Pirates: From the Planet to the Starry Sky

Chapter 143 The Status Quo of the Rainforest Kingdom
As the army entered the rainforest kingdom together, Rich sat in his car and looked at the surrounding environment.

"This is the capital of the Rainforest Kingdom, it's really dilapidated."

In Rich's eyes, most of the surrounding buildings are made of wood, and they are still one or two stories high. There are emerald green moss on the walls, which seem to be old.

Knowledge and domineering cover the past, and the appearance of each house looks very suitable for the name and environment of the rainforest kingdom.

But the inside is in disrepair for a long time, living here, there is a risk of collapse at any time.

This kind of building is completely inferior to the steel skeleton, cement, and brick and stone houses that the Rock Mountain Kingdom is currently building.

In the Rock Mountain Kingdom, except for some special ones, those wooden houses and thatched houses were all demolished and rebuilt. Every household has a house with more than four rooms.

Moreover, due to the particularity of human beings in the Pirate World, most people are relatively tall, so the height of one-story buildings is more than four meters, making those houses look even bigger.

Except for the dilapidated houses, the residents along the way are not threatened by pirates for the time being because the king of the rainforest is next to a freshwater lake in the center of the island.

Therefore, the residents in the city can still walk on the streets. The residents of these rainforest kingdoms only have pudding clothes on their bodies.

Although they were washed white and looked very clean, it was easy to see that these people were poor residents.

The Rainforest Kingdom itself is a small country. The country's food is mainly obtained through hunting in the rainforest, planting fruit trees in the rainforest, and fishing.

There is basically no trade, plus the oppression of ordinary people by kings, ministers and nobles. Although this oppression is not serious compared to some extreme kingdoms, it is a burden for residents who live in hardship .

Year-round hunger, oppression, and poor material life have created the poverty and weakness of the rainforest kingdom.

"However, now that I'm here, the look of this country will change."

Thinking in his heart, Rich asked Hela beside him.

"Hella, let's steal the treasures of the royal family and nobles of the Rainforest King. How much is there?"

Regarding Rich's inquiry, Hela held a list and said to Rich.

"Your Highness, some gold and silver treasures were looted by Doflamingo. Basically, there are only valuable items left, such as expensive statues, which are not easy to sell. The total value is about [-] million. .”

"Is it so little? Then, take some money from our science troop warehouse as a subsidy for the Rainforest Kingdom."

Richie frowned, thought for a while and said.

"Okay, Your Highness."

Rich's scientific troops occupy the former gold town, plus the trade savings of these years, the taxes on the empty island, and the gold smelted from the gold ore produced by Rich, the scientific troops are not short of money at all.

"For the first time, just the one billion."

Rich said.

"This amount of money will be sent out in the form of Gong Dai Zhen, and at the same time, some small commodities, such as food, will be sent to trade in the rainforest kingdom."

"Then, Your Highness, where should the first work-for-relief project be carried out?" Hela had no objection to Richie's mobilization of money.

Because in the financial warehouse of the scientific army, gold is piled up like a mountain, not to mention, Rich makes a lot of gold every day, no matter how much it is, there is no problem.

"As for the first project."

Ricky thought for a moment and said.

"The Rainforest Kingdom lacks an external port and a road that runs through the island."

"In this case, let's build a road around the island and a port first. The kind that can park warships will have an extra military camp."

"Alright Your Highness, I'll arrange it now."

Due to the poverty of the Rainforest Kingdom, a large number of workers can be recruited only by paying food and a small amount of remuneration.

Coupled with those captive soldiers who are unwilling to join the scientific army, it is the best labor force.

In this way, although it is a big project, it does not cost much, it just takes some time.

"Afterwards, the two nearby small countries also arranged in the same way."

Rich said.

"In those countries, the treasures seized by the royal family and nobles of the country were used as start-up funds to build roads around the island and port barracks in accordance with the engineering standards of the Rainforest Kingdom."

"Yes."

The army of the Rock Mountain Kingdom entered the Rainforest Kingdom. At first, all the residents hid in their houses.But these residents found that the soldiers of the Rock Mountain Kingdom did nothing to ordinary people.

Soon, someone became bold, walked out of the house, and watched the troops of the Rock Mountain Kingdom marching forward on the street. As a result, many residents soon came out.

After the army guarded the city gate and entered the barracks to maintain law and order according to the plan.

Seeing that the residents in the city did not have much resistance to the Rock Mountain Kingdom, an announcement was posted on the bulletin boards of various streets.

This is a notice of labor relief, and soon, this notice spread among the residents. Although there is no young and strong labor force, some people still respond to the call.

After watching the first person answer the call, he gave a sack of food on the spot as a settling allowance. Immediately, a long queue formed in the entire recruiting place.

"This is very good." Standing on the royal castle in the capital, looking at the situation at the recruitment office below, Rich nodded in satisfaction.

"After the construction of this big project, these residents have money. After understanding this project, they will no longer be afraid of the Rock Mountain Kingdom. At that time, these people will all be members of my Rock Mountain Kingdom."

"Your Highness, we have discovered a new situation that needs to be decided by Your Highness."

At this time, Anna quickly came to Rich's side with a piece of information.

"Well, I found a stranger who is very powerful. He has already defeated a brigade of the scientific army, but he didn't hurt anyone. He is now confronting our army."

"The man is tall, has short black hair, is blind, and has an 'X' shaped scar across his forehead across both eyes.

Wearing a lavender bathrobe, tied with a black and purple belt, wearing a purple cloak, wearing clogs, and holding a staff knife.

And the person seems to be a devil fruit ability user, the ability seems to be gravity, which makes people feel huge gravity. "

Looking at the person described by the intelligence, Rich immediately thought of someone.

After matching it with the intelligence description, it was not bad at all.

"In other words, the future admiral has come to the Rock Mountain Kingdom. I can't miss this."

Thinking of this, Rich immediately said.

"Anna, order the troops to invite this person in my name. At the same time, Hela will follow me, so hurry up this time."

As he said that, Richie jumped off the castle with Hela, and then, under Richie's feet, a rock skateboard appeared, quickly leading Richie and Hela towards the distance.

(End of this chapter)