One Piece: My Spirit

The Corn Kingdom was originally a poor and backward agricultural country. People at the bottom had problems with basic food and clothing, and even the crops that were the main source of income were once unsalable, resulting in an inconspicuous small country that almost became "history".

But at this moment, it was completely transformed. Shire and others came out of the "East Station of the Corn Kingdom Train". The new and well-planned wide street was full of people, and there was an endless stream of all kinds of shouting and buying, and the shops on both sides of the street were full of beautiful things.

Among them, many teenagers and girls in uniforms of uniform colors can be seen on the street, holding books in their hands, or carrying a bulging backpack behind them.

There are also men and women in meticulous suits, holding today's "Donghai Daily" and a briefcase in their hands, talking about various words that ordinary people cannot understand. They wear a silver badge on their chests. People passing by can't help but show envy and respect when they see this.

Everyone has a cheerful look on their faces, and the brilliance in their eyes is the satisfaction of the current life and the yearning for the future!

"Here...is the East China Sea?"

Monet and Granose looked at the bustling and vigorous scene in front of them, and they were in a daze for a moment, as if they had come to the center of the royal capital of a wealthy franchise country, and the capitals of those franchise countries were also as prosperous as they were in front of them.

It’s just that there are quite a few differences between the two. The capitals of the countries that joined the world government are prosperous on the surface, but they are full of the extravagant atmosphere of princes and nobles, and there is an atmosphere called "only princes and nobles are entitled to enjoy this prosperity".

But the scene in front of me does not have this feeling at all, and it also has the kind of vigorous vitality that those countries do not have!

It is an atmosphere full of yearning for the future, not that kind of lifeless decay!

"Is this why you brought us to the East China Sea?"

Looking at the back of the man in front of him, Monet murmured.

At this time, a carriage came in front of Shire and the others, and a man in a brown windbreaker got out of the carriage. When the people passing by saw this man's face, they couldn't help but exclaimed!
"Mr. Harb?!"

"Mr. General Manager!"

"It's Congressman Harb!"

Afterwards, many people spontaneously expressed respectful greetings to him, and Habu also greeted the people around him cordially.

"It turned out to be Mr. Harb. It seems that he is receiving guests."

"Okay, everyone, don't disturb Mr. Harb's work."

The people around seemed to be accustomed to Habu's appearance at the station, and the people around greeted Habu warmly and then left voluntarily, but before leaving, many people were looking at Charles, Robin and others.

"Which country's parliamentarian or representative? Need Mr. Harb to come and receive him in person?"

"Probably, if it's a nobleman, Mr. Harb wouldn't show up in person."

Listening to the words of the people around him, Monet felt somewhat puzzled, MP?represent?What's this?
At the same time, Monet was also looking at the man called 'Mr. Habu' in front of him. Is he a nobleman?It doesn't look like it, but why do you get greetings from ordinary people?And it doesn't look like those ordinary people are being forced?
Monet suddenly discovered this country, it should not be said that this East China Sea is very strange!It was completely different from the Four Seas she knew!
"Does it feel strange?"

When Shire, Shanhu and Habu were reminiscing about the past, Robin came to Monet and smiled softly.

"Odd indeed, it seems"

Monet didn't know how to describe this feeling, as if his common sense was wrong.

"It's okay, it's normal for me to experience light from the dark for a while. After all, I was the same at the beginning." Robin showed a faint smile.

"And what's really shocking, maybe you haven't discovered it yet!"

"Shocking thing?"

"Yeah, maybe it will subvert your world view~" Robin showed a 'prank' smile.

Then Shire and the others were picked up by Habu and went to the Yuliang Group in the center of the city. When Shire arrived in Dajiali Town, he had already told Kuina their whereabouts through the "Sky Telephone Bug", so Habu appeared at the station and waited for him.

"I didn't expect that this place has developed so fast in more than a year. Whether it is the living standard or the level of technology, there are big changes visible to the naked eye!" Charles said with emotion.

"That's right. When we first came to this country, it was still a small and poor country, and kerosene was used. In many places, there was no kerosene, so we could only use candles for lighting."

Hearing the conversation between Charles and Habu, Monet was stunned.

"Indeed, in the past, the islands were too closed. Some places were brightly lit and even had electrical appliances, while some places could only live a primitive life like slash-and-burn farming."

Charles remembered the Frost Moon Village where he lived when he was a child. People on the island used kerosene lamps for lighting, but more often they used candles for lighting. As for electrical appliances, it was even more impossible to have them.

And like Glass Bead Island, the island uses electric lights, and it is brightly lit and busy at night, not to mention there are various household appliances, the level of technology is completely different!

It’s like others have entered the 21st century, and you are still living in the 18th and 19th centuries. Others use fully automatic washing machines, but you are still using manual washing machines. Others are using mobile phones to make phone calls, and you are still wondering where to find a white pigeon.

"But it's also thanks to Guina, because of the sea train, the communication between the islands has become convenient and simple, and we went to Balkimoa to hire a lot of technicians, so we have the scene you see today."

"Balkimoa? Is it the future country?"

Charles was a little surprised, because if he remembered correctly, Balkimoa should be the "future country" on the organ island, the hometown of Vegapunk, and a country with extremely advanced technology!
"That's right, not only Balkimoa, but now even many shipwrights from the 'City of Water' have begun to settle in the East China Sea, and the 'East China Sea Dock' is also under construction, I'll show you around when I get a chance!"

From Habu's mouth, Shire also learned that not only people from Balkimoa and the capital of water were invited to Donghai by Guina, but also many talents with special skills in various industries were dug into Donghai by Guina. They absorbed outstanding talents from all over the world in Donghai, and contributed to the construction of Donghai.