Pirate's Swamp Fruit

Chapter 242 240 One Year Later, Changes

Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, nearly a year passed by.

In the windless belt at the junction of the New World and the Great Sea Route, a huge island has become vibrant and prosperous.

Zeguo.

Compared with a year ago, Zeguo at this time has undergone great changes. The pier is bustling with activity, and the faces of the working civilians are filled with happy smiles. Fishing boats on the pier leave and dock, and a large number of fish are caught from the boats. After moving down to the pier, traffickers rushed to surround him immediately.

The biggest change is that towns have been built near the docks. There are already eighteen similar towns, all of which are located near the latest eighteen large docks built in a year.

"The boss is coming out tomorrow." Claire stood on the height of the fort far from the pier, looking at the bustling scene below with a little emotion.

"Yeah, it's been a year, who would have thought that there would be such a big change." Baisby was much calmer a year ago.

Looking at the scene below, both of them were a little excited and excited, because they knew that Zeguo was finally on the right track now. It can be said that everyone has put in countless efforts and efforts to this level.

And this...is only part of the results.

In addition to the prosperity of the wharf, there are also many civilian gathering places in the interior of Ze. Although it is not prosperous, it can be seen that there is a kind of vitality. I believe that these gathering places will gradually become bustling with the passage of time. City.

Traffic has obviously increased, from one gathering place to another gathering place, and even people traveling to and from the capital have become common, relying on the road of light, the scene of extending in all directions is also being staged, Zeguo, there is no one place that is forgotten place.

Food has long been a problem. Nowadays, no one is starved to death anymore, and the number of people who have settled down has also increased. Although they are only small businessmen, there are also a group of businessmen who can clearly see the shadow of the future rich man.

Because of the appearance of these merchants, the industries of Ze Country became more and more colorful.

Clothing stores, taverns, daily necessities, and even... headhunting companies have also been established, and flowers are blooming everywhere in Zeguo.

Regardless of the country, there are at least seven or eight taverns and other entertainment and leisure places in a dock town alone.

More and more people no longer rely on planting bread and rice to survive, but start a business instead, but most of them still focus on fishing. Relying on these people, Zeguo's income has also increased rapidly.

Fishing, according to Wilder’s method in advance, leases the built fishing boats to people who are interested in fishing, so as to charge 50.00% of each harvest. After these fishermen have capital, they will take out a sum of money. If you buy a boat that is completely your own, Ze will sell the boat to them, and you will only collect taxes and the like from then on.

The income of the common people is increasing, and the national power of the country is also growing, and, after the life of the common people is no longer needed, the national power increases even more rapidly.

Some of the wealth comes from the East China Sea, and some weapons from the New World are sold. During this year, Doflamingo bought several batches of machine guns from Zeguo, and at the same time, the Navy bought several batches of artillery again.

Naturally, Zeguo will not throw out the second-generation machine guns, artillery and other weapons. This year, with the support of huge funds, all departments in Zeguo have made great progress in various developments.

The scientific research department and the second-generation ship power plant system are already in the stage of power R&D completion.

The Ministry of Arms and the third-generation artillery are ready for mass production. At the same time, the machine gun has also ushered in the second generation, and has two forms, light machine gun and heavy machine gun. The former is the progress of research and development, and the latter is the progress of technology.

The tree planting program of the Ministry of Agriculture is still going on. At present, five kinds of trees that can be used for shipbuilding and construction have been cultivated, distributed in various parts of Zeguo, and these trees can grow to a height of ten meters a year.

Many other types of trees have also been planted, as well as various vegetables and fruits that can be used by humans. These are the results of powerful technology and science.

The construction department is busy all year round, without a day off, buildings and infrastructure have been erected one after another, and roads have begun to extend in all directions around the road of light.

It can be said that from now on, Ze Country has got rid of the most difficult period, and has begun to become prosperous and powerful.

In the early two years, it took only a little more than two years from having nothing to the beginning of prosperity. If this news spread, no one would dare to believe it.

And all of this was consciously isolated by Zeguo.Coupled with the fact that it is located in a windless belt, no one can find out the exact news and information.

