Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 291 The Institutionalization of the Revolutionary Army: Preparing to Write Unofficial History

Bellobetti was clearly very happy, but Ning Yuan had no idea what she was happy about.

It could also be that they're happy about some progress in their career!

He never imagined that Berobetti would admire him. After all, according to conventional thinking, shouldn't the old revolutionary army members admire Dragon?

Ning Yuan glanced at Dorrag, then looked away.

Dorag has now taken Ning Yuan's advice and has stopped wearing a hood, but Ning Yuan is actually thinking of suggesting that he put it back on.

This person looks really scary.

"Let me give you some advice!" Ning Yuan looked at Berobetti and said, "You must convey our ideology to every soldier. We want them to genuinely believe in our ideology and fight for everyone, not just fight because of the power of the Encouragement Fruit!"

"Yes, yes!" Beriberi nodded repeatedly, "I will!"

"Of course, we can't do without this fruit. We can use it during battle to boost our fighting spirit!"

"Yes, yes!" Bellobetti nodded emphatically. "Is there anything else you need?"

"Your clothes!" Ning Yuan pointed at Beribetti's attire.

The girl was wearing a red long-sleeved vest, with no bra and the top open. She wore a long-tailed skirt, red boots, and red and white striped stockings.

"We're doing a serious job, and your attire is a bit unprofessional!"

Berobetty blushed. Actually, she dressed up mainly to make it easier to use the Encouragement Fruit's power. Fighting for a beautiful woman is also a kind of encouragement!

But since the consultant said this outfit is no good, I'll change it when I get back!

After thinking for a moment, Ning Yuan looked at Dragon again: "Speaking of which, don't we have a unified military uniform?"

Dragon's face stiffened: "Well, we didn't have a stable base before, so we didn't have the resources to produce these!"

"Sigh!" Ning Yuan was speechless, then said, "Alright, once we've taken over the base, let's quickly standardize the uniforms. Otherwise, with everyone wearing their own clothes, what's the difference between us and pirates!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Dorag nodded quickly. Although he was still the leader, he always knew that Ning Yuan was the one who understood the revolution best.

What he says goes!

Of course, the main reason is that what Ning Yuan said makes sense.

"I know a little about drawing, so I'll design the military uniforms!" Ning Yuan reached for the tea on the table and then drew a twelve-star flag pattern on it. "And the flag—let's use this from now on! Red background with yellow stars, its full name is the Twelve-Starred Red Flag!"

"Does this mean anything?" Dragon didn't have any objection to changing the flag, because the previous flags weren't specifically designed either.

The main problem was that the revolutionary army lacked art students.

Since Ningyuan is the professional, let's go to Ningyuan.

"The red flag symbolizes blood!" Ning Yuan said. "Our flag is dyed red with the blood of our soldiers!"

"The twelve stars can symbolize many things, but here they primarily represent time!"

"A day has 12 hours, and a year has 12 months. Imprinting these twelve stars on the flag signifies: The revolutionary cause never ceases, day or night!"

"The revolutionary cause never ceases, day or night!" Dragon pondered these eight words for a moment, then nodded emphatically: "Well said!"

Without ceasing day and night, meaning without end.

Our revolutionary army is determined to work day and night to save more people!

"Smoker, Berobetti, and Sabo, what do you think of this flag?" Ning Yuan asked the other three.

"Excellent!" Smoker nodded emphatically. "At least it's prettier than the navy's flag!"

The navy's flag is a seagull flag, which isn't exactly ugly, but Smoker now hates the navy so much that he naturally comes to hate the navy's flag as well.

"I think it's beautiful too!" Bello Betty nodded excitedly; you could tell from her clothes that she really liked red.

Now that the flag is dyed red, how could she not like it!

Sabo also thought the flag was beautiful, and its meaning was simple and clear.

Unlike the old flag, which had letters on it!

Many people don't even know how to read, so how can they learn the alphabet?

