Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 424, First Question

After competing with several bidders, the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, who ultimately won the bid, has been feeling a bit numb lately.

He finally secured the lucrative railway construction project in the Land of Whirlpools. He had finally won the bid and was about to make a lot of money, and he could also expand the influence of the Hidden Cloud Village.

As a result, a series of unexpected events occurred.

First of all, after winning the bid, he planned to purchase materials locally, which is a very normal thing, right?

Transporting cement from Kumogakure to Uzushiogakure is a complete waste of time. I could use the space to load a whole ship with cement for so many other things!

Then, there's the issue of construction machinery.

There's not much to say about that. Yua said he wouldn't target you, so he wouldn't. Konoha Village also has a corresponding construction team in the Land of Whirlpools, but they all follow Mitokado Homura's orders.

Mitokado Homura has something to say: This construction team is mine. If you want to use it, then you'll have to pay extra. What, you think you can use my construction team without paying extra? That's not fair!

The Third Raikage had considered using the Hidden Cloud Village's own construction team.

But after calculating the travel expenses and such, I realized it would be better to just hire workers locally.

They weren't asking for much, just 20% more than their usual salary, which, strictly speaking, isn't excessive.

After all, they are a construction team from Konoha. It's already good enough that they are willing to sign a contract with you. What more could you want?

Of course, on the surface, the Third Raikage would definitely look like he was the one who suffered a loss.

In fact, anyone who knows a little math can figure it out. Konoha didn't really target the Third Raikage when it came to the construction team.

Next comes the machine.

Excuse me, but Yua describes the Land of Whirlpools as having a highly developed tertiary industry.

In other words, while the locals of Whirlpool Country can work in factories, the main industries are service and tourism.

As for the leadership of various organizations in the Land of Whirlpools, such as machinery factories, shipyards, newspapers, and television stations, Yua would never allow the people of the Land of Whirlpools to take them over.

At most, you can appoint your own people as Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture, okay? As for the others, you certainly won't get them while Youya is in office.

Therefore, the Third Raikage still had to either buy Konoha's machines or transport his own.

The Third Raikage thought about it again and realized that Konoha had indeed done a good job this time, not even raising the price at a time like this.

So the Third Raikage decided to buy three sets, so that when they were used up, they could be transported back to Kumogakure, and he wouldn't lose too much money.

Okay, the machinery, manpower, and materials were all ready, and Yuya didn't cause any trouble. But when it came time to confirm the construction in Konoha in 59...

The locals of the Land of Whirlpools are causing trouble.

And the reasons are very valid:

The road you built used my land, can't you give me some compensation?!

The Third Raikage is paralyzed.

He never expected that Yua wouldn't cause any trouble; in fact, Yua was quite cooperative with him in some ways. As a result, those troublemakers from the Land of Whirlpools suddenly appeared.

Even Nagato, the Minister of Construction of the Land of Whirlpools, is furious!

Do these people of the Land of Whirlpools not know that once this railway is built, their country's transportation routes will be completely transformed?

Even Nagato and the Third Raikage's first thought was whether it was that bastard Yua who was behind it all.

However, upon further investigation, it turned out that we had misunderstood them.

Yuya didn't use any connections or send any ninjas to the Land of Whirlpools. In fact, Mitokado Homura was already preparing to return to Konoha this year to report on his duties.

Yua is looking for a successor, and Mitokado Homura is also looking for someone to continue as the retired emperor of the Land of Whirlpools.

Of course, strictly speaking, Youya can directly designate the candidates.

However, Yua felt that after leaving Mitokado Homura in that wretched place called the Land of Whirlpools for over thirty years, he hadn't enjoyed much of the benefits from Konoha Village. Although being the retired emperor in the Land of Whirlpools was great, Yua still felt he owed Mitokado Homura something.

Therefore, Yua gave Mitokado Homura the opportunity to recommend a candidate for the next Konoha garrison commander in the Land of Whirlpools.

As long as it's not too outrageous, Youya doesn't intend to refuse.

What does it mean to go too far?

So naturally, Mitokado Homura would recommend someone whose ninja abilities aren't particularly outstanding.

After all... who can guarantee that the position of governor of the Land of Whirlpools won't be assassinated?

Therefore, we still need to find someone with outstanding abilities. Although Konoha Village has developed rapidly recently, in the end, this world is still dominated by ninjas.

Mitokado Homura was aware of this, which was why he had been having some headaches lately. His own family was located in the Daimyo's territory, and his family had outstanding ninjas...

Honestly, there aren't many.

Daming Prefecture is indeed a place that is too good at supporting useless people.

Therefore, how could Mitokado Enoshige, who hadn't even taken care of his own affairs, possibly have nothing better to do than cause trouble?

They're still using these low-level tactics of villagers causing trouble.

Since neither Yua nor Mitokado Homura caused any trouble, there's not much more to say. Let's just look for our own problems.

Well, then the Third Raikage did the math and realized that if he had to give money to everyone in every place, his business, which was originally supposed to break even in the first year after completion, might now take ten years!

When Yuya carried out reforms in Konoha Village, everything was planned in advance.

It was the kind of scrap paper that Youya had in the earliest days.

Nara Shika was quite surprised at the time, feeling that Yua had planned everything.

However, in reality, Yuya was simply built according to the city planning of its previous life.

In other words, Youya had already calculated where the railway and highway would be when the village was still a makeshift operation.

When other villages copied the system, the houses, railways, and roads were modified together. The villagers received new houses and compensation, so they naturally didn't cause trouble.

But the Land of Whirlpools is different.

Under Yua's arrangement, many new architectural styles have been built in the Land of Whirlpools.

Furthermore, since the Land of Whirlpools primarily focuses on the tertiary sector, many houses here are two-story villas, at most three or four stories, with yards, emphasizing comfort and a pleasant living environment.

So here's the question.

When Nagato was calculating, he was definitely calculating the optimal distance for the railway, and the optimal distance would inevitably pass through these villages.

Then you won't pay...

Why should anyone let you build this road?

Nagato encountered his first problem.

What You Ya knew was that this was just the beginning.

In fact, the best time to develop a village is when it is extremely poor.

Once the village is built, people will surely feel sorry for all the jars and pots there.

There's no way around it; what ordinary people in any world value most is their own little corner of the world.

(End of this chapter)