As for the naval fort not far from here, Zeguo will not allow them to set foot on it without incident.

This was a tacit agreement between Zeguo and the Navy from the very beginning.

Otherwise, it would be annoying for Wilde to go up to the fort every day.

Who hasn't ordered a secret yet?
However, the biggest change is the capital. At this time, the capital is no longer empty a year ago. Dozens of districts have been built with well-arranged buildings and houses for ordinary people. This is the most prosperous place in the entire Ze Kingdom.

Business, power, education and other institutions are concentrated here.

The capital also created a batch of the earliest wealthy businessmen. The first tavern in Zeguo has opened chains all over the country by this time, and the owner has become a well-known rich man.

There are clothing bosses and so on.

In addition to these visible developments, Zeguo's internal members have also made leaps and bounds in all aspects.

From Bais and Claire, who have the highest combat power, down to the senior cadres and cadres, they have followed Wilder's order earnestly throughout the year, and they all stepped up to improve their strength. Everyone knows that there may not be a long way to a big battle. Far.

Big Mom's influence activities have become more and more frequent this year, so that Zeguo has to be careful if he wants to go far. Under this situation, no one dares to relax.

.........

Today is a special day, because as the master of this country, Wilder, who has not come out of the beast forest since he started training a year ago, will finally meet with everyone today.

When Weld, who was bare-chested and with long messy hair hanging down his back, came out of the forest from the forest, everyone who had already been waiting outside the gate of the palace was stunned.

"Da da da..." The feet without shoes landed on the flat straight road step by step, walking towards the crowd, each step gave them a beast-like breath, and as they got closer, everyone felt heavy breathing After a while, a strong sense of oppression fell on everyone's heart.

"Gulu..." Bacon swallowed with his eyes open, "Boss... what kind of training did he do this year? How far has he... grown?"

Others unknowingly dripped a little heavy sweat from their faces. Bai Si stared at Wilder who was approaching, and opened his mouth to answer: "I'm afraid we have been thrown further away."

At this time, Wilder finally came to the crowd, stood still, raised his head, and looked at them quietly. Only then did the crowd see clearly that there was another hideous scar on Wilder's resolute face, directly from the corner of his forehead. Penetrates under the eyelids.

It appears to have been clawed from top to bottom by some kind of sharp beast claw, luckily, the eye does not appear to be damaged.

"Welcome back boss!"

"Welcome back, Your Majesty!"

The crowd shouted with excited smiles.

Wilder raised the corners of his mouth slightly, glanced at the crowd, his voice was hoarse and lower than before because he hadn't spoken for a long time, "If it's okay, let me take a shower, and then... have a banquet."

"Oh!" The crowd burst into cheers.

……

In the evening, Weld held a banquet with all the main members of Zeguo, and they cheered continuously throughout the night.

In the next few days, Wilder personally learned about the current situation in various parts of Ze Country. He was satisfied and gratified with the current level of development of Ze Country, but he was also a little surprised. It has developed into this way, half of what he expected to be now is already considered acceptable.

"Looking at it now, those guys really didn't disappoint me. Speaking of which, it's also thanks to the reform of the system." Wilder refers to the group of civil servants who don't know how to use force. Come to think of it, Zeguo has such an accomplished development. This group of civil servants played a big role.

This is also the reason why Wilder insisted on system reform so much in the first place. If Bais and the gang who only know how to fight and kill were to do this, I don't know when it will develop to this level.

Wilder was wearing a nightgown and lying on a beach chair next to the open-air swimming pool at the top of the palace, holding a newspaper in his hand, smiling with his head down, and although the swimming pool was just a decoration for him, it was the design of the original designer. A wonderful mind and heart.

"Finally... started?"

The newspaper is not today's. There is a piece of news on it that is extremely eye-catching, and it also attracts Wilder's attention.

【Straw Hat Pirates return!Battle of Chambord Islands!Combat power soars!The pacifists are defeated! 】

Wilder covered his face with the newspaper, and couldn't see the expression on his face clearly. He could only see that he seemed to be suppressing something through his slightly trembling shoulders and the low-pitched laughter from under the newspaper from time to time.

