Pirates: I’m afraid the world isn’t violent enough!

And this pressure comes from the huge military expenditures of the entire navy!

As a naval admiral, Ortorun can now have an overview of the overall structure of the navy, so he has a clearer understanding of the military expenditures that had been a bit vague before and only knew a huge amount.

Nowadays, including the entire New World Navy, the nominal strength of the entire navy is 3.72 million people!

Of course, there are still some fractions later, but the overall large number is this number, including all the generals and officers of the navy!

There are 3.72 million naval forces scattered throughout the world and the entire sea, a huge scale.

Among them, the Paradise in the first half of the Grand Line has a total of 560,000 naval bases stationed in various bases. In the first half of the Grand Line, there are a total of 28 naval bases, which are basically organized according to the regulations of 20,000 people. In the park, each of the seven routes is guarded by four naval bases.

This is also the main reason why the navy was able to suppress Paradise.

Compared to Paradise, the number of naval forces in the New World has dropped significantly. There are more than 5 people registered in G-1, 12 people in G-, and people in G-. The remaining three naval bases have not yet been completed. In other words, the current entire navy of the New World only has a total number of approximately registered marines.

In two years, the number should be able to reach 160,000. Of course, these are all registered naval forces.

It can be seen from this that the navy's control over the new world is indeed far less than that of the paradise area.

In the Navy General Register, all the branches of the New World Navy and the Paradise Navy add up to almost 670,000 navy!

Marine Headquarters Marineford, as the righteous headquarters of the Navy, actually maintains a full strength of 100,000 people all year round. Of course, this 100,000 full strength is naturally completely different from the elite during the Battle of the Top. From ordinary sailors to marshals, there are a total of 100,000 people in charge.

Therefore, the total number of troops deployed by the navy along the entire great sea route is about 770,000!

The remaining 2.95 million naval forces are all scattered in the four sea areas.

According to Oltorun's knowledge, the East China Sea, as a symbol of peace for the world's royal palace, is also the sea area with the strongest naval protection. There are nearly 150 naval bases scattered here and there, with a total of 900,000 naval personnel.

That's right, compared to the naval bases in the Grand Route, the naval bases in the four sea areas do not have a full staff of 20,000 people. They are adjusted according to local conditions. It can even be said that there are basically no naval bases in the four sea areas. For a base with a full strength of 20,000 people, seven or eight thousand people would be enough for a larger one, and three or two thousand people for a smaller base would be enough.

The East China Sea has the largest navy among the four sea areas, while the remaining forces in the North Sea, South China Sea, and West China Sea are almost distributed among themselves.

The Beihai has a navy of 620,000 people, the West Sea has a navy of 660,000, and the army in the South China Sea has increased a lot in recent years due to rebels, rebels and situational issues in various places, with a total of 770,000 navy.

Similarly, basically similar to the East China Sea, these four sea areas each have 150 to 170 naval bases.

Last year alone, Ortorun inquired about the details of the navy's military expenditures in the name of the general, and learned that last year alone, the normal salary expenditure of the 3.72 million navy was as high as 260 trillion. Bailey! (Since the Great Pirates Era, the navy has had a high casualty rate. This expenditure includes medical care, pensions, ongoing disability benefits, etc... and the corruption problems within the navy. All accounts are included in salary expenditures. of.)

Among them, most of the salary expenditures are within the Grand Line. Yes, the salary level of ordinary grassroots navy in the four seas is not as high as Ortorun imagined. For ordinary sailors, the basic salary of sailors in the first half of the Grand Line is Three times the size of the world!

The basic salary of the navy in the New World is twice that of Paradise! (However, G-5 does not receive salary from the headquarters and does not need to be included in the calculation)

Therefore, despite the fact that the number of armies in the four seas far exceeds the number of navies in the Grand Line, in fact, the majority of basic salary military expenditures are actually within the Grand Line.

Ortorun was a little surprised by this situation at first, but he soon understood, because the risks and dangers faced by the navy in the four seas and the navy in the great route are completely different!

These are the amount of basic wages that the Navy spends every year, two hundred and sixty trillion beli.

