Dragon Ball, simultaneously traversing countless worlds

It is evident that Hinata's current strength far surpasses that of a Kage, and she may already be the strongest person in Konoha.

The three of them were discussing Hinata and almost went off-topic.

Sakura Haruno managed to steer the conversation back to doing business and establishing a laboratory.

She said to Sasuke and Naruto, "In terms of business, I plan to go into the grain trade. Although it is a peaceful era now, there are still many people who are starving outside of the Land of Fire. The grain trade must be very profitable."

Sasuke frowned and said, "Are you kidding me? The money we lent you for the grain business is just a small-scale operation. At most, you can open a grain store and make a little money."

If you want to grow bigger, you will encounter competition from other peers.

As far as I know, the grain business in the Land of Fire is controlled by many powerful ninja clans and nobles. You, a commoner ninja, want to get involved? I think you're courting death.

"They can easily have their daimyo accuse you of 'selling grain to aid the enemy,' and you'll be in deep trouble."

"Xiaoying, listen to my advice. Food is the lifeblood of the country. This industry is very complex and you can't handle it. You might as well switch to another industry."

Sakura laughed and said, "You've got it wrong. I'm not planning to do business with raw grains, but with rice seeds. I plan to use chakra to improve the genes of rice, increase its yield, and then sell the genetically modified rice seeds."

"I've already come up with a plan. If I control the rice seeds and make them degenerate again within three generations, then when my rice seeds are fully distributed in other countries, I will control the rice seed trade, which is equivalent to controlling the food lifeline of other countries. At that time, the Hokage and the people will definitely stand on my side and support my business."

Naruto understood Sakura's idea: she wanted to use high-yield rice varieties to cripple the fragile agriculture of other countries and make their farmers buy her rice varieties.

By using food as leverage, they gained political initiative, carved out a bloody path among major food merchants, and secured the protection of Konoha and the Land of Fire.

As for whether farmers in other countries will grow high-yield rice varieties, there is absolutely no need to worry.

When you work hard all year to grow rice, but the yield is less than half of what others get, and the money you make isn't even enough to pay the rent to the nobles, which farmer wouldn't want to grow high-yield rice?

Once Sakura's high-yield rice varieties control agriculture in other countries, neither the Daimyo nor the Hokage will dare to threaten her, and they will place her in a very high position.

After all, threatening Sakura is a threat. If Sakura were to spread the high-yield rice seed technology, the Land of Fire's absolute advantage over other countries' agriculture would instantly vanish.

Therefore, the future relationship between the Land of Fire, Konoha, and Sakura can only be one of mutual benefit if they cooperate, or one of them will break up if they don't, leaving no one with any advantage.

Chapter 331 Food and War

Henry Kissinger, the U.S. Secretary of State, once said: "Whoever controls food controls all mankind."

The "Big Four" grain traders on Earth—ADM, Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus—control 70% of the global food market.

The resources controlled by the four major grain-producing countries can easily create food crises and famines, and take advantage of the chaos.

In the previous life on Earth, the global food crisis had nothing to do with the amount of food available, but rather with money printing and finance.

There is enough food globally, but it has been hoarded by the four major grain traders.

In global food trade, a country's ability to determine prices directly determines its position and interests in the food trade, and the ability to control food pricing power is of paramount importance.

For example, during the 08 global food crisis, amidst the global financial crisis, the four major multinational grain companies, led by the United States, were affected.

They arbitrarily manipulate grain prices, plunder the wealth of Third World countries, not only shifting domestic conflicts abroad, but also attempting to overthrow other countries' regimes, thereby continuing to control the world and maintain their so-called global hegemony.

In order to maintain domestic stability and prevent economic downturn, countries have had to accelerate the printing of money, causing the currencies of food-importing countries to depreciate, reducing their foreign exchange earning capacity, and leading to panic buying of food. As a result, inflation worsens and food shortages occur.

Meanwhile, rising food prices and inflation in grain-exporting countries have greatly amplified inflation expectations. This has led to a surge in both speculative demand and hoarding, causing the normal food supply order to collapse and thus creating a food crisis.

