I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 699 New Plan
O'Hara certainly can't be considered a country of pirates.

There is no country ruled by pirates that is not weird.

As a pirate, Sarge is only powerful, but that does not mean he does not have other forces occupying the kingdom.

Those famous pirates who are active on the sea, after conquering a country as their territory, implement a ruling policy that is hard to describe, but at least it is irrelevant.

A long time ago, there was an archipelago country in the 'Paradise' in the first half of the Grand Line. After it was invaded by pirates, all the locals except the pirates were sold as slaves, and a country was formed from this.

The country formed a domestic city-state system, and the leader of each city was elected. This should have been acceptable, but the electoral subjects were limited to pirates, and the indigenous people became completely trafficked slaves.

The way this country survives is to control the nodes around the archipelago, rely on the plunder of pirates and collect "protection fees" from passing merchant ships, and plunder slaves from the surrounding areas to survive.

Later, this archipelago country was reported to the navy by the surrounding kingdoms, and the navy sent people to wipe it out, which made it disappear.

There was also a pirate alliance that was active in the North Sea before. During a period of civil unrest in a large kingdom, a large number of unemployed sailors gathered together, occupied an island, and formed a pirate alliance similar to Blackbeard.

From the perspective of pirates, this alliance advocated egalitarianism and the Captains' Council. When it came to the distribution of spoils, the crew members received no less than the captains, and it was very cohesive at the time.

They did not sell slaves, but smuggled them.

But as pirates, pirates who don't engage in production, they always need items to smuggle, right?
Since these things are not produced, we can only steal them from neighboring countries.

This is fair for the pirates, but it is a disaster for the neighboring countries.

In the end, it was their navy that sent warships to wipe out this pirate alliance.

There are similar ones in the West Sea, and some are even raised by the kingdom itself.

For example, the Flower Kingdom, a powerful kingdom in the West Sea, has a fleet called the 'Eight Treasures Navy', which are part-time pirates. However, these pirates are dependent on the kingdom, and rather than robbing, they seize the trade networks in certain sea areas, earn money through trade, and attack foreign merchant ships in this trade network.

I went there with a mission.

Rather than saying it is a powerful pirate organization, it is better to say that it is the will of the Kingdom of Flowers.

The navy cannot get involved in the specific internal affairs of the kingdom, so so far there is nothing we can do except give bounties.

But no matter what type of pirate they are, if they want to rule a territory, it is impossible to do so in the same way as a normal kingdom.

Even though Totland is called an "ideal country" and is ruled by Big Mom, it is only maintained by the will of Big Mom and the abilities of her many children.

Even so, they would regularly plunder supplies from surrounding islands.

Now that Big Mom is dead, Totland is obviously in a very bad state. Even with Sage's rule, it is still not as ideal as Totland during Big Mom's rule.

At that time, Totland was a paradise, except that people only lived for ten months a year and could only eat sweets.

But in Kuzan's opinion, it is not as real as it is now.

At least now, we can see vitality, not the illusory absurdity and instability of castles in the air.

What Sag created was not really a pirate country. It was even many times better than any kingdom he had ever seen.

He can see vitality here, see the hope of the common people, see that everyone works hard, and when they have enough food and clothing, they can still pursue their own goals.

If there is no threat of world government.
Then O'Hara will be able to operate well even without Sage.

The upper and lower limits of power in one person are absolute. In front of the powerful and understanding Sag, O'Hara will reach a new height, and if the successor is too weak, the country will be in chaos.

But no matter how chaotic
As long as I can be guaranteed safety, not be a slave, and have enough food to eat, that's enough!

Kuzan has seen too many weird things in his many years of work. No matter how bad he thought of O'Hara, he was still much better than the people from other countries he had met.

In fact, before O'Hara appeared, if someone told him that the worst situation in a country was to be exploited, repeating meaningless labor, and only being able to get enough food and shelter, he would have thought that this person was a bit idealistic.

