I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 619: Good may not be very good, but it is definitely not bad!
Now that nuclear deterrence has appeared, we must have it.

Sag had no impression of the subsequent development of the world, but according to the current situation, it would be absolutely correct for him to have a world-destroying weapon in his hands.

Sag's words made several clones fall into silence, and then Shakya, who represented "integrity", was the first to acknowledge his words.

"Ideals alone cannot change the world. Without force, we will be at the mercy of others. If we want peace, force is indispensable."

Shaka looked at Sarge, "But we don't want to work for the Discord pirates. We were prepared to sacrifice ourselves. Rumor has it that you are different, but we need to wait and see."

"It doesn't matter."

Sager said confidently: "Rumors are just rumors after all. You can understand more by seeing it with your own eyes. After you have seen it, you will definitely stay."

He is absolutely confident in this regard.

He had robbed countless towns, but none of those prosperous places was as prosperous as his city. However, compared to the prosperity, the people under his rule definitely had enough food to eat.

……

O'Hara.

Before the morning mist had dissipated, O'Hara's deep-water dock had awakened like a giant beast.

As the boundary between two land masses and also the only traffic route on this route, this ocean current in the center of the two continents is not a shallow sea, but a very standard deep-water port.

As soon as the morning came, the port became busy.

The neutral merchant ships that did not belong to the Calamity Pirates and the wandering pirate groups flying black flags fought tooth and nail outside, but once they entered the waters affiliated with O'Hara, they immediately put down their guns and stopped firing.

The merchant stood at the side of the ship and looked down at the small pirate ship that was approaching and running parallel to it. He looked at the captain gritting his teeth on the deck with a smug look on his face and gestured in a domineering manner.

Now that we've entered the Inland Sea, you still dare to hit me?

At worst, he can just give up the entire ship's cargo. When the time comes for compensation, this pirate ship will definitely be enough for him to pay.

If it doesn't work, aren't there still some prisoners?
O'Hara banned slavery but not punishment. If someone violated the rules of the natural disaster and did not pay enough compensation, they would be arrested and forced to do labor, and the compensation salary would be advanced to these "victims".

In a word, we will never let people who come here to do business suffer any loss!

But the risk is also very high. If you are robbed outside the inland sea, even if it's just a little bit, you will have to admit that you are unlucky.

But now that he's in, it means he can sell his goods here, and then buy a batch of valuable goods and leave, making some money.

Although the first half of the New World nominally belongs to the Scourge Pirates, there are also many kingdoms and allied nations here, but they have not been conquered yet. Those kingdoms are also preparing for war, and the supplies they need are also increasing in large quantities.

Instead, it benefited Sage, merchants in the kingdom, and even some nobles.

We need weapons to prepare for war, right?

If you want weapons in the new world, you either have to make them yourself or buy them from natural disasters. If you make them yourself, you need manpower, so there won't be many people to grow crops and produce food. If you want to buy them, you'll need a lot of money.

Whether buying supplies or weapons, they have to be purchased from the Calamity side. In particular, the weapons sold here are of very good quality. More people are willing to buy weapons here, and buy the local specialties, and sell the minerals, grains, salt and other things mined in their country, so that the domestic nobles and the businessmen who act as the nobles' white gloves can make a profit.

As for the country
The country where the merchants come from.

Some businessmen have already established businesses in O'Hara and are just waiting for the royal army to land so that they can become O'Hara citizens.

The business environment here is so good that businessmen can't wait to put Sag into a statue and worship him.

As for those stupid nobles, no one cares about them.

The entire O'Hara Port becomes busy from early morning. A large number of ships docked at the port lower their gangways and carry goods to the port market, while private merchants are also waiting here to evaluate the goods.

The only building in O'Hara that is only slightly shorter than the royal palace is filled with offices of businessmen from all over the place. Sage allowed businessmen to run all industries other than the core industries freely, and the vitality that has emerged is incredible.

Merchants from various islands register companies here, dispatch staff and even assistants, and wait for other merchants to come and trade at the port here.

There are even fishmen among them.

