Chapter 223 Become bigger and stronger, and create greater glories!
Three hours later….
In the tavern, Deus looked at the piles of various spirits around him with tears in his eyes.
I saw him angrily picking up one of the bottles, and then taking a gulp of it.
Immediately afterwards, Deus was so hot that he almost spit out his tongue.
"Hey, this isn't liquor at all, it's just alcohol!
This degree is completely unreasonable!”
Deus looked at the tavern proprietress fiercely.
Facing the dissatisfied look in Deus's eyes, the proprietress smiled so brightly while holding the water in the backyard of the room.
"Ala ala, distinguished guest, we are really short of water recently, so even the wine has been distilled over and over again.
But in this case, the alcohol content has at least increased, right? Haha!"
While laughing, the proprietress took her employees and picked up the water and drank it in big gulps.
Although in the hot air, the water in front of me is not cool, but a little warm.
But the proprietress and her group still let out that extremely comfortable sigh...
On the side, Ace, who was taking a swig of liquor, patted Deuce on the shoulder.
"Haha, Deus, don't worry about those details.
The wine sold by this conscientious businessman is so pure that it will burst into flames when you take one sip, isn’t it good?”
While talking, Ace took another big sip of wine, and then he let out a fire burp full of alcohol...
Seeing Ace's heartless look, Deus was furious.
"How dare you say that, Ace, you have replaced all our water with strong liquor!
It's okay now, but what next?
It takes at least five days to store the record pointer in Alabasta. What will everyone drink during these five days?
You can’t drink seawater!”
"Okay, okay, guests, if you really don't have fresh water, we can also sell special seawater distillers here.
A machine like that can provide about 300 milliliters of fresh water every day. A person only needs to buy five or six machines to meet the whole day's needs!
But we can’t settle with Bailey, and buying machines also requires water!”
…
When the landlady finished speaking, Deus and Esmen burst out with completely different shouts.
Deus: "Fuck you, profiteer!"
Ace: "Really, a conscientious businessman!"
After saying that, they both looked at each other, and saw Deus grunting dissatisfied.
"How could they be such a conscientious merchant? They took away all our fresh water, only to tell us that we still need to buy a seawater distiller!
How can we possibly have the money to buy it?”
At the same time, Ace laughed and patted Deuce on the shoulder.
"Don't think so, we have to change our perspective. In Alabasta, water is money.
So, if the landlady sells us the distiller, isn't it the same as selling us the money printing machine?
Money can actually be slowly distilled by itself!
!”
At this point, Ace suddenly remembered something and suddenly turned back to look at the landlady.
“Wait a minute, boss lady, does distillation only require high temperature?
I’m not very educated and don’t understand much, but it should be about turning water into steam, right?”
Having said this, Ace looked around directly, and then he laughed and said to everyone.
"I'm a user with the ability to burn fruits. It's just trivial to heat the sea water. How about we do it together?
I will heat up the sea water, and you will prepare tools to collect the fresh water. In the end, we will divide it into 28%, and I will divide it into 80% and you will share 20%!
If I can exchange for enough Danshui, then maybe I can use Danshui to buy enough precious tree Adam wood!
It’s impossible that a city as big as Alabasta doesn’t even have any wood from the Adam tree, right?”
"Of course, my distinguished partner!
!”
As soon as Ace finished speaking, the proprietress beside him started trembling with happiness.
I saw her grabbing Ace's hand!
"I'll prepare enough tarpaulins right next to the dock. You heat them and I'll collect the steam!
But a 28/20 split is not enough. You have to pay more. If you are really strong, you will need a lot of people to collect steam for you!
At least thirty-seven!"
"Sanqi is Sanqi. Anyway, I won't really use Danshui as money. I just want to exchange some materials from Baoshu Adam to repair and upgrade my ship!"
Ashton immediately held the landlady's hand tightly.
Feeling the temperature of Ace's palm, the boss lady at this moment seemed to feel the temperature of her husband who had been dead for many years.
I saw the landlady talking to Ace with a happy face.
"Quick, without further ado, let's get started!