The Navy's annual logistics expenditure amounts to as high as 97 trillion Baileys!

This includes the production of warships, the procurement of weapons and equipment, the maintenance of various facilities and equipment, as well as the daily living expenses of various bases. Yes, the biggest benefit of the navy is food and accommodation, so these annual expenses are also very scary.

Therefore, last year, the Navy's total military expenditure was 357 trillion beli!

In comparison, Ortorun's surplus of 1.8 trillion beli this year is simply ridiculous and ridiculous.

But in fact, these are just accounting calculations that show such a huge gap. In reality, this is not the case at all. After all, military expenditures are not all paid in cash, and the world's government cannot get it every year. It is simply nonsense to come up with such a huge cash expenditure to support the navy.

Chapter 311 Olbia: I can take down Ortolen as long as I feel like it!

This huge military expenditure, first of all, counts logistics. The world government will directly convert the cash value of food and other materials into goods and distribute them to various naval bases. This accounts for almost 8% of the logistics expenditure. ten.

Ortorun naturally understands this, so of course he will continue to use this model. The food growing area currently developed in the Windless Zone and the subsequent artificial biotechnology just obtained from Dr. Vegapunk will all be obtained. to produce food supplies.

Secondly, there is the amount of basic salary. It is impossible for the World Government to issue cash to all navies. Instead, it has established a fund account for the navy. The central bank established by the World Government is the current issuing institution of Bailey, the "World Bank". To reserve this fund, when military expenditures are distributed every year, the world government will put this money into the navy's general account, and the navy will then settle it on its own to its armies according to the salary settlement date.

On the surface, the world government has provided sufficient military expenditures. In fact, it seems that he has only provided a bunch of data that exists within the World Bank!

This is not cash at all, so as long as the financial system of the world government does not collapse, their huge expenditure on the navy is far less terrifying than imagined.

It is impossible to say that the entire Navy will withdraw all their salaries from the World Bank at the same time.

I'm afraid no one in this world can afford such a terrifying cash flow, not even the 800-year-old World Government!

As for the procurement of warships and weapons and equipment, it is actually the same. There are very few direct transactions in cash. They are all directly conducted account transactions with the counterparty. To put it bluntly, it is still an exchange of data, not directly giving you so much cash. .

Therefore, despite the fact that the Navy's annual military expenditure is so terrifying, in fact, the actual distribution in cash is pitifully small, and this is the normal situation!

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the world's government to afford a navy, and there is no force in the world that can afford a navy with cash.

Ortorun was also well aware of this situation, so he adopted the same method. Otherwise, he would be exhausted and would not be able to prepare sufficient military expenditures for the navy.

In the early days, G-5 used plunder and dividends, which meant robbing pirates to maintain the operation of the army.

However, as the size of G-5 continued to increase, this model was obviously unable to meet the development of G-5. Then, G-5 began to adopt this model of the world government to collect funds and enter G-5 The general account is then paid to the individual accounts in the hands of each navy on the salary settlement day.

However, because G-5 does not use the general ledger of the Navy Headquarters, this account does not belong to the World Bank under the World Government, but to the exchange in the Dark World.

Later, under the management of Tezzolo, this exchange gradually evolved into the New World Bank, which was very popular in the dark world. Of course, this was not the first bank not under the jurisdiction of the World Government. In fact, A long time ago, many similar banks appeared, such as Xihai, and the mafia each held its own bank.

It's just that because of the chaos in the new world, there was no one with enough 'face' to build a bank that was recognized by people in the new world. This was not solved until the emergence of Altorun. Now, , many people in the dark world, including the loan shark king Lou Field, regard the New World Bank as their first choice.

Totland Wanguo even established this bank directly as the National Bank of Totland.

The G-5 Navy's salary payment also comes from this bank. In other words, Altorun is just sending "data" to his subordinates.

But this can only allow the navy of the New World to survive relying on this financial system. With the credibility and size of the New World Bank, it is impossible to coordinate the military expenditures of the entire navy like the World Bank. .

