Flower Capital · Shogun's Castle.
Kurozumi Orochi had brought a group of old nobles from Wano with him, and at this moment, they were respectfully waiting in front of the Shogun's Castle. They watched as the luxurious line of carriages in the distance slowly came over and stopped here.
Right after that, servants immediately set the step stool in place. Then Lincoln was the first to get off the carriage. After standing on a stone block to place himself at a suitable height, he raised his hand and held it out in the air.
Saint Valthior calmly walked out of the carriage, then slowly stepped down while holding Lincoln's arm. Every move he made was full of the style of a top-class great noble.
Then, Kurozumi Orochi and the others immediately knelt flat on the ground and spoke in neat unison, "We respectfully welcome Saint Valthior's arrival in Wano Country. To be able to see your holy presence fills us with joy beyond words."
Saint Valthior glanced at this bunch of spineless people, then said, "These unruly peasants knelt too slowly. My carriage procession could be seen from so far away, yet they did not know to kneel and wait. Instead, they stood here chattering away, which annoys me. Someone, drag them all to the street and behead them."
Kurozumi Orochi suddenly raised his head, his face full of shock as he said, "Huh?"
He had thought that during this period of time, since he had worked so carefully and diligently for the Jaygarcia Family, when Saint Valthior returned, maybe if he was in a good mood, he might even grant him the status of a family retainer.
But in the end, the moment they met, without another word, he wanted to drag all of them out to the street and behead them?
Is this reasonable?
Are Celestial Dragons really this unreasonable?
Then shouldn't I damn well have joined the rebel army instead?
But before they could react, a large group of burly guards wearing armor printed with the Jaygarcia Family crest quickly stepped forward and pressed them straight to the ground.
"My lord, I have been wronged..." Kurozumi Orochi cried out in grief.
"Shut your mouth. How can we allow you to dirty Saint Valthior's ears!?" Lincoln shouted angrily.
There was no need for him to give an order. Two guards very skillfully lifted Kurozumi Orochi up, and then two heavy slaps from their armored hands landed hard on Orochi's mouth, knocking his teeth straight into his stomach. Then they stuffed a cloth ball into his mouth, stopping his crying and shouting, and dragged him outside to be beheaded.
The other old nobles were the same. They had only cried out a couple of times before they all got a taste of the big slaps they loved so much.
However, after walking a couple of steps, Saint Valthior finally noticed that there were still some female family members kneeling behind these nobles. Among them were quite a few young and beautiful women who looked like they had been well cared for.
Sure enough, in a place like Wano, where class was so firmly fixed, only nobles could enjoy a good life. The common people could not even afford rice, yet these women still lived in extreme luxury and dressed themselves up beautifully.
Saint Valthior stopped walking, raised his hand, and said, "I heard that the women of Wano are the best at serving people. These brothers of mine all have rich and noble lives. They cannot bear even the slightest hardship. It was one thing on the ship, but now that they are here, they need people to serve them. Send all the young and beautiful ones to their residences..."
Spencer, who was following behind Saint Valthior, froze for a moment. Then he said, a little embarrassed, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Forcibly taking women from the people... no, wait, forcibly taking noble ladies. That would sound terrible for their reputation, wouldn't it?
"You don't want any? Then send a few extra to Doringo and Sunbell..." Saint Valthior said, slightly taken aback.
"Hey, what are you talking about? We are brothers. In our hearts, we share blessings and face hardships together. How could I ask for special treatment? Wouldn't that make me seem out of place? Someone, send that big-breasted one to my room," Spencer immediately ordered.
Then again, what kind of reputation did pirates need?
This was Rengar's first time here, so of course he did not have a residence. Because of that, two guards directly brought three fair-skinned, beautiful noble daughters to his side.
Seeing this scene, Rengar was deeply moved and said, "Captain treats me this well. I am willing to die for the Captain!!!"
Isn't this damn life way more comfortable than Shiki's pirate crew? The Captain is rich and generous. How could I have the nerve to value my own life?
"Big brother Valthior, what about us? Don't the two of us get any!?" Shanks spread his hands, putting on a look that clearly said, "I haven't even gotten on board yet," as he stared at Valthior in surprise.
Valthior froze for a moment, then frowned and said, "You two are still young. What do you need those for?"
As he spoke, without waiting for Shanks and Buggy to say anything else, his gaze swept over the group of female family members. Then he pointed at a few old ladies among them and said, "Lincoln, send these old onions to Shanks and Buggy's residences. Just treat them as servants to look after their daily needs."
"Yes, Young Master!" Lincoln immediately replied.
After that, Valthior looked at the stunned Shanks and Buggy again and said, "As the saying goes, an old person in the house is like a treasure. I am sending the two of you a few treasures right now, so don't thank me too much!"
"Huh?" Shanks and Buggy stared blankly at those old onions, and for a while, they had nothing to say.
Valthior did not bother with them either. He stepped into the Shogun's Castle and began pointing here and there as he said, "I already felt before that this place was too petty and small-minded. When it was built, they wanted it to be extravagant and indulgent, but they were also afraid of people pointing fingers at them. The whole castle gives off the feeling that they were full of hesitation when they built it. I don't like it. Later, flatten it all and rebuild it according to the scale of my palace in Mary Geoise!"
