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Chapter 47 The Little Monk Has a Friend

"Can we speak in private, Tazna?"

"What's wrong, Kichir?"

"Actually, I've been thinking a lot lately. Is it possible for me to withdraw from this bridge-building project?"

On the bridge in the Land of Waves, Li Chuan watched as the bridge workers resigned one by one from Tazuna's position, and a faint smile gradually appeared on his lips.

After resting for a day yesterday, Tazuna summoned the workers who had worked with him to build the bridge and started work again today. Kakashi, who had not yet recovered, was resting at Tazuna's house.

Naruto and Sasuke also began training in chakra control by climbing trees.

Sakura, who has extremely high chakra control, and Li Chuan, who is unharmed, are responsible for protecting Tazuna's safety.

However, not long after work started, one worker after another resigned from Tazna's job because they had been threatened by Kado during Tazna's absence.

If they dare to build the bridge with Tazna, they will all be punished by Gato, and may even have their families killed.

Although Dazner was frustrated and angry, he let them all leave. In the end, he was the only one who persisted in building the bridge.

"How could these people do this? If they give up building the bridge, they will continue to be ruled by Kado."

Sakura felt a surge of anger for Tazuna as the workers left one by one.

Li Chuan smiled:

"Actually, it's understandable. From their perspective, the completion of the bridge in the Land of Waves will indeed allow the Land of Waves to break free from Gato's rule and enable them to live a better life."

However, if they and their families are killed before that, then no matter how wonderful their future life is, it will have nothing to do with them.

It was already quite commendable that they had the courage to step forward and repair the bridge in the first place.

"Yes, but even if I have to do it all by myself, I will definitely finish repairing the bridge and prevent Kado's scheme from succeeding!"

Upon hearing Li Chuan's words, Tazna, with a resolute gaze, replied.

He understood the workers who resigned, knowing that they were helping to repair the bridge entirely voluntarily, without asking for a penny. So he didn't lecture them or preach, but let them all leave.

"Mr. Tazuna, if you don't mind, I can be of some help."

Li Chuan went straight up to Tazna.

Upon hearing this, Tazner quickly waved his hand:

"No need, I'm already very grateful for your protection. It would be too much to ask you to do more work for me."

He thought Li Chuan was going to help him repair the bridge instead of the workers, so he immediately refused.

Taking advantage of Li Chuan's kindness as a young monk, making Li Chuan protect him for free already made him feel guilty. Making him do hard labor to repair the bridge for free would be something his conscience couldn't bear.

"No, Mr. Tazuna, you misunderstand. The help I'm referring to is that I have a friend who has quite a few bridge repair workers under his command. If needed, I can have him bring some men over to help."

Li Chuan explained with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Tazna's face first lit up with surprise, then he sighed:

"Forget it, I can't afford to pay for their bridge repairs."

All his savings were used to issue escort missions in Konoha. Even if the little monk's friend wasn't afraid that Gato would dare to come, he simply couldn't afford to pay for it now.

Li Chuan thought for a moment and said:

"It shouldn't be a big problem. My friend is in business. Once the bridge is repaired, you can ask him to give his caravan priority in trading on the Land of Waves side. He should agree."

If Tazuna builds the bridge and frees the Land of Waves from Gato's rule, then he will be the hero of the Land of Waves, the person with the highest prestige in the hearts of the people of the Land of Waves.

With his help, Li Chuan's caravans will be able to quickly expand throughout the Land of Waves.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Land of Waves is now dirt poor; the streets are full of cheap laborers holding signs looking for work to earn money.

But in reality, if Gato hadn't restricted trade with the Land of Waves, and even prevented them from fishing, the Land of Waves, with its abundant resources, would never have been a poor country.

If his caravan were to settle in a country in ruins, where cheap labor is abundant, it would be a sure way to make a fortune.

If he then takes over Kado's shipping company, and if things go well, he could eventually become the true ruler behind the scenes of the Land of Waves, turning this island nation into his base of operations in this world.

The Land of Waves is geographically isolated from the Land of Fire, but has no connection to the Lands of Lightning, Wind, or Earth. It is also separated from the Land of Water by a sea and is quite far away.

It is a very suitable place to be a base. If ninjas from other countries want to deal with him, they will have to get past the Land of Fire first.

As for the Land of Fire wanting to deal with him, he is a prince of the Land of Fire, with a noble status. As long as he doesn't betray his country or attack Konoha Village, this problem won't arise at all.

"If that's the case, that would be wonderful!"

Dazner stepped forward and grasped Li Chuan's hand, his eyes brimming with tears of emotion.

He was worried that if the bridge were actually repaired, would any caravans be willing to offend Kado and come to their poor country? If no caravans were willing to come and trade, then it would take them a long time to recover.

Unexpectedly, the little monk's friend was not only willing to help them repair the bridge, but also willing to come and trade to boost their economy. What a kind person!

"Since you think it's okay, Mr. Tazner, then I'll write to him."

As he spoke, Li Chuan took out a pen and paper from the sealed scroll, quickly wrote a letter, then bit his finger to summon a small bird and handed the letter to it.

"Go and deliver the letter to Matsukawa."

The summoning beast of the Fire Temple is the Monomi Bird. They have no offensive capabilities, but they are incredibly fast and are best at delivering messages.

Before the journey, Jiro made Li Chuan sign a contract with this kind of spirit beast, saying that if anything happened, he could be notified by the spirit beast, but Li Chuan basically used it to communicate with Kino and Matsukawa.

Matsukawa was the servant with a business mind that he initially had Kino choose from among the servants, and he was also the apparent owner of Kawaki.

Around noon, Li Chuan and Xiao Ying escorted Tazuna to the town on the shore to buy groceries.

Seven or eight out of ten shops in the town have closed down, with only a few shops selling basic necessities still open, and the variety and quantity of goods inside are very limited.

Everywhere on the street, you could see adults with signs hanging around their necks and orphans dressed in tattered clothes, starving and emaciated.

"Perhaps, we could even open an orphanage!"

During the years that Kado ruled the Land of Waves, a large number of people starved to death or were killed for resisting, leaving behind a large number of orphans. If these children were adopted and properly raised, they would become a group of loyal subordinates.

He doesn't need to experiment on these children like Orochimaru did, nor does he need them to grow into powerful ninjas.

Once they have grown to a certain level of strength, they can be assigned to various towns to protect the safety of shops and caravans.

It can also be used to transmit information that various shops acquire later.

(End of this chapter)