People in Naruto: Hinata's family split? Just open it up!

But she doesn't care about Ning Yuan's hobby. How many men in this world are not lustful?

At least being horny is a normal hobby. It's better than Crocodile who just wants to find Pluto and conquer the world!

What, you said Ning Yuan also wants to conquer the world?

Can this be the same!

Crocodile heard the news from somewhere, and then ran directly to find it. The whole action was based on impulse and no plan.

As for Ning Yuan, he has someone with power, a plan and a strategy. He can see three steps at a time, and his goal is extremely feasible.

The former is more like dreaming than dreaming.

The latter was equally difficult, but at least Robin could see the possibility.

"This is the last one!" Robin picked up a thick sheet of paper. "This is the latest and most detailed topographic map of Alabasta drawn by Baroque Works after more than three years of investigation in various places. Even the royal family of Alabasta would not have such a detailed map!"

Ning Yuan took the map and handed the manuscript paper to Robin: "Look at this, and then arrange for the navigation and engineering departments to learn manufacturing!"

"What is this?" Robin took the drawing and saw a round ball with criss-crossing circles and grids drawn on it.

Another drawing has a fan-shaped instrument drawn on it.

"Latitude and longitude and sextant!" Ning Yuan said: "This is a new type of navigation instrument. With this, ships do not need to use recording pointers and can go wherever they want!"

"Is there such a thing?" Robin's eyes lit up and he immediately studied the drawings.

Having controlled a force for decades, Robin certainly knew the importance and drawbacks of recording pointers.

If there really was a navigation device that could go anywhere without being restricted by magnetic poles, it wouldn't be too convenient for a force!

Ningyuan also spread out the map and studied the terrain of Alabasta.

Alabasta is a huge island with a total area of ​​700 million square kilometers.

This island is very similar to Australia in its previous life, both in size and shape.

And the situation on the island is basically the same as in Australia.

That is, most of the island is desert Gobi that is not suitable for human survival. Humans can only form gathering areas in a few areas with rainfall, which later developed into several large cities.

But there is one difference between Alabasta and Australia: there is a wide river in the center of Alabasta, which runs almost through the entire Alabasta.

This river is called the St. Din River, and it is also the mother river of Alabasta.

However, there are not many human gathering areas near the Saint-Ding River. There is only Albana in the middle, which is the capital of Alabasta, and there are two port cities at the end of the Saint-Ding River.

There is a river, but there are very few cities along it. Why is this?

The answer is simple, the St. Din River is an above-ground river!

Because the St. Din River flows through a large desert, the sand in the upper reaches is constantly washed down by the river water. This sand continues to raise the bed of the St. Din River, causing the St. Din River to get higher and higher. .

Over thousands of years, it turned into an above-ground river similar to the Yellow River.

So the question is, the Yellow River often floods. Is this the case with the Shengding River?

Yes, of course it does, and often!

How often?

Albana, the capital of Alabasta, was not built on flat land at all. Instead, it was first built with earth to form a flat-topped mountain, and then the city was built on the mountain.

Five huge drainage outlets were built around the city for fear that the St. Din River would overflow and flood the city.

"If Alabasta wants to develop, it must first control sand. If it wants to control sand, it must first control rivers!" Ning Yuan tapped the table lightly and read.

Robin next to him suddenly raised his head with surprised eyes.

Ning Yuan put down the map. The map was indeed very detailed, but it did not have a common symbol on modern maps: contour lines!

So much so that Ning Yuan only knew that the Shengding River was an above-ground river, but he didn't know how much higher it was than the ground, where it was higher and where it was lower, and what the conditions were like nearby.

"You arrange for someone to do the things in the manuscript, and I'll go out!" Ning Yuan simply stood up with the map, and then flew out through the window.

Robin was a little speechless. Isn't there a gate? Why don't you leave?

but!

“If you want to develop, you need to control sand first. If you want to control sand, you need to control rivers first?”

"This new king seems different from the previous king!!" Robin thought thoughtfully.

At least the previous kings didn't seem to be so concerned about the St. Din River.

