Chapter 395: The idea of ​​penetrating the doldrums

Tom excitedly recounted:

"Thanks to Lord Lex, the Seven Waters City has finally gotten rid of the flood and poverty, and the sea train is running smoothly in the Seven Waters City!"

The biggest reason why Tom insisted on building the sea train in the Seven Waters City was that he wanted to change the poverty situation there, change everyone's lives, and change the major floods that occur every few years.

All of this was achieved in the past few years thanks to Lex's energy. Tom naturally had no worries in the Seven Water City, so under Lex's advice, he brought his secretary Kokoro and two disciples Iceberg and Franky to their current residence, Magic Valley Town, and opened such a large shipyard.

Everyone listened to Tom's story and felt relieved for the experiences and changes of Water City 7, especially Roy. Lex only mentioned these things, and how to implement them and who to send to implement them were all decided and handled by Roy, so Roy knew more about Tom's affairs.

Roy smiled and asked Tom:

"Mr. Tom, how is the performance of the shipyard in Magic Valley Town now?"

"Hahaha, Lord Rex has ushered in a great era. Now, there is an endless stream of 'guests' coming to Magic Valley Town. Although many of them are evil pirates, there are also real men who go out to sea to pursue their dreams! ~Efficiency is only secondary. Seeing the ship you built with your own hands sailing on the sea is what a real man should do! ~"

Tom is a very simple and honest fishman shipbuilder. He built a ship for Roger because Roger is a good man. He took great pains to build a sea train for the Seven Water City just because he felt pity for people's suffering. He was strong and unyielding in front of the World Government in order to hide the Pluto blueprints just because he had a great sense of historical mission. He must hand over the Pluto blueprints to the right person, at least not to the evil World Government.

Tom is a fishman. In this era, a fishman who is discriminated against by the world can do this, can win the respect of thousands of people, and can build a sea train for the future of thousands of people. Lex admires such a person very much. Lex put down the teacup and said slowly:

"Now that the great era has arrived, the Grand Line is bustling, and the trade chain of the New World is in full swing. However, the existence of the Calm Belt prevents people from all over the world from freely entering and exiting the New World. The only way is to sail to the Sabaody Archipelago through the long Grand Line, and then enter the New World from Fishman Island or across the Red Earth Continent. Because of this, many commercial goods in the New World cannot communicate with the four seas, and many areas are therefore barren and backward. They have rare resources but are poor all day long. I wonder if I can build a ship that can cross the Calm Belt and directly reach the New World from the four seas, releasing the New World from the closed sea and heading towards the vast Qinghai. With the New World as the center and the South China Sea and the West China Sea as support points, I can build a huge trade chain and route that includes Qinghai, and achieve an operation model that benefits everyone and all classes. The only difficulty lies in how to penetrate the Calm Belt!"

Lex spoke in a plain and sincere manner, extending from the predicament of the New World to the trade chain that includes Qinghai, and he hit the nail on the head on the biggest predicament facing the development of the New World today - geographical limitations!

The new world is too closed.

This is an indisputable fact.

Most people are unaware of this fact because they have limited strength and vision and are confined to small seas and islands all day long. For the natives of the New World, the surrounding seas are the boundaries of their lives. The farthest distance they can reach is another island a few hundred miles away. They cannot see the smallness and limitations of the New World.

The New World is a very deformed sea——

The powerful sea area that gathers the strongest people in the world accounts for less than one percent of Qinghai! ! ~

Yes, in front of the vast four seas, the New World, which only occupies the second half of the Grand Line, is so small.

This is an arena for monsters. The World Government intends to expel all the pirates from the Four Seas and the Grand Line into the New World in order to maintain the stability of its own rule.

The Four Seas and Paradise need pirates, because without pirates, the member countries and non-member countries will not feel the danger, will not face the oppression of pirates, and naturally will not hand over the Sky Gold to seek the protection of the World Government. However, the World Government will not allow the pirates to become bigger and stronger.

Any pirates who are powerful enough to exceed the limit will be deliberately driven out of their original waters and "exiled" to more "advanced" and powerful waters, leaving them to fight each other on their own. This is the "Gu breeding policy" that the World Government has implemented for hundreds of years.

Under this "Gu breeding policy", the biggest Gu worm raised is undoubtedly the dark overlord Rocks D. Jibek.

Then the great poisonous insect Rocks was killed in the Valley of Gods, and the Grand Line continued with the fierce fighting to decide the new King of Poisons.

Until Leon Lex came out of nowhere and used his absolute strength and strategy to shatter the balance and stability that the World Government had painstakingly built up for hundreds of years, and cut off all the shackles imposed on the New World.

Therefore, over the past hundred years, there has never been a pirate navy of the Shichibukai level in the four seas. Even if it appears briefly, it will immediately enter the Grand Line and enter the new arena.

There will never be emperor or admiral-level pirate navy in Paradise. Even if they appear briefly, it is only to suppress some unrest or all-out war.

All the top powerhouses have entered the second half of the Grand Line, the turbulent final sea area - the New World, where the most powerful king will be decided.

But Lex didn't want to.

Yes, Leon Lex, the King of the New World who had perfectly unified the New World in every sense, independent the three seas, and suppressed the Holy Land, was unwilling to see this situation.

Lex's eyes passed over Shanuo and Roy, then looked at everyone, and said calmly:

"The New World is not only closed and narrow in area, but also gathers too many top combat forces. It is a huge powder keg. One day, a fuse called 'ambition and dream' will ignite this huge powder keg, and the aftermath of the explosion will affect the whole world. After the explosion, will it be the long-lost freedom or the heavier darkness that no one knows. ... I thought about it for a long time, ... it is better to guide than to dredge. Although the current world structure has been changed a lot by us, the underlying logic is still the 'Gu-raising Policy' of the World Government. I am not used to being led by others, so ... change it! Run through the Calm Belt! Open up the route between the New World and the Four Seas, reconnect the New World to Qinghai, and release the monsters of the New World to the whole Qinghai!"

Roy was thinking about the feasibility and consequences of Lex's decision. In an instant, Roy thought of many things -

The sudden emergence of the New World is bound to disrupt the original local order, and the monsters in the New World may also go out of control. Even if Rex's might is still there, it is difficult to curb all ambitions and desires. Originally, those pirate groups only occupied a small piece of territory in the New World, but with the vaster seas and more massive wealth, no one can easily restrain themselves.

Can Leon Lex still keep everything under control?

Roy even wanted to ask Lex - Do you really want to suppress the world?

Absolute freedom will inevitably lead to extreme rampage and madness.

The era of great rise is still within the range acceptable to everyone.

That is because the people who rise in the era of great rise are all "locals", and everyone has the opportunity to rise. It is not just one sea area that is strong, but the entire Qinghai. There is no fundamental contradiction.

However, once the Calm Belt is connected, the new world will break away from the barrier of the Calm Belt and move towards the vast four seas and paradise, and a huge contradiction will instantly arise - the power of the strong in the new world and the huge wealth of the four seas!

Roy immediately looked at Lex, wanting to hear his opinion.