Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 155 Economy and the Third Shinobi World War

Ningyuan originally had a sword, which was given to him by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, the sword was made of ordinary material, and Ning Yuan had no other weapon to use, so he just made do with it.

Now that there are better options, who would still want to use that one!

After putting away the sword, scepter, and fan, Ning Yuan said, "Let's go!"

"Aren't you going to take another look? There's still so much here we haven't seen!" Black Zetsu pointed to the scattered treasures and armor on the ground: "And next door, there's a collection of many Uchiha clan secret ninjutsu. There's a technique called Izanami that's incredibly powerful!"

"There's no time!" Ning Yuan said.

"Huh?" Black Jue was taken aback, his expression immediately turning serious. "Someone's coming? But this is underground, very well hidden!"

"No, it's just that it's Monday today, and I have to go to school!"

"Huh?" Black Absolute was completely dumbfounded.

"Didn't I tell you?" Ning Yuan asked. "I'm still in school. I'm a second-year student at the Konoha Ninja Academy. It's already seven in the morning, and I'll be late if I'm any later..."

Black Zetsu was utterly speechless: "With your strength already, you can even go toe-to-toe with Madara, why do you still need to go to school?!"

Ning Yuan thought for a moment, then sighed deeply: "Perhaps it's because I'm too strong!"

"Huh?" Hei Jue was bewildered and didn't understand.

Ning Yuan once thought about learning the Shadow Clone Technique to skip school, but after learning the Shadow Clone Technique, and even the Wood Clone Technique, he no longer wanted to skip school.

The reason is the same as what he said to Black Zetsu: he's too strong.

Once he reaches his level, he basically won't need to train his muscles, run long distances, or practice swordsmanship or spearmanship anymore. With his true qi tempering, it's much more efficient than building muscle.

As for combat experience, having the Arcane Pen Hall is much better than training alone.

Therefore, for Ning Yuan, practicing in the classroom and outside are the same.

Another advantage of attending school in the classroom is that it reminds Ningyuan not to get too cocky; he's still just a human being.

Ning Yuan didn't want to become like Pain, who no longer considered himself human, just because he had embarked on the path of cultivation and possessed immense power.

That kind of life is boring.

Moreover, once you're free from the worries of studying, returning to school won't feel like stress, but rather the pure joy of childhood.

It's like winning 2 million in the lottery, but instead of quitting your job, you go back to work.

At this moment, even your boss who makes things difficult for you and your colleagues who are disgusting to you will seem adorable in your eyes.

When Ning Yuan returned to the village with Hei Jue on his flying sword, a major event also occurred in Fengdu, the capital of the Wind Kingdom.

The summary of the six months in the Land of Wind fell into the hands of the daimyo of the Land of Wind.

Not all national leaders are incompetent, lazy, and spend their days enjoying life.

The daimyo of the Land of Wind is not.

As for the reason, the Land of Wind is simply too poor, and oil drilling isn't popular these days, so he can't enjoy life even if he wants to.

On the contrary, the daimyo of the Land of Wind is extremely wise and has great courage.

Since taking office, he has been personally involved in government and cared for the people, encouraged commerce, encouraged people to find oases, and vigorously developed smelting technology.

While developing its internal affairs, Sunagakure also focused on strengthening its military. The Daimyo of the Land of Wind provided more and more support to Sunagakure each year, to the point that despite being a village in the desert, Sunagakure's strength was no less than that of the Land of Water, ranking fourth among the Five Great Nations.

This is also the main reason why the Land of Wind reduced its support for Sunagakure, and the Kazekage had no say in it, leaving him to refine gold dust to make money.

Because back then, the big name had already tightened their belts to support you, but you didn't achieve the desired results, so why should I continue to support you?

It's not that I don't want to give you money, it's that you're not ambitious enough!

Closer to home.

In many people's minds, it seems that Konoha was always the one being beaten and ganged up on during the several Shinobi World Wars.

Actually not.

The only time Konoha was ganged up on was during the Third Shinobi World War.

As for why, this has to do with the reasons for the war.

The First Shinobi World War was a continuation of the wars during the Warring States period.

As various families formed villages, the hatred between these families naturally evolved into hatred between villages.

Initially, with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha suppressing the unrest, other villages naturally dared not act recklessly.

But later, Hashirama Senju died, and Madara also died. Other countries naturally had no more concerns, and the First Shinobi World War broke out.

The main warring parties were Konoha and Kumogakure.

The Second Shinobi World War was caused by small countries being dissatisfied with their current status and seeking to become powerful.

The Five Great Nations didn't exist from the beginning. You can tell from the fact that Hashirama distributed one Tailed Beast to Takigakure. At least at that time, Hashirama believed that there were not five, but six powerful nations.

Over the decades, some countries have become stronger and some have become weaker. The five countries that developed the fastest and became the strongest have become the five major powers.

You call your country a big country, but I call mine a small country. Of course I'm not happy about that!

Moreover, small countries aren't without their own skills; they possess unique techniques and ninjutsu. Furthermore, after a long period of peace, they don't interact much with their neighbors, so some arrogance is quite common.

Then, with the Land of Rain taking the lead, the other smaller countries jumped up and launched attacks on the larger country.

At that time, in addition to the Rain Country, the Sky Country, the Sun Country, and a number of other small countries were also fighting. However, the other small countries were defeated so quickly that it looked like the Rain Country was fighting against three opponents at once.

The Third Shinobi World War was initiated for economic reasons.

The Land of Fire is similar to China in that it is a vast country with abundant resources and a large population.

Such countries have a characteristic: as long as it is peacetime and the daimyo does not act recklessly, they will develop rapidly, even if they are governed by laissez-faire.

Before the Warring States period, when wars were everywhere, this characteristic was not so obvious.

However, this characteristic began to emerge after the establishment of the Five Great Ninja Villages and the war no longer involved civilians.

From the founding of Konoha to the Third Shinobi World War, the Land of Fire enjoyed a total of 45 years of peace!

Forty-five years of peaceful development have made the economy of the Land of Fire stronger and more vibrant than ever before.

Initially, this power was limited to the Land of Fire, but after World War II, even the small, arrogant countries disappeared. After establishing the name of Konoha, caravans carrying the Land of Fire flag and escorted by Konoha ninjas were no longer dared to provoke.

This created favorable conditions for the export of goods from the Land of Fire.

Having already captured a significant share of the market within the Land of Fire, merchants from the Land of Fire began venturing abroad to sell their goods in other countries.

This made other countries immediately realize how terrifying their neighbor was.

The price of the influx of a large number of high-quality and inexpensive goods is the complete destruction of the local economy, which is powerless to resist.

The outflow of large amounts of capital has led to a shortage of money in various countries, also known as deflation.

When there isn't enough money in the market, it will affect the circulation of goods. Once the circulation of goods stops, tax revenue in various regions will be affected.

As for the cost of the impact on tax revenue, those who have read the history of the Ming Dynasty should know.

If we stand idly by, what awaits all countries is a slow death.

Thus, the four great powers launched an attack on Konoha without prior agreement.

This is why the first two major wars were fought separately, but the Third Shinobi World War became a four-nation coalition attacking Konoha.

This is what happened in the original story.

After Ningyuan was established, it encouraged industry and commerce, popularized education, eliminated miscellaneous taxes, and used the money of the nobles to allow everyone to develop the economy.

Under these various policies, the Land of Fire developed at an even faster pace.

Therefore, countries that originally wouldn't have realized something was wrong until three years later are now already sensing that something is amiss.

Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet.

The first to sense that the water temperature was off was the Land of Wind, which has the weakest economy and is most dependent on imports!

(End of this chapter)