From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

Diarmait was indeed ruthless in this matter. He had already made up his mind. When the time came, he would divide the prisoners into teams and assign them to work. If even one person dared to escape, the entire team would be punished and killed.

If an entire group of people dares to escape, then kill them all and come back to Impelton to borrow more people.

At the same time, if someone escapes, is reported, or is caught, then they can be rewarded, such as by promoting them to supervisor or something.

Anyway, he is cruel and ruthless, and he has a lot of tricks for this kind of thing, so just picking out a few of them will be enough.

"Lieutenant General Diarmuid, your idea is a good one, and it can indeed pull those bastards out and make use of them, but isn't the risk too great? It's not in line with the rules?" McCas said hesitantly again.

He had been a prison warden all his life, but he had never heard of any prisoners from Impelton being taken out for "labor reform."

To be honest, this matter is not big or small. If it can be covered up, or even achieve results, it may become a new policy in the future. After all, locking up these people is a waste of food. If their surplus value can be squeezed out, I guess the headquarters will be very happy.

Lieutenant General Diarmuid can definitely make this a pilot project.

But if someone really takes notice and causes a big mess, or 497 reports it, it is indeed a violation of regulations and even a very serious crime.

"On the way here, I have already reported my thoughts on this matter to the headquarters. General Zhan Guo wanted me to give it a try first, but he also said that if others ask about this matter, he must pretend that he has never heard of it. To put it simply, he nominally supports me to give it a try, but he will not take the blame if anything goes wrong. He asked me to weigh it myself, and I have already weighed it." Diarmait said.

I haven’t considered it yet! ?

McCas roared in his heart.

But he was somewhat confident. At least he didn't have to worry about being reported. After all, the Warring States general's intention was very clear.

I'm just worried about making mistakes and causing accidents.

While the guy was still hesitating, Diarmait said, "I can't offer you any benefits for the first batch, or even the first few batches. But don't worry, as long as this thing can be run well, it will definitely be a long-term job. So, after the base is built and the new city is constructed, I will pay you per person, 2,000 Beli per head..."

"It's a deal!!!" McCas said immediately.

Two thousand Beli per person is quite little. Slaves don’t even have such a low price. But Macas thinks it’s appropriate. After all, he is not really a slave trader. As long as Diarmait is willing to take them, he can provide thousands of prisoners a month. In total, he can earn two million Beli a month, which is higher than his salary.

What's more, judging from the current situation, there will definitely be more and more pirates in the future. If Diarmait really succeeds in this, it will definitely not be just a few thousand prisoners that can satisfy his appetite. Maybe it will be tens of thousands... How much money will that cost?

Good man, you are a corrupt official. Why should you have told me earlier? Why should I go around in circles with you?

Diarmait looked at Max in shock, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"My Lord Lieutenant General, in that case, I have a suggestion. We should select people who are not capable and are weak. To be honest, there are six floors in Impelton. The lower you go, the stronger the prisoners are, but the fewer they are. I think we should just rescue people from the first and second floors, right?" McCas suggested.

He was also afraid that the prisoner was too powerful and Diarmait could not suppress him.

Diarmait nodded and said, "Well, that's fine. Safety first."

Chapter 94: Diarmuid Wants to Develop the Calm Belt? (Update )

Marine Headquarters. Marineford.

In Marshal Steel's office, General Zhan Guo, Chief of Staff Ahe and the Marshal were gathered together and chatting.

"That's the thing. I've already told Diarmait that if anything goes wrong, he'll be fully responsible." The Warring States general took a sip from his teacup and said.

Marshal Cyborg stroked his chin, smacked his lips, and said, "This bastard is way too bold! He even dared to touch Impelton's prisoners? If anything were to happen... he'd be in big trouble!"

Chief of Staff Ahe smiled in his heart when he heard what the two said.

If the two of them were really opposed, they would never behave like this, especially the Marshal, who should have taken out his Den Den Mushi and scolded Diarmait a long time ago.

How could it be possible to simply say that he was 'courageous'?

However, Chief of Staff Ahe could also understand the verbal protest and physical honesty of General Sengoku and Marshal Ganggu.

