Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

After the harvest, it's time to cultivate.

Kazematsu Spring Sprout used Wood Release: Winter Storage Technique to turn all the green stalks into organic fertilizer, increasing the fertility and thickness of the soil.

Then the children combined their chakra, like trickles of water converging into a mighty river, and worked together to unleash Earth Release: Cultivation Technique.

With chakra comparable to that of a Jonin, he used ninjutsu to complete the tilling and leveling of one-third of the terraced fields in an instant.

The soil has become loose and well-aerated, making it suitable for sowing.

The combined ninjutsu requires a high degree of coordination, and the children's lack of self-control caused damage to several sections of the terraced fields.

Fortunately, the damage was not serious, and the four-year-old child quickly repaired the broken parts.

After the Rising Sun organization completed the second planting, filling the terraced fields with winter wheat, the work was handed over to the children's parents.

For the adults, this truly fertile land and the winter wheat that had already sprouted were the most reliable hope.

However, one terraced field is not enough to house all the adults, and if Fengji Chunya does not participate directly, the income from the terraced field is not enough to support forty-three families.

So Yamanaka Chukyu led the children to build a workshop to study how to refine salt using ninjutsu.

The shops in Konoha Village sell refined salt, but the refining technology for refined salt is quite primitive, and the refining process consumes huge amounts of fuel, time, and labor.

Therefore, refined salt is scarce and very expensive, making it a luxury rather than a necessity.

Based on the principle of temperature difference in saturation of a solution, Yamanaka Chukyu guided the children of the Rising Sun Organization to conduct research and successfully develop the [Water Release: Dissolution Transformation Technique].

Using ninjutsu to purify crude salt is not only a hundred times more efficient than traditional refining techniques, but it also eliminates the need for massive amounts of firewood, reducing costs to one-tenth of traditional methods.

The profits involved are enormous; if this were exposed, the small Rising Sun organization would be wiped out instantly.

Because both refined and coarse salt were controlled by the Sarutobi clan, Yamanaka Hatsukyu not only reduced production with tears in his eyes, limiting the workshop to only one purification operation per day, but also sold the purified refined salt to the Sarutobi clan.

By sharing profits with the Sarutobi clan, they suppressed the covetousness of other ninja clans and nobles.

They then raised Orochimaru's banner again to suppress the Sarutobi clan's greed.

At the same time, Shan Zhongchu Jiu deliberately spent manpower and resources to create the illusion that he consumed a lot of firewood and clean water, resulting in high production costs.

The children pretended to work hard and barely earn a little money, which made the greedy hyena feel that it wasn't worth it and thus clashed with the mountain's first nine.

Yamanaka Chukyu is Orochimaru's newly recruited student, so it's only natural that he should have this little bit of benefit.

Even someone as shrewd as Danzo Shimura wouldn't offend Orochimaru for such a small amount of money.

Just when everything was on track, the war prophesied in the mountains broke out.

The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure gathered thousands of Kumogakure ninja and personally led Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, to attack the Land of Fire from the Land of Hot Water.

Although there were more Konoha ninjas blocking their way, none were strong enough to stop the Fourth Raikage, and none could stop the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's rampage.

Under the leadership of the two powerful figures, the Cloud Village army routed the Konoha ninja, killing and wounding thousands of Konoha ninja in just a few days.

The battle lines were pushed into the Land of Fire, and the Konoha ninja managed to hold out for a while thanks to their advantageous terrain, but they certainly couldn't hold out for long.

Requests for help flooded into the Hokage's office like snowflakes.

The consequences of losing the Fourth Hokage were fully revealed to the Third Hokage, suffocating him.

Almost instinctively, Hiruzen Sarutobi began to consider whether he could use concessions and compromises to persuade the Fourth Raikage to withdraw his troops.

The proud Konoha ninjas could not accept compromise, and Shimura Danzo, who considered himself part of Root, clamored for a counterattack, even resorting to rumors to resonate with countless Konoha ninjas.

Enraged by the immense pressure, Hiruzen Sarutobi seized the opportunity to berate Danzo Shimura, cutting off half of his Root organization's budget and instantly subduing Danzo.

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was hesitating about whether to compromise and how to communicate with the Fourth Raikage, A, Kirigakure launched an attack.

The Fourth Mizukage personally led the expedition and conquered the Land of Waves in just one morning. The daimyo of the Land of Waves immediately surrendered.

Having obtained the best springboard for attacking the Land of Fire, Kirigakure launched a large-scale landing operation, advancing the battle line into the Land of Fire with almost no fighting.

Konoha Village is now fighting on two fronts, and the situation has become extremely precarious, even more dangerous than when the four great ninja villages besieged Konoha two years ago.

Almost overnight, the entire village of Konoha felt the threat of annihilation.

At this point, Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer deceive himself and had to seriously mobilize his troops, assign tasks, and form the Konoha Ninja Army to launch a counterattack.

However, with the Konoha ninjas being transferred to the northern and western fronts, the Sand Village ninjas, whose backbones had been broken, began to stir.

The Hidden Stone Village, which had been utterly defeated in the siege of the Third Raikage, began to stir again, with Hidden Stone ninjas sneaking around the Land of Rain.

Hiruzen Sarutobi no longer believed in any ceasefire agreement, and he didn't even trust the actions of his ally, Sunagakure.

As for the ceasefire agreement signed earlier, when Konoha Village was in danger, it was just a piece of waste paper covered with words but waiting to be torn up.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to abandon his illusions, seriously prepare war supplies, mobilize Konoha ninja on a large scale, and do his utmost to draw resources from the ninja clans.

He was so busy with so many tasks that he was going crazy.

At this time, the Third Hokage's wife passed away, and Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't even need to go home. He went directly to the Hokage's office and worked frantically day and night.

Whenever he was exhausted, he would go to the balcony to smoke a pipe. His numb mind would always unconsciously recall the crisis of being besieged by the four great ninja villages back then. How exactly was it resolved?

Oh, I remember now.

Orochimaru commanded the Konoha ninja army to hold off the Iwagakure ninja in the Land of Rain, giving Konoha enough time to destroy the Sunagakure army.

It was Minato Namikaze who unleashed extraordinary fighting power, crushing the Sunagakure army at the most dangerous and crucial moment.

It was the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who made a wrong judgment, choosing to suddenly betray his arch-rival, Kumogakure, with the mindset of celebrating halfway through the game.

The Iwagakure army even exhausted the Third Raikage to death through a three-day, three-night siege.

Now that Minato Namikaze has sacrificed himself and Orochimaru is heartbroken, will Onoki make the same mistake again after suffering such a loss?

The Third Hokage grew increasingly uneasy, feeling no certainty of victory, and the thought of compromise surged through his mind like a tidal wave.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, the Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Raikage, Mizukage, why can't they understand me and give up their covetousness of the Land of Fire?"

"Why don't your ninjas yearn for peace, and why are they unwilling to take the initiative to end the war?"