One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

At present, the only pirate groups that have territory, power and their own industries in the New World are the Hiku Pirates, the BIG MOM Pirates and the Wang Zhi Pirates. They all have their own fixed territories and some industries that can make money.

Although the Sky Pirates suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Wall some time ago, the Sky Pirates still have tens of thousands of people. If the Noxus Pirates go to war with the Sky Pirates, there will be no problem in winning. In terms of personal strength, Shiki the Golden Lion should be weaker than Whitebeard, but this guy can fly, which is a bit annoying for Darius. After all, Darius hates this kind of air unit. But if he can be pulled into the reincarnation desperate space, he can still cooperate with the clone and Tibers to kill him.

However, after Roger dies, Shiki the Golden Lion will seem to be stupid enough to attack the Navy Headquarters, and will then be captured by the Navy, so there is no need for Darius to pay attention to them now.

What's more, one has to pick the softest ones first, so Darius set his sights on the BIG MOM Pirates. The Wang Zhi Pirates are still ally of the Hiku Pirates on the surface. It won't be too late to slowly deal with the Wang Zhi Pirates after Future Shiki is captured.

At this time, the maid Tia came over. When Liuli was here, she was the head maid, but now Liuli has a job and needs to take care of the baby, so Darius gave her a day off. Tia came over and said respectfully, "Master, Marco said he has something to talk to you about."

"Marco, what could he want from me?" Darius asked with some confusion.

"According to Prime Minister A Shen, Marco wants to plead for the Whitebeard Pirates, hoping that they can be pardoned." Tia said gently.

Darius listened with a scornful smile and said coldly, "Pardon, don't joke, those people are trying to hide and find a chance to kill me, how can we let such a disaster go! Just let Ah Shen handle it himself."

"Yes." After hearing this, Tia immediately picked up the Den Den Mushi and started to reply to Shen.

Darius pulled Katyusha, the maid next to him, over and said jokingly, "Katyusha, you don't seem to be pregnant yet! Are you willing to give birth to a child for your master?"

"Yes, master, of course I am willing." Katyusha heard this and immediately hugged Darius with her arms.

Now that the Noxian Empire has been established, Darius naturally has to consider the future of the empire.

In the Flower City, Ashen, the Prime Minister of the Noxus Empire, heard Tia's reply, hung up the phone and said to Marco with a smile: "You heard the phone call too! His Majesty doesn't want to see you, Marco. You are now a member of the Noxus Empire. You should consider the empire more instead of those rebels."

Marco gritted his teeth after listening to this. Yesterday, all of them found out what Blue Crystal and others had detected with their abilities, and it turned out that many people hated Darius and even wanted to find a chance to assassinate or poison him. Although Marco knew that such a thing would never succeed, and Ashen and others also knew that it would not succeed, as long as they had such an idea, it would be a capital crime.

Ah Shen also comforted him, "Okay, Marco, this is the rule of the Noxian Empire. Anyone or anything that threatens His Majesty the Emperor must be eliminated. Here's a piece of advice for you. Before we are sure that you are absolutely loyal to Noxus, we will conduct random checks from time to time. So, don't hold unrealistic fantasies, and don't have any hatred or complaints. His Majesty is the strongest man in the world, and this is beyond doubt."

After sending Marco away, Kozuki Oden came again not long after. Yesterday, Blue Crystal, Bai Yijun and others had used their abilities to investigate Kozuki Oden. Although this guy was very powerful, if he wanted, he could use his domineering aura to block the investigation of Bai Yijun and others, but he was open and aboveboard.

The results of the investigation with the Stare-Star Fruit and the Hypnosis Fruit showed that Kozuki Oden no longer wanted to kill Darius. He probably knew that he could not win at all. He now only wanted to change the Noxus Empire from within and let the former citizens of Wano Country live a good life.

Kozuki Oden shouted angrily: "Ah Shen, where is my father! When I joined, Darius promised me that he would let my father go."

He had already learned from Darius about the death of his retainer, which made him extremely sad, but there was nothing he could do. Now he only wanted to rescue his father.

Ah Shen also showed a fake smile and said: "Of course, your father has violated the laws of the Noxian Empire and is now imprisoned in prison, but His Majesty has pardoned him, and you will be able to meet soon."

Hearing that his father could be released, Kozuki Oden was overjoyed. He had also seen Wano Country. The ordinary people of Wano Country were not much different from before. They still farmed and built things. It's just that the powerful and the samurai class were hit quite severely. Of course, the hardest hit was definitely their Kozuki family. All their wealth had been confiscated by the Noxus Empire, but as long as his father could be rescued, everything would be worth it.

