Chapter 244 Core Contradiction
The current world situation is a rare period of peace.
Although for Qinghai, which has been in constant conflict for 800 years, darkness is the norm, war is everywhere, and blood and violence are always the mainstream, but compared with the past, this year's Haiyuan calendar year 1491 does seem much more peaceful.
From the government's perspective:
The most troublesome area of the sea for them is undoubtedly the New World.
Over the past few decades, the Rocks Pirates have been dictating the New World's waters with unprecedented darkness, and the pressure on the government has been increasing day by day.
After the Battle of God Valley, although Rocks withdrew from the stage of the times, the remnants of Rocks, today's great pirates, started a new wave of pirates.
Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and even Roger, Red Earl, Shanuo, Roy, Satan, and Apophis caused even greater chaos.
This situation did not change until the end of 1489, when a man named Leon Lex appeared.
With incredible cohesion, Leon Lex gathered almost all the forces in the New World and launched a horrific and huge war against the Void Throne.
Although the government suffered huge losses and even ceded the New World to Lex, it has to be admitted that this sea area, which is full of pirates and powerful men, is no longer a concern for the government for the time being.
Especially after the World Conscription, the government's control over the four seas and paradise was further strengthened, and there was no need to worry about the big pirates in the New World, so the Five Elders had a rare year of leisure.
As for the new world——
It's even more rare to have some free time.
Before the end of 1489, everyone was almost incompatible. They fought with the navy, pirates, and even the kingdom for territory. In short, they fought all kinds of things every day.
Endless war will always be the main theme of the new world.
But at the end of 1489, when Leon Lex emerged, OK, he first followed Lex to attack the government and the navy.
What Rocks failed to do in the past no longer seemed so out of reach in the hands of this 20-year-old blond young man.
They even went straight to Marijoa, and Whitebeard led a large fleet directly to Marinford. All the governments and naval forces in the New World were eliminated.
The New World became the territory of pirates.
Rex divided the sea, and everyone got a sea area that was dozens of times more vast than before. Almost every big pirate had several kingdoms under his command.
A giant pirate group like the Hiku Pirates controls an unimaginably vast ocean and has countless islands under its jurisdiction.
The pirates stopped fighting over territory and wealth for the time being. Moreover, the top pirates were all Rex's men.
Golden Lion is Lex's uncle, Whitebeard is Lex's adoptive father, and although the Red Earl has no territory, he is a legendary figure and also Lex's master. Shanuo, the king of the Far West Sea, and Roy, the dream maker, are both Lex's sworn brothers. Wang Zhi Silver Axe also clearly supports Lex. Charlotte Linlin also obeyed Lex's orders in the war. Roger also agreed to the agreement with Lex and stood on Lex's side.
There is no force in the new world that Lex cannot command.
The reason is simple, because those who were disobedient were all slaughtered.
The 'devil' Satan, Apophis and other old people in the New World were all eliminated by Lex after the war.
In the vast Qinghai, the most obvious contradiction is the contradiction between the World Government and the chaotic New World, which was made invisible by Lex.
However, the real core conflict in Qinghai has never been the conflict between the great pirates and the World Government, but the conflict between the lower-class people who are bound and suffering and the nobles led by the Celestial Dragons.
In fact, if you think about it, most of the big pirates in the New World came from the lower class, or they went out to sea as pirates because they were dissatisfied with the rule of the World Government.
Whitebeard is the most typical example. He yearns for family and peace, but in later generations he becomes a thorn in the eyes of the government and the navy, who want to get rid of him as soon as possible. Why?
It is because Whitebeard is the most powerful pirate who protected many countries and islands, causing the government to lose a lot of territory.
But this is too ironic, Whitebeard, the biggest enemy of the later government, went to sea and became a pirate because of the government's dark rule, hunger and being an orphan.
After all, the fact that there are so many pirates in the world is a result of the corruption of the government itself.
There are peaceful days, but who the hell has the nerve to become a bloodthirsty pirate? !
Does the government know this?
I must know.
