I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 706 Become the King of the World!

“There’s probably a statistic.”

The next day, Lily found Sage and reported yesterday's battle situation.

There are definitely not thousands of pirate groups that were invited and came, but if they squeezed together, they could still get a few hundred captains.

"A total of 374 pirate captains have come, 100% of them have registered. 283 captains paid and placed orders yesterday. The rest have financial problems and are trying to find ways to raise money."

Lily said, "But those who paid the money only paid a down payment of 300 million Baileys and applied for a loan together."

"Okay."

Sager, who was sitting at his desk, lit a cigar and said with a smile, "Of course they will only pay the down payment. No one is stupid enough to pay the full amount. Pirates are a dangerous job. If they are not dead, I can pay them back anyway. If they are dead, then I don't have to pay them back. I won't lose anything anyway."

Never mind whether sailing is big or small. In a world with such a vast ocean area, where the only means of transportation are ships, the shipbuilding industry is bound to be the most profitable of all, especially in O'Hara, where the raw materials are cheap, the technology is advanced, and the shipbuilding industry has a complete chain from low-end to high-end.

Three hundred million berries are more than enough to build a ship.

This still needs to take into account the workers' salaries and benefits and the dividends of the workers on the raw material side, otherwise the cost can be lower.

Things are different now than before. In the past, the territory was not large, and the domestic and export output was high, so the problem of dealing with raw materials was handled by local businessmen, who hired local people with high salaries to get the raw materials.

Later, after a wave of purges, coupled with factors such as territory expansion and war, exports were interrupted, and domestic sales in some industries lacked momentum, so many businessmen gave up.

The industry chain must be coherent, with each link tightly twisted together. Once a link has a problem, it will not be a trivial matter and will have an impact up or down, and it will be a significant one.

So when Doflamingo suspended the smuggling industry in order to deal with the Straw Hats, even if it was only for a short time, the production capacity of Sage's weapons factory was not released in time. At that time, forced production was used to ensure that the downstream iron ore industry was not affected, but it also affected part of the warehousing and transportation industries.

The warehousing and transportation industries are closely related to the jobs of the employees. If there is no shipment, there will be no profit. In addition, other goods will not be able to be shipped, which will cause a chain reaction.

When there are many industries, it's like the Internet. If one of them is broken, the impact will be huge.

Sage still stopped for a while, but he still had supplies and could meet domestic demand, even if he had to pay for it himself.

However, the impact on weapons and shipbuilding is huge. We cannot sell these things. Even if we supply them to conscripted soldiers, it will not be as good as exporting them in large quantities. The loss of production capacity will of course affect all aspects below.

The most obvious ones are timber and iron ore. The production capacity of this part has been affected. Merchants have not made enough money, but they have to meet the high wages of the workers. If the losses are too great, they simply stop working.

This cannot be prevented. Most of the businessmen who quit are free men, not transformed from Sag's subordinates. Those transformed subordinates, including Link, are holding on even though they are losing money, because it concerns the plans of their immediate superiors, and no one dares to slack off.

But the freelance businessmen, even the O'Hara people, had to close their businesses because of heavy losses.

But Sager has to support these people.

If the merchants refuse to do it, then we can only take money out of the gold shop and continue to purchase raw materials from the workers to ensure their work needs.

After all, he is a landlord, not a profit-seeking businessman. What he wants is to maintain stable rule, not to abandon it once it is no longer useful.

But if we continue like this, the model is not right. If waging a war only means losing money, it will not suit Sag's wishes.

In the end, it was simply changed to a base salary and dividend system, with workers working on the raw materials side receiving an annual salary.

The normal monthly salary is low, which is in line with the low wage price of raw materials, but it is not enough to let people starve to death, and there is no problem in having enough food and clothing.

At the end of the year, the industries involved in these raw materials will distribute a portion of their earnings to the workers at the raw material end.

With this calculation, the workers' overall salary is higher than the previous system, and they also have hope that as long as the business is good, they can earn more.

