Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

The Seven Waters City is the most prosperous place in the first half of the Grand Line after the Sabaody Archipelago. Business here is very prosperous. If you sail along the waterways that run throughout the city, you will see all kinds of shops on both sides of the road.

All kinds of goods from the first half of the Grand Route will gather here, so this is also the place where many wealthy people do their daily shopping.

On this day, a newspaper attracted people's attention.

Needless to say, the front page of the newspaper contained some major news that had recently happened on the sea, but on the second page, a small story appeared which was very rare.

The story is about a friendship that happened 400 years ago. The great adventurer Rolando came to the golden city of Shandora, saved the Shandia tribe who were attacked by "tree fever", ended the local traditional ceremony of human sacrifice, and became good friends with the "great warrior" Kalgara.

In this story, friendship is just a side topic. The main content is to describe how rich the Golden Land is. The scene of gold all over the ground will make readers drool.

"I know this story. Isn't this the story of Rolando, the liar? How come there are still people who believe in such things? There is no golden city in the world. These things are pure lies!"

Some readers knew the legend about the Golden Country and therefore scoffed at the story in the newspaper.

But most people don’t know this. They have been deeply attracted by the story and imagine what it would be like if they were the ones who found the Golden City and became super rich overnight.

The next day, it was the same newspaper, the same second edition, and the story was updated with new content.

This time, readers saw that after Rolando left the Golden City, the Golden City was hit by a strong ocean current, and the entire island, along with the gold and the Shandians on it, was washed up to a height of ten thousand meters.

Rolando, who was ordered by the king to return to the Grand Line to find the Golden City, was given the shameful title of Liar and was ordered to be executed by the king.

The Golden City and the Shandian people eventually landed on the Sky Island, where they came into conflict with the local residents and a land war broke out that lasted for 400 years.

In this part of the story, there is something about the Big Liar, which has caused controversy among readers.

People who know this story insist that the liar is a liar, including the person who wrote this story in the newspaper, who is also a liar who specializes in deceiving those who have no brains.

But another group of readers believe that a story is just a story and it is enough to just read it for fun. To insist on whether the story is true or false is not only putting the cart before the horse, but also seems like deliberate nitpicking.

While the two parties were arguing over a newspaper, Remos had already brought Nami to Carrera Company and met Barry and Carrera Company's president Ace Bago in the office.

This person is not only the president of Carrera Corporation, but also the mayor of the Seven Water City.

"Hello, both of you. I heard about your business from Barry. Using the precious tree Adam to build a ship is the largest order that the Seven Water City has received in the past ten years, so I wanted to meet you in person. I hope you don't mind."

Ace Bago is a gentle and refined man, and his way of speaking is completely different from that rough and rude Barry.

He was accompanied by a very beautiful secretary wearing glasses, stockings and long legs. The moment Nami saw her, she turned to look at Remos.

Remos had a smile on his face and shook hands with Espagu without looking away.

"It's not a big deal. It's our honor to meet the mayor."

"Haha, that's not so exaggerated. I, the mayor, was also elected by everyone... When I heard that you were going to use the precious tree Adam to build a ship, I immediately contacted the black market merchants and ordered a batch of wood for you in advance."

"Is this appropriate? We haven't paid the deposit yet."

"There's nothing inappropriate about it, because I didn't pay any money. I just placed an order verbally and asked those merchants not to transport the treasure trees for the time being. I still have some face."

Ace Bago smiled and stretched out his hand to lead him to the side.

"The design of the new ship has been completed. Please come and take a look."

On the desk next to him, a huge drawing had been spread out. Standing here, Remos could vaguely see the picture on it.

They followed Espagu to the picture, and a very beautiful big ship appeared on the paper.

Nami couldn't look away immediately, and Remos' eyes were also attracted to her.

"Let me introduce the detailed information of this ship to you two..."

Acebag stood beside Remos, holding a short stick, and began to point at the drawings.

This ship is a whole circle larger than the Liberty. Its original two-story structure has been expanded to three stories, divided into two floors above the deck and one floor below the deck.

The top two floors contain the captain's room, drawing room, crew bedrooms, kitchen, warehouse, dining room and other rooms. There is also a rooftop on the second floor where the ship's rudder is located. There is also a separate small room for the night watchman, where the navigator can take a short rest in to avoid the wind and rain in extreme weather.