Although the king also cared about the people, he only paid lip service to it.

As for what to manage the St. Din River?

Not to mention that Kobra hadn't thought about it. Counting dozens or hundreds of generations, not a single king of Alabasta had thought of this.

So, is Ning Yuan different from others, or is it because of the revolutionary army?

Robin became interested in Ning Yuan's ideas.

She stood up quickly, handed the manuscript paper in her hand to the craftsmen of Baroque Work Company, and then returned to Ning Yuan's office, handling trivial matters while waiting for Ning Yuan's return.

At noon, she arranged the food so that Ning Yuan could eat it as soon as he came back.

But Ning Yuan didn't fly back until after four o'clock in the afternoon, covered with dust.

Of course, this is just an adjective. In fact, Ning Yuan's body was clean and there was no dust at all.

"Come next to me and look at the map together!!" Ning Yuan said.

Robin immediately stood up and came to Ning Yuan's side, only to find that the map was still the same map, but there were many circles and lines on it that he didn't recognize.

"This is a contour line, used to describe the altitude of this place!" Ning Yuan introduced: "And these blue lines are the canals I selected. The St. Din River is too high, and the water volume is huge, so Once it floods, it will destroy most of Alabasta!"

This is why there are no cities in the lower reaches of the St. Din River, they are all flooded.

"I want to dig 14 canals on both sides of the St. Din River to divert the water of the St. Din River, so that there is less water in the St. Din River but more territory is covered. Moreover, the terrain on both sides of these fourteen canals is flat. It can definitely be improved into cultivated land, and by then hundreds of millions of acres of more cultivated land will be available in Alabasta!"

"The area covered by the river water will be larger, and the area covered by water vapor evaporation will also be wider. When the time comes, these areas will gradually start to rain, and the drought and lack of rain in Alabasta will also change!"

“As for the St. Din River, when the water volume is reduced, we can also build large sand dredgers to lower the height of the river, or we can artificially dig the river channel to change the course of the St. Din River. Then there will be no worries about the flooding of the St. Din River! "

"This!" Robin's eyes widened, looking at the circles and lines on the map, and asked in shock: "Can this be done?"

What is the concept of hundreds of millions of acres of cultivated land?

It can feed hundreds of millions of people!

How many people are there in the entire Alabasta, less than 100 million!

"I not only conducted on-site inspections, but also made careful calculations. It is absolutely feasible!" Ning Yuan said with a smile.

After all, he is not fighting alone!

"The only problem is that such a huge project requires a lot of manpower and material resources!" Ning Yuan continued: "So I divided the entire project into six phases, one every four months, and strived to complete it within two years!"

"The rebels will be the workers digging the river! In addition, we will recruit poor civilians and provide them with work in exchange for relief!"

"This workload is not small!" Robin frowned: "With 60 people, I'm afraid we won't be able to dig a single canal in four months!"

"It can be done!" Ning Yuan drew the shape of the canal on the paper next to him and said: "From the middle, excavate both sides at the same time and divide it into four directions. The longest canal here is only 1800 kilometers, which is equivalent to only one section per section. It takes 450 months and 4 days to dig 120 kilometers per day. The canal is 15 meters wide at the top and 3.75 meters wide at the bottom and 20 meters high. This means 10 cubic meters of soil are excavated every day, which is equivalent to every day. It’s not difficult for people to dig 15 cubic meters a day!”

"This!" Robin's eyes widened as he looked at the calculation process on the paper. At first, the length of this canal was extremely scary, but after it was converted into numbers, it suddenly became no longer out of reach. Woolen cloth!

It seems like it can really be done?

"In the first phase, the two longest canals will be excavated at the same time. As long as these two canals are excavated, the situation in Alabasta will be greatly improved!"

"But the question is, where does the money come from?" Robin asked: "The money for hiring soldiers is still their previous wages, but what about the money for civilians?"

"The work that can be done by 60 soldiers would cost at least one million for civilians. Even if each soldier is only paid 3 beli per month, it would cost 300 billion! Four months is 1200 billion beli. !”

