One Piece Superman One Piece World

When Bell-mère brought the two girls, Nochiko and Nami, back to the town at the foot of the mountain, Colonel Mouse and his men had already started a banquet under the hospitality of Ajian.

There is a gap between the navy and these ordinary people. Even under Ajin's sincere invitation, Colonel Laoshu and his men still did not choose to go to the island, but held a banquet on their own ship.

Previously, the politeness shown by Colonel Mouse, Ajian and others was just lip service.

In their opinion, even just setting foot in a poor place like Kokosia Village made them feel uncomfortable. Even if they ate and drank their food, they still did not take the lower-class people in Kokosia Village seriously.

After Ajian and others prepared some food for the sailors, they gathered all the people in the town to hold a "villager meeting" in the square.

It is simply impossible to meet the navy's requirements by relying solely on the wealth of a certain household. If you want to send these people away, every household on this island needs to contribute their own efforts.

"I think everyone has seen what happened today."

"This time, let's still follow the practice of previous years."

"Those who have extra money can donate money, and those who have less money can donate grain."

"In short, I hope everyone can work together to overcome this difficult time."

"For this little money, we can have a safe living environment, and it won't get any worse."

Kokosia is a typical rural area. Maritime trade is not well developed and each household relies on farming, fishing and hunting to make a living.

Fortunately, the climate conditions in Kokosia Village are relatively favorable and the land resources are abundant enough. As long as people are diligent enough, filling their stomachs is not a problem at all.

Even some farmers who grow cash crops can satisfy their deep-seated needs when the market is good, and at the same time have some extra money left to buy furniture and resist unknown risks.

The villagers here are actually a reflection of the vast majority of ordinary people in the world, and a large portion of the people cannot even live up to their standard. In the maritime environment of the pirate world, it is not easy to live an ordinary life smoothly.

"Ajian, you see, I have some difficulties here."

"My husband injured his leg while working at the beginning of the year. It's been more than half a year and he has just recovered."

"Dr. Gao also knows about this."

"I have to support my children by myself, and I can't take care of all the fields at home."

"Plus, this season's wheat is not ready to be harvested yet."

"My home. Look."

After Ajian finished speaking, a woman in simple clothes squeezed out of the crowd holding a boy about four years old.

The woman's name was Kanae. She was in her early 30s but her face was already weathered. The hands on her body as she held the child were black and rough, and it was obvious that she had been working hard for many years.

After hearing that the navy would be "rewarded" again this year, Kanae's face showed embarrassment, and her face was full of misery as she said this.

Kanae's words made the atmosphere in the square even more depressing. The people of Kokosia Village already had to bear the heavy burden of gold from heaven, and now they had to pay benefits to the navy every year. The heavy pressure had already made the people breathless.

For a family of three like Kanae's, life will break their spine when there are some problems in the family.

"This"

The injury of Kanae's husband was nothing new. Everyone lived in the same village and saw each other every day. If something happened to a certain family, the whole village would know about it soon.

Ajian knew that Kanae was not lying, and that was why his expression became extremely heavy.

Every family has its own problems, but Miao Xiang's is something that cannot be forgiven.
The surrounding villagers also turned their eyes to Ajian in the field, waiting for him to make a decision.

But before Ajian could speak, the village doctor Nagao took over the conversation:

"Everyone knows the situation of Jian Xiangnai's family. It is indeed difficult."

"I was the one who treated her husband's leg. The money spent on purchasing medicinal herbs is indeed not a small amount. Besides, it is not easy for a broken leg to recover before the autumn harvest after a hundred days of healing."

"How about this? I'll help to pay for the part her family is short of."

"Xiang Miao, don't blame Jian. He had no choice."

"When your family is well-off, you can pay me back."

In order to get rid of those navy soldiers, the village collective also made a regulation that every household should "contribute" their own strength according to the number of people, and the number of elderly and children should be halved. The whole village will gather its strength to deal with Colonel Rat and his men.

Such rules are recognized by everyone. As a "highly educated" doctor, Na Gao naturally knows that such rules cannot be easily broken.

He is the only doctor in the village, and he is also a lonely old man. He has relatively little financial pressure, unlike Kanae's family.