What else do you want if you can have enough food and clothing?
Not a slave?
Your life wasn't taken away by pirates at will, right?
You didn’t starve to death, did you?
If a country can eliminate these three things, it will be a very good country.

"Of course it's not a normal pirate country."

Kuzan raised his glass and clinked it with Yixiao, then looked at Sag, who was sitting on the throne at the top of the long table, being served by maids and laughing at the lively environment below.

"But the more this happens, the more frightening it is," Kuzan said.

"Then let us do it."

He smiled and said, "I am a sheriff, protecting the safety of O'Hara as a whole, and I have seen a lot of places. From the perspective of the kingdom, O'Hara is a very beautiful place. It is not perfect, but it is real because of its imperfections, and it is also full of vitality because of its imperfections."

"As long as time is long enough, they will change their living environment and think that this is how the world is. That will be enough. Even if Sage dies, O'Hara can still operate. As for the long term."

He smiled and took a sip of wine. "After eight hundred years of development, the world government is beginning to face a crisis. There are no countries or people on the sea that can thrive forever. No one can predict what will happen in the future."

"Ah, what you said makes sense."

Kuzan scratched his head and said, "I think too much. People on the sea don't seem to think so far into the future."

Although he said that, there was still some worry between Kuzan's brows.

Human lifespan is indeed too short, so short that even the future cannot be accurately predicted.

There was clearly something beautiful right before his eyes, but he felt heartbroken when he thought that this beauty would gradually decay in the future.

The one-man system of Sarge is good, but it relies too much on talent. If it were an ordinary kingdom,
Although he had just arrived, he could foresee what kind of mess O'Hara would become.

The durability of the World Government makes Kuzan feel that it cannot disappear in the short term. It must be an opponent that lasts for decades, hundreds of years or even thousands of years.

In other words, the world government has always existed, and no matter how beautiful a country is, it will eventually disappear under its watch.

this matter.
Kuzan turned to Sarge, "I need to ask for clarification."

……

Without even waiting for the next day, not long after the banquet ended, Kuzan found Sage and asked him about his doubts right in the banquet hall.

But Kuzan didn't understand the answer. "So, you stopped being a human just to live longer? My last name isn't Qiao either."

Seeing Kuzan's worried look, Sager moved his glass and asked Lily to pour him a glass.

"You haven't drunk much, but you're just thinking about all sorts of messes. I'm not worried, so why are you? Don't think that just because you can vaporize and freeze, there's a stone mask for you. You ate the Freeze Fruit, not the Vampire Fruit."

Come to think of it, if his impression was correct, the two seemed to have the same voice.

"Yixiao is here too, let me answer your concerns."

Sage curled his lips, "After I am gone, the power will shrink. After all, my last name is Norton. If I have children in the future, I must give them dignity. O'Hara is mine and Norton's. Those who are not as powerful as me should just enjoy their lives and be a nominal king."

"What do you think these ministers do with their specific powers? They are the ones who implement them. Of course, it will eventually degenerate into a rigid and decadent organization, or create new vitality. No one can control it. I can live for another 200 years. By then, I will gradually develop a good maintenance organization."

"And after I die, Lily, remember, if the person who gets my power is Norton, he will automatically become the new king. Since you have my power, it is very easy to take back the power, there is no need to mention this. If you can't even defeat the ministers who have power in the future, then that's it."

"If you are not from the Norton family, you will automatically become the chief minister and be in charge of everything in the kingdom. If you have my power, you must have inherited my will. If there is no successor among my descendants, don't blame others for taking power. As long as the title is set, you can forget about the throne, but it is not a problem to create a new influential family."

"As for what will happen in the future, I have spent my entire life laying this foundation. If it fails again, then it will fail. There is no point in keeping it."

Sarge stretched out his hand, "I am just a pirate. There are no pirates that have always existed in the world, and there are no countries that have always existed. If I have come this far and can still be destroyed, what else can I say. Kuzan, are you worried that your children will not live up to their expectations in the future?"

