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Chapter 574 I am an invader, not a beast

The Flower Capital was badly damaged, the castle tower at the highest point was reduced to ruins, Onigashima was shattered, and the ground was covered with rubble, some as big as a fist and some as large as boulders.

But it was not wasted. Qiangbaru integrated into the entire ground of the Flower City, fused the rubble together, filled the deep pit that was dug, and gradually turned it into a flat ground.

The castle tower, which was reduced to ruins, also revealed an underground weapons depot and a very deep basement.

In the armory, Sarge glanced at the neatly arranged weapons and couldn't help but smile: "Wow, there are quite a few."

Those weapons were mostly swords, but there were also other cold weapons, as well as a large amount of gunpowder and artillery shells, and there were several boxes on one side.

Renetia reached out to touch the weapon, picked up a knife and flicked it, then nodded thoughtfully: "I see."

"You know?" asked Sarge.

"do not know."

"..."

Sarge rolled his eyes, "I wonder what you are thinking about here?"

Renidia chuckled: "But I know someone knows Aqiang! It's your turn!"

A man with a fringe hairstyle slowly walked out from the crowd.

He bowed and said respectfully, "Your Highness Renetia, my name is Jotaro."

"Okay, Aqiang, come and take a look." Renetia waved.

Jotaro, who wanted to take revenge on Wano Country and completely break Oden's spirit, also came here with Sage.

He walked forward, took the sword, flicked the blade with his fingers, making a crisp sound, then rubbed it carefully for a while, grasped the handle, and slashed it on his arm with his backhand.

Blood flowed from the wound on his forearm. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then turned around and bowed to Sager and said:
"Governor, this is alcohol iron ore. If you get hit by it, you will feel anesthetic."

As he said that, he put down the knife and looked at the bullets placed in one of the boxes. He picked up one and licked it with his tongue, then shook his head and said, "Ordinary lead bullets, not made of iron ore."

This is inevitable.

Most guns use lead bullets at sea. Besides the fact that lead bullets are the most abundant and convenient, basically all guns can be used with bullets, regardless of caliber. Another reason is that they look more domineering.

For the guy who is truly proficient in Haki, lead bullets are enough.

A few use some special metal bullets, but those are used by those who have no domineering power or have little domineering power to increase their power.

For example, Letty already knows how to use Armament Haki, but the amount is pitifully small, which is normal for her age. The means to enhance her combat power cannot be based on domineering, but must rely on her own skills.

She is not a gunner or sniper, but prefers ability and technological bombing.

However, it is a waste to use iron ore to make bullets, and it cannot be recycled. It is not as practical as cold weapons. After all, the effect of iron ore is always there.

“It’s a good business.”

Sager touched his chin and smiled, "Prioritize the supply to our side. For export, only 30% will be paid. I will pay for the rest of the domestic demand. Let's have a big change."

In a battle on the sea, it is difficult to kill someone with an ordinary sword, even if it is of good quality.

The people here, even the civilians, have a relatively high amount of blood per person. Under the same conditions, it is better to make people lose their ability to resist than to kill them. Weapons mixed with alcohol and iron ore are in short supply, and you can tell with your knees that they are in short supply.

"Hai Lou Shi!"

Renetia exclaimed, withdrew her hand from the box, and said excitedly: "Sag, it's a weapon made of seastone!"

“Oh, this is the big one.”

Sager walked over and looked at the boxes.

There weren't many of these boxes, but the contents were very impressive. Sager picked up a bullet from the box, turned it in a circle between his two fingers, and said with a smile, "Seastone bullet."

That posture seemed to be completely unaffected by the seastone.

He threw the bullets in and looked at the other boxes.

There are projectiles made of seastone, nails made of seastone, and polished small seastones that seem to be used for seastone nets.

Sager picked up another iron rod, touched the rod from the body to the top, and flicked the rod head. "This is seastone. As expected, only the craftsmen of Wano Country have the ability to polish seastone into this shape."

The sea is so magical.

The richest and most powerful world government not only needs the seastone production of Wano Country but also the craftsmanship of Wano Country in dealing with people with special abilities.

But now, this place belongs to Sager.