In order to maintain the order that was hard-earned in the village, Na Gao would rather take on more responsibilities at this moment.

Moreover, Nagao was very sharp-minded. He knew what consequences his actions would cause. After he finished speaking, he immediately said to the surrounding villagers:

"If anyone is in trouble, I will help if I can."

"I don't ask you to do the same as me, even if you are from a wealthy family."

"But we are all fellow villagers, so if you can help, please do so."

Even in a place like Kokosia Village, there is still the so-called gap between the rich and the poor. People's abilities are different, and the same acre of land will have different results when cultivated by different people.

Moreover, some families may have seriously ill elderly people who need to be supported, and some families may have young children who need to be raised. Different family conditions are also one of the important reasons for the gap between the rich and the poor.

Nagao only hopes that the villagers can unite as one and pay attention to the collective interests.

The poorer the place, the more united they need to be. Only in this way can they overcome one difficulty after another.

The people of Kokosia Village can be considered to be simple and honest. Under the high probe, families with spare capacity also responded one after another, and some other villagers living in relatively poverty were also very sensible. Unless their lives were really unsustainable, they would not complain in front of Ajian.

Seeing the villagers being pacified by Na Gao, Ajian, the sheriff, also breathed a sigh of relief.

That's fine
The thing he feared most did not happen, which made Ajian feel a lot better.

As a sheriff, Ajian is in his prime. Wang Guo gives people like him an annual allowance. Although it is not much, it is enough for him to make a living. Moreover, Ajian has nothing to do in his daily life. He has opened up a piece of farmland in the backyard of his home, planted vegetables, and raised chickens and ducks.

Ah Jian, who was alone, was not short of money. With Na Gao taking the lead, Ah Jian also echoed:
"I am the same as Dr. Nagao. If anyone needs help, I will do my best and I will pay double the per capita fee."

The two leaders stepped forward one after another, which eased the atmosphere in the square a little.

Afterwards, Ajian took out the roster and began to ask the villagers to prepare supplies. At the same time, the large warehouse in the center of the town was also opened, and the money, grain and supplies sent by the people were transported into the warehouse and stored.

Bellmère, who was taking his children to go home first, had not yet stepped into the house when his neighbors informed him that the navy had landed on the island.

Although it was not explained in detail, Bellmère, who had lived on the island for so many years, naturally knew what it meant for the navy to go to the island.

Although she was from the navy, she returned home after retiring, which was completely different from those officers who fought in the navy for their entire lives and finally retired.

When she retired from the army, in addition to her salary for those years in the army, she only received a severance pay of 20 Baileys.

She had already used the money to buy property and land, and she had put all her efforts into raising Nami and her sister, and buying books to support Nami's hobbies. The arrival of the navy this time made Bellmère feel deeply pressured.

She is somewhat different from other farmers in the village. She grows cash crops and has no other source of income before the harvest.

Besides, it is not easy for a woman to raise two children, and she does not have much savings.

Bellmère rummaged through all the drawers and cabinets at home and finally scraped together less than 10 Baileys. After taking the money, Bellmère left home in a hurry. Before leaving, he told his two children to stay at home and not to go out casually.

When Bellmère arrived at the large warehouse in the center of the village, the huge warehouse had already been filled with a small amount of supplies. There was a long line in the yard in front of the warehouse. Some of the people in the line even had pale faces, but they were still holding some rations, waiting for the food to be delivered to the warehouse.

Bellmère saw all of this, and there was nothing he could do except grit his teeth and feel angry.

She is a person with a strong sense of justice. When she encounters such a situation, she naturally has no patience and a fierce conflict breaks out with the navy.

But what happened in the Kokosia village afterwards made Bellmère realize the reality that he had no way of changing the status quo by relying on his own strength.

In order not to drag down other villagers on the island, Bellmère finally had no choice but to go with the flow and compromise like everyone else.

Just as the villagers were queuing up to offer tribute, the sound of orderly footsteps was heard on the street not far away.

The villagers looked back and saw Colonel Mouse leading two teams of eight people walking towards the warehouse.

