Chapter 86: Encirclement
The dock belonging to the 16th branch is indeed under construction.
After Vegapunk joined, it can be said that the previous plans have been slowly realized bit by bit.
There are still a few shipbuilders in the East China Sea, let alone senior shipbuilders. He plans to send people to the Seven Waters City to hold a job fair later.
Although it is enough to rely on Vegapunk even without a shipbuilder, Vegapunk has his own job. How can he be allowed to study shipbuilding all the time?
In this regard, Vegapunk has 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 enough, Mr. Vegapunk is still very willing to study these boring things in his spare time.
At the same time, he also asked Vegapunk to study the airship by the way...
After hearing about the idea of the airship, Vegapunk was also quite interested, especially after taking a look at the design drawings of Enel's Ark Maxim, countless new ideas burst out in his mind again.
After that, he ruthlessly drove the new boss out, and also said that if there was nothing to do during this period, don't bother him.
He now has a lot of 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 can only regretfully give up squeezing Vegapunk.
But I have to say that Vegapunk is really useful!
He knows everything!
Although it requires a little more funding, it has never wasted a single berry, and all of it has been used in research.
The only regret is that there is only this one.
Of course, I believe that it will not be long before the 16th branch will be able to build its own ship!
At present, the main work of the 16th branch of the Navy is...
Sorting out the gains this time, especially the various territories obtained this time, it will take some time to fully accept them.
The other thing is to expand the number of marines and make money.
Especially making money...
The current income of the 16th branch of the Navy mainly comes from three aspects, orange processed products, cosmetics, and Mok's occasional small extra income.
As for orange processed products, it is still the same, and the income is very stable.
As for cosmetics... with the fermentation of time, it can be said that it is becoming more and more popular now.
For this reason, Vegapunk also upgraded the factory equipment and increased production. It can be said that it has become one of the important industries now.
As for Mok's small side income... the young seedlings of East China Sea pirates are almost being pinched, so it is becoming more and more difficult to do!
Let Xia Che also sigh for a while.
Perhaps in the future, for side income business, it is necessary to open up new markets and expand to the Grand Line or the other three seas.
However.
Thinking of the situation of the Grand Line and the other three seas...
Revitalize the glory of the North Sea Pirates?
He was afraid that Mok would be beaten to death if he was so arrogant!
After taking a look at the situation of the training camp, the dock and the factory, and guiding Kuina in swordsmanship, Xia Che also returned to his office and looked at Robin who was working.
He took the tea that Robin had poured for him when he came in, took a sip, and said, "How is the situation in the Konomi Islands?"
"It's been arranged!" Robin raised his head slightly, looked at Xia Che and said, "The Konomi Islands have sent people to manage the new islands, and according to your request, try to arrange the personnel brought from the member countries to the islands near the member countries."
As he said, he raised his head again with an elegant smile on his face, "Now I guess the kings and nobles of the member countries are going to have a headache."
...
With the end of the operation to revive the glory of the East China Sea pirates, the East China Sea has calmed down again.
However.
Although this pirate operation did not last too long, it still had a great impact on the member countries.
Especially for the royal family and nobles...
Their treasures looted by pirates can no longer be recovered, which can be said to be a real loss!
For this reason, in order to make up for the losses, the nobles of the member countries had to... increase taxes!
This is the East China Sea member country-Michael Kingdom.
"Have those dirty poor devils been driven out?" The current king of Michael Kingdom, King Patton, looked at the old man with gray beard in front of him with disdain on his face, "Hurry up and drive those poor devils away, don't dirty my beautiful kingdom."
"They have been driven out! King Patton." The old man with a bitter expression on his face hesitated for a moment and said, "They... are also citizens of Michael Kingdom."
"What qualifications do they have to be my citizens if they can't even pay taxes?" Hearing the old man's words, King Patton snorted coldly and looked at him with dissatisfaction, "Buck, are you questioning my decision as king?"
"I dare not!" Facing the king's questioning, the old man called Buck quickly lowered his head and said, "Please forgive my rudeness! It's just... because of the continuous tax increases, everyone can't pay the taxes."
Let alone the common people, even the nobles can't bear such tax increases.
But.
The nobles don't have to pay taxes.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the obese King Paton in front of him and pleaded, "We have collected enough gold from the sky, King Paton, can we stop? Otherwise, more and more people will be homeless!"
"Shut up! The gold in the sky is enough, but my losses are not enough!" Seeing the right minister who still dared to question his actions, King Patton seemed to still not want to let him go, with a sneer, "I know you have always looked down on me! You think my stupid brother is the king of the Kingdom of Michael, and I am not qualified to be the king of the Kingdom of Michael, but I don't care! Because you are just a pariah who was lifted up from the dirty mud by my stupid elder brother. To be honest, if it weren't for my stupid elder brother voluntarily giving up his position to me and letting me promise to keep you, I would have wanted to dismiss you long ago!"
