Pirates: Build a high wall from the East China Sea.

Chapter 86 Surrounded
The shipyard belonging to Branch 16 is indeed under construction.

After Vegapunk joined, it can be said that the previous plans were slowly being realized bit by bit.

There are still relatively few shipbuilders in the East China Sea, let alone experienced shipbuilders. He plans to send people to the Seven Water Capital to hold a job fair later.

Although relying on Vegapunk is enough 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 already complained to him, saying that he is only one person and there is no way he can do so much work!

Of course, as long as there is enough funding, 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...

After hearing about the concept of the airship, Vegapunk became quite interested, especially after taking a quick look at the design drawings of Enel's Ark Maxim, countless new ideas once again burst into his mind.

After that, he ruthlessly drove the new boss out and told him not to bother him if he had nothing to do during this period.

He now has a lot of new ideas in his mind that he wants to realize, and he doesn't want to accept any other new ideas for the time being.

In this regard, Xia Che could only regretfully give up on exploiting Vegapunk.

But I have to say that Vegapunk is really useful!
I know everything!
Although the funding required was a little higher, not a single dollar was wasted, and all of it was used on research.

The only regret is that there is only one.

Of course, I believe that it won’t be long before the 16 branches will be able to build their own ships!

At present, the main tasks of the 16th branch of the Navy are...

It will take some time to sort out the gains this time, especially the various territories acquired this time, and 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 Navy Branch comes mainly from three aspects: orange processed products, cosmetics, and some small side income from Mok from time to time.

As for orange processing products, it remains the same as before, and the income is very stable.

As for cosmetics... with the passage of time, they are becoming more and more popular.

To this end, Vegapunk upgraded its factory equipment and increased production. It can be said that it has become one of the important industries today.

As for Mok's little side income...all the young pirates in the East China Sea have been almost wiped out, so it's becoming increasingly difficult to make money!
This made Xia Che sigh.

Perhaps in the future, if we want to do extra income business, we will need to open up new markets and expand to the Grand Line or the other three seas.

only.

Thinking about the Grand Line and the other three seas...

Restore the glory of the North Sea pirates?

He was afraid that Mok would be beaten to death because of his arrogance!

After taking a quick look at the training camp, the dock and the factory, and giving some swordsmanship advice to Kuina, Xia Che returned to his office and looked at Robin who was working.

He picked up the tea that Robin had poured for him as soon as he came in, took a sip, and said, "How is the situation over at the Konommi Islands?"

"It's already been arranged!" Robin raised his head slightly and looked at Xia Che and said, "The Conomi Islands have already sent people to manage the new islands, and according to your request, they will try their best to arrange the personnel brought from the member states to the islands near the member states."

As he spoke, he raised his head again with an elegant smile on his face, "Now I guess those kings and nobles of the member states are going to have a headache."

……

With the end of the Operation to Restore the Glory of East China Sea Pirates, the East China Sea became peaceful again.

only.

Although this pirate action did not last too long, it still had a considerable impact on the member countries.

Especially for the royal family and nobles...

The treasures that were looted by pirates can no longer be recovered, so it can be said that they suffered a real heavy loss!

Therefore, in order to make up for the losses, the nobles of the member states had to... increase taxes!

This is the East China Sea member country - the Kingdom of Michael.

"Have those dirty poor devils been driven out?" The current King of Michael Kingdom, King Patton, looked at the gray-bearded, somewhat old man in front of him with disdain on his face, "Hurry up and drive those poor devils out, don't let them dirty my beautiful kingdom."

"They have been driven out! King Patton." The old man had a bitter expression on his face. He hesitated for a moment and said, "They... are also citizens of the Michael Kingdom."

"Those who can't even pay taxes, what qualifications do they have to be my subjects?" 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 question, 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 afford to pay the taxes."

Not to mention the common people, even the nobles couldn't bear such a tax increase.

only.

The nobility did not have to pay taxes.

After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the obese King Patton in front of him and pleaded, "We have collected enough gold from the sky, King Patton, can we stop? Otherwise, more and more people will be left homeless!"

"Shut up! The gold from heaven 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 Michael Kingdom, and I am not qualified to be the king of the Michael Kingdom, 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 my stupid elder brother hadn’t voluntarily given up his position to me and asked me to promise to keep you, I would have wanted to depose you long ago!"

"I apologize for my rudeness just now." Hearing that King Patton still insisted on his opinion, Buck could only sigh and lower his head.

