My code name is Green Bull

The G7 branch's recruitment of new naval soldiers caused quite a stir in the surrounding sea area.

Although pirates are now rampant in the new world, the navy is still one of the strongest forces. Joining the navy means finding a big backer.

Moreover, the navy's treatment is also very generous. It is undoubtedly countless times better than the precarious pirates who rely on killing and looting at sea.

Therefore, as soon as the recruitment of the G7 branch began, a large number of qualified young adults came to participate, and the number exceeded 10,000.

Jon didn't expect it to be so lively. He really wanted to recruit more people, but unfortunately, Kong only gave him a preparation of 3,000 people and could not recruit more people.

So 3,000 people were selected from tens of thousands of people. This was also a medium-sized project.

After several days of screening, 3,000 new recruits were finally selected, 2,700 of whom were male soldiers, and 300 female soldiers were also recruited, which were allocated to the female barracks in Gion.

After the new recruits were recruited, they entered into intensive training. The female corps from Gion was still the main force, and there were also some powerful male soldiers to train the new recruits.

Jon is now staying at the G7 branch base, watching the turbulence of the new world.

As time goes by, the battles in the pirate world have not stopped weakening, but have become more and more intense. It is clear that a large number of pirates die every day.

But even so, the number of pirates is still increasing day by day, as if they can't be killed no matter how hard they are killed.

Some pirate groups disappear as soon as they fight, while some pirate groups become stronger and stronger with more fights, and the more they fight, the more powerful they become, and the more they fight, the more people they have.

For example, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates quickly established themselves as the overlords of the new world and became increasingly powerful. The Beasts Pirates were slightly less powerful, but they were also getting stronger and occupied a large area. territory.

In addition to them, there are also many powerful pirate groups, but many of them are pirate groups that do not appear in the plot. Although Jon has information, he does not know them very well.

As night fell, Jon sent Gion to his residence and returned to his office.

Not long after he returned to the office, a phone he had placed in his drawer suddenly rang.

After Jon picked up the buzzing phone, he frowned and answered the call.

"it's me!"

"Jon, it's me, Lucien."

"Lieutenant General Lucien, didn't I tell you that this phone is reserved for emergencies? You are calling me now. Is there any emergency?"

This phone bug is his and Lucian's special phone bug and will not be used unless it is an important matter.

"There is indeed an emergency. Our business is so booming. Although it has been very low-key, many people still find us through underground channels, hoping to buy the food in our hands. There are even many forces who are willing to come to us in other ways. Cooperation, such as weapons and equipment, devil fruits, intelligence messages, etc.”

Jon's face suddenly darkened: "Is this why you called me?"

"Yes, Jon, I think this is a good opportunity. We can't just do the food business all the time. If we can exchange food for other supplies, it will be beneficial to us without any harm."

Lucian's tone across from him was very exciting, and even though he was thousands of miles away, Jon could feel his excitement.

But Lucien's excitement does not mean that he is also excited. On the contrary, he is very dissatisfied and angry.

"Lieutenant General Lucian, I should have told you that the grain business is just a tool we use to make money, and low-key development is my strategy. But since you took full control of the business, you have expanded demand time and time again. You Do you still remember your original worries?"

When he first started the grain business, Lucien was very cautious and exported very little, but even so, those involved made a lot of money.

However, after Shalhoub was eliminated and Lucien took full control of the business, in less than two years, more and more grain was exported, and Lucien's appetite also grew.

Jon had reminded him several times, but Lucian said that the underground channels were very safe and there was no need to worry about being discovered.

Lucien in this state allowed Jon to see the shadow of Shalhoub. Although Lucien was not as greedy as Shalhoub, he had gradually begun to change in that direction.

Even except for Lucien, many people involved in the business had forgotten the original strategy and only wanted to make more money. Therefore, instead of stopping Lucien's actions, they praised him very much.

Jon knew that problems would arise sooner or later if this continued, but now he really needed Lucien. Over the past few years, this channel had already developed into a huge network, involving the interests of countless people.

So even if he knew that this was not going to work, he still couldn't cut it off, because the root of all this came from him.

Lucian said they would support him, and indeed, the gang did fully support him.

But Jon knew that although these people seemed to support him, they valued his ability more. If he didn't have the ability to create food, no matter how powerful he was, he might not be able to win over people's hearts in such a short time.

The current grain business gives Jon the feeling that it is too big to get rid of even if he wants to, but if he wants to control it, it is difficult to control it with his current manpower. This does not require strength.

In the face of Lucien's repeated requests, although Jon also increased the export of food appropriately, he still tried to maintain a relatively balanced state, only increasing a little each time.

To this end, he was urged by Lucian, and even learned from Uncle Pemberton that many people below were dissatisfied with his decision.

Jon was very helpless. People who could become high-level people in the grain business were definitely smart people, but interests blinded them. Even smart people gradually began to lose their eyesight under the huge interests.

If he could bear it before, he really couldn't bear it now.

Lucian was no longer satisfied with the food business, and wanted to obtain weapons and equipment through transactions. This was like dancing on a tightrope, going crazy.

"Exchange food for weapons and equipment, devil fruits, intelligence, etc. Lucien, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Lucian, who was scolded by Jon, not only did not feel that it was wrong, but actually spoke plausibly.

"Jon, you don't understand. Our business is now big, and many people are interested in us. You may not know that in the recent transactions, we have been targeted by other forces several times, and our people have lost money. A lot."

"What does this mean? It means that our strength is insufficient, so we must expand our strength in exchange for those things, all in order to make our strength stronger. Only when we are stronger, the business will be more stable and you can earn more. We are doing this for your sake."

"ha?"

