From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

At this time, one warehouse was already stretched to its limits.

Xia Jieren urgently incubated more than a dozen warehouses across the island of the Netherlands.

At this moment, Xia Jieren looked at the granaries that were filled up again. He no longer felt the excitement and sense of accomplishment he had before. He just felt a headache. "What should I do?"

It’s not Xia Jieren’s fault. The grain harvested this time is really too much. It’s not an exaggeration to describe it as piled up like a mountain.

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Let’s do some calculations first!

An adult needs about 0.2 tons of food per year.

One acre of arable land can support two to three adults. This number has not changed much, either in ancient times or in modern times.

In ancient times, productivity was low, there were no fertilizers and high-yield seeds, and land yields were extremely low, barely enough to meet the needs of two to three adults, and people would often go hungry. At that time, one acre of arable land could produce about 0.5 tons of grain.

In modern times, due to the advancement of productivity, one acre of arable land can fully meet the food needs of two to three adults, that is, one acre of arable land can produce about 0.8 tons of grain.

The climate in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is suitable, and staple foods such as wheat can be harvested twice a year. However, because the grain varieties have not been artificially screened, the amount of grain produced by the land is generally far less than that of Blue Star. One acre of arable land can produce about 0.6 to 0.7 tons of grain.

However, the physical fitness of the people here is obviously stronger than that of the people on Blue Star, so they eat more at one time.

What is even more terrible is the oppression of the nobles. In this world, one acre of arable land needs to support at least four people.

In the face of these unfavorable factors, even though the energy and resources in the One Piece world are abundant, most people cannot get enough to eat, and they don't even have the chance to skip a meal.

As for going out to sea to fish or kill sea kings.

Ha ha!

If they have the strength or courage, why bother being ordinary people? Wouldn't it be better to go out to sea and pursue freedom?

Long-term oppression and exploitation have made people extremely easy to satisfy.

Just fill your stomach!

In short, because of this grain harvest and the people's love for energy blocks, Xia Jieren had a huge amount of grain piled up in his hands.

This batch of grain is about 12 tons, which can meet the annual needs of 60 people.

According to Kerrigan's estimation, by the time the Netherlands Kingdom completes the harvest of this season's grain, there will be as much as 40 tons of grain in the warehouse.

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After thinking for a long time, Xia Jieren decided to sell a batch first, only about 5 tons.

As for the remaining food, they will all be treated as strategic reserves, although the Zerg do not need such strategic reserves at all.

However, Xia Jieren took into consideration that people would get tired of eating the energy blocks one day, so he sold all the food.

After waiting, we must also store enough food to meet the needs of the people for at least one year in case of emergency.

"Alas, managing a country is so tiring." Xia Jieren sighed, "I have to be both a father and a mother, and I need to take care of all aspects."

Stretching lazily, Xia Jieren comforted himself: "Just hold on a little longer. When the country is on the right track, it will be able to repay me."

The moment Xia Jieren made the decision, Kerrigan had already sent his order to the Zerg who was in charge of the work of "East Port".

In order to better integrate into human society, this insect man gave himself a name, Fan Long.

The name has no meaning. It was just randomly chosen based on the Hundred Family Surnames and the dictionary.

Since accepting the position of Governor of the Port of East, he has relied on his intelligence and wisdom to flatter those cunning businessmen, officials, nobles, and pirates.

Since Xia Jieren did not want to become the world's public enemy, he did not choose simple and crude means to kill the troublemakers directly, but chose to appease them as much as possible.

After all, these greedy people might be needed in the future to help the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its own Zerg develop.

Just as he was about to lose control of the restless people, Xia Jieren's order came. Fan Long breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, "Let those grain merchants come to see me now."

When the messenger was about to go down to pass on the message, Fan Long suddenly added: "By the way, tell them that the food they have been longing for can be prepared."

"Yes." After agreeing, the messenger left the room.

Fan Long mentioned this mainly because he was afraid that those arrogant big businessmen would not come. Based on his observations of them in recent days, this situation was very likely to happen.

Half an hour later, the ruling hall was filled with fat people with bloated brains, big ears and big bellies.

Just a glance at their body shapes would tell you that they were extraordinary. In this chaotic era, it was definitely rare to have such a fat body, as most civilians were skinny.

Of course, people like Luffy who can digest food quickly don't count.

Fan Long walked towards the podium with calm demeanor and light steps.

After standing still, he gently pressed down with both hands amid the noise of the crowd.

The whole place was silent for a moment, which showed that the quality of everyone present was very high.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. The businessmen are so quiet mainly for the sake of their own face.

If you continue to make a fuss at this time, it will make other people who are proud of their status ashamed to associate with you.

Looking around, Fan Long said with a smile, "Dear gentlemen, I believe you all already know the purpose of my visit today, so I won't waste any more words."

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands has just harvested a batch of grain these past two days. Under the leadership of the great Queen Netherlands Litte, the people are living a happy and fulfilling life again."

"This time, Her Majesty Queen Litt learned that there were still many people overseas who needed food. She felt very sorry and decided to sell 5 tons of food."

Listening to Fan Long's speech on the rostrum, these big businessmen showed contemptuous looks, and at the same time, they secretly complained: "We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are we playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio?"

"You can't bear to see the people suffer. Ugh!"

No matter how much they despised or complained in their hearts, when Fan Long finished speaking, they all applauded and praised the greatness of Queen Litte.

Smart businessmen have already started praising Queen Litte, saying, "Queen Litte is worthy of being the orthodox ruler of the Netherlands Kingdom. She is indeed wise."

Nice words come one after another, verbal praise doesn't cost any money anyway.

Fan Long pressed his hands down again, and the noise from the podium gradually died down.

"Thank you all for your support. I believe Queen Litte will also be very happy." Fan Long nodded to thank them for their praise.

"Cough cough~"

Fan Long coughed twice, attracting the attention of the whole audience. "Next, for the sake of fairness, I will divide this batch of grain into 100 lots for auction. I hope everyone present can gain something."

As soon as Fan Long finished speaking, there was an uproar in the meeting hall.