Novel Star Chapter 369 Founding Ceremony (5)
Chapter 369 Founding Ceremony (5)
Some of these equipment they have seen are produced on Heping Island and can be regarded as first-class or even top-notch among similar products.
On the outside sea, only the top leaders of the various forces and the elite among the elite can afford to use such weapons.
Moreover, it is popularized in a small area.
After a cursory look, the envoy, who was not too bad at mathematics, had already estimated the total price of most of the weapons and equipment on these soldiers, except for weapons and equipment they did not recognize.
1000 million Baileys!
At least that's the number.
Although this is the selling price, most of these weapons and equipment are produced by Heping Island itself, and 1000 million is for external sales.
Even if the cost is only one-tenth, it is still 100 million.
1 soldiers is 100 billion.
It seemed that the number of soldiers, navy, air force, and special response operations troops, each consisting of two corps of [-] people, amounted to [-] elite troops.
If this is really the case, then the weapons and equipment on these soldiers alone are worth nearly [-] billion.
Remember, this is the cost price.
If it is for external sales, it will be one trillion!
Eighty thousand soldiers and nearly one trillion in weapons and equipment costs are placed on the sea. Apart from the World Government, obviously no other kingdom or force is willing to invest so much.
As for the World Government, even if it invests about the same amount, it still spends it on a navy numbering hundreds of thousands.
Including the navy's wages, the consumption of weapons, equipment and ammunition, as well as the maintenance costs of warships, etc.
In comparison, the weapons and equipment of the [-] soldiers of the Peace Island Kingdom alone are equivalent to the cost of the World Government's navy for almost a year.
Obviously, these [-] soldiers also have wages and various ammunition consumption.
Considering that the Heping Island Kingdom is famous for its high welfare, it not only implements free education, but also implements high welfare in many public industries.
Occupations like soldiers are obviously also in the category of high benefits.
If I remember correctly, the salary plus subsidies and bonuses for an ordinary soldier add up to about the same as an ordinary white-collar worker.
Although the income is not much, soldiers can enjoy various discounts and discounts when it comes to expenses.
Equivalently, with only the salary of an ordinary white-collar worker, you can enjoy a life that is almost double that of an ordinary white-collar worker.
Not to mention, some of the benefits for soldiers can also benefit their families.
And these are just ordinary soldiers.
These soldiers who appear are definitely the best among the best. Each one of them on the sea is almost equivalent to a pirate with a bounty of several million to tens of millions.
Coupled with this luxurious equipment and mutual cooperation, I am afraid that as long as he is not a lieutenant general or above, facing such a group of soldiers, the major general level will be in trouble.
If these soldiers are led by one major general level, or multiple major general levels, or even lieutenant general level, it will obviously be easier to gain an advantage when facing the major general level and lieutenant general level.
As for battles at the lieutenant general level and above, such as the general candidate level, these soldiers are no longer able to intervene.
If the destructive power of the lieutenant general level can destroy a town, then the deputy general level can even destroy an island.
As long as enough time is given, it is only a matter of time before an island that is not too big is wiped out.
Such strong men, like these ordinary soldiers, are already difficult to fight head-on, even if they have a numerical advantage.
Unless you use a weapon that can cause damage to the general candidate level or even the general level, regardless of the damage, you can compete with the strong men of this level.
Otherwise, at this level, the number of ordinary soldiers no longer means much.
It is basically difficult to see an elephant being killed by ants in this sea.
No matter what, no one on the sea can produce such an elite force of ten thousand people except the World Government.
Even the world government needs to get together and will not set up such a team specifically.
At least, not so many.
This is not only a symbol of strength, but also a symbol of wealth.
It is conceivable that if you want to cultivate such a team and be able to support it, the annual expenses alone are already a prohibitive figure.
"It would be great if our country also had such elite soldiers, even if there are only 1... only 3000 are enough."
After these envoys were envious, they couldn't help but think about it.
There is no doubt that with such elite soldiers, their country will become safer.
Although the pattern of the sea has been due to the emergence of the Heping Island Kingdom, it has become relatively stable and peaceful within the scope of Heping Island's influence.
