Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

He was merely trying to stop Shiraishi Xiu out of momentary enthusiasm.

However, faced with Shiraishi Xiu's overwhelming strength, he quickly cooled down and obediently joined the construction team, cooperating with the work.

The once chaotic and lawless Fishman Street was quickly and completely demolished.

After this incident, Shiraishi Osamu's prestige on Fishman Island rose to a new level.

With Neptune and Queen Otohime providing strong support, Fisher Tiger and others did not entirely agree with Shiraishi Osamu's approach.

But they didn't step in to stop it, and of course, they couldn't stop it anyway.

Shiraishi Osamu's own formidable strength is the best proof of his abilities.

Moreover, Shiraishi Osamu had previously rescued a large number of fish-men and mermaid slaves imprisoned by the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise.

For this, he did not hesitate to kill a Celestial Dragon, defect from the Navy, abandon his position as a Marine Admiral, fight the sword-wielding elder among the Five Elders, and protect the Fish-Man race and the Fish-Man slaves so that they could escape from Mary Geoise.

Later, on the ship, he helped all the slaves who had been branded with the hoofprint of the Nine Heavens Soaring Dragon by the Celestial Dragons to remove the Celestial Dragon slave mark from their backs.

It truly granted freedom to many slaves.

This naturally gave Bai Shixiu a huge reputation among many fish-men and mermaids, and many of the fish-men and mermaids rescued by Bai Shixiu were almost his fanatical supporters.

We will unconditionally support any action taken by Shiraishi Osamu.

Even if other people have ulterior motives, it would be difficult for them to incite other fishmen and mermaids to hate Bai Shixiu.

With Shiraishi Shu now serving as the guardian deity of Fishman Island, his reform plans for Fishman Island proceeded quite smoothly for a time.

Although it seems like a long time has passed since my past life, some things are still etched in my heart.

For example, the economy is fundamental, which determines...

In short, the economy is very important; material things are paramount, and Shiraishi Xiu still remembers this.

Without a thriving economy, Fishman Island's reforms cannot succeed.

Only when the economy can enter a virtuous cycle will chaotic and illegal places like Fishman Street no longer exist.

The most important aspect of reform is to develop the economy and meet the material needs of the residents of Fishman Island, and then improve their spiritual needs.

Fishman Island, located at the starting point of the Grand Line, witnessed the beginning of the Great Pirate Era after Roger's death.

More and more pirates need to pass through Fishman Island to enter the Grand Line.

Even the navy passes through here from time to time.

The people of Fishman Island previously loathed these human pirates who passed by.

Because most of the time, when they pass by, they will also capture some fishmen and 3.9 mermaid slaves and sell them to the slave market.

Or they might commit arson, murder, and looting.

In short, it brought back bad memories for many residents of Fishman Island.

Shiraishi Osamu knew that this was only the beginning of the Great Pirate Era.

The real storm is yet to come.

Osamu Shiraishi is already considering this issue.

First, there is him as the guardian deity of Fishman Island.

Chapter 0198: Guardian

It will be impossible for pirates to continue to be so arrogant and wantonly capture fishermen and mermaid slaves to sell to the slave market.

Osamu Shiraishi even plans to personally train a group of fish-men and mermaids, just as he did in the Navy, to help protect the safety of Fish-Man Island.

On the other hand, everything has its advantages and disadvantages; it all depends on how you treat and utilize it.

The beginning of the Great Pirate Era was not entirely a bad thing in Shiraishi Osamu's eyes.

On the one hand, after the Great Pirate Era began, the number of pirates increased, and Fishman Island faced more and more dangers, with more fishmen and mermaids being captured and sold into the slave market.

On the other hand, the Great Pirate Era also brought many people to Fishman Island.

Where there are people, there are needs.

With such a prime location on Fishman Island, Shiraishi Osamu would be out of his mind if he didn't take some action.

Developing tourism was the first idea that Osamu Shiraishi came up with to boost the economy.

Fishman Island is located on a route that everyone going to the Grand Line must take, making its geographical location excellent.

It would be perfect for developing tourism.

One of the main reasons why the tourism industry on Fishman Island did not flourish in the past was that it did not have enough resources to develop.

After all, all sorts of fierce pirates pass through here. If someone without strength tries to develop their economy here, they're just easy prey for the pirates.

