My code name is Green Bull.

Chapter 212 Jon's transformation, ruthless
The recruitment of new naval soldiers by the G7 branch has caused quite a commotion in the surrounding sea area.

Although the New World is now full of pirates, the navy is still one of the strongest forces. Joining the navy means finding a big backer.

Moreover, the treatment of the navy is also very generous, which is undoubtedly countless times better than the precarious pirates who rely on killing and looting at sea.

Therefore, as soon as the recruitment of the G7 branch started, a large number of qualified young adults came to participate, and the number exceeded [-].

Jon didn't expect it to be so lively. He really wanted to recruit more people, but unfortunately, Kong only gave him a preparation of 3000 people and could not recruit more people.

So 3000 people were selected from tens of thousands of people, which is also a small project.

After several days of screening, 700 recruits were finally selected, of which [-] were male soldiers, and [-] female soldiers were also recruited to be assigned to the female barracks in Gion.

After the recruitment of new recruits is completed, it is time to enter into intensive training. The female soldiers from Gion are still the main force, and there are also some powerful male soldiers as assistants to train these new recruits together.

Jon is now staying at the base of the G7 branch, sitting and watching the turmoil in the new world.

With the passage of time, the battles in the pirate world not only did not stop weakening, but became more and more intense. Obviously, a large number of pirates died every day.

But even so, the number of pirates is still increasing day by day, as if they can't be killed no matter how hard they are killed.

Some pirate groups just disappear after fighting, while some pirate groups become stronger and stronger as they fight, and the more they fight, the more they fight.

For example, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates quickly established themselves as the overlords of the new world, and their power became stronger and stronger. The Beast Pirates were slightly weaker, but they became stronger and stronger, occupying a large territory.

In addition to them, there are also many powerful pirate groups, but many of them are pirate groups that did not appear in the plot. Although Jon has information, he doesn't know them very well.

As night fell, Jon sent Gion to his residence and returned to his office.

Not long after returning to the office, a phone bug that he put in the drawer suddenly rang.

After Jon picked up the buzzing phone bug, he frowned and connected the phone.

"it's me!"

"Jon, it's me, Lucian."

"Lieutenant General Lucian, didn't I tell you that this phone bug is reserved for emergencies. You are calling now. Could it be that something urgent happened?"

This phone bug is a dedicated phone bug for him and Lucian, and it won't be used unless it's something important.

"There is indeed an emergency. Our business is too hot. Although we are already very low-key, many people still find us through underground channels, hoping to buy the food in our hands. There are even many forces willing to follow us in other ways. Cooperation, such as weapons and equipment, devil fruit, intelligence messages and so on."

Jon's face suddenly became gloomy: "Is that why you called me?"

"Yes, Jon, I think this is a good opportunity. We can't just do food business all the time. If we can exchange food for other materials, it will be beneficial to us and not harmful at all."

Lucian's tone on the opposite side was very excited, and Jon could feel his excitement even thousands of miles away.

But Lucien's excitement didn't mean he was also excited. On the contrary, he was very dissatisfied and angry.

"Lieutenant General Lucian, I should have told you that the grain business is just a tool for us to make money, and low-key development is my strategy. But since you took full control of the business, you have expanded the demand time and time again. You Remember your worries back then?"

When he first started the grain business, Lucian was very cautious, and the export volume was very small, but even so, the participants made a lot of money.

However, after getting rid of Shalheb and Lucien took full control of the business, in less than two years, the export volume of grain increased, and Lucien's appetite grew.

Jon has reminded him several times, but Lucien said that the underground channel is very safe and there is no need to worry about being found out.

Lucian in this state made Jon see the shadow of Shalheb. Although Lucian is not as greedy as Shalheb, he has gradually begun to change in that direction.

Even besides Lucien, many people involved in the business have forgotten the original strategy and only want to make more money, so instead of stopping Lucien's move, they respect him very much.

Jon knew that there would be problems sooner or later if things went on like this, but now he really needed Lucian. After several years, this channel has already developed into a huge thread, involving the interests of countless people.

So even if he knew that this was not going to work, he couldn't cut it off, because the root of all this came from him.

Lucian said they would support him, and indeed, they did.

But Jon knew that these people seemed to support him, but they valued his ability more. If he didn't have the ability to make food, no matter how strong he was, he might not be able to win people's hearts in such a short time.

The current food business, to Jon, feels that the tail is too big to be thrown away, and he can't shake it off even if he wants to, but if he wants to control it, it is difficult to control it with his current manpower alone. This is not all about being strong.

In the face of Lucien's repeated requests, although Jon also increased the export of grain in an appropriate amount, he still tried to maintain a relatively balanced state, increasing only a little each time.

For this reason, he was also urged by Lucien, and even learned from Uncle Pepperton that many people below were dissatisfied with his decision.

Jon was very helpless. People who can become top executives in the food business are definitely smart people, but their eyes are blinded by interests. Even smart people gradually begin to lose their eyes under the huge interests.

If he could bear it before, now he really can't.

Lucian started to be dissatisfied with the food business, and wanted to obtain weapons and equipment through trading, which was like dancing on a wire rope, going crazy.

"Exchange food for weapons and equipment, devil fruit, intelligence, etc., Lucien, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Lucien, who was scolded by Jon, not only didn't think it was wrong, but he justified it.

"Jon, you don't understand. We have a big business now, and many people are trying to trick us. You may not know that in the last few transactions, we have been targeted by other forces several times, and our people have lost money. A lot."

"What does this mean? It means that our strength is insufficient, so we have to expand our strength and exchange for those things to make our strength stronger. Only when we are stronger, the business will be more stable and you can earn more. We are all thinking of you."

