Chapter 380: Big Order

William and Asbagu met for the first time, but the two have been friends for a long time, William fully understood Asbagu's talent from Akin's description, plus his own character and purpose, which is also consistent with William's development blueprint, so William will invest in him regardless of the cost and support him to control the shipyard in the capital of seven waters.

Espargu, on the other hand, admired William even more, not only because of William's large investment, but also because of William's emphasis on the sea train and Tom, the fish-man shipbuilder.

You must know that at the beginning of the construction of the sea train, including many shipwrights in the capital of seven waters, a bunch of people thought that Tom the fishman was talking in a dream, and later several people in Tom's studio spent countless hours to develop the sea train, and the people of the city of seven waters enjoyed the convenience brought by the sea train and gained hope, but still no one thought about carrying forward this technology and even commemorating Tom the fishman.

On the contrary, William, who is far away in the East China Sea and knows nothing about shipbuilding, let alone seen Tom the Fishman, has always attached great importance to the technology of sea trains, and after the death of Tom the Fishman, he invested heavily in Esbagu to open a shipyard, giving Esbagu full trust.

Surrounded by Esbagu and several shipyard foremen, William passed through the crowd at the docks, looked at the workers on both sides, and said to Esbagu: "I didn't expect you to call so many people over, the pomp is too big. ”

"Yes," Esbagu smiled, "If it weren't for the fear that there would be no one left at the shipyard, I would have brought everyone to meet you." ”

"Is the shipyard now taking orders enough to feed so many people?" asked William.

Hearing this, Esbagu's smile became a little bitter, and he shook his head and said: "No, orders in the whole city have begun to decrease, and even if there are enough orders, the profit is not enough to feed so many workers, if it weren't for the large amount of money you had before, the company would have gone bankrupt a long time ago, but now the company actually doesn't have much money left on its books, and if it doesn't make a profit, it won't last long." ”

When several foremen around heard this, they all sighed and looked depressed.

"Ah Jin should have told you on the phone, right?" William was not infected by the depression of Esbagu and the others, but said with a smile, "I came this time, in addition to meeting you in person and looking at the shipyard, I also brought a new amount of money, as well as a large order that will allow the shipyard to worry about maintenance problems for many years." ”

When William left the Terror Trimas, in addition to taking away the corpse of the samurai Ryoma, as well as the famous sword Qiushui, and abducting the two living girls, Perona and Hogubak, he also took almost all the wealth that Moria had accumulated over the years, and this money was used by William to inject capital into the shipyard.

Esbagu didn't pay much attention to the funds, he had been running the shipyard for so long, he knew very well what was the most important thing to keep the shipyard alive, and asked: "What do you mean by the big order you just said?"

"Sea trains," said William, "I have persuaded the world government to promote sea trains throughout the first half of the Great Voyage, and the tracks, trains, and related parts and ancillary equipment will be enough for our shipyards not to worry about maintenance for years to come, and if it goes well, enough to feed the shipyards of the entire City of the Seven Waters." ”

"Is the world government rich in the promotion of sea trains?" a young foreman couldn't help but sarcastically say, "Or is it that the Tianlong people have finally been gracious and agreed to show some heavenly gold from between their fingers for the government to use?"

William glanced back at him, and said with a slight smile: "Indeed, the government has no money, and the Tianlong people have no grace, the source of funds for promotion and construction is the Seven Martial Seas under His Majesty, and we will be responsible for maintaining it in the future." ”

He said to Esbagu: "Your first priority now is to use the funds I brought and the prospect of this order to acquire the two remaining shipyards in the capital of seven waters, and unify the industries of the whole island, the two most critical things of the train company, the production of trains, tracks and other equipment, and the operation and maintenance after the opening of the train, operation and maintenance issues, I will continue to talk slowly with several other kings under the Seven Martial Seas, but I have to hold on to the production side tightly, which is also my bargaining chip." ”

With the craftsmanship of the Seven Waters Capital, as long as there are sufficient funds and resources, it is not difficult to complete the orders of the government and the Seven Martial Seas, and William is not too worried about production.

Esbagu was not dissatisfied with William's commanding words, and was still immersed in the joy of William's big order.

The promotion of the Sea Train in the first half of the Great Voyage was a great surprise that it not only made Espargu's mentor, Tom the Fish-Man, the inventor of the Sea Train, famous and well-known throughout the seas, but also gave hope to his own shipyard and even the entire City of the Seven Seas to be maintained.

The sea train has been open for so long, and the world government still has no intention of promoting it, and Esbagu really doesn't know how William said to move the other party.

As for the murderous reputation of His Majesty's Seven Martial Seas, it was only a trivial matter for Esbagu, who was now immersed in good news.

Esbagu is not worried, but it does not mean that the foremen next to him are not worried, the reputation of His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas is not as good as the ideals of policymakers such as the Five Old Stars, they have not become the protectors of the common people, but because of the existence of people like Moria, they have become more terrifying than ordinary pirates in the eyes of most people.

At least under the infestation of ordinary pirates, the civilians can still turn to the navy and the government, but if they encounter the threat of the king's seven martial seas, the civilians do not know who to turn to.

"The Seven Martial Seas are responsible for maintaining the orbits, can they do their duty, and how to divide the work area, and who is responsible for the Capital of the Seven Waters?" asked a foreman, and judging by his tone and expression, it was clear that the last question was what he wanted to know the most.

"At present, I am the only one in the train company, Qiwuhai, and I am naturally responsible for the tracks that have been built. William said lightly.

The subtext in his words is obvious, he has already begun to use the sea train to stake his land in advance.

Esbagu was silent for a moment before he said, "But now the operation of the train is jointly responsible for the world government and several cities, and it has been in traffic for a while, and it has nothing to do with the new train company you just formed. ”

"All the sea trains in the first half of the Great Voyage must be under the control of the new company, so that the company can be unified and maintain the overall environment in the first half, and no one can be an exception. William said calmly.

The affairs of the government are easy to solve, and the elimination of the government, the mayors of the four cities of Seven Waters, St. Prut, St. Poplar and Pucci are of no importance to the two Seven Martial Seas, William and Doflamingo, who have temporarily formed an alliance.

"I'll have a good talk with the mayors of several cities, and I'm sure the process won't be more difficult than negotiating with the other Seven Martial Seas," William continued, "and they should easily figure out that in the chaotic environment of the first half of the Great Voyage, it would be best to leave the operation of the train to His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas, who has great power and reputation." ”