Chapter 217 Mordic Island
Greenbit
No one had stepped into this place for two hundred years, and it looked like a primeval forest.
However, the battles between Rod and Kaido, and between Law and Doflamingo, destroyed most of the century-old trees here, leaving only a small forest, and the rest turned into ruins.
However, this also facilitated the subsequent construction and renovation, saving the need to cut down those century-old trees. With a large amount of manpower, this place looks different almost every day.
On the southern coast, a port was quickly built here to transport supplies. With the waving of Rod's pirate group's money, a steady stream of supplies were transported from the surrounding areas, promoting the construction of Greenbit.
And on this day, a ship docked here.
"Super!!"
A figure jumped off the ship, then stood on the coast, posing in an exaggerated posture, with the waves hitting behind him.
"You are so awesome! I saw it in the newspaper. Even monsters like the Four Emperors were repelled by you!"
"Besides, the construction here is also super fast!"
Franky pushed up his sunglasses, looked at everything that was being built rapidly around him, and then looked at Gray who was standing at the port to greet him.
"Great, with my genius, and you, and Captain Rod's unlimited supply, and plenty of opportunities for experiments, we will soon be able to develop a super battleship that surpasses the ancient weapon [Pluto]!"
Gray's eyes lit up and he grabbed Franky's hands.
After getting Rod's promise to allow him to start research, Gray thought of Franky the first time.
During the construction of the New Polar, Franky gave him a lot of help and gave him a lot of inspiration. The two had very similar ideas about shipbuilding.
It's all firepower, firepower, firepower!
"Ah! Bro!"
Franky's big hand covered Gray's arm, and two lines of tears gushed out.
What a trust!
A like-minded friend contacted him immediately after he had a stable research environment, asking him to come over and do research with him. This kind of friendship between men really touched him!
If only the means of inviting him were a little gentler.
Franky's eyes swept over Bonis and Robin.
The person who went to the first half of the Grand Line to invite him was Bonis, but the person who persuaded him was Nico Robin through Den Den Mushi.
According to Franky's original idea, he just wanted to stay in the Seven Waters, watching Master Tom's water train and the development of the Waters after the integration of Iceberg.
Of course, he also wanted to live a carefree life in the Seven Waters with his brothers.
However, that woman knew everything about him, and all the words she said hit his vital points accurately, making Franky unable to refuse at all.
Moreover, Iceberg also came secretly to persuade him.
Under many factors, Franky finally accepted Rhode's invitation, stepped out, and boarded the ship of Rhode's group.
But...
The goal of the research is to surpass [Pluto]?
Franky thought of the blueprint placed in his body.
The design of the ancient weapon [Pluto] is on his body.
Franky looked at Gray, who was dreaming with his eyes shining in front of him, and his fists collided, and his hair stood up instantly.
"Ah~~ Let's surpass the shipbuilders of the past and build a super battleship!"
Not relying on the blueprints left by the past, but relying on his own hands to build a more powerful battleship.
If you can really do this, you can be considered a great shipbuilder!
Franky is full of energy!
With so much support, he doesn't believe that he can't build a great battleship!
Half a day later...
"No way, Rod!"
Franky looked at Rod.
"This is not suitable for building a shipyard at all!"
He circled the island.
There are a lot of high-quality wood on the island, which seem to be more than a hundred years old. It would be good to use it for shipbuilding, but apart from that, everything needs to be shipped from outside, which makes the cost much higher. If you want to build a large shipyard, this geographical location is not suitable.
Not only that, the coast of this small island itself is not very good. There is only one place suitable for a port. If you really do what Rhode said, you want to open a large shipyard and have a large number of ships go to sea, and the conditions of this port itself are not enough.
Unless you choose to unload from the port of Dressrosa and then transport it, but this is too troublesome.
"Is that so."
Rod rubbed his chin, then turned to look at Robin who was following him.
"Do we have Plan B?"
"Yes."
Robin smiled slightly and turned a few pages of his notebook forward.
"Not far from Dressrosa, there is an island, Mordick Island."
"Mordick!?"
Franky exclaimed.
"Is this island famous?"
"Of course!"
Franky talked about what he knew.
"In the first half of the Grand Line, the Seven Waters was the most famous city and the place with the best shipbuilding technology!"
"However, in the entire first half, I don't know how many shipbuilding companies there were. Before the iceberg integrated the shipbuilding companies in the Water City, the shipbuilding industry in the Seven Waters Capital had already declined. There are many more shipbuilding companies in the Grand Route than the Water Capital. More famous shipbuilding island.”
"The same is true in the New World, and because the pirates in the New World are stronger, the shipbuilding companies here are doing better business."
"Mordik is a very famous island in the New World. There are also several shipbuilding companies there, and they specialize in serving pirates. Although they have not built any particularly famous ships, you can get off and off from that island. There are countless pirate ships in the water!”
"I really want to see the super powerful shipwrights and shipbuilding industry over there."
“That’s a lot!”
Rhodes' eyes lit up.
Isn't this what he wants.
The shipyard he wants is one that has a large number of orders and can create a large number of jobs. As for whether the ships it builds are powerful or famous, it is secondary.
After all, their own ship was finished.
"Yes, considering your requirements, the shipbuilding company there is very suitable."
Robin looked at Rhodes, waiting for his decision.
However, there was one thing that made Robin a little worried.
Mordik's shipbuilding industry almost exclusively serves pirates, which means that there will be a large number of pirates there.
And yet it was able to maintain a prosperous shipbuilding industry for so many years under the scrutiny of so many pirates.
You don't need to think about it to know that there must be a powerful force hidden behind it.
"Very good, then let's go over there and negotiate a cooperation deal!"
···
Half an hour later, the Polar set sail.
"Bebo, we leave our voyage to you!"
