One Piece: Starting from Turning Wano Country into Inazuma

The two of them were in a state of panic.

"Kozuki Oden is such a troublemaker!" Yukiko said angrily, "And Shutenmaru, who usually looks so arrogant, actually lost to him. I must make him look bad when he recovers from his injury!"

"Don't worry about that guy. It's more important to go to Baiwu now." Xia Lin comforted her softly. It's been a few days since he received the reply from Shimotsuki Yasuka, and he's basically ready to go to Baiwu.

"I know, then let me go with you this time." Yukiko nodded.

Shimotsuki Yasuka specifically asked Xia Lin not to make a big scene in his reply, and also mentioned that he was originally a "Baiwu person". It implies that he doesn't need to be too unfamiliar.

"It seems that he heard about the previous incident in Flower City and is afraid that we will bring too many gifts." Yukiko smiled. Although such a generous gift is a bit extravagant, it is actually a very pleasant thing. Moreover, this kind of thing is actually a gift-giving exchange, and generally speaking, it will achieve a balance between income and expenditure.

The trip to Flower City was an exception. That time, he deliberately brought excessive gifts, just like showing the people of other villages how prosperous Jiuli is now, making people yearn for it.

The specifications this time are much more normal, but in addition to the part as a gift, Xia Lin will also bring the part for business talks, so this time the battle will not be as small as Shimotsuki Yasuka expected.

Xia Lin has already set off.

On the other side, Shimotsuki Ushimaru, who is behind the bell, is still sweating in front of the forge.

"No, failed again." He looked at the shapeless knife blank, and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight. At the beginning, he was quite handy when forging swords, and even forged a fast knife. However, with his eagerness to achieve success, his skills not only did not improve, but he continued to face failure.

"Master Ushimaru, you are too impatient." The old man said worriedly.

"You are right." Shimotsuki Ushimaru nodded. He actually knew that he was becoming restless now, not only because of impatience, but also because he was facing great self-doubt.

He doubted that even if he put all his efforts into it, he would not be able to forge a big sword in the end.

"It is difficult to understand the mystery just by looking at the handwritten notes left by the ancestors." He said tiredly.

"Perhaps, you can go to the Flower Capital to ask the general." The old man hesitated for a moment, then tried.

As a living legend who forged a big sword, there is no doubt that Kozuki Sukiyaki is the best swordsmith in Wano Country. However, because his health is not as good as before, he has not forged a sword for a long time.

"Well, it's not good to work behind closed doors like this." He nodded, put down the hammer in his hand, put on the haori and walked into the wind and snow.

During the time when he was preparing to go to the Flower Capital, Xia Lin also went to Baiwu with his entourage.

Originally, Yukiko should have accompanied him this time, after all, Baiwu was also her hometown, although she actually didn't have much nostalgia for this so-called hometown. But now Shutenmaru was injured, and Jiuli didn't have enough people to grasp the overall situation.

Keiko could only handle the affairs of the Kanjo Bugyo, so Yukiko had to stay and take charge.

Jiuli now has too few talents who can stand on their own. Although there are many warriors who can fight, there are few who know how to govern. This makes Xia Lin eager to train more talents.

This time, Jasmine and others did not follow. She wanted to, but Yukiko, who was in a bad mood, stayed to practice.

Shimotsuki Kangjia brought people to welcome Xia Lin into the mansion from a distance, and a large box of gold was also carried into Kangjia's mansion. This box of gold was a gift for meeting. As for the part about business, it was not suitable to bring it up yet. Xia Lin asked his men to take it to the house where Kurozumi Orochi originally lived.

"My great master Jiuli, I didn't expect you to come to visit me in person. I'm sorry for not welcoming you." Shimotsuki Yasuji looked surprised and said polite words, as if he didn't expect Xia Lin to visit him.

But in fact, the two sides had already communicated in letters.

"It's really rude to come to visit you rashly." Xia Lin also greeted him. He didn't like this kind of meaningless topic, especially when the person sitting opposite was a middle-aged uncle with a round face.

But Xia Lin hated Shimotsuki Yasuji a lot.

This person was also in the original book.

He was a pretty good daimyo, and helped Kozuki Oden a lot after he established Kuri. Later, in order to realize Kin'emon's plan, he even sacrificed his life.

Shimotsuki Yasuie's strength may be the lowest among the daimyo, but in terms of backbone, he is not inferior to anyone.

The two sides talked about their relationship for a long time at the banquet. In fact, most of the time, Yasuie was asking about things related to Oden, so that Xia Lin almost had no desire to continue talking.

So he simply cut into the topic.

"I heard that there is a port in Hakumai that has been abandoned for many years. The name is Qiangang, right?"

As soon as this sentence was said, Shimotsuki Yasuie was silent for a few seconds.

Now he has figured out what Xia Lin's purpose of coming here specially for this visit. The next topic is likely to violate the ban of Wano Country, so he waved his hand to send the women who were singing and dancing in the banquet hall away, and the whole hall became empty.

"It is true that Baiwu has such a port." Kangjia looked at Xia Lin with a serious expression. He probably guessed what Xia Lin wanted to say, but he was still pretending to be stupid. "But this port has been abandoned since Wano Country closed its doors to the outside world. I wonder why Jiuli Daimyo mentioned this matter?"

"I'll tell you straight, Mr. Shimotsuki Kangjia, I want to rent this port for a thousand gold per year." Xia Lin said.

This price is not very expensive. If the purchasing power of Bailey is equal to that of Japanese yen in forty years, one thousand gold is equivalent to 10 million yen. For an individual, this is a huge sum of money, but for a village, especially Jiuli, this is a small amount of money.

This is just the lowest offer. In fact, even if the rental price rises to 100,000 gold, Xia Lin will agree without hesitation. Compared with the possible benefits, this amount of effort is nothing at all.

"..." Shimotsuki Kangjia lowered his head and took a breath, then said, "Kuri Daimyo, you should know that in Wano Country, it is not allowed to go to sea privately, especially to overseas, right?"

"Or did you reach an agreement with the general the last time you went to the Flower Capital?"

Kangjia refused without even mentioning the price.