Chapter 184: Roger's shock, the huge navy branch! (Two in one)
Human destiny often changes dramatically because of the different people and things he encounters.
August.
The sun is shining, the sky is blue and the sea is blue.
The ripples of the tide lap against the coast of Dressrosa, and the coolness brought by the sea breeze makes people naturally ignore the salty smell in the air.
“Huh~”
“Here we are again!”
"Dressrosa, this place has really changed a lot!"
A small boat, no more than five or six meters long, slowly entered the harbor and stopped at the pier at the very edge. A middle-aged man stood in the cockpit, gripping the rudder with both hands. He looked out at the bustling scene at Dressrosa Harbor and couldn't help but sigh.
The middle-aged man was about forty or fifty years old. Perhaps due to years of sailing, the skin on his face was rough, though not very wrinkled. The only signs of his age were the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and a few gray hairs hidden by a red hat.
The middle-aged man was wearing black trousers, brown leather boots, a red floral shirt, and a Western knife on his waist, giving off a casual and rugged vibe.
Perhaps due to the heat, the middle-aged man's shirt was unbuttoned, leaving his chest bare. The sea breeze whipped his shirt up, and faintly visible were several scars on the man's body.
This middle-aged man is none other than the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, who left his wife and re-entered the New World.
"Just use my own eyes to confirm what's going on!"
As he spoke, Roger grabbed a small backpack by the rudder and walked out of the cabin. After dropping the anchor and stabilizing the boat, Roger looked around to see if anyone noticed him, then jumped lightly onto the dock and walked towards the center of the dock.
Ever since Yoriichi Tsugakuni and his Dwan branch settled in Dressrosa, this port has really changed every day.
Five months have passed since the Giant Pirates wreaked havoc in Dressrosa. After that horrific man-made disaster, Tsugakuni Yoriichi's branch began to be rebuilt on the ruins.
Since the naval branch covered an area of 100 mu (approximately 66,000 square meters), and in those days without advanced machinery, the construction of the branch relied entirely on manpower.
The naval branch occupies a large enough area. Even if the open space and training grounds that only need to be filled are excluded, the area required for building houses is still nearly 20,000 square meters.
In order to speed up the construction period, siphon the population, and quickly revitalize the port, Jigoku Yuichi recruited as many craftsmen as possible.
Nearly five thousand craftsmen were mobilized just to build this naval branch.
A large working population means a large amount of consumption power. During the period of building the naval branch, the people and merchants of Dressrosa saw the future of the port and spontaneously bought real estate and shops here. Various stores popped up like mushrooms after a rain.
After several months of development, this place has developed into a town with a closed consumption loop.
In addition, with Yoshiichi Tsugakuni and others in charge of Dressrosa, they created a peaceful business environment here, and Dressrosa's maritime trade is becoming more and more developed.
King Liku has always been paying attention to the navy and the development of this seaport. After realizing the potential here, King Liku mobilized the country's power and began to vigorously develop the seaport, expanding the entire dock and seaport.
More labor force makes the business here more developed. In addition to normal catering, there are more and more other consumption places.
Out of gratitude and to facilitate the navy's travel, King Riku also designated an exclusive area in this port for Tsugumi Yoshiichi's branch, which is only accessible to warships and no other merchant ships or civilian vessels are allowed to travel.
So when Roger landed on the island, he was directed to dock at the very edge of the harbor.
When he walked to the central area of the dock, the first thing he saw was the blue and white buildings of the Naval Branch.
"Wow! This is incredible! The Navy is preparing to launch a major attack in Dressrosa!"
Seeing Dwan's huge building complex, Roger sighed, his tone full of sarcasm, and his face became extremely ugly.
Looking at the busy people at the dock, Roger frowned and began to look around the huge building complex carefully. At the same time, Roger's observation Haki quickly enveloped the entire naval branch.
After a brief perception, Roger's expression became even more solemn. In this hot summer, his face was so gloomy that it looked like water was dripping from it.
"To establish such a large naval branch, there are so many craftsmen employed!"
“And there are women and children.”
"That brat, who became a vice admiral of the Marine Headquarters at such a young age, has he been blinded by power?"
Roger's observation Haki swept across the branch that was still under construction, and he immediately sensed the breaths of countless people. The breaths of most people were peaceful and weak. Among these breaths, nearly a hundred were abnormally weak.
