Chapter 399： Royal Navy of Alabasta

Popular recommendation:

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

Even if there were, they were just a few crude warships, barely able to patrol.

The navy has the responsibility to protect the waters of the allied countries after turning in so many days of gold every year.

In this way, naturally, no country is willing to spend any more money on the formation of the navy.

after all...

The navy is a big money-burner, and it can be called a bottomless pit. In addition, most of the kings and nobles are extremely greedy people.

Want them to take out a lot of Bailey every year to form their own navy...

Just kidding?

There are also some kingdoms that want to form a navy, such as Alabasta.

But the problem is that they don't have any money. The gold that they hand in every year has made these countries very poor. Where can there be 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. To set up a base inland, Li Yan can also be said to protect the important assets of the East China Sea Navy, that is, oil field development.

But if it is said that the fleet is deployed for a long time, it will not work.

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

Fortunately, Alabasta is not poor now, not only is not poor, but even richer.

Therefore, the idea of ​​establishing the navy of the Kingdom of Alabasta resurfaced in Kobra's mind.

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

Warships are still trivial matters, but problems such as professional naval and maritime combat experience cannot be solved in a short period of time.

And just when Cobra was having a headache, Vivi, who knew about the situation, gave him a suggestion.

After the formation of the navy, the soldiers were sent to the 18th branch in the East China Sea for professional training, and a batch of warships was purchased from Li Yan.

In this way, within three months, a fleet can be established or even deployed to the headquarters of the Navy.

How the Eighteenth Branch trained the navy, and the effect of the three-month training, others don't know, doesn't she, Weiwei, know?

Of course, she couldn't tell Cobra about these specific contents, even if she wanted to say it.

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 is of great benefit to his future plans to allow Alabasta to have sufficient self-protection capabilities.

After all, after the navy, or the East China Sea navy, became independent, Li Yan also needed support.

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

And an Alabasta with no self-defense ability obviously does not meet the requirements of Li Yan's plan.

Therefore, Li Yan only charged Kobra's training fee of 50,000 Baileys per soldier, and reached an agreement to train 10,000 elite seamen for him for half a year at a cost of 500 million Baileys.

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.

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

Therefore, this batch of warships is still the kind sold to the headquarters, using the wooden warships of Adam's treasure wood.

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

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

But it is clear that even if it is only 18.5 billion baileys, Alabasta cannot get it. After all, only one Yuba oil field has been developed, and Alabasta has only received the income in the past two months.

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

But it is still impossible to pay 18.5 billion Bailey.

Therefore, Li Yan and Cobra reached an instalment agreement whereby half of the proceeds from oil development in Alabasta each year would be paid to the East China Sea Navy until the money was paid off.

------

The Great Route, Naval Headquarters, Marin van Dou.

Office of the Marshal.

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

"If all countries follow suit in the future, then our existence will be greatly reduced!"

Aokiji, who had just returned to the headquarters after switching defenses with Akainu, said with an ugly expression on his face.

"The formation of a navy in Alabasta is also a last resort. After all, in the past few months, more and more pirates have gone to their side to do things!"

"Although Alabasta's army is very strong, the pirates can't land and make trouble, but now they are all wandering off the coast of Alabasta, looting ships, which also brings them considerable trouble!"

"After the headquarters knew about this situation, it also sent a fleet to that sea area to clean up the pirates, but the effect was minimal. The sea area is too big. If you just send a fleet, you can't do everything."

"Therefore, it is understandable that Alabasta wants to set up a Royal Navy dedicated to the security of its waters."

Aside, Crane dragged his chin with both hands and said calmly.

"But..."

"Qingzhi, how many of the 170 allied countries you think can spend tens of billions of bailey to form a navy?"

Aokiji, who was about to say something, was immediately interrupted by the Warring States Period.

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

After thinking for a while, UU Reading Qingzhi said.

Indeed, most of the participating countries, if they really want to say it, have no problem taking out 20 to 30 billion Baileys.

Don't look at the common people who are so miserable that they can't even eat, but those kings and nobles are all extremely rich.

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

"this..."

Asked by the Warring States period, Qingzhi was also stunned.

Yeah, it's one thing to have money, but it's another thing to get them to pay for the navy.

I am afraid that almost no king or noble is willing to do so?

"Do you understand now?"

"Even if there are kingdoms that follow Alabasta, it's definitely one or two of them. As for the other kingdoms you mentioned, it's impossible!"

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

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

"On the other hand, Alabasta is now being harassed by pirates. We simply cannot solve the problem by sending one or two fleets to patrol!"

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

"Then, it is actually beneficial for us to fund the formation of a kingdom navy by Alabasta!"

"After all, our main goal is still in the new world..."

"On the four pirates!"