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 drank it in a big gulp.
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 of Deus, the proprietress smiled so brightly while holding the fresh water piled up 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 scooped up fresh water and drank it in large gulps.
Although in the hot air, the fresh 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 fresh 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 ml 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 fresh water!”
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When the landlady finished speaking, Deus and Ace burst into completely different shouts.
Deus: "Fuck you, profiteer!"
Ace: "Really, a conscientious businessman!"
After saying that, they both looked at each other, and saw Deus muttering dissatisfiedly.
"How can they be a conscientious business? They replaced 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, fresh 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 distilled slowly by itself!!!”
At this point, Ace suddenly remembered something, and he 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 fresh water. In the end, we will divide it into two-for-eight, and I will divide it into eight and you will divide it into two!
If I can get enough fresh water, maybe I can buy enough Adam tree wood with fresh water!
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 fresh water 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 the biggest and strongest, and 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 Kotelena….
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 scalding fresh 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 with large streams of water vapor pouring out.
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 the fresh water, they actually transported it directly to the outskirts of millions of people and started selling it.
It stands to reason that with stable fresh water income, the price of fresh water should fall.
But there were millions of people present. Watching others buy fresh water and then drink it happily made all the remaining people who had not had enough water for a long time go crazy.
Just like this, the price of fresh water 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 fresh water. If those merchants didn't sell it too expensively, I would have knelt down in front of him!"
"Lord Crocodile, can we wait and catch these pirates until they stop creating fresh water?"
"Hero, let's capture these pirates and focus on producing fresh water. If you are responsible for distributing fresh water, a good person like you will definitely not charge death like those capitalists!"
"Yes, sir, catch them and force those pirates to continue making fresh 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.
I saw him approaching Ace and saying 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?!!"
Upon hearing this, Ace immediately 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 Cortelena, 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 Cortlena, 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 fresh water has helped you a little, I am also being paid, and I only do it for the materials of the precious tree 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.
The pirate ship I used to own is also parked abandoned in the museum I prepared for him.
And a large part of the hull of that ship was made from the treasure tree Adam that 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 fresh water to the people here for free!!!"
Having said this, Crocodile's heroic voice almost broke through the sky, and his words caused all the civilians who heard him to burst into violent cheers one after another.
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 fresh water trading!
From now on, all fresh water will be free, 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 fresh 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 at the moment, just wanted to say a word 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 are almost like me, becoming a hero in the eyes of the common people of Cortlena City!!!
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Time flies, seventeen days have passed since Ace and Crocodile met.
