Struggle to build a country in the world of pirates

Bell took Lei Luo and flew back to Aruba, the capital of Alabasta. Seeing Lei Luo returning to the palace, King Kobra stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness Lei Luo, how do you feel about visiting our country?" "

"Your country is very big and there are many interesting animals that I have never seen before."

King Kobra was still waiting for him to continue [No, that’s all, at least a few kind words]: "Do you have any other feelings?"

"It feels like your country is short of water and the people are very poor."

King Kobra's mouth twitched and said, "His Royal Highness Lei Luo is telling the truth. It is true that desertification in our country is serious, so there is a serious water shortage."

"Your Majesty King Kobra, Bell and I have been flying for a long time. We are a little tired. Let's go and rest first. When my people arrive, we will discuss state affairs."

"I was negligent. The head guard of Ikarem took His Highness Lei Luo to the bedroom to rest."

~~~~~~~~~~~~Three days later, Dora, Constance, and Nancy returned to the palace, in the conference room of the palace~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~

Lei Luo: "Your Majesty the King, I want to classify Yudi, including the port there, as our country's military training area." Meiya handed over a pile of materials

"There are detailed charters, clauses, and the scope of military operations of both parties."

King Kobra and the ministers looked at the materials in detail, and one minister said, "Your Highness Lei Luo, your country is going to completely turn the 'Rain Land' into the territory of Hanas."

"No, at least in name, the land is still your Alabasta territory. You are not allowed to manage it and the army is not allowed to enter. The main reason is that we are afraid of conflicts between the two sides, and also because it involves some military secrets of our country. I hope you can understand. "

"Furthermore, our country only leases land for 'rainland', which is like renting a piece of land to build a house. When the house is built, the landlord suddenly comes and says that this land belongs to me and you can't live there. . This is a bit unreasonable."

"Of course I rent this land for money. If you look at the terms, I pay a rent of 20 billion beli every year. This is not a small amount of money."

"Your richest town does not have more than 5 million in tax revenue, and even the capital does not have more than 10 billion beli. Moreover, you are also aware of the situation in the rainy land. It is almost becoming a pirate den, and you have not taken care of it. Leave it to You and I don’t have to worry about pirates, but you also get a lot of income, it’s a win-win situation.”

King Kobra: "But your lease term is too long. The lease term is one hundred years. I'm afraid this won't work."

"How many years do you think we can rent it for?"; "Ten years"

"Don't be ridiculous, Your Majesty. Our country has just completed the construction of the Rain Land in ten years, and you come to pick peaches. It's too ugly to eat! The lease period is eighty years."

"No, it takes too long, and there are too many variables. Once people get used to it, it will really become your Hanas territory, fifteen years."

"Let me put it bluntly, do you have the confidence to manage Rainland well? Since the beginning of the Great Pirate Age, pirates have been raging, and even the world government and the navy have no way to control it. I govern Rainland and develop Rainland. I also have to take risks. . Maybe it won’t work for ten or eight years, and the lease period is seventy years.”

"Twenty years, but you have to sign a contract every ten years and the lease price will also increase." King Kobra said not to be outdone.

"The price is easy to say, but you have to be cautious. The increase cannot exceed 25%, okay. But the time is too short. King Kobra always increases the price in five to five years. It is too little. Let's just say, fifty years. Lease period.”

"This is a piece of national territory. I have to bear the infamy. You just sell vegetables on the street. It will last for up to 30 years, otherwise forget it."

"I'm still in a hurry, forget it, who told us to be a friendly country? It's a deal."

"In order to change the surrounding environment and turn more parts of Alabasta into oases, there is no problem that the desert areas around the rainy areas fall under the jurisdiction of our country!"

"What a big problem. There's desert all around, and you have to take care of it all?"

"You have to know that the management of the desert does not take a year or two. In order to protect the plants from being destroyed, of course they must be owned. Your country is full of sand, and I still lack sand? Why occupy so much sand? Is it not for Allah? The people of Pakistan can live a good life, and in a few years, when the rainy land is surrounded by a large oasis, your country will definitely be rich."

"Okay, you are right. As long as it can change the state of desertification, I am actually willing to take over the entire Alabasta."

Lei Luo said seriously, "Don't worry, I will definitely realize His Majesty the King's ambition." Then he winked at Meiya quietly, indicating that it should be written into the contract.

King Kobra was not stupid. He only allowed 30 kilometers of desert around the rainland to belong to him. The two sides agreed that their armies would not invade each other's military territory unless the other party requested assistance.

~~~~~~~~~The two parties signed the agreement soon~~~~~~~~~~~~

Next, Lei Luo and the others started an intensive business plan. The four major ministers began to deploy in major cities, starting inns, restaurants, banks, bars, grain stores, butchers, clothing stores, grocery stores, weapons stores, etc.

Minister Martin even started a large-scale business of renting carriages and camels, and handling freight. It is worth mentioning that Martin asked Morgan to catch a lot of moving crabs and train them, just for the logistics business. , there will be no less money.

The pirates in Rainland were also cleaned up by Dora and Dillon, and Constance was asked to return to the East China Sea. Fifty thousand soldiers were selected to join Alabasta. The requirements were that they could be selected from the entire army, and they could be replaced every three years to upgrade one level. , award 500 points, and double the annual salary bonus.

While Ford was here, he started infrastructure work. He drew a circle with the rainfield as the center and a radius of 30 kilometers, and then erected a barbed wire fence, including the surrounding islands, and classified them as military zones.

How to control desertification is a long process, but Lei Luo doesn't want to wait any longer. He has the fruits of growth in his hands, and it seems it's time to take advantage of it.

For the growth fruit, Lei Luo now has two candidates, one is Miqin and the other is Nancy. After a period of observation, he feels that Nancy can be trusted. Even if she is a spy of the World Government and can do things around him, Lei Luo actually Don't think anything is wrong?

Lei Luo asked about their wishes, and they both agreed and hoped to help Lei Luo. Lei Luo decided to give the fruit of growth to Miqin, and Nancy was more inclined to develop in the direction of Meiya.

After Mikoto ate the Devil Fruit, it felt so unpalatable that she almost vomited it out. With Lei Luo's encouragement, she finally swallowed it forcefully.

Lei Luo said, "Slowly feel the changes in your body, and then release your abilities."

Mikoto said she couldn't feel any changes, and Lei Luo brought her another pot of small flowers that had not grown up, and said to her: "Try and see if you can make it grow."

Mikoto closed her eyes, slowly felt it, touched the little flower, and said: "Grow". Then the little flower changes quickly. It grows taller, grows leaves, blooms, and the flowers wither. It grows taller, grows leaves, blooms, and the flowers wither. It grows several times. Finally, the little flower stops growing and slowly withers.

[It seems that this growing fruit is very similar to a mature fruit. It just accelerates the growth in time and consumes the vitality of the plant itself. 】

~~~~~~~~~~~~~It seems that the control of desertification can be carried out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~