The Goal is the Sea of Stars

Dragon was silent for a moment, "On this point, I reserve my opinion, the truth of a system, good or bad, can only be obtained in practice."

Longinus nodded slightly, "Of course, that is a very pertinent point. Next, then, is about the reorganization of the army."

"The Marine still retains its establishment for guarding the safety of the sea, and the revolutionary army is reorganized into a land army, with the main mission of suppressing rebellions as well as ... territorial security patrols of various countries!"

Hearing these words of Longinus, a group of kings were again horrified, and they looked at Dragon with shocked and disturbing eyes.

Are you kidding? Let this group of terrorists protect them; sure, it is not a cat to watch over the mouse?

Some of the kings who were thinking that the Gods were far away were also worried because they would not sleep peacefully with the "protection" of the revolutionary army.

Betty and other people were also incomparably surprised; they also did not expect that Longinus not only did not integrate the revolutionary army to suppress but also gave the revolutionary army ... such great power!

This man's heart is indeed so broad-minded that they could not imagine!

However, Dragon was frowning and said, "In an era where peace is the theme, the army will only become a burden to the people, I personally suggest that both the Revolutionary ... Army and the Marine be cut by at least half!"

Dragon's proposal seemed to drop a depth charge in the large conference room, causing everyone to exclaim.

Those kings also did not expect stupid people who think their power is too big and offer to cut their strength.

Aokiji, who has been slumping his eyes, said, "I disagree! Our soldiers have been fighting for the cause of justice, but to put it mildly, they do not know any other skills than fighting! If you disarm, are you trying to force them to die?"

Sengoku also nodded, "If it comes to the point where disarmament is necessary, it should also be guided by the government and give them a good exit, but the problem is that the current government cannot provide them with too many positions, not to mention cutting half of them, even cutting one-twentieth of them is a big problem!"

Dragon said in a deep voice, "But the number of layoffs is too small to be meaningful, and, if only a very small number of people are laid off, that part of the people may think they are abandoned, thus stimulating some of the excesses that should not have! That would defeat our original purpose!"

"As a matter of fact, I don't want the soldiers to suffer either, but the current environment is already very severe! I don't know if you have statistics, the normal food production of an island, at least 70% must be consumed for their own use, while about 10% of the remaining 30% will be lost, and the last 20% to prevent the risk of the next year. Under normal circumstances, their food production is difficult even to meet their own needs, where is the spare capacity to supply us?"

The crowd in the large conference room looked at each other. Was the situation that difficult?

Those who could sit here were some big shots and did not know much about these matters.

After a moment of silence, someone asked, "Dragon-san, what you said is not a little too exaggerated, we have always come this way, and have not seen any problems!"

"Why this problem is not obvious in previous times, it's simple, because enough people died in those times!" Dragon said meaningfully.

The crowd was stunned; they then understood what Dragon said the normal situation refers that.

In that dark age of chaos and disorder, normal conditions were almost only possible in dreams. Whether it was the plunder of pirates or the invasion of natural disasters, it can make an island destroyed.

But in a sense, the burden on society is, instead, therefore, much smaller.

Thinking of this, the crowd began to think about the question raised by Dragon seriously; they found for the first time, the era of peace will have that chaotic times did not have the worries.

However, Longinus shook his head and said, "Times have changed, Dragon! If resources are not enough, we will explore and discover more resources, if productivity is not enough, we will develop technology to increase productivity."

"Exploration and development?" Dragon eyes shocked, this seemingly simple idea, but his era-limited eyes never thought about it!

"Have you ever really understood this world? Ever explored every inch of the ocean sky and earth? Even if this world has no more secrets, there is still the mysterious and brilliant space of stars waiting for us!" Longinus said with high emotion.

"In this era of progress, our army will not be a drag, but rather a pioneer in exploring the world and the universe. As I said at the beginning, the new government will bring together the power of the whole world, and in such an era of great change, we should not be limited by our vision!"

Everyone in the room had their blood boiling with the words of Longinus, especially those who were worried about the abolition of the Marine, but also excited to look at their fleet admiral.

When the pirates went to the stranger, they have more than once in the heart of worry; without the pirates, what is the meaning of Marine's existence?

Now, they finally do not have to worry; under the guidance of the fleet admiral, they have rediscovered the meaning of their existence.

The bright future depicted by Longinus also attracted those kings or leaders of other forces, and all the worries and anxieties before were dispersed and forgotten.

"Indeed, as long as the Great Leader is guiding the way ahead, there is no need to worry about such things at all, we just need to follow the direction guided by the Leader and we will be fine!"

"Haha! I wonder what the space between the stars is like!"

Amid these whispers, Dragon also nodded his head and said, "In this regard, I agree with you."

Longinus smiled faintly, "Then, the new Fleet Admiral of the Marine will be Admiral Akainu, and the Field Marshal of the Army will be you, Dragon, the power of the air force is still in preparation, so we will not make the appointment for the time being, as for me, I will be the Commander-in-Chief of the whole army at the same time!"

For Longinus' appointment, although the crowd was a little surprised, no one raised objections; even the revolutionary army crowd, after this series of discussions, also acknowledged Longinus.

"The next topic is about education and transportation."

Hearing Longinus' words, the crowd was a little confused to say that transportation they could understand, after all, the role and significance of the water train they were witness to, but such things as education are necessary to bring it to the world conference?

This world is not without education, but most of them are only the middle class. Above can enjoy the treatment; in most people's perception, education is not the teacher finished, and then their comprehension?

The drowsy Garp has been listening to the eyes suddenly lit up, "Hahahahaha! This is good, in this area of education I really have too much experience, you see, the boy Dragon can have today is the credit of the old man!"

Published in Qidian, January 18, 2020