In this pirate world, almost all kingdoms have no navy.

Even if there were, they would only be a few crude warships, barely capable of patrolling.

With so much heavenly gold handed over every year, the navy has the duty to protect the maritime areas of the participating countries.

As a result, naturally no country is willing to spend money on building a navy.

after all...

The navy is a big money-burning company, a bottomless pit, and most of the kings and nobles are extremely greedy people.

I want them to spend a lot of Bailey every year to form their own navy...

Just kidding?

There are also some kingdoms that are interested in building a navy, such as Alabasta.

But the problem is that there is no money. The heavenly gold paid every year alone has made these countries very poor. Where can they find the money to build a navy?

Originally, Cobra had thought about asking the East China Sea Navy to send a fleet to station in Alabasta.

But after careful consideration, this doesn't work either.

After all, the Great Sea Route is not under the jurisdiction of the East China Sea Navy. Li Yan can also say that setting up a base inland is to protect the important assets of the East China Sea Navy, which is the development of oil fields.

But if you want to deploy the fleet for a long time, that won't work.

Moreover, it is also a very stupid choice to hand over the defense of one's country to others.

Fortunately, Alabasta is no longer poor. Not only is it no longer poor, it has even become richer.

Therefore, the idea of ​​establishing a navy of the Kingdom of Alabasta arose again in Cobra's mind.

Of course, building a navy from scratch by yourself is simply not realistic in the short term.

Warships are still a small matter, but issues such as professional navy and maritime combat experience cannot be solved in the short term.

Just when Cobra was having a headache, Vivi, who understood the situation, gave him a suggestion.

After establishing the navy, the soldiers were sent to the Eighteen Branches of the East China Sea to receive professional training, and a batch of warships were purchased from Li Yan.

In this way, within three months, a fleet can be established and even the navy headquarters can be deployed.

No one else knows how the Eighteenth Branch trains sailors and the results of three months of training. Doesn’t she, Weiwei, know?

Of course, she couldn't tell Cobra these specific contents, even if she wanted to, she couldn't say them out loud.

In the end, Cobra agreed to the plan and negotiated with Li Yan.

For Li Yan, there is no harm in this matter. Rather, it would be of great benefit to his future plans to allow Alabasta to have sufficient self-protection capabilities.

After all, Li Yan also needs support after the navy, or rather the East China Sea Navy, becomes independent.

In addition to the revolutionary army, it would be better if there is also the support of the superpower Alabasta.

And an Alabasta with no ability to defend itself obviously does not meet the requirements of Li Yan's plan.

Therefore, Li Yan only charged Cobra 50,000 beli for the training of each soldier, and reached an agreement to train 10,000 elite sailors for him in half a year, at a cost of 500 million beli.

At the same time, forty-seven warships were sold to Alabasta, including two cruisers, five destroyers, ten frigates and thirty offshore patrol ships.

Of course, it can't be an ironclad ship.

After all, what Li Yan told the Warring States Period was that there was not enough steel to build ironclad ships for the headquarters.

Therefore, this batch of warships are still the type of wooden warships sold to the headquarters, using Adam's wood.

However, even so, the total selling price is still as high as 18.5 billion beli.

And this is only the agreed price between the two parties. If it is announced to the outside world, the amount of this transaction is 39 billion beli.

But it is obvious that even if it is only 18.5 billion beli, Alabasta will not be able to get it. After all, only one Yuba oil field has been developed so far, and in terms of income, Alabasta has only received the income of the past two months.

Although the income from these two months alone, coupled with the 5 billion beli development rights of Ubana, has made Alabasta a lot richer.

But it is still impossible to pay 18.5 billion beli.

Therefore, Li Yan and Kobra reached an installment agreement. Every year, half of Alabasta's income from oil development will be paid to the East China Sea Navy until the money is paid off.

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Grand Line, Naval Headquarters, Marinevando.

Marshal's Office.

"Marshal, if Alabasta forms a navy, it will not be a good thing for us!"

"If all other countries follow suit, the significance of our existence will be greatly reduced!"

Aokiji, who had switched defenses with Akainu and had just returned to his headquarters, said with a somewhat ugly expression.

"Alabasta has no choice but to form a navy. After all, in the past few months, more and more pirates have gone to their side to cause trouble!"

"Although Alabasta's army is very strong and pirates cannot land to cause trouble, now they are all wandering off the coast of Alabasta, plundering ships, which has also caused them considerable trouble!"

"After our headquarters learned about this situation, we also sent a fleet to clean up the pirates in that sea area, but the effect was very little. The sea area is too big. If we just send a fleet, we can't cover everything."

"Therefore, it is understandable that Alabasta wants to establish a royal navy to be responsible for the security of its sea areas."

On the side, He dragged his chin with his hands and said calmly.

"But..."

"Aoji, how many of the 170 franchised countries do you think can spend tens of billions of dollars to build a navy?"

Aoki was about to say something, but was interrupted by Sengoku.

"It should be quite a lot. After all, those kings and nobles are very rich..."

After thinking for a moment, Qing Zhi said.

Indeed, most of the participating countries would have no problem shelling out 20 to 30 billion beli.

Even though the common people were so miserable that they couldn't even afford to eat, the kings and nobles were extremely rich.

"So, how many kings and nobles do you think are willing to use Bailey to form a navy?"

"this..."

When Warring States asked this question, Qingzhi was also stunned.

Yes, it's one thing to have money, but it's another thing to ask them to use the money to build a navy.

I'm afraid almost no king or noble would be willing to do this, right?

"Do you understand now?"

"Even if there are kingdoms that follow the example of Alabasta, they are definitely just 1 or 2. As for the other kingdoms that you mentioned, it is impossible for all other kingdoms to follow suit!"

"Alabasta's formation of a navy also has special circumstances!"

"On the one hand, Kobra and Li Yan cooperated to develop the so-called oil and earned a lot of money, which can support this expenditure."

"On the other hand, Alabasta is also being harassed by pirates. Just relying on us to send one or two fleets to patrol will not be able to solve the problem at all!"

"If the headquarters wants to completely solve the problem in Alabasta, it must at least establish a second-level branch in that sea area, and the cost of this will be at least tens of billions!"

"Then, it would actually be beneficial for us to have Alabasta itself fund the establishment of a kingdom navy!"

"After all, our main goal is still in the New World..."
Chapter completed!