Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 422: The government’s confidence?
"One hundred and fifty million at a time..."

"One hundred and fifty million twice..."

His eyes slowly swept over the group of lieutenant generals, and seeing that no one of them showed any movement to raise their hands, Flying Squirrel dropped the gavel to finalize the decision.

"…Three times! Deal!"

“Hehehe, thank you, Lieutenant General Canglong!”

At this time, Chatun smiled at Ron with a happy expression.

Ron blinked, realizing what was happening.

It turns out that this giraffe fruit is Chatun’s auction item!

A giraffe fruit, which is at the bottom of the weakest animal system, can be sold at a sky-high price of 150 million Beli. It is reasonable for Chatun to thank him.

Soon, an agent in a white suit packed the devil fruit in public, put it in a box, and came to Ron.

"Lieutenant General Canglong, Lieutenant General Chatun, would you like to pay in person or communicate privately?"

Chatun thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk privately. Just leave the things here."

"clear."

The man in white suit didn't say anything more, put the box down and turned to leave.

On the other side, seeing Ron's curious face, Cha Tun explained with a smile: "This is not some shady black market auction, and the government will not allow taboo things to flow into private hands, so every transaction is open and transparent. There is no need to be sneaky. It is very normal to pay in person."

After answering Ron's most surprising question, Chatun continued.

"But I think Vice Admiral Canglong was suddenly pulled in, and he probably didn't bring much cash, so just give me the money when you go back."

It is impossible for everyone who participates in the auction to be as rich as Ron. After most auction items are sold, the holders and buyers will privately exchange interests or other things, and the government does not care much about the twists and turns involved.

Ron seemed to understand something, and then he took out a sand-gold card from his pocket.

"I see. I really didn't bring much cash."

Who would have thought that he would encounter such an auction at the Navy Headquarters, with high-end items that were even more terrifying than the top black market auctions? Ron did not have much cash on him.

but……

I really have plenty of money!

Chatun stared at the gold card in amazement, the corners of his mouth twitching.

MMP!

Is this the VIP gold card of Golden Emperor Private Bank?
The bank that won’t accept customers without 10 billion in deposits?
The prepared speech was disrupted by this gold card. Chatun stared blankly at Ron calling a government agent who served as an attendant and asked him to take the gold card to handle the transfer procedures.

"Lieutenant General Cang...Lieutenant General Canglong, he is really a rich man!"

Chatun pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly and began to doubt his life.

They are all top-notch candidates for the general seats, so why is there such a big gap in wealth between them?

What do you want to do with 10 billion? ! !

Chatun was hit so hard that he began to doubt his life. He wondered if he could become so rich if he gave up his gambling habit.

On the other hand, the auction was not suspended just because Chatun began to think about life. The subsequent money transactions of the auction were handled by government agents, and soon the second auction item was pushed out.

"The Great Blade's Twenty-First Skill [Pufferfish Poison], the blade has its own neurotoxin, which will flow through the blood from the wound into the whole body, with amazing lethality!"

"The starting price is 200 million Baileys, and each bid must be no less than 10 million!"

This is a standard samurai sword, about one meter in length. The mirror-like blade is light purple and has water-like patterns on it, which adds a bit of evil to it.

After the flying squirrel finished speaking, Lieutenant General Stonobelli, who was sitting next to Taotu, suddenly said, "This sword can be exchanged for another large sword... well... as long as it can match my [Kamamiya]."

Stonobelli took out a long blade from his waist. At a glance, Ron knew why he took out the [Pufferfish Poison].

Because the weapon named [Kamaya] is more than one meter and three meters long. In comparison, [Fugu Du], which is less than one meter long, looks like a child.

There's no rule that says two-sword swordsmen have to use the same length of sword, but Stonobelli is clearly one of them.

[Pufferfish Poison] is too useless for him and cannot be used in conjunction with [Kamaya]. It is better to exchange or sell it and find another one.

Most of the lieutenant generals in our headquarters are good at swordsmanship + physical skills, so they can't use this [Pufferfish Poison] Stornobe, but the others can!
"Two hundred and thirty million!"

"Two hundred and fifty million!"

"..."

"Three hundred and ten million!"

Soon, the bids went up. Although the big knife was not as good as the supreme big knife, it was also a rare weapon. Every swordsman couldn't bear to miss it. If the flying squirrel didn't already have a big knife, he would also bid. Ron also didn't participate in the auction. He already had the Thunder Dragon Fang Tian Ji, and the other weapons were just a burden.

