One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 820 Navy Account Book

"What a huge orange grove! Do you manage it all by yourself? That's amazing!"

Yamato looked at the orange grove in front of him and exclaimed in surprise.

"This thing is not that troublesome. Although it is a little troublesome at the beginning, it is actually not that tiring to do it. You will get used to it once you get used to it."

Bell-mère communicated with several people along the way, and further confirmed her guess. Yamato and his companions were a very rare type among pirates, but by no means uncommon. They were just adventurers who traveled around in the name of pirates. This also allowed her to get along with Yamato and others with more confidence. It was much easier than getting along with the navy, because there were also many scum in the navy. Although in recent years a certain admiral "accidentally" killed some insects on the way of "hunting down" the revolutionary army, which made the naval ecological environment in the four seas much better, and these people's navy vigorously developed various self-reliant and self-sufficient industries in the jurisdiction, so that many money-making guys were reduced, and even retired navy like Bell-mère could receive a pension that was not too much, but enough for one person to live on.

Meanwhile, inside a naval base:
"What's going on? Is there anything that can be reimbursed? Have the pensions been paid out?" A bearded navy branch colonel asked the people around him with bloodshot eyes.

"They have all been distributed, Colonel. But the quota given by the higher-ups is too high. We simply cannot fill it. We have even provided a pension to those who retired early or were forced to retire due to some bad deeds, but it is still not enough! We really have no place to fill such a big hole. We have three ships in total, but we have reported fifteen repairs. No one will believe any more!"

A sailor also stared with bloodshot eyes and said that the navy has made a small treasury through various methods over the years, but the money cannot appear in the open and must be spent to be laundered, so now many places in the army are trying to cook the books and falsely report where money is spent. Of course, they cannot completely falsely report it, after all, complete false reporting can be easily seen, so some half-true and half-false pensions that do not account for the majority are paid out.

"Let me see how much is left. Well... it's not too much. Go and see if there are any retired people with family difficulties. Give them an extra subsidy. Then pick out some suitable people and get them a disability subsidy, a start-up allowance, and then housing subsidies and marriage subsidies. In this way, the last gap will be filled."

The naval captain's brain was working rapidly, and he finally found a way to fill the hole.

"So, Colonel, how much should we fill?"

The sailors began to take out their pens and calculate how many people were needed to fill the hole with these subsidies.

"One tenth, maybe. Try to choose people who are really in trouble, so that it will be easier for us to investigate. Of course, don't choose people who are too far away, because other people may be doing the same thing. Talk to the guys in the jurisdictions bordering us in advance to prevent one person from receiving two subsidies. Do you understand?"

The naval captain thought for a while and said, in fact, although almost everyone has received the things reported above, the amount received is not certain, some may be more or less, in short, it is enough to ensure that everyone can get it. Of course, those who receive the subsidy this time will definitely not receive the full amount. After all, this money is enough for a family to do nothing and live a wealthy life just lying down every day. The navy will not waste such money.

"Colonel! New news! We got a message from the 131st branch next door. They gave us a list and said they were going to give the people on the list family hardship allowances, disability allowances, business start-up allowances, housing allowances and marriage allowances. They asked us to be careful and not make a mistake and give out two allowances."

"Colonel! A message from the 22nd Branch!"

"Colonel! A message from the 010nd Branch!"

"Colonel! Branch 404..."

All of a sudden, a dozen naval sailors ran in and said.

"Okay, these guys don't seem stupid, but this also solves some of our problems. Look for duplicate people and eliminate them directly. The rest will be easy. Then we can send them a copy of our message. By the way, I remember that girl Bellemeier brought two children with her after she retired from the army?"

The colonel looked at the pile of messages in his hand and nodded. Sure enough, these guys thought the same as he did. They were all preparing to make some moves in this regard. But it was normal. After all, it was really hard for them to find a suitable excuse. But then he remembered one of his old subordinates - Bellemere. He was also one of the survivors of that battle. He was very optimistic about Bellemere back then, but it was a pity that this girl couldn't hold on and was defeated by the war. What a pity. He originally wanted her to be his successor.

"Yes, Major Bellmère (Bellmère's military map shows a brief description of his rank as a colonel. Considering his age, he is most likely a colonel) did leave with two children he picked up from the battlefield."

An old Navy sergeant said.

"Then please take special care of her. After all, she is one of the people who graduated from our 16th branch. She left in a hurry at that time and didn't even go through the discharge procedures. We will do that for her this time." said the colonel after lighting a cigarette.

"Yes! Colonel! I'll arrange it right away."

A captain saluted and turned to walk out.

"return!"

The colonel frowned and shouted as he looked at the naval captain running out.

"What is it, Colonel?"

The navy captain turned around and asked.

"Let Old Jack and the others go. After all, they served Bellmair for a long time. Mouse, you should stay here and help me sort it out. I can't finish it alone."

The colonel took a puff of his cigarette and spoke slowly.

"Yes! Colonel!"

Captain Mouse saluted and returned to his desk to start working.

"You do it first, I'll go arrange something."

Seeing the mouse without any strange expression, the colonel stood up and walked out the door. When the colonel walked out, the mouse captain immediately showed a face full of disappointment. It was just a little bit short! It was just a little bit short! But what he didn't know was that the colonel didn't walk far at all. In fact, he was standing at the door, looking at the mouse through the crack of the door. Finally, he shook his head helplessly. This kid still hasn't let go of that thing. I'm afraid that if I don't say it this time, Bellmer will definitely not get a share of the subsidy. With such a narrow mind, I really don't feel at ease to pass the position of base commander to him in the future. Sure enough, I should talk to the higher-ups and arrange for someone else to come.

Thinking like this, the colonel left. That stinky girl went back to her hometown without saying a word. I believe that people in her hometown don't believe in the navy, right? This time, I will go there in person to see what kind of hometown made her linger so much.

The mouse didn't know that because of his action, he missed the opportunity to become a colonel at the naval base. Bell-mère also didn't know that the person he was most afraid of in the navy was preparing to go to Cocosia Village to have a good talk with him. At this moment, Bell-mère was still entertaining Yamato and others.

"Hiyori, try it, this orange is really sweet."

Yamato handed the half-broken orange to Hiyori, who took it without a doubt, tasted it, and passed it to Maria beside her.

"Sister Maria, try it, it's really sweet."

Maria took it, tasted it, and passed it to Scarlett. Scarlett tasted it and passed it to Violet. She kept passing it down like this until she gave it to Robin, who waved his hand to refuse.

"Don't try to fool me. If it were really sweet, you guys wouldn't be so humble."

Robin's words also succeeded in breaking the others' composure in a second, and they all revealed their masks of pain.

(End of this chapter)