Konoha: This Uchiha just wants to lie down.

Chapter 918: Fighting openly and secretly!

"The logistics and salaries of the coalition forces will be borne by the daimyo of each country!"

Mifune told a 'good news'.

However, everyone had actually reached a tacit understanding about this news, it was just that Mifune officially announced it now.

There is no other way. The assassinations against daimyo and nobles are too rampant now. If the Five Kage don't take action quickly, the casualties will only become more exaggerated.

In comparison, taking out some money and resources is no big deal.

Just yesterday, several nobles and a daimyo of a small country got into trouble. This made the daimyo and nobles feel like thorns in their sides. How could they sit still?

As long as the five major ninja villages take action immediately, they can prepare both supplies and money immediately.

Therefore, Mifune was under considerable pressure to speak at this time.

Otherwise, how could he, who had originally made up his mind not to speak nonsense, actually speak nonsense?

"Since the logistics are provided, let's discuss it and ask the major ninja villages to send people, right?"

Ai Da waved his hand and skipped the 'seeking consent' stage and went straight to the actual operation stage.

As for dealing with Akatsuki, all of the people in Kumogakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure have already made up their minds. The only disagreement they have now is over the degree of effort and the right to command.

"We have recently had a conflict with the Lieyang Kingdom, so we will not join the coalition!"

Ye Cang suddenly spoke.

Of course, she didn't really want to break up the coalition against Akatsuki, she just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

At the very least, we can't let the Sand Village be 'represented' by the Raikage without even discussing conditions, right?

"Kazekage, Akatsuki is the enemy of our five major ninja villages. If they dare to hunt the tailed beasts today, they will dare to attack the village tomorrow. I dare not even think about what they will do the day after tomorrow. You don't think the Sand Ninja will be able to stay out of it, do you?"

Ai tried to convince Ye Cang in a serious tone.

His clear and logical words also made people understand that he was indeed not the kind of person who would act recklessly.

The reason why he keeps clashing with Jiraiya is because there is a conflict of interest between the two sides.

But when facing Ye Cang, the Kazekage with whom he had no conflict of interest, he simply adopted the rhythm of "convincing him with reason".

However, the words of the Raikage made Dou Ping, who was standing next to him, look a little strange.

Because the tone of voice is somewhat similar to his.

These are all my words!
All I can say is that his influence on the ninja world is growing.

"That's right, but we in the Sand Village only have one Shukaku. Even if we lose it, we can still bear it. If we can make sure that everyone is free of tailed beasts, that would be great too!"

Ye Cang spoke from another perspective.

The Sand Village has only one tailed beast, which is the least among the five major ninja villages. This has also caused them to suffer a lot of losses on the battlefield.

For example, when fighting with the Iwagakure Village, the other side had two tailed beasts while they only had one, which was really a disadvantage. So since everyone has no tailed beasts, they are back to the same starting line, which is indeed good news for the Sand Village.

And there is one more thing Ye Cang didn't say, but everyone knows it.

The Sand Village is too barren!
Even though we now have the Dawn Canal, we are still at a considerable disadvantage compared to other ninja villages, so we really hope that everyone will give up together.

No desires, no demands!

This is the reason why Ye Cang is so fearless.

If the Sand Village were a prosperous village like the Kumogakure Village or Konoha, it would definitely be extremely anxious.

However, what Ye Cang said was actually half true and half false.

Because the current Sand Village, although not necessarily comparable to the Cloud Village, is definitely not worse than the Iwagakure Village, and may even be more prosperous. They absolutely do not want to start all over again.

It’s just that Ye Cang dared to play like this because he knew that Xiao would not cause trouble, and he was not afraid of getting into trouble at all.

"Don't joke around, Fengying. Just state what conditions you want!"

Jiraiya spoke before Ai could.

Fight for the right to speak!
We can't let Ai talk all the time, otherwise it will seem like he is the boss of the five major ninja villages.

At this time, the only two ninja villages that can compete for the title of the strongest ninja village are Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village. So once Jiraiya is suppressed, he may be looked down upon by the other major ninja villages, which will lead to a situation that is unfavorable to Konoha.

As for why he said that?
It is naturally clear that the other party is willing to participate in this Five Kage Conference, which actually shows that they are determined to eliminate the Akatsuki organization, but the conditions have not met the goal.

"The Fire Country and the Rock Country impose too high tariffs on us, and at the same time, they restrict the movement of people too much. If this problem can be solved, the Sand Ninja will definitely take revenge on Akatsuki!"

