Pirate: I'm King Luffy!

Chapter 771 Prepare for a Technological Revolution!

"so serious?"

Hearing the imperial physician call for a stretcher, Weiwei wondered if she had gone too far.

So he hurriedly began to call out to his elder brother:
"Luffy! Luffy! It's alright, Luffy can regenerate limbs!"

Luffy, who was discussing the situation at Vought International with Robin, then looked up and noticed what was happening to Vivi.

The royal medical team had already brought over a stretcher and carried the two burly men onto it.

Upon hearing that Luffy could regenerate severed limbs, the two guardian deities of Alabasta looked increasingly embarrassed.

"Vivi, Zoan-type Devil Fruit users recover from injuries very quickly when they have sufficient nutrition. This is just a minor injury," Luffy said to Vivi, looking at the two Devil Fruit users who were at most hurt but had no real wounds.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

“Okay, Vivi, I think the ‘domineering aura’ you mentioned is very powerful, but the number of troops you’re cutting is just too much. That number will cause riots in the army.”

Seeing Luffy say that, Cobra breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke to Vivi.

"How could that be? I only plan to reduce the military by 30,000 in the first year."

Weiwei wondered if her father hadn't considered the time limit; she definitely wanted to wait until the first batch of powerful personnel were trained before starting to reduce the military.

"Moreover, Alabasta has more than 600,000 standing troops, and I'm only cutting a small portion."

Weiwei said.

"Alabasta has a large army, but the map is also large, and the army is scattered in various cities, so the actual number of troops is not that many," said King Kobra.

Vivi thought it was so troublesome. Back in the ideal world, there wouldn't have been so much trouble if the entire army and sheriffs had been broken up and reorganized.

why?

King Cobra sighed, seeing Vivi's puzzled expression. "Great powers have their advantages and troubles, and small powers have their strengths and weaknesses. Tell me your thoughts, and I'll help you refine them. First, we need to possess dominance, right? Then the primary task is to have schools that can teach this technology..."

"Yes, Father."

Luffy watched as King Cobra left with Vivi and was about to go up to discuss business when Icarus walked over.

"Mr. Luffy, I'd like to discuss some business matters with you."

"Okay, how much money do I have now?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Well... the thing is..."

Climate scientists and wild herders have been in Alabasta for some time now, and they have all said that they are here to improve Alabasta's geographical environment.

While Hareda was measuring the climate in Alabasta, Minister Ikaram was also assessing the benefits and risks of Alabasta.

Luffy's car business will definitely suffer a major blow, since the sand boat mainly relies on the wind to move forward.

The wild pastures began to assimilate the land, and many lush forests appeared in Alabasta. The wind was damaged, and even transportation was damaged.

Luffy immediately told him not to worry, as the modified version of the sand cart already had a draft, and he was preparing to discuss these deals.

Although the natural wind force has been damaged, Luffy now has a more convenient energy source: Wind Shells.

Icarus perked up. "As expected of Vice Admiral Luffy, he's already come up with a modified version of the car while dealing with the environment?"

Be-Tech, also known as energy rune technology, is a technological revolution.

Luffy is ready to unleash this power and create an industrial storm.

But the prerequisite for an industrial revolution is a large supply of cheap labor.

Alabasta is the most populous place in the world.

“Let’s discuss a new business deal, Mr. Icarum. I want to open a large number of factories under the name of the Water Company…”

Icarum welcomed the investment from the big businessman, and as a result, Luffy used all the money he earned in Alabasta for Alabasta.

He originally wanted to say not to damage the environment, but when he thought of the power of the Wilderness, he completely ignored the environmental factors.

When it comes to building an ideal country, the first thing that comes to mind is controlling agriculture.

Farmers are a peculiar profession; they can feed many people, but they cannot feed themselves.

Of course, the truth is that the rulers don't allow farmers to support themselves; otherwise, like in some countries, farmers would become incredibly wealthy, and agricultural products would be exorbitantly expensive.

The farmers' powerful force must be firmly in our own hands.

