I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 425 Absolute power brings absolute fairness
Sager never worried about the problem of the rich becoming too powerful, nor would he use what others perceive as "oppression" to deal with the people in his territory.

The biggest reason is what he said.

He is equal to the state.

Why do things like oppression and exploitation happen?

It is because those people do not have enough power. No matter they are nobles or kings, they cannot fully control their own territories.

Therefore, within their limited power, all they can do is to find ways to exploit people so as to realize timely cash.

As for what will happen to the people below?
It has nothing to do with them. At most, they will make the people suffer a little more!
No, this is still relatively good. In fact, many people can't even say this politely.

They don’t have enough power, so when the living standards of their subordinates improve, their living standards will decline.

When the people below them make money, they will lose money. With limited power, the amount of money is also limited.

Sarge is different.

From the past, he could give money very straightforwardly.

When he first started robbing people, he dared to give half to others. Besides his personality, he also believed that the money did not belong to him in the first place.

They were all blown by the strong wind.

When his subordinates were working hard to rob, he just fought with them twice. It was free money anyway, so being generous could motivate his subordinates.

Even now, many of my men are still looking for people to rob.

When the standards are different, the rules formulated will be different.

From the very beginning, Sage's ultimate goal was not robbery.

He can give to his subordinates, and he can also give to the people under his rule, because he never feels that his assets have become less.

In Sag's eyes, the improvement of people's lives is both a kind of prosperity and an asset.

If the situation did not allow it and the amount of resources did not allow it, he would have wanted to just raise salaries so that everyone could pay more taxes.

But today's resources can only reach a certain extent, and Sage does not have unlimited resources.

No matter what, as long as the territory is his, there is no difference, and there is no question of you taking more and me taking less.

As for those businessmen who think they earn too little.
It doesn’t matter, as long as you don’t think your life is too short.

As a ruler, his power is unlimited!
As long as there are more people coming in, there will be greater vitality. Now it is a rising period here, there is no problem of not being able to find a job. As long as the standards are set, it is no longer a factor whether Sager is willing to pay or not.

Once the standards are set, businessmen with businesses will spontaneously offer generous rewards.

Sager did nothing but enjoy the growing prosperity for free.

He would not let the people in his territory reach saturation. If things really didn't work, he could just go out and rob.

"It's up to you guys."

Sager waved his hand and said to Robin and Kerla:

"If necessary, you can ask your leader to call me. I can always prepare supplies here, as long as you bring me what I need."

"Scourge. No, Norton Sugg."

Kerla paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "I'm curious, what do you think of our revolutionary army?"

"How? Sit and watch."

Sarge laughed and said, "I'm a pirate, what can I think of you? Well, for the World Government, you have only been a threat in the past few years."

He didn't remember clearly about this, but he vaguely remembered that the Revolutionary Army existed for a long time, but it seemed that it had only become a threat in the past few years.

He picked up a large lobster, removed the head, and chewed it up with the shell, saying, "In general, keep going."

"Hey, what do you mean by speaking in a tone like a senior? You are a pirate, right?" Kerla said in confusion.

Sage didn't seem to have any resistance, but the tone of her voice made it feel like Dorag was telling her to cheer up.

Sager smiled but said nothing.

The revolutionary army.
Although he was not clear about the development process, Sag still knew what they were doing in the world. After all, they were all in the same ocean.

These guys aim to defeat the Celestial Dragons. Yes, they don’t overthrow the World Government, but they aim to defeat the Celestial Dragons. For the people of the member countries who are already struggling to survive, the Revolutionary Army finally found an opportunity to start a rebellion and won the final victory. But after the victory,
They changed the king and asked him to be nicer to the people and stop paying heavenly gold to the Dragons.

Yes, it is like that.

Honestly speaking, after hearing what these people did, Sag's first reaction was to laugh, and his second reaction was just neutral encouragement.

You say they are okay, but their behavior is too abstract.

You say they are not capable, but they are the first to openly raise the banner of resistance against the Celestial Dragons.

The starting point is definitely good, and given the limitations of the times, it is understandable that this is the case.

After all, this is not an era of knowledge explosion and unlimited access to information.

And Sager would not talk about this matter.

As for him, even after so many years, some things that are engraved in his bones have almost become instincts.

But that kind of thing is harmful to him rather than beneficial.

So sometimes, he chooses not to remind himself what kind of lessons he has learned and what kind of information and knowledge he has absorbed.

After all, based on what he is doing now, he is almost practicing that thing in reverse.

"As long as we can come to an agreement."

Robin smiled and said, "I thought it would be difficult, Sarge, but it seems you have no ill feelings towards the Revolutionary Army."

"I'm a pirate. I don't have any ill feelings towards anything. I only care about whether there are benefits. Even if it's the navy, I can cooperate as long as the conditions are right."

Sager drank a glass of wine and laughed, "We are the ones who caused the chaos!"

The navy regards all pirates as enemies, but the pirates do not think so. As a group, only those who take action towards their interests and stand in their way are enemies.

Otherwise, why would those pirates who could easily defeat the navy flee when they encountered warships?

Because it's not worth it.
When the meal was almost finished and everyone had stopped, Sager picked up the napkin to wipe his mouth, and continued, not letting anyone take it away:
"Anyway, let's do this for now. Someone will contact you with the remaining details. Lily, bring the person up."

Lily nodded, picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed the number, saying, "Bring the person over."

Soon, Las and several demons entered the banquet hall, escorting a guy dressed as a businessman.

The man was wearing a mink coat and was covered in gold and jewels, but his face was covered with scars, as if he had been hurt when he came.

As soon as he entered the banquet hall, he knelt down with a plop. His whole body was limp and his face was pale. He stammered:
"Old, Master, I..."

Sager looked over and under his gaze, the man couldn't even finish his words.

"Andre"

Sager put down his napkin and shook his head. "You are the first businessman who surrendered to me. I gave you a lot of conveniences and let you build a lot of businesses. I have high hopes for you, and this is how you repay me?"

Andre was the first businessman to surrender and also the first person to serve as a guide.

"Master! Forgive me once, forgive me once! I just, I just didn't think clearly at that time, I will definitely not do it again next time, Master, for all the things I have done for you, please forgive me once!"

"Do things for me? How much do you do for me?"

Sager sneered, "You run a factory, don't you make money? I let you contract the island industry, don't you benefit? What do you mean by working for me? Do you think you are serving me? Don't be ridiculous, a guy of your status is not worthy of talking about loyalty with me, just follow the rules!"

"I've given you so much convenience, including the industries on this island, and you've gotten involved in a lot of them. And this is how you repay me? You've prevented me from collecting taxes, you know that! You've obstructed my plans! Lily, tell him!"

"Yes."

Lily said, "Two months ago, although the tax revenue in Vulcanogris did not fluctuate, the price of raw materials did drop. Following this line of inquiry, we found that you were withholding the workers' wages and concealing your own income. You also colluded with the local leaders and lied about the orders from your superiors."

"You took the money you embezzled and used it to buy new real estate in Xihai, thinking no one would find out."

Lily stood up, her hand on the hilt of the sword, and looked down coldly at the first merchant who surrendered. "You broke the rules of our Calamity Pirates. According to the tradition of the Pirates, you are a traitor."

Merchants are no different from pirates; they both put profit first.

Some things are bound to happen.

All Sag could do was to kill these people with absolute violence.

(End of this chapter)