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Chapter 156 The Kingdom of Wind prepares for war

The Kingdom of Wind is full of deserts, and the people can only make a living in a small number of oases and on the edge of the desert.

Such topography makes it impossible for the Country of Wind to have any arable land, let alone the development of large-scale industries.

After all, large-scale industries generally need water, especially the paper industry, which consumes extremely terrifying amounts of water.

But people and officials can't do without paper. If you don't use paper and use bamboo slips, the damage to the environment will be more serious.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Wind has always been a major importer of food and paper.

The import targets are major grain-producing countries: the country of fields and the country of rivers.

But in the past two years, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind suddenly discovered that his trading partner had changed.

The country that exports grain and paper is no longer the country of fields and rivers, but the country of fire.

Knocking on the table, the Lord of the Wind Country came to the Minister of Commerce, pointed to the data on the paper and asked: "What's going on? The food and paper we imported before came from the Country of Fields and the Country of Sichuan, didn't they? Suddenly changed to the Fire Nation?"

"Oh, this is because the food and paper of the Fire Country are cheaper!" The Minister of Commerce quickly replied: "The same rice, the Tian Country needs 140 taels per catty, but the Fire Country's food only costs 100 taels, and the same is true for paper. , the paper from the Kingdom of Sichuan costs 1500 taels per 1200 pieces, and the paper from the Country of Fire costs taels per pieces, of course we will buy it from the cheaper one!"

When all these industries are combined, it will evolve into one situation.

Therefore, the data he can collect may only be one-tenth of the total data.

Even if he is not a noble, he is still a relative of the noble.

Although he was happy to buy cheaper food, he would not be happy if the food was supplied by an enemy.

With the same funds, the Kingdom of Wind can produce 5000 detonating charms, and the Kingdom of Fire can produce .

Moreover, what the daimyo saw on the documents was not just food and paper.

The iron-smelting workers have long since changed careers without work. The iron-smelting equipment has long since been rusted if it has not been produced or maintained for several months. In addition, the workers and residents next to the factory occasionally pick up parts, wires, etc., trying to start the machine. Well, I found it was broken and I didn’t even know where it was broken!

And food prices, in the cold weapon era, represented war potential.

In the first half of this year, the Kingdom of Wind exported a total of 124 billion taels of materials, but imported 776 billion taels of materials!

The low price of paper in the Fire Nation proves that the price of their detonating charms is also low.

Because under the political system of daimyo rule, those who can do transnational trade, import and export trade, are basically high-ranking officials and nobles.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Fire is powerful not only in food, but also in paper.

The daimyo's face immediately darkened.

If you raise tariffs today, you may drown tomorrow!

The daimyo looked through the documents and struggled for a long time, but he didn't think of a way to break the situation.

The only industry left in the Kingdom of Wind is mining.

Although it cannot be compared in this way, it is almost the same situation, or the real situation is more serious than this.

They can make a profit of 60 taels per catty by selling it to the Country of Wind, so the price of the food they sell in the Country of Fire will only be lower.

His orders can only be passed within the Wind Capital, and no one in other cities in the Wind Country pays any attention to him.

If one is eating 140 taels per catty of grain and the other is eating 100 taels per catty of grain, which one can't hold on first, needless to say?

For example, farmers from the Kingdom of Wind will find that we have worked hard to farm for a year, and at the end of the day, when we calculate the total, it turns out that farming our own land is more expensive than buying it from the Kingdom of Fire?

What a waste of land to farm?

There is also the iron smelting industry. The original iron smelting industry in the Kingdom of Wind is still developing very well. After all, the puppetry in Sand Hidden Village requires metal parts. After joint research and development, the quality has improved.

Of the 100 taels sold for a pound of grain, I don’t know if 60 taels went to the Fire Country merchants, and the rest should have all fallen into the hands of the nobles.

Do the iron-making merchants still have the motivation to make iron?

If the iron-smelting merchants have no motivation to make iron, the steel output of the Kingdom of Wind will decrease. In peacetime, they can still live on the steel of the Kingdom of Fire. But what if there is a war and the Kingdom of Fire cuts off the supply?

Restore production?

That is to say: all businessmen have found that the cost of making things by themselves is extremely high, so it is better to go directly to the Country of Fire to buy them and then give up their own industry.

And even in Fengdu Nei, he couldn't speak easily.

But now, it is cheaper for you to buy ready-made iron ingots from the Fire Country than to practice it yourself, and the quantity is large!

Outrageous?

What’s even more outrageous is that these are just numbers that I can count!

