Konoha's traitor master

Chapter 178

Konoha Village, Hokage Building

Aoba is introducing his economic sanctions plan in detail.

"I have divided the entire plan into three steps, namely uniting the Kingdom of Earth, restricting the Kingdom of Wind, and alienating the Kingdom of Thunder." Aoba said calmly, not affected by the previous stiff atmosphere.

In Aoba's view, the attitude shown by Konoha's top brass at the meeting today can be said to have been planned for a long time, and he was already prepared in his heart.

Since the end of the Third Ninja War, Aoba's power has continued to expand with his meritorious service and the implementation of new policies.

Restricting Aoba's power has become the consensus of Konoha's top management. On the one hand, they are restricting Aoba in the affairs of the new department, and at the same time, they have been waiting for Aoba to make mistakes.

When it comes to the intelligence issue of Kumoyakure Village, Aoba's leadership really didn't do a good enough job.

The failure of the Watergate unit's encirclement and reinforcement plan this time could actually be strictly regarded as a 'mistake' on the part of those responsible for intelligence.

When Genbu obtained specific information about Yunyin Village's return troops, it was already relatively late compared to the situation on the battlefield.

Although Konoha did not suffer any losses as a result, it was regarded as a futile effort.

But compared to Nebe's outstanding performance during the Third Ninja War, not performing as well as in the past is a failure for Aoba.

Although the intelligence of the Third War mainly relies on Aoba's spoilers, there is a very important point. The person in charge of the root at that time was Danzo, not Aoba.

"Oh, it sounds quite complicated." Jiraiya dragged his chin and showed an interested expression, while cooperating with Aoba.

Jiraiya actually has a very keen sense of smell. He understands what others are thinking, but he has his own considerations, so he extended his kindness to Aoba.

He hopes to achieve peace and safeguard Konoha's interests through non-war means.

"Actually, the operation is not complicated. First, unite the Iwagakure Village to block all foreign trade routes of the Kingdom of Thunder. Konoha blocks the land trade routes and the coastal routes of the Kingdom of Fire. The Iwagakure Village only needs to beware of merchants from the Kingdom of Thunder.

Just take the route along the coast of the Land of Earth."

Aoba glanced at Jiraiya thoughtfully. Any kindness in this situation would not be free, and then continued to tell his plan.

"The current hatred between Kumogakure and Iwagakure is irreconcilable, so I am confident to convince Ohnoki."

"The second step is to negotiate with Sunagakure Village to prohibit Sunagakure Village from importing materials from Yunyin Village. Once the first step is completed, Yunyin Village's trade routes are already blocked, and Sunagakure Village will compromise."

"In my opinion, a village's economic development can be simply summarized as increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and economic sanctions naturally start from these two directions." Qingye said confidently.

At this time, Konoha's top management also temporarily gave up their silent posture and began to think about the impact of Aoba's actions on Kumogakure.

The third generation nodded slightly while holding his pipe in his mouth, and in his heart he agreed with Aoba's remarks about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

"This will indeed reduce the income gained by Yunyin Village, but it does not seem to have the effect of sanctions." The third generation interjected and asked.

Even if the benefits from trade with Sunagakure Village are subtracted, the economic situation of Kumogakure Village before the Third Ninja War was the best among all the villages.

However, based on Sandai's understanding of Aoye, he knew that Aoye must be prepared. The reason why he asked the question was that he vaguely sensed another way of achieving balance among the villages from Aoba's plan.

"Sandaime-sama, the ones who block the trade routes of the Kingdom of Thunder will have the greatest impact on the merchants of the Kingdom of Thunder, not Kumogakure Village." Aoba answered the question of the Third Generation.

A village and a country have never been one, just like Konoha nominally represents the Land of Fire, but as Hokage, the village and the country can still be clearly distinguished.

"The blocking of trade routes will inevitably damage the interests of the nobles of the Land of Thunder, and the third step of the plan is to create a gap between the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder and Kumogakure Village." Aoba said the final plan.

At this time, the third generation and Tsunade, who had communicated with Aoye on issues related to the name of the Land of Fire, already understood Aoye's thoughts.

In his opinion, the economic structure of each major village is extremely simple. The income from tasks and the daimyo's allocation are basically the only two items of income.

The economic advantage of Yunyin Village comes from the strong support of the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder to Yunyin Village.

When the war between Kumogakure and Konoha caused the entire Kingdom of Thunder trade to suffer, and the income of the Kingdom of Thunder also dropped, the nobles of the Kingdom of Thunder would certainly not remain silent.

The aristocracy is basically behind the various chambers of commerce in the ninja world. As a representative of the aristocracy, the daimyo will naturally be influenced by the aristocracy.

In addition, the money allocated to Kumogakure Village also comes from the tax revenue of the Kingdom of Thunder. The damage to the interests of the nobles means that the tax revenue of the daimyo will also be affected.

It's not certain whether the Daimyos of the Land of Thunder will be as willing to spend money as before.

At this time, it is only necessary to simply guide public opinion, and gaps will naturally appear in the relationship between the Kingdom of Thunder and Yunyin Village.

This in turn will make Yunyin Village dissatisfied with the daimyo, causing the relationship between the two parties to enter a vicious cycle.

This is the fundamental purpose of Aoba's economic sanctions, to drive a wedge between the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder and Kumogakure.

For Qingye, if there is an economic problem in Yunyin Village, he will definitely be in trouble for a while, which can be regarded as a bad breath.

The reason why Aoba actively promotes economic sanctions is that implementing this plan has many public and private benefits.

Currently, the war between Konoha and Kumogakure is still in a state of confrontation. The military strength of the two sides is not much different. It is impossible to gain a large enough military advantage to end the war.

The factors that determine the final outcome of a war lie outside the battlefield.

This war was a war that brought no real benefits from the beginning.

Due to the geographical location of the Country of Fire and the Country of Thunder, even if the war on the frontal battlefield enters a stalemate stage, as long as Konoha does not let them pass, the trade routes of the Country of Thunder will continue to remain blocked.

Through Aoba's plan, the entire economy of the Kingdom of Thunder will be affected, and Kumogakure Village will face pressure from the country's daimyo.

When the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder no longer supported Kumogakure Village to continue this war, Konoha took the absolute initiative at the negotiation table.

If Kumogakure is forced to make concessions to Konoha during negotiations, the direct gap between Kumogakure and the Daimyo of Thunder Country will become irreparable.

Because regardless of whether there is a reason for Konoha's design coercion, the opinions of the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder have indeed affected Kumogakure Village's decision-making on the war.

This has touched the bottom line of Ninja Village. When the time comes, Yunyin Village will naturally start to pay attention to its own economic system in order to reduce its economic dependence on the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder.

At this time, Aoba's poorly developed chamber of commerce in the Land of Thunder has room for further development.

When Aoba's Chamber of Commerce reaches cooperation with Kumogakure Village, it also means that Aoba's intelligence capabilities in Kumogakure Village will be strengthened.

In addition, this is also a reminder to the top management of Konoha and cultivates the thinking of Konoha top management to value the economy.

Overall, this wave of blood profit.