That’s right, he was not a pure noble, but a right minister who was promoted exceptionally by King Luce.

For this, he was very grateful to King Luce, who was a king who truly cared about his people. Unfortunately... in the end, he was driven down by all the nobles.

At that time, he originally wanted to leave with King Lus, and even repay King Lus' kindness with his death.

But in the end he was persuaded by King Luce, who hoped that he would stay and look after the Kingdom of Michael.

If even he leaves, there will be no one who truly cares about the civilians of this country, and this country will really be hopeless.

In order to repay King Luz and abide by the agreement with King Luz, he secretly protected the citizens of the Kingdom of Michael. In the end, he endured the humiliation and stayed.

only.

As King Luce said at the time, the country was beyond help.

Even if he stayed, nothing would change. King Patton and those nobles just treated him as a joke, and no one would listen to his advice.

"Please forgive me! King Paton!"

"I forgive you! Buck, after all, you are the important minister that my dear elder brother begged me to stay with! Hahaha, it's really interesting!" Looking at Buck who compromised again, King Patton showed a happy expression on his ugly face, "Of course I will let you know who is the real king of the Michael Kingdom. I will let the Michael Kingdom be recognized by the Celestial Dragons and become a country as beautiful as the Goa Kingdom!"

As he said this, he looked coldly at Buck who was lowering his head in pain.

"Now keep raising taxes on me, my treasury isn't even full yet!"

"?! King Patton." Hearing that King Patton was going to increase taxes again, Buck's face showed a desperate expression again, and he quickly pleaded again, "Your treasury is almost full. Even if you don't increase taxes, it will only take a while. We are out of money!"

"No money? If you don't have money, get out. The Michael Kingdom doesn't need them. Of course, if they are willing to 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 for me honestly!"

"?!"

Looking at the person in front of him saying the word "mercy" like a devil, Buck felt his heart filled with rage.

He really couldn't stand it anymore!

After all, he couldn't respond to King Luce's recognition!
【Sorry, King Luce! 】

Just as he was about to stand up and scold this stupid king.

A royal guard suddenly rushed in, "King Patton, King Patton!"

"You rude fellow!" King Paton, who was enjoying himself, looked at him unhappily. "You are my guard, calm down."

Looking at the guard who finally calmed down, he said, "Tell me, what happened? Are those damn pirates coming, or are those greedy navy officers coming?"

"No, no!" After hearing King Patton's words, the guard took a deep breath and said nervously, "Those damn scavengers, they..."

"What happened? What happened to those dirty scavengers? Did they agree to become slaves?"

"No, they left! They left the Kingdom of Michael!"

"?!"

Hearing the guard's words, King Patton looked at him in confusion, and even Buck, who was originally angry, looked at him in confusion.

Leaving Michael's Kingdom?
Where else can those ordinary people go?
"Why don't you hurry up and speak?"

"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 quickly said, "Even many civilians in the country followed them!"

"Recruiting workers? Damn you, you actually come to my kingdom to recruit workers?" King Patton stood up dissatisfied. "And that group of stupid civilians, don't they know they are civilians of the Michael Kingdom? How dare they follow me? And they didn't let the kingdom guards drive those guys away."

"You can't chase him away! And it's King Luce who's here!"

"?!"

King Luce is back?
Before Buck, who was standing by with an anxious look on his face, could ask anything.

"Luce? Wasn't that guy captured by pirates and made a slave? Even if it was that guy, so what? Why don't you chase him away? No! Catch him!" Upon hearing the familiar name, King Patton showed a ferocious smile on his face again, "I must treat my stupid brother well!"

"No, we can't catch it!"

"Can't catch him? Damn it, you guys are not planning to bring back my stupid brother to be the king!"

"No, I am loyal to you, King Patton, but..." 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 member states, the member states cannot do anything to him, not even the navy can do anything to him."

As he spoke, he sighed again and looked at the stunned King Patton with a complicated expression.

"King Patton, many civilians in the capital have already followed that guy and left. They heard that there were jobs there, and they got paid, and they didn't have to go hungry anymore, so they all ran out."

"Damn it, is Luce planning 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. No one is allowed to leave. Tell those guys that as long as they agree to become slaves, I can spare them... No, I, the merciful King Patton, can let their families stay in the country for another year. Hurry!"

"Yes!" Buck came back 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.

Not a moment.

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!"

"?!"

(End of this chapter)