Pirates: From the Planet to the Starry Sky

Chapter 5 Refugees
In this battle, twenty pirates and a pirate ship were captured, as well as treasures of more than 100 million Berry found on the pirate ship.

Since it was solved by Richie this time, all the spoils belonged to Richie himself.However, Rich still distributed hundreds of thousands of treasures to the soldiers of the caravan.

Let these soldiers guard the pirate captives. They are all small pirates. There are no strong ones. They are locked up and given half of the food every day to survive starvation.

For the more than 20 captives, Rich planned to send them to Shanlin Island, which is under development.These pirate captives happen to be used as labor force, as long as they eat, they don't need to be paid.

After working for decades, these pirates will be released with some money, and they will become the population of Rock Mountain Kingdom.

As for the pirate ship, several shipwrights in the caravan changed the bow, and then burned the pirate flag. In the future, it can be used as a ship under Richie. In the future, the caravan formed by Richie may not be unusable.

Going forward like this, after entering the relatively prosperous area of ​​the South China Sea, in the next few days, Richie saw that the pirates in the era of great pirates were rampant.

There are so many pirates in the sea, it can be said that they are all over the world.For the caravans of the Rock Mountain Kingdom, it is almost a day to encounter one or two pirate groups.

Some pirate groups saw that the Rock Mountain Kingdom's fleet had a large number of people, so they left without making a move.But some short-sighted pirates rushed up directly.

For these pirates, Rich cooperated with the soldiers to eliminate them all.Several pirate captains left their heads for money. After the ship was remodeled, it became the ship of Rich's future caravan.

The captured pirates were locked up and will be used as slaves in Rich Mountain Forest Island in the future.When he was in custody, Rich also specially made heavy rock shackles to prevent the captives from rioting.

The treasures and weapons harvested from the pirates were left behind by Richie.

When the caravan arrived at the next supply port, the treasure in Rich's hands was already over ten million.This also made Ricky very interested in thinking about whether he would get rich by robbing a few pirates.

The caravan personnel went down to replenish and sell some supplies, for example, the animal skins in Rich's hands, and a small amount of other supplies of the caravan were all disposed of here.

"Your Highness, this is Whale Harbor of the Kingdom of Laika."

Rich stood on the deck, and the caravan captain introduced the situation here to Rich.

"The Kingdom of Laika is also one of the member countries of the world government. It has a population of more than 500 million. It is considered a powerful country. This Whale Harbor is named because of the migrating whales that pass by this sea area every year."

"But I see how there are so many beggars in this port."

Richie looked around, and found that in those inconspicuous corners on the streets of the port, there were people dressed in rags and covered in mud.

Some of these people are old people, some are only ten years old, and some seem to be a family.

"Your Highness, these are refugees. On this island, there are two kingdoms, the Kingdom of Laika and the Kingdom of Doru. It seems that an iron mine was discovered on the island before, and a war broke out between the two countries over this iron mine."

The caravan captain explained to Ricky. "These beggars are all refugees caused by the war. Because Whale Harbor is a big port in the Kingdom of Laika, many refugees came here, looking for a chance to survive."

"Is that so?"

Richie glanced over these refugees again, thought about it, and continued to ask.

"If we recruit refugees here, will the city lords of Laika Kingdom and Whale Harbor care?"

"Recruit refugees."

The caravan captain was a little surprised by what Rich said, but he quickly explained it.

"Of course not. We are the caravan of the Rock Mountain Kingdom, and the Rock Mountain Kingdom is also a member of the World Government. Moreover, these years of merchants are familiar with the Lord of Whale Harbor. If these refugees are taken away, they will be too happy."

"Then, leave some treasures from my loot to buy food and recruit refugees," Rich said. "Bring back the recruited refugees when we return to the voyage this time."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The caravan captain nodded.

"This is a small problem, I will deal with it now."

"Hella."

After the caravan captain left, Rich continued.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Hila, who was following Rich, took a step forward and asked.

"In the future, we will form a caravan by ourselves. As long as we encounter refugees and orphans, we can recruit them and send them to Shanlin Island."

"Okay, Your Highness, I have written it down."

"Ah."

The caravan stayed with five people and began to recruit refugees according to Rich's plan.After greeting the Lord of Whale Harbor and sending 100 million Berry, there was no problem at all.

The caravan continued to leave, and it was several days of sailing on the road.The number of pirates is still very large, but this sea area is relatively close to the Kingdom of Grania, and there are many merchant ships, so naval warships are patrolling.

Along the way, he defeated two pirate groups again and captured dozens of pirate prisoners.The caravan came to the Kingdom of Grania.

After the fleet docked and the caravan captain said goodbye to Richie, he went to deal with the problem of salt.

Richie took Hela and a few guards touring the port.

Richie was naturally very curious when he came to such a city for the first time.Looking at the bustling streets around, although it is not as prosperous as the big city with a population of tens of millions in the previous life, it still has some exotic features.

Moreover, some specialties that Rich had never seen before, as well as delicacies from other islands in the South China Sea, made Rich a feast for the eyes.

After that, Richie didn't plan to stay with the treasure he harvested this time.After all, the treasures left behind are of no use at all, so it is better to exchange them for supplies to allow the development of Shanlin Island.

First of all, Rich bought some books about the world of pirates, as well as some food.After that, Rich bought some spices, medicinal seeds, and planted some seeds, spending most of Rich's wealth.

Moreover, Rich found that in Granica Kingdom, there were also slums and orphans wandering the streets.

Richie asked Hela to take the manpower to recruit these poor people and orphans at the bottom.Regarding the population, Rich will not let go of any opportunity.

Rich knew that if a country is to be strong, it must first have a large number of people, and then it must have sufficient resources.In the world of one piece, enough force is also needed.

However, with a population of 30, the Rock Mountain Kingdom is only a small kingdom in this world, and it is not even qualified to participate in the World Conference of the member countries of the World Government.

If it wasn't for the fact that Rock Mountain Kingdom's force was not bad, and in addition to its remote location, then Rock Mountain Kingdom might have been wiped out by pirates or other forces long ago.

(End of this chapter)