Therefore, this is also the reason why Oltorun wants to make the Golden City bigger and stronger. There is a very important fulcrum in the Golden City plan, that is, all transaction settlements in the Golden City will be led by the New World Bank!

In other words, as the Golden City develops and attracts enough wealthy people, a large amount of funds will continue to flow through this platform into the New World Bank, which will naturally bring about a new world. Banks break through geographical limitations and spread their influence to the entire world.

Members of the Navy system must know that there is such a reliable bank and such a powerful financial institution. They must trust this bank to protect the safety of their funds and trust that the data sent to their accounts by the bank is true and valid.

Only at this point can Ortorun be considered certain to be able to afford the navy's huge military expenditures.

Because at this point, he could use the method of the world government to pay wages to the navy. Otherwise, he would not be able to bear it at all.

But if the world's government discovers this situation, it will definitely not sit still and wait for death. What is the simplest way to attack a so-called financial system and banks? It's a financial run.

Once the money you deposit in the bank cannot be cashed out, the bank's reputation will naturally go bankrupt. Once the bank's reputation goes bankrupt, it is over.

In this regard, the world's government that can legally print Bailey naturally does not need to worry. Today, there is no financial system that can launch a run on their banks.

Of course Ortolen has also considered this situation, so he needs a large amount of financial reserves, and this reserve must not be Pele!

Just kidding, the world’s government can print Pele, so what’s the point of hoarding more Pele?

So Oltorun's response to this problem is to use gold!

The Golden Land of Sky Island has a huge gold reserve. A whole city-sized gold is very terrifying. At the same time, the Golden City under the supervision of Tezzolo is also the same, and it is to continuously absorb gold from around the world. , coupled with his own ability to control the golden fruit, the future is promising.

With enough gold as a guarantee, there is no need to worry about the world government's devastating financial blow to Altorum.

Even with enough gold as a guarantee, Altorun will be able to issue their new currency based on gold in the future.

Of course, this new monetary system cannot be accomplished simply by relying on gold.

Gold is just a universal exchange medium. The core that can really make this new currency system work is that the currency you issue can actually purchase materials in the market!

This is also one of the fundamental reasons why Ortorun wants to develop productivity and heavily intervene in the business system.

Even if the world government does not recognize this new currency by then, Altorun will let his 'customers' holding the new currency be able to buy things in the market. Over time, your world government will recognize it. Without recognition, there is no point.

Fortunately, based on Ortorun's repeated explorations and attempts over the years, he has basically confirmed that this world is due to its backwardness in culture, education, institutions, etc., coupled with the eight hundred years since the establishment of the World Government. In many years, they have never experienced such a financial confrontation, so in fact, the senior officials of the world government do not know much about these financial methods, and they can even be said to be very unfamiliar.

Therefore, the World Government has never noticed that Altorun has already begun to dig their foundation in these aspects.

It seems that they always thought that as long as they held Bailey's distribution rights in their hands, they would be able to control the world's economic context forever. They never considered that one day new challenging forces would appear.

With these thoughts in his mind, Ortorun was also discussing some related issues with Tezolo. However, it was still too late today, and the general situation to be explained had already been explained. Specific and more detailed arrangements still had to be made. Let’s talk in detail when we meet.

So Ortorun quickly hung up the call with Tezzolo.

He did not continue to think about any profound issues. He closed the notebook and put it on the table. He seemed too lazy to get up and go to bed to rest. He lay on the sofa and prepared to spend the night.

But just when Oltorun had faintly fallen into a drowsy sleep, the door of the room where he was resting was suddenly opened gently from the outside.

Altorun seemed to hear the movement, and opened his eyes in confusion, looked toward the door, and then froze.

Nicole Olbia, the major general of the scientific force and the leader of the scholars, was wearing a set of sexy lace pajamas. She looked at Ortolen on the sofa in surprise, as if she did not expect that this guy He didn't go to the bedroom to rest, but slept in the living room.

"What are you doing?!" Oltorun sat up from the sofa and looked at Olbia in surprise.

After hearing this voice, Olbia came back to her senses. She did not answer Altorun's question, but stepped into the room, then closed the door and locked it with a click.

