As Nan Feng's unquestionable reform order was officially issued, the entire Purple Pearl Island, which was originally like a piece of scattered sand, began an extremely stiff and painful gear bite under the absolute threat of force.
If you want to carry out thorough reform and turn a dilapidated pirate den into a golden hub for monopolizing shipping, the first and most critical link is money!
Whether it is setting up a regular "Purple Pearl Navy" to pay the military, or expanding deep-water ports, building fortifications, shops and inns, extremely large funds are needed to support it.
The core essence of the establishment and operation of any organization or country is always the distribution of interests and the flow of resources.
And now Purple Pearl Island, after a day and night of thorough investigation, revealed a fatal problem that almost made Nan Feng vomit blood - these pirates don't know how to use money at all!
They have indeed robbed countless gold and silver treasures in the past hundreds of years by killing people and stealing goods at sea.
However, they do not understand capital operations at all and do not know how to make money from this money.
Even if it is a mountain of gold, if it is just tightly covered in bed or buried underground and does not flow, what is the difference between it and a pile of broken stones?
In Nan Feng's original expectation, Purple Pearl Island was the largest gathering place for pirates and a den for selling stolen goods in the continent. No matter how much they squandered, the combined treasure troves of various pirate groups on the island should have an astonishing wealth of several million Gold Soul Coin.
But reality gave him a loud slap in the face.
After Zi Zhenzhu led people to conduct a door-to-door search, even scraping off a layer of the land.
The numbers finally summarized in front of Nan Feng made him fall into a long silence - the entire Purple Pearl Island, plus all the pirate leaders' private vaults, only found less than 100,000 Gold Soul Coin!
"Where's the money?" Nan Feng sat on the chair, rubbing his eyebrows, looking at the pitiful number, feeling extremely ridiculous.
"This... teacher..."
Zi Zhenzhu rubbed his hands in embarrassment and explained with a wry smile, "Although Purple Pearl Island was able to rob many merchant ships full of treasure in the past,... the rule in our industry is to live in the present."
"Those powerful pirate leaders often change their identities directly after they have saved enough money, take the money and run away to the mainland to become rich."
"So, although this island has a lot of money, it has no foundation at all! All the big money was taken away by the successive bosses."
Zi Zhenzhu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to add, "Moreover, for those pirates below, the money comes and goes even faster! Their favorite pastimes are gambling and finding women. After many people get the money, they go to those underground casinos to spend huge sums of money as soon as they land, losing even their underwear, and then come back to continue their robberies at sea."
"For them, even if they grab boxes of gold bars, as long as they don't exchange them for wine, meat and chips, the gold is no different from a pile of broken rocks..."
Listening to Zi Zhenzhu's "simple" pirate economics, Nan Feng covered his face in pain, feeling deeply helpless and suffocated.
He finally understood. These bandits were not only illiterate, but also complete financial idiots!
They don't even have the most basic concepts of "capital accumulation" and "investment and reproduction". They are just a group of locusts who only care about eating today and don't care whether they live or die tomorrow!
Less than 100,000 Gold Soul Coin, this amount of money may be a huge sum of money in the eyes of ordinary people, but if it is used to start a super project that will change the maritime transportation pattern of the entire continent, it is not enough to even make a fuss!
"I'm really impressed by you losers..."
Nan Feng sighed. His original plan was to first use Purple Pearl Island's own background to set up the preliminary framework of the deep-water port and the navy, and achieve some decent political achievements.
Then use a relatively strong and reciprocal attitude to negotiate and cooperate with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so that they can have more say in the distribution of interests.
But now it seems that this broken island is so poor that it is completely a bottomless pit.
"Forget it, plans can't keep up with changes."
Nan Feng made an immediate decision and pointed to the account book and ordered Zi Zhenzhu: "From the less than one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin left, take half of the funds. You immediately organize your personnel to go to sea and go to nearby coastal cities to purchase a large amount of building materials, food and basic supplies! First, stabilize the lives of the more than 6,000 residents on the island, and roughly set up the navy's frame."
"In the next period of time, you will train those pirates on the island for me. Follow the military regulations I gave you. If you dare to disobey, you will be killed directly!"
Nan Feng stood up and clapped his hands. "Leave the rest to me. I will go back to Heaven Dou City to fool... well, to convince Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to bring a lot of gold coins and top construction craftsmen to help us transform this island!"
After explaining the specific infrastructure matters and management permissions, Nan Feng did not stay longer at Purple Pearl Island.
