Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

They now have a clear goal, so it's not a good idea to keep wasting time here. If Bonnie really goes with them, she might miss the bear. Staying with Vegapunk is obviously a better choice.

Although it is unknown how long it will take to produce green blood, as long as a portion of serum is left, it will be produced sooner or later.

"Yeah, that's a good idea."

Vegapunk's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood what Reiner meant. He turned to Brulee and said:

"If Miss Brin doesn't mind, I'll have Lilith take you to the institute's medical room later."

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Brin smiled slightly and nodded.

The others also smiled at each other.

"Hehehe, Yoshi! Then I'll leave Bonnie to you, uncle. This way we can set off directly."

Luffy, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly jumped up, his eyes showing excitement. He linked arms with Chopper and Usopp and started singing happily.

"Elba~husband!"

"Elba~husband!"

The cool sea breeze is like an elf flying through the forest, blowing comfortably through the gaps between the swaying leaves, carrying with it a hint of the unique fragrance of grass, trees and soil, which makes people feel peaceful.

Nami smiled with satisfaction and turned to the graceful figure beside her:

"What are Hancock's plans next? Are you going back to Nine Snake Island?"

"Well, I've already used Den Den Mushi to contact Grandma Zha."

Hancock nodded slightly, her long black hair cascading down her fair neck and behind her back, her eyes shimmering like ripples in autumn water.

"After all, we've been gone for so long, I'm afraid Sanda Sonya and the others are anxiously searching everywhere now."

Thinking of her two younger sisters, she still felt a little worried.

"I see. Although I'd love to invite you to travel with us, the people of Nine Snake Island probably need you more right now."

"This is probably the responsibility and helplessness of being an emperor."

Nami and Robin said with a smile respectively.

However, upon hearing this, Hancock suddenly stood up, her cheongsam skirt slowly falling to cover her beautiful legs that were like works of art. She held her head high and said proudly:

"I understand. Since it's Miss Nami and Miss Robin who have extended the invitation, then that's settled."

“—Eh?! No, wait a minute!”

Nami was startled and waved her hands with a smile.

"Is this really okay? Although I am right in thinking so, your country is in a bad situation now. After all, your title of Shichibukai is already..."

"It doesn't matter. After all, the previous king and the previous king abandoned the country and went to sea. What's more,

As she spoke, Hancock lowered her head shyly, cupping her blushing cheeks with her hands, and said in a coquettish manner:

"Even if I abandon my country, I will be forgiven by everyone because I am so beautiful~"

"Yes~~I forgive you, Empress~~" ×2

Sanji and Brook stood out with infatuated looks on their faces, their eyes turning into peach-colored hearts.

No one paid any attention to them. Robin frowned slightly and asked Hancock:

"Speaking of which, now that the Shichibukai system has been abolished, what will happen to Nine Snake Island?"

Nine Snake Island is not a member of the World Government, and is even a country that makes a living by piracy and relies on plundering to obtain overseas resources.

Because of its unique geographical advantage of being located in the Calm Belt, the navy in the past was unable to attack it. Later, although Vegapunk designed and equipped seastone to give warships the ability to cross the Calm Belt, Nine Snake Island was protected because of Hancock's status as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Now that the Seven Warlords of the Sea system no longer exists, the Kingdom of Women will probably have a tough time in the future. Even if the navy, which has been severely damaged, cannot send troops in the short term, this day is only a matter of time.

Hancock fell silent. She was confident that she could protect Nine Snake Island. After all, the navy couldn't send out troops with the same lineup every time.

But it’s hard to say when she is not around. She can’t stay on the island all the time. After all, most of the supplies on the island need to be obtained by the Nine Snakes Pirates going out to sea to plunder.

"Ah, right."

At this time, Luffy jumped out and asked curiously:

"Can we lend our flag to Hancock? That's how Ace and the others protected Fishman Island, right?"

"Yes, with the protection of great pirates like the Four Emperors, no one would dare to attack Nine Snake Island easily."

Usopp's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but pat Luffy on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Sure, Luffy. I didn't expect you to come up with such an idea."

"Hehehe, of course, I'm the captain."

Luffy grinned smugly, hands on his hips.

"However, this is not a long-term solution after all. Nine Snake Island cannot rely on our protection forever."

Reiner couldn't help but remind him.

Protecting an island with the flags of the Four Emperors is ultimately short-lived. Although this approach may seem impressive, it cannot actually change the underlying crisis.

