Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 110 Hiruzen Sarutobi is still a coward.

Konoha's actions against the Land of Grass cannot be considered a war.

Because Yua sent letters to the Kage of the four countries of Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water, saying that he was standing up for the Hyuga clan in his village, and that the dog from the Land of Grass dared to covet the Byakugan, so he would definitely kill him.

These four countries were secretly wondering if Yoya was taking this opportunity to give them a warning.

They're also quite interested in eye rolls...

However, on the surface, they all sent people to express their support for those bastards from Konoha and the Land of Dry Grass.

They don't even know what kind of trash they are. A mere grass country like Cricket dares to covet our great nation, and the leader of the Grass Country even arrogantly calls himself Grass Shadow.

The title of "Kage" can only be used by the leaders of the five ninja villages of the Fire, Lightning, Water, Wind, and Earth factions.

For example, it's acceptable for Konoha to call the leader of Yugakure (the village of hot springs) "Yukage" (the village of hot springs), but if the leader of Yugakure calls himself Yukage, no one will care and it won't matter. However, the five great nations would never accept this.

It's just him indulging in self-deception at best.

The fact that the leader of the Grass Country calls himself the Grass Shadow is absolutely laughable.

They don't even look at themselves, what kind of worthless thing are they to dare call themselves Grass Shadow?

Yuya sent people from the Hyuga clan to command this operation with only one request: make this as big a scene as possible!

In the original history, how did Hiruzen Sarutobi handle the incident where Hinata Hyuga was ambushed and almost kidnapped?

It's like admitting defeat outright.

Yuya would never back down, nor did he feel he needed to. In fact, if we look back at the time of Hiruzen Sarutobi in the original history, setting aside internal conflicts, even if Hiruzen Sarutobi had been a bit tougher, Kumogakure would not have dared to act rashly. At most, there would have been a fight on the border, but it was impossible for another war on the scale of the Ninja World War. If some nobody dares to be so arrogant towards Konoha, then who else should I deal with if not you?

After Youya's order was relayed, some people in the village became restless.

Hiruzen Sarutobi found Yua and, after hesitating for a long time, finally shared his opinion.

He feared that the Land of Earth might take advantage of the situation if Konoha attacked the Land of Grass, and if the Land of Earth caused trouble, the Land of Wind would certainly be uneasy, and if the Land of Wind was uneasy, then the Land of Lightning might join in the fun.

Yuya laughed. Hiruzen Sarutobi's idea wasn't entirely wrong. There are so many countries in the ninja world. If the Land of Lightning and the Hidden Cloud Village aren't good, then the other countries are too.

It is right to be suspicious of other countries at all times, but we should not be timid because of it.

Yua was very polite to Hiruzen Sarutobi, serving him fine tea and not putting on airs as the Third Hokage. In fact, Yua was too lazy to wear the Hokage hat unless it was a formal occasion; it was just a symbol of status with no real meaning.

Yua and Hiruzen Sarutobi analyzed the current situation in the ninja world.

The war had just ended. Putting aside the losses suffered by Kumogakure, let's just talk about the village's economy.

The economy of Kumogakure has only just started to improve, but the money in their country is still basically in the hands of a few people. This means that the price of food in Kumogakure is kept down because of the resources of Konoha and Iwagakure, making it affordable for ordinary people, but other resources are a different story.

To put it simply, the Third Raikage is currently relying on the assistance of Konoha and Iwagakure to manage the village and prevent it from descending into chaos.

Aside from the slightly lower price of grain, everything else in Cloud Village is expensive, not even a pack of toilet paper.

Cloud Village has abundant domestic resources, but copper, iron, silver, and even gold mines are not enough to fill its stomach.

For at least three years, Kumogakure cannot do without the assistance of Iwagakure and Konoha.

If the Hidden Cloud Village dares to cause trouble at this critical juncture, Yuya wouldn't mind cutting off supplies and giving the aid sold to the Hidden Cloud Village to other countries.

Small countries may have limited resources, but they can still extract some profit from them.

You Ya doesn't care how much profit there is.

