Early the next morning, when Ji Guoyuan woke up from his sleep, got dressed and came to the deck, he heard Cyrus reporting a piece of news to him.
There is no news about large amounts of treasure or supplies on the captured pirate ships.
"Um?"
"For such a big pirate ship, there is nothing in the warehouse?"
While speaking, Yuan Yi raised his eyes and looked at the huge pirate ship that was also docked at the port at this time, and scratched his hair in a strange way.
"Yes, the entire ship has been searched, and there is no valuable property."
"And this morning, the people who suffered during the pirate attack heard that we defeated a pirate ship."
"Now, there are still many people gathering at the port. I hope our navy can return the seized property to them."
"But... we didn't seize any property at all!"
"Lieutenant General, what should we do?"
Cyrus stood beside Yuanyi and replied with a bitter look on his face. He seemed to have been awake all night, Yuan saw that Cyrus still had thick dark circles on his face. It seemed that this matter really distressed him.
However, Yuan Yiyi did not understand what Cyrus was distressed for a while.
"Since no property was seized on the pirate ship, it would be better to tell the truth to the people."
"If I don't have any property, I can't conjure it up and give it to them, right?"
Under the guidance of Cyrus, Jiguo Yuanyi walked to the side of the ship and looked at the dock. At this time, many people gathered beside the pier, densely packed, and kept looking at the warship. When they saw Ji Guoyuan sticking his head out and looking down, they immediately shouted to Ji Guoyuan:
"That! The red-haired one is the Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters!"
"Lieutenant General, please give us back what we lost!"
"That's a relic left to me by my father! I can never lose it."
The shouts of some people instantly mobilized everyone on the pier, and for a while, chaotic pleas echoed throughout the entire pier.
Cyrus walked to Yuanyi's side and explained: "Lieutenant General, I explained it to these people, but it was of no use."
"These people simply don't believe that we have nothing to gain on the pirate ship."
"They thought we hid it and refused to give it back to them."
"This morning, Dressrosa's army commander personally came to our warship to check it out and helped us explain it."
"But it's still useless. These people even think that we are colluding with the army commander and want to embezzle it for ourselves."
Hearing this, Ji Guoyuan immediately retracted his head and turned to look at Cyrus. His face showed a slight shock, and then became unusually solemn.
"A crisis of confidence."
"This is a big deal!"
Regardless of the fact that the world of One Piece is an extraordinary world, truly powerful warriors can rely on their own abilities to defeat thousands of people.
But no matter how powerful a person is, there is no way to completely separate from society.
And the navy is even more so.
If the Navy wants to gain a foothold in Dressrosa, it must gain the trust of the vast majority of the people. In this case, whether it is recruiting troops, purchasing supplies, or gathering information in the future, it will have excellent results.
But if the navy is not trusted, then the navy's sphere of influence will become very limited, and will only be limited to places where naval officers and soldiers can personally patrol.
The people in Chaoyang District have long told Yuanyi that the power of the people is great!
When a naval branch is founded, a crisis of trust must not occur. Once a bad first impression is left on people, it will be very difficult to reverse this perception later.
"Big crisis!"
"Lieutenant General."
Just when Enichi Jiguo lowered his head and thought, the voice of Yixiao came from behind Enichi Jiguo. The two turned to look and saw Yixiao, Mihawk and Koushiro walking towards this side.
Yixiao seemed to have heard what Cyrus said and let out a heavy sigh.
I don’t know if Yixiao sighs because of the navy’s current predicament, or because of human beings’ bad nature.
With so many people gathered at the dock now, does it mean that everyone doesn’t believe the navy’s words? I'm afraid not necessarily.
The power of the masses is great, but the wisdom of the masses is blind.
Even if a large part of them believed the navy's words, when they saw that people who had the same experience as them were still pestering the navy to return their property, they would leave their own will behind and follow The will of the public goes.
After all, you have to do what is more beneficial to you. People with a little bit of brains will know what to do.
"With such a crowd, persuasion is of no use."
"Lieutenant General Jiguo, you need to consider other methods!"
Yixiao looked up at Jiguo Yuanyi and said in a deep voice. Yixiao is much older than Cyrus, and unlike Cyrus who has a simple experience, Yixiao has seen too many things on the sea. He knows very well that when the general public gathers together, what will happen to them? What does it look like?
Yixiao has also heard of similar things.
People are more likely to believe in an outcome that is more beneficial to them.
This is the so-called bad nature of human beings.
"ah!"
"I know."
