Founding a Nation in One Piece World

"What do you want to do by occupying this place?" Old Simon asked Lihao directly.

Although Sphinx has become much better than before in recent years, it is still a very backward island with little to offer.

Only some greedy pirates will stay here for a long time, and some human traffickers will come here from time to time to catch children.

So what's the point of occupying a place like this.

It makes sense to say that Whitebeard occupied this place. After all, this is his hometown. With his character, even if there is nothing here, he would still think about making this place better when he occupied it.

And Lihao didn't beat around the bush and stated the reason directly: "Rather than occupying it, it's more about establishing a country here."

"Establish a country?" Old Simon's eyes suddenly widened.

"You're not kidding, are you?"

On an island with nothing like the Sphinx, why would we establish a country?

"Do you think I'm joking?" Lihao spread his hands and pointed at the white beard next to him, "Or do you think Newgate came back and joined me in joking with you."

"But your idea is a bit whimsical."

"Why would you want to form a country? In a place like the Sphinx." Old Simon asked in confusion.

A country cannot be established at will, and there are various matters involved.

There used to be a country here in the Sphinx, but this country developed very poorly and disappeared when old Simon was very young.

Judging from the current conditions here in Sphinx, it is not a wise thing to establish another country.

Lihao said seriously: "People always have their own dreams when they live in the world. Some people want to make money, some people want to get ahead, some people want to be a big pirate, and I want to light up this chaotic world with a fire. But the power of one person is too small, so the best way is to use the capabilities of a country."

“As for why we chose the Sphinx, it’s simple because it’s Newgate’s hometown.”

Hearing this, Old Simon shook his head: "You are really..."

Lihao understands what Lihao means. Although Newgate often sends things here, the best thing for Sphinx is actually development. Without development, it will be useless no matter how much things are sent here.

But only young people dare to think about such things as adding fire to the world... Although Li Hao is not technically a young person.

"Is it really good to just choose the Sphinx? After all, there is nothing here. It will be very difficult to establish a country and develop it." Old Simon reminded.

Although Old Simon has not experienced much of the previous country, he also knows that establishing a country is a good thing for the Sphinx. At least they will have a direction to work hard in the future, instead of simply living like this. .

But he also hoped that Li Hao could think clearly about some situations, otherwise it would be nothing in the end.

Lihao smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. To me, it doesn't matter where you are, even if it's a primeval forest."

"As for you saying there is nothing here, you are wrong."

"You are still here, and with you here, we can develop well in the future."

"So what do you mean?" Lihao looked at Old Simon.

"Only you can say that we are the only people here. But if you really want to establish a country here, of course I welcome it."

Old Simon also knew that he had only a few years to live, but he also wanted the island of Sphinx to get better. But based on normal development, he didn't know how many years it would take for the island to get better.

Now Lihao said that establishing a country here is a good opportunity.

At the same time, he also believed that with Newgate here, this country would not become a country of excessive taxation and corruption.

However, Old Simon looked at the three Slick people beside him and said, "But this also depends on the opinions of other villagers."

The three of Slick looked at each other after Old Simon looked at them, then nodded and looked at Li Hao: "We support it, and we also want to live in a place with a family and a country in the future."

The three of them didn't have much idea. They only thought of one thing. With the existence of the country, their lives would definitely get better. The island would have the power to protect them and would no longer be bullied by pirates at will. At the same time, they would also I believe that as the village chief, Old Simon will not harm them.

"We still need to talk to the people in the village about this matter." Although it was basically decided, Old Simon still had to respect other people in the village.

"Then let's go! I also want to see how much the village has changed." Whitebeard signaled.

Now that the deal was settled, a group of people on the boat followed and headed towards the village.

Sirik stopped fishing. Now he would go back to the village to talk to the villagers about such an important matter.

When walking back to the village, a group of people were also walking and talking.

But when old Simon returned to the village with a group of people.

Maybe they were used to the pattern of pirate invasions, but the people in the village noticed a group of people walking towards the village in the distance.

Even if they haven't seen clearly who it is, they know that it must be a stranger. After all, there is no one in the village who is more than three or four meters tall.

So when they saw a group of people, they quickly hid collectively.