With the arrival of the Great Pirate Era, the navy all agreed that life would not be easy for a long time to come, perhaps three to five years, or even more than ten years.

There will definitely be more and more pirates on the sea, and the pressure faced by the navy will inevitably become greater and greater.

In order to deal with this situation, we must find a way to strengthen the navy.

There are many ways, but fundamentally, huge military expenditures are needed. Not long ago, Marshal Cyborg reported to the World Government, hoping that the World Government could increase next year's military expenditure by 20% as reserve funds to deal with the Great Pirate Era.

But the World Government did not agree, of course, nor did it reject it outright. It only said that it would consider it first and see how the situation develops.

After all, although everyone feels that life is difficult, they have not truly experienced it yet.

What if...it's not that serious? Or maybe it calms down quickly?

There is still some sense of luck.

If the higher-ups don’t give money, the navy will have to find a way to raise some money on its own.

But due to many rules and regulations, the navy has no way out.

Therefore, at this stage, we can only reduce non-essential expenses to the greatest extent possible.

Impelton is a subordinate organization of the Navy Headquarters. Since the Navy can command them, it naturally has to take responsibility and support them.

However, Impelton has always been a money-guzzler who only makes money but never spends it. He is a complete money-eater and cannot create any value at all.

A large amount of military expenditure is also consumed every year to maintain the operation of Impelton.

But Pelton's duties were so important that the Navy had no choice but to throw money into it.

No one had thought about this before, but now Diarmait had a sudden idea and planned to turn the pirates there into slaves and make them work for the navy.

This gave Zhan Guo and others an idea.

If this can be accomplished, then the navy won't need to hire a construction team when expanding new bases in the future. They can just capture these pirates and do the work.

Considering the size of the navy, I wonder how much money can be saved this year.

The value of Impelton's existence was also developed immediately.

It is no longer an institution that only eats money, but can also give back to the navy. Isn’t this a good thing?

Therefore, the Warring States general did not stop Diarmait's crazy behavior immediately, but instead acquiesced to it.

I want to see if Diarmait can get things done.

The G-7 can be regarded as a pilot project. If this can really succeed, the benefits to the navy will be enormous.

It is no longer a matter of hundreds of billions of berries, but can even evolve into savings of trillions of berries.

"That kid has an unconventional mindset. Maybe he can really come up with something famous. That would be a good thing for us." Chief of Staff Ahe said with a smile.

"But it's not like he hasn't messed up before. That non-existent intelligence department, and the 'special response force' he created not long ago, didn't they all fail? I sent him to G-7 hoping that he could do things down to earth and not always think of crooked ways..." General Zhan Guo said with some concern.

Diarmait had many advantages, and he never denied that he was really smart and had accumulated a lot of achievements.

But it is also a fact that Diarmait's thinking is too unconventional. Perhaps many things have good starting points, but they just can't be accomplished, such as the two examples he just gave.

Chief of Staff Ah He's face froze and he said, "It doesn't exist. The organization is running well. What do you mean it's ruined?"

"Ahem..." General Zhan Guo was retorted and didn't know what to say.

However, Chief of Staff Ahe also knew that the results of this organization were far from what they had expected... So after retorting, he did not continue to talk about it.

"Let him try it first." Marshal Steel Bone spoke at this time.

After a brief pause, he added, "Only move the prisoners on the first or second floor. That way, even if there's any trouble, it can be suppressed, so this kid doesn't ruin his future by doing something ridiculous like this."

The pirates imprisoned on the first and second floors of Impelton are all worth less than 50 million berries. They are real minions, and there are huge numbers of them. Adding up, there are probably more than 100,000 of them.

That’s right, the number of prisoners in Impelton is huge. Impelton itself is a large island, and it also leads directly to the seabed. It is conceivable how many people can be imprisoned there.

These small-time pirates are really not that important. It's impossible for Diarmait to get as many as 30,000 or 50,000 at once, right?

In Marshal Cyborg's opinion, he could get at most 10,000 or 20,000 men, or even a few thousand would be enough. Once any problems occurred, the army in Diarmuid's hands would be able to suppress them.

Even if a few of them escape, it won't be a big deal and won't cause a big incident that can't be handled.