This is much better now. The revolutionary cause is carried out day and night, and everyone can understand it.

(The image shows Berobetti and the original flag of the Revolutionary Army)

"Since the uniforms and flags have been changed, why not..." Ning Yuan pondered for a moment, stroking his chin, "directly formalize, organize, and institutionalize the revolutionary army?"

"What is formalization and organization?" Dragon asked.

"For example, if you die, who will lead the revolutionary army to continue?" Ning Yuan asked.

Those present were all intelligent people, so they didn't dwell on whether Dragon would die, but instead began to study what lay behind the question.

"After I die, won't you still be here?!" Dragon asked.

"What if I die too?"

"That's Sabo!"

"Sabo is dead too?"

Sabo's face twitched, and he silently memorized those words.

Dragon remained silent, for it seemed that there was no one else besides Sabo.

There was still the commander of the Fourth Army, but he was only good at military affairs. It would be a bit difficult for him to lead the revolutionary army forward.

"You see, although we call ourselves the Revolutionary Army, in terms of organizational structure, it's not much different from a regular pirate crew. You're the captain, I'm the first mate, this guy over here is the second captain, and the Fourth Division Commander is the captain of the Fourth Division, right?"

Dorrag gave an awkward laugh; they really did look alike!

"The Revolutionary Army's slow development in the past was partly due to the lack of a clear program and development plan, and partly due to its disorganized and unsystematic system!" Ning Yuan said calmly. "Since our goal is the World Government, our organizational structure must be clearer and more advanced than the World Government's. Otherwise, what gives us the right to replace the World Government?"

"This!" Dragon scratched his head. He was just a vice admiral before, how would he know these things?

"You mean, we should also create a Five Elders?" Smoker asked.

"Yes!" Ning Yuan nodded, "But we are different from the World Government, so the structure of this star must also be different!!"

"The Five Elders are in charge of the environment, scientific defense, legal affairs, finance, and agriculture, but they are not involved in many functions such as education, transportation, security, industry, medical care, sanitation, and the military. This is because the World Government mainly manages the member states, and the departments I mentioned are only for those countries to manage!"

"The state that our revolutionary army wants to establish has abolished the aristocracy and directly leads the people, so we can't do without these departments; we must fill them all!"

"So we're going to make a Thirteen Elders?" Smoker counted on his fingers, five plus eight, that's thirteen!

"More or less!" Ning Yuan said, "Let's set up thirteen or more departments, and the leaders of these departments will also be called 'Stars,' but let's not keep calling them 'Stars'!"

"Above these thirteen stars, we will also set up two general affairs departments, one in charge of political affairs and the other in charge of everything! The former will be called the Moon Star, and the latter can be called the Sun Star!"

"In other words, the leader of the Revolutionary Army will be the Sun Star, the deputy leader will be the Moon Star, and below these two stars will be thirteen stars in charge of various political affairs!" Dragon said, glancing at Sabo's notebook.

Saab had already drawn up the organizational structure in his notebook.

"That's right!" Ning Yuan nodded. "Of course, that's just the political aspect. There's also the military aspect. Militarily, we should establish two branches: an army and a navy. The former will be used to counter the Kingdom's Guard, and the latter will be used to combat pirates and fight against the navy!"

Sabo has added an army and a navy to the thirteen stars!

"Regarding specific jurisdictional management!" Ning Yuan continued, "In today's world, there are large countries, small cities, and even smaller towns and villages. Our administrative regions can also be divided according to this hierarchy!"

"Of course, there's only one country in our territory, so the 'country' level doesn't exist. It can be changed to a state, then a city, then a town, and then a village!"

"Take Cocoyasia Village as an example. Let's assume our country is called the Blood Flag Country, and we set the Konomi Islands as the Konomi State. Cocoyasia Village would then be Cocoyasia Village, Neisha Town, Konomi State, the Blood Flag Country!"

Sabo excitedly wrote down the organizational structure.

