A year was such a short time—just over three hundred days.
Yet under Lin Qi's leadership, the Kingdom had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Robin, as secretary, deserved much of the credit.
Shikamaru and Kabuto Yakushi had worked even harder than donkeys day after day, and that was how they achieved such wonderful results.
Back then, the treasury had been so poor it rattled with emptiness, unable to produce even a single Berry.
A year later, the treasury was overflowing with wealth, enough to buy the heads of three Pirate Kings!
The Kingdom's vigorous development of its mining industry had played an indispensable role in this.
The copper and iron resources within the Kingdom were even more abundant than initially projected.
If he were willing to sell the AK47s, the treasury's wealth would probably multiply several times over.
But Lin Qi was not that stupid.
He only had people sell the ordinary weapons and Flintlock Pistols in the warehouses.
AK47s were military secrets. Anyone who sold them was an idiot.
The army had also expanded from its original three thousand men to thirty thousand!
Ten times its former size!
Shikamaru often led those thirty thousand men out to sea in batches to grind pirates for experience.
That was why these thirty thousand soldiers were no mere showpieces. They had been on battlefields and seen blood.
They would never hesitate in a fight.
As for weaponry, they had gone from birdshot to cannons.
Even their longswords were finely crafted and of excellent quality.
Their firearms were AK47s. One burst could leave the enemy completely disoriented.
Only the cannons were somewhat ordinary, but that could not be helped. They could not find better ones.
A year ago, this Kingdom had not even possessed the most basic warship.
But now, its massive fleet could practically