The political system of the Kingdom of Wind is no different from that of the previous Kingdom of Fire. The daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind have only slightly stronger control over various places than the daimyo of the Kingdom of Fire back then, but not much stronger.

Browse through the large amount of data above, and then take a look at the summary.

It's not that easy to recover.

Is there any way to deal with this situation?

Of course there are. For example, if you impose tariffs on foreign goods, they will be directly increased to the point where they are more expensive than domestic goods. In this way, the price of domestic goods will still be cheaper, and domestic business will naturally be protected.

If you want to raise tariffs, you may block your brother-in-law or sister-in-law's financial path.

The daimyo touched his chin, his face filled with sadness.

So the actual number of this trade gap will be larger!

"How could this be so?" The daimyo was puzzled: "The Kingdom of Fire is separated from our Kingdom of Wind by the Kingdom of Sichuan, and the country closest to the Wind Capital is obviously the Kingdom of Fields. The transportation along this road is like people eating horses. It should also be chewed because the Fire Nation consumes more money, so how come the Fire Nation, which has a longer journey and higher consumption, has lower prices?"

There are some industries that only the Fire Nation is doing, such as perfume.

But as mentioned before, the political system of the Kingdom of Wind is similar to that of the Kingdom of Fire.

This is the blood of people from the country of the wind!

We worked hard for a whole year, and all the money we earned was taken away by the Fire Nation people. Not to mention, the money we earned last year, the year before, and even the year before that was also taken away!

What is this equivalent to?

This is equivalent to the country's national strength going back three or four years!

Paper is also a war preparation material during war. Not to mention that various battle reports, intelligence, and documents require a lot of paper to record. The detonating charms of the special weapons of the ninja world also require paper to make.

The situation is similar in other industries such as papermaking, tea picking, weaving, breeding, agriculture, aquatic products, etc.

"This" the Minister of Commerce scratched his head, he didn't know either.

After all, businessmen want to make money.

Salt, sugar, oil, vinegar and other daily necessities, sand shovels, hoes, bricks and other construction supplies, and even perfume, tea, porcelain, silk and other luxury goods are all from the Fire Nation.

It's not that he is stupid, but that his opponent uses an upright conspiracy to crush the country's power and system.

As for him, if he wants to do something alone, countless people are holding him back. If he can find a way, he will be a ghost!

After much thought, the daimyo only thought of one way.

Go to war!

If Konoha is killed and the Fire Country is defeated, then all the previous problems will no longer be a problem.

Even if the fight fails and there is a draw, the Fire Country merchants can be forced to increase prices through negotiation.

You set the price of food so low, which is not conducive to the struggle of the people of the Country of Wind!

"Go and invite the Third Kazekage to the Wind Capital to discuss matters!" Although the daimyo was determined, whether they could fight or not still depended on the situation in Sunagakure Village.

Three days later, the third generation Kazekage and Sand entered the Wind Capital in hiding and met the Daimyo of the Country of Wind in a secret room.

"Daimyo!" Hesha knelt down on one knee and saluted.

He is an arrogant person, but no matter how arrogant he is, he still respects the daimyo from the bottom of his heart when facing a daimyo who devotes himself to the country and has gray hair on his temples at the age of thirty.

"No need to be polite, get up!" The daimyo sounded a little depressed.

In the past three days, he had read more documents, and the more he read, the less optimistic the prospect became.

He discovered that it was not just the Kingdom of Wind that suffered. The Kingdom of Wind is not a neighboring country to the Kingdom of Fire, so the impact has just been there, not too serious yet.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Wind is a big country, and even if there is a problem, it can survive for a longer time, while the Kingdom of Tian and the Kingdom of Sichuan, two neighboring countries of the Kingdom of Fire, have long been unable to survive.

The Fire Nation did not send troops, but used commercial means.

A large amount of cheap food from the Country of Fire was dumped by merchants to the borders of the Country of Sichuan and the Country of Fields.

The Kingdom of Tian is obviously a farming country, but they don’t understand the research and development of high-yield grains or the existence of chemical fertilizers, so that the price of grains is more expensive than what they buy. Where can you explain this?

As a result, farming is more expensive than buying grain. Landlords in the Land of Land are going bankrupt one after another. Although there are mountains of grain at home, people will definitely starve to death. But people can't just eat in life. They also have to eat meat, wear clothes, buy shoes, and see a doctor.

The businessmen of the Kingdom of Fire have not finished their operations, and they have begun to recruit people in the Kingdom of Fields again.

When the landowners go bankrupt, won’t their tenant farmers and serfs have no jobs?

