One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 34: Straw Hat
"any idea?"

Luffy, who was tied to a stone pillar, screamed angrily, "Of course we should go fight! What's the point of hiding in the mountains, uncle! We should unite and deal with those abominable noble bastards and beat them all to the sky!"

The Sabo incident happened not long ago, but he still remembers it clearly!

"..." Scar looked at Luffy, sighed, and didn't respond.

"Don't yell."

Shanuo frowned and patted Luffy's face with his scabbard, "The adults are talking, why are you butting in, kid?"

This unfortunate child, how could he speak even more brainlessly than in the Five Emperors era?

The Kingdom’s army is well-equipped and backed by the World Government. Ordinary people cannot compete with them.

Even if all the bandits in the Korpo Mountains were gathered together, it would be like an egg hitting a rock.

In a world where great power belongs to individuals, resistance from the bottom up is more difficult, and often even seems like a joke.

So what if hundreds of thousands or millions of people gather?
Can you resist the domineering color?
Can you afford the lava falling from the sky?

A single spark can start a prairie fire, but that won't work in this vast ocean. Only a small group of strong people can step onto the pinnacle of power and make changes from top to bottom.

This is also the main reason why he has never been very interested in joining the revolutionary army.

Of course, he just disagreed with the route.

After all, there is nothing wrong with crossing the river by feeling the stones, and it is still commendable to be able to keep the original intention and put it into action for so many years.

In this world where everyone is competing for the worst, it is quite rare to have such a group of people.

"How many people are there among you?" Xia Nuo turned to look at Man Ba ​​and asked.

"Thirteen, including me."

Manba's expression was gloomy. "That night, I risked my life to pull over twenty people out of the sea of ​​fire, but the elderly, children, women, and some who were already ill couldn't survive the harsh conditions in the mountains..."

The other "bandits" also looked sad and lowered their heads.

"You've done well enough." Shanuo shook his head.

The other person looked to be in his early twenties.

When disaster struck, he did not run away on his own, but chose to save people everywhere. After entering the mountains, in order to protect these poor people, he dared to take the risk and pretend to be a big bandit with a bounty on his head. He is a real man.

look around.

If the remaining dozen or so people continue to struggle to survive in the mountains, the outcome will probably not be any better.

Either they die for various reasons, or they completely abandon their moral values ​​and become real bandits.

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t encountered it, but if you see it with your own eyes, it’s inevitable that you will feel a little bit uncomfortable.

Xia Nuo pondered for a moment, remembering the 400 million Baileys he had in the bank.

He had no intention of taking out the money, so he just kept it to earn interest, and planned to use it to pay for shipbuilding costs after he officially set sail.

Now I have a vague plan.

"To be honest, if I were still broke, I definitely wouldn't want to care about you, and I wouldn't have the ability to do so."

Xia Nuo looked at Manba and shrugged slightly. "But there's nothing I can do. After all, I can barely be considered a wealthy man now, so I should still be able to help you."

"Rich man?"

Luffy's eyes lit up instantly, "So you are very rich, uncle? Are you going to share your money with them? Can you give me some too? I am also short of money!!!"

He only had IOUs for all the free meals he had with Ace Sabo at the shopping street at the foot of the mountain, but he still had no time to pay the bills!

"Uncle, what the hell!" Xia Nuo couldn't stand it any longer and slapped him. "I'm not much older than you. If you want to flatter me, you should call me big brother!"

"Oh..." Luffy touched the red palm print on his face aggrievedly.

"You have to pay your own debts!"

After glaring at Luffy unhappily, Shanuo looked at the poor people around him with a thoughtful look.

He didn't intend to just throw money around like Luffy said.

After all, it was the first time everyone met and there was no emotional foundation between them. It would be too weird to give money directly because of pity.

Besides, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

"My family has an orange orchard and we're planning to expand it. We're short on manpower and need to hire some employees."

He glanced at Luffy's straw hat and said, "I'm planning to go home today. Why don't you just leave the Goa Kingdom and come back with me? We can settle down there from now on. What do you think?"

He spoke in rather general terms.

In his actual plan, he intended to withdraw tens of millions of Baileys, and keep the rest as an overseas fund.

