Above the Pirate King

Chapter 1068
In the end, Luffy and his party escaped from Judicial Island and returned to the Water City!
But as soon as they returned to the capital of water, they faced a serious problem--a certain money!
Their Golden Meili will definitely not be able to go on any longer, so they must change ships here, but changing ships requires money, and they happen to have none!
Well, there is no Enil Road in Sky Island, and they didn't find any gold town, so they didn't get any gold, so they didn't have the money to change the ship!

In this regard, Robin proposed that all the money should be paid by her.

However, Luffy and his party resolutely refused!
In their words, it was very embarrassing to spend Robin's money on Sky Island before, and this time Robin can't be asked to pay again.

And they are a team, it's not a problem to ask Robin to pay for it all the time!
As a result, their group and the newly joined Frankie fell into a predicament!
Inquire about the money needed for shipbuilding, inquire about the required shipyard, and inquire about the required shipbuilder.

But, the money is short!

Aboard the Golden Merry!

"What should I do?" Nami counted the money on board, a little frowning!
The money they have on board now is about 3000 million from what they originally had, plus the bonus for participating in the wrestling competition on Solongkong Island and the reward from the Brokeback Mountain Gym!

This money is already a huge amount in the eyes of outsiders and ordinary people, enough to live for a lifetime!
But there is still a big gap from shipbuilding!
The shipyard they found was the largest shipyard in the capital of water, Carrera Shipyard!

As for the ship they were going to build, Bingshan, the helm of the Carrera Shipyard, looked at Franky's face and gave Luffy and his party a discount, which was basically at cost!
But even with such an offer, they are still short of nearly [-] million Baileys!

"It's really impossible to count me as a loan from you?" Robin looked at Nami who was frowning, and couldn't help but suggested again.

"No, we are a team, how can we keep using your money!" Luffy refused again!

Although the others didn't speak, they all nodded, showing their approval.

Obviously think that Luffy is right to refuse!

"Hey~ Let's think of a way together. It really won't work. Let's build a lower-level one!" Nami sighed and came up with a compromise idea.

"No! The ship is an essential member of our adventure group, and it will fight us many times in the future. If the level is low, it will be damaged soon!" Sanji shook his head.

"We can also buy some materials ourselves, and I'll ask my brothers to help us build a boat together, so that the boat will be of higher grade and cost less!" Franky also helped out with an idea!

Although he has been a gangster and part-time bounty hunter all these years, his shipbuilding skills have not fallen, and it is also possible to build a ship by himself!
Of course, the boat built in this way is definitely not as good as that built by so many professional boat craftsmen in the Carrera company!

"This is a way to go if there is no other way!" Sanji thought for a while and nodded.

While the people on the boat were discussing, Luffy was sitting on the boat, looking up at the starry sky, his eyes were confused, and he didn't know what he was thinking!
Usopp stood at the stern of the boat, caressing the railing of the boat carefully, his eyes showed nostalgia!

If you want to say who on the ship has the deepest affection for the ship, it is undoubtedly Luffy and Usopp!

The Golden Merry is Luffy's first serious ship after he set off on the road, and has accompanied him through many battles.

Usopp, besides the above reasons, is more because the Golden Merry is someone he likes, and it was given by Keya, with Keya's blessings on it, which he is reluctant to part with.

Because of this, although the two of them didn't say anything about changing ships, they still faintly resisted!

It's just that now that the boat is really in a situation where they have to be happy, they reluctantly agree to change it!
Just when the people on the ship fell into different emotions because of the ship.
"Da da da!"

Suddenly, footsteps came from far and near!

Subconsciously, the people on the boat followed the sound and looked over!

A middle-aged man in a suit boarded their ship and appeared on the deck!
"Are you... the uncle who sent news of Uncle Arthur that day?" Luffy suddenly asked after seeing the middle-aged man hesitate.

"Exactly!" The middle-aged man smiled and nodded.

"Is it Uncle Arthur coming?" Luffy suddenly became excited!