Since the matter of Diarmait concerns the overall interests of the navy, he cannot just be left charging in the front. Marshal Steel still hopes to protect him to a certain extent.

Even the great generals of the Warring States period said that if anything happened, Diarmuid would take full responsibility.

But if something really happens, do you think he will help?

The reason why he said this to Diarmait was that he hoped he would be more careful in doing things.

It is a kind of encouragement.

Seeing that General Zhan Guo and Chief of Staff Ahe had no objections, Marshal Cyborg nodded and said, "Alright, after we go down, no one is allowed to discuss this matter. I won't report it to the World Government. The three of us will just keep it to ourselves. Let's wait and see if Diarmuid (bccj) can accomplish this."

At this time, Chief of Staff Ahe said: "There is one more thing that I think we should pay attention to." "What?" General Zhan Guo asked after taking a sip of tea.

"When Diarmait was working for me, he often studied the information about the Calm Belt. Now that he has chosen the G-7 base, which is close to the Southern Calm Belt, and plans to recruit people from Impelton to do hard labor, I can't help but wonder if he is interested in developing the Calm Belt..." Chief of Staff Ahe whispered.

Marshal Steel Bone and General Warring States were both stunned for a moment.

Developing a doldrums?

What kind of trick is this?

But soon, Admiral Zhan Guo spoke up, "This might be a good idea, but our navy is primarily focused on combat, so we don't have the resources for this kind of thing. We can't conscript navy soldiers to develop the Calm Belt, right? If the World Government finds out, they'll definitely stop us. And now, to use the words of Impelton's prisoners... it's within the rules, so there's some hope. But, are there any benefits in the Calm Belt? Will the risks and benefits be proportional?"

Although the Warring States general was smart, he didn't know everything. The Calm Belt was indeed his blind spot in knowledge.

The Marshal smiled when he saw this. He supported all plans and actions that could strengthen the navy at this stage, so he said, "Let's contact that guy and ask him, won't that make things clear?" As soon as he finished speaking, Marshal Cyborg took out his Den Den Mushi, spun it a few times, and sent a signal to Diarmait.

On the other side, Diarmait was watching the men of Impelton and the navy he brought with him escorting more than 2,000 prisoners to the warships.

This was the first batch of people he planned to take away, neither more nor less. With more than 10,000 soldiers at his disposal, it shouldn't be a problem for him to suppress these unarmed, non-powerful pirates.

The warship has a strong carrying capacity. In conventional combat, the standard configuration is one thousand naval members. However, the journey is not far at this time and it will take half a day to return. Therefore, Diarmait did not bring any baggage when he came.

At the same time, the standard of one thousand is arranged for their own soldiers. What human rights do prisoners have?

Just squeeze them all into the cabin and pull them back. Two warships, one with a thousand prisoners, no problem at all.

Watching these people being taken onto the ship one by one, although Maccas had done everything, he was still a little flustered and looked at Diarmait from time to time.

At this moment, the Den Den Mushi on Diarmait rang.

He picked it up and took a look, then murmured in surprise, "Marshal Steel? Could something be wrong?" He looked up at the prisoner and smacked his lips, "I hope he's not here to stop me."

Without thinking too much, Diarmuid picked up the Den Den Mushi and asked with a smile, "Marshal, do you have any instructions?" "Are you in Impelton?" Marshal Cyborg asked directly.

"Yes, it seems that General Zhan Guo has reported my idea?" Diarmuid was not too surprised, but was a little worried that the marshal would stop his plan.

"Well, be careful in what you do. Also, don't touch the people on the last few floors. They are all troublemakers. Just pull people from the first and second floors." Marshal Steel Bone warned.

Diarmait's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "I see. Warden MacArthur also suggested this. We indeed only moved the prisoners on the first and second floors, and they were all non-powerful people." MacArthur on the side was relieved now. With the marshal nodding, who would dare to report it?

There is no point in reporting it!

"Well, it's good that you know it in your mind. It's better to be cautious in everything. This matter is not big or small, and you should know the seriousness of it. I won't say much more. This time I want to ask you..." Marshal Steel Bone said again.