Pirates: From the Planet to the Starry Sky

Chapter 42 Recruiting Refugees
In One Piece World, the main ruler is the world government, which is composed of more than 100 countries that have joined the world government. In addition, there are many countries that have not joined the world government.

With the acquiescence of the world government, these countries have become places where pirates, slave traders, and underground black markets gather.

Nationals of nations were killed by other nations, or captured as slaves.

Except for some countries that have the strength to maintain national stability, and some special countries.

Most of them are extremely poor and miserable people at the bottom.

And even if it is a member of the world government, since the entire Pirate World is basically governed by the king, the king is the most powerful person in a country.

Among them, if the royal family is excellent, then it will be the Neferutali family with the Kingdom of Alabasta, and King Riku, the king of the Dressrosa Kingdom in the New World.

But there are only a few such kingdoms. Most of the kings are greedy for pleasure, aloof, and treat the bottom people as slaves.

It's like the garbage mountain of Goya Kingdom in the East China Sea, where people at the bottom live by picking up garbage for a living.

For another example, in the Drum Kingdom, King Wapol ordered the arrest of doctors, and the people of the whole country could only pray to the king when they were sick. This operation turned an original medical country into an ordinary small country.

At this time, the Bru kingdom where Rich was located was like this, because the royal family plundered a lot of wealth from the lower-level residents, conscripted the lower-level people to labor, and many people died of exhaustion, making people have to resist.

In the end, a great rebellion engulfed the entire country. If it wasn’t for the fact that the Bru Kingdom was a member of the World Government, which contributed a lot of wealth to the World Government and requested the World Government to send a navy to protect the royal family, then the king would have disappeared long ago.

"If our ship accepts the maximum number of refugees, how many can it accept?" Rich asked the captain beside him.

Regarding Rich's inquiry, the captain spoke.

"Your Highness, because we have eight pirate ships that have not been dismantled, plus the space for battleships and transport ships, if we live temporarily, we can accommodate about 3000 people."

"3000 people?"

Richie thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Then recruit 3000 people, recruit refugees who are willing to follow us, and then we will leave."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After receiving Rich's order, the captain and the crew began to move supplies and prepare to recruit refugees.

A table with a pile of food next to it.Such an open display of food is a temptation for the refugees who are huddled around.

"Crash."

Then, a huge banner was lifted up on the deck of the ship, rattling with the wind blowing, and several large characters were written on the banner.

"Worker recruitment point."

After all, this is still the territory of the Bru Kingdom, and Rich himself belongs to the Rock Mountain Kingdom, so it is impossible to openly recruit refugees without any scruples. That would be a slap in the face of the Bru Kingdom's royal family.

But recruiting workers in this way, and bribing the mayor of the port and the soldier patrol team, there is no problem.

The nobles who looked down on these refugees wished that they would all leave and make their city look more beautiful.

At the beginning, looking at this recruitment point, even if it was publicity, some people thought it would be a new move of slave traders.

But soon, as the food was cooked in the cauldron next to the recruitment point, the aroma of the rice floating in the port made those refugees who hadn't had enough to eat for countless days couldn't help swallowing.

Under the hunger, finally, a refugee who appeared to be in his prime came forward.

"Hi, may I ask if you are here to apply for the job." The recruiters were in charge of several squads of soldiers, and at this moment, it was a soldier who asked him.

"That's right, you can have enough food here." The middle-aged refugee looked at the food on the side. If it weren't for the guards of soldiers wearing armor, he might have come up to snatch it.

"of course."

The soldiers who received them smiled and gave people a sense of intimacy.

"We come from the Rock Mountain Kingdom. If you apply for workers, you will move to the Rock Mountain Kingdom to live in the future. At that time, you will be allocated land and houses so that you have enough food."

"The Rock Mountain Kingdom." The young refugee thought for a while, and found that his poor knowledge did not know that there was a country called the Rock Mountain Kingdom in the world.

"Don't worry." Seeing the refugee hesitated, the soldier continued.

"We are one of the countries that join the world government. We are a regular country that can be inquired through the naval base. Moreover, as long as you agree and register your information, you can go to eat. The first meal will definitely fill you up. "

"Have a meal."

Hearing this, the young refugee swallowed again.After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay, I agree."

"You won't regret your decision." The soldier asked with a smile as he took out his notebook and pen.

"Name, age."

After quickly registering the information, the soldiers on the side took out a large bowl as big as two palms, filled it with rice and put it in the hands of the young and strong refugees.

"Let's eat, eat first, go to the boat to rest after eating, and we will set off in two days."

Taking the rice bowl in his hands and looking at the steaming food, the young refugee burst into tears as he thought of what happened these days and the lost family members.

"Thank you."

The refugees in other corners of the port saw the scene of eating food with big mouthfuls.

With the first person who eats crabs, the second will not be far behind.

Soon, a few refugees who were also in their prime came together, and after registration, they ate.

One by one, the refugees were chomping at the food in front of the recruitment point. Coupled with the wafting aroma, finally, the refugees couldn't bear it anymore, and one by one they started to approach the recruitment point.

In just half a day, the entire recruitment site was crowded with refugees, and Richie, who was standing on the deck, had a smile in his eyes.

In Rich's view, these are the foundations of the future Rock Mountain Kingdom. Only with a large population can we recruit enough soldiers and be able to give birth to geniuses.

With more and more refugees, soon, the ships were full of people. In order to ensure the maximum number of passengers, each family of refugees did not even have a bed, but a stool in the cabin to sit on.

"How many days until the airship arrives." Richie asked Hela beside him.

"There are still three days."

"Three days." After thinking for a while, Richie said.

"Order the recruitment point, recruit the maximum number of people we can carry within two days, and then go to sea overnight."

"Okay, Your Highness."

The population of the Blue Kingdom is not small, with millions of people, and the number of refugees caused by this rebellion throughout the country is also very huge.

Seeing that the recruiting of refugees went so smoothly, if it wasn't for Richie not needing to take advantage of the upside-down mountain and sea currents to go to the North Sea this time, Richie really wanted to stay in the Blue Kingdom for a while and recruit some refugees.

(End of this chapter)