Iron Ore Island is 128 nautical miles away from Corona Island, where the Eighteenth Branch is located.

This is a very peculiar island. Almost the entire island is covered with mineral veins and pure iron mountains. The key is that it is extremely large.

If this had happened in Li Yan's previous life, a war would have broken out over this island.

However, in the pirate world, no one is interested in this island.

One is that the demand for steel is not that big, and the other is that this island is far away from several kingdoms in the East China Sea. Even the nearest kingdom is almost 300 nautical miles away.

Therefore, those who are engaged in iron ore mining business might as well find a few ore veins around each kingdom and mine them nearby.

otherwise...

The transportation costs will kill you.

However, at this moment, this island has a different meaning in Li Yan's eyes.

Soon, when the age of ironclads truly arrives and the demand for steel throughout the world surges, people will know what a huge treasure this iron ore island is.

I purchased the blueprint of the steel plant directly from the system, and then commissioned the system to build it on the iron ore island.

It cost a total of 2 million merit points, but Li Yan didn't feel bad at all. The merit points were worth the money!

Then he designated Iron Ore Island as the outpost of the 18th branch, and arranged for a full two hundred sailors to be stationed there. He even asked Gross to go to Steel Island to build some things such as sailors' dormitories after completing projects such as the new branch building.

Restaurants and other infrastructure.

Of course, Li Yan does not need the iron ore island's output to meet his needs all at once. He only needs a channel to obtain steel for the time being, so that when he exchanges a large amount of steel from the system later, he cannot tell the source.

To put it bluntly, in the early days, Iron Ore Island existed more as a cover.

For this purpose, Li Yan even recruited a large number of people with experience in iron ore mining to work on the iron ore island throughout the East China Sea. The wages were 30% higher than those of their counterparts, and the eighteenth branch was responsible for disbursing them.

After arranging everything, Li Yan found Franky, Barry and others, and even Kaku didn't shy away.

Let them build ten transport ships within a month, specifically responsible for the transportation tasks from the Iron Ore Island to the Eighteenth Branch. As for the iron-clad giant ship designed by Franky, it is scheduled to be completed in a month, when the steel is gradually in place.

Then start building again.

Speaking of which, Li Yan was really surprised when he asked Frankie about the construction period of this giant iron-clad ship.

After all, in the world of pirates, it is common sense that a ship can be completed in a few days or at most ten days.

However, French said that even if there were sufficient raw materials for this giant steel ship, it would take at least two months to complete it and it would take half the shipbuilders of Carrera's East China Sea Division.

However, it makes sense to think about it, after all, this is an ironclad ship, not a wooden ship...

Even if the shipbuilding speed in the pirate world is outrageous, it cannot be built in a few days.

soon...

A month has passed like this.

The steel plant on the iron ore island has been built and officially put into operation.

And the hundreds of miners Li Yan recruited from the East China Sea enthusiastically devoted themselves to the mining industry because of their 30% increase in salary.

even...

Several ships of steel after preliminary processing have been transported to the shipbuilding island, ready to be processed again and used in shipbuilding.

It must be mentioned that before the technology was completely passed, Li Yan directly got rid of Yixiao to help.

Under its powerful fruits and in-depth development.

Help Franky and the others rely on gravity to shape and forge steel, which is simply more reliable than any machine.

Of course, in addition to these ships, Li Yan also exchanged a lot within the system, and also had people send them to Steel Island.

finally...

Under the command of Franky, the construction of the giant iron-clad ship, which had been on paper for a month, began.

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"System, have you deceived my opportunity to attract a strong person?"

"It's been almost a month and a half. Where is the person?"

Inside Li Yan's office on the ninth floor of the new office building.

After being busy for a month, he finally remembered that a month and a half ago, there was an opportunity to attract a strong person in the Shichibukai first kill gift pack, and he used it directly at that time.

According to the instructions of the previous system, after using this thing, shouldn't there be strong men with great strength coming to the 18th branch within a month?

And now it's been a month and a half, where is he?

Recalling this incident, Li Yan directly started the complaint mode against the system.

[Ding, the opportunity to attract strong people has taken effect, and the corresponding strong people have arrived at the branch a month ago]

[Please host not to slander this system]

Good guy, you came here a month ago?

Doesn't it mean that he is at least an SS-level talent and is already a powerful person?

How could I not know that such a master came to the 18th branch?

Pull...keep pulling!

Li Yan looked disdainful when he heard the system's explanation.

Don’t you still know who there are in your branch?

[Remind the host that great strength does not necessarily mean combat power. For other things, the host can explore by himself]

Okay, I'm exploring on my own again...

However, strength must refer to combat?

There is something wrong with this sentence.

That is to say, if a person's Go talent reaches SS level, and his chess ability has reached a very high level, according to the system, is he considered a strong person?

But even so, Li Yan couldn't figure out who came to him like this a month ago...

a month ago...

a month ago...

Wait, a month ago...

Support from Carrera Corporation?

Could it be him?

He is currently in the third S level and has a scalable shipbuilding talent. Although his shipbuilding ability cannot be said to be at its peak, it is definitely a great achievement.

If we really want to talk about the top three boatmen in the world, he must have a place.

Damn...

Could it really be this guy?

This is a huge trouble. After the armored ship is completed, should I just pretend that I don’t know and let him return to the Capital of Seven Waters?

Li Yan, who finally figured it out, was speechless for a while, and even a little confused...

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Just when Li Yan was struggling with Franky's matter, a big event happened at the Navy Headquarters.

After several months of hard work by the Science Department, the production problem of Corona 18 has finally been completely solved, and all key materials have even been mass-produced.

And the Navy Headquarters...

A complete makeover has also begun.

Of course, the first batch of 2,000 pieces were directly divided among the three generals.

As for others, they can only wait for subsequent output.

After all, who dares to compete with the three generals these days?

After getting this batch of Corona Type 18 and a large number of new bullets, Akainu immediately couldn't sit still and took several warships of the New World G1 branch to go to sea to test the guns.

Well, that's right, it's just a test shot.

However, it was the pirates who were used to test the guns.

At this moment, the whole new world was in a state of uproar.

Although, in the new world, as long as the pirates are slightly famous, they are all those who have mastered Haki. Even though Corona's Eighteen Styles are very strong, they are not a big threat to them.

However, even if the threat is not great, it can still be used as a containment. After all, they are not yet truly strong enough to completely ignore Corona's Eighteen Styles.

As for the ordinary crew members of the pirate group, they have been unlucky for eighteen lifetimes.

Basically, before the boarding battle even started, most of them were killed by Corona's Eighteen-Style, and the rest were hiding behind various obstacles, not daring to move.

In just ten days, Akainu easily and happily defeated eight pirate groups, and each of these eight pirates in the first half of the Grand Line was definitely on the level of Garfield the Blood Wolf.

even...

A stronger existence.

then...

It has only been a few months since the last time the New World Pirate Alliance attacked the G1 branch. A brand new alliance composed of more than thirty powerful pirate groups has appeared in the new world again.

Even the intelligence department of the Navy Headquarters discovered that there was someone behind this alliance...
Chapter completed!