The economy of Kumogakure is now controlled by Konoha, and militarily, there is always an army stationed on the border.

It's just that there aren't as many battles as before.

But there must be a large brigade.

This brigade is rotated, changing every year.

From these two perspectives, the Hidden Cloud Village simply doesn't have the capability to fight another war.

Aside from Kumogakure, there's only Sunagakure in the Land of Wind.

Putting aside other factors, the Second Kazekage certainly had excellent strategic vision.

But it is precisely because it is good that he has always refused to allow all the land in Sunagakure Village, the few places that can be used to grow food, to be replaced with chili peppers.

It was precisely because of his outstanding strategic vision that he was willing to spend ten years building a canal from the north of the Land of Wind to Sunagakure.

It was precisely because of his outstanding strategic vision that You Ya believed he would not send troops after weighing the gains and losses.

Because with a little calculation, it's clear that Sunagakure, which is currently cooperating with Konoha, is the one most likely to benefit.

If we don't cooperate with Konoha...

Can Iwagakure give Sunagakure what it wants?

Will Iwagakure allow them to continue expanding their desert chili pepper cultivation? Is there a market to consume their chili peppers?

impossible.

Therefore, the Land of Wind passes.

Since neither wind nor lightning can be moved, then it's just the Land of Earth. Even if, by any chance, the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, Onoki, really loses his mind and decides to attack Konoha...

Are Konoha afraid?

What's there to be afraid of? At worst, we'll just fight another large-scale war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was persuaded by Yua.

In fact, he didn't understand anything about what You Ya was talking about, such as economics, market share, and economic substitutability.

But it was precisely because he couldn't understand it that he thought Youya was amazing.

It would be a miracle if you understood it.

However, the things that Hiruzen Sarutobi talked to Yua about did give Yua a wake-up call.

Having these kinds of leverage alone would certainly be enough in wartime.

But what about everyday conflicts?

You can't expect the ninjas from Kumogakure to throw a pile of shit at Konoha and then say you want to decouple your economy from theirs, can you?

That's impossible.

We need to find a way to control these villages from other places.

With that in mind, You Ya began writing the project proposal.

In Konoha Year 17, Yua wrote a plan that accurately depicted the current state of Konoha. After Yua's death, these documents will be displayed in the Hokage Museum for public viewing.

Well, this museum hasn't actually been built yet; it will only appear in the future.

In summary, the detailed content of Yu Yaxin's plan is to cooperate more with the Lightning, Wind, and Earth factions, and then have them use their resources to exchange for Konoha's money.

Although everyone uses the same unit, the Konoha banknote ryo is worth more than yours.

This is the first step. The second step is to use Konoha's paper money to buy gold from these countries.

Don't misunderstand, these golden orbs are not for cultivation.

When most of the Gold Saints in the entire ninja world were in Konoha...

Konoha's paper money was tied to gold.

As for what to do if someone sees through Yuya's gold standard maneuver and doesn't cooperate.

It's very simple. If you're not willing to exchange your resources for our money, then forget it, and we won't cooperate.

I won't build factories there, nor will I do business with you anymore. Anyway, other countries will definitely be willing to do business with us.

Besides, it's for your own good that I'm asking you to exchange your resources for our money.

You can't expect us to barter resources with each other, can you?

This method of trading is so primitive.

What? You're saying you want to exchange your currency for my money?

That won't work. What can you buy with your currency? What can I buy with my currency? How can they be the same?

I have a phonograph and an electric fan here. Radio stations will be developed soon. Do you have these?

No? If you don't have any, then what are you talking about? Just honestly bring resources to exchange for codes.

It's not like we're not going to pay you!

When gold, the hard currency, flowed into Konoha, the gold standard was established.

Then Youya will be able to perform even more advanced maneuvers.

Of course, you can only play these games once you have enough gold.

Now...

Let's first take down those arrogant so-called "grass shadows" of the Grass Country.

You can search on Baidu to find out where America's gold standard came from; it's quite mind-blowing.

(End of this chapter)