A cartilaginous fishman wearing a monocle and dressed like a gentleman opened the box, glanced at the lead bullets inside, and shook his head, saying, "We don't accept this stuff."

As he said this, he opened the box next to him that was filled with iron ore. "This is fine. Seeing how much you have, I'll give you 12,000 Baileys per ton."

"Why don't you collect the lead bullets? They are weapons!"

The merchant was dissatisfied and said, "Don't pirates need ammunition? You can never have too much of this stuff! Also, the price of iron ore is too low. It's war time now! The World Government is fighting the Revolutionary Army. At least 20,000 Beli will be needed!"

"New here, right?"

The cartilaginous fishman looked up and down at this merchant who seemed to be born on a cold island and was wearing a mink coat, and said:
"Everyone knows that Master Sarge is the largest arms dealer. We have no shortage of raw materials. Everyone knows that we have taken over Wano Country. Iron ore is already cheap enough."

The prices on the sea vary, especially on the Grand Route, where prices are different in every place.

Take iron ore for example. The most common iron ore, not refined iron, costs between 8,000 and 12,000 Baileys per ton in the Grand Line. Recently during the war, prices have risen and it can be sold for more than 20,000.

Refined iron can be sold for more than 30,000 berries in the Grand Line, but in wartime, it can be sold for more than 80,000 berries.

Kidd once robbed Big Mom’s ship, which contained 200 tons of refined iron and 50 sets of artillery, but was only valued at 80 million.

This is because of the New World. It might be cheaper in other places.

But no matter what the price is, the premise is that it can be sold.

Someone has to collect this stuff and forge it. It's okay if the quantity is small, there will always be craftsmen, but the only ones who can purchase it on a large scale, apart from the World Government, are O'Hara.

Although they don't know the details, there are rumors that the World Government is also looking for them to place orders, and it is obvious that their production capacity is insufficient.

It's a pure seller's market now, they can open as many as they want.

Although Wano Country has been demolished, its iron ore was exported in large quantities before. Because the country was previously closed to the outside world, the iron ore there was cheaper, as low as 800 berries per ton.

You heard it right, eight hundred!

Refined iron converted into gold is only five thousand berries!
Although the price is no longer the same after being occupied by Master Sag, it also proves in disguise that Wano Country has abundant reserves and they have never lacked raw materials.

And who the hell buys the finished lead bullets made from raw materials?

They output the finished product!
As for the profit of raw materials, Master Sag's official purchase price is 15,000 Baileys per ton. After the private merchants buy them, they just resell them and pay taxes.

As for neutral merchants
"The master's purchase price is fifteen thousand. Why don't you change and join us O'Hara? Take out the pointer of your country."

The fishman merchant smiled at him and said, "It's the same with other people. This price is set by our spontaneously formed Chamber of Commerce. It's always this price. You won't find a higher price."

If you want to be treated like these people, you need to surrender. This fishman is not afraid of the official purchase price, but if you want to sell at this price, you must be a local merchant.

"Twelve thousand is twelve thousand!"

The businessman gritted his teeth and said, "You really don't want to take lead bullets? I spent a lot of effort to get them, you can even get them at a lower price!"

Apart from here, there is mainly no other place to sell it. The black market price is actually very high now. During the war, the price of lead bullets on the black market could be sold for two thousand Baileys per round.

Compared to the raw materials, the price of this finished product is actually very high, but normally it is only about three hundred to five hundred Baileys per shot.

Arms, even if it is just ammunition, cannot possibly be priced as cheap as a few dozen Baileys.

It is also a war time now, and the price has soared to the same level as during the Marineford War, but he can't sell it.

Such a high price naturally brings risks. The biggest risk is the sea. If it is robbed, you will be left with nothing.

“It’s cheap.”

The cartilaginous fishman thought for a moment and said, "Well, you only have this box."

"Two thousand rounds!"

"Well, thirty Baileys a shot, I'll take them all."

"You are robbing money!"

The businessman was shocked and said, "Isn't it said that the business environment here is the best! Or is it that pirates are pirates? You might as well just rob me!"

Thirty-one rounds? Sixty thousand Baileys?

