Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 540 Nagato Submits

Yuya was able to expand the scale of the operation to a level that none of the former Konoha ninja clans combined could achieve, but Minato Namikaze did not have that ability.

However, in essence, the underlying logic behind what You Ya did was to win over some people and attack others.

If this works, why didn't Minato Namikaze choose this method?

Moreover, Kushina Uzumaki was a princess of the Land of Whirlpools, which adds even more to the story.

Now there's only one problem.

In other words: who should be assigned to do this task?

What? Minato Namikaze is coming himself?

Is it possible that if Minato Namikaze did this himself, he wouldn't be able to do anything else?

Minato Namikaze knew that he absolutely could not personally take action to ensure the implementation of this land tax exemption policy.

If he makes a move, who knows how the elders of the Land of Whirlpools will talk about him.

As long as he doesn't take action, even if he finds a proxy, the people of the Land of Whirlpools can only fight against that proxy in name only.

It's not that I'm afraid of those in power; it's just that this is the rule of politics.

Minato Namikaze can field one, two, three agents; theoretically, he can keep fielding his agents and playing with these people because of their different identities.

He is, after all, the governor of the Land of Whirlpools, and the power that comes with the title of governor is derived from those two words.

As for the others, not only did they not have this authority, they could only personally intervene when faced with the people Minato Namikaze had sent out.

after all……

Even the agents are at the same level as them.

……

"So, this is why you came to find me?" Nagato Uzumaki looked at Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, the couple, with a speechless expression.

What kind of nonsense is this? I'm not stupid. Do you think I don't know that you two are being ostracized by those old men in the Land of Whirlpools?

Nagato, who was in his late twenties and about to turn thirty, was no fool. These two guys made him the Minister of Agriculture, giving him full authority over the tax policy targeting the farmers of the Land of Whirlpools. On the surface, it seemed like they valued him, since he was now the head of diplomacy for the Land of Whirlpools, which was a prestigious title. But in reality, not to mention how much power he actually had, just the fact that the job of this position was to go to the United Nations General Assembly and argue with other countries made Nagato realize that he was basically out of touch with politics.

Why did he end up like this?

It's all because he shared the profits from the last railway construction project in the Land of Whirlpools with the people of the Land of Whirlpools instead of enriching certain people, and then he was put in this position "representing the face of the country".

It's worth mentioning here that, in the eyes of major powers, such as Konoha, the representatives of the United Nations General Assembly are very important, after all, they represent the face of Konoha.

However, for small countries like the Land of Whirlpools, this position is really not very good.

At least Nagato Uzumaki thought it wasn't very good.

Now that Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze have come to visit him and ask him to "return to the battlefield," how can this be considered a triumphant return?

This is practically forcing him to jump off a cliff.

Do I look silly?

Minato Namikaze didn't care that Nagato disagreed; he hadn't expected Nagato to agree to his request right away.

However, Minato Namikaze said he would use moral blackmail.

"You once fought against powerful figures and the elders of the Uzumaki clan for the sake of the people of the Land of Whirlpools. Have you forgotten your original aspirations?"

Hearing Minato Namikaze morally blackmail him, Nagato looked at Minato speechlessly and then said softly, "That's why I'm in this situation now."

Minato Namikaze continued his manipulative tactics: "Do you really think this mere setback can break you?"

Nagato shrugged: "At least I'm still alive, and doing well, and my parents are doing well too."

Minato Namikaze raised an eyebrow: "What about your future wife and children? Don't you want to give them a better future?"

Nagato: "What do you mean by a better future? Do you think listening to you will make the Land of Whirlpools better? And how can you guarantee that Konoha won't invade the Land of Whirlpools in the future?"

Minato Namikaze: "Not for at least a hundred years, the Land of Whirlpools is too poor."

"You!" Nagato glared at Minato Namikaze, who remained calm.

Nagato took a deep breath and said calmly, "Is there anything else? If it's just this, you know I would never agree to it."

Minato Namikaze shut up; he knew he couldn't persuade Nagato.

He had already brought up the trump card of the people of the Land of Whirlpools, but Nagato still refused to accept the position of Minister of Agriculture. There was really nothing he could do.

Although Minato Namikaze could have said something very harsh, like that if Nagato didn't accept it, the farmers of the Land of Whirlpools would continue to be oppressed, there would be no turning back once those words were spoken. If Nagato refused, it would be a complete rejection with no room for negotiation. So Minato decided to keep quiet and leave the stage to Kushina Uzumaki.

Kushina Uzumaki stepped forward, hands on her hips, and looked at Nagato arrogantly: "What if I ordered you to become this department head?"

Nagato looked at Kushina with a disgusted expression, as if he had swallowed a fly: "No, Kushina... Your Highness, how can you do this? You're practically forcing me to jump into a fire pit!"

Kushina Uzumaki calmly looked at Nagato: "Just tell me whether you acknowledge me as a member of the Uzumaki clan or not."

Nagato's lips trembled, and his pupils dilated slightly.

This is from anger.

Shameless! Utterly shameless!

If Kushina is considered a member of the Uzumaki clan, then she is the princess of the Uzumaki clan, specifically the princess of the generation of Hashirama Senju. Her status can be said to be the highest among the Uzumaki clan of the Land of Whirlpools.

If you don't acknowledge it...

That would be a very serious problem.

The people of the Land of Whirlpools know that not all the people who went to Konoha to succeed Mito Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for the safety of the Land of Whirlpools are dead!

If you really want to talk about it, it was only more than 20 years ago. How could I have forgotten it so completely?

And let's not forget that the Land of Whirlpools wasn't without its crises of destruction. It was only by selling weapons to the Land of Whirlpools and enabling them to resist the invaders from Kirigakure that they survived the crisis.

Strictly speaking, Konoha Village has been kind to the Land of Whirlpools.

After that, the Land of Whirlpools completely became a puppet of Konoha, and the position of governor was created. The governor was the most powerful one. So tell me, did the Land of Whirlpools ever perish?

No? If there's nothing, why is the dog barking?

That Konoha Village was kind to us.

Kushina Uzumaki became even more popular.

Previously, it was Kushina Uzumaki who didn't want to return to the Land of Whirlpools; later, it was the Land of Whirlpools that didn't want Kushina Uzumaki to return.

Nagato could understand the feelings of the current elders of the Land of Whirlpools.

Because he's now also blocked by Kushina Uzumaki...

In the end, Nagato gave in.

Minato Namikaze appoints Nagato as Minister of Agriculture of the Land of Whirlpools, effective immediately, to begin preparations for land tax collection.

Implement it immediately.

(End of this chapter)