Chapter 156 Kaido: Double the Number of Factories?
Wano Country is divided into six townships, namely Kuri, Udon, Hime, Hana-no-Miya, Suzuko, and Hakumai.
These townships are separated by large rivers and do not border each other. To go from one township to another, one must cross the bridge between the two townships.
Each township has its own unique climate and characteristics. For example, Kuri was once the fief of Oden, Udon has a famous prisoner quarry (Udon Prison), Hime Township is the most desolate place in Wano Country, Hana-no-Miya is the most prosperous place, Suzuko is called Snow Township, and Hakumai is a port town.
Among these areas, Lu Li has the deepest impression of Kuri because of the comics, because Luffy landed in Wano Country in Kuri at that time, met Xiaoyu, and the plot unfolded from then on.
So Lu Li thought that the famine in Kuri must be the most serious.
But in fact, he found through the report provided by Fulushou that Kuri was not the poorest place, and the poorest place was Hime Township.
Because it has only been eight years since Kozuki Oden died, and Kaido's factory has only been open in Wano Country for more than ten years, the pollution to the environment has not yet reached an irreversible point, so the land in Kuri can still grow some food, but it is difficult for people to eat enough.
However, due to the pollution of the land and rivers, the originally barren Hime Township can no longer grow food, so a large number of people starve to death every year. This is because many people in Hime Township have joined Kaido's factory and work in the factory to earn money to support their families.
So Lu Li estimated the food needed based on the population and prepared to allocate the majority to Hime Township for disaster relief.
Yes, he did not plan to sell the food, but to feed the people in the famine-stricken areas in the form of disaster relief.
Lu Li did not know much about the complex market economy, but he felt that he had to solve the urgent problem first. Anyway, the Beasts Pirates never asked Kurozumi Orochi for money every time they delivered food to Wano Country.
The Beasts Pirates are certainly not philanthropists. They have already received money from other places. Compared with the cheap food traded overseas, the output income of factories in Wano is too violent.
Although Lu Li thinks that this kind of country that relies on the transportation of food from the outside world to maintain its operation is very unhealthy, he has no good solution at the moment. Besides, it is not difficult for the Beasts Pirates to get food. He wants to use this advantage in the early stage of development.
He divided the food transported by Jin into two parts, 60% of which went into the national treasury and was ready to be used at any time. Later, it was convenient to adjust the market prices according to the situation and suppress the originally high food prices.
The rest were all used for disaster relief, so that people in places like Hime Township and Kuri, which were severely famine-stricken, could eat first before they could resume production.
Regarding his governance of Wano Country, he came up with a "three-step" plan, and he had written it in written form, and asked Oniwaban to send a letter to Kaido, but he didn't know if Kaido would read it.
His general idea is this: first of all, the first step is to solve the famine problem of the people in Wano Country. People can only work when they are full. Every time a portion of food is distributed, one more person can live.
In the three-step strategic plan, Lu Li also specially marked that if one more person lives, the factory will have one more labor force in the future. I believe Kaido will understand his behavior.
And when the people are full, what will they do? Go to farm?
No, although Lu Li has the factor of liking farming in his genes and knows the importance of a country being able to produce grain independently, he is not going to let these people go to farm.
This is because Wano Country has been emitting pollutants in recent years, and the land is indeed difficult to grow food, the grain production is extremely low, and the income is not high.
If these people continue to farm before the environment improves, they will continue to be hungry because of low production, which will be a vicious cycle in a short period of time.
So Lu Li decided to let these people... all go to help Kaido build factories.
Well, I believe Kaido will be very happy after reading this plan, and he will definitely not reject it.
Wano Country is a very deformed country, so when Yamato first asked himself how to make the people live better and live happily, Lu Li thought hard for several days but could not come to a conclusion.
But yesterday he finally figured it out. The reason why he felt that Wano Country had no way out was because his thoughts were limited to the operating situation of traditional agricultural countries, but Wano Country had clearly entered the industrial age, so it should change to another set of rules.
It's not that he is too stupid, but because he himself subconsciously hates these "factories" and "capital" forms of things because of the company in his previous life, but he forgot the essence of some things.
The bad is never industrialization, nor is it a certain system. Good or bad depends on what direction the leader will eventually lead it to. In the final analysis, a good ruler can make the people have food, drink, and shelter and increase their happiness.
So Lu Li thinks that Wano Country does not need to continue farming. According to his understanding of pollution, even if the Beasts Pirates carry out environmental governance, the land will not recover in ten years, and it may not work even for a hundred years.
At this time, Wano Country is better off adopting a model of importing food from abroad. However, Kaido cannot feel the country's "progress" just by saying this, so he has to make Kaido gain more benefits.
In this way, the best place for unemployed people to go is of course the factory.
Now Kaido has sent the Barbarian Tyrant Corps, that is, the Ancient Giant Corps, to open up rivers and deal with pollutants flowing out of Wano Country, which to a certain extent guarantees domestic environmental protection.
Even though he was disdainful to the whole world, Lu Li couldn't persuade Kaido now. He could only wait until he showed his business results and obtained the status of military advisor before he could give him any advice.
After the environmental protection issues are initially resolved and the whereabouts of the unemployed people are arranged, a large number of factories will rise in Wano Country.
Lu Li made a preliminary estimate. Because of the strong labor force in this world, Kaido's factory will double in size within a month!
