Chapter 163： lack of money

Although it was agreed to leave, at Rhodes' suggestion, Luffy and others still spent a lot of Bailey to renovate the Golden Merry at the rapeseed port.

Today's Alabasta is not what it used to be.

The drought has been resolved, the sea area has been cleared, more and more businessmen and talents have come and settled here, and more than one professional shipyard has been built these days.

Maybe it's not as good as the Seven Waters, but it's relatively simple to just renovate the Golden Meili.

With Rhode's face, these boatmen of course used the best materials and the fastest efficiency to renovate the Merry and gave Luffy and others a very affordable price.

"Goodbye!"

On the almost brand-new Merry, Luffy, Nami and others waved goodbye to Rhodes and Sabo, and then quickly drove into the distance.

Wait for the Merry to disappear from sight.

Sabo slowly retracted his gaze, was silent for a while, and then sighed softly:

"You said, shouldn't I let Ace go after Blackbeard."

He is not Luffy, he is a high-level revolutionary army, the future chief of the general staff, not to mention the situation in the sea, but also can be said to know very well, Blackbeard is definitely a very, very dangerous character.

"Can you stop it?"

Rhodes shook his head lightly.

How firm Ace's will is, it is simply not something outsiders can influence.

"Too."

Sabo was stunned when he heard the words, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, anyway, with Ace's strength, there are not many people in this sea that can keep him."

Having said that, Sabo was always a little uneasy for some reason.

"Stop talking about this, won't you take me to see your territory?"

"Um."

...

ten days later.

"I didn't expect your governance ability to be so strong." Sabo said, looking a little surprised.

These days, they visited Alabasta, and what they saw and heard were all prosperous, which was very different from the previous desert country in terms of intelligence.

"I just mentioned a few words. What really developed this country was the joint efforts of the royal family and countless citizens." Rhodes said.

"Is it the Neferutari royal family? One of the original twenty kings, but he did not join forces with the Tianlong people. It is indeed worthy of respect." Sabo said sternly.

The ideal of the revolutionary army is to overthrow the world government and overthrow the Tianlong people who claim to be gods, but they are not too extreme to overthrow all the nobles.

"Nicole Robin here."

The two chatted for a while, and Sabo suddenly said.

"Um."

Rhode nodded slightly. He couldn't hide this from the revolutionary army, and he didn't want to hide it either.

"The organization originally wanted Nico Robin to go to the headquarters, which is the safest place..."

Sabo smiled and said: "But then you killed the leader Green Pepper, and after Megatron shook the world, the people who said these words lost their minds. You killed the captain of the ninth division of CP0 a few days ago, and no one talks about it at all. "

Rhodes also smiled, and as expected, strength is the best way to persuade.

While the two were chatting, they also slowly came to a relatively secret place in the capital.

"This is?" Sabo was slightly taken aback.

"Go in and see."

Rhodes said, walking forward at the same time.

At the sight of it, it is a research institute with a fairly complete system.

At first, it was to study how to efficiently use dancing powder to get Alabasta out of the drought. Later, it was gradually transformed into a research institute under the direction of Rhodes.

There are many local scientists in Alabasta.

The results of the research...not yet.

Robin was wearing a standard secretary OL outfit at this time, and his long, slender, straight legs were particularly eye-catching against the black silk.

Rhodes locked her from the crowd in the institute almost instantly.

Feeling Rhode's gaze, Robin raised his eyebrows slightly, and after apologizing, he quickly walked towards Rhodes.

Looking at the somewhat hateful leisurely figure, Robin thought about it and found that he couldn't beat him.

"As you can see, the research institute is in urgent need of funds, talents, and equipment, and it is still just an empty shell."

"I can understand the lack of talent and equipment. Why is there a shortage of funds?"

Rhodes was surprised.

With the backing of a big country like Alabasta, there is still a shortage of funds?

"..."

Seeing Rhode's natural look, Robin couldn't help showing an expression of "I don't know how expensive tea, rice, oil and salt are", and sighed lightly:

"Weiwei is already very supportive, but Alabasta is waiting for everything to be done. Money is required in all aspects, and the gap is too large."

When Rhode heard the words, he couldn't help looking at Sabo.

"Cough cough."

Sabo smiled dryly, turning his head to look in the other direction with a guilty conscience.

Although the revolutionary army is very powerful and rich, the spread out is too large, and the daily expenses are astronomical.

"It's a pity that this is a great channel after all, otherwise we can let the country of flowers support it."

Seeing this, Rhode shook his head and muttered to himself.

It is still necessary to climb the fields of science and technology, not to mention whether it can help him in the future, and it is also very good to improve the quality of life.

"Are you short of money..."

Rhode touched his chin and muttered, "Going to grab the Golden Emperor?"

When it comes to money, the first thing he thinks of is this super fat sheep. This guy guesses that just plucking a little wool is enough for these scientific research projects to start immediately.

He runs the largest bank in the New World, runs the largest entertainment city in the world, and is a superhuman-type golden fruit person. He is definitely the No. 1 fat sheep in the sky.

"But this guy probably won't be able to beat him."

Rhodes scratched his head a little He couldn't even handle Ace. Facing the awakened Golden Emperor, he was still in his home court, really hanging.

Even if gold is an excellent conductor and is restrained by the thunder, it is still hanging. After all, people are a big force, and they can call the world government for support at any time.

Seeing that Rhodes didn't speak for a long time, Sabo was also a little bored. He glanced into the distance and whispered: "I don't know where Luffy is now."

He does not mean that.

A ray of light flashed in Rhodes' eyes, "Maybe we can go to the empty island to see!"

"Sky Island?"

Sabo was slightly taken aback, "Does this place really exist?"

"Of course it exists, and it is said that there is also a golden city, Shandora. If it can be found, the funding problem will be solved."

Robin stroked the hair in front of his forehead.

She is a doctor of archaeology in O'Hara, and of course she is aware of the existence of the empty island.

"But boss, do you know where it is?"

Robin looked at Rhodes inexplicably with a hint of exams in his beautiful eyes.

"Is there something I don't know?"

Rhodes asked calmly.

Robin was choked for a moment, and really didn't know how to refute.

"I'm not going."

Seeing that the two of Rhodes seemed to have some signs, Sabo said goodbye very interestingly,

"Going back to headquarters."

After speaking, he dodged a few times and quickly disappeared.

"So, what about you, Robin?"

Rhodes looked at her with a smile.

Robin's face was calm, his hands folded his chest, and a firm color flashed in his beautiful eyes.

She would rather die of curiosity. She is busy until late at night every day, and her hairline is rising, and she will never go out with this unscrupulous boss.

"I heard that there is a historical text on it..."

Robin immediately changed his face and said solemnly:

"Please take me with you."