Farming in Pirate World

Tina put down the phone and looked at Smoker sitting beside her:

"Did you hear everything?"

"So what if I hear it? Do you want me to go find him for the sand crocodile?"

"Then are you willing to go?"

"Why don't you go yourself?"

Smoker calmly blew out a smoke ring and curled his lips without hesitation.

"I remember that you are nominally the navy stationed in Rogge Town. I have also investigated some information about Li Ming. The core of the operation of the Liming Chamber of Commerce under his command is the commercial center of Rogge Town."

"Don't you two know each other?"

"do not know."

Smoker shook his head indifferently. He was not interested in business or anything like that.

Tina waved and signaled her deputy to bring Li Ming's information.

Although she has read it many times, every time she reads this information again, she is still stunned by the data above.

"The Liming Chamber of Commerce was only established for less than half a year, but it quickly occupied the commercial market of Rogge Town and used it as a base to spread its business to the entire East China Sea."

"Today, the monthly turnover of Liming Chamber of Commerce has exceeded 50 billion beli, and the net profit is at least [-] million, and it is still increasing."

"High-level government officials have judged that with the development momentum of the Liming Chamber of Commerce, the annual tax payment is expected to exceed 30 billion beli. This kind of performance has even attracted the attention of some big shots in the world government."

Martial arts are prevalent in the world of pirates, and fighting continues all over the world every day. Survival is the biggest obstacle.

Except for some already famous bosses, such as Doflamingo, very few people can make such a big business in a short period of time.

This is also one of the reasons why the Dawn Chamber of Commerce has not encountered any decent resistance in terms of business.

Apparently, Li Ming has attracted the attention of the world government.

"There is also news coming out from the Navy Headquarters. As long as this person does not violate any principled issues, we will try to take care of him."

Having said this, Tina looked at Smoker again:

"When a king and a businessman decide that Sand Crocodile should be executed in public, things will get very troublesome."

"Sand Crocodile is a Shichibukai recognized by the World Government. Even if his status as a Shichibukai has been taken away now, he cannot die in Alabasta so easily."

"My intervention in this matter has been rejected. If possible, I hope you can help bring the Sand Crocodile back."

Tina negotiated many times, but the other party's answer was always polite, saying that Mr. Li Ming was temporarily busy and that the dinner could be postponed for one day, which was the night after the execution of the sand crocodile.

But the sand crocodiles are all dead, so what’s the point of negotiating?

Did she really think she wanted to have dinner with this businessman?

"If you step forward, it will be even more useless if I step forward."

Smoker didn't agree with Tina's idea.

"No, I'm not asking you to come forward. I want you to get Crocodile back before execution."

"Your Smoke Fruit ability is more suitable for this kind of thing than my Threshold Fruit."

She had already tried to negotiate, but the other party's attitude was clear and tough. She didn't even have a chance to talk to the person in charge.

"In other words, do you want me to be the scapegoat?"

"You don't care about this anyway, so what does it matter?"

Tina was a little embarrassed, she really wanted to let Smoker take the blame.

Someone in the upper echelons of the navy wanted to protect Li Ming and directly took action to snatch the sand crocodile, which might lead to a deterioration in the relationship between the two parties.

At this time, if Li Ming went to the Navy Headquarters to make trouble, some big bosses at the Navy Headquarters would symbolically introduce a scapegoat.

The relationship is a bit complicated. The Navy will not really punish its soldiers because of a businessman, but there will still be symbolic explanations.

The specific punishment is nothing more than a deduction from wages or a major demerit, which is not painful at all for Smoker.

In addition to being expelled from the military, Smoker received almost all the punishments stipulated in the naval regulations. Any more is not more, and any less is no more.

Smoker knew exactly what she was thinking. During the training of the new recruit team, Tina often asked him to help take the blame.

Given the relationship between the two of them, this kind of thing is quite easy.

But this time, Smoker thought for a long time, and when the entire cigar was about to be extinguished, he calmly replied:

"I can't help you this time."

"I don't know what those so-called superiors think, and I don't care. But I won't care about the life and death of the sand crocodile."

"I hate pirates, you know."

"But this time the situation is a bit special. The sand crocodile is..."

Before Tina could finish speaking, Smoker interrupted her and then responded in a deep voice:

"A pirate... will always be a pirate!"

After hearing Smoker's answer, Tina shook her head helplessly and finally chose to give up.

Based on her understanding of Smoker, since he mentioned this, he would never do this favor for her.

"Then forget it. The worst thing to do is write another report later."

"It's true Li Ming. Sand Crocodile is destined to be imprisoned in Impel Down City. This is no different from death."

"What a troublesome bunch."

With that said, Tina ignored Smoker who was still smoking and sunbathing, and began to prepare a report to her superiors in advance.

If Smoker doesn't help, Sand Crocodile will be dead.

......

The Sand Crocodile is dead!

Sitting at the dining table and thinking for a long time, Li Ming always felt a little unsafe.

Killing the Sand Crocodile was, to put it mildly, like the national government executing a pirate, and it was a heinous crime.

No matter which country it is in, Li Ming is always the right party in this matter. No matter what the legal provisions are, Li Ming cannot be found at fault.

Having been deprived of his status as a Shichibukai, Sand Crocodile is nothing more than a bastard pirate.

But in a more serious sense, executing Sand Crocodile would be a slap in the face of the World Government!

Sand Crocodile is an ally of the World Government. Even if Sand Crocodile is deprived of its identity, the World Government's position on this matter is extremely embarrassing.

Li Ming needs to use sand crocodiles to establish his power, Alabasta needs to use sand crocodiles to kill chickens and scare monkeys, and the world government also needs to use sand crocodiles to give an explanation to other allied countries.

"No, we can't go on like this!"

"Changes will happen later. Who knows what kind of trouble the navy will make?"

As soon as Li Ming slammed the table, he immediately called for Kobra. The two discussed it for a while and decided on the spot that the execution would be brought forward!

Li Ming immediately found Robin, assigned the task, and gave her full power. No matter what she wanted to do, she must have everything ready for the execution before noon.

Robin nodded and retreated without asking too much.

I have to say that after getting used to it, Li Ming found that Robin was really easy to use.