Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

The Seven Waters City is the bustling place second only to the Sabaody Archipelago in the first half of the Grand Route. The business here is very prosperous. If you sail along the waterways 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 rich people shop and consume on a daily basis.

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

Needless to say, the front page of the newspaper is some major news that has happened recently on the sea. But on the second page, a small story appeared very rarely.

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

In this story, friendship is only incidental. The main content is to describe how rich the Golden Country is. The scene of gold all over the ground makes readers drool.

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

Some readers knew the legend about the Golden Country, so they sneered at the story in the newspaper.

But most people don't know this. They have been deeply attracted by the content of the story and imagine what it would be like if they found the Golden Country and became super rich overnight.

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

This time, readers saw that after Rolando left the Golden Country, the Golden Country was hit by the surging sea current, and the entire island, along with the gold and the Shandians on it, was washed up to a height of 10,000 meters.

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

The Golden Country and the Shandians eventually landed on the Sky Island and clashed with the local residents, and a land war that lasted for 400 years broke out.

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 Big Liar is a liar, including the writer of this story in the newspaper, who specializes in deceiving those who have no brains.

But another group of readers think that a story is just a story, and it is enough to read it for fun. If you have to worry about whether the story is true or not, it is not only putting the cart before the horse, but also suspected of deliberately finding fault.

When the two parties were arguing over a newspaper, Remos had brought Nami to Carrera Company and met Barry and Carrera Company’s president Espagu in the office.

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

"Hello, both of you. I heard about your business from Barry. Using the treasure tree Adam to build a ship is the largest order for Seven Water City in the past ten years, so I want to meet you in person. I hope you don’t mind."

Espagu is gentle and polite, and his speech is completely different from that of Barry, the rough man.

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

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

"It's nothing to mind. It's our honor to meet the mayor."

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated. I was also elected by everyone as the mayor... When I heard that you were going to use the treasure 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, because I didn't pay the money either. I just placed an order verbally and asked those merchants not to transport the treasure tree for the time being. I still have this face."

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

"The design drawings of the new ship have been completed. Come and take a look."

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

They followed Ice Bago to the front of the diagram, and a very beautiful ship appeared on the paper.

Nami's eyes immediately couldn't move away, and Remos' eyes were also attracted to him.

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

Ice Bago stood beside Remos, holding a short stick, and began to point at the diagram.

This ship is a whole circle larger than the Liberty. It has changed from a two-story structure to a three-story structure, divided intoTwo floors on the deck and one floor below the deck.

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

The floor below the deck is mainly composed of rooms such as the prison and the power room.

Yes, this ship has a special power system that uses coal and wood to burn energy, and can move forward smoothly even when the sea breeze is unfavorable.

"Regarding power, I hope it can be converted to electric drive."

After reading the drawings, Remos suddenly said.

"Electric drive?"

Aisbagu looked at Remos in astonishment.

"What's wrong? Is it not possible? Or can't it be done?"

Remos asked.

"That's not the case," Acebagu 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, please follow my requirements on this point."

Remos didn't explain the reason, but only made a request.

Of course, Acebagu didn't care. They could even make Coke power. Isn't electric drive simple? Although he was curious about how Remos was going to solve the power problem, he wouldn't ask more if Remos didn't say it.

Anyway, just meet the customer's requirements.

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

Acebagu turned his eyes to Nami.

Nami stared at the drawings and shook her head gently after a moment, "I have no opinion."

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

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 this ship is 550 million berries, of which the bulk is the treasure tree Adam, which is worth about 300 million.

This ship is smaller than the Thousand Sunny of Luffy and his crew, because the Thousand Sunny itself has a third floor, and the materials used will be even more.

If Remos remembers correctly, the price of wood for the Thousand Sunny is about 200 million. They used less this time, but the value is higher.

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

In addition to the material cost, the second most expensive thing is labor.

"... I'll give you a 30% discount on 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 Carrera Company."

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

In addition to materials and labor, the remaining money is the decoration and power system money, which is relatively small, and it is listed as one item.

The final number is 550 million, which is a little less than the 600 million prepared by Remos.

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

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

But how could the shells not be sold?

From the third day, the short story in the newspaper began to speed up and quickly put the perspective on the story on the 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 spray water;

Shells that can heat food, shells that can store images and sounds, and even shells that release shock waves for fighting.

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 on sale? This, this is the content of the story..."

"Stupid, no, it's in the newspaper building, hurry up, you can't buy it if you go too late."

"Uh, is it necessary to be so anxious..."

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

"Just some shells..."

"But it isThe product of Sky Island is the only one in the sea. If we grab it, we can sell it to others. You can 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 the shells.

And some rich people, out of curiosity, drove their attendants or servants to the sales site with cash.

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

In the commotion, the eyes of a group of special people were attracted as expected.