Chapter 1317 The “Money-Greedy” World Government

In the cabin, Guan Liyuan looked at the newspaper just delivered by Newsbird, with some hesitation in his heart...

The good thing is that so far, although it cannot be said that everything has been settled, the general trend is still within Guan Liyuan's expectations.

Compared with the World Government, the Revolutionary Army is too weak, especially the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army - the real elite of the headquarters is less than 20,000, and including the local factions who are the core cadres of the Revolutionary Army, there are less than 200,000.

Half a year ago, the navy, which was just one of the World Government's combat forces, had tens of millions of soldiers.

It can be said that before Ivankov and others were rescued, the strength of the Revolutionary Army headquarters was weaker than the total strength of any of the four emperors.

After all, the incident more than two years ago severely damaged the vitality of the revolutionary army, and its development has also stagnated much since then.

Now that Ivankov and the others have been rescued, they have also absorbed hundreds of tens of millions and billions of bounty prisoners, and have officially raised the banner to confront the World Government. Therefore, many grassroots forces have joined in. At present, it should be Even stronger than Whitebeard, the most powerful among the Four Emperors.

And Guan Liyuan relied on this force, which could only be described as a "minor threat" in the eyes of the world government, to leverage the "general trend" and made the world government, which was commanding the world half a year ago, now be restrained in every way.

But what is hesitant is the reaction of the world government and many "allies"!

Today is January 1, 1521. At the beginning of this new year, the World Government has appointed a large number of governors...

"It seems that the top leaders of the world government still have some brains... That's right, after all, they have controlled the world for eight hundred years," Guan Liyuan muttered.

Although Guan Liyuan has always been confused about how the World Government can maintain its hegemony for 800 years with its arrogant style, at least the World Government's IQ is online for once!

The new governors consecrated at the beginning of the new year include not only naval admirals like Smoker who took the opportunity to stand up, but also some naval branches that obviously had the revolutionary army involved in the incident and changed their ways. Those who were at odds with the world government were all granted the title of "Governor".

This is also the first time in recent years that a world government has engaged in the "Governor" thing on the sea...

And these so-called "revolutionary army backgrounds" are actually branches of the revolutionary army. Their purpose is to protect their hometown from the tyranny of the world government and the exploitation of the Celestial Dragons.

Although there is a spirit of sacrifice, there are no overly lofty goals, and there is no reason to force their goals to be more lofty.

In this way, the position of "Governor", with both military and political affairs in hand, has been able to meet their demands. The price is only to recognize the world government and continue to provide "heavenly gold" every year. In addition, even paying taxes can be exempted. Drop most of it...

Therefore, many naval branches that originally belonged to the revolutionary army were shaken at this time. They neither hung the flag of the revolutionary army with great fanfare nor received the title in a high-profile way. They seemed to have acquiesced in this matter, and even some news came back from the dark department. Look, some have already prepared the "Heavenly Gold" that they will give to the Celestial Dragons this year!

Even Crocodile and Moonlight Moria, who were already on the verge of rebellion, actually grabbed the position of two governors, and even maliciously controlled several "rebellious" revolutionary army branches around Alabasta. The island country is also included in the sphere of influence of the two.

Of course, this was also expected by Guan Liyuan - it seemed to be a turmoil, but after all, most of the power was not his own, so it was not surprising that this would happen.

And at most they can only pay "heavenly gold" to the world government to avoid war with the world government, and they will not easily switch sides to attack the revolutionary army.

Even Crocodile and Moonlight Moria only accepted the canonization for the time being, and at the same time continued to secretly convey the idea of ​​​​"cooperation" to the surrounding revolutionary army branches.

If in the first half of the Four Seas and the Great Channel, the power of the world government and the anti-world government had reached "4:6" or even "3:7", then now this number is gradually returning to "3:3" …

As for the other "4"? Go and become a melon-eater! And it’s a melon-eating mob that can break out and hurt people at any time...

This is also the reason why Guan Liyuan immediately returned to the new world without stopping after muddying the waters - the revolutionary army needs a truly stable base camp!

Alabasta is the smaller half. After all, Cobra and Vivi in ​​Alabasta are cooperating with the Revolutionary Army. However, the one who temporarily controls Alabasta's military power is Crocodile, who uses each other with the Revolutionary Army. In addition, Compared with the whole world, Alabasta is too small, so it can only be regarded as half a small country.

Guan Liyuan's ideal base camp is the entire "New World" - the most prosperous and elite sea area on the sea.

At the same time, what makes Guan Liyuan even more confused is why the world government is so obsessed with "heavenly gold"?

When so many participating countries began to delay the delivery of heavenly gold in disguise, the world government also acted particularly tough...

I would rather compromise on my right to self-care than avoid any "gold from heaven"!

Is it because the "Heavenly Gold" belongs to the Celestial Dragons?

However, in order to appease the Fishman Island, Saint Charros has been slapped in the face, and he has even put restrictions on the Celestial Dragons' ability to capture fishman slaves. This shows that the World Government knows how to make concessions in this regard...

Money is indeed a good thing. Even for the revolutionary army, most of the high-level cadres are gathered together by ideas and beliefs, but the power of the grassroots, every soldier...Although they also have ideas and beliefs, at the same time, "money" It is also very important, otherwise how can we support hundreds of thousands of people?

However...the world government's current "money-obsessed" behavior is a bit confusing!

"There are even concessions on self-care rights and taxes, but 'Heavenly Gold' is not enough? If it is just for 'money' and 'resources', taxes should be the most direct... Could it be..." Guan Liyuan seemed to have thought of something, but Didn't figure it out.

The biggest difference between "heavenly gold" and "taxes" is that some of the latter are paid with beli, and some are paid with ordinary and rare resources, while "heavenly gold" must be gold!

This is also the reason why many non-gold-producing countries are overwhelmed by the "gold in the sky".

Could it be that gold has some special use? Due to insufficient conditions, Guan Liyuan could only guess here. After all, the World Government was "inexplicable" for more than a day or two!

Before, Guan Liyuan discovered that some small and isolated countries on the Red Earth Continent had no lapse in history, and he had doubted how the world government could make such mistakes - even if these small and isolated countries did not directly interact with the "sea", but only If we don’t destroy the historical records of these small countries, aren’t we afraid that any clues in them will be leaked?

Eight hundred years ago, the World Government destroyed all historical materials of all countries, except historical texts, and even documents that may be associated with historical records, and ensured that no one would dare to write this history... ...With such strength, you would actually make such a mistake?

For this reason, Guan Liyuan specially organized people to research the history or legends of these small and isolated countries. As a result... he really couldn't find any clues at all!

Could it be that the World Government also investigated this way back then? This is not in line with the world government's style of preferring to kill the wrong one rather than let it go!

However, Guan Liyuan did not think much at this time, but silently put down the newspaper and said at the same time: "It's good that you can actually sneak in here. Come out... you have something to talk to, not to assassinate me. Bar?"

"Of course not. I am not that whimsical. This time I made a special trip to visit His Excellency Guan Liyuan. I just chose this method to avoid unnecessary trouble. Please forgive me..."

I saw a man with unusually fair skin, slender figure, bright red lips and an uncomfortable smile, appearing at the door of Guan Liyuan's cabin...