Although the Five Elders and Im are evil, they are not stupid.
But they still acquiesce in the development of the sea towards this dark and bloody future, because only in this way, only in this sea full of darkness, war, disease and poverty, can they better exploit the lower classes and meet their own needs.
This is understandable.
People all want to live a better life. Since the Tianlong people want to live a good life, the common people in Qinghai will have to suffer.
So when Lex held the World Expo and broadcast it live to the entire ocean, showing the battles among the strongest and even showing the auction of the Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders opposed and obstructed it in every possible way.
He even secretly assisted Waldo in his crazy plan to bomb Pentles using dynamite rocks.
It is because the Five Elder Stars do not want to see the general public in Qinghai know the importance of strength, know what domineering is, what devil fruit is, what a swordsman is, and what the Six Styles of the Navy are.
What Lex did was to instigate the people of Qinghai and tell them what real power is. In the face of power, even the Celestial Dragons can be auctioned off.
It's just such a simple truth.
But for 800 years, no one has ever told the sea about this.
Sometimes, if you ask yourself, people may admire Leon Lex more for bringing them strength and ability than the Nika warriors who bring laughter and happiness to everyone.
Thoughts are important, but without power, they are all shit.
At this time, Leon Lex quietly came to a secret island in the New World.
A huge weapons manufacturing factory with a black mist rising from it on the island is producing all kinds of new weapons at full capacity.
The factory nominally belongs to Kaido.
This is a deal Roy negotiated with Kaido.
Lex provides new technology and some raw materials, while Kaido relies on his own military force to enslave a large number of laborers and is responsible for production and manufacturing. Finally, all the weapons produced are sold through Lex's channels.
This is a very simple industrial chain.
Kaido only needs to be responsible for production and manufacturing, but Lex has a lot more to consider.
Inside the secret room——
"Kaido, I didn't want to come and see you in person, but your production efficiency is really too low."
Lex said straight to the point.
Facing Rex, even Kaido didn't dare to breathe. Now Kaido facing Rex was just like facing the peak Rocks back then.
Even though they didn't reveal any trace of aura, Kaido felt a sense of powerlessness deep in his bones.
A trace of cold sweat barely seeped out of Kaido's forehead:
"Oh, I also want to speed up production efficiency, but you know, my sea area is only this big, and there is only one kingdom under it, so the number of workers I can summon is limited, so--"
Lex glanced at Kaido lightly, instantly causing Kaido to shut up, and Lex said softly:
"You mean, you are not satisfied with my allocation of your sea area? But Kaido... you get as much sea area as you contributed in the war. If you are not satisfied, you can expand to the surrounding areas. I will never stop you."
Kaido secretly complained in his heart, expansion? That sounds good.
There are either Golden Lions or Charlotte Lingling around you. If you want to expand, do you ask them if they agree?
Lingling was fine, at most she would beat herself up, but I was afraid that the Golden Lion would kill her directly.
Although the New World is very vast, after that war, each pirate's sea area is almost limited, and no one dares to make trouble for Rex.
Seeing Kaido remained silent, Lex continued:
"Sometimes I think you should use your brain. Why are you always staring at the sea outside? Wano Country behind you is such a big country. How much labor can it provide? How much Bailey can it bring to you? The unit price of the weapons I give you is not low. And one thing is, Kaido, I am indispensable to you, but you are dispensable to me. If you can only hand over so many weapons, then I can change someone else for this business."
After saying this, Lex's body was surrounded by a flash of azure starlight and he disappeared into the secret room.
Only Kaido, with shining eyes, was left pacing in the secret room.
half an hour-
"ember!"
Kaido shouted, and a young man from the Lunalia tribe with black wings on his back and wearing a black mask walked in from outside the door.
"Mr. Kaido."
“… Let’s investigate the situation in Wano Country and gather information on the strong people in the country. We may have to expand there!”
Under Lex's deliberate instigation, Kaido finally embarked on the same old path as in the original work, and began to slowly invade the mysterious samurai country behind him!