"I have no children."

Kuzan shook his head: "But if the environment is good, I would like to have one. If they really disappear because they have no talent, it is their own choice."

The strong men in the navy would keep their children secret.

Most of the powerful pirates have no children.

I didn’t think about it before, but now I really need to think about it carefully.

The reason for not having children is very simple.

In this world, even if you are born, you cannot protect it and it can easily become a weak point.

Some people value the continuation of will more than the continuation of bloodline.

"The continuation of will."

Thinking of this, Sager smiled and said to Kuzan, "What about Garp? Did you retire completely after you released him? It's strange to say, you are his disciple, and I also learned a few tricks from him before. But when it comes to inheritance, it's not you, nor his precious grandson, but a pink-haired marine. What's his name? And you have to involve Garp in saving him and put your will on him. Is that really a good idea?"

"Mr. Karp"

Kuzan raised his head, lost in thought for a moment, and then said, "He should have returned to Windmill Village. After all, he was captured and exchanged. I heard that he resigned and could no longer be a mentor, so he returned to the East China Sea."

"Ha! Maybe he will train a few more people in the future. Just like that guy Rayleigh, Rayleigh taught the grandson of the navy, maybe he can teach a pirate grandson in the future."

Sager smiled, drank the wine in the glass, and then stood up. "Since we are talking about this, and you are here, let's have a small meeting. Lily, you will be responsible for sorting and delivering tomorrow. Now call Lao Mo and Lao Huo over."

"Yes."

Lily nodded and turned to inform the two people who had already evacuated.

And Sager took Kuzan and Yixiao to the meeting room.

“That phase has passed.”

After everyone arrived, Sager sat on the main throne, glanced at everyone present, and said, "After killing Teach, there is no one in the New World who can stop me. This place is completely under my plan, and similarly, no one can stop me from doing business anymore."

“Is the next step to include the second half in the ruling?”

Kuzan asked: "If that's the case, leave it to me. I'm quite familiar with that place."

"No, no, it's not very inefficient."

Sager stretched out a finger and shook it, then said with a smile: "Everyone, next, I want to talk about the new plan, which is..."

Upon hearing this, everyone, including Kuzan, looked horrified.

Even the newly joined Kuzan had heard of Sag's planning ability and his reputation of being able to fail but not allowing his plans to fail.

Only Lily looked normal.

We can roughly guess what Sager wants to do.

"Business."

Sager opened his hands and bared his teeth. "The business of Paradise, the business of the second half of the New World, and the business of the West Sea and the North Sea since the Navy has withdrawn from here and can no longer focus on them, I want to do them all!"

"We don't need to go to the second half for now. Many of the pirates there were there when I was trying to rule the first half. It takes a lot of time to deal with them. Most of them only have one ship, so they are hard to catch. Let them play by themselves in the second half. After all, as long as they exist, they must need supplies. We can sell them these things."

"My plan also requires them."

Sager straightened his expression and said, "The first step is to send newspapers to the civilians in the second half of the New World, so that the pirates can make way and move all the civilians here. Compared to the islands, once I digest the first half of the islands, I will be more short of people."

There is definitely a shortage of people.

Alabasta alone has a population of over 10 million. Although the population in the first half has not been fully counted, the population is so dispersed that the average number of people will not be that large, which does not fit his plan to develop local industries.

"The second half will be given to the pirates. Let them cause trouble. As for whether they have anything to rob, I will let them find a place to rob. I plan to sell the pirates a ship that can lead to the Calm Belt, and let them rob the West Sea and the North Sea. They can come to me to exchange what they rob."

"The Grand Line is doing business as normal, and we should take control of the park industry as soon as possible."

"It doesn't matter if it takes a little longer, as long as the plan proceeds steadily. By the way"

Sarge smiled and said, "Let the Revolutionary Army and the World Government fight more fiercely, otherwise they won't be able to bear my goods."

(End of this chapter)