Pirate: Eternal

Yuyan Casino is open for business. The decoration is still the same as before, but the gameplay is very different from before.

The casino is no longer the banker, but only provides venue, security, and services. However, there is a [-]% handling fee for exchanging chips for Baileys.

Baths and massages are available, drinks and fruits are available for an additional fee, and special services are not provided.

In addition, it also sells information, accepts tasks entrusted by customers, and issues tasks for bounty hunters.

The food purchased from the Harvest Island is sold in the casino. After all, if you want to monopolize the Alabasta market, you need to cut off the shipping routes to make the market out of stock, but by then, everything in your hands will have expired.

The number of people in the casino has resumed, even more than before, and Paula proposed that the casino can make more money by being the banker.

Vlad vetoed this.After all, he was able to win [-] million in the first place just by relying on gravity. He was afraid of meeting such a guy.

One hundred out of ten victorious generals in casinos are crooks. If someone with the ability to predict the future comes to cheat, I really don’t know how to deal with it.

Let others wear sea tower stone handcuffs and take off their clothes to gamble. If you can't hide your cards or use your abilities, they can still make a fortune.

In this case, you can't deny it, right?For the sake of the reputation of the casino, you have to hold your nose and admit it.

So, as long as you don’t participate in gambling, you won’t lose money!

After making arrangements for the casino, Vlad sent Joanno, Gal Dino, Pola, and Marianu out to wander on the routes from Alabasta to the surrounding islands.

Anyone transporting food is stopped in the name of inspection, and then dragged until the food is rancid and smelly before being released into Alabasta.

Of course, things are not that desperate. These merchant ships can return the same way before the shelf life of the food has expired.

Ozma and Marcus used the money they earned from the casino to go shopping on Harvest Island. They didn't buy high-end things like fruits, but only potatoes and rice.

Vlad thought clearly. Alabasta, a country with more than 90.00% of its desert area, could not grow enough food to feed the population of this superpower. The staple food must be purchased from abroad.

He directly monopolizes food, doesn't he control the lifeblood of Alabasta!

As for those rich people who want to eat fruits other than food, then go to the 'Yuyan' Casino to taste them, and you can also bet on them.

Vlad's next plan is to ask Ozma to cut a canal that leads directly to the rainy areas in Alabasta, and then trouble Gal Dino to use the Wax Fruit ability to consolidate it.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

After the canal comes out, false news can be released to the outside world that gold mines have been discovered in the interior of Alabasta, and these adventurers, pirates, and bounty hunters can be fooled into looking for gold.

Then Vlad can sell them high-priced food, let them gamble and lose money, and sell them information on pirates to bounty hunters to earn their hard-earned money.

Catlea

Rebel base camp

This is a city where the average building is only one or two stories high. Because there has been no rain for more than a year, the residents in the city cannot survive without water. They have migrated away on a large scale, leaving only uninhabited houses.

The rebels surrounded the city and set up a large number of tents as temporary settlements.

It's strange that even though so many houses are uninhabited, they build their own tents and live on the desert plains around the city. Perhaps this is the morality of the rebels.

There will be no trespassing without the owner's permission.

The reason why we chose this place was that in addition to being able to use the city's buildings to resist the violent sand, we also considered that if a war broke out, ordinary people would not be implicated.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

The guards at the entrance of the camp saw a huge group of more than ten camels coming towards them, and immediately stepped forward to stop them.

In front of the team, a fat middle-aged man with a big belly waved the team to stop, then he got off the camel with difficulty, rubbed his hands with a smile, and walked forward alone.

"Hey, I am Musk, a businessman from Rainland. I would like to ask to see the leader Kosha."

After hearing Musk's name, the guard showed obvious disgust on his face and said angrily: "You are the famous profiteer. What do you want to see the leader?"

"A profiteer?"

Musk looked stunned and quickly waved his hand to explain.

"That's all because my business rivals are smearing me. I'm here to bring weapons to you. I also want to contribute to this country."

"arms?"

After figuring out Musk's purpose, the guard's face became a little better, and then he walked towards the camel team and checked them one by one.

After confirming that there were no suspicious persons in the team and that the camels were indeed loaded with about 100 flintlock rifles and a large number of bullets, the guards immediately became excited.

There are currently about 70 people in their rebel army, but most of them are armed with hoes or sickles, and there are very few normal knives. There are only more than 2000 people with guns.

Although the number of more than 100 guns here is small, it is of great significance to them and will significantly improve their military strength.

The guard became enthusiastic and took Musk's arm towards the camp to take him to see the leader Kosha.

Vlad mixed in with the team, looking left and right along the way, the expression on his face changed from curiosity at the beginning to one full of pity.

It is said to be a rebel camp, but in fact, the current Cattleya is no different from a refugee concentration camp. Poor people with yellow faces and thin skin can be seen everywhere in the shadows.

Not only were they hungry, they were also thirsty!

Given the current environment in Alabasta, these people have no choice but to drink water to satisfy their hunger. Water may be more precious than food.

Vlad couldn't help but think of Dressrosa, a country ruled by pirates. Although Doflamingo was manipulating everything behind the scenes, at least most people there wouldn't live such a miserable life.

It is true that Crocodile was responsible for Crocodile's evil deeds in Alabasta's miserable situation, but King Kobra was definitely to blame. At best, he was a benevolent king, but at worst, he was actually a loser.

sad!

I believe that in a short time, without the Alabasta Kingdom's army suppressing them, the rebels themselves will suffer from famine and become a locust predator in every city they pass through.

When people are extremely hungry, they are no different from wild beasts.

Vlad immediately understood. No wonder the rebel leader Kosha finally led the rebel army to launch a war against the royal family even though he had hope in his heart for the royal family.

They were so hungry that they couldn't hold on any longer!

"Gan!"

Vlad suddenly felt that the arms race plan between the rebel army and the royal army was about to go to waste. These rebel armies simply would not continue to consume them, and they could not afford to consume them.

If there is no stalemate, how can his arms be sold for a long time?

"Grandma, you have legs, don't you want me to give them food?"