Chapter 443: Five-Year Plan (Part 2)
Leo's words left everyone dumbfounded.
Before this, if anyone had said they wanted to undertake such a massive project for the sake of all the people in the world, it would have sparked even greater resistance across the globe, just like the World Government's Bridge Country.
Interestingly enough, the Revolutionary Army's largest source of recruits was slaves who had escaped from Bridge Country.
In other words, massive construction projects actually ran completely counter to the Revolutionary Army's founding principles.
But it was like reversing the order of the phrase "fight repeatedly and lose repeatedly" into "lose repeatedly and fight repeatedly."
Speaking was an art.
Leo's words stirred everyone greatly. Clearly, Leo had already seen the beginning of the cycle and was trying to sever it.
"Impossible! They can't succeed! They can't possibly give this up!" The Five Elders turned pale, as though they had fallen under some kind of curse. They muttered, "Impossible! They can't dig through the Red Line, and they can't make the Calm Belt full of wind! That's impossible!!"
Their hysterical roars only proved that Leo was right. The Revolutionary Army might truly be able to connect the entire Four Seas.
The moment they heard this, the merchants were already celebrating. Some had even opened their finest aged liquor to toast the news.
Over the past three or four years, the Revolutionary Army had built enormous credibility among merchants, mainly because it always kept its word and never delayed payments. For that very reason, merchants actually welcomed the Revolutionary Army more than the World Government.
Opening up the Four Seas and cutting through the Red Line was not difficult either. The Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders, and Imu had simply never considered it, because it was not beneficial to their rule.