Ortorun? ? ?

"The night is long and I have no intention of sleeping. Are you interested, General, in playing a game with me?" Olbia looked at Oltorun with a seductive smile on his face.

Ortorun swallowed slightly and said, "When did we become so familiar with each other?"

Ortorun was not a fool, so of course he understood what Olbia meant.

Play games...play grown-up games!

It's just that he doesn't quite understand that there is no basis for any relationship between him and Olbia, so why did he suddenly do this?

Olbia said with a smile: "Just because you are not familiar with it, you seem more calm at this time, right?"

It has nothing to do with love or anything like that, nor is it an emotional appeal. It's just her whim tonight, and this reason is enough.

After understanding Olbia's answer, Oltorun immediately stood up, walked forward, hugged Olbia and said: "Beautiful lady invites you so kindly, if I refuse again, wouldn't it look like I'm in trouble?" Not considerate and gentlemanly enough?”

Chapter 312 Porusalino: Don’t fall for the beauty trap!

Early the next morning, Oltorun woke up from his bed and looked at Olbia lying next to him. He was still a little confused.

But there is nothing to study. The whims of adults are normal.

I also had some in-depth exchanges with Olbia last night.

Olbia didn't want to get anything from him, Ortolen, and he didn't need anything like fame or status.

She has no intention of leaving Punk Hassad in this way. It can even be said that she is very satisfied with her situation now. In Punk Hassad, she can do the research she likes, and the world government will send some of their scholars from time to time. It is impossible to obtain confidential ancient documents, which is completely in line with Olbia's life expectations.

She only had two requests for Oltorun. One was to take good care of Robin. Needless to say, Oltorun had taken good care of her over the years.

The second request is that Oltorun can come to Punk Hassad occasionally and play some adult games with her.

There was nothing else. Altorun naturally agreed to this request.

As if she noticed the movement on the bed, Olbia opened her eyes drowsily, then looked at Oltolen and said, "Why did you get up so early?"

"Habit." Altoron responded casually.

As soon as he finished speaking, he leaned towards Olbia again and said softly: "As the saying goes, a day's plan begins in the morning..."

"No!" Olbia struggled and pushed: "You are too cruel, I simply... um..."

Three poles high in the sun, at noon.

Ortorun opened the door and walked out of the room gracefully. As for Olbia, she was going to take a day off today because she was under tremendous pressure.

When he came to the restaurant, he saw Porusalino eating his lunch here. He saw Ortorun at a glance, and then waved to Ortorun.

Ortorun also walked over and sat down very calmly.

"What do you want to eat?" Porusalino raised his eyebrows and said, "You just need to order here..."

On the dining table, there was something like a projection that placed the menu on the table. Oltorun ordered a few dishes at random. After confirming, the projection immediately disappeared.

In the kitchen, the automatic cooking machine starts working directly after receiving the signal.

"Your place really has a sci-fi feel..." Altorun said with emotion.

"After all, this is the scientific force." Porusalino had already finished his meal and was making himself some black tea leisurely.

After a while, Oltorun's lunch was delivered by a service robot.

Just as Ortorun was preparing to eat, a naval officer came over and handed Porusalino today's newspaper and the navy's internal magazine.

Ortorun was eating here, and then watched Porusalino stirring his own black tea and reading the newspaper very leisurely.

"Do you have any plans for the afternoon?" Ortorun asked casually.

"Arrangements?" Porusalino thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I haven't had any arrangements in the past month..."

"So your daily job is to drink tea leisurely, read the newspaper, and then take the time to bask in the sun?" Ortorun asked.

"No, no!" Porusalino's expression was serious, and he looked at Ortorun very seriously and said: "My job every day is to protect the safety of Punk Hassad 24 hours a day. At the same time, in order to avoid If I miss the information from the outside world, I have to actively pay attention to intelligence information and understand the trends of the outside world every day after work, do you understand?"

"Why are you explaining so much to me? I won't deduct your salary." Ortoron felt helpless after hearing Porusalino's nonsense.