Chapter 628: The Desolate Lair of Baldigo! (Two in One)

After all, it is impossible for this closed-door meeting at the Navy Headquarters to discuss any tangible results. This military organization that has been established since the establishment of the World Government has changed everyone's life paths and trajectories since Kunoyuan left. There have been huge changes.

The split new Navy will have a substantial impact on the Navy Headquarters from all aspects, whether it is the situation or the thinking of the soldiers.

As the World Government's control over the Navy Headquarters has been greatly weakened, and as veteran generals like Garp and Zefa, who had almost "absolute" majesty in the Navy Headquarters, died and left, the split of the Navy Headquarters actually started from a certain point. To a certain extent, it is already doomed.

Sengoku, who has returned to the position of marshal, has actually undergone a huge change in his mentality. The tragic defeat at the Starting Island made him lose a close friend, and then Zefa and Kuzan walked out of the Navy Headquarters one after another.

The experiences of these years have also quickly consumed the little energy of the Warring States Period. The marshal who has always wanted to practice "justice over the world" now has the greatest wish to lead the Navy Headquarters smoothly and steadily into a new era. era.

The Navy Headquarters can operate stably, which is the best state in the Warring States Period.

With this mentality, Warring States turned a blind eye to the divisive attitude displayed by his subordinates in the meeting, and never thought about what means to use to bridge such internal conflicts.

Or rather

In fact, from the perspective of the Warring States Period, this internal division in the Navy Headquarters may actually be a good thing.

Such a big event happened in the holy land of Marinjoa. The Celestial Dragons suffered a devastating blow from an unknown powerful person. The Warring States Period had never seen such a serious incident against the Celestial Dragons. What's a little abnormal is that after the Tianlong people suffered that kind of blow, they did not use the power of the navy to search for the murderer, and retaliate to shock ordinary people.

Instead, he tried hard to hide this information and tried to avoid the sight of the Navy Headquarters.

From this small move, Sengoku could see that the World Government had limited trust in their naval headquarters. Even those Tianlong people had begun to be vaguely afraid of their naval headquarters after their strength was greatly reduced.

Warring States realized that the world might be about to change.

Sengoku, also known as Chisho, is not a fool. He can naturally see that Porusalino's position is not very firm. He is not sure that there is any connection between Porusalino and the New Navy. However, Sengoku can be sure that the other party At least there was no hostility towards the new navy.

This kind of position is very subtle in the Navy Headquarters. From Sengoku's point of view, Porusalino's approach has a bit of a "bet" flavor in it.

Thinking of this, Warring States eyes involuntarily glanced in the direction of Lieutenant General He.

If there is anyone in the Navy Headquarters who has a premonition of the changes in the world like Porusalino and is trying to make multiple bets, then his old friend He also has some behaviors.

Peacock is the granddaughter of Crane. If it was an accident that this child first became a spy and was assigned to the New Navy, then the various intelligence sent by Peacock in recent years has made the Warring States have some doubts about this matter.

Warring States even suspected that Crane had intentionally contributed to the fact that Peacock went to the New Navy to work as an undercover agent in the first place.

Because Peacock's rank in the new navy is getting higher and higher day by day, but the information sent out is also the kind of "innocuous" information.

There has never been a problem with authenticity, but if you analyze it carefully, you can find that the intelligence sent by Peacock is often "established facts". Rather than intelligence, it is more like a "report" intentionally released by the new navy. .

The Navy Headquarters and the World Government simply have no way to use Peacock's intelligence to make effective plans against the new navy.

After thinking about it carefully, Warring States became more and more convinced of his judgment.

If the New Navy has not discovered Peacock's undercover identity all these years because they have done a good job of keeping it secret. Then after Zefa took charge of the New Navy a few years ago, Peacock, who has been rising in military rank, may not be able to continue to conceal his identity. .

Unless, Zefa has never known that there is a person like Peacock in the new navy for so many years.

But there is no possibility at all. Peacock has now become a school officer, and she is also a striking female school officer. How could she not attract attention? !

