Chapter 1289 Alabasta Under the Cloud of Civil War

Alabasta's population has exploded in recent years, mainly because Crocodile contacted him with various black technologies for people's livelihood, and the conditions were almost the same, that is, he hoped to live in Alabasta... and even finally asked for Alabasta's King Kobra meets the condition of "accepting refugees from all over"!

Alabasta is originally two continents divided into two by a strait. The eastern continent is more prosperous because it has more oases and fresh water resources. Although the western continent has plans for man-made oasis, it is not here. It has been stumbling and not going well before, and the population density is not high.

Not only is the capital of King Albana located in the Eastern Continent, but in the original work, even the rebel stronghold is located in Cattleya in the Eastern Continent - it can be seen that the Eastern Continent is the essence of Alabasta.

As for the Western Continent...the most prosperous one is the gambling city established by Crocodile!

However, as the surviving families moved in one after another four years ago, Kobra did not discover the other party's true intentions at first. He really thought that the other party was a genuine and good person who respected himself and others, so he agreed to the move-in plan. As a result, the population of the Western Continent has skyrocketed in a few years, and the number of foreign people has overwhelmed the indigenous people.

And as a foreign population, the immigrants often interact with the aborigines of the Eastern Continent. The desalination plants and water conservancy projects in the Eastern Continent are basically done by "outsiders".

However, just two years ago, the World Government suddenly came to the door and said that among the immigrants, during the Tiger incident, a group of escaped slaves and their descendants entered Alabasta and asked Alabasta for assistance. Recover these people...

Kobra originally wanted to downplay the matter as much as possible, but unexpectedly, the World Government's special envoy had just arrived in the royal capital, and the Western Continent had already received the news!

Almost overnight, there were hundreds of thousands more rebels in the Western Continent...

Kobra didn't understand, how could there be so many descendants of escaped slaves? And you have to know that Kobra is not ready to use violence yet, and even the commander of his Kingdom Guard does not know about it. The rebels have been "forced" out?

However, the fast-paced development that followed completely disrupted Kobra's pace - not only the desalination plants and water conservancy projects in the Western Continent, but also the Eastern Continent began to go on strike, and even extreme people announced that they would dig dams and let seawater flow into the oasis...

Cobra didn't know that in fact, most of these immigrants moved in from some islands controlled by the revolutionary army, from poor countries that they had helped, or from exiles who were persecuted by the world government and wandered around.

Moreover, the number of immigrants was far greater than Cobra's imagination. After all, the Revolutionary Army has now mastered the windless zone navigation method, and the maritime transportation capacity is no joke.

Although most of these people are not revolutionary troops, many of them are immigrants from non-franchised countries, escaped slaves of the Tianlong people, or have other ulterior identities!

Therefore, when Alabasta wanted to cooperate with the World Government and capture escaped slaves and their descendants, countless outsiders panicked...

At this moment, the revolutionary army they had a favorable impression of climbed up and shouted, and Alabasta quickly lost control of the entire western continent!

In order to avoid direct confrontation between the east and west, and in order to avoid irritating the "outsiders" on the eastern continent, Kobra asked Crocodile to mediate on his behalf.

After all, these people were introduced by Crocodile, and... In the past two years, Crocodile has brought everyone water, fertile fields, food, and been able to protect everyone. His reputation in Alabasta has been as high as that of Cobb. If La is a little stingy, it will be absolutely intolerable!

However, Kobra was worthy of being a model king. The first thing he thought of at this time was to ask Crocodile, who also had a high reputation among outsiders, to appease them. At the same time, he also hoped that Crocodile would use his status as the Shichibukai to stabilize the situation. World Government - Cobra doesn't want to give the World Government an excuse to send troops to Alabasta.

Legend has it that the Nefertari royal family was one step away from becoming the Celestial Dragons, but Kobra didn't have any good impressions of those guys.

Crocodile also readily agreed, but what happened after that gradually began to exceed Kobra's expectations!

The World Government was really stabilized by Crocodile - or it seemed that from the beginning, the so-called Tiger incident and the escaped slaves were only pursued by a subordinate department of the World Government, and it had not risen to the level at all. As a result, Crocodile was easily pressed down by Crocodile.

At the same time, Crocodile also used his "popularity" to begin to appease and suppress the rebels...

At this time, outsiders from the Western Continent also proposed that Crocodile be appointed as the "Governor of the Western Continent" as a guarantee for the armistice between the two sides.

Cobra had already sensed something was wrong about the situation at that time, but the situation forced him... In order to avoid civil war, Cobra appointed Crocodile Governor of the Western Continent.

However, after that, the rebels in the Western Continent were like leeks, some surrendered, some were killed...and another group would appear immediately! Anyway, Kobra has long since lost count of how many people there are in the Western Continent.

As the governor of the Western Continent, Crocodile has indeed been suppressing the rebels, but at the same time, he has also completely controlled the military and political power of the Western Continent, and even the Eastern Continent has given him additional subsidies...

After watching the "double act" played by the Governor and the rebels for two years, it is normal for Cobra to be suspicious. It can even be said that Cobra just wants evidence now - to make the people believe that as a national idol and national hero Evidence that Crocodile, the Governor of the Western Continent, is the culprit of the civil strife!

Otherwise, Crocodile, who controls the entire Western Continent and probably has a population of tens of millions, and also controls many of the country's lifeline industries in the Eastern Continent, once bites back, Cobra feels that even the Neferutali royal family will not be able to withstand it. What's more important is that once a civil war breaks out, no matter which side suffers casualties, it will be a national pain.

And you must know that even the aborigines, many of them admire Crocodile, especially the young people. Even the old people who support the Neferutali royal family the most are grateful for the fresh water and fertile land brought by Crocodile.

Not long ago, Kobra appointed the young Minister of Environment Kosha as an inspection envoy to inspect the Western Continent to pacify and counter the rebellion. At the request of Princess Weiwei, Her Royal Highness the Princess also personally led a small team of secret patrols to take advantage of the opportunity. Kosha attracted Crocodile's attention openly and secretly sneaked into the Western Continent...

Unfortunately, both the military and the ministers in the kingdom have ANBU eyes and ears. Two patrol teams, one overt and one undercover, were discovered immediately before leaving the royal capital.

If factors other than Alabasta are not taken into consideration, Crocodile is already planning a showdown with the Neferutali royal family!

However, Guan Liyuan insisted on trying to win the support of the Naferutali royal family, and at least... let them acquiesce in some actions of the revolutionary army.

If we can control a complete Alabasta, it will be equivalent to the first half of the great sea route. The revolutionary army will have sufficient supplies, sufficient logistics, and sufficient sources of troops. It can also be the source of transit, hiding troops, and defensive counterattacks.

Because Alabasta is almost a continental country, it is impossible for the navy to deal with Alabasta like it sank O'Hara. Even the tactics of sea battles alone cannot harm Alabasta at all - as long as the people follow The evacuation of the port city, relying solely on naval battles, is just an itch for this behemoth!

And once the navy wants to engage in a landing battle - a million-level professional army with "good location" and "people and people" will make them know what a meat grinder is...

But the premise is that Alabasta cannot be in chaos, otherwise even if Crocodile temporarily steals the highest power, the civil restoration forces will cause Alabasta to lose its advantage!

Even if Crocodile can suppress the restoration forces, as long as they cannot win immediately and completely, Alabasta in the civil war will not be an opponent of the navy and will not be able to provide much help to the revolutionary army.