"Going crazy again." Bacon, who was assigned by Claire to act as a waiter, murmured weakly because Claire had something to do.

"Hmm... Do you want to die? Bacon."

"Ah!" Bacon hurriedly covered his mouth in panic, and shook his head frantically, "I'm not, I'm not... Boss, you got it wrong, let me dance for you!"

"Hehe, get lost, go call someone over for a meeting!" Wilde got up and gave him a kick, then turned and walked towards the palace.

"Huh! Follow orders, boss!" Bacon put on a pair of sunglasses in the new year, and saluted Wilder's back, looking bluffing.

Then he jumped, screaming and screaming, and jumped from the top of the palace, "Wow! Look at me, Bear Wind Bacon, dancing the spiral whirlwind and flying claw jumping dance!"

"Snapped!"

The members of the patrolling palace guards raised their heads when they heard the abnormal noise, and then saw a bear hanging on the guardrail and swaying in the wind, with a feeble and weak voice, "Save... me."

For the next few days, Wilder was anxious every day for everyone to learn about the recent news and events, and everyone could feel that Wilder was about to start taking action.

A tense and busy atmosphere began to permeate the country, but the common people did not feel all of this, and they still lived and worked in peace and contentment, contributing to development.

A few days later, Doflamingo sent another confidential letter to purchase machine guns, totaling [-]. Wild thought for a moment and agreed.

Afterwards, Wilder called two numbers that he hadn't spoken to in a long time.

"Daina, come to Ze Country."

"Bewanli, come to Zeguo."

After saying two simple sentences respectively, Wilder hung up the phone.

And Dana and Bei Wanli, who received the notification from Wilder, did not delay, and rushed to Zeguo non-stop. This was the first time they had received a notification from Wilder, which also gave them an opportunity. They knew , his chance to completely enter Wilder's command has come.

And...the two have longed for Zeguo, the Wilder base camp that they only heard about from time to time but never been able to go to last time.

This time, after receiving the notification from Wilder, the two quickly put down all the affairs in their hands, and the staff arranged by Wilder rushed over with them.

In the palace hall, Wilder saw the two people rushing over in a hurry, and the two finally saw Wilder again, and they became a little cautious for a while.

In particular, Wilder's long hair, which is too different from the previous style, made the two of them feel indescribably domineering and arrogant when they first saw it, which made them feel more invisible in their hearts. pressure.

Wilder glanced at the two of them and smiled slightly, "Don't be nervous, tell me about the progress of your respective careers during this time."

Wilder's task for Bevanli was to take over Red Night's foundation and gain an in-depth understanding of the underground world, especially Doflamingo's industry, so that he could lay a solid foundation first.

After that, Wilder put Dana in charge of underground intelligence collection, and for this purpose, he was equipped with a team of monitoring force members.

Then, let Bei Wanli and Dana carry out information sharing and exchange, which can be regarded as having completely jointly taken charge of the same duties and tasks.

The only difference is that Ben Wanli is mainly responsible for the intersection of Hongye Company and the Doflamingo industry, and the task of invading the Doflamingo industry.

On the other hand, Dana focuses on intelligence and dispatches intelligence agents to understand the underground world, but it is not limited to the underground world.

Seeing Wilder's smile and hearing his words, both Dana and Bevanli relaxed, and then began to report their work progress to Wilder.

For Dana, Wilder will naturally have a better attitude, after all...she is also his own woman, and this time, Wilder also deliberately dispatched Dana back, and completely incorporated it into Zeguo's internal duties.

After listening to the reports of the two, Wilder was quite satisfied that, apart from work, Dana's own strength improvement has not fallen behind. It can be known that Dana already has a strong combat power, and she is a senior in Zeguo Middle School. Cadres... It's not too far to even go one step further.

"Very good. Next, I have a job to hand over to you. It hasn't changed much from before, but...it's time for reconciliation and perfection."

"Tomorrow I will call everyone for a meeting, and you will also participate at that time. At the meeting, I will announce the establishment of the Snake Department!"

(End of this chapter)