When a food crisis occurs, if food prices rise by just one percent in the previous life, more than 40 million people worldwide would be on the verge of extreme poverty.

A 10% food shortage would lead to even worse consequences.

The consequence of a 10% food shortage is not a 10% increase in food prices, but rather that prices will continue to rise until 10% of the population starves to death.

The importance of food far surpasses that of chips or mineral resources.

In the Naruto world, a world with a low level of modernization, as long as high-yield rice varieties are used to crush the agriculture of other countries, it is easy to control the pricing power of food throughout the world.

If Sakura Haruno were to seize control of the food industry, she could completely control the outbreak and course of war, and arbitrarily manipulate the economies and regimes of other countries.

After all, when 10 percent of the population in other countries is starving to death, even ninjas probably won't be very loyal to the daimyo anymore.

After figuring out Sakura's thoughts, Naruto felt ashamed.

It's a shame that after acquiring the wisdom of the other Luo Yans, all he thought about was destroying Konoha.

Compared to Sakura, his perspective is far inferior.

“Sakura, I also know a lot about genetic technology. If you agree, I can join your high-yield rice seed project and help you with the research.”

Sakura looked at him suspiciously: "You also know about gene technology? But your humanities grades aren't very high!"

Naruto said awkwardly, "Actually, I've been hiding my true abilities. Believe me, I have a pretty good knowledge base."

Sakura still didn't quite trust Naruto, so she immediately came up with a lot of questions to test him.

As a result, Naruto easily answered those complex biology questions, which dispelled Sakura's doubts.

"Alright, Naruto, your level of knowledge is indeed very high. You'll join the high-yield rice seed project as my assistant!"

"When the project is completed and the company is established, Sasuke will contribute funds to help us with the research and will hold 30% of the shares. You will contribute your technology and hold 20% of the shares. The remaining 50% will belong to me personally. What do you two think?"

Sasuke chuckled and said, "Making it all so formal, do you really think you can succeed in growing a big and powerful business?"

Sakura said seriously, "I can't guarantee 100% success for this kind of thing, but business cooperation requires rigor. We set up rules and regulations and profit-sharing agreements from the beginning, so it's easier to resolve any conflicts that arise later."

"Alright, as you say, I'll provide you with one million taels upfront. That should be enough!"

In the Naruto world, one ryo is roughly equal to ten yen, so one million ryo is ten million yen, which is approximately equivalent to 500,000 RMB.

Sasuke was able to pull out 500,000 RMB in one go, which shows that even though his Uchiha clan was wiped out, the remaining inheritance was unimaginably extravagant.

In the Naruto world, there is paper money, which means that there are institutions like banks that issue paper money.

Even if the Uchiha clan were wiped out and their fixed assets were seized by other clans in Konoha, the wealth in the bank could not be taken away by anyone if there were a bank.

So, Uchiha Sasuke is probably like Harry Potter: his parents and family are all dead, but he still has a large fortune in the bank.

Sasuke's father was the head of the Uchiha clan, and his personal wealth was far more than one million ryo.

It's important to know that in Konoha, an S-rank mission can yield a bounty of one million ryo. As the head of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku left Sasuke at least one hundred million ryo.

Anyway, unlike Naruto, who is a poor guy, Sasuke is an orphan. He lives a much more comfortable life than Naruto because he lives off his father's inheritance.

The three of them reached an initial cooperation agreement, with those who had money contributing money, those who had strength contributing strength, and those who had technology contributing technology, and soon a general cooperation framework was established.

The three of them unanimously decided to postpone dealing with company matters.

Prioritize the establishment of laboratories and the procurement of research equipment.

The three found a hidden cave in the Death Forest. They used earth magic to expand the cave into a huge space, and then purchased a lot of equipment, which they secretly brought into the cave using sealing scrolls.

The technology in the Naruto world is quite skewed. It seems that the Land of Fire is still living in a feudal society, but some places have developed into a metropolis.

The Naruto world doesn't have guns, cannons, or airplanes, but it does have instruments used for biological experiments, such as PCR machines, electrophoresis apparatus, and centrifuges.

These instruments are quite expensive, and ordinary people can't find a way to buy them.

