One Piece: Farming from the Rocks Era

"Boss, you hope to achieve the goal of everyone being like a dragon through this, but apart from Oran Island and some core islands, is it possible in other places?"

"Most of the island's resources are controlled by those big families and forces, even if we open it up to those grassroots farmers and let them grow crystal rice."

"Eventually, their achievements will be handed over to local big families and forces in the name of taxes and protection fees, and will become their power to resist the rule."

"On the contrary, we now sell crystal rice and various special drinks ourselves, and we can control their power by adjusting prices and arranging shipments so that it is not beyond our control."

"We even made them so tied to us that they couldn't leave Åland Island."

The two most important generals under Lind were firmly opposed to the opening of crystal rice and gave quite reasonable reasons, which made Lind fall into deep thought.

"That's right, Boss. I agree with the two cadres. Now is not the time to release crystal rice."

"Boss, I don't know why, but I feel like you're always in a hurry, wanting to accomplish various things quickly."

Seeing the conference room fall into a brief silence, Alison also spoke, and even used the name "Boss" for the first time in a long time.

"Whether it's conquering Oran Island, Oran Sea, or developing power, training cadres, establishing schools, building Oran Island, or even today's Spark Project and improving the cultivation system."

"These are huge projects that would take countless years to complete, but you always want to complete them in just a few years. This is totally unnecessary and will cause many hidden dangers."

As Lind's confidante and wife, Alison's words were quite impolite, and she was almost pointing at Lind's nose and scolding him for being too ambitious.

"Boss, it's only been two years since you went to sea, and you've achieved such great results and created such a big business. It's already a miracle."

"There's no need to be so anxious. You're not even 20 years old yet. You should know that when Captain Rocks built up such a large business, he was already over 40."

"Like His Majesty Zhu Feng's father-in-law, Mr. Chang Fengxia, who also debuted at the age of 17 and spent 30 years to build the largest gang in the West Sea at the age of 47."

"After that, with the support of Yibao's navy, it took him another eight years to become the underground emperor of the West Sea at the age of 55."

Unconsciously, Alison had changed the subject from the crystal rice issue and started talking about Lind's style of doing things, which made Lind feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, there were no outsiders in the meeting room, and Lind carried forward the style of his previous life of holding large meetings for small matters and small meetings for big matters very well.

This kind of important meeting was basically discussed only by Linde and some of his core cadres, which made Linde's death not so serious.

"Alison has a point. You are still young, boss. There is no need to rush into many things."

Liana glared at Alison and turned the subject back to business. This kind of thing could be discussed in bed at night.

It is inappropriate to say anything in this kind of situation. After all, Lin De is her husband. She can talk about it at home, but she still has to protect him outside.

"The release of Crystal Rice can wait until we completely unify the Aolan Sea."

"That time won't be far away. The new enrollment of the University of Orlando has reached 3000 students, and there will be even more in the next one."

"Even after the students of Oran Middle School graduate and connect with Oran University, the number of students enrolled each year can easily exceed 10,000. Soon we will have no shortage of talents."

"The unification of the Oran Sea region can be put on the agenda at any time as each class of Oran University graduates."

Liana knew that Linde had some idealistic ideas in his mind, and she understood Linde very well, so she directly gave a solution that was in line with Linde's wishes.

"I think what Liana said is right. Once we turn the Aolan Sea into the Aolan Island, the crystal rice seeds will naturally bloom."

"By then, every resident of the Oran Sea will be our most steadfast defender. Improving their strength will also improve our own foundation."

"For now, we should focus on training our own troops and then sell some crystal rice to other countries."

"Anyway, given the income level of residents on Åland Island, many people can still afford it."

"Especially since we can capture some sea kings from time to time and sell them, the combination of the two can at least improve the overall strength and cultivation atmosphere of Oran Island."

The tone of the entire meeting was set right from the beginning between Axel and Zhang Liang, which was that the meeting would not be open for the time being.

It was difficult for all the cadres present to see any tangible benefits from the opening of crystal rice. After all, it was just as Axel said.

Except for Orland Island and some core islands in the Orland Sea, the residents of other islands cannot be said to be Lind's people. Many islands even still exist in the form of kingdoms and have never been abolished.

In the past two years, Linde and his subordinates have basically focused their energy on developing themselves, and have not had the energy to deal with the "burdens" in the Aland Sea.

Now, with the improvement of the cultural level of the cadres under Linde's command, some actions can be gradually put on the agenda.

The only thing is that because a large number of cadres were sent for the previous Spark Project, as well as the development of Sky Island and Magnetic Sea, Lind actually felt that he was a little short of manpower.

Now we have to carry out the infiltration plan in the Oran Sea area and promote the cultivation system.

For a while, there were not enough people to develop various projects. You know, Linde now has hundreds of cadres.

For a moment, Lind wondered whether he should relax the threshold for management. After all, many jobs did not require such strong abilities, and brigadier general and colonel were enough.

If any slightly more important job requires direct assignment to lieutenant generals or major generals, who can handle it? Linde can't handle it now, and the navy can't do it either.

As for pirates like Rocks, it’s simply because their management is too rough and they don’t use enough people.

Chapter 118 Official Release

Because the tone was set at the beginning, the discussion at this meeting was not as fierce as the previous one to promote the cultivation system.

Everyone was basically working around the same basic theme, which made Lind feel a lot more comfortable and distracted.

Linde felt particularly uncomfortable when he thought about the shortage of manpower. He didn't expect that he had worked so hard to train so many cadres.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are many civil officials and brave generals, yet there is still a problem of insufficient manpower, and this problem will become more serious as the power expands.