Jon shouted in disbelief, "For my sake, Lieutenant General Lucien, you and I both know who you are thinking about. You are becoming more and more greedy."

"Jon, I know you are already dissatisfied with me, but don't forget that it was you who dragged me into this business in the first place. Do you think all this is what I want? Sometimes we don't want to be greedy. , but was forced to be greedy.”

"You don't do anything, just make food. You are superior. But you don't know that this business was created by brothers risking their lives. Everyone wants to make more and become better. What can I do? The solution? I was forced too."

"I know better than you that this business is a powder keg now, but even so, you still have to add oil to it, otherwise, it may explode at any time."

Jon remained silent. He did regret it now. He underestimated the greed of people.

At first, everyone kept a low profile for the sake of safety. After safety was threatened, they boldly wanted to get rid of a lieutenant general.

But now, those same people are still there. They have forgotten the past and only want to make more, ignoring the risks.

He rubbed his forehead vigorously, feeling extremely painful in his head.

Lucian was right. The current grain business is like a powder keg, with the risk of exploding at any time. If he adds oil to it, the explosion will be relatively late, but once he stops the business, the powder keg will explode instantly. .

He had no choice but to do it. Now he was standing on the fire rack with no way back.

"You are in charge of this business. You can change weapons if you want. You can change whatever you want. But what I want to tell you is that I will not increase the food supply."

"How can this work? If you don't increase the amount of food, our business will not be able to expand at all."

"Don't talk nonsense. This is my decision. Don't you want to make more money? There is a way without increasing the amount of food. Take 10% of my share and divide it among my brothers. Tell them that this is already my largest share. If you don't want to die, please give me some stability, otherwise, the consequences will not be something you can bear."

After speaking, Jon hung up the phone without waiting for Lucian's reply.

"Fuck, what the hell!"

The phone was hung up, but Jon was still undecided. He angrily picked up the documents on the table and smashed them out.

After a long time, the anger slowly subsided.

The loss of control of the grain business made him realize an extremely serious problem.

It's not that there is a problem with this business, but that there is a problem with the people who control the business. Although people like Lucian say they are loyal to him and follow him, in fact, these people are not under his control at all.

This situation occurred because he only wanted to make money before and did not want to bother with management and development channels, so he handed over power to others.

Secondly, it was because most of the people who controlled his business were from the logistics department. Those people were beyond his control. When he wanted to control them, he could no longer do so.

An uncontrollable force will only put him on the fire rack. Now, he has changed from the dominant position in the past to a supplier, and he is still the one who has to supply.

And what he got in exchange, in addition to a huge amount of money, was a group of people who said they would be loyal to him, and there were still constraints that were difficult to get rid of.

"We can't continue like this, otherwise we will be killed by them sooner or later. It's time to make changes."

In fact, Jon has already realized the danger, but his wings are not full yet. He wants to be more stable and wait for a while before thinking of a solution.

But now it seems that it has reached a very critical moment. He doesn't know how long his order will last, so he must make changes before things develop to an irreversible point.

"Being ruthless and ruthless is a must-have for a person in power. I used to be too naive and didn't want to use despicable means, so you pressed me step by step. You forced me to do all this."

Jon, who had always been amiable in front of outsiders, turned extremely ferocious at this moment.

In fact, he already had a way to deal with those disobedient people, but he had never made up his mind. At this moment, he was determined to eradicate the threat even if he used despicable methods.

Suddenly there was a transparent glass bottle in his hand. Jon played with the glass bottle and his expression gradually became firm.

Jon just sat quietly in the office, but he was only calm on the surface, but in fact his mind was constantly spinning and thinking.

…………

Half a month later, the same phone bug rang again in the same office.

Although he was extremely unhappy, Jon still pressed the button and answered the call.

"What's the matter?"

Listening to Jon's cold tone, Lucien, who was far away in the first half of the Grand Line, felt helpless.

"There is indeed something important for you to decide."

"explain."

"It's Dorag. A few days ago, he found our people. He seemed to know about our business. He wanted to meet me by name. I have contacted him."

"Dorag? He is looking for you because of food?"

When he heard it was Dorag, Jon frowned even more. He and Dorag were indeed very good friends before, but after the fight with Dorag, their relationship became sour. Lager never looked for him again.

Dolag did not come to him directly, but went to Lucien instead. It must be for food, and also to warn them and let them understand that he knew about their business.

"Yes, he also wanted food, and he also made an excessive request. He needed a large amount of food, but the purchase price was only half of our normal sales. I rejected him on the spot, but he still refused to give up. , let me contact you and tell you to make the decision."

"Jon, how did Dolag know that we were behind the scenes? Our channels are very safe. I have never participated in the sale of food, and the sales process has changed hands many times. Why did Dolag identify the people behind the scenes? Is it you and me?”

"If even Dorag can be found, will our business be unsafe?"

Jon snorted coldly: "You also have such worries? I thought you just wanted to make money and didn't care about anything else. If you continue to increase food exports like you do, the headquarters will find me soon, because No matter how clean you are, you will still leave clues."

"I understand. Just as you said before, we won't increase the food supply, and we won't take 10% of your profits. The key question is how to deal with it on Dorag's side?"

"I have earned enough over the years. If you are told to reduce it by 10%, I will reduce it by 10% and you can share it with my subordinates;

As for Dolag, let him get lost, don’t sell any food to him, and tell him what I say. If he dares to say a word, I will ensure that his revolutionary army will have no place to hide. If he doesn’t believe it, you let him He can try. "

"Is it so tough? If so."

"If not, just tell him this. He is a smart man. After listening to my words, he will understand what I mean and make the right choice."

"Okay, got it, I'll get back to him right away."

"..."