The fruit of the book of pirates

Chapter 66 Lack of money at home?

However, in the narrow space in the stands, such a big man is still a bit cramped.

So Custard unceremoniously snatched Mousse's seat, and at the same time picked him up and put him on his elastic thigh.
Mousse, who has long been accustomed to this, leaned on the human sofa unceremoniously, tilted his head and asked the elder sister, "Do you also like that little bonus?"

"That little bonus? Young master, it's so easy for you to say, sister, I can only get 30 Bailey pocket money a month, and it's not enough to buy cosmetics! Do you think that if you want anything like you, your mother will give it?", Charlotte Karstard rarely expressed dissatisfaction with his favorite brother.

Speaking of which, Castaard has an open-minded personality. Among the brothers and sisters, there are many who are jealous of Mousse and wish that he would die unexpectedly. If the two elder brothers have not tried their best to maintain a harmonious atmosphere, he might die at some point. Maybe.
But Mousse actually knows this well, that is, he has a good relationship with Castaard so he won't be afraid that she will hold grudges.

But Castaard's next unintentional remark was beyond Mousse's expectation, "What? Sister Armand is also here to compete? She will soon have her own island and subjects, is there still money left? "

As mentioned earlier, currently only five members of the second generation of the Charlotte family have their own ships, and only these five have their own islands for the time being.

Although the residents of all nations only need to pay the soul tax in principle, people will always have higher needs after they have no worries about food and clothing, and these will naturally bring income to the "ministers/island owners".

In addition, the profits obtained from the export of the special products of each island are also owned by it (Charlotte Lingling only requires the islands to contribute the food or ingredients she specifically requests and is responsible for the security work, and does not require regular vassals to hand in tribute.), so life must be much easier than their younger siblings who can only get fixed pocket money every month.

And Charlotte Armand had already confirmed that she would become the next batch of ministers/island owners long before going to the Kingdom of Faros. Mousse felt that she would not care about the prize money of this competition.

Could it be that Armand's warlike blood was ignited by the multitude of opponents here?
"Should it be mainly for the bonus? Even if you become a minister, you are not as rich as you think! What's more, she hasn't become a minister yet! The champion bonus is 1 million Baileys, even if Brother Owen is here, he will be moved." right?", but Charlotte Castard rejected Mousse's idea.

The more he talked, the more angry Castaard pinched the latter's cute little face and ruthlessly ravaged him. He was obviously so smart, but was he so ignorant of the financial situation of his brothers and sisters?
"I'm only seven years old! I've hardly ever touched a banknote! Is it normal not to know?" Mousse hurriedly defended himself, and finally let his sister let go of his little face, and asked the question The family's economic situation that no one has specifically told him before.

Then Mousse's face gradually filled with doubts, "I know the family doesn't have enough cash, but I really didn't expect it to be so short of money. Obviously, the supplies are so abundant. It is true that the population of Wan Guo is still small now, and there are not many families outside. There are many brothers and sisters in the family, but it is not so embarrassing?"

What's even more strange is that this situation is obviously very strange, but Mousse feels a little familiar. Could it be that a similar situation occurred on the earth before the time travel?
"Economic crisis?" After Mousse thought of this, he immediately denied it without much thought.

The surplus of materials in the economic crisis is a relative surplus. The absolute quantity of materials may not be sufficient. In fact, many consumers want to consume but have no money to buy, which leads to a large backlog of products that cannot be sold.

However, the current strange situation of Wan Guo is that there are really too many surplus materials to use up, and the only thing missing is cash and those goods that Wan Guo does not produce locally.
Thinking of "products that are not produced locally", Mousse finally felt a move in his heart, and understood how the feeling of deja vu came from, "Soviet Union? That's right! It's the Soviet Union back then! It's so similar!"

Perhaps in the impression of ordinary people, the Soviet Union should obviously be short of supplies.

But Mousse, as a former veteran military history enthusiast, knows that although the Soviet Union claims to be incapable of agriculture, its annual per capita grain consumption of one ton of grain at its peak was beyond the reach of China until he crossed over.

The supply of energy and other bulk materials is extremely sufficient. The lack of light industrial products, high-tech equipment, and especially luxury goods are all that the Soviet Union cannot produce or cannot produce well. This is not the same as the status quo of the world. similar?
And the allocation of limited currency by the IWC, or BIG MOM Pirates is somewhat similar to that of the Soviet Union, unlike the usual pirates who simply distribute equally (Note 1) or whoever grabs it, but Collect them first and then redistribute them according to specific needs.

Among them, the children's pocket money was kept very low as Castaard said, and most of it was used to buy special products such as devil fruits that can quickly strengthen the family's strength, including the money paid to Elizabello II not long ago That's how the money came from.
Such a distribution model has undoubtedly greatly improved the efficiency of the use of limited funds, but a lack of money is a lack of money, and it cannot be fully compensated by an increase in utilization.

Fortunately, compared with the red empire that no longer exists on Earth, the impact of this predicament of the nations is relatively much smaller
Because Wanguo has truly realized that the necessities of life can be supplied for free in unlimited quantities, and what is lacking is only weapons and various high-end luxuries.

The former is not fatal because the combat power of the One Piece world mainly depends on the individual itself, and the latter has nothing to do with ordinary citizens.

And without public grievances, the regime is as stable as Mount Tai, which is much more important than whether Miss Charlotte Castard can afford high-end cosmetics.
Having said that, even with the relatively tight cash income at present, Mousse feels that it is not so difficult to improve
Note 1: Some are similar to the rules of Western pirates in the era of great exploration on the earth, but because the combat power of individuals in the world of One Piece varies greatly, it is not completely averaged by head.

It's one level for cadres (if there are senior cadres and ordinary cadres, there are two levels.), one level for sailors, and an equal distribution within the same level. The Whitebeard before the regiment) is generally able to get an extra copy, or even more, because of its importance.

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