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"Report to the Governor."
"All the soldiers of the 1st Division are already at the base, ready for orders."
"With just one command from you, the swords of the First Branch can strike the East Blue, South Blue, and West Blue at any time."
T Bone stood up from his chair and reported to Rosen that the Marine of the 1st branch was on standby.
He is not like Douglas Bullet, Gild Tesoro, Vinsmoke Judge and others, who hold important positions besides being a Marine.
Therefore, what we have to do every day is to fight pirates outside and train Marines inside.
Of course, there is also the need to wait for Rosen's orders.
"Very good."
Seeing Bullet, who led the "Bullet" secret special unit, and T Bone, who commanded the 1st branch army, say this, Rosen smiled with satisfaction.
"Judge."
"The Marine of Branch 1 will soon be dispatching to the West, East, and South Blues. As for the universal deployment of the first-generation combat uniforms across the military, how long will it take your science class to fully implement this?"
He looked at Vinsmoke Judge.
In cross-sea operations, in addition to manpower, equipment and logistics are also crucial.
Since the troops heading to the front line are on standby at all times, equipment, logistics and other issues must keep up.
In particular, how many troops the 1st branch can dispatch does not depend on how many Marine officers there are in the branch, but on how many sets of combat uniforms they have.
A Marine with combat uniforms is called military strength, while one without combat uniforms is called logistics.
"First Generation Battle Uniform (Fracción Version)."
"If funding is not a concern, the science class can increase its production capacity to 30 sets per month."
"As for the second-generation combat suit (Espada version), even if we don't consider the funding issue, due to the limitations of technology and materials, we can only produce three sets per month."
As the head of the Special Science Class, Vinsmoke Judge was well aware of Rosen's emphasis on the widespread use of combat uniforms throughout the army.
Of course, it wasn't just Rosen; every senior executive sitting in the conference room was very concerned about this matter.
After all, the popularization of combat uniforms throughout the army is related to the strength of a force.
It also concerns whether the 1st Branch can become the new Marine headquarters.
"Funds?"
"Tell me, how much do you want?"
"So far, all the wealthy countries and islands within the North Blue have my business."
When Vinsmoke Judge mentioned the issue of money, Gild Tesoro immediately became alert.
As the Minister of Finance of the 1st Branch of the Marine, he is not like Donquixote Doflamingo, who is involved in businesses such as arms and population.
However, in the Grand Line, illegal businesses are not the only ones that can make money.
In addition to arms, drugs, and human trafficking, there are many other ways to make money and many profitable businesses.
For example, gambling, KTV and other entertainment businesses.
For example, catering.
For example, medicine.
And the entertainment industry.
Yes.
The technology of the Grand Line can be said to be developed, very developed, but it can also be said to be underdeveloped, very underdeveloped.
Although computers were not popular and there were no mobile phones, the live streaming industry was created by combining creatures such as Den Den Mushi with some other technologies.
Therefore, there is no shortage of world-renowned superstars.
Gild Tesoro is involved in all these industries, and with the support of Rosen, he has the green light in the North Blue.
Making a fortune every day is not enough to describe the speed at which the Golden Emperor makes money.
This is only half a year.
"Even if there's enough money, we still need to have enough human and material resources."
"All research materials related to bloodline factors are strictly controlled by the World Government, and they are only available in the Grand Line. Such materials are rarely found in the Four Seas."
"Even if we can resell them on the black market and buy them for a large sum of money, compared to the demand for large-scale production of combat uniforms, the supply is still insufficient."
Although Gild Tesoro had an extremely arrogant look on his face, with the word "money" almost carved on his forehead, Vinsmoke Judge had a very good relationship with him.
There's no way around it. Which scientist doesn't want a friend who can become the richest man in the world?
In particular, this friend also provided unlimited financial, human and material support for his scientific inventions.
"Unless the World Government is willing to relax its control over research materials related to bloodline factors and allow us to trade and purchase them on a large scale, we will have no choice but to purchase them on the black market."
"The supplies we can buy at once are not only very limited, but also transporting them back and forth from the Grand Line to the North Blue takes time and effort."
"Unless this problem can be solved, it will still be difficult to achieve large-scale production of combat uniforms. The only way is to accumulate time."
Vinsmoke Judge raised a crucial question.
research.
It's nothing more than burning money, but if there is no technology, manpower, materials and equipment to support it, then no matter how much money is burned, it will be in vain.
In his opinion, the science class of Branch 1 can solve other problems.
Only the materials are strictly monitored and controlled by the world government.
If these materials were produced in North Blue, no, in all four seas, then it would be easy.
After all, Rosen has the final say in the world.
No matter how much the World Government monitors and prohibits, as long as it is within the scope of the Four Seas, Rosen, as the Governor of the Four Seas, can get as many scientific research materials on bloodline factors as he wants.
The biggest problem is that the scientific research materials related to bloodline factors are only available in the Grand Line, and are preferentially supplied by the World Government to Vegapunk.
Even if Gild Tesoro spent money, the scientific research materials that could be purchased through black market transactions alone would be very limited due to the strict monitoring and control of the world government.
This has also become a core issue that restricts the large-scale production of combat uniforms and even their popularization throughout the army.
"Tesoro, how much liquid funds do you have?"
After listening to Vinsmoke Judge's words and knowing what the problem was, Rosen immediately asked Gild Tesoro.
"Cash? I really haven't counted it!"
"But there must be 10 or 20 billion in Berry."
"Governor, if that's not enough, then give me another 24 hours. By this time tomorrow, I'll definitely have another 50 to 60 billion in cash."
Gild Tesoro's words and deeds were filled with a sense of nouveau riche.
no way.
He has been involved in all the highly profitable industries in the entire North Blue, and has become the leader in most of them.
For example, gambling.
For example, entertainment.
For example, medical care.
This is still the Golden Emperor in development.
If he is given another two or three years and becomes the world's richest man, and with the support of Rosen's power and influence, his money-making speed will be several times, or even dozens of times, more than that of the man who built the rocket.
"…"
Faced with Gild Tesoro's crazy show of wealth, everyone else in the conference room who was paid a fixed salary fell silent.
Anyone who can sit in this office and hold a meeting has a low income, but no matter how high it is, it is impossible to earn 5 or 6 billion berries a day.
At this moment, they finally understood that making money was really easy for some people.
Just like Gild Tesoro, who can earn more than 5 billion berries every day by doing nothing.
They had no doubt that if Gild Tesoro continued to develop, the speed at which he would make money would one day be even faster than the speed at which the world government printed money.
"One or two hundred billion?"
Rosen nodded slightly after hearing this, then looked at Doll:
"Doll, please call Mr. Sengoku for me."
"Just say that I plan to donate two Pirate Kings to the Marine Headquarters to help all the teachers and students in the Naval Academy improve their meals, and upgrade the weapons for all my fellow Marine officers in Marineford."