Chapter 178: The Prelude to the Great Expansion! (Chapter 1) (Ch 178)

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Before the opening of this year’s World Conference, more than 170 member states and small member regions such as the Seven Water City will also start the transportation of heavenly gold.

Countries that are unable to offer Heavenly Gold to the World Government will be expelled from the World Government. However, there are still many countries in the world waving Baileys and want to join the World Government system.

Unlike the meeting of fifty member states, the delivery of heavenly gold will start earlier than the World Conference, but will end much later, and may even span half a year.

One month after the World Conference, the joint operation between the Navy Headquarters and Claudius – the Sky Island Gold Rush – came to an end.

All the gold on the Sky Island has been transported down. According to the joint valuation of both parties, the value of this gold far exceeds the previous estimates of Claudius and General Sengoku.

At the beginning, the two of them estimated together that the gold town on this sky island must be worth at least 50 billion Beli. If they calculated it higher, it could be worth 200 billion or even 300 billion Beli, which would be quite satisfactory.

As a result, after all the gold was delivered, CP-X and the Navy Headquarters formed an expert group to conduct a special valuation. Within two weeks, the valuation of this treasure had reached 500 billion berries, which directly doubled the value of Claudius and General Sengoku.

In fact, it is not Claudius and General Sengoku’s fault that they are too weak. After all, they are not professionals. If calculated according to the value of pure gold, it is worth about 300 billion berries.

But the problem is that all this gold is four hundred years old, and many of them are original handicrafts, such as golden crowns, jewelry, scepters and the like.

These things fully meet the standards of antiques. At the same time, they carry the legendary color of the land of gold. Their value is far beyond the value of ordinary gold.

However, most of the gold is used to make brick walls and the like, and does not have much historical value. Otherwise, the value of the Land of Gold would be at least trillions of berries.

This made General Sengoku and Claudius feel regretful for a while.

It was worth 500 billion, and the Navy Headquarters and Claudius divided it 50-50, giving each half, about 250 billion gold each.

The headquarters of the Navy, Marineford, is a secret port located in the direction of the scientific forces. Twenty-five old warships are anchored in this port. There seem to be a lot of things piled on the decks of the warships, but all of these things are covered with canvas.

At this time, a group of naval leaders, led by General Warring States, boarded one of the warships. It was covered with canvas, so it did not have much impact. But when the canvas was lifted, a bright, golden light emanated. The whole ship was full of gold, which dazzled everyone.

“This… this…” Marshal Steel’s eyes flashed with shock. With his willpower, he murmured a few words before calming down. Pointing at the remaining old warships in the port, he asked, “These 25 warships… are all gold?”

General Zhan Guo nodded, with an extremely excited smile on his face, and said, “Yes, all 25 warships are full of them, on the decks, in the cabins… all of them!”

Garp walked forward, stretched out his hand and pulled out some gold nuggets from the pile of gold, smacked his lips and said, “Although our navy’s annual military expenditure is not less than this, but… the feeling of facing gold directly… No wonder so many people are flocking to it.”

The navy’s military expenditure is hundreds of billions of berries a year. Over the years, we have become accustomed to hearing this, but now, facing the mountains of gold, we have to admit how powerful it is.

“With this gold, a hundred warships are no longer a dream!!!” Sakaski said with a fiery look in his eyes.

Chief of Staff Ahe was still very indifferent. After all, it was she who transported all the gold. Of course, her performance was not much better when she faced the Land of Gold, Shandora, on Sky Island.

“Having gold in hand is a good thing, but the problem is, how do we convert the gold into cash? In terms of channels, we don’t have many ways.” Chief of Staff Ahe said in a deep voice.

Gion was playing with a gold bracelet in his hand. After listening to what Chief Advisor Ahe said, he nodded and said, “Yes, not having many channels to cash out is a problem.”

Marshal Ganggu looked at Zhan Guo after hearing this and asked, “How did you discuss this with His Highness?”

Zhan Guo smiled and then said, “It doesn’t have to be so troublesome. Regarding the purchase of warships, we can directly use gold bars to trade. Anyway, the trading partner is Tom Shipbuilding Company in Seven Water City. This is the company owned by His Highness. There is no need to worry about being forced to lower the price. With the system of Seven Water City, it can completely digest this gold. As for the rest, I haven’t thought about it yet.”

“It’s good enough to have warships to buy. As for the rest…if you’re not afraid of attracting too much attention, you can just exchange the gold bars for military expenses and pay them out as wages, and you can cash them out directly.” Teacher Zefa said with some emotion.

This is true. The naval system is huge. If it is not afraid of being exposed, it can easily digest this gold internally.

“There’s no rush anyway, so let’s start with the warships.” Marshal Cyborg thought for a moment and nodded.

After finishing talking about this matter, they talked about the development of the Calm Belt. The general plan has been worked out. Claudius and General Sengoku decided to start development from the surrounding areas with Nine Snake Island, Amazon, and Lily as the radiation center.

At this time in the Holy Land of Marijoa, Claudius was also holding a Den Den Mushi in his hand, communicating with Doflamingo.

“How is it, cousin? Do you still like the gift I gave you?” Doflamingo asked with a smile on the other side of the Den Den Mushi.

Claudius looked at the golden bell in front of him in the courtyard, smiled, and said, “Very good, but why are there two less of my ships?”

The Warring States general was also very generous. He gave all 25 retired old warships to Claudius at once. There was not much use for them anyway. In the end, in order to keep the technology and structure of the ships confidential, they had to be destroyed. It was impossible to sell them as second-hand ships.

But it doesn’t matter if it’s given to Claudius, because he is one of us, a Celestial Dragon, and it’s impossible for him to covet the technology of the warship, because if he wants, he can just ask for it.

There were fifty warships, and with the cooperation between Chief of Staff Azuru and Doflamingo, not a single one was lost. The navy had twenty-five ships, but Claudius only had twenty-three.

“Fufufufufufu, what do you mean two ships are missing? Oh, by the way, if I remember correctly, they seemed to have sunk halfway?” Doflamingo said with a smile.

“You…” Klaus also smiled, and then said, “When you spend money, don’t make a big fuss. I have to keep a low profile. Do you understand?”

“Don’t worry, cousin. No one in the dark world will ask you where the gold comes from…” Doflamingo smiled and responded.

“Well, let’s not talk about this anymore. Remember this news. The last batch of Heavenly Gold will come from…” Claudius picked up a piece of paper from the table and whispered to Doflamingo.

Doflamingo also quickly wrote down the information given by Claudius, and then he asked with a smile: “Fufufu, cousin, after this vote is completed, I should become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, right?”

“Of course, then you can attack Dressrosa. The World Government will agree to this. Of course, the premise is that you do it well enough.” Claudius smiled and said.

“Don’t worry, it will definitely be beautiful.” Doflamingo said.

After the two chatted for a few more words, they hung up the Den Den Mushi. Not long after, Tesoro walked over to Claudius and asked very respectfully, “Your Highness, are you looking for me?”

“Well, Tesoro, how are you doing in your studies?” Claudius looked at the boy and asked with a smile.

Tezulo said confidently: “Perhaps I am really as talented as you said, Your Highness.”

“Hahaha, you are very confident. Good. I like confident people. Then, it’s time to ask you to go out and do some real work…” Claudius smiled and said.

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