He didn't know why, even though he hadn't done anything and Donghai was still a blank slate, just watching these organizational structures being written down one by one gave him a feeling that great things could be accomplished.

This is much more stable than the revolutionary army of the past!

Dorrag was completely unaware that his little fanboy next door had already betrayed him.

He's tilting his ear and listening intently!

"These thirteen star departments should be set up in every state and every city. There's no need to set them up in every town and village, but we could set up some defense and security departments instead!"

"Once you return, immediately set up these departments. After conquering a country, these departments must quickly move in and begin their work! We cannot simply destroy without building, nor can we hand over new countries to those old nobles. We cannot give them any power!"

One rule after another, along with the methods and procedures, were described by Ning Yuan.

This includes what to do after entering the city, how to choose a school location, how to judge nobles, how to recruit soldiers, how to collect taxes, how to develop production, how to develop water conservancy, and how to develop agriculture.

Sabo wrote down notes in notebook after notebook, leaving Smoker completely bewildered.

Beriberi's eyes have almost turned pink!

The advisor was already described by the leader as one of the most exceptional people on earth, but after seeing him in person, he turned out to be even more amazing than the leader had described!

With the guidance of our advisors, our red flag can definitely be planted all over the world!

Dorrag, on the other hand, was also excited, but remained quite calm.

I knew it all along; the one before me is a god!

It's not normal for gods to be omniscient and omnipotent!

but!

He glanced at Beribetti, who was practically staring at Ning Yuan, and then sighed.

This god is good in every way, except that he's a bit of a womanizer. If Berobetti falls into this trap, who knows what will happen?

However, being a womanizer isn't really a problem.

After all, these days, a large number of men go to sea, while women stay at home to farm and produce, so there are naturally more women than men.

After the World Government is overthrown, Blood Flag Country might even introduce a polygamous policy to try and restore its population.

I don’t know how much time has passed, I only know that it got dark outside once, and then gradually got bright again. Ning Yuan finally finished speaking.

Sabo has already filled four large notebooks with records!

"That's all for today. We can deal with any problems that arise later!" Ning Yuan slammed his hand on the table. "Meeting adjourned!"

"Huh?" Smoker was taken aback. "Wait, I haven't said what I did yet!"

"Huh?" Ning Yuan was taken aback, then her face turned red. "Oh, right, we're here to give a performance review, how did we suddenly get off-topic?"

"So cute!" Seeing Ning Yuan blush, Bello Betty immediately covered her heart.

"It's alright, it's good that we've gone off-topic!" Smoker laughed. "When I joined the Revolutionary Army, it was somewhat of an impulsive decision, and I regretted it a little afterwards."

"But now that I've seen this organizational structure, I have no more doubts! The Blood Flag Nation will surely succeed!"

"Are you that confident in this organizational structure?" Dragon asked.

"It's not that I have confidence in the architecture itself!" Smoker looked at Ning Yuan, "It's that I have confidence in the person who proposed this architecture!"

Ning Yuan was speechless: "I remember you didn't like flattering people or going along with their corrupt ways, which is why you were demoted to Rogge Town!"

"Those people are a bunch of useless trash, of course I wouldn't flatter them!" Smoker said nonchalantly. "But you're different, you're truly amazing, so this isn't flattery, this is genuine praise!"

"Fine, I believe you!" Ning Yuan shrugged. "So, what did you do this week?"

"I've recruited 26 members for the branch!" Smoker proudly pulled out a stack of papers and handed them out to a few people.

Ning Yuan unfolded it and saw a list of names, along with information such as height, weight, and age.

He immediately took the information from Sabo and Berobetti, then said irritably, "How can you just distribute this stuff like that?"

"Aren't these all our own people?" Smoker asked somewhat awkwardly.

"We're all on the same side, but we can't guarantee that we'll always be on the same side!" Ning Yuan said.