The industry ceiling is not that low anymore.

As for whether there are brave people who dare to take all the responsibility, and thus not pay people wages or only pay low wages, and take advantage of the gift of Sarge.
It's useless to be brave. If you don't have strong strength, you will be doomed sooner or later.

This is not a civilized society.

Only with this model can we ensure that these low-end guys can also enjoy the glory under the prosperity of Sager.

Without these, I don’t know how low the price can be.

But Sager is not short of money.

His wealth depends on how prosperous O'Hara is, not just paper or gold.

The money paid by those pirates and the profits earned will still benefit the present-day O'Hara to develop more territories and recruit more talents.

"Okay, now the integration is almost complete. Let me tell you about the territory we currently cover. We just did a big survey recently and can report the statistics."

Lily said, pulling out a stack of information, and said, "As of half a month ago, the investigation was successful. We have substantially occupied many islands in the first half of the New World. We haven't yet completed the mapping, but the remaining islands need exploration and discovery."

"We currently have 26 large magnetic islands, which run through all the nodes of the New World route. There are 534 pivot islands with enough space for living. There are also small islands with only a few settlements and uninhabited islands, excluding the extremely small Coconut Island, for a total of 3,080 islands."

"As for population, the current population statistics are 24,687,211 people."

"Ok?"

Sager was stunned. "The territory has expanded so much? Are there only so many people?"

"Yes, there are indeed not many people."

Lily said, "The New World is too chaotic. People die every year. The rampage of pirates, naval wars, and plunder between member countries and non-member countries have left the country with a small population. Countries with a population of one million are all powerful countries, but there are not many powerful countries that can gain a foothold in the New World right now."

No matter how strong a country is, it cannot withstand double or even triple blows. Pirates want to rob, the navy wants to fight, and after the fight they also want to rob, because non-member countries have no human rights, and members are still keeping an eye on them.

Over time, even a powerful country will not be able to hold on.

Wano Country is the only country with geographical advantages, but it has been occupied by Kaido. Now there is no place to live anymore. The people of Wano Country are all scattered all over Ohara.

"But no matter what, from the perspective of a powerful country, we already have a larger population than the great country of Alabasta, and we are not like a desert. Most of the islands allow us to have abundant resources and develop in all aspects. However, if we want to develop all the islands, it will still take a lot of time and population."

Lily looked up at Sage, "Sage, we are short of people."

The main cause of everything is people, and prosperity is also caused by people.

An uninhabited island has no people on it, and a prosperous island is not a prosperous island for humans.

In the past, there were about one hundred islands in Sager, with a population of about four million, distributed everywhere, so each island was of good quality. But now the number has suddenly risen to more than three thousand, and there are only more than five hundred with a population. Moreover, it seems that these more than five hundred are normal islands in the sea, with not many people, and they can only be barely called settlements.

These all need to be supplemented by the population.

No one, no domestic sales.

“Should the immigration plan be launched as well?”

Lily asked, "What about Alabasta?"

They have another plan to start.

That is to do business in Alabasta, open factories, and attract people to live there.

With a population of over ten million living in a barren desert, it is not impossible for them to move to another place to survive.

Moreover, all the preparations have been made. The last negotiation went smoothly, so we can just start the plan this time.

"What about radiation? There is only one Alabasta? There are many islands around it, are they included? I remember that it is not far from Magnetic Drum Island." Sag asked.

"Renamed Drum Island to the Sakura Kingdom?"

Lily thought about it and nodded, "It's not far indeed. Compared to before, the Sakura Kingdom is now paying more attention to medical skills. But from a population perspective, it's not necessary. The population of Magnetic Drum Island is not large. If we just need talents, we don't need the technology of Magnetic Drum Island."

But from a technical point of view, they are not lacking in medical skills.

At the top is the nearly omnipotent Vegapunk, in the upper and middle reaches there is Quinn, a guy who specializes in epidemic chemistry, and there is the genius surgeon Hobgubak, and in the middle and lower reaches there are trained medical talents.