I want to change my tavern into a water bar, and then make the water bar bigger and stronger to create greater glory!
!”
"Listen to you, we'll start right away!
Deus, go and see if there is a shipyard or auction house here!
Baoshu Adam is waving to us!"
With Ace's last words, the two of them successfully reached a consensus.
So, another five hours passed.
When Crocodile arrived in Cortlena….
What he saw was a scene of tens of millions of people gathering at the pier and the edge of the coastline, cheering and using various water vapor-absorbing things to collect boiling water...
At this moment, Ace was standing on the bow of his ship, with a fireball a hundred meters in diameter suspended in front of him, like a small sun.
This fireball floated on the seawater at the edge of the pier, and the sea near it was boiling and gushes of large streams of water vapor.
Seeing the thick water vapor rising into the sky, the proprietress, Deus and his team used metal and wood to set up a huge tarpaulin to block the thickest water vapor.
The water droplets formed by the accumulation of water vapor gradually formed a stream, slowly sliding down from the tarpaulin into the water tank prepared aside!
And the water is often bought by various businessmen with strange and weird things before it even fills up a water tank.
Businessmen even organized mercenary teams to prevent surrounding civilians from robbing.
So, soon, Ace's boat was filled with all kinds of gold jewelry.
After the merchants bought Danshui, they actually transported it directly to millions of people and started selling it.
It stands to reason that with stable Danshui income, the price of Danshui should fall.
But there were millions of people present. Watching others buy the water first and then drink it happily made all the remaining people who had not drank enough water for a long time go crazy.
In this way, the price of Danshui has been rising all the way...
This is what Crocodile saw, and when the people gathered saw Crocodile...
"Ah ah ah, no, national hero Crocodile is here!"
"The great hero Crocodile, that pirate is a very good man, so it's better not to capture him yet!"
"Yes, this pirate is a good man like you. He is actually helping us make Danshui. If those merchants didn't sell it too expensively, I would have knelt down in front of him!"
"Lord Crocodile, can we wait and arrest these pirates until they stop creating water?"
"Hero, let's catch these pirates and focus on making Danshui. If you are responsible for distributing Danshui, a good person like you will definitely not charge death like those capitalists!"
"Yes, sir, catch them and force those pirates to continue making water!"
If we were in charge, we would definitely not charge high prices to our compatriots and neighbors like damn businessmen!"
All of a sudden, various sounds came to Crocodile's ears.
Facing the civilians with different thoughts around him, Crocodile pursed his lips and let out a long sigh.
To be honest, he really wanted to kill Ace directly. What this bastard did directly reduced the drought pressure faced by the city by countless times.
I have worked hard and spent countless physical energy to absorb the water vapor from the sea.
As a result, a gap was directly pried out by that damn Burning Fruit ability user!
The most important thing is that no matter how angry I am now, I must show an attitude of gratitude to that fire fist!
Because he is the national hero Crocodile!
Facing the pirates who brought help to the civilians, of course I couldn't kill them against their will!
So, after seeing the situation around him clearly, Crocodile immediately put on a smile and walked towards Ace's ship.
In the distance, on the Spade Rocket, Deus saw Crocodile walking towards him surrounded by a crowd.
He came close to Ace again and said to Ace who was concentrating on maintaining the fireball.
"Ace, Crocodile from the Shichibukai is here!
Haha, he seems to be doing well, people here know him and call him a hero!"
"ha?!
"
Hearing this, Asilima looked in the direction of Crocodile.
Seeing Crocodile being welcomed by almost everyone, Ace showed an envious look.
"It's really amazing. It's actually recognized by people in the whole city. It's worthy of being a Shichibukai!"
After the words fell, Ace continued to maintain the fireball while he rushed in the direction of Crocodile.
In the distance, Crocodile took a deep breath as he watched Ace getting closer.
The next moment, he waved a friendly hand to Ace.
"After I heard that pirates appeared in Cortlena, I rushed over immediately, but I didn't expect what kind of pirates came here today. The one who came here today is obviously our savior!"
As soon as the words fell, Crocodile rushed to Ace and held Ace's hand.