Nailu still had some things to deal with, and some other companions were also very busy, so Rhodes did not bring the entire crew, but directly grabbed Bebo and a few others and sailed directly to Mordik.
"no problem!"
Bebo stood in front of the rudder, steering the ship carefully and glancing at the pointer in front of him from time to time.
He is a bear with many talents. He knows a little bit about sailing, steering, medicine, fighting... no matter what it is.
Moreover, Mordik itself is not far from Dressrosa. With the speed of the Polar, it only takes one day to reach it, and Bebo's navigation skills are enough to cope with it.
The voyage this time was relatively smooth. There was no storm or other pirates encountered along the way. As time passed, the shadow of an island appeared in the sight of Rhodes and others.
Even from a long distance, you can see many pirate ships docked on the coast of the island, and on the high ground in the center of the island, there is a huge anchor, which you can clearly see even standing on the coast. can be seen.
It was a symbol of the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry on Mordik Island.
"So, how should we discuss cooperation later?"
Robin looked at Rhodes, waiting for him to give a general idea.
"How to talk?"
Rhodes looked at the lively island in front of him.
"We have said that we are partners of justice, so of course we negotiate with peace and friendship."
Viewed from the port, the entire island seems to be constantly busy.
Countless workers were rushing back and forth at the port, and a ship was being built in the dock. Everyone seemed to be chasing after it, without stopping for a moment.
If the Rhodes Pirates can master such a shipyard, they should be able to create a large number of industries and employment opportunities. In this way, the occupied areas will really change into the shape of the Rhodes Pirates little by little, until they are no longer distinguishable. We can no longer leave each other.
Only then can one be considered to rule these islands.
"There's something wrong."
Franky frowned and looked at the boatmen in the dock.
In his sight, these boatmen completed their tasks silently but quickly without pausing for a moment.
The boatmen in the Water City are already the most powerful people in the world, but even they can't work like these people in front of them, as if they are being chased.
Moreover, the faces of these boatmen were filled with numbness.
There’s no sign of any love for the boat you’re building!
After hearing Franky's words, Rhodes also reacted.
At first, he thought that the people here really loved shipbuilding, but he did not consider that the intensity of this kind of work was already beyond the physical load for most people.
Not everyone can have monster-like physical strength like them.
"Masters, do you want to build a ship?"
Just when Rhodes and his gang stopped moving forward, a man in a blue suit walked over with a warm smile on his face.
"Wow, your pirate ship is so beautiful, it's like a work of art!"
"Is there damage somewhere on the pirate ship? Does it need repair?"
The man in the blue suit praised the Polar in an exaggerated tone, and then brought the topic back.
"Or do you want to buy a new boat?"
"If you are buying a boat, what is the process here?"
Putting aside his doubts, Rhodes continued to ask questions.
"If you want to buy a boat, please come here."
The man in the blue suit led Rhodes and his group towards a dock not far from the port.
“We have a wide variety of ready-made boats here, so no matter what you want, you can find it.”
"If you want to customize it, it will be another price."
"Besides, you need to wait for a while for a customized boat, usually one week."
"One week?"
Franky exclaimed and looked at the man in the blue suit.
"That's not the amount of work that can be completed in one week!"
He is the apprentice of the shipwright Tom. Even for a shipbuilding master like him, it is not an easy task to complete the construction of a ship within a week.
How come the man in the blue suit said that all the customized boats here can be completed in one week?
"Because we have a lot of shipwrights here."
The man in the blue suit explained.
"Of course, if you pay more, it can be faster!"
The man in the blue suit looked at Rhodes and added with a smile.
No, this is not a problem of manpower at all!
Franky felt a strange feeling in his heart.
If there are more people, the speed of shipbuilding will be much faster. This is indeed the truth.
But as an insider, Franky knows this better. It doesn't mean that the more people there are, the faster the speed will be. Some work cannot be made up by manpower at all.
Being able to complete the construction of a ship within a week is already a nearly impossible task.
Not to mention that it can be faster.
This island is wrong, it is so wrong!
Snap!!!
A sharp whip sound rang in Franky's ears.
Franky turned his head and saw a shipwright carrying a log being whipped hard on the back, leaving a deep whip mark, but he did not say a word, just gritted his teeth, and then silently quickened his pace.
"What is this..."
Franky turned his head and looked at the man in the blue suit.
"This is our management method."
The man in the blue suit still had an impeccable smile on his face.
"These shipwrights are too lazy. Once no one is watching, they will be lazy, so necessary supervision and punishment are necessary."
"I see, this is why you are so efficient."
Franky's face was full of disgust, looking at the man in the blue suit who was still smiling.
"What do you think these boatmen are?!"
"Of course they are workers."
The man in the blue suit looked at Franky with a little confusion.
"We also pay the boatmen. Since we get paid, we should work hard. Isn't this a matter of course?"
"Yes, but..."
Franky choked slightly.
One party pays for employment, and the other party collects the money for work. This is indeed the truth.
But Franky always feels that there is something inconsistent.
This island is too strange!
"The workers are all paid the same salary. If some people are lazy, it is also unfair to other people who work hard."
"People who work hard get paid, and people who don't work hard can also get paid. In the long run, everyone will not work hard."
"So, people who don't work hard will be whipped."
The man in the blue suit looked at Franky.
"This is the real fairness."
Franky frowned, wanting to refute but not knowing where to start.
"Fair?"
"What kind of fairness is this? I only see oppression and slavery."
Robin directly exposed the words of the man in the blue suit.
"What kind of fairness is there between the man holding the whip and the man carrying the burden?"
"Why do we need to pursue fairness between the people above and the people below?"
A trace of doubt flashed across the face of the man in the blue suit, and then his eyes gradually became unfriendly.
"Are you here to do business or to cause trouble?"