Valthior had never been someone who liked making himself suffer. When he went sailing out at sea, the conditions were what they were, so there was nothing he could do about it. But now that he was going to have his own foundation, he naturally could not be casual about it.
Besides, building a new palace was not some major issue. The Jaygarcia Family had money, and he also had money.
They only needed to pay some material costs. As for labor, they could just requisition people directly from Wano. In any case, they were all unruly peasants, and Valthior did not feel the slightest bit sorry for them.
"Yes, Young Master. I will see to it with the utmost urgency on my end. It's just that we might have to trouble you to reside in an alternative location for a brief period first," Lincoln quickly said again.
Since they were going to flatten and rebuild the place, of course they could not let the Young Master live in ruins.
At the same time, Lincoln had already decided that he would have them work day and night without stopping. He would spare no labor and complete the Young Master's order at the fastest speed possible!
"Not just my place. Let Spencer and the others go back and stay in their residences for a while too. If they feel uncomfortable, flatten everything and rebuild it all!" Valthior added.
After walking farther inside for a while, Valthior continued, "Also, whether it is Wano Country, the Flower Capital, or those places like Habu Port, they all carry too many traditional elements of this country. Since we have already decided to move in a large number of outsiders, there is no need to keep using these names. Later, all of you should think carefully and change the name of this island. The ports, cities, and anything else that can be changed should be changed too."
"Yes, Young Master!" Lincoln had already turned into a nodding machine and immediately answered.
Just then, Spencer handed the pirate crew flag that Buggy had designed to Lincoln and said, "This is the flag design of our Valthior Pirates. Arrange it properly and hang it in as many noticeable places as possible. It can also gather and display our ruling power."
Lincoln immediately took it and said, "No problem. I will arrange people to start embroidering it right away. I will make sure this flag is hung all over the entire island, so that everyone can see it the moment they raise their heads!"
"There is no need to go that far, right?" Spencer hesitated for a moment and said.
"There is. There absolutely is. I want everyone living on this island to know whose subjects they are and whose glory they are bathing in! I want them to understand at every moment that Lord Valthior is the only sun on this island!!!" Lincoln looked at Spencer with an extremely serious expression and said.
Seeing Lincoln acting like such a loyal servant of Young Master Valthior, Spencer could not really advise him against it, so he could only nod and say, "Then I'll have to trouble you."
"It is no trouble. Serving the Young Master is the lifelong honor of me, Lincoln!!!" Lincoln said, patting his chest and never forgetting his loyal-servant image for even a moment.
Just like that, Valthior and the others quickly began throwing themselves into Wano's transformation and rebuilding project.
Without Kurozumi Orochi as a puppet, a new generation of ruling leadership also needed to be formed. Spencer was still fine, but the other members only knew how to fight and kill, and most of them had come from the bottom. They had no relevant experience or methods for governing at all.
So overall, at the current stage, they still had to rely on the family.
The Jaygarcia family was huge and supported many idle personnel. But even if they were idle, anyone who could serve one of the Five Elders' families had to at least be a highly educated talent, especially since Valthior had specifically asked for people related to administration.
So very quickly, under the forceful suppression of the Valthior Pirates, a new ruling functional organization was rapidly built and began operating.
"If we want to grow bigger and stronger, then we have to break away from the traditional pirate way of running things. We need to move toward becoming regular and system-based. Spencer, you have rich experience in intelligence work, so you will be in charge of building our intelligence department. Make it large-scale and don't be afraid of spending money. As long as it can collect intelligence efficiently and let us know about every movement on the sea at the very first moment, no matter where we are, then however much money we spend will be worth it," Valthior said as he sat in a room.
Spencer nodded and did not speak.
Valthior then looked at Bullet and said, "Our Jaygarcia Family naturally has its own way of operating and training a guard army, but in the end, it probably lacks real combat and practical experience. You know this side of things well. You are a six-year veteran who came out of a country of endless war. Even just by watching, you should have learned how it works. The heavy task of building this island's military strength will be handed to you, Bullet."
"No problem!" Bullet also accepted the task without hesitation.
Although he was a ship's doctor, no one had ever said that a ship's doctor could not become the commander of an army, right?
"Also, when you have time, read more medical books. Don't carry the title of ship's doctor only to end up knowing nothing but burn, burn, burn, and boom, boom, boom," Valthior reminded him again.
Bullet's "old face turned bitter," but he still nodded and said, "Got it, Young Master."
"Buggy, I will have Lincoln arrange the formation of a craftsman team right away. You go and guide them, and see whether they can put those strange secret recipes and explosives passed down in your family into actual production," Valthior instructed again.
"Alright, Big brother Valthior!" Buggy immediately agreed.
Although those secret recipes were very precious and were family secrets passed down from generation to generation without being leaked to outsiders, now that his family was gone, what was the point of talking about all that?
Besides, it was not like Big brother Valthior had not paid him!
In any case, Buggy was very willing to offer up his formulas and contribute to the team.
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