Chapter 44 Discussion
During the daily gold rush in Bloodport Town, a group of people's interests were also violated, so they gathered together.
The West Sea, an unknown island.
There are no rich products on this small island, and there are no trees. It is just a desert island. Normally, no one comes here at all.
But today is different!
There are dozens of boats parked outside the island, large and small!
There are various flags flying on the boat. It can be seen that these are not travelers!
The center of the island.
Dozens of people gathered in an open space.
Among this group of people, there are mafiosi, pirates, kingdom generals, chamber of commerce presidents and many other people. The composition is quite complex!
In the middle, there are five people sitting!
And there is only one reason for them to gather together, profit!
"I think everyone knows the purpose of gathering here today!" The person who spoke was a man in his thirties with a slicked back hair, wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and a smile.
He is the largest fabric production supplier in the West Sea and the president of Occam Chamber of Commerce Occam!
"Bloodport Town is so desperate that we can't survive anymore."
"Yeah, I didn't even sell a piece of cloth last month."
"If this continues, my chamber of commerce will almost go bankrupt."
"I can hardly afford to eat!"
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What Occam said instantly resonated with most people present.
"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly!" An impatient voice sounded. The speaker was a man about forty years old, with a strong build, a special shotgun hanging on his waist, and a fleshy face holding one in his mouth.
Middle-aged man with a big cigar.
It is none other than the patriarch of the Barney family, one of the top mafia families in the West Sea, Barney Mons!
The main business is to rely on the family's powerful force to monopolize the production, sale and supply of fabrics and fabric raw materials in nearby countries!
Monopoly is always the most profitable!
But recently, his monopoly has been broken. In these kingdoms, a large number of fabrics that are much lower than his price have appeared.
Only then did he discover that Bloodport Town was a place where shipping prices were very low.
The shipping price of Bloodport Town is even lower than his cost!
The profits made the merchants in the nearby kingdom go completely crazy and they would never take goods from him again!
He originally wanted to threaten these merchants with force to take goods from him.
However, he thought about it carefully and finally gave up the decision. He knew the character of businessmen very well. Even if it was a monopoly in the past, he would only be a little higher than the general market price.
The businessmen just pinched their noses and admitted it, thinking that they were paying him protection money!
However, once huge interests are involved, these businessmen are likely to go completely crazy.
If the completely crazy businessmen unite, no matter how powerful his family is, they will still be able to drink a pot!
After giving up, he thought of a way to regain the monopoly.
Sell all the raw materials to Xue Gang Town, then buy some cheap fabrics from Xue Gang Town, increase the price and sell them to the merchants. In his opinion, the merchants will behave like before, pinching their noses and recognizing it!
But if this happens, his losses will be huge!
Once he did this, the machines he originally used to weave would be completely useless and could only sit there abandoned!
Moreover, he could originally earn a little bit in raw materials, processing, and sales, but by doing this, he will only be able to make a little bit in sales in the future, and his profits will suddenly drop off a cliff!
And what about the workers who help him spin cloth and produce raw materials?
Most of these are relatives of his family members!
All kinds of problems followed, making him upset and angry, so he came up with the idea of simply solving the problem!
"Jie Jie, tell me quickly!" A slightly nervous voice came out, and the speaker was a two-meter-three tall man wearing leather armor.
His exposed skin is like a crocodile, his teeth look very sharp, his eyes are green vertical pupils, and there is a ferocious scar on his face, from his forehead to his chin!
He is Habaka, the captain of the Killer Crocodile Pirates, with a reward of 60 million. This price is considered top-notch in the West Sea!
Although he looks like a Devil Fruit user, he is not. Because his appearance and fighting style are like those of a crocodile, he is nicknamed Killer Crocodile!
Unlike others, he simply wants to cause trouble in Bloodport Town and even the entire Kingdom of Saint Martin!
The reason is that the Kingdom of Saint Martin defeated the famous pirate Green Pepper of the Cone!
If he wants to be more famous than the Green Pepper of the Cone, he must defeat the Kingdom of Saint Martin and defeat Shaka!
However, although he is a bit neurotic, there is nothing wrong with his brain.
He had carefully inquired about the specific strength of the Kingdom of Saint Martin from various channels. With his fleet, if he wanted to defeat them, he would either suffer heavy losses or the entire army would be annihilated!
That's why he came to this party, hoping to use the party members to gather a large fleet to capture Bloodport Town, and at the same time clean up Saint Martin's army, creating an opportunity for him and Shaka to fight!
Unfortunately, his only miscalculation was that he overestimated his capabilities. He didn't know that even if he defeated the army of the Kingdom of Saint Martin, with his lieutenant colonel-level strength, he would still be just an ant!