There was no need to sense it carefully to know that those people were underage children. Even from the activeness of their breath, it could be seen that these children were still working.
As a pirate, Roger would never believe in such nonsense as labor is the most glorious. Roger always believed that labor is a punishment from God to mankind.
Such punishment is painful enough for an adult, and if it is inflicted on a child, he will be punished by heaven!
However, such a situation occurred in the branch of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Roger's main purpose in coming to Dressrosa this time was to see what the "Marine Future" who dared to attack the "Celestial Dragon Shield" was capable of.
Now it seems that he is greatly disappointed.
Roger did not feel any strong aura in the naval branch, and when he looked towards the naval port, he did not see any warships in the port.
It seems that the navy people left because of something.
After a little thought, Roger found a pub on the street and walked in.
"Boss, give me a bottle of Bremeister."
After passing through the cowboy door, Roger took a look at the empty bar, walked to the bar, and sat down on the seat in front of the bar. He casually placed his small backpack on the empty stool next to him and greeted the owner behind the bar.
"oh?"
"Strong liquor?"
"It's really strange to come to the tavern and drink strong liquor so early in the morning!"
"My dear guest, has anything happened to you?"
As we all know, all bar owners are very talkative. In the world of chatterboxes, bar owners, taxi drivers, barbers and real estate agents are known as the four kings of chatterboxes.
This law is the same even in another world.
Just then, the bar owner who was wiping glasses behind the bar took a look at Roger and immediately spoke to him with a smile.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Boss, you are really good at judging people, hahahaha!"
Roger burst into laughter upon hearing this. Seeing Roger's cheerful expression, the bar owner took out some wine from the wine cabinet behind him and said,
"If you don't mind, could you tell me about it?"
"If you encounter something unpleasant, drinking alone won't help you resolve it!"
"Talking it out will make people feel better."
The boss helped open the Bremeister in his hand, placed it in front of Roger, and handed him a cup.
But unexpectedly, Roger didn't even need the cup he handed him. He grabbed the bottle and started drinking it.
I drank half of a 700ml bottle of red wine in one gulp.
"Bang!" After taking a big gulp, Roger slammed the bottle heavily on the table, then raised his head and said to the boss with a smile:
"Unpleasant things! There really are some."
"Some people's growth trajectories have exceeded my expectations and disrupted my plans. It's really annoying."
Roger said in a deep voice. Upon hearing this, the boss took a quick look at Roger's appearance and immediately continued with a smile:
"Yeah yeah!"
"For people our age, besides work, the biggest worry is our children."
"You don't know, my kid is also disobedient."
"Why don't you just study business with me instead of saying you want to be a navy soldier? Tell me, what's so good about being a navy soldier?"
"It's nothing more than relying on justice, having a bit of momentum, a bit of strength, a bit of power, and a few hundred thousand Baileys every year."
"For these things, you have to put your head on your belt. If you die, you will have nothing."
"Alas, you won't listen to my advice!"
The bar owner obviously misunderstood Roger. He said something that he thought was sympathetic. While speaking, he took out two more bottles of Bremeister from the wine cabinet and put them on the table. After opening a bottle himself, he grabbed a glass, sat down and chatted with Roger.
At this time in the morning, there are very few people in the bar. Generally speaking, the bar business will reach its peak in the evening.
Finally having a customer to keep him company and relieve his boredom, the bar owner stopped what he was doing and drank with Roger.
Roger didn't explain anything to his boss, but smiled. However, when he heard that his boss's child was planning to join the navy, and heard his boss's rather positive comments about the navy, he was also taken aback.
It sounds like this boss has no complaints about the Navy?
In this country, the people seem to be indifferent to the fact that so much manpower is being mobilized to build a branch?
"Boss, listen to what you just said."
"It seems like being a navy is pretty good, right?"
"Speaking of which, I noticed there's a naval branch being built across from your tavern, isn't it?"
"That's really impressive! With so many craftsmen working on the construction of the Navy branch, I'm sure the Navy must have spent a fortune on it."
Roger sighed, glancing at the bar owner as he spoke, observing his expression. He had expected the owner to begin complaining bitterly, accusing the navy of its crimes.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Roger's words, the boss nodded seriously and added, "Yes, in order to build this naval branch, Vice Admiral Ji Guoyuanyi and his team spent a lot of money!"
