I don't believe in the will of fire

Although the departure time was a bit late today, everyone still arrived at Qinglong Station before the moonlight fell.

"Wow, it's so lively!"

What appeared in front of us was a brightly lit and bustling city. Although it was only one-fifth the size of Konoha, it was even more lively than Konoha. Even at night, the city was still full of people from all walks of life.

This noisy sound can be heard very clearly outside the city.

At the city gate, carriages entered the city in an orderly manner.

Minato and his team also followed these convoys and slowly headed towards the city gate.

After walking in, Obito also saw the icon with a swirl pattern hanging on the plaque on the city gate and the word "青" engraved on the city gate, and asked curiously.

"Minato-sensei, what do this icon and this word mean?"

"This."

Minato thought for a while, but still felt it was necessary to popularize common sense in the current ninja world to his three disciples.

"This whirlpool icon represents the country of whirlpool and the capital of the country of whirlpool, Uzumaki City. Uzumaki City was the former Uzumaki Ninja Village. However, five years ago, due to the expansion of the village, it could no longer be called the Ninja Village.

The name has been changed, and the word [青] means Qinglong, which represents the Qinglong Station built by the Kingdom of Whirlpool in our Kingdom of Fire."

"Qinglong Station?"

"That's right, for the convenience of the Uzumaki Country, they trade with our Fire Country, so in addition to building the Uzumaki Port, they also built two inns in the Fire Country, namely Suzaku Station and Qinglong Station, as commodities

Among the centers where trade is concentrated, Zhuque Station is near Damingfu and Qinglong Station is the city we see in front of us.

These two inns are used to receive these merchants and ninjas on missions. At the same time, the country of Uzumaki has also built two roads between the two stations and Uzumaki Port. Among them, the road between Suzaku Station and Uzumaki Port,

It was built by the Country of Uzumaki and the Daming Prefecture together, and the one here was built by the Country of Uzumaki with its own money. The construction of these two roads has made it easier for businessmen like Mr. Kubo to reach the road that originally took a month.

The road to Uzumaki Port has been shortened to only seven days."

"Wow, that's amazing."

Although Obito didn't understand much, he felt that it was very powerful just from the shortened time.

Old man Kubo looked at the appearance of these children from Konoha who had never seen the world, and said arrogantly.

"In addition to these two roads, the Country of Whirlpool also built something called a railway."

"railway?"

Before Obito could understand, he heard a roaring sound in his ears, the sound was so loud that it resounded throughout the sky.

Obito was startled.

"What is this, teacher?"

"This is the railway developed by Uzumaki City. There is something called a train running on it. You can see it tomorrow."

At this moment, Kubo's convoy, a total of six taels of carriages, arrived at the city gate, and Kubo walked up.

Under Obito's somewhat unclear gaze, Kubo took out a scroll and a sum of money and handed them to the guard guarding the door.

Obito asked with some confusion.

"Do you still have to pay to enter the city?"

Minato was already familiar with this.

"Is this the toll?"

"Tolls!?"

Obito didn't understand at all, Minato explained and just said.

"These roads were built by Uzumaki City. If ordinary people want to walk on them, they will naturally have to pay."

At this time, Kubo also came back.

"Okay, let's all have a good rest here tonight. We'll leave tomorrow."

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When the next morning, Obito and his party came to another section of the city, they saw a car heading towards them. It was connected by carriages and made a huge roar. It did not need any traction and walked automatically.

When I saw the huge steel monster on the railway track, my eyes were extremely shocked.

"Teacher, are these railways and trains?"

Obito asked excitedly.

"Um."

Minato nodded. He remembered that the first time he saw this thing called a train, he was extremely shocked.

He explained.

"This is a machine that was built by the ninjas from the Kong Ninja Village after joining Uzumaki City. It can move on its own. Moreover, it is said that it does not require chakra at all and only needs water and coal to move on its own."

"Then...Teacher, can we also try sitting here?"

Obito asked with enthusiastic eyes, and the answer was Kubo, the old man next to him.

"Don't think about it. Although railways and trains are very convenient, they are not used to transport people. Their main function is only to transport goods, and only those big businessmen can contract them. Let's put it this way, you

Look at that carriage, it contains at least a million taels of goods. For small businessmen like us, carriages are more reliable."

Only then did Obito notice that beside the train, there was a wide road paved with cement that could accommodate twenty carriages traveling side by side.

Although they were not able to take the train, Kubo's caravan also changed transportation today.

The old carriage from yesterday was replaced by a carriage pulled by two groups of horses, which has super power.

Kubo put this on after paying a rental fee in order to get to Uzushio Port earlier.

Although it was still not as fast as the speed of ninjas, Obito and the others sitting on it still felt the impact of the speed.

"Wow, it's really fast!"

Feeling the swift wind blowing across her face, Lin felt as if she had entered another world, and she roared excitedly.

However, they soon lost their excitement because on the road, they soon saw ninjas wearing forehead protectors from other villages.

"Minato-sensei!"

Obito became nervous instantly, but was suppressed by Minato.

"Don't be nervous, that's not the enemy!"

"Not an enemy!?"

"Yes, they, like us, also accepted the mission and were responsible for protecting the ninjas in their caravan."

"But, this is not within our Fire Country, why are there ninjas from other villages?"

Seeing this, Minato also smiled and pointed at these ninjas and explained.

"They are the ninjas from Taki Ninja Village, Star Ninja Village and Frost Ninja Village. They are the ninja villages that have joined the Uzumaki Country Uzushio City Ninja Alliance in the past few years. Therefore, they can operate within our Fire Country. However,

, it is also limited to when performing tasks, and the scope of activities is limited to Qinglong Station, Suzaku Station, Uzumaki Port and the roads connecting these three places. Other than that, there is no right to move freely within the territory of our Fire Country."

Seeing the three people's expressions of complete confusion, Minato explained what the Ninja Alliance was.

"So, not all ninja villages can be like us in Konoha. There are so many tasks that can be given to the ninjas in the village. If there are no tasks to do, these small ninja villages will have no funds for development and will not be able to survive.

Go on, fortunately, Uzumaki City has established this alliance, giving these small ninja villages the opportunity to develop."

"If you put it this way, the Country of Whirlpool is doing something good."

Obito said with enlightenment, and Kakashi answered him as if he was looking at a fool.

"Don't be naive, do you think that the Country of Uzumaki is really just doing good deeds? If I tell you, the three countries that have joined the Uzumaki City Alliance, including the Country of Taki, the Country of Bears, and the Country of Frost, have been completely destroyed by the Country of Uzumaki.

If the country takes control, will you still think so?"