But Shiraishi Osamu once again assured that no pirates would dare to harass him.

On the other hand, the local fish-men and mermaids are not as quick-witted as Shiraishi Osamu.

Many of the fishmen who grew up in Fishman Street are influenced by extreme ideologies and are only thinking about fighting with humans, without any ideas or plans for development.

Although Fishman Island is unique, most of the local residents are used to it and have no idea what kind of miracle this deep-sea island is to the outside world.

Once he had made up his mind, he immediately started working on it, and Shiraishi Xiu didn't waste any time.

They decisively brought a group of people and selected a large area to serve as the Fishman-themed commercial district of Fishman Island.

This place mainly sells products with local characteristics.

In order to maintain local safety and stability, Shiraishi Osamu simply stayed here for the time being.

We guarantee that no other pirates passing through this area will dare to cause trouble or engage in forced buying and selling.

This fish-themed commercial street, which was only recently built, has already attracted a lot of skepticism.

"What's so good about selling these things?"

"Are you kidding me? Nobody would want something like this even if it were given away for free, yet you're selling it for such a high price."

Several fishmen whispered among themselves, looking around at the shops and the goods inside.

Although it is a fish-themed commercial street.

The items inside are common on Fishman Island but rare in the outside world.

For example, the unique fish and seashells of Fishman Island, and even the boats covered with bubble wrap...

Each 723 item was several times more expensive, and each one was beautifully packaged and displayed in a showcase.

The label on the outside also had some concise but elegant comments indicating what it was.

Soon, under Shiraishi Osamu's leadership, this fish-themed commercial street was completed.

"Welcome! This is the Merfolk-themed commercial street, where we sell rare and precious goods that are hard to find elsewhere." A sweet-looking merfolk lady stood outside, welcoming people who came to the Merfolk-themed commercial street.

"Fishman features? This is indeed the first thing we've seen. Let's go inside and take a look."

"These things have never been seen before in the outside world."

Chapter 0199: Commercial Street

Soon, many ships passing by Fishman Island were drawn here.

Upon entering the Fishman Themed Commercial Street, one is immediately dazzled by the wide array of goods on display.

"Hey, Captain, are we really going to buy this much?"

"Idiot, we're about to head to the Grand Line. If we take these unique products and sell them around, we can make our money back quickly."

The Fishman-themed commercial street has achieved tremendous success, much to the surprise of many locals on Fishman Island.

Many pirates travel through here to the Grand Line or return from the Grand Line.

They were all drawn here and came to make a big purchase.

Even after Shiraishi raised the price several times over, almost none of the pirates complained about the price.

This left many fishmen completely stunned.

Just by slightly adjusting the name and location... the price increased several times over, and it sold very smoothly.

The thriving fishman-themed commercial district quickly became popular among the fishman and mermaid populations.

The economic growth of this one region alone has led to an increase in the wealth of many people on Fishman Island.

Shiraishi Osamu even brought in the thugs from Fishman Street to help out.

Most of these petty thugs are unemployed and have little financial foundation.

If we leave it unattended after the demolition of Fishman Street.

Soon they will gather together and form a similar Fishman Street.

Therefore, Shiraishi Osamu directly found them jobs, including room and board.

The success of the Fishman-themed commercial street has greatly pleased Osamu Shiraishi.

He discovered that he did have some business acumen.

But that wasn't all. Shiraishi Osamu set up a tollbooth on Fishman Island, blocking anyone who wanted to reach the Great Aviation Route.

Those returning from the Great Aviation Route must pay a fee to travel together.

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to set up toll booths at sea.

After all, the sea is vast, and there is no path that must be taken.

However, if you want to cross the Red Line via Fishman Island and reach the Grand Line...

This is the only way through, so Shiraishi Osamu intends to make full use of this geographical advantage.

Accumulate a considerable amount of wealth.

If we're talking about a fish-themed commercial street, a large amount of money will need to be invested in its construction upfront.

And this toll booth has almost no cost.

You can just collect the money directly.

What? You're saying that pirates who travel to or return from the Grand Line are too fierce and refuse to pay?

Shiraishi Osamu went straight up and beat up several pirates who were causing trouble and refusing to pay the toll.