"Does the Alabasta royal family have no money?" Ning Yuan asked.

"We haven't taken over Alabasta's financial affairs yet, but as far as I know, there should be no money!" Robin said: "Part of the reason why these soldiers participated in the rebellion is that they haven't been paid for a long time!"

The lack of rain in many cities led to financial collapse in Alabasta.

The financial collapse of Alabasta has resulted in the inability to pay soldiers' salaries.

When soldiers lose their wages, they will naturally rebel. The logic holds true.

"How much money does Crocodile have?" Ning Yuan asked: "Yu Yan has been here for a long time, and he should be able to get treasures by fighting pirates!"

"Krokdal doesn't have much money in his hands!" Robin shook his head and said, "It takes money to maintain Baroque Works. If you squeeze it in, you should be able to come up with more than a billion?"

But one billion is just a drop in the bucket for the huge amount of work!

Ning Yuan thought for a while and asked again: "Are there any nobles in Alabasta?"

"Yes!" Robin nodded.

Alabasta has not always been a single lineage. There were also royal families that were separated before. When the children of these royal families reached the local level, they became nobles one by one.

"How much money will these nobles get if they copy them all?" Ning Yuan asked.

"This!" Robin was stunned and shook his head: "I really don't know. No one will calculate how many assets these nobles have, but what is certain is that they will definitely be no less!"

"After all, these nobles do not need to pay taxes, and they can also collect taxes from various cities, and they can also form fleets and do business everywhere! Because of their status as nobles, they can often monopolize the main industries of a city!"

What we do is a monopoly business and we make a lot of money.

But you don’t need to pay taxes!

Alabasta has existed for five thousand years, and these nobles have accumulated five thousand years of wealth.

So how much money do these nobles have?

"Then take money from these nobles!" Ning Yuan said calmly.

"But!" Robin frowned: "They are nobles after all, and we can't attack them openly!"

"With Crocodile gone, won't the deterrence against pirates decrease!" Ning Yuan spread his hands: "The pirates are wreaking havoc and then bloodbathed the noble family. What can we do!"

Robin's eyes lit up and he instantly understood what Ning Yuan meant.

It’s still the same old method, let Baroque Co., Ltd. pretend to be pirates!

But the difference this time is that there was Crocodile to fight pirates before, but now there is no more!

She immediately wrote it down, and then began to think about who to ask to do it.

Well, Daz Bowness.

He is loyal and a killer, so he is very suitable for this job.

"By the way, that Whiskey Mountain Peak, I want to inform you not to do things like robbing pirates in the future!" Ning Yuan thought for a while and then said.

"Why?" Robin asked: "These pirates all have huge bounties hanging on them, but they are a rich source of funds!"

"It's too low-level to make money like this!" Ning Yuan shook his head and said: "We changed our profession to raw material processing, financial settlement, and tax collection!"

"I can understand tax collection, raw material processing? Financial settlement?" Robin asked: "What are these?"

"These are complicated to say!" Ning Yuan said with a smile: "I will write a book to explain it to you later!"

Raw material processing and financial settlement may seem inconspicuous, but in fact the profits are huge.

This is how Singapore, which relies on the Strait of Malacca, started.

Singapore only has a few routes, just one!

And Whiskey Peak?

Ships from the East China Sea, the West China Sea, the South China Sea, the North Sea, and the four oceans, as long as they come from the Upside Down Mountain, will eventually gather here!

What a huge fortune this is, but no one has ever paid attention to it!

Not only Whiskey Peak, but also Twin Points, which is even closer to Upside Down Mountain. Not to mention anything else, you can make a lot of money even if you open a snack bar here!

What's the result here?

Just a lighthouse!

Waste, simply a huge waste!

It can only be said that people in the One Piece world don’t understand business at all.

Of course, nine out of ten businessmen in the One Piece world are officials and businessmen backed by nobles, and they are engaged in monopoly business.

You can make money without even using your brain, so why bother thinking of ways to make money?

As a result, Ningyuan is now much cheaper.