He left Purple Pearl Island, found a deserted place on the sea, directly pushed Soul Power of Level 98 Peak Douluo to the extreme, and turned back at full speed in the direction of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Since there is no limit on the speed of the ship, coupled with the tireless characteristics of the energy clone Nan Feng.
In less than two days, the petite figure wearing a black windbreaker appeared again on the bustling and noisy streets of Heaven Dou City.
Moonlight Pavilion.
When Nan Feng appeared again in the elegant room on the top floor of the Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua looked at the little ancestor who had disappeared for more than a month and suddenly appeared again, with a complicated light flashing in his eyes.
"Go, help me contact the old man Xue Ye."
Nan Feng sat down on the expensive sofa unceremoniously, picked up the top-quality tea on the table and took a sip, "Just tell me, I have brought Sea God Island's initial sincerity about cooperation. Let him prepare his money bag."
Tang Yuehua did not dare to neglect, and immediately arranged for his confidants to send the message to the palace.
This time, the royal family's reaction was astonishingly fast.
The message was just sent in this afternoon.
In less than an hour, the streets of Heaven Dou City heard the sound of uniform and powerful horse hooves.
The commander of the Imperial Guards, Ge Long, personally led a thousand fully armed elite Imperial Guards who represented the highest royal guard of honor, and came to the door of the Moonlight Pavilion in a mighty manner.
"Ge Long, by the order of His Majesty, I am here to welcome His Majesty the Demon God... to the palace for a banquet!"
Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
In the splendid back hall of the royal study, Xue Ye had already ordered someone to prepare an extremely luxurious private banquet.
In order to show the importance to this "Sea God Island special envoy", there were not even maids at the banquet, only the former veteran Ge Feng was accompanying him.
When Nan Feng, led by Ge Long, strode into the back hall, Xue Ye immediately came forward with a smile on his face.
"The devil's crown prince, I haven't seen you for a month, your grace is even better than before!" Xue Ye greeted warmly.
However, Nan Feng is not in the mood to cater to this kind of hypocritical and cowardly officialdom.
Without even looking at the luxurious banquet table, he walked straight to the front seat and sat down, interrupting Xue Ye's polite remarks straight to the point:
"Okay, Your Majesty, please don't bother with the polite words."
"I have already gone back to Sea God Island about the matter you asked me for last time, and reported it to the high priest truthfully."
Xue Ye The smile on his face suddenly faded, and a trace of unconcealable tension and expectation flashed in his eyes.
"What did the high priest say?" Xue Ye asked eagerly.
Nan Feng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and sighed with some regret:
"The High Priest heard about the Spirit Hall's current behavior. He truly sympathizes with your country's situation and wants to intervene to maintain the balance of the continent."
"But..."
Nan Feng put down the tea cup and looked directly at Xue Ye,
"Your Majesty, you don't know. We Sea God Island have an iron law that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years."
"All Soul Master of Sea God Island, after passing the assessment of Sea God Sacred Pillar and accepting the baptism of Lord Sea God, will not be allowed to leave Sea God Island for the rest of their lives! Otherwise, they will be regarded as betraying their faith and will surely bear the punishment and wrath of Lord Sea God!"
"Back then, Spirit Hall launched a large-scale invasion and lost two Titled Douluo and thousands of elites in Sea God Island. It can be said that the two sides formed a bloody feud."
"However, after the incident, we Sea God Island did not send anyone to the mainland to retaliate against the Spirit Hall. A large part of the reason is that Sea God Island's Soul Master is restricted by the rules set by the gods and cannot easily leave the island."
"So, His Majesty wants Sea God Island to directly send troops to the mainland and form an official military alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire... I'm sorry, although the high priest has intentions, Sea God Island's rules cannot be violated."
As soon as these words came out, Xue Ye's face darkened visibly to the naked eye, and most of the confidence he had gained from grabbing the life-saving straw of "Sea God Island" was drained away in an instant.
He leaned forward anxiously, his voice even trembling:
"Your Majesty the Demon God! Rules are dead, but people are alive!"
"You have also seen the situation in the mainland now. Spirit Hall's ambition and intention to annex the world are clearly revealed! If Sea God Island still sticks to the old ways and clings to the rules of his ancestors, when the day comes Spirit Hall will completely annex the two empires, regroup, and use all the strength of the continent to attack Sea God Island again..."
Xue Ye beat the table sadly. "At that time, no matter how deep Sea God Island is, his two fists will not be able to defeat four hands! Sea God Island may be far away overseas, but we, Heaven Dou Empire, are still in a real fight! The high priest has great foresight, can't he see through this?"