People are pirates, modeling kings

This is a devil fruit pattern simply drawn with a pen by Nico Robin.

Although Devil Fruits come in various fruit forms, there is still a big gap between them and real fruits.

After Perona saw the pattern depicted on the paper, she nodded subconsciously.

"I seem to remember that when I was very young, a businessman gave a fruit like this to my father. Later, I was curious and took a bite secretly. After eating it, I discovered that this fruit It tastes really bad.”

"Later, my father discovered that there was a bite mark on the fruit, and he was so angry that he killed several guards."

Perona said slowly.

"It seems so."

After listening to Perona's words, Chaldea smiled and said.

"The fruit you secretly ate back then was called Devil Fruit."

"Devil Fruit?"

Perona asked in confusion, "What is that? Will it turn into a demon with wings and grinning teeth if you eat it?"

"Haha, there is no such thing in this world."

"Devil Fruit is a fruit that contains special power. After eating it, you will gain various incredible abilities."

"Just like the ghost you are showing now."

Chaldea pointed at the negative ghost floating next to Perona and continued, "But the side effect is that you can't swim. You won't be able to swim in the water for the rest of your life."

"Ah, is that so?"

Perona said in surprise, looking at Robin again.

"Haha, yes, you will also be a landlubber from now on."

Robin said with a smile.

"There is nothing wrong with a landlubber. If you swim every day, you will drown sooner or later. If you don't go into the water, you won't drown."

Chaldea also smiled and said.

"Well, I will listen to my brother."

Perona said obediently.

"By the way, how about you take her for a while yourself?"

Robin asked Chaldea.

Chaldea shook her head: "There is no need to take care of her personally. She can continue to stay with you. I will come often to teach her in the future."

"Now that he is old enough to read and write, we can put aside the development of devil fruits first."

"Hey, all right."

Robin obviously didn't want to take Perona with him.

"I came here to tell you about expanding the scale of shipyard production."

At this time, Chaldea followed Robin and got down to business.

"Expand production scale?"

After hearing this, Robin thought for a while and said, "Are we going to increase the shipyard manufacturing base?"

“But in that case, the cost is a bit high.”

“My idea is to acquire other small shipyards in the West China Sea and integrate them together to form a shipyard company that is independent of the Chamber of Commerce.”

Chaldea said, "Looking for a talent with experience in shipyard manufacturing and management, and the ability to build this shipyard manufacturing company into a world-class level."

"It's hard to find such people, but it's a good idea to build a world-class shipyard company."

Robin naturally also knows the future prospects of the shipyard manufacturing company. As more and more people go to sea, there will be more and more orders in the future.

“We also need to keep up with sailing technology research and development.”

"Although the Sangui Sailing Ship can meet most of the order requirements, if we only have this technology, our advantage is not great."

Wheel power technology is in the hands of the world government, and steam technology is also in the hands of the world government.

It is precisely because of steam technology that Tom the Fishman was able to create a sea train.

In addition to wheel power and steam power technology, he can also study the technology of mechanical power to propel sailing ships.

It’s just that these technologies require scientists to study.

So far, Chaldea does not have any scientific and technological talents with a certain scientific level.

After listening to Chaldea's words, Robin nodded and said: "I will arrange the acquisition of other small shipyards. After the acquisition is completed, I will start setting up an independent shipyard company."

"I will also start setting up a shipyard technology research and development studio, but I can't help you with talent."

"Leave the talent aspect to me."

Chaldea spoke.

Perona sat quietly on the sofa. While playing with the ghosts wandering around her, she glanced at Chaldea from time to time.

"can."

Robin nodded and said.

"Although the situation in the West China Sea has stabilized now, a lieutenant general has arrived from the Navy Headquarters. His target should be me, so you should not show up in public from now on."

Chaldea continued.

After all, Robin was a wanted criminal, and the Navy never gave up on the pursuit.

The news that he was hiding here has not spread, but the Navy's pursuit of Robin in the West China Sea will probably not weaken in a short time.

Sheltering Robin was a risky move, but the rewards were considerable.

Not only was Robin able to interpret ancient texts for him, but Robin also managed the chamber of commerce in an orderly manner.

"I will pay attention to this issue."

After finishing speaking, Robin stood up, walked to the cabinet, took out a stack of information, and handed it to Chaldea.

"By the way, this is the income and expenditure of the Chamber of Commerce in the past six months. It includes every business income and expenditure. I have made statistics."

Chaldea took the stack of information from Robin's hand, then opened it and looked through it.

Dense numbers cover the entire page, and all the financial information of the entire Chaldean Chamber of Commerce is on it.

Chaldea browsed for a while, then nodded and said:

"Well, the financial statements are very detailed. Everything from billions of heavenly gold expenditures to a few beli's expenditures are clearly written."

He just glanced at it for a while and then closed the report and continued to smile: "You can make your own decisions about financial matters. I trust you completely."

After listening to Chaldea's words, Robin nodded: "It's just some big funds that I need to show you. Otherwise, if this continues, other people in the Chamber of Commerce will not be convinced by me."

"Whoever is not convinced by you, just tell me."

Chaldea looked at her and said something.

Robin shook his head and said nothing.

It seems that within the Chamber of Commerce, no, it should be said that there are still overt and covert conflicts among his direct subordinates.

"Since I have handed over the management of the Chamber of Commerce to you, it means that I trust you. You only need to be responsible for me."

"As for other people's remarks, if there is anything outrageous, you should tell them directly."

Chaldea said looking at Robin.

"Now that you have said this, I have confidence in my heart."

Robin spoke.

Next, the two discussed in detail the formation of an independent shipyard company for a long time.

After about an hour, Chaldea stood up.

Chaldea said to Perona: "Perona, listen carefully to Robin's words. I will come over to see you when I have time."

"Ah, brother, are you leaving again?"

Perona jumped off the couch.

Chaldea touched Perona's hair and said with a smile: "Study seriously with Sister Robin."

"Know it."

Perona nodded obediently, and then Chaldea walked out of the office.