Ji Guoyuan nodded and responded, then stuck his head out from the deck and looked at the people gathered on the pier.
After a while, Ji Guoyuan turned around and asked Cyrus:
"Cyrus, how much are the losses of these people?"
"Is there any clear data?"
Hearing Yuanyi's question, Cyrus quickly took out a document from his arms and handed it to Jiguo Yuanyi. At the same time, he explained: "This is the result of statistics led by the commander of Dressrosa's army. .”
"They have been doing this work since the pirate plunder. The purpose is to accurately help those people who are unable to survive on their own after suffering."
"We have a rough idea of the number of victims and the amount of property lost."
"But time is tight. These are just the people on the dock side. There are many more that have not been counted."
When Cyrus was speaking, Jiguo Yuanyi was already looking at the statistical data in his hand. The losses incurred by the residents at the port alone were not counted as death benefits or looted property. The value of the real estate destroyed by the pirates was 70 million beli.
"What a huge sum!"
"Cyrus, let's do this. Contact the army commander of Dressrosa and communicate with him. Our navy will also provide some help with the people's pension work."
"Of course, our navy did not regain the people's wealth from these pirates, but out of sympathy for the suffering people, our navy will provide humanitarian relief."
"The financial support given cannot be deducted from our branch's start-up funds. Let's use the heads of these pirates to pay for it."
"The group of pirates we captured must have quite a few bounty prisoners, right? Ordinary pirates can't afford such a pirate ship."
As Ji Guoyuan spoke, he looked at the pirate ship parked next to the warship. In broad daylight, I can see it more clearly. This pirate ship, in terms of size, is not inferior to Yuanyi's giant ship.
Even in terms of width, it is wider than Yuanyi's ship.
Of course, the value of the two ships is absolutely vastly different, but in Yuichi's opinion, if this pirate ship was built from scratch, it would cost nearly 100 million beli.
"Pirate's head?"
"Do you mean to hand over the heads of these pirates to the army commander? Let him go to the navy to collect the bounty?"
"The total bounty for these pirates can reach almost one billion Baileys."
"But...if the heads are given to them to collect the bounty, we have no way to report our achievements to the headquarters!"
"A pirate ship of this level is enough to upgrade all the grassroots officers and soldiers of our army to the next level!"
Cyrus heard Jiguo Yuanyi's words and said quickly. According to Tsukuni Enichi, he planned to use the achievements of the pirates to make up for the losses of the people affected by the disaster.
It's not that Cyrus is stingy, it's just that Cyrus feels that such words are really unfair to their navy.
Obviously nothing has been gained, but the so-called losses have to be made up for by the people.
This is completely detrimental to oneself and benefiting others.
"Well, Cyrus, it's decided."
"As for merit. Don't worry about this kind of thing. We are already in the new world. Do we still need to worry about merit?"
"These things will all be available."
"The top priority is that we still need to establish a foothold in Dressrosa first. There must be no mistakes in handling this matter."
"Rather than saying it is help, it is more like a transaction, using merit in exchange for a convenient transaction later."
"Go and communicate with the army commander. Let him come forward to accept the heads of the pirates on behalf of Dressrosa and the people."
As soon as Ji Guoyuan finished speaking, he did not continue to stand on the side of the ship. Instead, he carried a bamboo knife and walked towards the center of the deck. When passing by Mihawk, he invited Mihawk to fight: "Come on. Come on, Mihawk, let’s do some morning exercise before breakfast.”
When Cyrus saw Jiguo Yuanyi like this, he knew that he could not change Yuanyi's mind. Cyrus did not object again. After all, these pirates were all killed by Jiguo Yuanyi. What to do with the heads was entirely up to Yuanyi himself.
And as a lieutenant general, Jiguo Enichi’s orders are absolute!
After nodding, Cyrus saluted Ji Guoyuan, led two messengers, and hurriedly walked off the ship.
When Cyrus came to Tankurepond to tell Jiguo Yuanyi's decision, the captain of the kingdom's army, who was used to seeing big winds and waves, was obviously stunned.
He did not expect that the Navy would be willing to help the suffering people of Dressrosa even if there was no gain.
A criminal with a bounty worth one billion beli!
Although their country can also provide this amount of money, it is not a small amount. When planning disaster relief, King Liku can at most allow those people who are young and homeless and old and have no support to receive state relief. For those who can More job opportunities are provided for young and middle-aged people who are self-reliant.
As for helping to build houses damaged by pirates and subsidizing people's losses, how could such a thing be done? !
