Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

five minutes later……

"11 votes in favor, 5 votes against, the proposal passed."

"Send an envoy to form an alliance with the Hidden Cloud Village. All departments of the village should submit the layoff list of the headquarters in the near future. Some old puppets...see if anyone is willing to recycle them. In short, remove them from the village's warehouse. The training courses of the ninja school can also be slowed down appropriately..."

The reformist elders listed a series of ways to cut costs, among which layoffs might be the most direct.

"Now that we have confirmed the future strategic direction of our Sand Village, let's talk about how to spend the money saved from military construction." The reformist elder directly took out a loan for advance consumption.

"After the policy is passed, it will save our Sand Village about 2 billion ryo in military expenses every year. Please feel free to speak up!"

The elders of the Free Hedonism faction immediately raised their hands: "Build roads, buy water, and build cinemas."

"As everyone knows, we in Sand Village are not without resources. On the one hand, the initial investment cost is high, and it takes a long time to recover the cost. On the other hand, due to the influence of the environment, the freight cost from Sand Village to other villages is too high!"

"Building a safe and efficient passage in the name of the village will surely help our Sunagakure economy prosper!"

"Then buy some water."

"We in the Sand Village, whether ordinary villagers or ninjas, have had a very hard life. This is why we have been eager to fight our way out over the past few decades. We were born in the ninja world, but we shouldn't only think about war. Sometimes we should let our tired souls stop and rest."

"There are many uses for buying water... It allows the villagers to take a bath once a day! They can drink beer to their heart's content! It can protect shuriken and other metal ninja tools from being eroded by wind and sand, and export them to other villages as high-quality products. Our poison-tempered ninja tools have always been very popular, but the loss is too high!"

"The same goes for movie theaters. There is still no public movie theater in Sunagakure. We should strengthen the spiritual and cultural construction of the villagers! Let them enjoy and experience new entertainment facilities."

He took out a copy of "Yi Mu" from his pocket and patted its cover: "In the past, I thought the ninja world was very small, so small that I thought everyone in the ninja world lived the same life as us, the villagers of Sand Village."

"But after reading the almost documentary travelogue, I realized that the ninja world can be very big, so big that there are many new things and entertainment methods that I have never heard of..."

“The villagers…are having a very hard time.”

As he spoke, the liberal elder's face was already in tears and he couldn't help choking up.

This performance was so moving that even the elders of the fighting faction, who were eager to stand up and refute, were somewhat less eager.

They actively pushed the village to expand its armaments and launch wars in order to break free from the constraints of their innate environment, plunder resources, and gain development space for their own village.

Although the concepts of village development are different, in the final analysis, they are all for the better development of the village and the determination to let the villagers live a better life is the same.

"Trade, road construction, water purchase..."

"Let's talk about the first two points first."

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The current funds are probably only enough to support us to build a road for caravans to pass smoothly. Which country should we establish a trade base with?"

A giant map of the ninja world was placed on the table of the Sand Village conference room, and a group of Sand Village senior officials began to ponder.

Let's take a look at the countries surrounding the Kingdom of Wind. The three countries closest to it are the Kingdom of Bird, the Kingdom of Rain, and the Kingdom of River.

Putting aside the small village, it is too small. If Konoha and Iwagakure try to sabotage it, Sand Village will have to send ninjas to defend it, which is putting the cart before the horse.

If they wanted to go to their ally, the Hidden Cloud Village, to conduct further trade, they would have to pass through the five countries of Rain, Grass, Taki, Frost, and Field in turn, and sneak through the two behemoths of the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire.

If you go down and take the sea route, you will have to go around most of the ninja world and pass through the territory of Kirigakure to reach the Land of Lightning. The shortest line segment between two points, the fastest and most convenient route is to directly cross the Land of Fire and then reach the Land of Lightning.

Then the question comes back again.

Konoha seems to be a barrier that they, the Sand Village, cannot bypass no matter what!

"How about...we establish a trading base directly with Konoha?" someone suggested. This seems to be the best solution at the moment.

"Didn't we just decide to form an alliance with Kumogakure? How can we trade with Konoha? Have you forgotten the hatred between our two villages? Moreover, the conflict between Kumogakure and Konoha has always been fierce."

"Hey, don't be so short-sighted! The alliance with Kumogakure is a military relationship, a military alliance! Trade with Konoha is an economic and cultural matter, an economic alliance!"