The first floor below the deck mainly consists of cells, power rooms and other rooms.

Yes, this ship has a special power system that uses coal and wood combustion for energy, and can move forward smoothly even in unfavorable sea breezes.

"As for power, I hope to convert it to electric drive."

After looking at the drawings, Remos suddenly spoke.

"Electric drive?"

Espagu looked at Remus in astonishment.

"What's wrong? Is it not possible? Or can't you do it?"

Remus asked.

"That's not the case," Ace Bago shook his head. "Electric drive is not difficult. We have made related structures before. But what is your energy source? Do you need to install a special power generation system?"

"I can't tell you this. Anyway, just follow my instructions on this one point."

Remos did not explain the reason, only made the request.

Of course, the Espagu side didn't care. They could even come up with a Coke engine, so wouldn't electric drive be simple? Although he was curious about how Remos was going to solve the power problem, he wouldn't ask any more questions unless Remos said it.

Anyway, just meet the customer's requirements.

"Miss, do you have any comments on the design?"

Iceberg turned his gaze towards Nami.

Nami stared at the drawing and shook her head slightly after a moment, "I have no objection."

"Okay, then let me introduce the specific cost..."

This is also a necessary step. They need to get the full approval of Remos and Nami before they can start construction.

The total cost of building this ship is 5.5 million berries, the bulk of which is the treasure tree Adam, which is worth about million.

This ship is smaller than Luffy and his crew's Thousand Sunny because the Thousand Sunny itself has a third floor and uses more materials.

If Remos remembered correctly, the price of the wood for the Thousand Mile Sunshine was around 200 million. They used less material this time, but the value turned out to be even higher.

But this is normal, because it was Franky who bought the wood for Luffy and others at that time. Different people have different channels. Even if Ice Pagoda is the mayor, he may not be able to buy materials cheaper than Franky. So as long as the price is below his psychological price, he can accept it all.

After material costs, the second most expensive thing is labor.

"...I'll give you a 30% discount on the labor costs. Don't worry, we will definitely send the most skilled workers to participate in the construction. I guarantee this in the name of the Carrera Company."

The reason for the discount is that this ship is too special. They cannot build a ship with such a high cost in ten years. This is a good opportunity for practice and can also be used for advertising, so Acebagu is very concerned about it.

Apart from materials and labor, the rest is the money for decoration and power system, which is relatively small and is listed as one item.

The final number was 5.5 million, a little less than the 6 million that Remos had prepared.

This time, not only Remos was satisfied, but Nami also nodded repeatedly.

Before, she was worried that all the money would be used to build the ship, and what would happen to the two of them in the future. Now with the surplus of 50 million, even if they couldn't sell any shells, they would not have to worry about food and drink in the short term.

But how could Shell not be sold?

Starting from the third day, the short stories in the newspaper began to pick up pace, quickly shifting the focus to the story on Sky Island.

At this time, the magical shells of Sky Island began to appear in the readers' sight.

Shells that can spit fire, shells that can spit wind, shells that can spit water;

There are shells that can heat food, shells that can store images and sounds, and even shells that release shock waves for combat.

Everyone was dazzled by the author's wild imagination, and inevitably yearned for the products of this story, imagining what it would be like if they could own such a shell.

When the short story in the newspaper was serialized on the fifth day, an advertisement attracted everyone's attention.

"Sky Island Shells...are now on sale? This, this is the story, right?"

"No, idiot, it's right there in the newspaper building. Hurry up, or you won't be able to buy it if you're late."

"Uh, is there any need to be so anxious..."

"Of course it's necessary. Didn't you see it? It says here that only fifty will be sold in the first batch!"

"Just some shells..."

"But it is a product of Sky Island. There is only one of its kind in the ocean. If we grab it, we can sell it to others. It's up to you to go or not. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to grab the shells!"

People with business acumen immediately captured the business opportunities behind Shell.

Some wealthy people, out of curiosity, drove their attendants or servants to the sales site with cash.

Because of this small advertisement, there was a small commotion in the Seven Water City, and countless people flocked to the newspaper headquarters from all directions.

In the riot, the attention of a group of special people was unsurprisingly attracted.