I was a pirate, but I was given a Death panel

Sean was very pleased with what Robin said.

But while I was happy, I was also a little distressed.

Because he could not recruit all these hundreds of people into the navy.

The reason why is very simple...

No money!

What, no money?

Sean, who is richer than the World Government, actually has no money?

This is really not bragging.

Take the current expenditure on food in the New World Navy as a simple example.

Today, the strength of the New World Navy has reached almost 300,000, including the nearly 100,000 former Revolutionary Army soldiers who have just been recruited.

Take the dried meat that is needed every day as an example. This stuff is not cheap. The No. 5000 Beggar's Edition dried meat that is eaten every day by a lieutenant or below alone costs beli per serving.

Including the jerky of lieutenants, school officers, and higher-level general officers, the cost of supplying jerky alone every month...

It would take a full 600 billion Baileys.

This does not include the normal food expenses other than dried meat. If all is included, the New World Navy's current monthly food expenses will reach more than 800 billion beli.

good guy...

Just for these 300,000 people to eat, that is more than 80 billion Baileys.

You know, the annual allocation given by the world government to the entire navy was only tens of billions of dollars.

Even if the navy can obtain some funds by fighting pirates and seizing wealth, the number of beli that can be used in a year will never exceed 1000 billion beli.

in other words...

Here in the New World Navy, the amount of money it would cost to eat alone a month, in the past...

That's enough to feed the entire navy for a year.

On the one hand, the manufacturing cost of super jerky is too expensive and cannot be reduced.

On the other hand, the food treatment in the New World Navy is indeed much better than that of the main navy, so this situation occurs.

Of course, food is not all the expenses of the New World Navy.

To know...

Warship construction, maintenance, maintenance...

Sailors’ wages are paid!

Branch construction, scientific research funding, intelligence funding...

wait wait wait...

These all cost money, and they cost a lot.

In short, last month alone, the New World Navy's expenditures reached 1580 billion Baileys.

This is directly heading towards the trend of two trillion Baileys a year.

Even if Sean still has three trillion worth of gold in his hands, he can't afford such an expense.

And this is only the cost of 300,000 people.

If there were another million people...

Sean can just declare bankruptcy!

However, the better thing is that Sean and Gilder recently reached an agreement, and he can get 70% of his income in the future.

According to estimates, this will bring Sean about 400-500 billion in revenue every month.

On the other hand, because there are more than a hundred participating countries, there is even the existence of a super populous country like Alabasta.

Even Sean's latest tax policy only charges 20-30% of the former world governments or kings.

But this huge population technology, even if half of it is left as construction funds for various kingdoms, can still bring hundreds of billions of income to Sean every month.

The combination of these two incomes can bring the New World Navy's balance of payments into an era of balance, and Sean will no longer need to pay from the small coffers.

But at this time, if we add another 100 million people to the New World Navy...

Sean said...

I really can't afford it.

Although this is said, the enthusiasm of millions of civilians cannot be poured down with cold water.

"Well, don't we now keep half of the fiscal revenue we receive every month in each kingdom as funds for construction and administrative operations?"

"Inform them that 20% of this money will be used to form a coast guard in each kingdom, and then let Barry and Franky design a low-cost new ship that does not require much powerful firepower and is specially supplied To these kingdoms.”

"Subsequently, the daily patrol tasks of our navy in the New World will be gradually transferred to their hands with the establishment of the coast guard of each kingdom."

"From now on, the New World Navy will be the first echelon of maritime power, the Alabasta Navy will be the second echelon, and the coast guards of the other kingdoms will be the third echelon."

"On the one hand, it frees our fleet from those patrol missions. After all, letting the main fleet do this will make a lot of money, and this can also save us a lot of money."

"On the other hand, in the future, after we attack the first half of the Grand Route and the Four Seas, the second and third echelon fleets can also be used as garrison forces in newly established territories to reduce the pressure on the main fleet."

"Finally, the coast guards of various kingdoms can also obtain military merits when performing tasks, but these military merits cannot be exchanged for military ranks. After all, they are not part of our New World Navy, but..."

"Although they cannot be exchanged for military ranks, we can use our remaining dried meat as a reward and give them military merit in exchange."

"Anyway, we now use the dried meat produced by ourselves, and the ones we used to keep...are a waste if we don't use them!"

"As for the acquisition of military merits and the amount of military merits required for redemption, you can make a plan and I will review and approve it!"

After pondering for a long time, Sean came up with a series of plans specifically aimed at this problem.

It directly transformed the maritime power into three levels.

In Sean's vision, this coast guard is responsible for patrolling the waters around his kingdom on weekdays, and is commanded by the administrative level of the respective kingdom.

But when a full-scale war breaks out between the World Government and the New World Navy, the command of this force will automatically be transferred to Sean.

In this way, every time the New World Navy conquers an island, it does not need to divide its forces to stay and garrison it. Instead, this force can be stationed while the main fleet continues to advance.

Of course, there must be rewards. You can’t let others work in vain, right?

After all, the New World Navy did not pay for the establishment of this coast guard, but used the finances of each kingdom to support it.

Therefore, Sean also set up a military merit system, but it was different from the New World Navy's promotion of military ranks through military merit. Instead, military merit was exchanged for dried meat No. 1 to No. 6, which was what the New World Navy used to eat.

Who told the New World Navy that now all the food they eat is mass-produced by themselves, while those in the past were piled up in warehouses and ate ashes?

Wouldn't this just be put to good use and given to them in exchange for military merit?

"Okay, I will get this done as soon as possible!"

Robin nodded and left Sean's office.

blue blue blue...

At this time, the phone on the desk also rang.

"I'm Sean!"

"Marshal Sean, I'm Bellobetti, and there's news from Mori just now."

"what news?"

"According to what Mori said, although we poached nearly 100,000 people from all over the world, although Dorag had some reaction, it was not as violent as expected. It seems...it seems that although this incident has affected him, But this blow is not big!”

"I see!"

Hang up the phone after the bug.

Sean slowly stood up and walked to the window, looking out at the scenery.

Then...

"Dolag, it seems like you have some trump cards, right?"

"Even if all the power in the four seas is lost, it still doesn't matter."

"It seems...the trump card in your hand is probably quite big, right?"