Chapter 284 Outstanding People

"Sir, the latest news from the intelligence department is that the sick tiger missed it."

In the study, looking at Sean who was reading a book, Catwoman Catherine reported the latest information.

Upon hearing this, Sean raised his eyebrows, feeling slightly surprised, and put down the book in his hand.

"Missed? What exactly happened?"

"According to the news from the intelligence department, Sick Tiger was about to capture Bakaren, but at this moment a man of unknown origin suddenly appeared, easily defeated Sick Tiger, and took Bakalen away. The man was suspected to be Those who are naturally capable of the Shasha Fruit."

Hearing this, Sean had an interesting smile on his face.

"It's interesting, it's really interesting. First there was the Burning Fruit, and now there's a Shasha Fruit. It seems that Alabasta is really a land of outstanding people."

By this time, Sean was really interested in this matter.

"How is Sick Tiger doing now?"

Looking at Catwoman, Sean asked again.

"The sick tiger has now lost contact with us, but judging from his life card, although he was seriously injured, his life is not in danger. He should be lost in the desert."

Lowering her head, Catwoman answered Sean's question.

"Is that so? I happen to want to go out for a walk, so let's go to Alabasta."

With a smile, Sean made his decision.

"Yes, sir, I will arrange the ship immediately."

"No need, I can go alone this time. After I leave, all things on Black Crow Island will be left to Yod. If there are any strong enemies that cannot be solved, you can leave them to Black Feather."

With casual instructions, golden light flashed and Sean disappeared into the study.

Black Feather's resonance experiment was a great success. Sean didn't have anything important to do on Black Crow Island in a short period of time. Going out to find inspiration was also a good choice.

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Alabasta is a giant island with a vast territory and a population of over ten million.

It is one of the few populous countries in the world of One Piece. Unfortunately, the environment here is too harsh and the people live in poverty.

Rapeseed Flower Market, the port city of Alabasta, is also the first stop for outsiders to land in Alabasta.

After leaving the merchant ship, he saw the kung fu manatees competing with people on the beach, and walking on the exotic streets, Sean seemed very relaxed.

"It's really unpalatable."

After taking a bite of the angustifolia cake in his hand and feeling the rough texture, Sean frowned slightly and threw it to the beggars on the roadside, which soon caused a rush of looting.

Alabasta has a typical desert climate, with frequent droughts and little rain all year round. Although the land area is vast, the arable area is very limited, and Elaeagnus angustifolia is their main crop.

Elaeagnus elegans is a plant that is extremely resistant to drought and sandstorms. Its roots can penetrate nearly ten meters underground and require only a small amount of water to survive. Its fruits can be ground into flour after being dried in the sun. Elaeagnus cakes baked from Elaeagnus noodle can not only satisfy hunger but are also very durable in storage. Without any special treatment, they will not go bad even if they are left there for two to three years. It even appeared in Alabasta because of this characteristic. An extremely weird phenomenon is that at certain times, angustifolia cakes can also be used as currency.

Of course, although the sand date cake is good, to Sean, apart from the slight hint of sweetness, it really has nothing to praise. It has a rough texture and is no different from chewing a handful of sand in your mouth. It is simply difficult to swallow. .

"Life in this place is really hard."

Wandering around the streets, this was Sean's first impression of Alabasta.

As a port city, Rapeseed Flower Market is a relatively prosperous city in Alabasta. There are many merchants here, and there is actually a lot of wealth flowing every day. It is a pity that this wealth not only belongs to a very small number of people, but also most of this group of people. people from other countries.

Although Alabasta has a desert climate, little arable land, and underdeveloped agriculture. It needs to import food from other countries every year, but it is rich in minerals. As long as it is developed, it will be gold and silver. But the strange thing is that Alabasta is currently Seventy percent of the mineral veins discovered in Bastan are owned by forces from other countries, 10% belong to the royal family of Alabasta, and only the remaining 20% ​​belong to the people of Alabasta.

Such an unreasonable mineral vein ownership situation has led to many native Alabasta people needing to sell cheap labor to dig ore on the ground in Alabasta in exchange for meager remuneration from people from other countries to make a living.

Under such circumstances, Alabasta, a country with a large population, has become one of the many poor countries in the One Piece world despite having a wealth of money. This situation has lasted for nearly two hundred years, and many Alabasta people have Already accustomed to it.

The founders of the Kingdom of Alabasta were the Neferutali family. They were once one of the twenty Draco families. However, after the establishment of the World Government, they did not move into the Holy Land of Mariejoia like other Draco families. Inhabited, but voluntarily gave up the rights of the Draco and created Alabasta.

In the world war more than two hundred years ago, the Neferutali family, the former Draco family, led the Kingdom of Alabasta and stood clearly in the camp of the revolutionary army, making contributions to the victory of the revolution. A contribution that cannot be ignored. According to statistics, during the most intense moments of the war, Alabasta organized an army of one million and rushed to the battlefield. It can be said that the banner of revolutionary victory was dyed red with the blood of Alabasta people.

But it is a pity that after the victory of the revolution, Alabasta, which made significant contributions, did not receive corresponding rewards.

When the interests began to be divided after the victory of the war, Alabasta was intensively targeted by other forces, and the reason was that the Neferutali family was a Celestial Dragon. Although this reason seems a bit ridiculous now, after all, Neferutali Not only did the family give up their identity as a Celestial Dragon long ago, but their performance in the war was enough to explain everything. However, it was recognized by many people at the time. On the one hand, people at that time generally hated the Celestial Dragon and wished they could On the one hand, it is because of the interests. If there is one less person to divide the cake, others will naturally be able to share more.

The most bizarre thing is that not long after this incident ended, the royal palace of Alabasta was attacked by a group of pirates. In that attack, not only the palace of Alabasta was burned to the ground, but also the royal palace of Alabasta. The Filutali family was also slaughtered.

Under normal circumstances, a big country's royal family being slaughtered by pirates would inevitably cause an uproar in the world, but that time it seemed that there was an invisible hand manipulating everything secretly, limiting the influence of this incident to Alabasta. Among them, only Luffy, the pirate king at that time, rushed back from the new world in person, wanting to find the murderer and avenge his friends. Unfortunately, by that time, those unknown pirates had already gone to where they were, and in the end they could only It can be settled as it is, after all, the Pirate King is only a person and not a god.

The aftermath subsided at an unimaginable speed. The governor of Alabasta, Negati Buck, quickly took over the power of the royal family and became the new king of Alabasta with the support of a group of people.

Of course, in order to show his loyalty, Negati Barker did not change the name of the country after he took office, and still used the title of Alabasta. However, from this time on, the royal family of Alabasta changed from Naferutali. Became Nijiati.

Shortly after Negati Buck ascended the throne, under the pretext of urgently needing supplies for post-war reconstruction, he reached cooperation with multiple countries and sold the ownership and development rights of domestic minerals. That is, from this time on, the people of Alabasta He began a life of poverty that lasted for 200 years.

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