However, not all the countries they live in are within this sphere of influence.
Moreover, not everyone is eager to join Heping Island. In this way, if they are within the influence of Heping Island, they will feel pressure.
Or maybe there are neighbors like Hyakushou Kaido and Big Mom, or maybe those pirate alliances in the New World are neighbors.
These neighbors are obviously not as friendly as Heping Island.
Being in the buffer zone between Peace Island and these forces is neither safe nor unsafe.
It's okay for the Peace Island Kingdom to be at peace with these forces, but if there is any sign of war, or even on the day of war, if it is squeezed in the middle, it is very likely to be crushed to pieces.
The live broadcast continued. Seeing a troop of ten thousand elite soldiers, ordinary people outside were envious and relieved at the same time.
This is a contradictory feeling.
Normally, if there are such elite soldiers, their own country should become very safe.
However, after various live science analysis, most of them also knew about the conspiracy of Tianshangjin.
Because of the existence of heavenly gold, their country will almost never have a chance to develop unless it breaks away from the world government.
Not to mention, raising such an elite team of soldiers.
The reason why they breathed a sigh of relief was that they were glad that their country did not have such elite soldiers.
Otherwise, these soldiers are most likely trained by nobles and kings.
In this way, if they want to resist and overthrow the nobles and kings, they will need to face such elite soldiers.
The difficulty will undoubtedly increase significantly, making them even more desperate.
So they are lucky now.
However, they will not thank the Tianlong people for their heavenly gold. They also know that it is precisely because of the heavenly gold that those nobles and kings will try their best to squeeze and exploit them.
Of course, even if there is no heavenly gold, these nobles and kings will inevitably exploit and squeeze them.
It's just that the degree is different.
Unlike the common people, the nobles and kings of the participating countries of the World Government felt envious and fearful when they saw these elites of the Peace Island Kingdom.
I am envious because I also hope to have such an elite team.
They don't introspect, but they can actually cultivate some elites.
Even if there is gold in the sky.
However, after paying the heavenly gold, the Tianlong people provided force protection.
If they themselves train military subordinates, then they themselves will not have the money to enjoy themselves.
After weighing the situation, they could not give up their enjoyment and chose to hand over their safety to the World Government.
Of course, some of them do this on their own initiative, simply unwilling to give up a life of enjoyment.
Some are forced to do this.
Among these participating countries, there is certainly no shortage of kings and nobles who have ambitions and want to get rid of the exploitation of the world government.
Some of them even want to become world nobles like the Celestial Dragons.
This is not wishful thinking.
Many of the more than 100 participating countries of the World Government have ancient histories.
Some have been around for about as long as the World Government, and some have existed even before the World Government.
Accumulated from generation to generation, even if they are constantly exploited by the world government, there is still a lot of foundation.
For example, a country like the West Sea Flower Country.
It is one of the oldest countries on the sea, and it can be seen that there is a general-level strongman like Cone Zhiqingjiao.
Wang Hai also learned specifically that the appearance of green peppers in the Kingdom of Flowers was not just an accident.
Almost every 100 years, a strong man of general level will appear in the Kingdom of Flowers, thus ensuring that the Kingdom of Flowers remains strong and prosperous.
Sometimes, the same generation can even have two strong men at the general level.
It was not just by chance that Zhou Yu was able to select Ananda and other high-level talents from the Kingdom of Flowers as a team for his father.
But the Kingdom of Flowers has such a foundation.
Not just the Kingdom of Flowers, similar ancient kingdoms, but also some.
Even the world government does not dare to go too far towards these ancient kingdoms.
Otherwise, there is no need to formulate such a conspiracy as Heavenly Gold.
Of course, the existence of Tiantianjin is not just to control these countries.
This is a complex issue.
Having said that, even the Kingdom of Flowers, which has powerful men at the level of generals, can only barely protect itself and cannot resist the World Government.
It is not that some kingdoms have tried to unite, but the existence of the world government is itself an alliance of interests.
Especially the Celestial Dragons, the so-called Twenty Kings, are said to be descendants of the Creator.