The elders looked at each other, confused by the liberal elders' remarks.

Alliances, can they be formed in such a flexible way?

Someone noticed the bright spot and asked, "Even so, let's put aside the past hatred. If Kumogakure and Konoha fight, who will we help?"

"Help Kumogakure militarily and support Konoha economically! I don't think it's necessary to tie the economy and the military so tightly together."

"Look at the ninja world, the wars have left deep hatred in the military every time. Now shouldn't we do business as usual, of course, except for the Kumogakure, Mist Country, and Rain Country."

After the Third World War, the Rain Kingdom has been in a state of isolation, refusing to establish trade relations with villages outside, and being mysterious and unknown what it is doing.

The Villages of Kumogakure and Kirigakure were the first to propose imposing sanctions on each other only at the economic level. This set a precedent in the ninja world and pointed out a clear path for later generations.

"Look at what happened when Kumogakure and Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Konoha fought each other. Aren't they still economically interdependent now?"

"If they can do it, why can't we in Sunagakure? In my opinion, we should make a request to Konoha for large-scale trade in the name of the village, and ask them to send people to help build the trade route."

"Even if a war breaks out in the future, we will just avoid the main trade routes. We have never given up our hatred, but we are now accumulating strength for development..."

As soon as I thought of throwing myself into the fire, I suddenly felt the world was vast.

The remarks of the liberal elders were like a key that inserted fiercely into the keyhole of the conservative ideas of the Sunagakure high-ranking officials. With a click, the lock opened.

If we look at the relationship between ninja villages from this perspective, the irreconcilable hatred between them and Konoha seems to be able to be put aside temporarily.

"Repair the roads in Konoha, open up the business in Konoha, and buy water from Konoha?"

"I have objections to this!"

The elder of the fighting faction questioned, "Why don't you buy water from the Rain Country? Their water should be the cheapest except for the Kirigakure. Besides, with that old guy Hanzo here, we can first poison the water, and then use that water to clean and maintain our Sand Village ninja tools, just as a second poisoning. Wouldn't it be better to sell it this way?"

"What a fool whose brains are filled with war! How can ordinary villagers use the water after Hanzo poisons it?"

"Not to mention ordinary villagers, even ordinary ninjas can't use it. Can it be used in conjunction with Elder Chiyo's detoxification pills?"

"In my opinion, we should just ask Konoha to take care of it! Konoha's water is cheap anyway, and we can also take the initiative to show our goodwill to Konoha and ask them to send people to build the road for us, killing two birds with one stone!"

"The biggest problem now is that we are willing to temporarily reconcile for the sake of economy, but...what about Konoha? Are they willing to let it go?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone had a tacit understanding in their hearts that did not need to be expressed in words.

They almost all thought of the previous plan to form an alliance with Kirigakure. For something like this... naturally a "hero" would have to stand up and sacrifice!

But this time, no one was willing to take the initiative to provoke it. They had no choice but to send the Sand Village heroes to die. If they were to send someone to die again in another village...the elders of the Sand Village still had some dignity and were unwilling to bear the blame for this crime.

"Just let me go!"

At this time, Ye Cang walked in from outside the Fengying meeting room.

The fair and beautiful back seemed to brighten the silent conference room. It was strange to say that it was hard to imagine that in a country like the Wind Country where there was always wind and sand, Ye Cang could keep his back so fair and tender.

"Ye Cang, you are here."

"Your Excellency the Fourth Hokage." Ye Cang nodded. She knew nothing about the conspiracy against her.

Originally, she thought it was a ridiculous idea to wash the sword with water, but when she stood outside the meeting room door and waited to eavesdrop, her mind changed.

There are a thousand different kinds of "Yi Mu" in the eyes of a thousand readers. At this moment, Ye Cang saw an opportunity for peace in the intention of "washing his hands and washing his sword".

As long as a ninja like her who bears the name of a hero voluntarily accepts death... the villagers of Sand Village can live the happy life described in the book "Oki".

Ye Cang is not afraid of death. As a ninja, she has already prepared herself for it.

If I hear the sound of a tree in the morning, I can die in the evening!

This seemed to be the only way for her to enter the native land of Konoha Village and step into the world in the book "Yimu"... She had to consider whether this was her only chance in this life.

