Pirates: The Mechanic of the Straw Hats

“Well…”

“never mind. Karl knew that the explanation was not clear, so he stopped explaining. Instead, he asked a question,”I won’t talk about stupidity. Let’s talk about cruelty first.””

“You say that the Celestial Dragons are cruel, where do you start?”

“The Celestial Dragons proclaim themselves the nobility of the world, so in their eyes, other races are inferior races and are only worthy of being their slaves.”

“They ignore the law and can treat anyone as their slave and do whatever they want”

“When traveling, all the people must give way to them, kneel down and bow their heads. If they take another look, they may kill them.”

“Isn’t this cruel enough?”

“Sigh~~Although it is inappropriate to say this, I still want to say, is this just the case?”

Karl sat upright, stared at the dragon, and said seriously:

“Let me ask you, how many people are there in the Tianlong people?”

“this…”

This question stopped Long. You must know that the Tianlong people all live in the holy land of Mariejoia. They rarely leave their homes, and even if they go out, they will bring a large number of bodyguards with them.

Although their revolutionary army has always regarded overthrowing the rule of the Draco as their first goal, they still dare not let them sneak into Mariejoia and destroy the Draco’s nest. Naturally, they do not know the population of the opponent very well.

“should…”

“Less than 10,000 people…”

Long hesitated for a moment and gave a guessed number.

“Ten thousand people? That’s a lot!”

“many?”

“You just need to understand that things are valuable when they are rare, but if there are too many people, they are worthless!”Karl explained,”Then let me ask you again, how much money will the joining countries have to pay?”

“The amount of heavenly gold paid varies depending on the size of the country.”

“As far as I know, the smallest franchise country also has to pay 3 billion beli every year.”

“The larger franchise countries have to pay more, some even reaching 20 billion beli.”

“Okay, then let me ask you again, what is the population of a small franchise country? You should know this very well, right?”

“The population of small franchise countries is generally around one million, while for medium-sized franchises it is five or six million.”

“Large-scale franchise countries will reach more than 10 million”

“That’s it, what’s the result if three billion is divided by one million?”

“Three…three thousand beli?”Long calculated silently in his mind and came up with this shocking figure.

“No…no, there must be something wrong!”

“Something went wrong? Where is the mistake?!”Karl spread his hands and said with a smile,”Even if the population is reduced to one tenth, the average share per person will only be 30,000 beli.”

“And do you know how much ransom money Aaron of the Dragon Pirates collects every year from the villages under his rule in the East China Sea?”

“One hundred thousand per adult! Fifty thousand each for children!”

“From a village of 500 people, he can earn 20 to 30 million yuan every year”

“And he kept it like this for eight years! Twenty villages, under such circumstances, although most people are having a hard time, they are not unable to survive!!”

“Then tell me, is heavenly gold really that difficult for those countries?”

“If we follow Aaron’s method of collection, do you know how much ransom you have to pay a year for those big countries with a population of over 10 million? one trillion! Does Tianlong dare to accept so much?”

Listening to this number, Long was silent.

That’s one trillion!

Believe it or not, if he could have so much money every year and throw it all to Warring States, Warring States would dare to directly rebel and attack the Tianlong people with him..

So what is the problem?

Yes, what is the problem?

Seeing that Long was lost in thought, Karl continued to talk to himself:

“It doesn’t matter if you pay money, no one cares whether it’s taxes, heavenly gold or the so-called ransom! But after you receive the money, you have to do something!”

“Take Aaron for example. Although he has done many evil things, as long as you pay the ransom on time, he will not make things difficult for you. He will also take the initiative to protect the village and fight for you against the pirates who burn, kill and loot.”

“If you were a villager, what would you choose?”

“Although it hurts a little bit, it won’t hurt your muscles and bones, and you can buy a year of peace.”

“This is what the Yonko…and the big pirate groups do!”Long murmured.

“So the same is true for the country. You only saw them paying heavenly money, but you didn’t see that the navy also provided them with shelter.”

“For some small countries, it is impossible for them to cultivate a general-level combat power. So when facing those powerful pirates, they are just fish on the chopping board!”

“And by paying some money, you can get the protection of a navy with high combat power. Why not?”

“If you were the king, would you pay? If you don’t pay, if a big pirate with two to three billion comes, can you beat him?”

“Or would you rather believe in the kindness of pirates than pay protection money?”

“Believe it or not, if the world government suddenly stopped accepting gold from heaven, how many countries would cry for money and send money?”

“Because without the protection of the navy, any big pirate can take advantage of them.”

“If three billion is not enough, then five billion. If five billion is not enough, then ten billion!”

“Anyway, it’s not you, as the king, who has to pay for this! Isn’t it?”

“navy…pirate….”Long seemed to understand something,”But there are still many people in those countries who don’t have enough to eat and don’t have enough clothes to wear. I saw this with my own eyes.””

“This is where the problem lies! Where did the money go?”

“You say that the Celestial Dragons are cruel, the worms of the world, and the source of all evil.”

“How many Tianlong talents are there? How many people can he harm?”

“There is only so much gold in the sky. If there are more people, there will be fewer people to share it with.”

“With too many people, the title of noble becomes unworthy of its name!”

“Have you ever seen more nobles than commoners?”

“Even if it’s just a few Tianlong people, how much can they spend every day to eat, play, and spend money?”

“Even if they do nothing every day and just kill people with knives, how many people can they kill from beginning to end in a year?”

“Aaron wiped out four to five hundred people in a random village in the East China Sea. How many Tianlong people could compare to him?”

“Why are there so many people living in dire straits even though they don’t have much money when the heavenly gold is distributed to everyone?”

“Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Army, whose life are you going to kill?!”

“You can’t even see the essence of the problem clearly! What kind of revolutionary army are you?”

“Revolution for the sake of revolution! Overthrow for the sake of overturning!”

“So what’s the difference between you and those Tianlong people?!”

“boom!”After saying this, Long stood up directly and slapped his hand on the table,”Then what do you mean? According to you, we still have to thank the Tianlong people?”

“Or are you planning to be a dog for the Celestial Dragons?!”

“As a dog? Haha, I will nail them to the pillar of shame in history!”Karl continued to say with a smile without changing his expression.

“Then you still…”

“Because to do great things, you need to be famous!”

Karl stared at the dragon and said word by word.

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The following are not included in the total word count.

Regarding the data in the article, don’t ask. Asking is just setting. Some things are really hard to figure out, so we can only start making them up.

It is known that Aaron collected ransoms in the East China Sea, one hundred thousand for adults and fifty thousand for children. Alabasta is said to have a population of more than ten million, and the ransom is calculated to be about one trillion. Combined with the billions of bounties from the Four Emperors, The pitiful wages of the navy, and a fifty-perry newspaper.

The author is not an economics major, so he cannot calculate this account clearly.

In short, don’t ask. Asking is setting up. Numerical problems are definitely not the author’s fault.