"That's not how weapons are sold. This kind of weapons factory is not scalable at all. Kaido, that idiot, can't even tell the priorities. There are only so many here, and that should be all. The quantity is still pitifully small. It is obvious that even the craftsmen of Wano Country cannot produce them in large quantities."

“The population problem.”

Sarge said: "We should move a group of people to Wano Country to live here and learn the craftsmanship. We should learn as much forging technology as possible and industrialize it. Before that, the main business should be iron ore. There are weapons factories everywhere. We can use them. Quinn."

"Boss."

Quinn stood up.

"What is the model of your weapons factory? Is it mainly composed of craftsmen or a production line? When I came here, I saw black smoke everywhere on the high rock pillars. It should be a production line, right?" Sag asked with some anticipation.

"Forehead"

Quinn scratched his head, "Boss, what is a production line?"

"It means everyone performs their duties, cooperates with the machines, maximizes the production of weapons, and makes everything standardized, with unified standards and unified operations."

"There's no such thing. They're all made by the craftsmen themselves." Quinn shook his head.

His main guarding location was in Tudon, where the mines and weapons factories were located, while there were no mines in other places, only weapons factories.

Those tall rock pillars with weapons factories can be found throughout Wano Country. They are always emitting black smoke and are also a source of pollution.

Sager curled his lips, "I really overestimated you. Leti, this task is given to you. Explore the technology and build a few production lines. Then spread them all over Wano Country. Well, since this place is polluted anyway, let's pollute it to the end. Use it as a heavy industry base and build whatever pollutes. The geographical location is also good."

"OK!" Renetia made an 'OK' gesture.

This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is located at a high position. We cannot concentrate all industries here, but some heavily polluting industries can be gradually moved here to create a large-scale centralized industry.

It is impossible to say that Sager's industry is completely pollution-free.

Shipbuilding does not cause pollution, that's because it's just shipbuilding, but he also sells cannons and gunpowder together. Buying warships from him is a one-stop service, you don't have to worry about anything, you can get everything if you pay enough money.

Weapons factories, in particular, are a major source of pollution.

The factory was previously located in the southwest mountains of the main island of O'Hara. The area is mountainous and it was left there anyway, so it was used to build a factory. However, over time, the pollution has become quite terrible.

This matter was reported by Lily a long time ago, but as a core industry, there is no suitable place to put it. Although it is good to find an island with few resources to put it there, a large number of people will be needed to be stationed there, and even an important combat force will have to be separated.

Even so, it is not certain that they can defend it. What if the navy finds out and launches an attack, or if an enemy on the sea goes crazy, even if they cannot defeat his men, they can still plow the island.

After much deliberation, he decided to put it on the main island.

But it's different now. Wano Country is a good place. If he puts him here, very few people can come up. He can also disperse his weapons factories and not put all his eggs in one basket.

"Governor"

Jin, who followed over, frowned and said, "May I ask, will the so-called production lines and concentrated polluting industries have any impact on this place?" Although he couldn't imagine what would happen, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"What caused it."

Sarge chuckled and looked at Quinn, "How polluted is Wano Country now?"

"The farmland is ruined. Most animals can't eat it. The water can't be drunk. It's all toxic. Only a little is usable. This is the limit. Our factories are also running at their limit. We can't pollute any more."

Quinn said: "In terms of food, we used to solve it. At that time, we negotiated with Kurozumi Snake and we provided him with healthy food, but we only provided it to them."

"That goes without saying. Lily is taking people to set up Den Den Mushi. She'll check on the way."

Sager waved his hands and said disdainfully: "You have been doing this for the past 20 years, and all you have done is to play such a tyranny?"

Quinn and Jhin looked puzzled.

"Food shortages and reduced living land will obviously reduce the population of Wano Country. But those are people! You bastards!" Sag cursed.

The two looked at each other, their confusion deepened.

No, do we still need to care about this?

You're not a navy.
The navy doesn't care about non-member countries.

The notorious pirate, the most powerful of the Four Emperors, is a guy who cares about civilians?
It doesn't look like it.
"People, that's wealth! That's money! No one pays my taxes! No one knows anything about sustainable development."

Sarge said to Jin: "Pollution, right? According to my method, in one year, there will be no drinkable water or arable land in Wano Country."