I'm afraid that this spy who has been delivering sexual intelligence to the Navy Headquarters has already truly settled in the new world.

He is probably well aware of this kind of thing, so he has never inquired about the whereabouts of his granddaughter. He seems to have no concern for her safety.

The relationship between the Navy Headquarters was complicated. After thinking about it for a while, Warring States felt a headache. He had no choice but to let the lieutenants quarrel for a while, but also intervened and announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Until the end of the meeting, there was no discussion to come up with a solution. The generals still didn't know how to face the possible external changes.

And just when the senior officials of the Navy Headquarters were predicting the future direction of the situation, Enichi Jiguo and Mihawk also quickly returned to Ten Thousand Kingdoms with the help of Xiong.

Kuzan is solely responsible for the ending of Beehive Island. After the rescued slaves are registered as civilians, Xiong will make overall arrangements. Those who want to go home can be sent back to their hometown. Those who have no relatives or friends in their hometown may want to change places. Life, the new navy also helps with the arrangement.

Although the overall strategy of the New Navy has been shrinking in recent years, it does not mean that the New Navy will not develop. They have built a lot of buildings on the countries and lands they actually control. In this way, they can expand demand, which can not only strengthen the ability of islands to resist pirates, but also greatly speed up the efficiency of cargo transportation through convenient land transportation.

At the moment when maritime trade is becoming more and more developed, the people's economy under the control of the New Navy is also growing in a virtuous cycle. People living in these places, as long as they are down-to-earth and hardworking, can often buy real estate and have a stable life in just a few years with hard work.

Industry and agriculture are the basis, and maritime trade and commerce are the auxiliary, plus Desolo's "Golden Ship" harvests the wealth of nobles, wealthy people, and pirates.

With a multi-pronged approach, the financial problems that plagued the New Navy in the early years are no longer a problem.

They can even have a large amount of money to build orphanages and schools. The orphans and children who receive education in these places will be the most virtuous blood to join the New Navy in the future, which also lays a solid foundation for the long-term development of the New Navy.

When Tsukuni Yoshiichi returned to the New Navy, he also made some comprehensive understanding of the current New Navy. When he realized that the New Navy had sufficient strength, the plan to expand its influence began to be put on the agenda.

Before the New Navy unified the New World, Tsukuni Yoshiichi needed "certain people" not to focus their attention on them and mess with them.

For this reason, the New Navy, led by Mihawk, sent a secret force to the Revolutionary Army's nest, Baldigo.

Baldigo is known as the White Island and is an island located in the first half of the Grand Line.

Due to the relationship between Xiong and Ginny, even during the period when Tsukuni Yoshiichi was away, the New Navy and the Revolutionary Army have maintained a certain contact. However, even so, in order to find out the Revolutionary Army's nest, the New Navy also spent a lot of effort.

In this negotiation, the New Navy also used a large amount of financial support, weapons, and food support as bargaining chips to get the opportunity to sit at the same table with the Revolutionary Army.

In fact, Long is very cautious in this regard. Even to the New Navy, a strategic partner that has always had contacts, he has never revealed the location of the nest. The reason for making an exception this time is that their revolutionary army really needs the material support of the new navy to continue to expand their influence.

The sea conditions in the first half of the Grand Line are much better than those in the New World, but they are still incomparable to the four seas with normal magnetic fields.

Relying on the record pointer from Baldigo, Mihawk led a team of people and drove a warship dressed as a merchant ship. After nearly a month of trekking, they finally arrived at this white island.

The sky is high and the sea is vast.

Although Baldigo should have four distinct seasons, due to the topography, the entire island reveals a strong desolate atmosphere.

The reason why this island is called the "White Island" is that Baldigo is rich in a kind of ore called dolomite, which is an excellent building material that is wear-resistant and high-temperature resistant. It can also be used to make pottery and glass, and can even be processed into calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer.

There is a huge demand for this ore worldwide.

And how much of this ore is there in Baldigo? It can be said that the entire island is full of this ore.

However, the single soil composition destined this island to be unable to produce abundant crops, and in this era, most countries are still in the state of agricultural civilization.

