novelonline Chapter 427: Garp and Shanks' Experience
Chapter 427: Garp and Shanks' Experience
On the streets of Konoha, Garp was walking on the street with his two disciples, Coby and Bellemer.
In front of the three people, there was a young female ninja named Feng Ling serving as a receptionist.
In Karp's hand was a brown cardboard food box containing some pastries they had just bought at the pastry shop.
While eating, Cap kept an eye on the people passing by on the street.
As an old navy officer, Garp has visited many member states of the World Government and has ample experience in judging whether the citizens of a country live happily.
There is no need to observe whether a country's buildings are magnificent or whether its streets are clean. You can tell from one thing: the clothes and complexion of ordinary people.
Those who live a happy life can be seen at a glance.
On the streets of Konoha, people walking on the streets were dressed in some exquisite and some old clothes, but most of them were neat and clean.
Regardless of the quality of their clothes, most of the civilians living in Konoha are full of spirit, and hope for life can be seen in their eyes.
Just from this point, Garp could judge that the living standards of the civilians of the Land of Light, at least living in the capital, Konoha, were good.
"Feng Ling, can you tell me, did all the nobles go there before the establishment of the Kingdom of Light?" Garp asked curiously.
Fengling stopped and looked at Karp on the side. She had a mushroom-shaped haircut and chubby cheeks. When she smiled, two cute dimples appeared.
"Senior Karp, let me take you to a place!" Feng Ling said with a smile.
After saying that, Fengling took Garp out of the town of Konoha and came to the edge of a large tract of farmland in the suburbs.
At this time, it was morning and there were still people working in the fields.
Feng Ling raised her hand and pointed to the front right side, about three o'clock, where a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat and straw sandals was bending over to clear weeds in the field.
"His name is Minatake Masao. He used to be a noble of the Land of Fire and a city lord. After Lord Kizaru led us to liberate the Land of Fire, he fled to the Land of Earth with his family and guards, where he formed a coalition with other nobles and was defeated by us."
"After we liberate the entire continent, we will arrest them all. After interrogation, those nobles who have not committed serious crimes will be allocated some land for them to undergo labor reform."
"For some nobles who voluntarily surrender to us, we will retain their property, but revoke their noble titles and privileges."
"As for those nobles who have committed too many evil deeds and whose crimes are unforgivable, after investigation, the most serious ones will be exterminated."
When he heard the words "labor reform", a smile appeared on Cap's bearded old face.
Upon hearing the final story of genocide, Garp laughed heartily.
Garp suddenly felt a little excited. If Kizaru really led the Land of Light to unify the entire ocean, then the Celestial Dragons behind the World Government would only be wiped out due to the various crimes they had committed.
Thinking of this, Karp even laughed to the point of tears.
The exaggerated laughter attracted the attention of other people around. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the laughing Cap.
"Vice Admiral Garp." Coby reminded in a low voice.
Only then did Karp stop laughing, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Feng Ling, "I thought of something happy."
"Senior Karp, do you want to go and see other nobles? There is a mining area not far from here. Many of the nobles who did evil things were thrown into the mining area and became laborers." Feng Ling said with a smile.
"Hahaha, let's go and take a look together." Cap said happily. Of course he couldn't miss such an interesting thing.
Just as Garp was admiring the labor transformation of those former nobles, on the bustling streets of Konoha, Shanks and his party, led by the ninja in charge of reception, walked into a tavern.
The street where this tavern is located is the customs street that Kizaru had previously rectified.
The restaurant buildings on this street still retain their original style, but the business inside has turned into various art performances.
The tavern that Shanks and others walked into was located at the front of the street. The space inside was not too big, only about 70 or 80 square meters.
It was still morning and the pub had just opened. There was not a single customer inside and even the chairs hadn't been set out yet.
Behind the bar, stood a middle-aged woman wearing traditional clothes. She had a good temperament and wore only light makeup. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes did not damage her beauty, but instead added a bit of charm that came from years of experience.
"Sorry, sir! We have just opened and there are still many things that we haven't prepared." The middle-aged woman said softly.
"It's okay, just give me some drinks." Shanks said with a casual smile, walked to the seat in front of the woman and sat down, one hand on the bar.
Hearing this, the woman turned around, took down two bottles of sake from the shelf behind her, placed them in front of Shanks, and then took out the wine glasses from under the bar cabinet.
"Sir, this must be your first time in Konoha," the woman asked as she arranged the wine glasses in order.
"Yes, so if you have any special drinks, just bring them out, beautiful boss lady." Shanks said boldly.
Shanks' crew members also found their seats and sat down. The young ninja who was responsible for receiving Shanks sat directly next to Shanks.
Soon, the proprietress served drinks and side dishes to everyone, then returned to the bar, took out a box of ladies' cigarettes, took out one and put it in her mouth, lit it, and took a deep breath.
Smoke slowly came out of the proprietress's mouth. She looked at Shanks who had already drunk two cups in a row, leaned forward, put her arm on the table, supported her chin with her right hand holding a cigarette, and asked with a smile: "Guest, do you need me to accompany you?"
After Shanks filled his glass again, he looked at the proprietress and said with a smile, "That would be even better."
The proprietress reached out and picked up the wine glass that Shanks had just filled, drank it all, and then returned to Shanks and said, "This bottle of wine is on me."
As soon as these words were spoken, the other crew members made a noise of booing and looked at Shanks as if they were watching a show.
"Thank you, Madam." Shanks poured himself another glass, then picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking, Shanks put down his glass, looked at the proprietress, and asked, "Madam, have you always lived here?"
The proprietress took another puff of her cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said with a look of reminiscence in her eyes: "Me! I was sold here when I was very young. This street used to be a famous street of customs in Konoha. I lived here since I was a child, and when I grew up, I became the most famous oiran on the whole street."
"Back then, those wealthy merchants and nobles, as well as ninja-sama, had to spend thousands of gold to see me."
After saying that, the proprietress put out the cigarette in her hand, then smiled faintly and said in a somewhat carefree manner: "Later, Master Kizaru established the Kingdom of Light and banned the sex industry, so I, an oiran, became unemployed.
The smile on Shanks' face faded a little, and he looked at the proprietress thoughtfully. He had a rich life experience, and when he walked to the entrance of this street, he realized that this was a street of customs.
He came in under the pretext of drinking, not for the beauty, but to see whether Kizaru had achieved the ideals he had preached at the Marine Headquarters in the Land of Light.
Now it seems that Kizaru has indeed done it. The Land of Light is the only country that Shanks has ever met that has banned the sex industry. (End of this chapter)