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Chapter 59: The Road to Hokage
Something that can really drive people to unite.

It has never been a so-called common ideal, nor equality, nor the fear under absolute violence.

But profit.

The reason why the word fairness comes into being is because there are respective interests.

So if you want people to follow you sincerely, first you have to ensure that the people who follow you can have enough food and drink, and then the children and family members of the people who follow you can also have enough food and drink.

The next step is to ensure that those who can follow you are well fed and well-watered for a long time.

Only in this way can you truly gain the loyalty of everyone.

War is a violent act used to redistribute resources, whether it is land, food, or means of production, and over a long period of time, people are also counted.

Like Sarutobi Hiruzen, if you win the war and get nothing, not even any emotional value, and you even have to give away some money for peace, then that is not peace.

That's called surrender.

If things continue like this, it would be terrible if the team members’ morale remained low.

What he wanted was a Konoha Village that was ready to fight under his command and was happy to hear about war, a ninja base to fight against the Otsutsuki clan, not five people fighting to the death for a small share of the mission all day long, or even stepping into the trap of killing each other during these missions.

He absolutely did not believe that these daimyo did not do anything bad in the tasks given to them!

Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of the economic control of the daimyos and let the ninjas understand that by following Li Ke, they can solve economic problems without having to kill each other all day long.

In this case, there must be sufficient benefits.

How do benefits come from?
Doing business, producing, and farming.

This is also the reason why he had to bring along members of the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan before taking action, because only they have enough chakra, but are not considered ninjas!

These people can effectively manage other workers or do a better job. Their cohesion, organization, and loyalty are considerable.

Although this will bring about a new class, the ninja class that masters chakra, but in the future, if things like food production catch up, universal chakra will not be a problem.

By that time, such things will naturally no longer exist.

And he is not dead.

Moreover--

No matter how bad what he makes is, it will be ten thousand times better than what it is now!
Mizukage also reacted immediately. He looked at Li Ke in astonishment for making such a request, and spoke in shock and anger.

"Impossible, that's the daimyo's right, not the village's!"

This is simply not a decision that a Mizukage like him can make!

The Hidden Mist Village is not as united as it appears from the outside, and the existence of the Blood Mist Village has its reasons.

The Hidden Mist Village itself was formed under the strong pressure of the establishment and alliance of other ninja villages, and it was not very united from the beginning. In addition, many families in the Hidden Mist Village also have a lot of relationships with the nobles. These families are basically the spokespersons of the nobles and have additional income outside the village.

In other words, if he agreed to this matter, someone from the Hidden Mist Village would immediately assassinate him, even though almost all the ninjas who attacked him were killed and hung up immediately.

But if the interests of these families are affected, the ninjas hidden in their families will immediately appear and constantly try to overthrow him!

"Then can you tell me, for me who possesses the power of the Flying Thunder God, what use are you still to me?"

Li Ke asked his own question.

The Sandaime Mizukage knew that this was a threat to him. If he didn't agree, he would destroy the Hidden Mist Village. This was something Li Ke could do, and he was not joking. So he covered his chest and started to defend himself.

"This is not my problem. Even if I agree, you won't be able to do business. Moreover, the Daimyo of each country can also put pressure on the Hokage of Konoha, and..."

He couldn't go into too much detail because it involved the delicate relationship between the daimyo and the ninja. However, Li Ke didn't have this concern and spoke directly.

"Then you can tell the Daimyo of the Land of Water directly that I can defect at any time."

His words made the Sandaime Mizukage open his eyes wide. Li Ke spoke in a light tone, but didn't it mean that he could overturn the table at any time? !

But the most terrifying thing is that the other party, at the age of less than twelve, really has the ability to overturn the table!
Konoha Village is really a place full of monsters.

The Mizukage couldn't help but think so.

First there were the Senju brothers and Uchiha Madara, then there were the Sannin and White Fang.

A ninja who is rare in other villages and can resist one side is not even qualified to run for the Kage in Konoha Village...

Even if they all left, among the new generation there emerged Minato Namikaze and Kiyotan Murata, who was younger than Minato Namikaze.

And what about his own Hidden Mist Village?

It's okay that there aren't many geniuses, and there are even fewer geniuses with brains. Even if they do have brains, no one would dare to use them. After all, no one knows whether he is loyal to the village, the family, or the Daimyo of the Water Country.

So the Mizukage's expression became even uglier.

Li Ke looked at the Mizukage's face and knew that he was feeling unhappy, so he stabbed him again.

"Besides, this is your problem, not mine. It's you who needs to think about how to convince the daimyo and others, not me. If you can't do it, it means you don't want to do business with me. If your successor can't do it, he also doesn't want to do business with me. After all, in the final analysis..."

He smiled.

"You lost to me and Minato Namikaze, not Konoha."

Does it make a difference?
Any normal person can see that Minato Namikaze has already locked down the next generation of Hokage, and Li Ke is Minato Namikaze's next generation of Hokage.

As long as these two people don't fall out, any force in the ninja world must be careful when facing Konoha Village. They will declare war on the same day, otherwise these two people will come to your doorstep and launch a surprise attack at night.

"........."

The Mizukage was silent, and Li Ke handed the peace treaty to the Mizukage and considerately presented him with a pen.

The Mizukage sighed and stretched out his hand tremblingly.

If he signs the contract, only he will die, and the Water Country and the Hidden Mist Village will lose some interests. If he can talk things over with the Daimyo of the Water Country, it won't be a big problem.

But if they don't sign it, there is an 80% chance that the Hidden Mist Village will be expelled. At most, Li Ke can pretend to have defected and then come back for revenge.

So, he made a decision and looked at Li Ke.

"I have a condition."

"Say, when the Cloud Village and the Rock Village invade us, you must help us, and the land we can give you can only be on the border between Cloud Village and us, and it must be leased in name only!"

Li Ke almost wanted to pull out a cowhide to show them what colonial shock was, but in the end he didn't do it. Instead, he looked at the Mizukage with concern.

"Oh, my friend, you are so polite, but how did you get hurt? You were so careless..."

(End of this chapter)