Chapter 123: Hanks Returns

Two months ago, the world screened out the new generation of sea pirates with eleven heads of more than 100 million, calling it the extremely evil generation, as if it was another powerful footnote in the era of sea pirates.

However, in just two months, the prestige of this so-called evil generation collapsed. After entering the new world, eleven supernovas disappeared and disappeared, bowing their heads, and even worse, four of them were arrested by the G5 base commander.

It's no better than the average stunned young man who broke into the New World and fell at the feet of the Juggernauts, who fell directly into the hands of the Navy.

As a result, when the Red Flag, Haiming, Mafia, and Strange Monks were imprisoned in Impelton, the prestige of the navy rose again, and Virgo, who had made this achievement, naturally received great official publicity.

Within days, the newspapers delivered by Newsbird were carrying reports on Virgo, not only about his operation, but also on his previous curriculum vitae and numerous interviews, all of which were the treatment of Virgo, who is now known as a model for the New World Navy.

As a result, Nagato, who was far away in the New World Pugh Palace, did not need to use the ring to communicate, and only needed to read the newspaper that he usually browsed every day to find out about Virgo's recent situation.

Virgo was promoted to the head office, and the head of the G5 fortress base was replaced by the newly promoted lieutenant general "White Hunter" Smoker.

This was the only information that Nagato had noticed in the newspaper.

Seeing Nagato put down the newspaper, the person standing across from him glanced at the page Nagato had just read, so he asked with a smile, "Is Your Majesty also paying attention to this new star that the Navy has recently been touting?" Speaking of which, the recent actions of the Lieutenant General Virgo are truly astonishing, and he was able to capture four supernovas in the space of a month. ”

In response to the other party's question, Nagato simply denied: "No, it's just that you can understand it when you see it." As for the so-called supernova, it is just a name created by good deeds, but it is beyond my expectation that the world government would really hype such a small thing. ”

"It's true that such a thing can't be in the eyes of His Majesty, but the government's behavior is also excusable, after all, these people can be called sea pirates, even in the first half of the great voyage, they are also the existence of calling for wind and rain, and their methods can still cause great repercussions in the world."

"I won't talk about these idle things." Nagato gestured for the other party to sit down, and then asked, "I heard that you brought all the people from Carrera on your return trip, how is it, is this mission going well?" ”

The person who met Nagato in this palace where he was on official business was Hanks, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Dressrosa, who had returned to Amdo from the capital of the Seven Waters a month later.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Hanks replied, "There are two main tasks you have assigned to me, in terms of ship procurement, the agreement reached between us and Carrera is to purchase 50 warships and 200 standard ships in a package, and the discount price is 300 million Baileys for warships and 100 million Baileys for seagoing ships, and at present, five warships and ten seagoing ships have been completed and returned to Dressrosa with the fleet, and the rest will be delivered within two months, and the total payment of 350 Baileys will be paid in three installments at the agreed annual interest rate of 3 percent." ”

"Well, you have reported to me the ship procurement plan, after the completion of this armament expansion, fifty-nine warships and two hundred and fifty sea ships will be able to completely cover the entire territory of Dressrosa." Nagato nodded.

In fact, the island of Dressrosa and the kingdom of Dressrosa, collectively known as the waters of Dressrosa, have a total of forty-seven islands, and it doesn't even need a fleet to expand to such a scale, you know, the so-called Spanish Armada in Nagato I is only one hundred and fifty warships, more than a thousand ships, and three thousand guns, and they rule the entire Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean for a while.

Part of the reason for this exaggerated expansion is naturally the peculiarity of this world, and the other part is Nagato's preparations for further expansion, but the time has not yet come, and it has not yet been discussed with Hanks and other cadres.

Hanks continued: "The ship side is relatively clear, so it actually took only three days to reach an agreement with Carrera, and it was you who really took the time to discuss the sea train, which is why it took me a month to return. ”

Nagato was not surprised by Hanks's explanation, but did not blame him for his time or interrupt his narration, but simply motioned for him to continue.

"At the beginning, we couldn't agree on the price with Carrera, because the sea train is not a universal technology, and the construction of the sea track needs to choose different solutions according to different geographical and ocean conditions, and the asking price given by Carrera before the field survey is too high, I am afraid that only by exhausting the financial resources of the world government can it be possible to realize the concept of the transportation network in the Dressrosa sea area that you mentioned."

Nagato nodded, then asked, "So the person who came from Carrera this time was the one who surveyed on the spot?" ”

Hanks replied, "Yes, but more than that. In fact, after understanding what we just said, our disagreement lies in the formulation of the plan. The key to this is that different engineers often have different ideas and solutions, and this determines the cost and effect, and my time in the capital of seven waters for a month is mainly to invite the best engineers of Carrera to come to investigate. ”

"Hmm." Nagato groaned, then said, "If memory serves, Carrera's best engineer is probably Espargu." ”

"That's right." Hanks nodded, "It's Mr. Esbagu, who is also the president of Carrera and the mayor of the Seven Waters City. ”

"No wonder it took you a month, and it wasn't easy to invite him all the way here." Nagato said.

"Yes, the trouble is the need to coordinate Mr. Espagu's time." Hanks said, "But after all, he is the president of Carrera, and Carrera is the economic pillar of the Seven Waters Capital, so he can always be moved if you talk a few more times." ”

Hanks continued: "Of course, before Mr. Esbagu decided to come in person, we still made a basic negotiation on the cost, and the final result was that the specific cost was decided after the survey, but the price range was limited to 50 million Baileys to 200 million Baileys per kilometer. ”

"Two hundred million?" Nagato frowned slightly, if it was at this price, it would really be similar to what Hanks said about exhausting the world's government-level financial resources.

"Yes, if he proposes this cost, we have the right to refuse, but we have to pay labor fees and compensate for liquidated damages." Hanks first affirmed the figure, and then explained, "But Your Majesty need not worry too much, according to the shipwrights and Mr. Esbagu himself, unless the survey is too extreme, Mr. Esbagu will be able to control the cost to within 100 million Baileys per kilometer." ”

It was still a terrible number, but Nagato made up his mind to push for the work in the first place, and he expected a huge amount of expenditure, so he didn't dwell too much on it, but told Hanks, "Then go ahead and do it this way, and you will be in charge." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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