"Keep 30% of these plundered treasures for me, 20% for the officers, and divide the rest equally among all of you."
York waved his hand, simply distributing the mountain of treasure.
Actually, when he was on Sky Island, he had formulated a comprehensive set of laws.
But given the motley nature of the current pirate crew members, implementing strict rewards and punishments right now would likely be counterproductive.
So he needed to weed out the useless imposters through battle after battle, retaining the elites who possessed both strength and loyalty.
Once the number and strength of the pirate crew were consolidated to a certain level, and his personal prestige was established through successive battles, then reforming the crew's reward and punishment mechanism would be much smoother.
"Oooooh!!"
"Thank you, Captain York!!"
"Captain York is generous!!"
...
Hearing York's treasure distribution mechanism, the pirates, who had just lost nearly half their number, immediately forgot their sorrow and cheered loudly.
In this pirate world, crews like the Straw Hats were extremely rare.
The wealth distribution mechanism of the vast majority of pirate crews involved the captain taking the lion's share, usually 70% to 80%, officers taking the smaller share, at least 10%, and the remaining crumbs being divided equally among the ordinary members.
Now that York was suddenly giving half the treasure to the lower ranks, their loyalty to him shot up significantly.
Listening to the pirates' cheers and compliments, York didn't let it get to his head.
He knew very well that loyalty bought with money could also be lost because of money in the future.
To gain the die-hard loyalty of these pirates, besides the aforementioned weeding out of the weak, more had to be done.
Thus, after the pirates' cheers subsided slightly, York continued to explain the detailed rules of treasure distribution.
"In today's battle, those with minor injuries get an extra share of treasure! Those with severe injuries get two extra shares!"
"As for those comrades who died in battle, they will receive five shares of treasure as a pension!"
"I will find a way to deliver this pension to their families later. For those without families, I will leave their treasure in their hometowns!"
"Do you have any objections to these distribution rules?!"
York asked the group of pirates loudly, patiently waiting for someone to object.
However, after hearing his words, the pirates all inexplicably burst into loud wailing.
"Captain York! Boohoohoo! Captain York!!"
"You are our savior! Captain York!!"
"You are the first captain to treat us like humans! Captain York!!"
...
Watching a large group of scruffy men weeping bitterly, York couldn't help but fall silent.
What kind of bosses did these pirates follow before?
Forget it. Although it was a bit different from what he had expected, as long as the result was good.
Turning around, York walked over to the more than 3,000 captured pirates.
In terms of overall combat power, these 3,000 people were definitely stronger than the Red Flag Pirates' previous 1,700.
But Kaido and Dragon's combat power defied logic, so they could only become prisoners.
"I won't waste words with you."
Scanning the gathered prisoners, York said loudly:
"Submit and join my pirate crew to live!"
"Refuse to join my pirate crew and die!"
"Make your choice! My patience lasts only one night! Give me your answer before we set sail tomorrow morning!!"
After speaking, York left without looking back, leaving only a small number of pirates to guard the perimeter.
Meanwhile, after confirming the treasure distribution mechanism, most of York's pirates scattered to Groves 1 through 29 again.
They went to search for the bodies of their fallen comrades.
So they could cremate them and make urns to send back to their hometowns in the future.
...
A night passed without incident.
For almost the entire night, the Red Flag Pirates were busy cremating their fallen comrades and boxing their ashes.
This made the usually noisy Red Flag Pirates members involuntarily much quieter after dawn.
After breakfast.
York came before the prisoners again.
While they were busy with cremations yesterday, quite a few prisoners had escaped under the cover of night.
It wasn't that York couldn't stop them, but it wasn't necessary. He didn't lack those ten or eight people, and none of the escapees had names that appeared in the manga anyway.
Now, the total number of prisoners remaining was roughly 2,900.
York ordered Scott, the Squadron Leader he appointed earlier, to ask them batch by batch if anyone didn't want to live and wanted to die.
In the end, all 2,900 were willing to join York's command and become members of the Red Flag Pirates.
"Very good! From today on, you are our new comrades!!"
"Untie them!!!"
With a single order, Scott led dozens of pirates to untie the prisoners.
On the other side, Ivankov, Ginny, and Kuma led a group of people bringing pots of fragrant breakfast to distribute food to the new crew members.
By the time all the trivial matters were handled, it was almost noon.
York waved his hand, and the original Red Flag Pirates, almost each holding the ashes of a fallen comrade, lined up to board the ship.
The 2,900 newly joined pirates queued up behind them.
"Hoist the sails!! Set sail!!"
Red sails and flags fluttered as the massive hull of the Red Flag slowly left the island.