The Four Emperors will die too, he has already killed two of them.

Even for himself, no one knows what will happen in ten or even dozens of years.

The Nine Snakes Island is located in the doldrums, with limited transportation and difficulty in trading with the outside world. There is also a serious shortage of various minerals and handicrafts locally, and it eventually evolved into a pirate nation that relied on plundering for a living.

Who were the targets of their plunder? Pirates? Yes, but wouldn't they also plunder ordinary caravans? How could that be possible? Even the Nine Snakes Pirates' most common target of plunder was caravans.

There is no shortage of food on Nine Snake Island. What they lack are various daily necessities, metals, and handicrafts. Only caravans have enough of these things and in rich varieties. Defeating ten pirate groups or plundering ten villages will not make as much money as robbing a caravan.

And this is the real reason why the navy wants to send troops to attack Nine Snake Island.

Reiner would not say anything about this. He is a pirate himself, and everyone has his own way of survival.

but.

"Amazon Lily is essentially a pirate nation. If it doesn't get rid of this, it will always be threatened by the navy. One day, in a few decades or even hundreds of years, it might cease to exist."

Reiner said in a flat voice.

If Nine Snake Island wants to change its current situation, it is obviously meaningless to rely on a flag. What it really needs to do is transformation.

The others also understood what he meant. Although they understood the relationship, they were unable to help and remained silent.

After all, they are just a group of pirates.

Some people can cook, practice medicine, repair ships, sail, and read ancient texts, but no one knows how to govern and develop a country.

In this regard, they are even worse than that trash Doflamingo.

Hancock looked down at the ground. What Reiner said was absolutely right. As the emperor of Amazon Lily, she knew the problems faced by the Nine Snakes better than anyone else.

Unlike other countries, after all, they only have the name of a country, and are actually just a group of pirates or warriors.

Although Hancock was the emperor in name only, he was essentially the leader of this group of pirates. He led his men to plunder outside all year round, and the country was governed by his mother-in-law.

She said she wanted to get rid of her identity as a pirate country, but she had no idea how to do it. Should she switch to business?

Robin smiled slightly and looked at Reiner:

"Now that you've brought up this question, do you have any ideas?"

"That's right. It was something I was planning to do later, so I'll take this opportunity to talk about it."

Reiner nodded, raised his index finger, and smiled:

"I want to do business."

"Eh?"

"Doing business?"

"Reiner wants to be a businessman?"

This obviously surprised everyone and they all looked over.

"I guess so. However, I don't want to be the kind of businessman you usually see. I want to establish a large-scale chamber of commerce."

Reiner slowly explained his idea to everyone.

During his voyage, he discovered that the liquidity of various items in this world was really poor.

Navigation is undoubtedly the most important means of transportation in the world, but in this era, pirates are rampant, and on the vast ocean, the restraint of the navy and the country's army is almost zero.

Maritime caravans are actually an extremely risky business, but relatively speaking, their trading profits are also exaggeratedly large.

The peculiarity of the chaotic magnetic field of the Grand Line means that even islands that are very close to each other can have extremely different climates, which directly leads to completely different agricultural and animal husbandry crops produced on different islands.

In addition, the huge differences in living habits will gradually lead to different outputs of various manufactured products and different demands for highly dependent living materials.

The most obvious examples are Alabasta and Drum Island.

Various high-quality fruits produced in the desert climate can be found everywhere in the local area, and they are like luxury goods in Dongdao.

Various items unique to Fishman Island and Sky Island can be sold at high prices at sea.

The huge profits were not invisible to everyone, but as mentioned earlier, maritime trading was an extremely risky industry in this era.

Pirates and bad weather are only the most superficial dangers. In secret, the various industry monopoly methods of the six emperors in the underworld are even more dirty and vile.

but.

"Once the entire route is opened up and trade between countries is revitalized, astronomical amounts of transactions will be generated every day. Even a small fraction of this will be an unimaginable fortune."

Reiner had just finished speaking when Nami's eyes had already turned into the shape of money, and she was drooling and had an idiotic expression on her face.

"A huge fortune~~Hehe~A huge fortune~~"

Chapter 420: Conquering the World's No. Genius

"So you want to form a caravan and trade between the various islands, is that what you mean?"

After hearing what he said, Franky couldn't help but ask, but Reiner shook his head.

"I want to set up a Chamber of Commerce. I won't recruit caravans, but the countries of the Grand Line. I want them to join and do business under my alliance system."

"Eh?"