"what?"

Jon uttered an unbelievable low voice, "For my sake, Lieutenant General Lucian, who is it for? You and I know very well. You are becoming more and more greedy."

"Jon, I know you're already dissatisfied with me, but don't forget, you were the one who brought me into this business, do you think all of this is what I want? Sometimes we don't want to be greedy , but being forced to be greedy.”

"You don't do anything, you just need to make food, you are high above you, but you don't know, this business is fought by brothers risking their lives. Everyone wants to earn more and become better. What can I have? Solution? I was also forced."

"I know better than you that this business is a powder keg, but even so, you still have to add fuel to it, otherwise, it may explode at any time."

Jon remained silent, he did have regrets now, he had underestimated the greed of people too much.

At the beginning, everyone acted in a low-key manner for the sake of safety. After their safety was threatened, they boldly wanted to get rid of a lieutenant general.

But now, they are still those people, they have forgotten the past, they only think about earning more, and ignore the risks.

Rubbing his forehead vigorously, he felt a pain in his head.

What Lucien said is correct, the grain business is now a powder keg, and there is a risk of explosion at any time. If he puts oil in it, the explosion time will be relatively late, but once he stops the business, the powder keg will explode instantly .

No matter how helpless he was, there was nothing he could do, now he was already standing on the fire, and there was no turning back.

"You are in charge of this business. If you want to change weapons, you can change weapons, and you can change whatever you want, but what I want to tell you is that I will not increase the supply of food."

"How can this work? If you don't increase the amount of food, our business will not expand at all."

"Don't talk nonsense, this is my decision. Don't you want to make more money? There is a way if the food does not increase. Take [-]% of my share and share it with the brothers. Tell them, this is already my biggest If you don’t want to die, please give me peace of mind, otherwise, the consequences are not something you can bear.”

After finishing speaking, Jon hung up the phone without waiting for Lucian's reply.

"Slot, what the hell!"

The phone hung up, but Jon was undecided, angrily picked up the document on the table, and smashed it out.

After a long time, the anger subsided slowly.

The loss of control of the grain business made him aware of an extremely serious problem.

It's not that there is a problem with this business, but that there is a problem with the people who control the business. People like Lucien, although they say they are loyal to him and follow him, in fact, these people are not under his control at all.

This situation occurred because he only thought about making money before, and did not want to troublesome management and development channels, so he handed over the power to others.

The second reason is that most of the people who control his business are people from the logistics department, and those people are not under his control. When he wants to control it, he can no longer do it.

An uncontrolled force would only put him on the fire, and now he has changed from a dominant position in the past to a supplier, and he is still the one who has to supply.

And what he got in exchange, besides a huge amount of money, was a group of people who said they would be loyal to him, and there were still constraints that were hard to get rid of.

"We can't continue like this, or we will be killed by them sooner or later. It's time to make a change."

In fact, Jon has long been aware of the danger, but his wings are not yet full. He wants to be more stable and wait for a while before thinking of a solution.

But now it seems that it has reached a very critical moment. He doesn't know how long his order can last, so he must make changes before things develop to the point of no return.

"Cruelty is a necessary method for a superior person. I was too naive before and didn't want to use despicable methods, so I was forced by you step by step. You forced me to do all of this."

Jon, who has always been amiable in front of outsiders, turned extremely hideous at this moment.

In fact, he already had a way to deal with those disobedient people, but he never made up his mind. At this moment, he made up his mind that even if he used despicable methods, he must eliminate the threat.

Suddenly there was a transparent glass bottle in his hand. Jon played with the glass bottle, his expression gradually firmed up.

Jon just sat quietly in the office, but he was only calm on the surface, but in fact his mind kept turning and thinking.

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Half a month later, in the same office, the same bug call sounded again.

Although extremely upset, Jon still pressed on and connected the phone.

"What's the matter?"

Listening to Jon's cold tone, Lucian, who was far away in the first half of the great route, felt very helpless.

"There is indeed an important matter that needs to be decided by you."

"Say."

"It's Drago. A few days ago, he approached our people. He seems to know about our business. The person named is going to meet me. I have contacted him."

"Dorag? He came to you for food too?"

When he heard that it was Drago, Jon frowned even more. He and Drago were indeed good friends before, but after fighting with Drago that time, their relationship became bad. Lager never looked for him again.

Drago didn't come to him directly, but went to Lucian instead. It must be for food, but also to warn them and let them understand that he knew about their business.

"Yes, he also wants food, and he also made an excessive request. He needs a lot of food, but the purchase price is only half of what we normally sell. I rejected him on the spot, but he still refused to let go. , let me contact you and let you decide."

"Jon, how does Drago know that we are behind the scenes, our channels are very safe, and I have never participated in the sale of food, and the process of selling food has changed hands many times. How can Drago identify the people behind the scenes? Is it you and me?"

"If even Drago can be found, will our business be insecure?"

Jon snorted coldly: "You will also have such worries? I thought you were only thinking of making money and didn't care about anything else. If you continue to increase food exports as you do, the headquarters will find me soon, because No matter how clean you do it, there will be traces left behind."

"I understand, just as you said before, no more food, and we don't want [-]% of your profit. The key is how to deal with Drago?"

"I've earned enough over the years, if you say [-]% off, then [-]% off, and you share it with your subordinates;
As for Drago, let him go, don’t sell him any food, and tell him what I said, if he dares to say a word, I promise that his revolutionary army will have no place to hide. He can try. "

"Is it so tough? If so."

"If not, just tell him that. He is a smart man. After hearing what I say, he will understand what I mean and make the right choice."

"Okay, I see, I'll reply to him right away."

"..."

(End of this chapter)