Hearing this, Roger was obviously stunned.
As far as he knew, when the navy built a naval branch in a member state, it only had to pay for the materials and labor, and the construction was all done by manpower organized by the member states of the World Government.
The allied nations used their people's labor. When did they ever pay for it? This was a feudal society with an aristocracy. The common people were there to be manipulated at will!
What Roger didn't expect was that the navy seemed to be paying workers for building a naval branch in Dressrosa?
"The craftsmen who built the naval branch were paid very generously. Those with some skills could earn 6,000 berries for nine hours a day, and those who worked hard could earn 3,500 berries a day."
"Old people and children, who have less labor power, are paid by the hour. The Navy pays them 200-300 baileys for each hour they work."
"And the Navy provides food and lodging."
"In Dressrosa, artisans can earn this much money, and if they save a little, they can live a good life."
"In order to maintain these welfare conditions, Vice Admiral Tsugukuni Yoshiichi has been setting sail immediately since arriving in Dressrosa whenever he receives news of pirates."
"It's really hard work, Lieutenant General."
When the boss talked about Yoriichi Tsugakuni, his eyes were full of admiration and gratitude, which surprised Roger.
He seemed to have misunderstood the matter. Although Yoriichi Tsugakuni mobilized civilian manpower to build a branch in Dressrosa, he was obviously different from other navy officers.
Roger had previously had a rough idea of the number of craftsmen who were building the naval branch. A rough calculation showed that in order to maintain such welfare conditions, Jigoku Yuanyi would have to spend nearly 20 million berries every day. This was just an estimate, and the actual data would only be higher.
When Roger estimated this value, he was stunned and looked shocked.
Where did Tsugikuni Yoshiichi get all that money?! Would the Navy Headquarters provide so much money just to build a branch? What kind of dream was that?
And it was just a branch, but Jigoku Yoshiichi actually occupied tens of thousands of square meters of land. This was only the camp part. If you add the coast and sea area derived from the naval branch, the land is probably about 200,000 square meters.
What is he planning to do?
Generally speaking, a naval branch has only about a hundred people, and a branch of several thousand people is already very large. The person who can lead a navy of a thousand people must be at least a major general or above.
If the Tsugikoku Yoshiichi branch is completed, it will probably be able to accommodate five to six thousand people.
One branch can handle more than a dozen or even dozens of branches across the world. This scale is the largest one Roger knows of except for the headquarters.
"Establishing such a large naval branch in the New World, this guy has too much power, isn't it?"
"Is there no one to restrain him?"
"It is not easy to maintain the normal operation of a navy of this size."
"Is this kid already capable of doing something like this?"
"It seems that it is necessary to meet this kid."
After listening to the bar owner's words, Roger began to silently calculate the strength of the naval branch of Jiguo Yuanyi, and the result he got surprised Roger.
If these five to six thousand navy generals were fully equipped, Tsugikuni Yoriichi could send dozens of warships out to sea simultaneously.
If the branch produces several powerful mid-level officers, such as a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Guo Yuanyi, he can launch a demon-killing order against four or five islands at the same time.
It can be said that after Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had completely established the branch and recruited and trained the navy, his rank was only that of a vice admiral of the navy headquarters, but in terms of power, he was on par with an admiral.
Thinking of this, Roger was shocked. He didn't know whether the senior officials of the Marine Headquarters knew what Yoshiichi Tsugikuni had done in Dressrosa.
Roger thought that if he were a high-ranking naval official, he would never allow such a thing to happen.
The bar owner saw Roger suddenly fall silent, as if he was thinking about something, so he didn't say anything to interrupt him. Or maybe Roger himself realized his own loss of composure, adjusted his mood, and started chatting with the owner.
The content of the conversation also revolved around Yoriichi Tsugikuni and his navy.
The bar owner had no doubts about this. After all, Roger was not the first outsider to talk to him about this.
In a place like the New World, the Marine branch stationed in Dressrosa is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.
And just when Roger landed in Dressrosa, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was leading a group of navy officers "fishing" at sea.
It’s just that the “fish” that Yuanyi catches is very different from the fish caught by others.
The fish he was fishing for was the Moonlight Pirates, a large pirate group with a total bounty exceeding 700 million berries.
The captain of this pirate group is one of the future Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gekko Moriah!
(End of this chapter)
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