Moreover, even if you have money, you can't do whatever you want.

This auction was more of an exchange of stolen goods among the lieutenant generals in the headquarters, with each taking what they needed under the witness of the government.

If Ron took all of them...

Believe it or not, the Five Elders will invite you to have tea the next day? !
"Three hundred million Baileys!"

At this time, a bid lower than the existing price attracted the attention of the others. General Huoshaoshan looked at everyone with a smile and continued, "Then add a good and sharp sword, which will be almost the same as your [Kamaya]!"

"Hmm... is that your Flying Swallow?"

Stonobelli asked, and Fire Mountain nodded.

"Ok, I see."

Stonobelli got the answer he wanted and nodded to the flying squirrel.

"The good and fast sword Fifty Works [Flying Swallow] is estimated to be worth 170 million berries, with a total value of 470 million!"

Although a good sword is not likely to be highly regarded by people, things are valuable because they are rare. Compared with the devil fruits, of which even the government cannot count them until now, there are only fifty good swords, and an unknown number of them have been lost. It is normal that the price of a good sword is higher than that of a devil fruit.

After the flying squirrel named the final price, he raised the hammer.

"Four hundred and seventy million for the first time..."

"Four hundred and seventy million for the second time..."

"Four hundred and seventy million for the third time!"

state!
"make a deal!"

After that, the auction continued. Although Ron was quite knowledgeable, he still learned a lot here.

In addition to tangible auction items, intelligence and various materials can also be traded. At the same time, in addition to the lieutenant generals of the headquarters, government agents as representatives will also bid for certain auction items.

But since it was not something that had to be handed over, the lieutenant generals would not give them face. As long as they took a fancy to it, whoever could get it depended on their financial resources.

For example, the G-series base where Vice Admiral Strike Force is located recently discovered a mineral vein on the seabed. The preliminary exploration value is more than 5 billion, but it is extremely difficult to develop.

He put 30% of his shares up for auction in search of partners, and in the end, Taotu bought them for a whopping price of 1.3 billion.

The government spies didn't seem surprised at all that Taotu could come up with 1.3 billion Baileys, but their final bid was 1.2 billion, which had already reached the limit of the funds that could be mobilized, so the loss was very painful.

"Isn't it possible that Chief of Staff Crane is supporting Taotu behind the scenes?"

Ron watched this scene, deep in thought.

No one can tell how much profit a mineral vein can bring. If the preliminary exploration shows only 5 billion, plus the cost of development and transportation, the two can at most break even and earn some hard work fee.

But if it exceeds 5 billion or even tens of billions, it would be a huge profit!
With such benefits in front of us, it is worth it for Chief of Staff He to take action to obtain them.

Speaking of which, the navy is a strange organization. It is obviously an army and its military expenses should be fully funded by the government so that its lifeline can be controlled to prevent it from becoming too powerful to be controlled.

But the World Government does not prohibit military members from being self-reliant. As long as you have ways to make money and don't cause trouble, they can turn a blind eye.

Not to mention those naval scums who "made a living on their own" in the original book, just now, there is Ron who is as rich as a country.

He owns shares in both Golden City and Century City; he receives dividends from the arms business run by the Seven Warlords of the West Sea Flower Country, Old Cai; he accepts taxes on trade between Sky Island residents and Qinghai residents; his own G10 branch also robs from time to time... oh no, it clears out pirates...

All the income added up makes him rich!
This kind of hidden danger that endangers rule is simply unrealistic on Earth. Unless a country is so poor that it cannot support its army, it will never allow the army to do business.

But the World Government doesn't seem to be afraid at all that the army will be able to be self-sufficient and support itself, and then become too powerful to be eliminated.

Of course, the navy's main funding source is still the government. Even with all his wealth, Ron could only support three G10-sized branches.

And how can the combined number of navies of the world be matched by three G10s?
But the hidden dangers are obvious, why not stop it?

unless……

The government holds the trump card that allows it to easily suppress any rebellion by the army!

E.g……

Ancient weapons!

Ron frowned silently, and had some guesses in his mind.

"I hope I'm overthinking it!"

If that is true, even if he reaches Whitebeard's level in the future and wants to take over the World Government and rule the world, it is not realistic at all.

(End of this chapter)