Coincidentally, Luffy's profession is an alchemist, and among the alchemist's exclusive technology tree is a technology called creating androids.

This technology... is very mature.

Unlike Vegapunk and Germa, who are known for their fighting prowess, Luffy only wants agricultural androids.

Therefore, there is no need to go to great lengths to improve the combat capabilities of those robots. They only need to know how to till the soil and plant crops. As for combat strength... as long as they can carry saplings, that's enough.

This reduces costs.

"I need a lot of high-purity steel and biological minerals..." Luffy stated the type of factory he wanted.

“Steel is easy to obtain, but what kind of bio-minerals do you want?” Icarum asked.

"Shells, but animal bones, flesh, and fur are all acceptable; it's best to categorize them."

"Mr. Luffy, please refrain from using academic jargon next time!"

Steel is a raw material used to make low-cost agricultural robots, while bio-minerals are an important carrier of energy runes.

First, rapidly produce raw materials for agricultural robots, then transport them to the ideal world to assemble them into robots that take over the highly lucrative profession of farmers. Finally, take the liberated idle labor force to schools and transform them into powerful soldiers.

After discussing many company activities with Icarus, it was already afternoon. As the company boss, Luffy felt refreshed, as if he were playing a casual farming game.

"Don't add to my workload without my permission," Robin said playfully, following Luffy around.

“It is very difficult to remotely control the company while on a long voyage.”

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, Sister Robin!"

Luffy thought it made sense; he should hand over the company's trading business to someone else to help manage, since Robin had to travel around with him all the time, and it wasn't as convenient for her to stay in the local area.

He then thought of Nami's words; it would be great if Bellemere could help handle these trivial matters.

As for her lack of combat skills, crafting her a battle suit later should improve her fighting abilities. Besides, Bellemere runs a clothing store in the East Blue and has some business experience...

Wildwood had finished his tour of Alabasta and returned to the capital. "Boss, my mission is complete. Hmm... partially green this island, and preserve its desert character, so those poor little lives can barely survive..."

"Phew, I haven't been this tired in a long time." Aramaki twisted his neck. "You've worked hard." Luffy saw flowers blooming at his feet, bent down and grabbed a handful. These things created by ability users, although very close to the creations of nature, seemed to have subtle differences.

It can be studied.

"Overall, it's a very easy job. Along the way, there are some wild animals and pirates who give me extra food. What do I need to do next?" Aramaki asked.

"Go back to G3 base and report. There's a colleague there who's about as strong as you. Get to know your teammates first. It seems like the Navy is up to something big; they've even summoned the Seven Warlords of the Sea," Luffy instructed Aramaki.

The dashing man seemed to have little attachment to the island, and turned to fly his helicopter overseas.

"Won't you stay for a meal?" Robin asked politely, noticing how quickly he had come and gone.

"If you'd like to feed me, beautiful lady~" Aramaki waved in the air.

If it weren't for the fact that he had managed to combat desertification in Vivi's country, Luffy would have definitely struck him with a bolt of lightning.

After seeing Huang Mu off, Peacock couldn't contain her speechless frustration. "And what's this about the Water Company? You actually run a company and do business?"

"Back then, for various reasons, I just casually registered my name on it... and then I never expected to become a millionaire..." Luffy said innocently.

"You bastard, you bastard!" Peacock grabbed Luffy by the neck and shook him repeatedly.

"Calm down. Luffy's already a king, so being a boss isn't a big deal," Uta said, separating the two of them.

Tashigi nodded in agreement, indicating that it was indeed no big deal.

She was used to these things; compared to these, the ship's discipline was what really gave her a headache.

Luffy stretched, feeling inexplicably that there were more and more things to deal with. He needed to take care of everything in Alabasta first.

Luffy grabbed some flowers and plants and went back to work at the Olympus Laboratory, while Vivi followed King Cobra to handle matters related to the Haki Academy.

Nami stayed by her teacher's side, doing her homework on the weather.

Once most of the people had left, the two guardian deities of Alabasta got off the stretcher, acting as if nothing had happened.

