the next day.
Akainu left.
Before leaving, however, he asked about the ironclad warship.
In this regard, Sean could only express his helplessness and told Akainu that even the Peach Rabbit ship was originally his own, but now it really is gone.
He can go to Carrera Company to customize it, but he will definitely have to queue up.
As for the three ships behind him that have already started production, one can be given to him when the time comes.
As for whether Akainu will go to the Capital of Seven Waters to find Espagu, Sean is not worried at all.
Because he had a long-standing relationship with Espagu, if the Navy wanted to place an order, he could take it.
It's just that Sean's side is responsible for the production side.
At the same time, you can only accept a maximum of three orders per month.
After all, Sean's own warship gap is still huge.
The current 500 sailors alone need at least two ships, preferably three.
Akainu also said before that if he wanted to help him deal with the first-class branch, he would need to purchase six warships.
Not to mention, many small and medium-sized high-speed warships must be equipped for daily patrols.
Otherwise, we can't even use such large ironclad ships for offshore patrols, right?
It’s both wasteful and inappropriate!
Besides, if I really go to the New World to establish a G-series branch more than a year later, the force will not be the 500 or 1,000 people it is now.
You know, even on the Grand Line, even the G-series branch with the smallest number of people has more than 3,000 people.
The G1 branch, as the forefront of the navy, even deploys 30,000 sailors.
Therefore, no matter how optimistic the calculation is, in more than a year, Sean will have to build at least thirty warships of various types to meet the needs.
This task is no small one.
There is simply no abundant output to produce too many foreign trade warships.
The most important thing is that even if Sean's entire production capacity is purchased by the headquarters, the Warring States Period cannot afford it.
This is not a wooden sailing ship.
The cost of bringing one down is probably one billion.
In this world, apart from the World Government, Sean is probably the only one who has the ability to equip such warships on a large scale.
As for the Navy Headquarters, it is okay to buy a few ships to support the facade, but it is simply unrealistic to completely change the look.
After bidding farewell to Akainu, Sean contacted Barry and inquired about the warship production fleet.
I was told that the second warship, a self-use version, could be launched within a week at most.
Don't look at Espagu and Franky, they can build Luffy a ship from scratch in three days, including all decorations.
But in the final analysis, it was just a wooden ship, and what Barry and the others are building now is an ironclad ship, not to mention that there are many complex systems on it.
Therefore, the current speed is already very good.
Sean then gave Barry the next batch of construction plans.
Two large ironclad ships will be built at the same time, one for personal use and one for foreign trade.
At the same time, we began to design small and medium-sized high-speed warships, which required a speed of about 35 knots.
What's more interesting is that Sean suddenly remembered that Frankie developed something as exaggerated as the lion's roar cannon in the original work.
This thing, even if it were placed in my previous life, it would still be a black technology.
Wouldn't it be a waste if we didn't study it?
So, Sean directly asked Barry to tell Frankie...
Go, study it for me quickly!
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at night.
Branch Head's Office.
Sean looked up at the guy in front of him who was hesitant to speak.
"You guys, since when did you start to become coquettish?"
"As long as you have farts
Quickly put it down and then go back to sleep. I wonder if the lights have been turned off? "
At this moment, the person standing in front of Sean's desk was Ace.
He ran to find Sean in the middle of the night, and then remained silent for a long time.
It even made Sean wonder, did this guy fall in love with a girl in the branch, and that's why he behaved like this?
"Here, I have to confess something!"
"Tell me, who do you like? As long as you don't cheat on me, then it's okay!"
"Uh...that's not the case."
"It's not about this, so why are you so pretentious, why don't you just tell me now?"
"Okay, actually I lied to you about something before. I didn't find the Shao Shao Fruit by accident.".br>
After gritting his teeth, Ace finally spoke.
However, Sean did not show any surprise.
When he first heard that Ace had found the Shao Shao Fruit on that desert island, he really thought it was his luck.
But when I thought about it later, there was something wrong, because it was too much of a coincidence.
It is said that he discovered this fruit not long after he arrived on the island.
If it was really that easy to discover, why had I never discovered it after visiting every corner of the island in the past three years?
So it is more likely that Ace already knew where the Shashao Fruit was.
"Aren't you surprised?"
"Why should I be surprised? Tell me, how did you know where the Shashao Fruit is?"
"Well, you also know who my irresponsible father is. After the old man took me back to Windmill Village, he gave me a letter he left for me."
"A letter of apology?"
Sean asked with a raised eyebrow.
"If that's the case, maybe I'll forgive him!"
Ace smiled bitterly.
"When I opened the letter, there was only a piece of paper inside. This drawing was not any words he left me, but a treasure map."
"Do you think it's funny?"
"If you knew you were going to die, why did you come to provoke my mother? After knowing that my mother was pregnant, you immediately ran away and surrendered, and then took this opportunity to start the Great Pirate Age."
"Then who is my mother?"
"Is he just a tool that he wants to leave behind in the end?"
"And who am I?"
"The most ridiculous thing is, I thought he would leave a letter to express his apology, but it was just a treasure map."
"So, before he died, even before I was born, he started plotting against me?"
As he said this, Ace's emotions became a little out of control.
Sean didn't bother to beat him, let alone comfort him.
Instead, he waited quietly for a few minutes, and then spoke after he stabilized himself again.
"So, this treasure map points to the Burning Fruit?"
"Yes, when I followed Mr. Sanders to the desert island for practical training, I discovered that the desert island was the island marked on the treasure map. Then based on the location in my memory, I quickly dug out the storage A box for burning fruit."
"Ace, don't you think it's strange?"
After pondering for a moment, Sean suddenly asked.
"What's weird?"
"In the records, the Yakishaki Fruit is a nature-type fruit, but it is not a powerful nature-type fruit. And your father is the Pirate King Roger. If he wants, he can definitely get a better nature-type fruit. Even a powerful and rare species of phantom beast, why did I leave you an ordinary Burning Fruit in the natural system?"
"this..."
Ace, who had never thought about this before, suddenly realized something was wrong after Sean's reminder.
Could it be that there is something special about Shaoshao fruit?
"According to devil fruit records, the burning fruit is the most
It can reach up to 1000 degrees. "
"No, I can reach nearly 3000 degrees now!"
"What if it wasn't for me, and there was no Leitus to teach you a lot of basic knowledge?"
"I seem to understand what you mean. In other words, the Burning Fruit is not weak, but no one has ever discovered the correct way to use this fruit?"
"That's right, I don't care what purpose Roger had for leaving this fruit to you, but I'm pretty sure that he knows the true nature of the Burning Fruit."
"Damn, what on earth is he planning?"
Ace cursed silently.
After talking to Sean, he felt more and more that his father must have left something behind before he died, and the reason why he left the Shao Shao Fruit for him was probably...
I am a part of his plan.
This guy...
What do you want to do?
Even if you die, will you continue to play with your life?
No, I won't do what you want!
Just watch, the era of great pirates you started will be ended by me myself!
