I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King

Den Den Mushi fell silent again.

Lily sat at the table, also silent for a while, and said: "They actually came out on their own initiative."

During the operation of encroaching on Whitebeard's territory, some people also encountered the Whitebeard Pirates, or the remnants of the group.

Hawkins met Rakuyo, the captain of the 7th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, who was also famous on the sea and used a meteor hammer as a weapon.

The two sides had a big battle, but facing his fruit ability, Rakuyo had no choice but to retreat.

Akin met King Gudo, the captain of the 11th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, who had a pair of iron arm armors and was proficient in observation and armed color.

But in front of his ability, King Gudo was obviously restrained. The pair of iron arm armors that he was proud of were instantly melted into molten iron. The high-temperature molten iron injured his hands and was defeated by Akin.

It was just that the opponent's men desperately covered and took King Gudo away.

Urouge also met Blenheim, and after the battle, the opponent retreated.

Although they have won victory after victory and taken over a lot of territory, the enemy will harass them from time to time, forcing them to increase their defense.

The battle with Big Mom and the loyalty of many pirate groups have made it enough for them to maintain more than 100 troops stationed on the islands near Ohara and those close routes.

However, for the new territories deep into the New World, more than 300 people are now deployed in each territory, and some important islands are crammed with 500 people, and equipped with a captain.

The magnetic field island has a thousand people, and they have to let these big cadres guard it to avoid being attacked by the remnants of the Whitebeard Group.

It is certain that they can repel them, but the occasional harassment is annoying enough, and the manpower and material resources consumed, as well as the security required for the resources sent by those islands, have been greatly strengthened.

But the sea is too big, and those people can't find it even if they want to, so they can only waste time like this.

Now it's good.

They finally came out.

"After defeating them, we can slowly conquer the sphere of influence we have designated.

Lily smiled: "During this period, the material ships they robbed also caused us a lot of losses."

"Those are all trivial matters."

Sage picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it, then smiled and said:

"Everything can confuse people, but the battle line cannot confuse others. No matter how we invade or rob, we are always on the road to victory."

"Sage, you have always been so confident." Lily said.

"Of course, I am the confident little prince of the East China Sea. No setbacks can defeat me. Hahaha!" Sager laughed triumphantly.

"Then there is something to report. Before receiving Teach's call, I received another call."

Lily said: "Two days ago, the spices transported by Serabais were robbed by the Whitebeard Pirates. ”

Because the ship was also destroyed, only a dozen of his men survived by chance. It took two days to find a way to report to the Den Den Mushi.

Sag picked up a piece of meat as thin as a cicada's wing, rinsed it lightly, and put it on Lily's plate.

"It's a small matter, not a big problem. Now the rats have been forced to a dead end and have come out in full force. Solve them, and all problems will be no problem."

Lily blinked her beautiful eyes, picked up the chopsticks and ate the meat, then sighed and said:

"Sag, Serabais is an island that produces spices. The special spices needed for our canned food are all produced from that island."

Bang!

Sag broke the chopsticks with one hand, and his face immediately darkened, "You said meteorite spice? !"

Lily nodded, "There are also a lot of star anise. Without this spice, our canned food production will be much less. In addition, Dover called and said that meteorite spices have appeared on the black market. "

"Damn it! It's bullying! "

Sag's forehead was bulging with blue veins, "That's my meteorite spice! That's my stuff, my money! Marco, that guy, is going to the battle, right now!"

Lily pursed her lips, she knew that Saag couldn't remember the name of the island.

"I see, I'll go and prepare for the battle later. However, I know Saag's meteorite spice is very precious, but it's not necessary to just make canned food and sell it. Everyone in our territory can eat, and the food is not bad. "

On the sea, each island has its own specialty due to climate and sea factors.

Especially in the Grand Line, there are no islands with overlapping specialties.

For example, Serabais is the newly conquered island after Sager and Big Mom ended the conflict. It originally belonged to the Whitebeard Pirates.

This island has two specialties, one is meteorite spice. It is said that a meteorite fell in ancient times and smashed a big pit, so the land properties were changed, resulting in a special spice that can be planted in the pit.

The taste of this spice is extremely rich, and no matter what kind of taste can be perfectly blended under the blending of this spice, achieving a perfect fusion of conflicting ingredients.

The taste is even more explosive.

The price is much higher than gold, and it has always been a famous product, which is rarer than the sea salt produced by the Seven Water City after the "Water Gods" every year.

Of course, since the conquest of the island, this spice is also a special supply of Sager, and only the excess will leak out of his hands.