He had gone to so much trouble to get a batch of lead bullets, hoping to make a fortune from them, but with this price, he could only buy a knife?

"Humph, how much do you think our lead bullets cost?"

The cartilaginous fishman was not afraid to speak out, and held up five fingers to the merchant, "Don't think that we are handmade or carefully manufactured. Master Sager has a pure assembly line factory, and our own lead bullets only cost fifty Baileys. I'm giving you thirty, which is the most I can do. I still have to pay taxes, and you think it's cheap? I think it's cheap too!"

The manufacturing cost of lead bullets is indeed not very valuable. Arms dealers sell them for three to five hundred yuan, but on the black market, the price will be cheaper during normal times.

The G-5 branch of the Navy did this before. The wholesale price from the arsenal was Baileys per round.

But the Doflamingo family has gone bankrupt, so this business can no longer be done, and now they are the only ones who can do it.

With the most streamlined costs, Sager made a fortune in arms.

"You lowly bastard."

"Be careful what you say."

Seeing the merchant's face flushed and about to swear, the cartilaginous fishman clenched his fingers and said coldly:

"I'm going to crush a 'human' like a stink bug. Racial discrimination is outdated. This is O'Hara! Are you planning to cause trouble here, you stinky bastard?!"

"I"

The businessman swallowed his words, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "I don't."

"Don't be so quick to refuse. We have another proposal."

The cartilaginous fishman waved his hand and asked a member of the Chamber of Commerce to come over with a pearl coral. "Business can be done in many ways. This is my gift to you. It's a pearl coral from the South China Sea. It's very rare."

"The purpose is very simple. You also know that the first half of the new world will eventually belong to our master. It's just that there is not enough time now. Maybe it will take a few years, maybe more than ten years, or maybe just a few months. You don't want to join us, but we can still cooperate."

"Cooperation?" The businessman was stunned. "What are you going to do?"

"What specialties does your country have?" The cartilaginous fishman said, "We don't need your pointers and coordinates, we just need to ask this."

"Lead and iron," said the merchant.

"We can't build a production line, but we can buy the raw materials. As a businessman, don't you want to get rid of the oppression of the nobles and do business freely? You just need to pay taxes. Of course, you don't have the qualifications now, but we can give it to you."

"I don't care where you get the materials, whether it's from slaves or forced labor. As long as you get the raw materials here, we'll give you an extra 10% rebate. It's all your money. We also have a bank for you to deposit it in. Even if you die, your family can use it."

"Think about it carefully. Earning a lot of money and being a free man here is better than working yourself to death and being undercut by us and oppressed by your master, right?"

The cartilaginous fishman's words were so tempting that the businessman fell silent.

Maybe it's a good idea.

Their conversation was listened carefully by a man wearing a coat and a helmet among the crowd in the port.

That is Sakya.

They had been back in O'Hara for several days.

They did nothing these days but wandered around the city of O'Hara, observing the unique vitality of this city, which was totally unlike any other city.

The port is vibrant, and the urban area is even more vibrant. In addition to various races living peacefully here, it has also absorbed the architectural styles of multiple races, showing a different style as the city expands.

For example, although Wano Country has been demolished, its architectural style remains here, and there are rows of shops that combine the flying eaves of Wano Country with the current streamlined design.

The screen recording star projected by the video phone-mushi was played in a loop in front of the electronic screen in the square. The owner of the takoyaki stall opened by the octopus fish man waved his six arms and grilled fifty octopus balls at the same time.

You can even see giants walking here, and the locals are not surprised and even greet them.

What is shown here is the equality of all races. Only under Sage, everyone can freely choose what they love to do, get a good salary, and have time to rest and live their own life.

Peaceful and beautiful.

But there is also darkness
Such as now.

O'Hara's vitality was actually built by exploiting other people.

Sag introduced the rules that O'Hara had now created without reservation, making these people with genius brains understand that everything they did was achieved by trying their best to compress raw materials, but exporting high-priced goods and exploiting people outside the territory to absorb nutrients.

It's good, but it also has disadvantages.

But compared with other places, this disadvantage is simply the best!

Because O'Hara's lower limit is almost the upper limit for others!

(End of this chapter)