User blog comment:Uraharattack/Finally Caught Up in the Manga. Prediction Time!!/@comment-24769684-20151104030459

The gunpowder thing was a mistranslation, Franky actually said there were taxes of gunpowder and gas in the area.

Urouge seems to be the neutral type, and there's no way him and Blackbeard would be on the government's side. I think Luffy will defeat Blackbeard before reaching Raftel. Afterwards, things will come to a head and a maybe war against the World Government will begin