He not only plans to expand the scale of the orange orchard, but also plans to set up several family workshops to carry out secondary processing of the harvested oranges.

The tangerines produced in Kekoyaxi Village were of truly excellent quality, their taste far surpassing even the ugly tangerines I'd tasted in my previous life. However, the purchase price of these primary agricultural products was also incredibly low.

Otherwise, Bell-mère wouldn't be busy taking care of the orange orchard all year round. But before he grew up to be the pillar of the family, he was so poor that he couldn't even afford to buy new clothes for Nami.

If his plan is followed and high-quality oranges are processed into various salted and candied products, such as canned goods, jams, and preserves, and then sold, the added value can be greatly increased.

The daily management of the workshop could be handed over to Manba, while Bellemere was happy to take a break when she wanted, or continue to tend to her beloved orange orchard if she wanted to be busy.

Due to geographical location and trading channels, you may not make much money.

But while improving family conditions, it is more than enough to feed these poor and hungry people and let them fend for themselves.

"Really, is it really possible?!"

Manba was startled at first, but then he couldn't contain his excitement and shook Xia Nuo's hands. "Sir, are you really willing to take us in and give us a job?!"

"Well, let's get everyone packed up and leave with me later."

Xia Nuo nodded slightly, "Don't worry about the boat tickets, I'll cover them too."

"awesome!"

"It's saved, we're saved!"

"Thank you, sir! Thank you!"

The hungry people nearby were a little bit unbelievable at first.

It was not until Xia Nuo confirmed it that the long-suppressed emotions suddenly burst out. Some people cried, some knelt down on the spot, and some silently shed tears and hugged each other in relief.

Winter is approaching now, and they have been living in fear and anxiety every day in the mountains. They don't have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, and their life is really difficult.

"Thank you very much, thank you very much..."

Manba's voice choked with sobs. "You've saved the lives of more than a dozen of us. I, I'm not very good at speaking, so I don't know how to put it. Anyway, sir! From now on, my life is yours! Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it!"

"Sir, us too!" The poor people around him responded loudly.

"Wuwuwu." Luffy was also crying beside him, "Why don't you untie me first, uncle? I can't wipe my tears and it's so painful."

Xia Nuo looked at the kid speechlessly and pulled out the authentic knife from behind.

Swish.

The knife flashed, and the hemp ropes that bound Luffy's limbs were cut off in an instant.

"Wow, what amazing swordsmanship!"

Luffy flexed his wrists, marveling at the precision of the swordsmanship, when blood suddenly spurted out from both arms. He screamed in panic and hurriedly tore his shirt into strips to wrap around the bleeding, "Wow! How come they even cut my skin!"

"..."

Xia Nuo coughed to hide his embarrassment, turned around and put the knife back into the sheath, and looked at the dark-skinned man in front of him.

"Xia Nuo." He said, "What about you? What's your real name? How should I call you from now on?"

"Just call me Scar."

The other man shook his head and said sincerely, "To be honest, I used to be a guard raised in a noble family. My name was casually chosen by the butler, and I really don't like it. On the contrary, I've gotten used to the name Man Scar after using it for a few months. I might as well just live with it from now on."

"Okay, Scar! Grab the important things and we're leaving now!"

Shanuo laughed out loud.

When everyone was busy, he turned his attention to Luffy again. Before leaving, how could he forget the most important thing?

"It hurts, Uncle Shanuo!"

Luffy pointed at the wound on his arm in dissatisfaction, "When you cut the rope, could you please be more careful? I don't even want to thank you for helping me out!"

Of course, this is just talk.

Luffy still has a good impression of this guy who took the initiative to help these hungry people out of their predicament as soon as he appeared in front of him. Besides, after all, he is completely free now!

No need to rack your brains to figure out how to hunt to earn ten times the barbecue.

"I'm sorry, my swordsmanship is really not up to par."

Xia Nuo smiled slightly and said, "As compensation, I'll perform a little magic trick for you."

"magic?!!"

Luffy suddenly perked up and did a classic monkey squat on the table, "Okay, okay!"

then……

The next second, under the boy's silly gaze, Xia Nuo suddenly reached out and took off the straw hat on his head.

(End of this chapter)