"I apologize for my rudeness just now." Hearing that King Patton still insisted on his own opinion, Buck could only sigh and lower his head.
That's right, he is not a pure noble, but a right minister promoted by King Luce.
For this, he is also very grateful to King Luce, who is a king who truly cares about the people.
Unfortunately... in the end, he was driven down by all the nobles.
At that time, he also wanted to leave with King Luz, and even repay King Luz's kindness with his death.
But in the end, King Luz persuaded him to stay and watch over the Kingdom of Michael.
If he left, no one would really care about the civilians of this country, and this country would really be hopeless.
In order to repay King Luz, abide by the agreement with King Luz, and secretly protect the citizens of the Kingdom of Michael, he finally stayed despite the humiliation.
However.
As King Luz said at the time, this country is hopeless.
Even if he stayed, it would not change anything. King Paton and those 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 elder brother begged me to stay! Hahaha, it's really interesting!" Looking at Buck who compromised again, King Patton's ugly face showed a happy expression, "Of course I will let you know who is the real king of the Michael Kingdom. I will make the Michael Kingdom recognized by the Celestial Dragons and become a country as beautiful as the Goa Kingdom!"
As he said, he looked coldly at Buck who was lowering his head in pain.
"Keep raising taxes now, my treasury is not full yet!"
"?! King Patton." Hearing that King Patton was going to raise taxes again, Buck's face showed a desperate expression again, and he begged again, "Your treasury is almost full. Even if you don't raise taxes, it will take some time. We are out of money!"
"No money? Get out if you don't have money. 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, I am the kind King Michael! And remember, you just have to collect taxes from me honestly!"
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Looking at the devil in front of him saying the word "kindness", Buck felt his heart filled with anger.
He really couldn't stand it!
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 fiercely,
A royal guard suddenly rushed in, "King Patton, King Patton!"
"Rude guy!" King Patton, who was in a good mood, looked at him unhappily, "You are my guard, calm down."
Looking at the guard who finally calmed down, "Tell me, what happened? Is it those damn pirates coming, or those greedy navy?"
"No, no!" Hearing King Patton's words, the guard took a deep breath and said nervously, "Those damn scavengers, they..."
"What's wrong? What happened to those dirty scavengers? Did they agree to become slaves?"
"No, they left! Left the Kingdom of Michael!"
"?!"
Hearing the guard's words, King Patton looked at him in confusion, and even the originally angry Buck looked at him in confusion.
Leave the Kingdom of Michael?
Where else can those ordinary people go?
"You, why don't you hurry up and say it?"
"A group of people came to the Kingdom of Michael to recruit workers, and all the scavengers followed them." Seeing King Patton's dissatisfaction, the guard hurriedly said, "Even many civilians in the country followed them!"
"Recruiting workers? Damn guys, they actually came to my kingdom to recruit workers?" King Patton stood up dissatisfied, "And that group of stupid civilians, don't they know that they are civilians from the Kingdom of Michael? How dare they follow? Don't let the kingdom guards drive those guys away."
"I can't drive them away! And King Luce is here!"
"?!"
King Luce is back?
Before Buck, who was anxious on the side, asked something.
"Luce? Wasn't that guy captured by pirates as a slave? Even if it was that guy, so what? Why don't you drive him away? No! Catch him for me!" Hearing the familiar name, King Patton showed a ferocious smile on his face again, "I have to treat my stupid brother well!"
"No, we can't catch him!"
"Can't catch him? Damn it, you are not going to welcome my stupid brother back to be king!"
"No, I am loyal to you! King Patton, it's just..." The guard said with a bitter expression on his face, "Lus country... that guy is now working under the Seven Warlords of the Sea. As long as the Seven Warlords of the Sea do not plunder the allied countries, the allied countries cannot do anything to him, even the navy cannot do anything to him."
After saying that, he sighed again and looked at the stunned King Patton with a complicated expression.
"King Patton, many civilians in the capital have already left with that guy. They heard that there were jobs there, and they were paid, and they didn't have to go hungry anymore, so they all ran out."
"Damn it, is Luce going to destroy Michael's country?" After hearing the guard's words, King Patton came to his senses, looked at Buck, and said angrily, "Hurry up and stop them for me, no one is allowed to leave, tell those guys that as long as they agree to become slaves, I can exempt them... No, my kind King Patton can let their families stay in the country for another year, hurry up!"
"Yes!" Buck came to his senses, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said without hesitation, "I'll go now!"
The words fell.
Before King Patton could say anything else, Buck had already hurried out.
Even King Patton, who saw this scene, was a little surprised, but soon nodded with satisfaction, "Although this guy is a pariah, he is still loyal to the Kingdom of Michael."
However.
After a while,
Another guard rushed 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... He also took away all the civilians in the town!"
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