Dispatching Troops to Zou

How much could a noble's total assets amount to? Or rather, what kind of wealth qualified someone as a noble?

Long Yi had not known before.

After all, those memories did not belong to him. Everything about Long Yi, the farm boy, had nothing to do with him.

Later, after joining the Marine camp, all his food, clothing, and daily necessities were supplied by the military. He had never needed to worry about them.

After that, Long Yi gradually came to understand Beli's purchasing power. During his time in the North Blue, he had struggled to make a living and fully realized the importance of money.

Things became much simpler afterward. He joined the Yatogami Family, never had to worry about food or clothing, rose to become a Marine field officer, and gained power. On Skypiea, he had even acquired a nation forged from gold.

Long Yi did not lack money. His personal fortune would last for several lifetimes.

But this money was different!

"Keep your spirits up, all of you! Don't disgrace us New World Marines!"

Standing in the square and looking sharply at the black-clad Marines under his command, Yamakaji, the direct commander of the New World's First Division, wore an unprecedentedly stern expression.

The mission of landing on Mary Geoise to seize noble estates and move the military funds had been entrusted to the First Division. He could not afford to mess it up and embarrass the Supreme Commander.

"Yes, Vice Admiral!"

To be honest, the Marines stationed at the Zou Mobile Fortress were not the New World Marines' most elite troops. The true elites had long since been selected by the special operations officers and left behind in the New World to form Nightwing, the shield stretching across the coastline.

Even if they were the ones