Seeing the strange expressions on their faces, Ning Yuan said, "I'm not doubting you all, but we're doing a job that could cost us our lives. Nobody knows when we'll encounter danger or be arrested by the World Government. Knowing less information could potentially save the life of one more comrade!"

"We understand!" Berobetti nodded quickly. "And I won't let that happen!"

If I am caught, what they will get is my corpse!

"You've done a great job, but keep up the good work!" Ning Yuan handed the paper back: "Of course, your own safety and secrecy are more important than anything else!"

"I understand!" Smoker nodded.

Having discussed Smoker, the next topic is Ning Yuan.

"What I did has been pretty much covered in the newspapers!" Ning Yuan pointed to the World Economic Daily next to the table: "Don't get any ideas. The Revolutionary Army still has some shady dealings, so there are many things we can't do openly, like recruiting scientists or developing industry. But Alabasta can do those things!"

"I will develop science, technology, industry, and education in Alabasta, and then use that money to support the cause in the East China Sea! From now on, we will work together, one openly and one covertly, supporting each other and making progress together!"

"We understand!" Dragon quickly replied, "You are an advisor to the Revolutionary Army; we would never doubt your resolve!"

Ning Yuan smiled. It's good if they understand, and it doesn't matter if they don't. In the end, whether the Revolutionary Army wins or Alabasta wins, the power of order is in my hands, and I will win.

"Oh, right!" Ning Yuan then looked at Dorag: "Who back home is trustworthy? Give me their contact information!"

"Kera's still back home, she can be trusted!" Dragon thought for a moment, then asked, "Is there anything you need her to do?"

"Yes, there is!" Ning Yuan nodded. "Do you know Nico Robin, the Devil's Child?"

"I know!" Dragon nodded immediately. "She's the only historian who understands ancient writing systems; we've been looking for her for a long time!"

At this point, Dragon's eyes lit up: "Could it be?"

"That's right, she's with me!" Ning Yuan nodded. "However, the historical texts are scattered all over the world, so it's unrealistic to expect her to fill in the blanks in a short time!"

"I see!" Dragon said, "That's good. I was looking for her before because the revolutionary cause was not going well, so I pinned my hopes on that blank hundred years of history. Now that our cause has great hope, that blank hundred years of history doesn't seem so important anymore."

"The blank hundred years of history is indeed not important, but it is not useless!" Ning Yuan said.

"But?" Dragon was taken aback and asked, "Didn't you say it wouldn't be possible to write it in a short time?"

"If you can't write it down, you can just make it up!" Ning Yuan laughed.

"Huh?" Not only was Dragon stunned, but Smoker, Sabo, and Berobetti were also stunned.

"Wait, can you just make up something like this?" Dragon asked in surprise.

"Of course!" Ning Yuan laughed, "The World Government's rule over the world was ultimately too short-lived; they don't understand one principle!"

They ruled the world for eight hundred years, isn't that a short time?

However, what they wanted to know more about was the reasoning behind it.

Seeing the eager looks in their eyes, Ning Yuan laughed and said, "If you completely suppress history, then don't blame others for treating unofficial history as official history!"

"Unofficial history?" Bellobetti asked curiously, "What kind of history is unofficial history?"

"Unofficial history is history recorded by people with good memories!" Ning Yuan said. "Because it's personal memory, it's inevitable that it will be distorted, exaggerated, and sensationalized during its transmission!"

"Therefore, unofficial histories have always had one characteristic!"

"What are its characteristics?" Bello Betty was the first to ask.

"Unofficial histories may not be true, but they are definitely unofficial!"

Even before he transmigrated, Ning Yuan had already wanted to help the World Government write unofficial histories. After all, they had destroyed the blank hundred-year history, so he could write whatever he wanted!

If you're so capable, show me the whole book and confront me. Can you produce it?

What? There are surviving historians?

You've killed so many historians that only one is left, and she's one of my people. Do you think she'll speak up for you?!

(End of this chapter)