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Liang State, still considered the foremost kingdom in the world.
Because the true number one, Chu State, had not disclosed any key data regarding its population, military strength, or grain production to outsiders for ten years.
"With fifteen years of accumulation, Great Chu has always been concealing its strength, using incessant warfare and this prosperous grand illusion to bewilder the world."
Lu Yuan gazed upon Baling City, his thoughts drifting far as he recited aloud, "A population of seventy million, troop strength of three million, annual revenue of four hundred million silver tales, six hundred million mu of cultivated land, a grain production of five hundred million stones, and seventy-two individuals of Inborn status.
"In fifteen years, Great Chu has amassed these underlying assets.
But all along, we have been hiding them, just waiting for an opportunity."
