The original Ian family members already numbered 3,000, and now including the slaves rescued from Marie Gioia, the number is already nearly 10,000!
Of course, among the nearly ten thousand people, many women and children had to be eliminated, but Ian knew very well that as long as the remaining men raised their arms, they would join the Dragon Hunter Pirates without hesitation.
At that time, the size of the Dragon Hunter Pirates will be at least 5,000 people, and the originally stretched manpower problem will be greatly alleviated.
Moreover, the huge size of the personnel is also one of the symbols of the Four Emperors. With so many personnel, the Dragon Hunter Pirates have moved closer to the size of the Whitebeard Pirates. Although it is not as good as the original IGMOM Pirates, but Ian thought it was enough.
The more people under his command, the more people will eat, and it all needs money, so I don't need to remind Ian, when Hawking and the others rescued the slaves, they also swept up the manor of the Tianlong people and packed all the valuable things , ready to take away when the time comes.
This wealth may be only a small part of the Tianlong people. The truly valuable things should be placed in the treasure house, but no one knows how to open it, so Ian does not intend to abolish that god.
In a mighty way, after the team of nearly 10,000 people arrived at the downhill port of Mariejoya to the New World, it almost occupied all the ships moored here. The ships here were originally for those caravans and envoys who had passes. The replacements were all requisitioned by Ian and the others. More than a dozen large and small boats, carrying joyful people, plunged headlong into the current going down the mountain.
Ian was naturally sitting on the leading ship. When the ship was tilting and sailing rapidly down in the current, Ian turned his head and glanced at the red earth continent behind him.
I still remember that when I passed here for the first time, I took a boat like this, but that time, Aokiji froze the entire current going down the mountain, and the speed of gliding on the ice was much faster than now .
Boom! The ship swooped down, and the ship was first pressed into the water surface of the sea, but it was quickly bounced up, and after shaking a few times, it quickly stabilized. Under the control of the sailors, the lead ship got out of the way and let the rear Ships followed one after another into the sea.
More than a dozen ships formed a fairly large formation, and then, the members of the Ian family scattered on each ship raised their heads high and took out a flag of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, and climbed up to the top of the mast in twos and twos. , The flag was hung up.
The pattern of the long sword piercing the skull dragon's head was printed on the black flag, and it fluttered in the wind under the blowing of the sea breeze. All the people on the boat raised their heads to look at the flag. At this moment, they all suddenly realized Now that I understand what this flag represents!
Woohoo! ! ! !
On all the ships, people roared in unison: "Dragon Hunter!!!!"
The roar was also mixed with the crisp voices of the children, which sounded exceptionally... clear!
"..." Lieutenant General Garp was also on Ian's flagship. He crossed his hands, listening to the roar, and seeing the excited and angry expressions of the people, fell silent for a while.
"What's the matter, old man?" Ian asked him.
Garp shook his head: "I have been in the navy all my life, and I have caught countless pirates, but sometimes I am confused about what kind of justice I am guarding..."
Ian didn't speak. He knew that Mr. Garp probably felt a lot now and needed to talk about it.
"Warring States is my good friend!" Garp continued: "But on the point of why the navy wants to protect the Tianlong people, I have never really understood him before. Look at these slaves, the navy is holding the sea all over the world. Thieves, claiming to be righteous, but pretending to be deaf to the existence of these people, I asked Zhan Guo more than once why, but Zhan Guo didn't answer me, asked urgently, and used the status of marshal to suppress me... "
"Hehe!" Ian sneered.
"However, after we retired and Akainu became the marshal, I didn't understand what kind of efforts Sengoku had made during his tenure!" Karp sighed: "He has been dealing with the world government with his own prestige. , so that the navy will not be completely reduced to the thugs of the world government. During his tenure, no matter what, the navy still maintains a detachment, but... After that bastard Akainu came to power, this detachment disappeared! "
"No way, after all, he came to the position with the support of the five old stars, didn't he?" Ian took the topic.
"Yeah!" Karp nodded, "I understand why the Warring States Congress wants Aokiji to take over from him. He doesn't want the Navy to completely fall to the World Government and become an accomplice of the Tianlong people... It's a pity, No one would have thought that Aokiji would be brought down by Wulaoxing and Akainu after only fifteen days since he became Marshal..."
"Marshal Warring States must have been very angry at the time, right?" Ian asked.
Garp grinned and said, "My lungs are exploding! This is the first time I've seen him swearing!"
"Now that Akainu is dead, who do you think will be the new admiral?" Ian asked him.
As a result, Garp shook his head and said, "What's none of my business? Both Zhan Guo and I have retired. After losing power, only this old face is left, but no one knows how much face this old face has left! The navy is no longer within our control..."
"Yeah..." Ian also felt the same way: "If you don't say anything else, just look at General Zefa... The world government let Edward Weibull join Shichibukai, and they didn't consider General Zefa's feelings at all."
If one had to use one word to describe the style of the world government, the only words Ian could think of were "kill the donkey".
In fact, like Capone, the Warring States Period or Vice Admiral Ah He, the older generation of the navy, they have dedicated their lives to the cause of the navy and have special feelings for the navy itself, even though they have retired in name, but if If necessary, they will also use their residual heat. This is the real background of the navy. Just imagine, even if the navy has only maintained the tradition of three generals, whoever dares to say that the navy has only three generals? Fool.
These retired navy of the older generation, if you pull out any one, they are all general-level combat power!
However, it is this wave of retired navy of the older generation who is now chilled by the world government. Whether it is the matter of Admiral Zefa or the matter of Aokiji leaving angrily, they realize that the navy is no longer theirs. Time for the Navy!
In the original history, this situation had already been seen for the first time, but the appearance of Ian undoubtedly exacerbated the process, causing the serious internal problem of the Navy to completely erupt.
It was only when he was chatting with Garp that Ian finally understood why Mr. Garp used words instead of fists to dissuade him after he appeared!
"Forget it, old man, since you've retired, enjoy your life!" Ian comforted him, "That boy Ace is doing well in the Whitebeard Pirates, and Luffy is now entering the new world." Now, they all have a bunch of good partners and are going on their own adventures, isn't that enough for you to be gratified?"
However, Garp patted Ian on the shoulder and said, "Do you know what the most gratifying thing about my old man is?"
"What is it?" Ian asked with a smile.
"I'm most gratified that I met you when I was in the East China Sea!" Garp laughed and said, "And one of the things I'm most proud of is that I asked you to help me catch Esna. Boy! If it weren't for this encounter, everything would be different, right?"
Ian smiled and scratched his head.
"We old guys can't keep up with the times, and the world will continue to change without anyone!" Garp said: "So from now on, it's up to you young people, do whatever you want, don't worry about it." We old guys, you, Ace, and Luffy, must live as we please... "
Ian nodded, but didn't speak...
Facing the sea breeze, the fleet galloped on the vast sea, braved the wind and waves all the way, and returned to the voyage.
At the same time, the news that Akainu, the current marshal of the navy, was killed by the Four Emperors and Black Dragon Ian was also reported by panicked journalists.
The impact of this matter is extremely huge, but the first impact is something that even Ian did not expect...
That's... The death of Akainu made the gang of the Bad Guys Alliance finally make up their minds and prepare to do it! nt
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