Ye Cang stated the conditions in a leisurely tone.

Tariffs and immigration!
As long as these two issues can be resolved, she naturally does not mind joining the coalition. Not to mention the role of taxation, the Wind Country used to be extremely poor, with not many goods to sell, so the tax rate was not a big deal.

But now with rapid development, the export volume of goods such as black oil, guano, minerals, etc. is increasing day by day, and high tariffs are too fatal.

If it were the former Sand Village, no matter how high your tariffs were, it would have nothing to do with the village. How many goods could a village sell?

But now the village is the Wind Kingdom, and the Wind Kingdom is the village. The two can be seen as one. The high tax rate is just cutting meat from them, so it is no wonder that Ye Cang would bring it up.

As for immigration?

The work of absorbing refugees has been going on since Ye Cang took office, but the two countries do not allow refugees to enter the Wind Kingdom, so the scale of smuggling cannot be large, so it must be solved.

That's right!

The latter condition is the real goal.

Now the Lieyang Country is madly absorbing refugees. Ye Cang is naturally aware of the importance of this mission, which is more important than any interest. Therefore, the first condition is just a cover, and the real condition is the second one.

As long as immigration is open, she will do her best to absorb immigrants.

The Sand Village now is not just a village, but also a country, so the entire Wind Kingdom can devote itself to absorbing refugees.

There is no need to worry about the shortage of supplies and food.

With the support of the Lieyang Country, which has accumulated materials for many years and has explosive productivity, it is more than enough.

Yes, the change in productivity is the reason why the Lieyang Kingdom dares to absorb refugees at will.

If it were other countries, they would be powerless even if they wanted to.

Because with their productivity, it is good enough for them to feed themselves, so how can they have extra food and supplies to feed the refugees?

Therefore, absorbing refugees is not something that everyone can do.

"…I believe the Daimyo will agree. If they don't, Konoha can help 'convince' them!"

After a moment's consideration, Jiraiya gave a direct affirmative answer.

In the past, he wouldn't have dared to make such a guarantee.

But before today's meeting, he received a promise from the daimyo's envoy, giving him a lot of power.

Not only Jiraiya, but Ōnoki and Ai also received these promises.

However, the nobles and daimyo of the Wind Country and the Water Country had long since died at the hands of the Akatsuki organization, so it was impossible for them to get any promises, and they were also vaguely excluded by the daimyo and nobles.

The original plan of the daimyos was to settle accounts with these two major ninja villages after dealing with the Kingdom of the Fiery Sun.

Who dared to rebel against Tiangang and directly occupy a country with ninjas?

If it weren't for the more hateful enemy, the Kingdom of the Fiery Sun, the Sand Village and the Mist Village would definitely be in trouble.

They were just pretending to be acquiescent at first, but because the country of the Fiery Sun could not be resolved and had to rely more and more on the two major ninja villages, the daimyo decided to really win over the two major ninja villages, so tariffs and refugees could be negotiated.

As the Hokage, Jiraiya was of course aware of the changes in the mentality of the daimyo and the nobles, so he dared to give the guarantee directly.

"How dare the Akatsuki organization snatch one of our Sand Village's tails away? No matter how much it costs, we must get rid of these hateful guys!"

When Ye Cang heard Jiraiya's promise, he immediately expressed his irreconcilable ties with the Akatsuki organization.

In this case, only the Hidden Mist Village is left.

"The Hidden Mist Village agrees to form a coalition, but the number of people we can send is limited!"

Mei Terumi calmly gave an affirmative response.

stand by!

But I won't go all out.

Because the Hidden Mist Village is far away from the mainland, even if the Akatsuki organization wants to cause trouble, they will not be the first to suffer, so this reaction is normal.

And this is all for the sake of trade. Otherwise, let alone support, it would be good enough if you don't speak out against it.

Although Jiraiya, Ai, and Ōnoki were a little unhappy with Mei Terumi's response, they were not dissatisfied. Instead, they felt that it was quite good.

In the past, the Mist Shadow Village implemented a "closed-door" strategy, which meant that you, the big ninja villages, could have fun on your own and not disturb us. Now that you are willing to support the coalition, what else do you want?

The next step is to determine the commander of the coalition forces.

Neither Jiraiya nor Ai would give up this position.

But before the two of them could open their mouths, something unexpected happened at the venue.

(End of this chapter)