Pirates of the First Empire

As we all know, pirates are also different from each other. After all, in this sea-themed world, the world government is extremely "overbearing" and likes to label people "pirates" at every turn, which also makes the entire world The pirate group has become even more diverse...

First of all, there are people like Roger and Shanks, and perhaps the two brothers Luffy and Ace. Their purpose of going to sea was very simple from the beginning, and their goal was very clear, that is, to become the Pirate King, or something else. , maybe Shanks didn’t go to sea to become the new Pirate King, but he must have his own goal.

For pirates like them, anyone who will not directly conflict with them about going to their destination, such as Roger and Luffy, should actually be friends, as long as they don't do anything to affect their "becoming king" "road" thing, then they are willing to make friends with anyone, no matter who you are.

And this group of people is actually the "most dangerous" group of people on the sea, because they all take the initiative to go to sea, which means that they have the consciousness of being buried in the sea, and they are not comparable to those gangster-like pirates who bully the weak and fear the strong. Facts have proved that it is these people who can really make things happen in the sea.

Secondly, there is the largest source group of pirates in the world, homeless people, such as Whitebeard. The so-called "homelessness" does not mean that one's "home" is really gone, but that the person's family is no longer there, or that the person's home has been destroyed and he cannot survive without finding another way out, whether it is anywhere in the world. Or the Great Waterway, because the "meat eaters" who are proud to imitate the aristocratic terror rule of the Celestial Dragons are constantly being squeezed to the point where those who survive can only be forced to go to sea...

What can I do after going to sea? They can only oppress and rob the survival materials of another group of people with the same fate, and then survive. In this way, they are oppressed and exploited by "meat eaters" on the one hand, and robbed and plundered by foreign pirates on the other, forming an absolutely vicious cycle. The number of pirates will only increase.

In the end, pirates like Whitebeard, who grew up in chaos and fighting, got rid of the pressure of survival and began to have time to think about other pursuits. Whitebeard thought about his family. At the beginning, he decided that his partners could be Family, so he joined the big family of the Rocks Pirates. The result is as you can imagine, and then the Whitebeard Pirates became the current one. Fortunately, this time Whitebeard found a family that recognized each other...

Finally, there is a group of guys that Doyle calls "real pirates". They are no different from bandits and bandits. They may take the initiative to go to sea or be forced to go to sea. After going to sea, their goals are also very simple and clear. That is, unlimited burning, killing and looting, taking pleasure in doing evil, unlimited grabbing of money for lavish consumption, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. These pure evil people are the largest group in the sea, and they are also the target of most civilians in the world. The stereotype of pirates.

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Shanks naturally understood what Beckman meant. Yes, there are indeed many pirates in Ba Mansion. Not only are there many pirates among "Tiangang-level" cadres and "Disha-level" cadres, but even "Marquis" Victor, the "Blood Slaughter Lord" in "Level 1", and Baal, the current only Duke of Ba Mansion, are also pirates...

However, as Beckman said, neither Barr nor Victor could be considered real "pirates" before. They did not take pleasure in doing evil. The reason why they were given bounties was entirely because of their relationship with the World Government or the World Government. Although this kind of misunderstanding about the conflict at the Navy Headquarters is completely unsolvable, after all, after being named pirates, they will be more or less "taken care of" by the Navy.

Of course, whether the navy cares about them or not has little to do with them. With these powerful people together, if old scores are settled, it should be the people from the navy headquarters who should be the ones to panic...

Shanks was worried not about this, but whether the appearance of Bafu would cause any accident for them to seize the throne of the "Four Emperors". Even the situation that Shanks was most worried about was that Bafu would directly use their The new organizational form, as well as the powerful organizational power, forcibly became the pole of the New World, replacing the possible Fourth Emperor. If this is the case, the New World will have the "legacy" vacated by the withdrawal of the Navy Headquarters. The government should have enough capacity to receive it, and the world government may also be happy to see it happen, and even contribute to the situation.

Of course, there is another possibility. Bafu himself will not show up in person, but will let Barr establish an independent pirate group like establishing a sub-force like the Umbrella Group. However, with the support of Bafu, Letting him assume the position of the Four Emperors is the possibility with the highest probability that Shanks can think of.

The above two are Shanks' worries. He did not hide them from Beckman at the moment. Instead, he told them all and asked Beckman to analyze them for him. Speaking of which, they were able to analyze these when they had time because they still had time to analyze them. When there is time, whether it is Shanks, Lucifer of the fallen pirate group, or several veteran pirate groups who suddenly returned from the first half of the Great Channel, or even Baal who has now joined the Bafu, they are far away from truly entering That realm is still a little short of the mark. In other words, they are actually not qualified to become "Emperors" now. This is the real reason why the Fourth Emperor has not been born.

"Shanks, you may not have noticed that Brother Doyle's vision is different from ours. Compared with the sea, his vision also includes the land..." After hearing his captain's worries, Beckman was a little worried. He disagreed. In his opinion, Shanks' worries were completely unnecessary, which was why he answered like this.

When Beckman said this, Shanks was stunned for a while, and then seemed to understand something. He showed an expression of enlightenment, slapped his thigh and sighed, "I see, if this is really the case. , The World Government shouldn’t be easy to fool!”

Yes, after being reminded like this by Beckman, Shanks figured out why Beckman was so sure that the other party would not interfere, at least not interfere with the situation in the sea. To put it bluntly, the other party had more important things. There are more difficult things to deal with. Under such circumstances, there is really no place to interfere with matters at sea.

You know, compared to other forces in the New World, their red-haired pirates definitely pay the most attention to Bafu, because both Shanks himself and his old deputy captain Rayleigh are in Doyle's hands. They had suffered losses before, so no one knew Doyle's ambitions better than them, and naturally no one paid more attention to Bafu's intelligence than they did.

