However, in the narrow space of the stands, such a large size is still a little cramped.

So Kastad unceremoniously snatched Mousse's seat and picked him up and put him on his bouncy lap......

Mousse, who had long been accustomed to this, leaned back on the human sofa unceremoniously, tilted his head and asked the sister: "You can also value that bonus?" ”

"What about the bonus? Little master, you said it so easily, sister, I can only get 300,000 Bailey pocket flowers a month, and it's not enough to buy cosmetics! Do you think that whatever you want, your mother will give? Charlotte Castad made a rare complaint about her favorite brother.

Speaking of which, Kastad is an open-minded person, and there are many brothers and sisters who are jealous of Mousse to the point that they wish he died unexpectedly, and if it weren't for the two eldest brothers who have been trying to maintain a harmonious atmosphere, he may have died at some point......

However, Mousse actually knew about this, that is, he had a good relationship with Kastad and was not afraid of her holding a grudge, so he got cheap and deliberately teased her.

But Kastad's next unintentional remark still surprised Mousse, "What? Sister Armand is also coming? She's going to have her own island and subjects soon, is there any money to spend? ”

As mentioned earlier, only five members of the second generation of the Charlotte family currently have their own ships, and there are only five people who own their own islands for the time being.

Although the inhabitants of all nations only need to pay the soul tax in principle, there will always be some higher needs after people have no worries about food and clothing, and these will naturally bring income to the "ministers/island owners".

In addition, the profits from the export of the islands' specialties also belong to Charlotte Lingling (Charlotte Lingling only asks the islands to contribute the food or ingredients she specifically asks for and is responsible for the vigilance, and does not ask the islands to pay the regular tribute like ordinary vassals). Therefore, life is definitely much better than that of their younger siblings, who can only get a fixed pocket money every month.

Charlotte Armand had already confirmed that she would be the next minister/owner of the Pharos Kingdom before she left for the kingdom of Pharos, and Mousse felt that she should not care about the prize money of this competition.

Could it be that Armand's belligerent blood has been ignited by the many opponents of all stripes here?

"It should be mainly for the prize money, right? Even if you become a minister, you won't be as rich as you think! Besides, she hasn't become a yet! The championship prize is 100 million Bailey, even if Brother Owen comes, he will be excited, right? But Charlotte Castad rejects the idea of Mousse.

The more he talked, the more angry Kastad pinched the latter's cute little face and ravaged it fiercely, only then did he feel relieved, he was so smart, but he was so ignorant of the financial situation of his brothers and sisters?

"I'm just seven years old! I've barely touched a banknote! It's normal not to know, right? Mousse hurriedly defended himself, and finally let his sister let go of his little face, and asked about the family's economic situation that no one had told him before.

Then Mousse's face gradually became full of suspicion, "I know that the family's cash is not sufficient, but I really didn't expect that the lack of money to this extent is so rich...... It is true that the population of the kingdom is still small, there are not many vassals outside, and there are many brothers and sisters in the family, but it is not so embarrassing? ”

What's even more strange is that this situation is obviously extremely weird, but Mousse feels a little familiar, could it be that a similar situation occurred on the earth before the crossing?

"Economic crisis?" After Mousse thought of this, he immediately denied it without thinking much about it.

In fact, many consumers want to consume but have no money to buy, which will lead to a large backlog of goods that cannot be sold.

However, the strange situation of the nations now is that there are really too many surplus materials to be used, and all that is lacking is cash and those goods that are not produced locally......

Thinking of "goods that are not produced locally", Mousse finally moved in his heart and understood where that feeling of déjà vu came from, "The Soviet Union? That's right! It's the Soviet Union back then! It's so similar! ”

Perhaps in the impression of ordinary people, the Soviet Union should obviously be short of materials.

However, as a former veteran military history enthusiast, Mousse knew that although the Soviet Union claimed to be poor in agriculture, its annual consumption of one ton of grain per capita at its peak was beyond the reach of China until before his crossing.

The supply of energy and other bulk materials is extremely sufficient, and the lack of light industrial products, high-precision equipment, and especially luxury goods are not produced by the Soviet Union itself, or are not well produced, is this similar to the current situation of all countries?

And the nations, or BIG· The distribution of limited currency by the MOM pirates is similar to that of the Soviet Union, unlike the usual pirates, which simply distribute it evenly (Note 1) or whoever grabs it, but rather gathers it and then redistributes it according to specific needs.

The children's pocket money is very low, as Castad said, and most of it is used to buy special goods such as Devil Fruits, which can quickly increase the strength of the family, including the money paid to Elizabello II not long ago......

Such a distribution model undoubtedly greatly improves the efficiency of the use of limited funds, but the lack of money is a lack of money, and it cannot be completely compensated for by the increase in utilization.

Fortunately, compared to the red empire on the earth, which no longer exists, the impact of this predicament of all nations is relatively small......

Because the nations are truly able to supply the necessities of life for free in unlimited quantities, and all that is lacking is weapons and all kinds of high-end luxuries.

The former is not fatal because the combat power of the One Piece world mainly depends on the individual itself, and the latter has nothing to do with ordinary citizens.

And without popular grievances, the regime is as stable as Mount Tai, which is much more important than whether Charlotte Castard, the eldest lady, can afford to use high-end cosmetics......

Having said that, even with the current tight cash income, Mousse feels that it is not so difficult to improve......

Note 1: There are some rules similar to the Western pirates of the Age of Discovery, but because the individual combat power of the One Piece world is very different, it is not completely average by head.

It is a grade of cadres (if it is also divided into senior cadres and ordinary cadres, it is two grades.) Captains, navigators, and especially important combatants (such as Whitebeard before joining the Rocks Pirates) are generally given an extra share, or even more, due to their importance.