If it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Sasuke still had some connection with the ninja cat clan and had entrusted Granny Cat to help purchase equipment, it's likely that even setting up their laboratory would have been a problem.

Even with a full set of instruments, conducting genetic experiments on plant seeds is still quite challenging.

If you want to make genetically modified rice, you should at least do whole-genome sequencing on the rice first!

Rice has 24 chromosomes, which means it has 12 pairs of homologous chromosomes, but it does not have sex chromosomes. Therefore, during genome sequencing, one chromosome from each pair of homologous chromosomes is usually sequenced, which is 12 chromosomes.

Whole genome sequencing is a very large-scale project.

In the previous life, six countries, with countless scientists working day and night, spent 13 years and three billion US dollars to finally complete the sequencing work of the Human Genome Project, mapping 2.5 billion base pairs of 30 human genes.

If they were to rely on those three little ninjas to perform rice gene sequencing with their extremely outdated computers, with 12 chromosomes containing 430 million DNA base pairs and 38000 genes, how long would it take to sequence them?

Therefore, sequencing the entire rice genome is not part of Sakura Haruno's plan.

She plans to cultivate thousands of plant samples simultaneously, then use Yang Release chakra to stimulate the growth of rice, select the best plants, and compare them with ordinary rice to find the genes that make rice high-yield.

Sakura Haruno has taught herself medical ninjutsu, and the Palm Healing Technique in medical ninjutsu uses Yang Release to stimulate human cells, accelerate their division, and heal injuries.

With a slight modification, the Yang Release medical ninjutsu can be applied to plants to accelerate cell division, allowing them to grow rapidly.

In the past, scientists would wait a year for rice to mature.

In the Naruto world, with the help of chakra, Sakura Haruno can ripen an acre of rice seedlings in just one night, which is much more efficient than the scientists in her previous life.

If Sakura Haruno continues experimenting for a while longer, she will eventually gain something from the process of big data elimination.

Chapter 332 One Thousand Clones and the Mask Escape

Rice experiments are a very time-consuming project. The results may be available tomorrow, or they may not be available for six months or even a year.

Sakura Haruno is very anxious about the experiment. Although the ninja world is currently at peace, the Akatsuki organization has not made any moves, and there is no sign of a ninja war.

But by the time the Shippuden story unfolds, even if her experiments yield results, it will be difficult to begin planning.

In order to improve the efficiency of the experiment, Sakura Haruno had to teach Naruto and Sasuke Yang Release medical ninjutsu and help them cultivate rice.

Inside the cave, a huge space was created using Earth Release techniques. Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke used Water Clone Technique to work in this cave for five hours every day.

This kind of work took up too much of the three of them's time; Sasuke only worked for a few days before getting bored.

Even Naruto believed that the work of cultivating rice had delayed his cultivation of the Great Celestial Technique and the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

Sakura Haruno had no choice but to hand over her self-developed Water Release: Pure Water Formation ninjutsu in exchange for the Third Hokage's qualification to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Sakura Haruno's reputation as a ninjutsu genius is well-known in Konoha.

A few years ago, when she developed the High Pressure Water Gun Technique, she also used this ninjutsu to exchange for many low-level ninjutsu. The information on Earth Release and Medical Ninjutsu was obtained at that time.

In the ninja world, everyone actually possesses a constitution with all attributes, with each person having seven attributes: Yin, Yang, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, and Water.

The difference is simply that each person has a different attribute to focus on. If you are more compatible with a certain attribute, you will learn the escape techniques of that attribute faster.

Just like Naruto focused on wind-style techniques in the early stages, but later he was able to use all kinds of ninjutsu.

Sasuke was the same; in the early stages, he focused on the lightning and fire attributes, but later he became proficient in all attributes.

Furthermore, Kakashi is the best proof that 'everyone has all attributes'.

Before Kakashi obtained the Sharingan, he clearly only possessed the Earth and Lightning attributes.

After obtaining the Sharingan, he was able to use all elemental ninjutsu.

However, the Sharingan is merely a product of Yin Release, and is only related to mental power; it has no other attributes.