Night.
Training was finished.
After enjoying a delicious dinner with the members of Dream House, El called for Longbread, who was resting there.
“El-sama, you called for me?”
Looking at El leaning against a tree, Longbread was a little curious.
“You've spent so many years in the New World, you should be quite familiar with the New World's underground black markets and auction houses, right?”
Looking at the cook with rich sailing experience, El went straight to the point.
Although they had already attracted the attention of the Navy, the Fallen Angel Pirate Crew was still in its incubation period, accumulating strength.
For the time being, they were not planning to directly show their fangs to the outside world and compete for the hegemony of the sea.
But it wouldn't hurt to start laying some groundwork.
“Of course I know about them. I'm familiar with many islands' black markets and auction houses, and I even have some Life Cards left!” Longbread said confidently, patting his chest.
“You should already know about my Zoan-type Feather Serpent God form's ability…”
“In the next few years, we're not in a hurry to plunder under the banner of the Fallen Angel, occupy territories, or establish pirate nations…”
El stared at Longbread and said directly, “Right now, our team's most important task is to accumulate strength… you should understand that, right?”
“Of course I understand!”
Longbread nodded in agreement.
He knew very well that this person had great ambitions, was meticulous in his thoughts, and was exceptionally intelligent.
He was completely different from ordinary pirates, and couldn't be treated as an ordinary child.
What the Fallen Angel Pirate Crew needed most right now was to accumulate strength, or to put it more directly, to wait for El-sama to truly grow up.
Everything else was secondary.
“That's one thing, but we can't just bury ourselves in training and do nothing…”
El nodded in satisfaction and said frankly, “Some pre-planning and preparation is still necessary!”
“El-sama, what do you mean?”
Hearing El say this.
Longbread couldn't help but his eyes light up.
He looked at El with fervent eyes, somewhat excited.
“Plundering, after all, isn't a long-term solution, and most of it is one-time business!”
El crossed his arms and said, “Our initial plan is to find some deserted islands in the Calm Belt and develop them, creating large plantations to cultivate some grain, vegetables, precious medicinal herbs, etc., and to establish a trading company specializing in selling them to the outside world!”
“In the shortest amount of time, we'll monopolize the grain and medicinal herb business in the New World, continuously export and expand our influence!”
“This will accumulate enough financial resources and resources for the next step of our plan, to start truly expanding our operations in the future, recruiting troops and buying horses on a large scale, and conquering territories to establish a nation in preparation for the future!”
Originally, his business plans wouldn't have been so fast.
But Geltz was becoming increasingly adept at mastering the abilities of the Soul Soul Fruit.
He could already effortlessly harvest the souls of others, create all sorts of Homie creatures, and even if he could harvest enough souls, even creating a Sea King Homie army wouldn't be a problem.
He felt that he could completely push things forward a bit faster.
It wasn't just the grain and medicinal herb business, if he could really create a Sea King Homie army in the future, he could also consider entering the marine transportation industry.
But there's no need to rush for now, let's take things one step at a time.
Taking too big a step at once is also likely to lead to problems.
“Tomorrow, you'll take Oz and some treasure to the black market and buy some slaves, as well as a large number of crop seeds!”
El patted Longbread's shoulder and said directly, “If you don't have any seeds, you can buy back finished plants or branches, but they must be the kind that preserves life, not completely dry and dead... no problem?”
The Zoan-type Feather Serpent God form's ability to control plants.
It could allow those economic crops' plants or branches to revive, blossom and bear fruit, and even propagate by division in the shortest possible time.
It didn't have to be seeds.
“Yes, please rest assured, I guarantee it will be done beautifully!”
El's meaning.
Was undoubtedly an unconditional trust in him.
Not at all afraid that he would run away with the treasure or betray him.
This naturally filled Longbread with exhilaration, and he quickly patted his chest and assured him.
“As for the slaves, they're not just young and strong laborers, but also managerial talents. It doesn't matter if they're older, as long as they have experience...”
When setting up a trading company.
It's natural to need to separate it from the Fallen Angel Pirate Crew.
At least until he truly started coming to the forefront from behind the scenes, establishing a pirate nation and confronting the World Government, the relationship between the two couldn't be directly put on the table.
Moreover, they needed a large number of peripheral personnel to serve as guards and frontmen for the trading company.
It's impossible for the Fallen Angel Pirate Crew, lurking behind the scenes, to handle every little thing themselves.
It was necessary to purchase a batch of slaves first.
These slaves, who had already experienced despair and had no hope for the future.
With just a little bit of favor, they could be grateful and loyal to their service.
Of course, humans are complex intelligent beings, and there will definitely be some ungrateful and treacherous individuals, but in front of his Observation Haki that can easily read minds.
These weren't a problem at all, it was easy to slowly weed out those who were not pure of heart and whose loyalty was not enough.
“Right, if you encounter any promising kids, you can also buy them back!”
Speaking of which.
He thought of something.
El added there, “If there's a Devil Fruit auction, don't spare any expense to bid on it!”
For the current team, treasure is secondary.
Besides recruiting as many talents as possible, the main goal is to collect as many Devil Fruits as possible to improve the strength of the Dream House members.
In short.
In his plan, for the next few years, the Fallen Angel Pirate Crew won't be taking any major actions, and the trading company can develop slowly.
But its influence should at least spread to every corner of the New World, and then gradually expand its influence to the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Blues.
“Yes…”
Longbread asked excitedly, “Then El-sama, what are you planning to name the trading company?”
“Just call it Hell Trading Company… you also have a good talent for art, so you can design the company's logo!” El shrugged and walked away.
As a top-notch chef, Longbread's artistic talent was naturally not lacking.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to design all kinds of exquisite dishes and desserts.
He didn't need to worry about this as the boss.
He could just leave it to him.
“No problem, I'll take care of it! Hahaha…”
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