Pirates are born to be king

Shampoo Islands, inside a luxury hotel. .

After Valpo obtained two Devil Fruits, he did not use them immediately. He needed to carefully choose the candidate. Logically speaking, Jace, who knew how to obey orders and had good brain power, was the best candidate for the Superman-type Devil Fruit.

But there are too few administrative talents in the Drum Kingdom. Jace's real role lies in his ability to fill in the gaps in political affairs and his strong foresight. Giving him Devil Fruit to eat and 'transform' him into a combatant is too wasteful. Likewise, His superb archery skills also require him to choose the corresponding fruit ability. Not all Devil Fruits are suitable for him.

Compared to Jace, Valbo's choice of superhuman Devil Fruit is more inclined to Dasji. The soldier of the Royal Guard whom he is most familiar with is calm, loyal, and has strong adaptability and understanding. I believe that for what he said, The ability to develop some weird ideas and guesswork can also be executed well.

As for the animal devil fruit, he planned to give it to Fei after he returned, or rewarded it based on merit. . .What the hell, forget it, maybe they are planning to send 500 people to Whiskey Mountain to hold a selection and give them to the winners as an incentive.

'dong dong'

There was a knock on the hotel door, and Jess followed him in. He brought documents about slave trading officials, "Your Majesty, the investigation is complete."

Valpo cheered up and found out that on this trip, buying and selling slaves was a top priority.

The content of the document was detailed and uncluttered, and the Chiefs of Staff already knew how much their King disliked cumbersome and useless sentences.

"Andel Simon?" Valpo read the name softly, without any memory in his mind. However, it is not surprising. The One Piece manga is written from the perspective of Luffy and other crew members, so naturally the picture will not be wasted on a tube. He is a 'little minion' involved in the slave trade.

He continued to read down and quickly read them all.

There was nothing about what he had expected to be used to control this official.

Andel Simon is particularly cautious in accepting bribes and never accepts a 'gift' of more than 100 million beli. Considering the Celestial Dragons' blatant acceptance of Celestial Gold and the power held by an official of his status, he can do this. It's not easy.

In addition, King Wei's army did investigate some useful things. The World Government privately buys and sells a large number of slaves every year. Naturally, they will not follow the high-quality route like the human auction, but sell slaves wholesale in quantities of 100.

They are investigating the 'suspect' that Ander Simon secretly sells slaves to a small group of people with higher value or higher appearance to a human auction store or human auction. However, because the other party is very cautious, so far, It can only be called 'suspect' without proof. This alone is naturally useless and can only be given up temporarily.

Valpo knew that even if he could catch the other party selling high-value slaves privately, it would not be a big deal. At most, he might just fine some Bailey, and at worst, he would just change the official who bought and sold slaves. If he used this as a threat, he would be punished. There is nothing good about buying and selling.

Among all the information, there is one that is more interesting, and that is information about the other person's hobbies.

Ander Simon is very fond of all kinds of fine wines. There is even a huge wine cellar in his official residence that collects fine wines purchased from various seas and islands, or donated by others.

Even the sentence he talks about most often is: Wine can match any dish, but for me, wine is used to match life!

We usually have dinner and receive guests without drinking.

Celebrate with champagne, drink red wine at ordinary times, drink white wine when angry, drink "hey hey hey" before drinking...

It can be said that he truly lives up to his words.

In addition to the information about this person, there is also a special note on the number of years of this slave trading official.

This position is changed every four years, which happens to be the same time as the World Conference. This year is Andel Simon's last year in office, and the new slave trading official has not yet been able to obtain the position of Valpo and others in the world government. Know.

"Is it only one year..." Valpo put down the piece of paper and tapped it with his slender fingers, "How many slaves does Ander Simon have that can be bought and sold? How many of them are worth buying?" Maybe it was him in the past. He only thinks about how many slaves he wants to buy and go back to expand his population. After going through the auction house, he realizes that the number of people he can save is really limited. Now and then, he will make sure that the slaves he buys have not been completely brainwashed by the slave owners. , so that they will not have a miserable future.

Jess naturally understood what His Majesty the King meant and replied, "Due to the World Conference being held, even the Chambord Islands have stepped up their precautions at this time, and the population auction does not dare to accept them on a large scale, so the newly arrived slaves this year have not been screened yet. , there should be a lot of available talents." He said, and made a mental estimate of the number, "Based on the time it takes His Majesty to return home, there should be 5 slaves left behind after the successive arrests."

"5 people... what's the price?" Valpo tried his best to keep calm, but saying the word "price" still made him a little ashamed. He could only keep saying to himself that after buying back the slaves, the Drum Kingdom would let him They have a chance to turn over a new leaf, and I am doing it for their own good.

"The usual standard of selling for 100 people." Jace paused, and Valpo found that the chief of staff's tone had a hint of pity. This was unlike him. Jace's love would never be given to anyone other than the Ciggu people. In this regard, he was more like a politician and a king. Then he said a number, "1000 million Baileys."

100 people, 1000 million beli? !

10 Baileys per person?

When the Dragon Pirates blackmailed Nami's village, the monthly protection fee for an adult was 10 beli, right?