Standing at the edge of the gunwale, Kaido raised his hand, releasing a large amount of Flame Clouds that coiled around the hull from below, lifting the giant ship out of the sea bit by bit.
Next stop, York planned to enter the New World directly.
Fish-Man Island was too dangerous.
Its danger coefficient was completely different from Sky Island.
As a transmigrator without a system, until he cultivated a coating mechanic he could trust 100%, York had absolutely no interest in the undersea world.
The giant pirate ship slowly ascended into the sky.
On the outskirts of the battlefield, the Marines, who had acted as surveillance cameras for a full two days, finally stepped onto Groves 1 to 29.
"Too tragic..."
Corpses were everywhere. Blood had flowed for two days without drying up, forming small pools in every hollow.
Throughout the Grove 1 to 29 area, aside from the slaves deliberately released earlier and the prisoners who escaped with York's permission, not a single living person remained.
The Marine Vice Admiral in charge of the Sabaody Archipelago branch felt a chill watching this scene.
"A pirate crew with such vicious methods... as far as I know, this seems to be the first."
Although the former Rocks was also brutal, his brutality was mostly collateral damage from battles or Whitebeard's ability destroying the environment.
He never deliberately killed every living person in a specific area.
Yet the current York.
Although he didn't cause massive geographical destruction to the Sabaody Archipelago, the pirates and gangsters on Groves 1 to 29 were almost exterminated.
Even the bubbles generated by the mangroves had turned blood-red because of it.
"Truly terrifying..."
The Marine Vice Admiral sighed.
Then, feeling a sense of empathy for his own kind, he ordered: "Gather the bodies. There are still ordinary residents on the archipelago; don't let this cause a plague."
...
Skipping the Marines' cleanup.
On York's side.
As the pirate ship rose higher and higher supported by Kaido's Flame Clouds, the pirates of the Red Flag crew began to experience hypoxia and altitude sickness one after another.
"Why... I can't breathe..."
"Hah... huff... is this some kind of curse?"
"So uncomfortable... so painful..."
"Captain... Captain York, spare me..."
...
Seeing these pirates acting uselessly, with some even misunderstanding that he was murdering them, York sighed speechlessly, then had to pick up the amplifier Den Den Mushi.
"Calm down, everyone!"
"This is normal high-altitude reaction! You can't adapt just because your physical fitness isn't strong enough!"
"If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need to go through this trouble!"
...
The Azure Dragon Flame Clouds supported the pirate ship.
First ascending to 10,000 meters, then crossing over the Red Line from the air, and finally descending back to the sea surface after entering the New World.
"Ah~ finally alive again..."
"So Captain York wasn't lying. We recovered once we returned to the sea..."
It had to be said that people in the pirate world simply had high physical fitness.
Among the current 3,900 members of the Red Flag Pirates, there were not only injured but also severely injured individuals.
Yet after experiencing high-altitude sickness once, surprisingly, no one died.
If this were York's fellow countrymen from his previous life, at least the severely wounded wouldn't have survived.
Back to the main topic.
After entering the New World, York didn't rush to Hachinosu to seek revenge on Wang Zhi.
Although Wang Zhi was indeed hateful.
As the saying goes, death isn't scary; the process of waiting for death is the scariest.
Let Wang Zhi suffer some psychological torment on Hachinosu first. After handling important business, he could deal with him slowly; there was no rush.
So, York found Kaido and asked him: "Kaido, do you know how to get to the Vodka Kingdom?"
Kaido was stunned and couldn't help asking back: "We aren't going to Hachinosu?!"
"No rush with Wang Zhi. I want to help you avenge what happened back then first."
Kaido fell silent, his fists clenching tightly.
Over the years, it wasn't that he hadn't thought about returning to the Vodka Kingdom to take revenge on the King and the royal family who betrayed him.
But on one hand, he knew Rocks wouldn't help him.
On the other hand, he was indeed so busy he had almost forgotten.
Unexpectedly, York still remembered for him.
His nose stung, but Kaido forced back his tears.
He silently returned to his room and fished out an Eternal Pose from a cabinet.
"This is the Eternal Pose to the Vodka Kingdom!!"
York took the Log Pose, walked to the sterncastle balcony, and held it high for the pirates below.
"Lads!! Our destination is set!!"
"It is the Vodka Kingdom, known as the nation of endless war!!"
"I plan to lead you to destroy this kingdom! Plunder this kingdom!!"
On the deck, the large group of busy pirates heard this and collectively erupted in excited cheers.
"Destroy the kingdom!!"
"Plunder the kingdom!!"
"Long live Captain York!!"
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