The leading mouse looked at this scene with a bright smile on his face. His eyes swept through the crowd in line and then fell on Bellmère in the queue.

Bellmère looked at Colonel Mouse and his men approaching with obvious disgust on his face.

“Oh my~”

"Isn't this Belle-Mère?"

"long time no see, how are you?"

Bellmère and Colonel Mouse have dealt with each other before, and the two are actually not strangers to each other.

"Go away."

Bellmère glanced at Colonel Mouse with disgust and growled.

“Hohoho——”

Seeing Bellmère's angry expression, Colonel Mouse raised his hands and let out a strange laugh, as if he could see the other party's anger at the moment.

"Don't be so angry!"

"Your temper is bad for everyone, right?"

"After all, we were colleagues before, and we got along well with each other. Isn't that good?"

Colonel Mouse's words did not receive a response from Bellmère. Feeling that he was being ignored, Colonel Mouse snorted, ignored the other party, and walked towards Ajian.

At this time, Ajian changed his expression, complimented him, stood up and handed the list in his hand to the other party.

After taking a quick glance at the list, Colonel Mouse nodded in satisfaction, then rolled his eyes and waved to Bellmère in the queue:
"Hey, Bellmère, come here!"

Hearing Colonel Mouse's call, Bellmère actually didn't want to pay attention, but under Ajian's crazy eyes, he finally walked out of the team reluctantly and came close to the few people.

"Well, Bellmaire, come to think of it, how are you going to support our navy this time?"

"We are all family, I think you won't be stingy, right?"

Colonel Mouse chuckled and looked at Bellmère expectantly.

Under the gaze of several navy officers and Ajian, Bellmère put the more than 80,000 berries he had collected into Ajian's hands.

It was a lot of money. Bellemere was a woman, and her two children would have to be given half. The more than 80,000 Baileys were actually enough to cover the "per capita money".

Ajian nodded with a slightly heavy expression. He knew that this was the result of Bellmère's best efforts.

"hehe."

"Hey! Bellmère! Do you think too highly of our navy?"

"Is this what you call sincerity?!"

"What are you kidding!?"

The originally amiable Colonel Mouse suddenly became aggressive, reached out and grabbed a handful of Bailey from Ajian's hand, and smashed it directly on Bellmère's head.

"Wow--"

As banknotes flew, the sailors following Colonel Mouse raised their spears and pointed them at Bellmère.

Bellmère, who was straightforward and hot-tempered, had not intended to endure such humiliation from the Mouse Colonel, but when a black gun was pointed at her, she forced herself to calm down and looked at the Mouse Colonel in front of her with a fierce face.

Seeing Bellmère’s face full of anger but not daring to act rashly, Colonel Mouse also let out a "giegie" laugh.

He couldn't stand Bellmère's righteous look and the way he looked at him.

A commoner actually dared to look at him like garbage. How could he tolerate such a thing? !

If he hadn't been afraid that the "business" of Kokosia Village would be affected, he would have killed this woman long ago!
"Don't go too far, Rat!"

Bellmère spat out these words through her teeth, but her anger was insignificant in the eyes of Colonel Mouse.

"I heard you have an adopted daughter named Nami, right?"

"Very talented. You can already draw sea charts at such a young age?"

"Haha, you've educated me very well!"

"Now, let your daughter come to the Navy and work for me."

"Don't worry, I will definitely train her well."

Colonel Mouse didn't know where he got the information from, but he found out that Bellmère's daughter was able to draw nautical charts. He wanted to take this opportunity to recruit the child into the navy.

On the one hand, Mouse was impressed by the other party's talent. On the other hand, he was also deeply impressed by Nami's iconic appearance. At the same time, if he could control Bell-mère's daughter, this annoying woman would probably know who is the "big and small king", right?
"what?!"

Bellemere's eyes widened when she heard this. The other party actually dared to threaten her with her own daughter. This was something she absolutely could not tolerate. She bent her body and was about to take action, but the mouse colonel in front of her suddenly pulled out a gun and pointed it at Bellemere's forehead:
"Don't get excited, calm down--"

"When you get excited, I get nervous. If something goes wrong, don't blame me."

(End of this chapter)