Wang Hai speculated that the Tianlong people may be related to the Sky Island people, and the source may come from the moon or the universe.
When they came to this planet, they were not invincible from the beginning.
Some evidence shows that before the world government, there seemed to have been a huge kingdom, which seemed to be related to the D family known as the natural enemies of God.
Therefore, the twenty kings are probably the branches, or twenty kingdoms, derived from the process of overthrowing the huge kingdom when the Celestial Dragons came to this planet.
In short, today's Celestial Dragons themselves are some of the most powerful royal families in the kingdom.
Just like today's Alabasta royal family, they were once one of the twenty royal families, and they were also considered Celestial Dragons, but they did not live in the Holy Land of Mary Joa.
However, relatively speaking, today's Alabasta has declined.
Based on the intelligence collected, Wang Hai had another speculation about the origin of the Tianlong people.
They may also be the descendants of the bloodline that was infiltrated by extraterrestrial visitors in the huge kingdom.
Only in this way can we explain why they claim to be descendants of the Creator.
In short, no matter what, after these Celestial Dragons occupied the high position of rule, in order to limit other kings from threatening themselves, they developed the Celestial Gold System.
It’s not just the heavenly gold system. If this system cannot restrain some ambitious kingdoms, they will find various ways to suppress it.
It is not unheard of to even deliberately let pirates subvert things.
After all, to them, the existence of pirates is as much a factor in inhibiting the development of these kingdoms as the heavenly gold.
It is also because of this that today, almost none of these franchised countries has been able to develop.
In other words, the kingdoms that tried to develop and get rid of the exploitation and oppression of the Celestial Dragons have either disappeared into history, or have recognized the reality and chosen to mess up.
A kingdom like Alabasta does not have too much oppression and exploitation of civilians, and its rule is relatively peaceful. If it were not for the origin of one of the twenty royal families, it is also quite smart and does not deliberately develop and grow.
Otherwise, they will also become part of the suppressed group.
Of course, most of the land in Alabasta is desert, and only a very small part is an oasis. It is obviously difficult to develop.
It has been in decline for hundreds of years, so there is no surprise.
Now, watching the live broadcast of the Peace Island Kingdom, these kingdoms have more ideas.
The kings and nobles who had voluntarily given up developing their own countries for pleasure thought of the ten kingdoms that had just been overthrown by Dorag's team not long ago.
They know that these overthrown kingdoms are hopeless, and the world government will only pretend to do so and will not really save them.
If it were put to them, if they were overthrown and they had exploited and oppressed civilians for so many years, they would probably have their heads chopped off by the civilians immediately.
When the time comes, even the World Government helps them regain their kingdom and take revenge.
But everyone is dead, so there is no point.
So, if they don't want this to happen, they need to do something.
Or, be nicer to civilians.
However, they are skeptical about this and are not sure whether this will dissuade these civilians from overthrowing them.
Thinking about it from another position, they don’t think so.
And if we treat these civilians better, what will happen to the gold in the sky?
Did they pay for it themselves?
Therefore, they are more inclined to build a powerful force loyal to themselves.
Just like the elite soldiers of the Peace Island Kingdom.
Anyway, they have to spend money.
As for the World Government, they do not expect to receive any useful protection from the World Government at this time.
Unless it costs a lot of money.
And there is a high probability that this money will be more than what they need to spend to cultivate a military force themselves.
In addition to some people who wanted to protect themselves and began to figure out what to do, there were also some nobles and kings whose ambitions began to ignite again.
Although they have always had to fend for themselves, now they finally see a little hope.
At this time, the energy and attention of the world government were attracted to the Peace Island Kingdom.
This also gives them a chance.
At the same time, they are also considering how to transform the civilians under their rule from potential rebels into their own strength.
There are also some people who are already considering going to sea directly to become pirates.
That's right, going to sea to be a pirate.
In the original plot, King Valpo of the Drum Island Kingdom abandoned his people and fled with his men when Blackbeard attacked the kingdom.
At this time, some kings of kingdoms already wanted to escape with their wealth and men before the civilians resisted or were recruited by the World Government.