultimately had a huge impact on the world's pattern. Without the constraints of the World Government and the New Navy, its former biggest enemy, the Naval Headquarters was finally able to release all its energy and carry out comprehensive development and construction.

This year, the Navy Headquarters actually did a lot of things. In addition to sending trusted generals to the member states to collect the sky gold, the Navy Headquarters also completed complete control over the Judicial Island under the jurisdiction of the World Government. As long as the kings of the member states are unable to convene a world conference, the Navy Headquarters can completely undermine the power of the World Government through the Judicial Island.

Externally, the Navy Headquarters removed all constraints that might affect the exercise of their rights. Internally, the Navy Headquarters was also streamlining its bloated system. Under the leadership of Borsalino, the Navy Headquarters closed a large number of laboratories and released a group of capable scientific researchers, allowing them to devote themselves to other areas of research.

In the New World, the experimental team led by Vegapunk is researching artificial humans that can replace human productivity. At the same time, in order to completely solve the world's energy problem, Vegapunk has also invested a lot of energy in the "permanent energy" project.

These studies will be able to benefit human society in the future. The scientists who were originally engaged in "inhumane scientific experiments" were not laid off. Instead, some of them were selected and sent to the New World to help Vegapunk speed up his research.

The closure of large laboratories not only enabled the Navy Headquarters to achieve "cost-savings", but also provided the headquarters with tens of thousands of well-trained soldiers.

Before this, those experimental bases also required protection from the Navy Headquarters, and after those experimental bases were closed down, these soldiers naturally returned to the Navy Headquarters.

The current naval headquarters is actually very short of manpower.

Only a few hundred thousand soldiers were not enough for them. If they wanted to realize Tsugakuni Yoriichi's plan, the Navy Headquarters would probably need tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of soldiers to actually control all the member states.

For the future of the Navy Headquarters, at the end of Haiyuan Calendar 1521, when the Navy Headquarters was planning for the new year, it also included the construction of the school in the most important work plan of the year.

On paper, the amount of Sky Gold collected by the Navy Headquarters this year was generally less than what the World Government collected in previous years. At the same time, after the Navy stopped collecting Sky Gold, it also provided certain subsidies to some poor countries.

But even so, after no longer having to pay the Celestial Dragons' share of the Heavenly Gold, the funding of the Navy Headquarters became extremely abundant.

Now that they have money, they must find ways to feed back to the combat effectiveness of the Navy Headquarters and improve the treatment of grassroots sergeants in order to boost morale. At the same time, the Navy Headquarters is also expanding its recruitment worldwide.

However, the result of this recruitment did not satisfy the top leaders. The development of these countries in this world is extremely unbalanced, and the literacy rate of the people is generally very low. The vast majority of countries do not have so-called schools at all, and the way people learn to read is often the most primitive "family education."

In some remote villages, you can even see underage children chasing dogs and catching birds in the wilderness after finishing their farm work. Although their lives are carefree, if these children live like this all their lives, they will never be able to break out of the cycle of their parents and grandparents.

In order to change this situation and to enable the Navy Headquarters to recruit enough knowledgeable and educated people in the future, it is essential to build schools.

If you want to become a navy officer, being illiterate is absolutely not an option. Moreover, some people in the navy in the future will need to grow into administrators of some countries and govern the country, and being uneducated is even more unacceptable.

Judging from the current level of development of the Navy Department, it will take at least thirty years, or even a generation, to extend its power to every member state.

This is only possible under conservative and optimistic estimates.

Tsugikoku Yoshiichi has enough patience to wait for the flowers to bloom. Before that, their Navy Headquarters needs to create soil suitable for growing flowers!
Hundreds of schools with the Navy in their name were built in the first half of the Grand Line, and there were countless more in the four seas. For the Navy Headquarters, building a school was not a very difficult task. They only needed to build some school buildings and cafeterias next to the original Navy branch station.

Moreover, not all naval branches need to add teaching functions. In some more remote areas, only one or two schools within a hundred kilometers are enough to cover all the people in the area.

Because the population density is different, schools are built larger in places with more people, and smaller in places with fewer people.

As for teachers teaching students, it is not a difficult task for the Navy Headquarters.

Most of the navy officers in the branch have received education, so it is not difficult for them to teach the children to read and write besides their daily training.

Yes, these naval schools built under the leadership of the Navy Headquarters did not teach the students any advanced knowledge. Their biggest task was just literacy.

In the process of teaching students to read and write, secular values ​​such as "kindness", "integrity" and "courage" are subtly instilled in the children's hearts.

Although the naval teachers who teach them may not be able to do all of this themselves, in front of the children, any naval teacher with a bit of dignity will always want to show his or her great and glorious side and pass on good qualities to the next generation.

Everything is moving in the right direction.

Even without the Celestial Dragons, this world is still functioning well.

The warm breeze blew gently, the sky was blue, and the sparkling waves on the sea looked like crumpled silver foil.

Luffy leaned on the railing at the bow of the Sunny, looking towards the sea ahead with some excitement. After a long while, he seemed unable to contain his excitement, and turned back to Sanji who was steering the ship in the cabin and shouted:
"Hey, Sanji!"

"Have we not yet entered the seas of the nations?"

"How long will it take?"

After leaving Redchiled Island, the Straw Hat Pirates have found their next destination, which is to go to Wano Country to find the red historical text that can guide them to the final island, Raftel.