"Eh? All of them?"

Quinn was shocked. “But if we do that, the people of Wano will really starve to death.”

Jin also nodded: "If all the polluting factories are moved here, the entire country of Wano will have no hope of survival. Even if we supply food, there is such a big gap and we won't be able to supply it all."

We're just talking about wealth here, and yet people are starving to death over there?

Even the radicals thought Sager was a little too radical.

They followed Kaido in carrying out tyranny, but they didn't really want to starve people to death.

After all, people are needed to make weapons.

And their pirate group, as far as people know, is really just a pirate group.

To provide food for tens of thousands of people, that was because Kaido’s territory was big enough in the past, but this can only maintain the survival of 20,000 pirates. No matter how few people there are in Wano Country, there are more than 20,000 people. What's more, Wano Country is also a big country with a large area and a large population.

"Without supplies, what do you think Sarge is? An ordinary pirate?"

Renetia said proudly: "We are completely different from all the pirates on the sea!"

Sarge smiled and said, "As a pirate, Kaido and I are not much different, and the difference in combat power is not that big either. But when it comes to doing business and ruling, ten Kaidos, no, a hundred Kaidos are not as good as me. The gap is as big as the abyss."

"Why do we need tyranny? It's such a waste to just leave a group of good workers there."

Sager opened his hands and said, "Make use of all the people, pay them wages, and let them do things instead of just leaving them there. If you give them money, they will be motivated to live a good life."

"I have a lot of food supplies here. Not only are they clean, but they're also delicious! As long as you have money, you can buy anything! If there's no farmland, then there's no farmland. Just build a few clean places to live. It will be fine if the factory is far away from the living areas."

"If all the people in Wano Country are mobilized, it will stimulate more domestic demand. My canning factory will expand again, creating more jobs and more taxes. It's a perfect cycle!"

Sarge laughed.

There is no need to think too much about the issue of ruling Wano Country, just use the old method.

And thanks to Kaido and Orochi's tyranny, it will be easier for him to implement.

First give them a blow to kill those who resist, and then you can deal the rest with dates.

These people were living on the brink of starvation, a group of guys who racked their brains to survive, suddenly got a job, had delicious food and clean water, and the salary was enough to support not only themselves but also their entire family, and even had some left over.

Isn’t it much better than farming?
It just so happens that the farmland is gone, so Sage doesn't have to find a way to release them from the fields. A group of good laborers will come up.

When subsistence farmers enter factories, that's productivity.

After all this, why do people in Wano Country still care about pollution?
It is the land that is polluted, not the people, they are living well!

"Every problem is a problem of demand, and I"

Sager bared his teeth, "It can solve most of the problems!"

He really gave money!

"This"

Jin's pupils constricted. It couldn't be said that he didn't accept it, but he could only say that he didn't understand it at all, but he was greatly shocked.

Can you do this?

Is this how the world works?
"You can't do it!"

Quinn understood. "How is this possible? The people of Wano Country hate us. We are invaders. They won't do what we want, right? Besides, this is very difficult. It takes too much energy. Even the king doesn't do this."

I understand it, but I think I can't do it.

You don't do that on the sea.

"We are invaders, but we are not beasts."

Sarge smiled and said, "Don't take the minority as the majority."

What do you mean by invaders?

They invaded countries, seized territory, massacred indigenous peoples, enslaved local people, burned, killed, and looted.

That does cause hatred.

Invade countries, seize territories, and only deal with those who influence the rule. Give the rest of the people jobs, money, and the treatment they deserve as normal people, or even better, so that they can live a better life.

From starving to having enough food to eat, and from having enough food to having a house to live in and family to look forward to the future.

He is still the aggressor.

But it can also be an invader who is led by someone else.

"The King Can't Do It"

Sager's voice was shocked, "But the country can! I am..."

He opened his arms, and laughed loudly amid the shocked and slightly bewildered expressions of Jhin and Quinn: "Oh my country! Hohahahaha!"

The magic of this sea lies in the fact that one person's will can influence a lot.

Sarge's will, within his territory, is like the will of the country.

He created it with his own hands, and everyone will unite and act for his will, because he will allow them to get more and live a better life!

(End of this chapter)