After all, according to Lind's character, after Lind unifies the Oran Sea, the mayor of every big city must at least have the strength of a lieutenant general or a major general.

This is enough to give Lind a headache, not to mention the army with the greatest compulsory requirements.

According to the military organization of the previous life, the commander of a brigade or division of 10,000 people must be at least a lieutenant general, and he must also be equipped with an adjutant who is a major general and a chief of staff who is a major general.

Let alone building an army of one million, even having a few hundred thousand would be enough to give Linde a headache.

Of course, if Linde can really build this framework, then he will have the confidence to face everything.

All of Lind's ideas can be boldly implemented, and Elbaf will no longer be the world's number one power.

"Everyone's comments make a lot of sense. Let's make it like this. Alison, you can sort out the content of the meeting later and show it to the cadres. If there are no problems, we will implement it accordingly."

With Lind's current strength, he can easily do two things at once, when half of Lind's attention is distracted by thinking about manpower issues.

The other half of his energy was spent on perfecting the arrangements for Crystal Rice bit by bit with the cadres under his command, and supplementing the promotion of the previous basic body-building techniques.

The crystal rice seeds are still kept secret for now, but the planting area will be increased, especially those of low grade.

By selling large quantities of low-grade crystal rice, you can gain a lot of wealth and improve the overall strength of the residents of Oran Island.

There are so many fertile lands in the Wanci Sea, and we must seize the time to utilize them. In the future, people will gradually migrate secretly from the Oran Sea and other islands in the world to the Wanci Sea.

This world is truly rotten. There are so many cruel and greedy nobles that the Spark Project cannot take care of them all.

In this regard, the only way is to find a way to immigrate the civilians and slaves who cannot survive in those countries to the Magnetocean Sea.

After all, there is Oran Island and the Oran Sea. Now is a period of major construction, and they also have to support Sky Island. There are simply not enough people. If the Magnet Sea wants enough people, it can only find ways from other places.

For example, Lind is now eyeing Techirawolf, the labor country built on the bridge in the original book, and plans to make a big move.

Simply abduct hundreds of thousands of slaves from Tequila Wolf, and support the basic population of the Magnetic Sea in one wave.

At the same time, before the seeds are available to the public, there is this period of time when you plant them yourself.

Biological laboratories, chemical laboratories, and agricultural laboratories continue to improve seed confidentiality technology to ensure that seeds cannot be cracked when they are sold in the future.

After the meeting, Lind rubbed his head and felt a lot more relaxed.

The specific plan has been discussed, and all that remains is execution. As the boss, I don’t have to be responsible for the specific execution, I just need to keep an eye on it.

Linde has been a little exhausted from the constant meetings and arguments these days. Now he can finally have a good rest.

As for the rest method, Linde plans to regain his marital status. Although what Alison said today makes sense, you just say it directly. Don’t you think I have any face?

Today, Alison must know who has the final say in this family.

I didn't sleep all night and woke up the next day and it was noon again.

Fortunately, it took some time for the garrison cadres from various islands to arrive for the meeting, so the meeting was not delayed.

After all, although it was just a meeting for notification and work arrangement, Linde, as the boss, still had to be present.

The cadres under Linde were all very pleasantly surprised at the basic body-building techniques that Linde had developed, as well as the subsequent promotion plans.

After all, Lind's basic body-building technique is really good and much better than their original training methods.

Who doesn’t want to become stronger and have powerful enough subordinates?

For pirates, strength is the source of security.

"Oh, I wonder how the navy will arrange this basic body-building technique." Lind sighed in his heart as he looked at his cadres who had different thoughts.

Perhaps it was because Lind had a good relationship with the navy, or perhaps he admired these fearless sailors.

Even though Lind had the ability to identify spies, he only secretly cleaned out the spies of the World Government and Rocks, and did not take any action against the spies of the Navy.

Instead, he kept several officers from the navy under his command.

Of course, although they didn't clean it up, they were still on guard after Lind identified the identities of several people.

Axel arranged information cocoons for several people and stationed them on his own island. He also arranged people to hold on, and no major problems occurred.

If there is an opportunity in the future, we can even use these naval forces to spread false information. These naval forces are indeed a bit amateur and it is easier to operate them.

Unfortunately, even though there is an information cocoon, if the basic body-building technique cannot be concealed at all, we can only see what the navy thinks.

Will it be handed over to the World Government, or will it be opened to the lower-level navy?

Although he had been prepared for the leak, Lind still hoped that it would be as late as possible.

"After you go back, please arrange for your subordinates to practice. The crystal rice and dragon bananas needed for practice will be distributed to each unit regularly from Oran Island."

"As for the meat of sea kings, Oran Island won't provide it. With your strength, it's easy to capture some sea beasts or small sea kings."

After seeing that everyone had basically read the basic body-building techniques in their hands and understood the relevant promotion plans, Lin De smiled and said to everyone.

"With this book of basic body building techniques and the new version of the Navy Six Styles, I hope that when I see you next time, everyone's strength will be improved to a higher level."

"The world has been calm for a while, and a new storm will soon come."

"I don't know how the intensity of the future war will compare to the previous ones in the West Sea and Orland Island, but strong strength is always the greatest confidence."

"I don't want anyone to fall in future wars because of neglecting their training during this period of time."

"I am still young, and you are all young too. I hope you can all stay with me and create our own era!"

"Everyone, let's encourage each other."

It was a rare occasion to have so many of his subordinates present, and Linde was in high spirits, giving a passionate speech at the end of the meeting.