"Then let me tell you straight, there is only one purpose for everyone coming here this time, and that is because of Bloodport Town!" Occam said with a smile on his face and a murderous tone in his voice.
"Haha!" Hearing this, a middle-aged man with a solemn beard wearing black long leather shoes, a black windbreaker and a gold revolver hanging on his waist let out a disdainful chuckle, as if he and everyone else had the same purpose.
no the same!
He is Stanki, the general of the Oga Kingdom!
"General Stankey, you should be the most worried here!" This was a lazy voice.
The person who sent it was a beautiful woman wearing a red cheongsam, with a pair of slender legs exposed at the bifurcation of the cheongsam!
Wearing red high-heeled shoes, the high-heeled shoes shone with sharp edges, long wavy blond hair, and holding a red satchel in his hand. He looked to be in his twenties and had a plump figure.
She is the president of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Victoria Eddos, and is also the second largest fabric manufacturer and supplier in the West Sea. Unlike Ockham, in addition to fabrics, her chamber of commerce also deals in perfume, lipstick, clothing and other businesses.
Although she is a woman, everyone present does not dare to look down upon her, and is even a little in awe of her. She is nicknamed Blood Rose in Xihai!
"Jie Jie, your Oga Kingdom is close to the Kingdom of Saint Martin! If it doesn't work, they can move or run away. If they don't do this business anymore, how can you move it?" Habaka said with some gloating.
The Kingdom of Oga is one of the five kingdoms near the Kingdom of Saint Martin. It is a major producer of cloth raw materials. The main domestic resource is the raw materials for the production of cloth!
But he didn’t come here because of the large amount of low-priced fabrics sold in Bloodport Town!
They mainly produce fabric raw materials, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Xue Gang Town. On the contrary, the emergence of Xue Gang Town has given them a new sales point for their cloth raw materials!
Logically speaking, they should be happy!
But otherwise, because they are located near the Kingdom of Saint Martin. After the Kingdom of Saint Martin destroyed the Kingdom of Felt, the five nearby kingdoms all realized that there was a wolf among the sheep!
Under such circumstances, how can you be happy when you see that Bloodport Town of the Kingdom of Saint Martin sells a large number of low-priced items every day, with ships constantly coming and going, and making huge profits every day?
"Humph!" Stankey snorted and said nothing more!
"Let's get back to the topic, I hope everyone can have some ideas on how to deal with Bloodport Town!" Occam said with a smile.
Most of the people here are doing business related to fabrics. There are other businesses too, but they are relatively rare!
There is no way, because the use of steam engines was first used in textile factories, iron furnaces, flour mills, etc.
Among them, the iron produced in the iron-smelting furnace is of course given priority to be provided to the kingdom, as is the flour mill. Only the textile factory, in addition to providing it to the citizens, also has a large surplus of resources.
In this case, the most shipped item in Bloodport Town is fabric!
It cannot be said that there is no impact on other industries, but the impact is relatively small.
"Jiejie, what are you coming up with? There are so many of us here. It's not a problem to assemble a large fleet of 50,000 people, right? Wouldn't it be over if we just attack them?" Habaka said with a grin.
As soon as Habaka finished speaking, Mengsi, who was upset and wanted to vent his anger because of the incident in Bloodport Town, echoed: "I agree, I will send 3,000 people to attack Bloodport Town!"
"I also agree, I will send 300 people!"
"I'll send 800 men!"
"I'll send six hundred men!"
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The leaders of various families, chambers of commerce, and pirate groups later agreed.
At this time, Stankey poured cold water on him and said quietly: "The Kingdom of Saint Martin is a member of the World Government!"
"Uh---" Everyone suddenly became quiet as if their necks were being strangled.
The name World Government is really too intimidating.
Although the pirate mafia is rampant in the Western Sea, it does not mean that the navy and the world government have no deterrent effect.
They probably also know in their hearts that there are many mafia pirates in the West China Sea, so usually the navy will not target you, but will give priority to arresting those who commit heinous crimes!
But once you attack a participating country, the nature is different.
The navy and the world government are designated to chase you!
Otherwise, how would the world government and navy have any prestige?
Who will join the World Government?
Of course, this does not mean that the franchised countries are completely incapable of attack. The World Government will not participate in the war between the franchised countries!
But among those present, Starkey is a general of a kingdom, and a general of a coalition country!
Unless Stankey agrees to let them assemble in the name of the Kingdom of Oga to attack the Kingdom of Saint Martin, they will not be able to assemble.
But Stanky isn't happy with this, colluding with pirates and the mafia is not a good reputation!
Chapter completed!