One Piece: Farming from the Rocks Era

"Linde, what exactly do you need to do to release Vice Admiral Yanlang and Vice Admiral Tanuki?"

Looking at Linde's annoying expression, Zefa suppressed his anger and asked about redeeming the two lieutenant admirals.

“Hahahaha, didn’t I say it before? Two devil fruits, natural type, mythical beast type, or superhuman type fruits like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Float-Float Fruit will be fine!”

Linde yawned, and the lion opened his mouth.

"Your price shows no sincerity at all. You know the navy won't pay such a high price!" Zefa raised his voice a little, with obvious anger in his tone.

"Hahahaha, that's your navy's problem!"

"Don't even think about the rock wolf and the raccoon cat right now. We can talk about it later!"

Linde waved to Zefa and was about to go back.

"Alison, Calvin, take our money and retreat!"

"Zefa, we won't send you off!"

After saying that, Linde turned and walked towards the interior of Orland Island. As he walked, he turned his back to Zefa and waved goodbye.

Chapter 31 Expansion

A few dozen kilometers away from Aland Island, a warship was floating alone on the sea.

On the deck, Zefa paced back and forth, anxiously waiting for something.

Until a thin figure in a yellow suit appeared on the sea and flew in front of Zefa using moon steps.

Zefa hurried forward and asked:

"How about it, Vice Admiral Owl, is there any way to rescue Vice Admiral Rock Wolf and Vice Admiral Orange Cat?"

"It's difficult. Linde's telekinesis is too strong. He has been using telekinesis to control Lieutenant General Rock Wolf and Lieutenant General Orange Cat. I have no way to do anything."

"As for the prison, it is also dozens of meters underground. Unless you have a special fruit ability that can avoid the guards, there is no way to save people."

Vice Admiral Owl looked at Zefa's anxious expression and said a little embarrassedly.

"Hey, it's not your fault. Linde's ability is so special. I expected it a long time ago!"

"We can only wait until Lind is not on Orland Island, and then find a way to rescue the two lieutenant generals!"

After hearing Vice Admiral Owl's answer, Zefa was not surprised and sighed.

"I'm just going to have to inconvenience Vice Admiral Rock Wolf and Vice Admiral Owl for a while!"

After seeing off Zefa, Lind and his companions returned to their residence, along with the rock wolf and raccoon cat who were left behind.

"Calvin, there's no need to send them back to prison. It's a waste of manpower. Just put them under house arrest in our base and arrange for someone to guard the door!"

On the way back, Lind thought about it and decided to just arrange the two men in the base. After all, the prison environment was not good, and with the strength of the two men, it would take someone special to guard them.

It would be more convenient to just arrange them around, and there is no deep hatred. Moreover, although Lind himself is a pirate, it does not prevent him from appreciating ordinary navy.

At the same time, treating prisoners well can also give Lind a good reputation, so why not do it?

After arranging the two navy officers, there was nothing else to do. All he had to do was study and train with peace of mind, and wait to receive news from his subordinates in other cities on Orland Island.

In fact, Lind still overestimated the complexity of the matter. Before noon, Alison came to report on the progress.

The other cities on Orland Island could be said to have been conquered by the order. Basically, after the cadres of Linde's team arrived, the various forces would find the responsible person and voluntarily be taken over.

All the conditions were agreed to quite readily, which made Linde and several cadres feel like they were punching cotton.

It can only be said that Lind's battle record is amazing. He won this by relying on the navy. He defeated Sengoku and Zephyr successively. Lind's reputation is no less than that of Whitebeard and Golden Lion.

In the evening, it was still the familiar conference room.

But compared to last time, there are a lot more people, all of whom are the reserve cadres that Linde is training.

"Although there was no fighting this time, everyone did a great job. As usual, Alison, you will arrange the rewards for everyone."

"In addition to the cadres present, the rest of the team members must also be present. Just make the arrangements as you see fit!"

"Phil, Hitt, you did a great job this time. You are now the new cadres! Your subordinates will be in place soon."

Sitting in the main seat, Linde, as usual, first spent money to win people's hearts, and then appointed new cadres.

"There are others too, don't worry, you will be able to become regular employees soon."

"After taking over Oran Island, we have completed the first phase of our goal. What we need to do now is to strengthen our control over Oran Island."

"Starting tomorrow, we will begin recruiting people, expanding the number of teams, and forming new teams. While strengthening our control over Orland Island, we will also prepare for subsequent expansion."

"We need a lot of people to guard such a large sea area."

"Each of the original five teams will be expanded to 100 people, and five new teams will be formed, each with 50 people."

"The captains are Phil, Hitt and the other five of you. However, Ford, Seken and Sede are still acting captains. Whether you can become regular captains depends on your subsequent performance!"

As Linde spoke, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

The same thing happened to other people. As Lind's voice fell, a smile appeared on everyone's face.

After all, from today on, they have completely stabilized, have their own territory and power, and are on the road to expansion.

"The rest period this time is three months. After all, the people recruited on Orland Island have a much weaker foundation than you."

"Even if they are selected as elites, if they train for another month, they can only barely reach the level of elites."

Looking at the people who were lost in thought, Lind paused and continued.