After all, that dead Caesar also contributed a lot of documentary and technical materials.

A Magnetic Drum Island, no one really cares about it.

"Let's do it this way. Sometimes, it's not a question of whether the technology is up to standard, but a question of whether the talent is useful."

Sager smiled and said, "My door is open, so let's do it right away and spread the word. Well, let's start from Magnetic Drum Island. Let a few people with superb medical skills come here to spread the word about their experiences after coming here. With the publicity, other people in the world will know. As long as the news spreads that the living standards here are very good and everyone can pursue their dreams, people will definitely come. Of course."

He clenched his fists, "It also requires a strong military escort. Unfortunately, I have been full of martial virtues recently!"

He had just defeated two of the Four Emperors, became the Pirate Emperor, and unified the New World. He was full of martial virtues and was absolutely at the peak of his powers!
"The external expansion during the Age of Discovery, the constant plundering of raw materials, and disguised colonization will sooner or later lead to the sun shining on my territory no matter which side it rises from! The sun never sets!"

Sarge said fiercely, "Let those guys pursue their dreams and reach O'Hara to realize their dreams. As long as they have dreams, they can be realized here! This will attract more people. With my own trade, the underground world will have more and more say, and no one dares to mess with the hegemony! Under the multi-party chain, let everyone realize their dreams here! The O'Hara dream!"

"Of course, there is also the strength of my hometown. Compared with those unhuman guys, I am a pretty good landlord. I focus on common prosperity. The living standards of the people below are gradually rising. Coupled with the rich industrial chain and the ever-increasing level of technology, sooner or later I will be able to supply the world with goods and production capacity! When the world is on the same standard, everyone will cheer for me! Cheer for the common prosperity that belongs to me and to mankind!"

The pinnacle of three eras!
Sager is a mixture of all of them. After all, why not use something that is useful?

The sea itself can also accommodate the commonalities of those three eras.

All are mixed here. Although none of them have reached the final form and are still progressing slowly, as long as he doesn't fall, sooner or later O'Hara will achieve the strongest form as he planned while moving forward continuously!
The timing wasn’t right before, but now everything is basically ready, and there are so many gaps in the territory that need to be filled, so it’s natural to do this!
"Spread the news to the underground world and the Cross Guild, and get those guys to work for me. No matter who they are, as long as they don't violate my rules, I will accept them!"

"There are some places I can't reach, and there are navigation problems. Let them solve them and bring the people over."

"Do I need to spend money to buy it?" Lily frowned slightly.

"It's okay to spend some money to get things done when necessary. What we need now is rapid expansion. I will give you resettlement expenses. We are not scammers. As long as we bring what we advertise, those who get the news will definitely be eager to come. Inform those two parties, mainly to let them give us the green light. Send some people over to serve as immigration officers and let them make the selection. As for those who provide assistance and bring people back, you can decide the scale yourself. Reward those who deserve rewards, and kill those who abuse people on the ship."

Triangular trade and the like, it depends on the time, sometimes it is useful.

If Sag hadn't paid more attention to the overall value, he would probably have chosen free labor, but as a landlord, he has more particular things.

If we want to promote the O'Hara Dream, then the people coming here cannot be treated as slaves. But if there are too many people, we're afraid that the transporters will do something abusive, which will make people lose their passion, and that wouldn't be good.

So those who deserve punishment must be punished.

Sager smiled and said, "As for the money, that's easy to say. As long as a person comes here, he will always earn the money I pay in terms of value. No matter what, he will not lose."

"Let the pirates of the two seas of the Four Seas do whatever they want. The more they fight, the more people I will get."

"And the theme park, I've also started planning. The business in that area needs to be under my control. With so many measures in place, the time will come."

Sager laughed loudly and opened his arms. "The dream I made on Upside-Down Mountain has finally come true!"

Become the world's largest landlord
become
King of the world!

(End of this chapter)