Bardigo, who could not produce crops by himself, could only rely on selling ore to ensure the daily life of the people.

Before the revolutionary army liberated this place, due to the wanton exploitation of the lower-level laborers by the old king, the people working in the mines could not even have a full meal after working hard for a day.

The high-intensity labor and rewards were not proportional at all. In contrast, the king drank human blood and built more and more luxurious palaces. The emotions of the people finally broke out completely after a mining accident involving tens of thousands of people, and then under the leadership of the dragon, the original rulers were overthrown.

However, after overthrowing the rule of the original nobles, the people who achieved autonomy still did not live a life of plenty as they imagined.

After people celebrated for more than ten days on the ruins of the luxurious palace, the problem of life was still the biggest problem they had to face.

Moreover, they also encountered a huge problem after overthrowing the original aristocratic rule, that is, the World Government and the Navy Headquarters marked Baldigo as a "non-member country".

In the first half of the Grand Line, all member countries of the World Government cut off any business dealings with Baldigo, and the dolomite produced on the island had no market at all.

Now, the people here are not only not full, but now they don't even have food to eat.

The leaders spontaneously elected by the people have no way to solve such a problem. Even if they beg for mercy, they can't convince those member countries to continue to do business with them. These people can't solve the most essential problem of eating.

The final result is that some people have to leave their hometowns for a living. Some of them hide their identities and become refugees, and go to other countries to make a living; some of them go to sea and see the cruelty of this sea and become pirates.

After experiencing a great change, people realized the truth that "a tree will die if it is moved, but a person will live if he moves."

However, there are still a large number of people who do not want to leave the place where they have lived for decades. Of course, there are also a large number of people who simply have no way to leave, or because of their feelings for this land, or because they simply do not have the ability to do so.

In order to survive, they can only find Long who led them to overthrow the rule of the nobles and ask Long to lead them out of the predicament.

This is an important turning point in the transformation of the Self-Yong Army into the Revolutionary Army. After this, Long also thoroughly understood that "self-Yong" and "revolution" are completely two different things.

It is actually far from enough to overthrow the rule of the original oppressors.

But unfortunately, even if Long's personal strength is unmatched, he has no way to make a barren land like Baldigo produce dealers, nor can he make those countries buy in and buy the ore here.

Use tough means to force others to submit? Then why should the people of Baldigo trade with ore? Can't he, Long, just feed Baldigo by plundering other countries like the Whitebeard Pirates?

The problem of Baldigo has always troubled Long. Fortunately, his revolutionary army has made some achievements in the four seas, and the island's ore has some sales channels, which can be produced and sold by itself. Although the transportation cost from the New World to the West Sea and the North Sea is ridiculously high, so that no matter how hard the people of Baldigo work, the rewards they get are not much different from before, but they will not die after all, right?

The complex conflicts of interest between man and nature, and between countries, will not be easily resolved because of Long's "face".

Therefore, when the "merchant ship" from Wan Guo arrived at Baldigo, Mihawk and Tsugakuinichi on the deck were still a little bit unconvinced that Baldigo, Long's headquarters, would be so desolate.

Although Mihawk was nominally the leader of this negotiation of the new navy, in fact, the person in charge was Tsugakuinichi.

As the merchant ship docked at the shore, soon someone at the dock led a patrol team of ten people to rush to the ship where Tsugakuinichi and his friends were.

After all, it is an island under the control of the military government, and the vigilance against ships is still quite heavy.

"I didn't expect that their headquarters would be in such a place."

"It has nothing to do with prosperity, but if it is here, it can indeed conceal one's identity."

"I'm afraid the Navy Headquarters and the World Government would never have thought that the Revolutionary Army would choose such an island as its headquarters."

Mihawk looked at the desolate island and sighed. He had long been accustomed to the prosperity of the world. It was inevitable that he would be surprised to see that the headquarters of a force as famous as his own was in such a place.

"This island is rich in dolomite. In a way, the cost of building a fortress can be much lower by using local materials."

"It can be regarded as a good choice."

"Now it seems that Long and his team are really short of supplies!"

"No wonder."