The one billion Bailey bounty provided by the Navy will allow King Riku to take care of more people when formulating a rescue plan.
After Tankurepond handed over the bodies of the pirates to Cyrus, he hurried back to the palace and told King Liku about the matter.
Originally, King Riku was a little grateful to Jiguo Yuanyi and the navy for helping their country clear out the pirates and protect the port. When he got the bodies of the criminals with bounties on them, the gratitude in his heart was even more indescribable.
A banquet was immediately arranged, and Tankure Pound was sent to Enichi's side, and he invited Enichi Jiguo and other marines to the palace for the banquet, thinking that he wanted to thank Enichi Jiguo in person.
It's just that King Liku's invitation was rejected by Jiguoyuan.
As a navy, it is better to keep some distance between you and King Riku. Otherwise, if anything happened to these nobles in the future, Yuanyi would be somewhat upset.
King Riku didn't pay attention to the invitation to the navy to the banquet, but the image of the righteous navy that "does business" and "doesn't like socializing" became clearer in his mind.
When the news spread that the navy was willing to support the people in rebuilding their homes, the suffering people suddenly felt good. The dead were dead, and the survivors had to live.
The help of the navy gave these people great comfort. At least, they did not have to worry about survival in a short period of time.
At the same time, when Cyrus acquired land later, the progress was extremely smooth.
A week later, the Navy successively purchased 100 acres of land at the Dressrosa Pier, and the construction of the branch officially began.
The land purchase went extremely smoothly with the secret support of King Liku, and the people were very happy to learn that the navy wanted to buy their houses at the original price.
Even though some people were reluctant at first, they still sold the land to the navy out of gratitude when they thought that the navy had avenged them and recovered their property.
At the same time, the Navy is also recruiting craftsmen on a large scale in Dressrosa. Some suffering people, even if they have no skills, can get work opportunities in the projects built by the branch, so that they will not be idle and immersed all day long. In pain.
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
On the shore of Dressrosa's pier, the construction of the naval branch is in full swing. While the craftsmen were building the branch, loud noises were heard from the shore.
On the coast, Ji Guoyuan was wearing a thin black training suit and was using his fists to bombard the hull of the pirate ship in front of him.
He didn't use a knife or domineering force, he simply used his fists to hit the hull of the pirate ship.
Every time Yuanyi punches out, there will be a loud noise on the hull, and then a big hole will appear.
This pirate ship of the Giant Soldier Pirates was regarded as a sandbag for physical training by Tsukikuni Enichi. It was left there anyway. Not only would it be a waste of manpower to dismantle it, but the rotten wooden boards would not be sold for much money. .
Rather than occupying space in the port, it is better to put this ship to full use and serve as nutrients for Jiguo Yuanyi's growth.
Jiguoyuanyi's current training content has also become very rich. Physical training, sword skills training, and domineering training have not been left behind.
His whole day was basically spent in various practices.
The construction of the branch is progressing smoothly. Both Cyrus and Koshiro are able to take charge of their own affairs. Yuan Yi only needs to control the general direction and control the costs. All other matters are left to Cyrus and the others.
As for Yixiao and Mihawk, they were also brought here to practice by Yuanyi.
In Yuanyi's view, if their branch wants to gain a foothold in the new world, it's not enough to rely on him alone!
August, year 1500 of the Haiyuan calendar.
After five months of construction, the construction of the Dawn branch in Dressrosa has finally entered the final stage. During this period, Jikunoyunichi and his subordinates were dormant in Dressrosa. They rarely took the initiative to pursue pirates. At most, they were some indifferent pirates who came to Dressrosa and were later captured by Yun. First class people are eliminated.
However, although Yuanyi and the others were dormant, they still spread the peaceful scene of Dressrosa to the passing merchants. In the eyes of the merchants, Dressrosa can have such a peaceful environment, and the whole world Relying on Yuanyi and his Dwan branch.
Thanks to the promotion of passing merchants, Jiguo Yuanyi and his Dwan branch have also become famous in the new world.
They have finally established a foothold in the new world!
"Souga. Dressrosaga"
"So that kid is there! Go and see him."
On the vast sea, there is a small boat, rising and falling with the waves.
On the deck of the boat, a middle-aged man was sitting on a bench, leaning on a long knife and holding a newspaper in his hand, whispering to himself.
A piece of news was published on the front page of the newspaper.
[The great pirate with a bounty of 1 billion defeated Dressrosa! 】
[The leader of the new era of the navy, following Guoyuan, he is taking charge of the new world. The next era will be the era of the navy! 】
(End of chapter)
