The Steady King of Konoha

With the support of Orochimaru, although the battle took a long time, it ended with Konoha's victory. In addition to Yagura, Minazuki Sora and Kaguya Shoichi Kiri Ninja escaped in embarrassment, including the three tails

They all became Konoha's trophies.

As for the victims on the Konoha side, they will have their own compensation arrangements after returning to the village, but people are dead when they die, and at most they will make those who accidentally mention them sigh with emotion at some point in the future.

After repelling Kirigakure's attackers, Orochimaru glanced at the daimyo with a sneer a few times, and then walked away alone, not returning to the camp on the Konoha border with the team. Hayama knew that Orochimaru would definitely investigate the daimyo's sale of food to the enemy.

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Needless to say, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew the personalities of his disciples very well. When welcoming the daimyo, he chose the lecherous but calm Jiraiya. When investigating the daimyo, he appointed Orochimaru, who has a gloomy personality and is unscrupulous in doing things. He is a typical example of knowing people and making good use of them.

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But everything has nothing to do with Hayama. He just wants to end the war quickly and return to Konoha to live a stable life for a few years. In addition, he can't control the high-level games even if he wants to.

The mission of protecting the daimyo was successfully completed. As expected, Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato were transferred to attend the treaty signing ceremony. However, Hayama did not receive any mission notification and stayed in the camp doing nothing for a few days.

A few days later, after many negotiations, the Country of Fire and the Country of Wind signed an armistice agreement. Calling it an armistice agreement was just to take into account the face of the Country of Wind. Judging from the content of the treaty specially publicized by the top management, it should be called a surrender agreement.

more appropriate.

In addition to compensating the Konoha Ninja Village with a huge amount of gold, the agreement also included the cession of a large area of ​​territory that originally belonged to the Country of Wind, including Akihabara. It was truly a loss of power and humiliation to the country. Under the instigation of thoughtful people, the people of the Country of Wind

The merit of the defeat became the political achievement of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, which instantly brought his popularity to its peak. No one in the village dared to question his orders, not even the Uchiha clan.

A layman sees the excitement, while an expert sees the essence. Thanks to the highly democratic political environment in his previous life and countless current affairs commentary columns, Hayama's political sense has always been very sensitive. On the surface, Konoha Village has indeed made a lot of money. After all,

Gold and newly acquired territories cannot be faked.

However, the Country of Wind or Sunagakure Village did not hurt the bones and muscles, and even aroused the bloody spirit of the people. It is foreseeable that a large number of elite ninjas will grow up with resentment in this environment, just waiting for a fuse

, all the humiliation will be returned to Konoha with the principal and interest.

The cycle of karma and retribution is unpleasant, and I wonder if the proud Sarutobi Hiruzen has thought of this.

After signing the treaty and fulfilling his obligations as head of state, the daimyo returned to the capital of the Land of Fire under the protection of Jiraiya, while Orochimaru also quietly returned to the border camp and reported the details of the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Eighty million taels were sold for 400 million kilograms of grain, and it was all rice and no grains?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked in disbelief.

Orochimaru glanced at him, said nothing, and just nodded gently.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face darkened. What is the concept of selling 400 million kilograms of food for eighty million taels? For example, even in the extremely stable Konoha Village, one kilogram of food costs at least seventeen taels. The Daimyos of the Fire Country are not selling

Food is meant to be given away, but leaving it for charity.

"What to do next?" Orochimaru licked his tongue and said maliciously.

After pondering for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly: "I will write a proposal to increase Konoha's military expenditure, and the increase will be eighty million taels per year."

Orochimaru laughed "hehe" twice, turned around and left the Hokage's temporary office. In his opinion, his teacher's behavior was completely innocuous and was an obvious sign of weakness. As for the task of submitting proposals, he was not interested at all, or

It is more relaxing to go back and do something meaningful.

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his forehead with a headache, and turned a deaf ear to Orochimaru's dissatisfaction. The actual situation did not allow him to play a trick of assassinating the daimyo, so beating him up was the best way at the moment.

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In the capital of the Kingdom of Fire, the daimyo was sitting in the pavilion watching the goldfish of different colors in the pond. From time to time, he dropped the fish food in his hand, which caused the goldfish in the pond to make a fuss over the food. It was really beautiful. Behind him, stood respectfully.

A middle-aged official.

"Tadamichi Terasaki, what do you think?"

Although the daimyo's questions were unclear, Tadamichi Terasaki, his confidant, immediately understood that his problem was nothing more than a matter of selling food.

"Lord Daimyo, I'm afraid there will be big trouble."

"Oh? Tell me carefully." The daimyo became interested, threw down the fish food in his hand, picked up a cup of tea and drank it.

Terasaki Tadamichi looked at the dull expression on the daimyo's face and said cautiously: "I'm worried that Konoha will send assassins..."