The doctor standing to the side wore an expression of utter certainty: Sure enough, the two lords were deliberately yielding to Princess Vivi so that she could implement the relevant decrees.

“Um…” Bell called out to Uta and the others who were about to leave.

"Excuse me... what exactly is the Haki that Vivi is using?" Bell asked疑惑地.

"Vivi's strength and speed have improved significantly, but we haven't seen any domineering aura or anything like that... Is that a term for physical techniques?"

"I'm puzzled," Jakar asked.

“Oh, Haki is transparent, so you can’t usually see it,” Uta said. “I can use Haki too, if I unleash my full power…”

Uta confidently began to explain the relevant knowledge about domineering, taking on the role of a teacher.

……

Back in the lab, Luffy accessed the Punk Hood Chronicles, saying, "I need all the agricultural knowledge in the world."

The most important thing in making agricultural robots is knowledge-based.

"That would be hundreds of thousands of books. What do you need all of these for?" Punk Records asked curiously.

He certainly had these books stored away, and thus, knowledge about agriculture kept popping up in the optical projection.

Next, Luffy needs to create the relevant chips and then input this knowledge.

"I want to make agricultural robots," Luffy casually replied to Vegapunk.

"Oh, a convenient service? That's great, but cost is a big problem."

Vegapunk could also build a convenience robot, but it's a technology with no future, so he had to give it up.

Poor countries have land problems, making it difficult to cultivate, while wealthy countries don't need robots because human labor is cheaper than machines.

"Once the scale is large enough, costs can be reduced..."

After dealing with the robot, Luffy began flying higher into the sky to check on the situation of the sky island above Alabasta.

The next step is to build airships, the means of transportation that can fly to the sky islands.

They installed a jet-powered shell on the bottom of the boat, and then produced some small toy byproducts: levitating skateboards, flying shoes, and the like.

"There are so many things that can be sold: lights, televisions, cameras... enough to drive down the price of snails..."

While creating the design blueprints, Luffy pondered what consumer goods the Vought Company could sell. He then realized that business opportunities were everywhere, and he could easily make a fortune. The only thing that could stop him from getting rich was the per capita wealth distribution in Alabasta.

These technologies are all rune energy technologies. What Luffy needs to do is to create a lithography machine to inscribe runes on bio-minerals such as seashells. This is a core technology that cannot be sold.

"By the way, Luffy." Punk recorded the snail crawling around in the laboratory.

"Based on the evolution fluid technology and rune technology you provided, I've been inspired to create a customizable dressing room—a powerful technology that allows you to change clothes at will with a single click. There's also an automatic rice cooker—a machine that can prepare delicious food simply by providing the raw materials. These are the machines you asked me to create!"

Vegapunk said, "I need bio-minerals. I understand what materials I'm missing. All along, I haven't been able to perfectly carry the power of Devil Fruits in clones. The materials I've been missing are bio-minerals and [hearts]. Once I have these two things, powerful clones that meet my expectations can be created!"

"It's not a fragile item like a seashell, but a metal with biological properties, something much stronger like a [bio-alloy]. It should be in the possession of some ancient country. Keep an eye out for it for me."

“I’ll keep an eye on it. Show me the design plans for the changing room and the rice cooker.”

Luffy is very interested in the one-click clothing change feature. If such technology existed, he wouldn't have to worry about his clothes bursting off when his body grows larger.

Shirahoshi will also have more beautiful clothes.

Punk Records showed Luffy the design drawings for the automatic rice cooker and the one-button clothing changer.

"These two things are really big!" Luffy said, looking at the design drawings.

"Right? I feel like mass production will be very difficult..."

"I need this, and I will mass-produce it regardless of cost!"

Luffy's eyes lit up.

This thing works perfectly with agricultural robots.

Agricultural robots grow vegetables and fruits, which are then supplied to unmanned cooking machines to make delicious food.

"What about cleaning?"

"It is automated, so bio-alloys are needed to complete this part of the application."

(End of this chapter)