"no!"

The middle-aged man shook his head!
Luffy suddenly showed disappointment!
"Your Majesty asked me to send this!" The middle-aged man said, took out a few documents from his pocket, and handed them to Lu Fei!
Subconsciously, Luffy took the file!
And the other crew members present also came over curiously!
"About the Licensing Contract for the Character Peripherals of the Straw Hat Adventure Group"

"???"

The Straw Hat Adventure Group was dumbfounded when they saw the title of the file!
What the hell?

around?

"Uncle, what is this?" Lu Fei looked up at the middle-aged man and asked hesitantly.

"This is the authorization contract for your peripherals!" The middle-aged man explained, "The so-called peripherals are dolls, posters, clothing and other things made in the image of your characters!"

"Oh!"

Luffy nodded half understanding.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled, took out a small doll in the image of Luffy from his arms, handed it to him, and said, "In short, this is the surrounding area!"

"Oh I see!"

Luffy took the doll, looked at it, and nodded heavily.

This time, he really understood!

And the rest of the straw hat group looked at this thing and basically understood it!

"Because of the King of Adventures, your popularity has become very high, so His Majesty Arthur is going to make a batch of these things for sale, and His Majesty has prepared such a contract for you!"

"As long as you sign the contract, there will be a signing fee of [-] million Baileys! Afterwards, with the sale of toys, dolls, posters, clothing, etc., you can also receive about [-]% of the share!"

"That is to say, if you make money selling these things in the future, you can get ten beres for every one hundred beres!" The middle-aged man explained with a smile.

This seems to be a good thing for the Straw Hats, Arthur gave them money for nothing!
but the truth
Wool appears on sheep!

How could Arthur, as a capitalist, lose money?
He's already selling these!

He has passed through the information age, so he naturally knows that these peripheral things make a lot of money!
Therefore, shortly after the release of Adventure King, he started selling these things!
And with the official endorsement of St. Martin, no one dared to pirate, he also made a lot of money because of these peripherals-almost 20 billion Baileys in just a few months!
Well, this amount of money can't be compared with his property, but who would think it's too much?
Besides, 20 billion Pele is not a small amount!
Blackbeard's reward after becoming the Four Emperors in the future is only more than 20 billion!
Originally, he didn't need to distribute the money to the Straw Hats!
They don't know anyway!

But seeing that they were in trouble recently and had no money, Arthur decided to take part of the money to help them
Let them continue to take risks and continue to "work" for Arthur without knowing it. At the same time, the government of the underworld also allows him to make a lot of money on the adventure king.

(Arthur: A worker, a worker's soul, a worker is a master!)
Of course, these are all unknown to the Straw Hats!

Now they are looking at this contract, their eyes are shining!

what is this?
contract?
No!

It's pie!

pie in the sky

As long as this contract is signed, not only will their problems be solved now, but they will also have a surplus, and there will be a steady stream of income in the future!
It can be said to be a big surprise!

"Won't this Uncle Arthur lose money?" Suddenly, Lu Fei frowned and worried.

"Don't worry! We calculated this carefully! As long as you sign the contract, not only will we not lose money, but we will also make a fortune!" the middle-aged man said with a smile.

Maybe you will earn, but we will never lose!
"I sign!"

Hearing this, Luffy let go of his worries and happily signed his name!
And no one from the Straw Hats objected to this!

They don't know much about things around them, but how could they refuse money when someone offers them money?

quickly!

The Straw Hats and the others have signed their names!

"I should go!" The middle-aged man said with a smile after finishing the contract.

"Goodbye, uncle!" Lu Fei grinned and waved his hands.

After the middle-aged man waved his hand, he turned around and was about to leave!
But at this time, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Robin who had not spoken, and said, "Princess Robin, Your Majesty asked me to warn you, don't do this again in the future." It's dangerous, facing a general like Aokiji, all you need is to run away or call someone!"

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man left without looking back, leaving behind the bewildered straw hat group!

(End of this chapter)