However, in addition to the rare meteorite spice on the island, there is also an auxiliary spice called "octagonal star".

This spice is also very good, and it also has a good preservative function.

Sager, who knew the role of this spice at that time, started a food canning factory directly.

This is what Lily doesn't understand.

You must know the products of O'Hara's wealth. The first one is arms, and the second one is food.

They have no shortage of food.

"Lily, some things are not simply determined by whether you are full or not, and whether they have economic benefits."

"Everything here is mine. Of course I can let the people below me grow and catch it. In my territory, there are only a few people who are short of food. Even if there is a shortage, internal merchants can take the food and sell it, because the food rich."

"But you have to know that they can afford food because they have a salary to buy it. Where does the salary come from? Of course they have something to do."

"Except for the food-starved island of Serabas, things like the eight-pointed star are not used anywhere else. If you don't let them have something to do, how many can they grow? If they don't grow enough, there will be nothing to do. Already?"

"Let the people of Serabais grow spices and use the antiseptic properties of the star anise to combine with food and make canned food. This will increase jobs and allow more people to earn wages."

"Just like Leti's shipyard and weapons factory, what is the use of iron ore? It is only valuable if it is used to make weapons. Now that there is an additional factory that can make cans, there will be more jobs. It will greatly increase domestic demand.”

"With the expansion of domestic demand, I will collect more taxes, and those people will have something to do. Instead of getting together one day when they are bored, someone will pop up and say he wants to be the Pirate King, and then become a pirate."

This is a bit troublesome, but it is necessary for many things.

There is no shortage of food in his territory, and many people are resistant to canned food. After all, who would eat the preserved food if it is fresh?

But if there is no demand, then create demand.

As long as it tastes good and people have nothing to do, they will buy one or two and take them home, and gradually it will become a trend that can be served on the dining table.

Besides, this thing is not for Sage's territory, but more for sale.

Like arms, food is in short supply.

Food that lasts a long time is even more popular.

There is no shortage of food in Sage's territory, and there are also famines in other places on the sea.

There is domestic demand, allowing more people to have jobs, ensuring stability for those people, and receiving more taxes. What's wrong with that?

Stability is not something you can just talk about.

People who are idle and have nothing to do, or who are unable to do anything, are extremely destructive.

A group of guys with good qualities, not too many, a dozen or so will be enough.

Among them was one who was proficient in combat, and another one who knew navigation knowledge. At this time, a person appeared who shouted "I want to be the pirate king", or "I have an idea".

That pirate group came out.

Sage rolled his eyes and said:

"I just couldn't do anything, couldn't fulfill my dream of being a landowner, so I came to be a pirate."

"I can't let the people below me follow my example. Everyone has become pirates, so what blessings do I have? People all over the world are going to become pirates, so who are they going to rob?"

Lily nodded thoughtfully, "I understand."

"Study hard and watch carefully. Now that you are the big housekeeper, you can take the initiative to do things like this in the future. I tell you, selling raw materials is useless. Only by processing and selling finished products can you have a future and let more people have it. work," Sager said.

"But we just don't have enough people."

Lily thought for a while and said: "Right now, due to manpower issues, our production has been stuck at a certain point. Dover called last time and said that he wanted to increase the number of goods, but we couldn't do it."

O'Hara has a total population of two million.

In the past, this population was certainly not small.

But since Sager started playing with the industrial chain, it was not enough at all.

Because we need too many people.

On the sub-island, although there are small humans planting, and the volcanic fertilizer on the affiliated island Vakanogre, the yield of grown food is very large, but if they only rely on them, not to mention selling it, they will supply the current Sag. There isn't even enough space.

Sub-islands suitable for planting require manual planting.

There are important people for mining iron ore, important people for making weapons, important people for logging, and important people for making ships.

There are also those free traders and small craftsmen in the territory. The shortage of employees is getting bigger and bigger.

As a result, the current output can only be maintained at a certain number.

"It's better to not have enough manpower than to have too much manpower. What are you afraid of? I don't have to worry about selling my things. Once Whitebeard is defeated and all the planned forces are included, we can slowly recruit people."

Sage waved his hand and said, "After such a long time, my plan should be completed."

Devouring half of Whitebeard's territory was the longest plan since Sag formulated it.

But it is also the most profitable.

"Will the entire army be dispatched this time?" Lily asked.

"Get the momentum going!"

Sag clenched his fist, with a ferocious look in his eyes, "The whole army is dispatched, I will twist off Marco's head and make it into a pineapple-shaped specimen wine bowl!"