"People in your village are very alert and quick." As for the location of the villagers, Yixiao was the first to notice and knew that they were hiding.

"There is no way. If you don't move quickly here, you will lose your life." Old Simon shook his head.

This place is completely outside the control of the navy, and even if they can escape, where can they escape in the chaotic sea of ​​the New World?So there was no choice but to hide.

"Come out, everyone! It's okay. I have something good to tell you now." Old Simon shouted to everyone.

As soon as he shouted, the people in the village came out from the hiding spots behind the dilapidated houses.

In this group of people, there were more old people, children, and women, and there were only three young people.

Whitebeard frowned when he saw this and said: "I have given you a lot of things in the past few years. Why is the house here so shabby? There are only three young people?"

Old Simon shook his head helplessly: "There is no way. Even if we have the ability to make the house better, we don't dare to make it too good. As long as the pirates who come here see that the house here is a little better, they will start to plunder it." Destructive.”

"As for the other young people, some went hunting, and some went to the west pier to fish and observe what the pirates did there."

"So there are only three young people left in the village to take care of it."

Old Simon pointed at Whitebeard and scolded: "If you had disclosed that our place is your territory from the beginning, then which pirate would dare to come here to cause trouble now?"

"This way we will at least have peace here, and it won't develop into this situation now."

In response, Whitebeard shook his head: "You are wrong. If I disclose that this is my territory, people will find out that this is my hometown."

"Then this place will only become more chaotic, because the pirates who lost to me will use this place as a place to vent their anger, and then it will only make this place a place of right and wrong."

"But you are right, it is indeed mine..."

"Dad..." Marco next to him was about to say that it was his problem. Sometimes he sent some things, but old Simon didn't say anything when he took the things, so he didn't go to the island to see them. As a result, he was unaware of what was going on on the island.

Whitebeard also knew what Marco wanted to say, so he waved his hand to stop him, and continued what he said just now: "Originally, I wanted to wait until things on my side stabilized a bit, so I would send someone over to take a look from time to time, but as a result, you suffered. Suffering for so long.”

"Then you are not afraid now that other people know this is your hometown?" Old Simon said, spreading his hands.

He also knew the concerns of the great captain Newgate, so he never talked about the situation here, but thought about letting the people in the village be self-reliant.

"Now that Lihao is here to guard me, what else do I have to be afraid of? Gu la la la." Whitebeard laughed.

"That village chief, who are they?" a villager asked on behalf of other villagers.

"they are....."

Just as Old Simon was about to introduce him, Whitebeard interrupted him, stood up, looked at the villagers here and shouted: "Dear villagers, my name is Edward Newgate, and I was born here."

"I am a pirate and the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates."

"From today on, I will protect this place. Anyone who disturbs the peace here will be my enemy, Edward Newgate."

"I will return double the amount then."

"This..." The villagers looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

They know about the Whitebeard Pirates. Although there is little information here, the Whitebeard Pirates have been around for such a long time, and all the news has come.

They never thought that the great pirate Whitebeard would be born here.

And judging from what Whitebeard just said, they didn't expect that the person who had been helping them was Whitebeard.

So the good thing the village chief said just now is that Whitebeard wants to protect this place?

If so, that's indeed a good thing.

Although the people here hate pirates, pirates only bring destruction to them.

But people like Whitebeard, who has been giving to them for so many years, and a pirate who walked out of here, they are still willing to believe that after all, there are too many pirates in the New World, and it is their luck to have a good pirate here. alright.

The most important thing is that Whitebeard was brought back by the village chief. Like the three Slicks, they believed in old Simon.

Then Old Simon also explained to them that not only Whitebeard would cover this place, but Lihao and the others would also establish a country here, and asked them what their opinions were.

Regarding this, their opinions were the same as Slick's. They didn't think too much and just welcomed it with their hands raised.

After all, let alone a country in the Sphinx, they would all be willing to have a pirate who treats them better occupy this place.

Of course, it would be better for them if someone could establish a country here. In this way, they would also be people who belong to the state.

At the same time, for them, the word country only exists in the narratives of the older generation, so they also long to live in a beautiful country.