Speaking of which, there are two main sources of intelligence for the Red-Haired Pirates. One is controlled by Beckman, which is a channel they have developed for many years. Most things on the sea cannot be hidden from them, and the other is controlled by Shank. Shanks has an existence that even Beckman is not aware of, but this channel is all black and white. Whether it is pirates, the Dark World, or some information within the World Government or the Navy Headquarters, Shanks can Well, every time after getting information, although Shanks handed it over to Beckman for analysis immediately, Shanks never took the initiative to mention any information about this intelligence channel. Naturally, Beckman would not ask. , they still have this bit of trust.

But there is one thing. Beckman controls the intelligence channels of the Red-haired Pirates. Basically, all kinds of intelligence will be collected. In the end, it still needs to be identified and screened by his own people. The intelligence Shanks gets every time is relatively small. It is a "major event" that is important, and it is also concise enough. It is information that can be used at any time, and its accuracy is also ridiculously high... This time, Bafu's information was obtained from two channels at the same time.

When Beckman reminded Shanks, "land" was the absolute focus. As mentioned before, pirates are pirates after all. Even the "Imperial Group" that occupies a large amount of territory will not go to land to truly participate in national management. For example, the Big Mom Pirate Group, also known as "All Nations" Managed by their own people, these islands are all very unique and populated by a large number of people. However, these are all for the purpose of realizing Bigmom's "illusive" dream of a reunion of all races.

In fact, in addition to the core territory of "All Nations", the Big Mom Pirates also have a large number of independent towns or kings borrowing their flags on the periphery. These are considered affiliated forces of Big Mom. However, the Big Mom Pirates cannot control it at all. For these places, they just collect protection fees on time.

However, Bafu is different. The Red-Haired Pirates have never relaxed their collection of intelligence on the Bafu. Using the Umbrella Group as a breakthrough point, they have also collected a lot of useful information. For example, many kingdoms in the South China Sea have been infiltrated by the Umbrella Group. Baikong, Xihai is estimated to be fast, Beihai is a little slower, but it is also progressing in an orderly manner...

In addition, the Kingdom of Alabasta, the Kingdom of Arland, the Kingdom of Atlan, etc. in the first half of the Great Line all have strong imprints of the Umbrella Group, or the activities of the Bafu, if it is a pirate group. , even behemoths like the Whitebeard Pirates cannot do this kind of "fine work". They don't understand politics or economics. If the king doesn't understand these things, they don't have anyone who can be trusted in this field, but But it is possible for others to dominate the family, and Doyle was born into a royal family, and there is a powerful Andre Kingdom as the support behind him.

This involves another pirate, and it can even be said that even the world government dare not step into the quagmire, which is the "inland" area that Beckman mentioned...

No matter how powerful the pirates are, such as the Whitebeard Pirates, even the former Roger Pirates, the Golden Lion Pirates, and even the Rocks Pirates, they may be able to make waves on the sea unscrupulously, but they are extremely It is rare to enter a large number of inland areas, especially those inland areas of big and powerful countries. Similarly, this is also the reason why the world government cannot conquer so many countries at the same time.

That is, if it were not for the common hostility of all the kingdoms in the North Sea, such as the Kingdom of Flowers in the West Sea, the Kingdom of Andre in the South Sea, and even the Kingdom of Germa in the North Sea, it would not be possible to be destroyed so easily. This is It involves a word that is unfamiliar to this world, pirates and even the navy. This word is "depth"...

The large areas of land of these big countries mean that their "depth" is not comparable to that of maritime combat ships. Once a large force enters a foreign country, there will be too much to make a fuss about in terms of logistics, terrain, intelligence, climate, etc. Place, and facing these, even with extremely strong combat power, it is possible to capsize in the gutter. What's more, once you face a country with millions of people, you will have a profound understanding of what "the most" means. Enemies on all sides, ambushes on all sides." This is completely different from the pirates' fighting method of shooting and changing places.

In addition, those big and powerful countries that have been passed down for a long time have strong men who are not weak. Maybe one or two of them are nothing. The world government can easily conquer them, but once the world government transfers its power away, it will be overthrown in an instant. As for If we start a war with ten or even dozens of countries at the same time, even the world government will be dragged down one day. Once the world government shows its weakness, someone will jump out and add insult to injury. This can be said to be beyond doubt...

Therefore, this is why, in this world, countries often die or are born, but it is rare for a country to continuously annex multiple other countries of the same size. It is better than the Kingdom of Aland, which has the right time and place. , under the premise of occupying a huge advantage, it can also win the Moon Frost Kingdom. As for the Kingdom of Xizkeal, it can only be regarded as a port at best.

Because, if you want to annex and completely digest a country, it takes not just a day or two, but ten years or even a hundred years of evolution... At least according to the logic of people in this world, after all, this world There is no soil for outstanding politicians to survive, which is why Doyle dared to get involved in national politics when he was only six years old. Without other reasons, the politics of this time seemed very naive compared to what he remembered from his previous life.

All in all, this huge difficulty makes it impossible for even the World Government to do such a thankless task, let alone those "blind flow" pirates. The Golden Lion once tried to slaughter the entire royal family of a country with a population of millions. Moreover, because of the many evil deeds of this royal family, the Golden Lion quickly gained the support of all the people after publicly executing them. It was a real experience. Addict the king...

However, within less than a hundred days of being ruled by the Golden Lion, rebellions broke out in this country. However, the Golden Lion who guided the country in the palace did not know it until the Golden Lion left the country and the whole country fell apart on the spot. , was not unified again until ten years later.

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