In a conference room in Dressrosa.
Satoru Gojo sat at the head of the table.
Esdeath, Sasuke, Enel, Lucci and his five companions, Koratt, the former king, King Riku, Rebecca, Kyros, and the others sat in two rows before Satoru Gojo.
Kyros was King Riku's son-in-law and Rebecca's father. For resisting Doflamingo, he had been turned into a toy by Sugar, one of Doflamingo's officers. After regaining his human form, he had reunited with Rebecca.
Kyros was a rare talent, an accomplished swordsman who had once achieved a hundred consecutive victories as a gladiator in the Corrida Colosseum.
Dressrosa now needed rebuilding on every front and was short of talented people, so Satoru Gojo had also taken Kyros, King Riku, and the others under his command.
Everyone had gathered here to discuss national policy.
"Starting today, Dressrosa will abolish the nobility!"
Satoru Gojo began his address.
At once, everyone's expression changed except for Esdeath, Sasuke, and Enel.
Abolish the nobility?
The system of nobility was recognized by every country in the world. The Celestial Dragons, in particular, were its staunchest practitioners, for they were the world's nobles, standing above everyone else!
Yet Satoru Gojo now wanted to abolish it. That meant opposing the Celestial Dragons' system! It meant becoming their enemy!
Apart from Esdeath, Sasuke, and Enel, they all knew how terrifying the Celestial Dragons were. No one in this world could resist their rule!
Lucci and his five companions, in particular, knew full well how terrifying the World Government was. Yet even the World Government was under the Celestial Dragons' control. One could only imagine how frightening their power was.
A sharp gleam flashed through King Riku's eyes as he looked at Satoru Gojo and asked:
"Your Majesty, why abolish the nobility?"
"The earliest nobles were people who followed a country's founding king and fought to establish the nation. Afterward, the king granted them noble status as a reward."
"They might have been good at conquering a country, but that didn't necessarily make them qualified to govern it or administer their own territories. Besides, noble status is hereditary. There's no guarantee their descendants will be capable administrators either!"
"These corrupt nobles have neither the ability to govern a country nor outstanding military talent. Their inherited status makes them feel entitled and superior to others, and exploiting commoners becomes routine."
"How could a country governed by nobles like these not decline?"
King Riku agreed with Satoru Gojo's words and said:
"What you say is true, Your Majesty. But if the nobility is abolished, who will govern the country?"
"We'll establish a system for selecting officials, using examinations to choose people with the talent to govern the country!"
"Officials selected this way will administer more efficiently, and the country will be better governed."
After hearing Satoru Gojo's explanation, King Riku understood.
"Let talented people govern the country, with everyone equal in the selection examinations. It gives commoners a chance to govern. Your Majesty is wise!"
King Riku looked at Satoru Gojo with admiration. He had never expected a pirate like Satoru Gojo to possess such administrative talent. Entrusting the country to him surely would not be a mistake.
Satoru Gojo continued:
"After abolishing the nobility, distribute all their land to the commoners. We must also enact laws prohibiting the buying and selling of land, forced purchases and seizures, and any other form of land consolidation!"
"These are the details regarding the abolition of the nobility and the system for selecting officials. They take effect today!"
With that, Satoru Gojo handed them documents he had purchased from the system that were suitable for implementation in Dressrosa.
"Read them carefully when you get back. That's all for the country's institutions today. Next, let's discuss the economy and trade!"
"Kalifa, how much money do we have in total?"
"Your Majesty, the ransom for the Marine prisoners was 27 billion Beli. Including the money obtained from defeating Doflamingo and the Jujutsu Pirates' own funds, we have approximately 50 billion Beli in total!"
"Fifty billion Beli!"
Koratt, Rebecca, King Riku, Kyros, and the others cried out in surprise at Kalifa's report!
When had they ever seen that much money?
"Hmm, it's still a little short!"
Short?!
Koratt, Rebecca, and the others wondered if they had misheard!
He thought even 50 billion Beli was too little!
It was not actually that Satoru Gojo was greedy. Rather, he wanted to turn Dressrosa into a modern nation.
That money was more than enough for the development of most countries in the world today, but Satoru Gojo did not intend to build Dressrosa into a country just like the others.
Although all kinds of facilities and equipment could be purchased from the system, they were expensive. Fifty billion Beli really was not much.
"Lucci, have you secured Doflamingo's network of contacts?"
"Your Majesty, we've secured most of them. Merchants pursue profit. We promised that Dressrosa would take Doflamingo's place and continue supplying them with goods, and they're all willing to trade with us!"
"Very good!"
"Lucci, use their channels to promote mobile phones now! Sell them each phone for 5,000 Beli, and let them take a commission of 1,000 Beli for every phone sold. Mobile phones will be a powerful tool for bringing us enormous profits!"
"Yes!"
The system sold a mobile phone for 2,000 Beli. Satoru Gojo would sell it for 5,000 Beli and let the middleman earn 1,000 Beli, leaving a net profit of 2,000 Beli per phone!
Mobile phones had far too many advantages over Den Den Mushi. They were inexpensive, did not require the careful tending that Den Den Mushi needed, had no limits on communication range-anything produced by the system was guaranteed to be top quality-and so on.
With the Nautical Map App on the phones as well, they were certain to be popular in a world surrounded by seas!
"Additionally, this is the plan for establishing a restaurant chain!"
Satoru Gojo had also paid the system to tailor this plan specifically for Dressrosa.
The plan covered chef training, restaurant service etiquette, and more. The chain would be called Dressrosa Restaurant and specialize in Chinese cuisine!
With its history spanning thousands of years, Chinese cuisine would definitely be sought after!
Of course, Satoru Gojo was not establishing a restaurant chain solely for profit. It would also serve as a source of intelligence.
People on the seas were uninhibited, and a great deal of intelligence could be learned at the dining table.
"Lucci, build three Dressrosa Restaurants in Dressrosa within three months. Within a year, make sure there's at least one Dressrosa Restaurant in every country around the world that requires particular attention!"
"Recruit whatever staff you need yourself, and get the funds you need from Kalifa!"
"As you command!"
"Kaku, Blueno, the four of you are to go to other countries and bring back refugees and anyone else willing to come to Dressrosa by cargo ship. Dressrosa needs a substantial population to become the world's strongest nation. But remember, they must come voluntarily. No coercion!"
"As you command!"
"Good. Next, I'll assign your positions. Esdeath, Sasuke, you two are promoted to Admiral. Enel is promoted to Vice Admiral. Kalifa will be Minister of Finance, Lucci will be Minister of Intelligence, Kyros will command the Royal Palace Imperial Guard, Rebecca will command the King's Guard, and King Riku will be..."
Satoru Gojo appointed them to their positions one by one.
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