‘Plop’

The sound of an object falling into the water interrupted Tadamichi Terasaki's words, but it was the daimyo who threw the teacup in his hand into the water. He was frightened. He quickly knelt down and secretly remembered the point where the teacup fell into the water. This was the daimyo's favorite teacup.

, it is extremely valuable and cannot be thrown away.

The daimyo stood up, stared at the cup that was gradually sinking into the water, and asked: "Are you afraid of ninjas?"

Terasaki Tadamichi pursed his lips and did not dare to answer. Because he had witnessed the battle between the Mist Ninja and Konoha that day, and the heaven-destroying energy contained in the Ninja's body made him so frightened that he could not even think of resisting.

Seeing that his most trusted confidant remained silent, the daimyo couldn't help but sneered and asked another question as he already had the answer.

"Do you know how many ninja villages there are in the ninja world?"

"Probably more than a hundred..." Terasaki Tadamichi replied unconfidently. He had indeed not counted the number of ninja villages, so he was somewhat lacking in confidence.

"There are more than a hundred ninja villages, how many have been awarded the title of 'Kage'?"

Terasaki Tadamichi knew this, and anyone with a little common sense knew it, and he immediately said: "Five!"

"Yes, then do you know why there are five?" The daimyo continued to ask, but this time he did not embarrass his confidant who was kneeling on the ground and gave the answer himself.

"Because there are only five big countries in the world, there are five great ninja villages!"

After being awakened, Terasaki Tadamichi suddenly became enlightened and said in a voiceless voice: "What do you mean..."

The daimyo did not speak, but turned around, walked slowly in front of Terasaki Tadamichi, and stretched out his hand to pull him up. Terasaki Tadamichi hurriedly stood up, but despite his tall stature, he was always bent over the daimyo.

"Just remember one sentence, it's not because there are five great ninja villages that there are five great countries, but because there are five great countries, there are five great ninja villages. The rest is irrelevant, do you understand?"

"yes!"

Terasaki Tadamichi responded, he was an exquisite and clear person, but after being enlightened by the daimyo, he still didn't understand the mystery, and he couldn't help but feel calm in his heart.

"Are you still afraid of ninjas now?" the daimyo asked softly.

"Don't be afraid!"

"Go do something."

After the daimyo appeased his confidants, he grabbed the fish food on the table and scattered it, while Tadamichi Terasaki bowed respectfully and left the pavilion.

Looking at the goldfish vying for food, the daimyo had a playful smile on his face. Increase the military expenditure by 80 million taels? The situation is too small. He will sponsor 800 million from his own pocket, otherwise other daimyo will know about it and think he is a stingy person.

Embarrassed.

Although the daimyo has not been in charge of the Fire Country for a long time, he has been trained as a successor since childhood. Naturally, he understands the meaning of Sarutobi Hiruzen's warning, but so what? In his opinion, ninjas are just goldfish in the pond, even if they are glamorous

Incomparable, shouldn’t he be the one feeding me?

The Fire Country can lose the Leaf Ninja Village, but the Konoha Ninja Village cannot lose the Fire Country. This is what the previous generation of daimyo said to him before he died, and it is also the reason why he is so confident.

The reason is very simple. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of productivity and production relations. Ninjas are also human beings. As humans, they will be hungry, sick, tired, and need food, medicine, rest and shelter, and all these are not necessary for ninjas who are not productive.

Unable to create, we can only rely on what the Fire Nation provides.

Ultimately it's a matter of money.

Ninjas are a profession that possesses absolute power. Like farmers and businessmen, they are just a part of the great Fire Country. The only difference is that they are powerful. But they still have not reached the point where they can ignore other professions.

To a certain extent, it is still under the rule of the daimyo.

Maybe ninjas can plunder everything they need through force. After all, ordinary people are just ants in front of chakra. But remember, there is not just one ninja village, but hundreds of large and small ones. When one of them does this

When one destroys order and desires all power and resources, it will inevitably arouse fierce resistance from other ninja villages and hostility from all other professions.

The daimyo who controls production resources will call on all professional leaders to unite and offer irresistible conditions to destroy this rule-breaking ninja village.

If the Konoha Village breaks the rules, the daimyo believes that he only needs to declare that whoever destroys Konoha first will get the full support of the Fire Country, then not only the poor and crazy Sunagakure Village, but also all the ninjas who think they have the strength to enter the Fire Country.

The village will use all its strength to besiege Konoha Village until the daimyo is satisfied.

Therefore, the daimyo will unscrupulously assist Iwagakure Village, and he will also assist Sunagakure Village and Amegakure Village in order to weaken Konoha. What the daimyo needs is a Konoha Village whose strength is higher than other ninja villages.

Rather than a Konoha Village that can unify the ninja world. Only in this way can we ensure that the rule of the daimyo can be passed down from generation to generation without any accidents. After all, the riots of ordinary people are just a joke in the eyes of ninjas, right?

The economic base determines the superstructure, which is an unbreakable iron law in any world.