At the cost of her life, the village and Konoha temporarily put aside their hatred and truly communicate with each other.

The villagers can live a relatively comfortable life, and she, Ye Cang, can also take a look at the civilized village that is like a beacon in the ninja world.

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79 has been shot several times, maybe he will be released in the afternoon_(:з」∠)_

Volume 82: Ninja World: Triangular Trade

"The Ninja War that year was a siege by the four villages of Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sandagakure against the Hidden Leaf Village. The final outcome was the defeat of the four major ninja villages."

"At that time, I saw the Fourth-generation Lord sitting on a chair and crying. I will never forget that scene."

"At that moment I thought: If I could become the hero of the village, I would definitely win everything for Sunagakure."

"Now that the opportunity to sacrifice heroes for peace is in front of me, I must consider whether this will be my only chance in this life."

"I believe that Sunagakure will one day become the dominant force. When that happens, please carve my portrait into the sand as a symbol forever, just like the Hokage Rock of Konoha."

"It is our duty to restore the glory of the Sand Village!"

Ye Cang stood directly opposite the Fourth Kazekage Rasa. His pupils seemed to be swaying with the holy flame that could melt the shackles of the Sand Village, and his tone was full of determination.

She is... a ninja who bears the name of the hero of Sand Village!

Although her strength cannot reach the level of Konoha's hero White Fang, her awareness is definitely not comparable to that of a suicidal ninja.

"Ye Cang, you..."

Luo Sha was speechless, feeling a little reluctant and self-blaming. It was probably because he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and blamed himself for being such a person.

The other elders also lowered their heads, unable to bear to look at Ye Cang like this.

It was they who devised the plan to let Ye Cang die in exchange for Sunagakure's chance! Why would Ye Cang himself come up with such a thing?

The relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha.

In order to find the missing Third Kazekage, they took the initiative to provoke a war with Konoha, which became the fuse of the Third Shinobi World War. Earlier, during the Second Shinobi World War, Sand Village killed Kato Dan, the senior commander of Konoha at that time...

In the eyes of the elders of Sand Village, the possibility of Ye Cang surviving in Konoha is basically zero. Konoha will not miss such an opportunity to vent the hatred of a village on one person.

"Ye Cang, have you really thought it through?"

"If you go on this trip, there's a chance you won't come back."

"Then you'll never come back!"

Ye Cang's tone was as firm as ever, and there was no fear of death in her eyes.

"it is good."

Since Luo Sha could be so cruel to his own child, he was naturally not a pretentious person and immediately exercised the power of the Fourth Kazekage.

"I will send messengers to secretly make a deal with the people of Konoha. The price will be you."

"After you die, Yekura... an envoy from Sunagakure will go to Konoha to discuss the establishment of a comprehensive business partnership and the construction of a trade route."

Ye Cang sat up straight, accepting this fact calmly. A weak village has no diplomacy, and sometimes the lives of ninjas have to be used to fill and catch up with this gap.

dong dong dong-

Just as Luo Sha gave the order, hurried footsteps were heard outside the house.

"Report to the Lord Kazekage!"

"explain."

"The messenger from Kumogakure is here!"

"What did you say?!"

Luo Sha was startled, but reacted quickly and ordered: "Find a way to delay for ten minutes, and bring the Cloud Hidden Envoy here in ten minutes."

"Yes!"

As soon as the messenger ninja left, the conference room immediately rang with heated discussions: "Why is the Kumogakure envoy coming at this time? What is his purpose?"

"I'm afraid they are here to form an alliance with us Sunagakure!"

"Alliance? Why?"

An elder took out a copy of the "Kimigura Statement" and placed it on the table: "I'm afraid that the original idea of ​​Kumogakure is the same as ours. They want to unite the power of Kirigakure to deal with Konoha, so as to free up their hands to deal with their old enemy Iwagakure."

"But now the people from Kirigakure and Konoha have escaped, so they want to unite with us to fight against Konoha."

"To unite forces, to make friends far away and to attack those near..."

"So what do we do now?"

"If we wanted to form an alliance with Yunyin originally, we would have to pay a high price, but now Yunyin has taken the initiative to find us! We have to propose the conditions..."

ten minutes later.

Atsei walked into the meeting room of the Fengying Building with a serious face. His heart tightened under the stares of the Fengying senior officials.

What's with that look of his as if he's looking at a treasure chest?