"Young man, your name is Ace, right? I am Crocodile Shichibukai. On behalf of all the compatriots in Kotlana, I want to thank you for your kind deeds and helping us!"
"hey-hey!"
After listening to Crocodile's words, Ace pressed his hat shyly.
"I'm just doing what I can, and I'm not doing it for free!
Although making Danshui has helped you a little, I am also being paid, and I only do it for the materials of Baoshu Adam."
"That's nothing!"
After listening to Ace's words, Crocodile responded loudly.
"No matter what thoughts you have in doing this, we should also remember the help you have brought to the people in this city.
The result is far more important than the beginning and the process!
What you did has really saved many people who were short of water, and by doing this, you are certainly qualified to be called a hero!
but……."
I saw Crocodile speaking righteously and raising his voice again.
"But no matter what, you shouldn't charge so much money from civilians!
Well, don’t you need the materials for Adam Baoshu?
After I disbanded the pirate group and decided to live in seclusion in the beautiful and prosperous city of Alabasta.
My pirate ship back then was parked abandoned in the museum I prepared for him, and a large part of the hull of that ship was probably made of the treasure tree Adam I bought in the Capital of Seven Waters!
Now, I have decided to officially give you my old ship. That quantity of Treasure Tree Adam should be able to meet your requirements.
So, Fire Fist Ace, I hope you can provide Danshui to my friends for free!
!”
Having said this, Crocodile's heroic voice simply broke through the sky, and his words caused all the civilians who heard him to burst into waves of violent cheers.
People shouted Crocodile's name with great excitement, and then looked at Ace expectantly, waiting for Ace's decision.
On the opposite side, Ace was moved to tears at this moment.
"Krokdal, you are indeed a good person!
I understand, I don’t need to continue doing the Danshui business!
From now on, Danshui will be changed to free of charge, and all the gold on my ship will be returned to their original owners!"
Having said this, Ace opened his arms fiercely. As the fireball rapidly expanded to a diameter of two hundred meters, two more equally huge fireballs appeared on the surrounding sea!
For a moment, the people waiting for the water vapor were completely in an uproar, and they immediately accelerated their busy gathering of water!
And Crocodile.
He gritted his teeth gently, then nodded with a smile on his face.
"You are indeed this year's supernova, Fire Fist Ace, I admire you very much!
Let me help you too. Although my fruit power cannot help you get water, I can at least help you maintain order at the scene!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Crocodile immediately took control of the team fetching water.
Countless amounts of sand floated into the air, forming various guardrails and roadblocks made of sand and dust.
Soon, the people around him followed the cordon set up by Crocodile and gradually became more orderly.
Walking along the cordon, countless people were feeling emotional.
Fortunately they were able to meet this passing pirate, and fortunately there was a national hero like Crocodile in their country who was generous and generous, even if he sacrificed his own money, he still wanted to bring a fair share to the common people!
So while lining up, they also offered their blessings to Crocodile in their hearts.
But how could people know that Crocodile, who was smiling all over his face at this moment, just wanted to say haha to Ace.
He really wanted to point his finger at Ace and yell, "I gave you all the old boats made by Adam Baoshu, but you didn't leave in a hurry!"
Are you still a pirate?
You're almost like me, becoming a hero in the eyes of the common people in Cortana City!
!
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Time flies, and seventeen days have passed since Ace and Crocodile met.
Because the Black Bird was too considerate, his ship was much slower than ordinary ships.
The journey to Alabasta would only take Cobra five to seven days by boat.
But after seventeen days of walking on the Black Bird, we could vaguely see the Alabasta coastline and the extremely busy dock in the distance.
Such a lively dock made most of the cadres come to the bow of the ship and look into the distance with interest.
Among everyone, Rayleigh was obviously the most enthusiastic one. When he saw clearly the scene of three little suns floating on the sea, he smiled with great emotion and said.
"The three fireballs over there should be the burning fruits!
Haha, I finally met Ace!
Seeing that there are always people around him expressing gratitude to him, this boy should be a not-so-bad guy, haha!
I'm really worried about that guy Garp teaching Ace to be a fool like himself!