Chapter 427: Garp and Shanks' Experience

On the streets of Konoha, Garp walked with his two disciples, Coby and Bellemeber.

In front of the three people, there was a young female ninja named Fengling as a reception.

In Garp's hand was a food box made of brown cardboard, which contained some cakes they had just bought at the cake shop.

While eating, Garp paid attention to the flow of people on the street.

As an old navy, Garp has been to many member countries under the World Government and has sufficient experience in how to judge whether the citizens of a country live happily.

There is no need to observe whether the buildings of a country are gorgeous or whether the streets of a country are clean. You can tell from one point, that is, the clothes and complexion of ordinary people.

Those who live happily can be seen at a glance.

On the streets of Konoha, the people walking on the streets are dressed exquisitely and old, but most of them are neat and clean.

Regardless of whether the clothes are good or bad, most of these civilians living in Konoha are full of spirit, and hope for life can be seen in their eyes.

Just from this point, Garp can judge that at least the civilians of the Kingdom of Light living in the capital, Konoha, have a good living standard.

"Feng Ling, can you tell me, where did all the nobles go before the establishment of the Kingdom of Light?" Garp asked curiously.

Feng Ling stopped and looked at Garp on the side. She had a mushroom head and some baby fat cheeks. When she smiled, she showed two cute dimples.

"Senior Garp, let me take you to a place!" Feng Ling said with a smile.

After that, Feng Ling took Garp out of the scope of Konoha town and came to the edge of a large farmland in the suburbs.

At this time, it was morning, and there were still people farming in the farmland.

Feng Ling raised her hand and pointed to the front of her right side, about three o'clock, where there was a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat and straw sandals, bending down to clean the 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 liberated the entire continent, they were all arrested. After interrogation, the nobles who had not committed major crimes would be allocated some fields for labor reform."

"For some nobles who took the initiative to surrender to us, we will retain their property, but cancel their noble titles and privileges."

"As for those nobles who have committed too many evils and are unforgivable, after investigation, the most serious ones will be exterminated."

Hearing the words "labor reform", Garp's bearded old face showed a smile.

Heard the last extermination, Garp laughed even more.

Garp suddenly looked forward to it. If Kizaru really led the Land of Light to unify the entire ocean, the Celestial Dragons behind the World Government, with all the crimes they committed, would only have their property confiscated and their clan exterminated.

Thinking of this, Garp even laughed to tears.

The exaggerated laughter attracted the attention of other people around. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the laughing Garp.

"Vice Admiral Garp." Coby reminded quietly.

Garp stopped laughing, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Feng Ling, "I thought of something happy."

"Senior Garp, do you want to see other nobles? There is a mining area not far from here. Many of the nobles who did evil were thrown into the mining area and became laborers." Feng Ling said with a smile.

"Hahaha, let's go and see it together." Garp said happily. Of course, he couldn't miss such an interesting thing.

Just as Garp was admiring the labor reform of the former nobles, on the bustling streets of Konoha, Shanks and his party walked into a tavern under the leadership of the ninja in charge of reception.

The street where this tavern is located is the customs street that Kizaru had rectified before.

Now the restaurant buildings on this street still retain the original style, but the content of the business inside has become 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, about 70 to 80 square meters.

It was still morning, and the tavern had just opened. There was no customer inside, and even the chairs had not been set up.

Behind the bar, stood a middle-aged woman in traditional clothes. The woman had a good temperament and only wore light makeup. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes did not damage her beauty, but added a bit of charm of years.

"Sorry, guest! We just opened the door, and there are still many things to prepare." The middle-aged woman said softly.

"It doesn't matter, just give me some drinks." Shanks smiled without airs, walked to the seat in front of the woman and sat down. One hand was placed on the bar.

Hearing this, the woman turned around and took 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 cabinet of the bar.

"Guest, this should be your first time in Konoha." The woman asked while arranging the wine glasses in order.

"Yes, so if you have any special drinks, just bring them out! Beautiful lady boss." Shanks said uninhibitedly.

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 lady boss served everyone drinks and side dishes, returned to the bar, took out a box of women's cigarettes, took one out, put it in her mouth, lit it, and took a deep breath.

The smoke was slowly exhaled from the landlady's mouth. She looked at Shanks who had already drank two drinks in a row. She leaned forward, pressed her arm on the table, supported her chin with her right hand holding the cigarette, and asked with a smile: " Guest, do you need me to accompany you?”

After Shanks filled himself up again, he looked at the landlady and said with a smile: "Of course that would be better."

The landlady reached out and picked up the wine glass that Shanks had just filled, drank it all in one gulp, and then returned to Shanks, "This bottle of wine is my treat for you."

As soon as these words came out, the other crew members made cheers and looked at Shanks as if they were watching the fun.

"Thank you, boss lady." Shanks poured himself another glass, then picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, Shanks put down his glass, looked at the landlady, and asked: "Woman landlady, have you always lived here?"

The proprietress took another puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said with memories in her eyes: "Me! I was sold here when I was very young. This street used to be a famous custom street in Konoha. I I have lived here since I was a child, and when I grew up, I became the most famous courtesan in the whole street. "

"At that time, those wealthy merchants, nobles, and ninja masters spent thousands of dollars to see me."

After saying that, the landlady put out the cigarette in her hand, then smiled lightly and said in a somewhat free and easy manner: "Later, Kizaru-sama established the Kingdom of Light and outlawed the customs industry, so I, the oiran, lost my job.

The smile on Shanks' face faded slightly and he looked at the proprietress thoughtfully. He also had a lot of life experience. When he walked to the intersection of this street, he could tell that this was a custom street.

He came in to hang out in the name of drinking, not for beauty, but to see if Kizaru fulfilled the ideas he preached at the Navy Headquarters in the Kingdom of Light.

Now it seems that Kizaru has indeed done it. The Kingdom of Light is the only country Shanks has ever encountered that has outlawed customs. (End of chapter)