At this point, the second step of the strategy is completed.
The third step, Lu Li suggested, was to gather unemployed vagrants from other areas of Wano and unemployed people in non-famine areas. These people should be divided into two groups, and one group would go to Rabbit Bowl to mine. After all, the scale of the factory had expanded, and the basic materials The supply should also be improved.
So what are the other groups going to do?
The answer is still construction. They need to build bridges and roads, build water storage reservoirs, and improve the infrastructure level of Wano.
Lu Li did not explain the benefits to Kaido in this regard, but he believed that as long as the first two steps went smoothly, Kaido would not question why he did what he did in the third step.
At this time, following Lu Li's order, the grain trucks set off and transported them to various famine areas in Wano.
Since he had killed many people in the past two days, the people who handled the food did not dare to have any thoughts. They delivered the food obediently under the supervision of the Yutingban ninjas, but they really did not dare to be greedy for a grain of rice.
At the same time, Kaido on Onigashima, several large signboards, and the cadres of Lingkong Liuzi were studying around a piece of paper.
"What nonsense is this kid talking about? He wants to distribute our food to the victims for free, so don't we become charities!?"
Quinn said angrily after reading the contents of the letter, and the fat on his body trembled as he spoke.
"I think he just has bad intentions and is wasting our Beasts Pirates' money. I'm going to get rid of him right now."
Drought Jack said angrily. He is famous for his bad temper in the pirate group.
Others were also talking about it, and most of them expressed their dissatisfaction with Lu Li.
In their opinion, Black Carbon Orochi was a decent ruler. At least he knew that the food was to be sold, not given directly to the untouchables.
Kaido frowned when he heard the noise from the people around him. In his mind, how could any pirates go to relieve the disaster?
"Mr. Kaido, I think what Lu Li said makes sense."
In the chaos, it was Black Maria who spoke up, "The food has been given out, so Yamato and the others have full authority to handle it. Besides, we didn't ask Orochi for money before. It's equivalent to giving food for free to support his trash." ”
The other cadres were stunned when they heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that the same thing was happening.
It's just that in their gangster thinking, they always subconsciously reject the behavior of 'charity'.
"Furthermore, have you forgotten that Wano Country is our territory, and Yamato is already the general of Wano Country, then the people of Wano Country are our people and belong to our property. If we let them starve to death, Isn’t it a loss of property?”
Maria added.
The cadres all had strange expressions, but after thinking about it for a moment, it seemed that this was indeed the case.
They can burn, kill, and plunder in overseas countries, but they will not do this in Wano Country, because this is their base camp.
Nowadays, they no longer rule indirectly. Under direct rule, if the people here are not treated better, who will work in the factory after they die?
"I agree with Maria's idea. It can be seen from the second step in his strategy that Lu Li does have a reasonable plan. He does not give those people food for free. When they are full, they will help us build factories. In the future Our number of factories will increase and our output will increase.”
Jhin, who was sitting next to Kaido, also spoke. As soon as he returned from delivering the food, he saw a group of people surrounding Lu Li's letter. When he looked at it out of curiosity, he felt that Lu Li really had two skills.
He is relatively smart among the Beast Pirates, so he immediately saw the feasibility of this plan, and he thought it was quite clever.
And Jhin himself is not a vicious pirate. He once regarded Kaido as Joey Boy and believed that Kaido could lead everyone to create a beautiful world.
Therefore, he felt that it was a good sign to make the people of Wano live a better life. Maybe he was not mistaken. If he continued at this pace, there was no guarantee that one day the people of Wano would love Kaido.
Extrapolating further, what if they could make people all over the world better off? Then isn’t Kaido just Joey Boy?
Of course, Kaido has said many times that he is not Joeyboy, and even if he is not, Jhin will follow him with all his strength, because it was Kaido who saved him in the darkness. They have experienced too many adventures on the sea and have become as close as brothers. .
Many cadres discussed and analyzed the feasibility of the Luli plan. Some people agreed with it, while others thought it was unreliable.
Finally, Kaido slapped the table and everyone became quiet.
Everyone looked at Kaido, waiting for the Governor's conclusion.
After a moment of silence, Kaido said seriously: "In short, what he means is that the number of my factories will be doubled, right?"
When the cadres heard this, many of them opened their mouths and made exaggerated expressions.
They shouted in their hearts: Mr. Kaido understands everything!
"Haha, what Mr. Kaido said is not bad. From a certain point of view, the conclusion is indeed like this. Our number of factories will double."
Maria laughed softly. She knew that her governor was not so smart and only cared about the conclusion. What he cared about most was his factory.
"Is it really possible? The number of factories will double within a month, the workers will be in place, and the output will double?"
Kaido looked at many cadres suspiciously, and needed a smart person to tell him the exact answer.
"According to Lu Li's description, I think it is feasible."
Jin said, and he was a little impressed that Lu Li could come up with such a good idea.
Kaido's eyes lit up when he heard it, "How is the Barbarian Tyrant doing? Wait until they repair the river, and let them go to Yamato for orders."
Now his mind is full of his factory doubling. Since his most trusted good brother Jin said that the plan is feasible, he is looking forward to it.
Lu Li mentioned the construction of roads and reservoirs in the plan. He didn't know what the specific use was, but it should be good for him, right?
Kaido, who has begun to look forward to the future, decided to send the Barbarian Tyrant directly to Lu Li, and couldn't wait to check the results.