Although the goal was clear, the Straw Hat Pirates still deviated from the route due to various unexpected events along the way, so that they only approached the Wan Guo Sea today. Although the journey was delayed a lot, the Straw Hat Pirates did not gain nothing in this nearly one-year sea voyage.

By chance, they rescued a furry boy who was lost at sea. In order to send the boy back to his hometown, Luffy and his crew took a lot of effort to successfully arrive at Zou.

This act of kindness also brought the Straw Hat Pirates generous "rewards". This chance opportunity not only allowed them to arrive at Zou smoothly, but also allowed them to successfully copy the red historical text located in Zou.

Not only that, a rabbit-like girl from the Fur Tribe was also infected by the personal charm of Luffy and his crew, and joined their sailing team and became a member of their Straw Hat Pirates.

At the same time, the two "kings" of the Zou Fur Tribe, a cat and a dog, after learning that Luffy wanted to follow Roger's footsteps and go to Raftel, also informed the Straw Hat Pirates and others of the news of the historical text of the red signpost that they knew.

In Wano Country, not only does the red road sign historical text exist, but the Kozuki clan, who controls Wano Country, can even decipher the historical text.

The Straw Hat Pirates have successfully obtained one of the 4 red historical texts, and they also know the whereabouts of the remaining pieces of historical texts. For this group of young pirates who have just entered the New World, this progress is very fast.

This also made the Straw Hat Pirates full of confidence in their future. They firmly believed that they would be able to find all the red historical texts and arrive at Raftel, where the Roger Pirates had arrived.

After leaving Zou, the Straw Hat Pirates used the permanent record pointer to Wano Country obtained from Zou, and successfully arrived in Wano Country after more than a month of sailing.

In Wano Country, the Straw Hat Pirates were identified as bad guys by the samurai of Wano Country because of their identity as outsiders and were hunted down by the samurai of Wano Country. However, those ordinary samurai were no match for the powerful Straw Hat Pirates.

The appearance of these outsiders, the Straw Hat Pirates, also attracted the attention of Kozuki Oden. The matter became a big deal, forcing Kozuki Oden to personally lead people to capture the Straw Hat Pirates who were "causing trouble" in Wano Country.

As soon as Luffy and Kozuki Oden met, a big battle broke out without warning.

Kozuki Oden is a straightforward person and his personality has never changed. When facing a strong enemy, the fighting instinct will drive his body.

Luffy and Kozuki Oden are essentially the same kind of people. Facing the powerful enemy, Luffy naturally went all out and had a good fight with Kozuki Oden.

Nika faced off against a powerful warrior known as "the invincible one in the world", and the final result was just a draw.

In this battle, Kozuki Oden had already confirmed Luffy's identity as "Joey Boy" in his mind. In addition, there was a fur-skinned girl from Zou on the Straw Hat Pirates' ship, so this conflict did not continue to deteriorate.

After resolving the conflict, Oden not only led Luffy's men to visit and copy the historical text of the red road signs in Wano Country.

At the same time, he also taught Vivi the method of deciphering the secret code passed down from generation to generation by the Kozuki clan.

Kozuki Oden did not tell Straw Hat Luffy the truth about Raftel, because he understood that this was an adventure belonging to Luffy and his friends, and there was no need for him, an outdated "old guy", to point fingers at the new generation.

After the Straw Hat Pirates and others left, Kozuki Oden sensed that the time had come, so he gathered all the remaining forces of the Whitebeard Pirates and carried out the so-called "founding of the country."

The founding of Wano Country did not cause much shock in the world, because they were located in a remote area, there were natural barriers, and it was within the sphere of influence of Kozuki Oden, so the outside world knew very little about it.

The so-called founding of Wano Country is to cut off all the natural barriers that protect Wano Country, let Wano Country return to the embrace of the sea, and allow them to communicate with other countries in the New World.

No one knows what the purpose of Kozuki Oden's founding of the country is, but the people of Wano Country are very clear that with the disappearance of the natural barrier, more outsiders will come to their Wano Country in the future.

No one can tell whether this is good or bad for the originally closed Wano Country.

In less than a year, the Straw Hat Pirates obtained two road sign historical texts, the road to Laford Road. So far, they have actually walked halfway.

As for the remaining two pieces of historical text, according to the information known by the Straw Hat Pirates, they are most likely kept in Wanoku.

Fishman Island, Wan Guo.

These two places are the sphere of influence of the New Navy. Now, the Straw Hat Pirates have also set their sights on the New Navy, hoping to successfully obtain these two landmark historical texts from the New Navy.

As the Sunny approached Wanguo, Luffy, as the captain, became extremely excited. He could clearly feel that Raftel was getting closer and closer to him, and his dream of becoming the Pirate King was getting closer and closer to him.

In the cab, Sanji heard Luffy's shout and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

Luffy has said this countless times since they entered this sea area.

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

Before Sanji could finish his words, Usopp's nervous shout came from the watchtower:
"Hey, Luffy, Sanji, there's a ship coming towards us!"

Usopp's voice attracted the attention of everyone on the deck. After hearing the shout, the crew members came to the side of the ship and looked out to the distant sea.

At three o'clock of the Sunny, there was a warship rapidly advancing towards the Straw Hat Pirates. The warship was flying the Seagull flag of the New Navy, and its speed was far beyond that of an ordinary sailing ship.

"It's a warship of the new navy!"

(End of this chapter)