In other words, an ordinary person in a small village can buy a life with one month or less than a month's income? !

so cheap.

At this time, Jess added, "The world government will send a transport ship to the destination specified by the buyer. The shipping fee for 100 people is 50 beli. In addition, in order to avoid damage on the road, if the buyer is willing to pay an additional 50 beli Bailey, you can add 10 more slaves."

This is a completely commercial operation, has it lost the qualification to be called a 'human being'?

Valpo finally understood where the compassion in Jace's words came from. He couldn't help but think that it was not easy for such a world government to survive until now.

But precisely because of this, I have room for development...

He pondered for a while and found that after deducting the 4 million beli spent on buying devil fruits, there was still 26 billion left.He raised his head and asked, "Is there any news from the Navy Headquarters?" Since arriving at the Chambord Islands, the first thing he did was not only play around with the Cobras and his daughter, but also send Jace to the Navy garrison to submit an application. The request to build a naval branch near Canggu Island has been passed for a long time now.

"There is no news." Jess shook his head, frowned slightly, and was a little confused, "Yesterday, I went to the navy garrison to find the t-bone school to consult about building a naval branch. His expression was a little strange at that time, although his face was serious. It's hard to see the expression, but I seem to feel that there is something..."

He considered his words, "A little angry. Although he still said apologetically that there was no news from the headquarters, I thought he should hide something."

"Really..." Valpo asked about this. He originally wanted to reserve part of Bailey as a 'deposit' to be paid to the Navy Headquarters to build a branch near Drum Island. Now it seems that things may not be as easy as he thought. He decided to listen to Jace's thoughts, "You think you are hiding something."

Jess's answer was exactly what he thought, "It should be that the application to establish a naval branch has encountered obstacles."

Valpo did not continue to ask "childish" words such as "Such a good thing will be hindered". It is a matter for children to distinguish between right and wrong. Most of the adult world looks at interests. As for those who do not look at interests. A good person will never do things based on right or wrong.

All Valpo could think of was that his application for a branch might have harmed whose interests, or that there might be disagreements within the Navy about who should serve as branch commander.

He wanted to establish a naval branch just to seek protection and raise the banner of a world government, and he didn't care who was in charge of the branch.

He knew that he couldn't monopolize all the benefits, and he didn't have the ability to interfere in the navy's affairs, but that didn't mean that there wasn't a lot of interest involved.

As for how great the interests of a naval branch can be.

This point may be based on the appearance and style of Luffy's early enemies, Monka School and Mouse School, in the comics.

"In this case, let's put it aside for now." Valpo is not worried that the branch will not be established, and he also cannot take care of too many things at the moment.He just told Jace, "Let people pay attention to the news about the navy at all times. Let's first see where we are being hindered and then find a way to solve it."

"Yes..." Jace bowed, "What about slaves?"

"5 slaves, we need..." Valpo thought for a moment, and then... thought about it again, and looked at Jace with a guilty conscience.

The Chief of Staff's cheek twitched slightly. It seemed that no matter how much progress His Majesty the King made in other aspects, he still had no way to deal with 'complex' arithmetic. He said knowingly, "If you want to buy all 5 slaves, you will need 500000 Baileys, that is, 50 Billions of Baileys.”

“5” Even though Valpo knew that this number was not small, he was still shocked. “Did you calculate it wrong? It costs so much?” He originally thought that those people were too 'cheap' , but now I wish they were cheaper.

After all, he had fully calculated and now only has 26 billion, and he still has to leave at least [-] million for daily expenses and emergency funds.

If we calculate it based on 25 billion, we can only buy half of the people.

Jess explained, "Your Majesty, there are not many slaves left by the World Government. In fact, they have been 'preliminarily screened'. Most of them are obedient and strong adults. As long as they are purchased, they can be used directly." ', although it is possible to select the best and select many high-level talents, this case is ultimately much smaller. And the transportation cost is so 'affordable' because this part of the price is calculated on each batch of slaves."

"Okay..." Valpo covered his forehead and had a headache. He wanted to 'buy' more slaves. Since Bailey was not enough, he had to think of other ways. He looked at the items Jace sent again.

Trying to find ways to increase his gains, he read line by line and finally stopped in front of a piece of information, thinking thoughtfully, "Jace."

"The minister is here."

"How much does this Ander Simon... like wine?"

"Love as life, Your Majesty," Jace replied.

"Very good, very good..." Valpo punched the piece hard, "Then let's start from here."

"Your Majesty wants to purchase fine wine and give it as a gift to Ander Simon? With all due respect, I'm afraid it's hard for him to be attracted by ordinary fine wine, or even rare treasures." Jace was a little embarrassed. It was not that he had never thought of this method, but the other party was so Over the years, he has come into contact with, tasted, and collected countless fine wines. Ordinary wines can no longer be bought. He felt that instead of giving away wine, it would be better to give something else.

Just as he was about to persuade me, His Majesty the King waved his hand and said, "Who said you want to buy fine wine?"

"That's that? I'm really stupid." Jace bowed, waiting for His Majesty's answer.

"Go find the best wine taster on the island." Valpo smiled mysteriously, "I want to make wine myself..."

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