"In addition to the elite team, we also need to recruit enough ordinary pirates this time. There is no strict number requirement for now. Three thousand to ten thousand people will be fine. The more the better."

"Larry, you will be in charge of one thousand of them as the security force of Orland Island. The rest will be used as auxiliary forces of various teams based on recruitment and specific needs."

"By the way, as for the deserted island I mentioned before, I will lead the team there myself when the time comes!"

"The current focus is still on training, combined with the magical plants and sea king meat on that island."

"I hope that in three months, I can see an army that can sweep across this sea!"

"Do you have confidence?" Linde said, becoming a little excited.

"Have!"

"Boss, just leave it to us!"

The emotions of other cadres were also aroused by Lind. No pirate could bear the temptation of leading a large army to sweep away everything.

The next day, a vigorous recruitment campaign began, and each captain used all his skills to recruit his men.

Some people go directly to the streets to look for people, some go to various major forces for help, and some even borrow boats to go out to sea to look for people.

Lind himself also contacted the news agency with a branch on Åland Island last night and released the news of recruiting new members.

By now, the news that the Linde squadron is recruiting new members should have spread to the world through newspapers.

In the future, perhaps someone will come to Oran Port by boat every day and join the Seventh Squadron.

Unfortunately, Morgans has not yet become rich, and there is no super giant like the World Economic News Agency in the world, so the efficiency of using newspapers to convey information is still a bit lacking.

If it was Morgans, the whole world would probably know by now that the Seventh Division was looking for someone.

Now, as long as most of the inhabited islands in the New World know about the Seventh Division's recruitment, Lind will be satisfied.

“Maybe I can find Morgans in advance, and then cooperate with him to help him make a fortune.”

"Morgans is now a small Karami, it is definitely a good opportunity to buy shares."

Lind suddenly discovered a business with small investment and big returns, and murmured with shining eyes.

Chapter 32 New Devil Fruit

Two weeks had passed since Lind had last ordered an expansion.

This is thanks to the reputation Linde has built up during this period and the efforts of his subordinates.

In just two weeks, nearly five thousand people were recruited. You should know that Linde's recruitment is not simply conscripting men. Every recruit is required to be a volunteer and pass various assessments.

During these few days, no matter it was Lind, his subordinates or even the elite pirates, everyone had a smile on their face.

In particular, in half a month, a martial arts tournament will be held to select the strongest among the new pirates to join the elite team.

Then, select the strongest group of people from the elite team as team leaders and alternate cadres.

Everyone is gearing up and training hard to improve their strength.

Especially today, after the news spread that Lind had received the ransom from two vice admirals and was going to add it to the prizes for the tournament, the entire Seventh Division became restless.

Because the navy was indeed short of manpower and Lind was under very strict surveillance, the senior naval officials, who could not see how they could rescue several officers in a short period of time, decided to discuss the ransom issue with Lind.

Just now, Lind sent away two vice admirals of the navy and had three more devil fruits in his hand.

The strongest is the parahuman-type Steel-Steel Fruit, which is similar to Katakuri's Mochi-Mochi Fruit, or even stronger. It can be said to be a quasi-natural devil fruit.

The animal-type Dog-Dog Fruit - Normal type - Bully Dog form, and the animal-type Cat-Cat Fruit - Normal type - Maine Coon cat form.

Except for the Steel-Steel Fruit, the other two cannot be said to be useless, but they are almost the same as spare parts. Lind was particularly attracted by the Steel-Steel Fruit, so he agreed to the Navy's exchange request.

After all, the conditions Linde mentioned before were absolutely sky-high. It would be a huge profit to get a Steel-Steel Fruit, not to mention that it also came with two barely usable Animal-type Devil Fruits.

Including Lind's previous gains, Lind already has seven devil fruits in his hands, which is definitely a rich foundation.

In addition to the two harvested on Honeycomb Island before (a total of three were received, one was used for Da Kun, and two were left), two were also harvested on Orland Island in the past half month.

The two harvested on Orland Island were sold to Lind by the forces on the island in order to please Lind after Lind released the news of purchasing devil fruits.

Fortunately, Lind made a lot of money by selling Angel Heart, otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford it even if someone gave it to him.

In order to please Lind, the two gangs were quite generous and gave him relatively powerful devil fruits.

One of the two fruits is the animal-type Human-Human Fruit - ordinary type - silverback gorilla form. Although it is not as good as the ancient type, it is only slightly inferior and is definitely powerful.

One is the Animal-type Snake-Snake Fruit - the ancient species - the Titan Python form, which is definitely a very powerful and domineering fruit.

Thinking that he already had five animal-type devil fruits in his hands, plus Liana and Dakun, Lind felt that he seemed to be able to form a Hundred Beasts Army before Kaido.

"I'm a bit worried about how to arrange these fruits!" Linde rubbed his head and said to himself.

The reasonable distribution of devil fruits is obviously a technical job, especially when you have to consider the number of devil fruits you own and the strength and potential of your subordinates.

"Alas, it's a pity that the mutation ability is useless against the Devil Fruit now. The Devil Fruit, the secret treasure of the sea, is still too special." Lind suddenly sighed.