Now, Kozuki Oden is very clear that Darius is invincible. Even a powerful man like Whitebeard died at the hands of Darius. If he forcibly takes back Wano Country, not only will he die, but he will also implicate the remaining three retainers, his wife and children, and even Marco and the others. Perhaps it is because of his wife and children that Kozuki Oden became timid.

A month later, the conscription of the Noxian Empire was completed. Now, the number of troops of the Noxian Empire has expanded to 60,000, and the Noxian Empire is also preparing for its first expedition.

Originally, Darius wanted to go there in person, but thinking about the fact that he had just incorporated the Whitebeard Pirates, and with the return of Kozuki Oden and the release of Kozuki Sukiyaki, it would be troublesome if they suddenly caused trouble in the Noxus Empire while he was away. So Darius simply chose to stay in the Noxus Empire himself and leave the expedition to his subordinates.

At this time, in the Flower City, the Palace of the God King.

Darius summoned all his subordinates, a total of hundreds of people came. Seeing these people coming, among them were the pregnant Red Chain Snake and Blue Crystal. After all, they were both Darius's women and the highest-ranking cadres.

Darius looked at the crowd and shocked everyone when he spoke: "First of all, the first thing I want to say is to disband the Noxus Pirates."

"What?" Everyone was shocked at once and disbanded the Noxus Pirates.

Darius continued, "Disbanding the Noxian Pirates is because becoming a pirate is just the first step in all my ambitions. Now that I have established the Noxian Empire, I naturally have to abandon my identity as a pirate. So, next I will establish the Noxian Expeditionary Force."

After hearing this, all the cadres finally understood. After all, they are now the backbone of a country, and Darius is the emperor of the Noxian Empire. It is indeed not right for them to use the identity of pirates anymore.

And these people also adapted very quickly. After all, they were gangsters a few years ago, then they became pirates, and now they have become cadres of a country. It is also a brand new experience. Ah Shen said, "Yes, Your Majesty is wise."

The others all echoed, "Your Majesty is wise." "Long live His Majesty..."

Darius waved his hand slightly. He had heard this kind of talk many times. It was just that the captain was wise and long live the captain. He continued, "Since it is an expeditionary force, the burning, killing and looting that pirates used to do cannot be carried out anymore."

After hearing this, everyone looked a little bitter, and Darius explained, "Of course, it's not impossible. For those wealthy nobles and royal families, if they are unwilling to hand over their money to us, we can still use your knives to teach them a lesson. When I say that we can't burn, kill, and rob, I'm mainly referring to ordinary people. After all, ordinary people don't have much money."

"If the Noxus Pirates have territory, money, and industry, then the purpose of the next expedition is to find a way to develop the resources on those islands and lands after they have captured them. If there are minerals and resources, then we will develop them. If there is economy, then we will develop the entertainment industry. If there is nothing, as long as there are people on those lands, then we will build factories and let them work."

Darius said this, looked at Ah Shen and said: "Ah Shen, when you were in Boro City, you were good at economics. Whether you can establish an effective colony overseas depends on you."

"Colony?" A group of Noxian Empire cadres asked in confusion.

Darius looked at Ashen and motioned him to explain.

Ah Shen also explained immediately: "To put it simply, after we occupy an island, how do we control it at the lowest cost? That is to send a governor to the island, and then send people from the south of the island to manage the north, people from the north to manage the south, people from the west to manage the east, and people from the east to manage the west. At the same time, use the troops on the island to build a force to defend against the enemy and manage the island's public security. The governor is the highest military officer on the island. This is what Your Majesty calls colonial rule."

Because in this world, there is only one continent, that is the Red Earth Continent, and the rest of the place is all scattered islands, and the management of these islands is a huge problem. If you want to manage these scattered islands to the greatest extent, you can only use the colonial methods of Britain in the previous life.

The strange crow also asked at this time: "But, if we encounter an island with no resources, not many people, and even agricultural development can only barely support the local people to make a living, should we still colonize it?"

The red-banded snake said in a cold voice: "Then it's not called colonization, it's called poverty alleviation."

"It mainly depends on the strategic location. If the strategic location is good, then even if the island is poor and has no resources, it can be taken and used as a strategic bridge." After saying this, You Fei looked at Darius in a flattering manner and said, "Is that so, Master?"

"Yes." Darius nodded slightly and continued, "If there are no natural resources, no economic industry, and no strategic value, then as long as there are people on it, it can be considered an asset."