At Zesi's command, the Azure Emperor Pirates pushed forward with all their might.
Overnight, numerous Azure Emperor Kingdom Bank and Azure Emperor Kingdom Supermarket appeared throughout the Azure Emperor Territory.
The Azure Emperor Kingdom Bank is responsible for issuing the Azure Empire's currency, also known as the Azure Dragon Coin.
The Azure Emperor Pirates originally planned to name their currency Azure Emperor Coin.
And Zesi's image was printed on it.
But Zesi rejected it.
He doesn't want to become money.
So in the end they carved a dragon on it, a blue dragon, the dragon Zesi used when Azure Dragon's Roar.
Currently, within the Azure Emperor Territory, the exchange rate between Azure Dragon Coin and Beli is 1:5. Meanwhile, the Azure Emperor Kingdom Supermarket sells a variety of daily necessities and food.
However, the prices sold at Azure Emperor Supermarket are different from current prices.
These are prices in the Azure Emperor Territory before prices skyrocketed.
That is, the price of the goods is the same as what they were sold for a few months ago, and that's the price now.
The value of the Beli has now depreciated by about ten times due to rising prices.
In other words, if you exchange Beli for Azure Dragon Coin now...
Then use Azure Dragon Coin to shop at the Azure Emperor Kingdom Supermarket.
That means your Beli has only depreciated by about five times.
This has led many people to frantically exchange their Beli for Azure Dragon Coin.
In the past, the issuance of Azure Dragon Coin would have been difficult to gain acceptance.
After all, no matter how strong your Azure Emperor Pirates, you're still just a pirate crew.
Who would accept the currency you issue?
They certainly wouldn't exchange Beli for the currency you issue. But now that the Beli has depreciated so much, what's worse is that people can't be sure how much further Beli will depreciate.
As the value of the Beli continues to depreciate, it may one day become as worthless as toilet paper.
It would be better to exchange it for Azure Dragon Coin and buy things at the Azure Emperor Kingdom Supermarket.
The Azure Emperor Pirates also made a considerable profit from this transaction.
In the Azure Emperor Territory, the massive influx of Beli caused prices to rise rapidly, resulting in the devaluation of Beli.
However, due to the difficulties in transportation New World and the outside world.
This prevented the news from reaching the outside world and the currency from flowing out.
Therefore, for a period of time, the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Blues will not see a devaluation of the Beli.
No one else can take Beli outside the New World to use him.
But the Azure Emperor Pirates can transport Beli to the outside world.
Then they buy goods from outside and sell them.
In other words, they could easily earn at least five times the profit in this currency exchange.
Even robbing someone wouldn't be more profitable than this.
Moreover, people rushed into banks to exchange for Azure Dragon Coin, which had even stronger purchasing Azure Dragon Coin.
This led to the Azure Dragon Coin becoming extremely popular in the Azure Emperor Territory, generating immeasurable profits.
In fact, Zesi already knew about it when the World Government was printing ten trillion Beli.
The Azure Emperor Pirates ' Secret Affairs Unit has already begun operations under the direction of Sebast.
With the support of a large amount of money from the Azure Emperor Pirates.
With such a massive influx of funds, some results were naturally achieved.
Of course, if they didn't even notice such a big move by the World Government, then this Secret Affairs Unit is unnecessary!
Fortunately, Sebast did have some tricks up his sleeve.
With a massive amount of money poured in, they also bribed many people in the World Government.
So they made some preparations before the World Government even began to take action.
For example, the establishment of banks and supermarkets in various countries.
For example, the research and development of currency, the production of Seastone ships that can navigate Calm Belt, and so on.
Thanks to the actions of the Azure Emperor Pirates, the situation in the Azure Emperor Territory finally improved somewhat.
In particular, the opening of cargo transport in the first half of the Grand Line has allowed a large amount of supplies to enter the New World and the Azure Emperor Territory from the first half of the Grand Line.
The Azure Emperor Pirates also possess Seastone ships that can navigate the Calm Belt.
It crosses the Calm Belt to reach the North Blue and the West Blue.
A large amount of food and grain was also transported here. With food and grain, the Azure Emperor Territory could not descend into chaos.
"A pirate couldn't possibly have such methods. It seems the Azure Emperor Pirates have a powerful figure behind them!" The Five Elders frowned as they received the report from their subordinates.
"So what if he has a powerful backer? The difference in strength is too great, making people spend money even faster," another of the Five Elders said.
"Although the Azure Emperor Pirates can purchase supplies from the Grand Line and even across the Calm Belt from the North Blue and West Blue Blues, it's ultimately too late to help them in their immediate predicament. If we intensify our efforts, they will have no chance of resistance!"
"Indeed, to transport goods from the first half of the Grand Line into the New World, one must pass through the Fish-Man Kingdom, which lies ten thousand meters below the sea. Even if the Azure Emperor Pirates have Fish-Man, it would be extremely difficult and dangerous for their ship to pass through there, and they wouldn't be able to transport much cargo."
Even if the Azure Emperor Pirates built a ship capable of traversing the Calm Belt, it's clear that such a ship couldn't be mass-produced; otherwise, they wouldn't have only a few ships traveling between the North Blue and the New World!
"It seems they're using Seastone. The Science Department has also suggested using Seastone to prevent ships from being targeted by Sea Kings when traveling through the Calm Belt."
" Seastone is an extremely rare mineral, with a very high market price. It's used to pave the bottom of ships, and a single ship requires a large amount of Seastone. How could it be used on a large scale!" "Have people speed up the procurement within the Azure Emperor Territory. Didn't he open a bank to exchange for Beli? Let's bankrupt it!" The Five Elders said magnanimously.