Before, their life was very ordinary. They worked hard on a piece of land for a year, and 90% of it had to be handed over to the landlord. They could only keep 10%, and they could not feed their families at all.

Although it is a well-known food producing area in the ninja world, people still starve to death every year.

But now, the merchants from the Fire Country are here, and hope is here! !

No land to plant? Come work in our factory!

Ten thousand taels a month, isn’t this more than what you earn from farming?

Farmers in the land of fields have no righteousness for their family and country. Who would want to be a farmer if they could earn enough money to survive starvation?

No, not yet farmers, but serfs!

Moreover, the merchant from the Country of Fire doesn't care at all about the sale agreement signed between the serfs and the landlords. Your whole family just left with me and went abroad. Where can he find you?

The daimyo and landowners of Tian Country are definitely not happy to see this situation. All our people have gone to work in the Country of Fire. Who are we exploiting?

Although farming is no longer profitable, it can still produce some.

Now when people run away, no one will plant the land, and there will be no output at all!

However, there is nothing they can do no matter how unhappy they are.

Because there is no Ninja Village in Tian Country!

Every time a businessman from the Land of Man and Fire comes to recruit people, there are Konoha ninjas standing next to him. No matter how unhappy you are, you have to hold it in!

Even if there is a Ninja Village, there is nothing that can be done. The small country still wants to fight against Konoha?

In just one year, the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Tian have been reduced to less than half, and 30% of the land has been purchased by merchants from the Kingdom of Fire.

These are all small problems. The big problem is that millions of people left the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Tian and entered the Kingdom of Fire.

The departure of large tracts of people has brought about large tracts of no man's land in the country of Kawa and the country of fields.

The once bustling villages have now become ghost villages, occupied by various animals.

And this trend is not slowing down at all, but is still growing.

At first, it was the businessmen who took the initiative to recruit people, but now it is the slave farmers and tenant farmers of the Land of Sichuan and the Land of Land who have taken the initiative to pack up their belongings and leave.

However, the daimyo of two small countries, Tian Country and Kawa Country, did not dare to stop them.

Thinking of the improvement in national strength that millions of people could bring, the daimyo's teeth were gritted with jealousy.

However, he could only stare and stare, unable to do anything he wanted to do.

The Kingdom of Wind simply cannot support so many people!

"Daimyo, why did you call me here this time?" Seeing the daimyo's angry and depressed expression, Hesha recalled that I probably haven't offended this daimyo recently.

The daimyo suddenly spoke: "How has Sunagakure Village developed over the years? How many ninjas are there?"

"Back to the Daimyo, we, the Country of Wind, did not participate in the First Ninja War. Although we suffered heavy losses in the Second Ninja War, we were lucky enough to withdraw without any damage to our bones. After these years of recuperation, we have some A large number of new ninjas have been trained, some genin have been promoted to chunin, chunin have been promoted to jounin, and two newcomers have emerged, and they already have the strength of elite jounin!"

"Currently, Sunagakure Village has six elite jounin, eighty jounin, 1500 chunin, and nearly 6000 genin!",

The daimyo nodded with satisfaction, this amount was already pretty good.

During World War II, there were less than three thousand ninjas in the Kingdom of Wind, but they were dismissed by Hatake Sakumo with 1500 people.

The number now is three times that of World War II. I believe it will not be as frustrating as it was during World War II.

"If I ask you to launch an attack on Konoha, what results can you achieve?" the daimyo asked sharply.

"Initiate an attack on Konoha?" Kaisa's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "After World War II, Konoha did not cultivate a large number of ninjas, and the system remained unchanged. Therefore, the strength of the teachings should not have changed much during World War II, and according to the reports, Konoha Village It seems that something happened, and the former Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo committed suicide!"

"Hatake Sakumo committed suicide?" The daimyo's eyes lit up: "Is it the Hatake Sakumo who killed our general last time?"

"That's him!" Hesha nodded: "In addition, the report also said that Tsunade has not appeared in Konoha Hospital for a long time. She is suspected of being at odds with Konoha's top management and has left Konoha. So if a war breaks out, we will have to deal with Tsunade. The only remaining strong men are Orochimaru and Jiraiya!"

"In terms of top-level combat power, we have the advantage!"

"In terms of high-level combat power, the number of jounin in Konoha is about 150. Although there are more than us, we have a geographical advantage, coupled with the puppetry and poison techniques, and Konoha's nine-tailed jinchūriki has lost a new jinchūriki. Our jinchūriki have not grown up yet, but our jinchūriki can go directly to the battlefield. Taken together, our high-level combat power is also balanced!"

"In terms of low-level combat strength, the number of standing ninjas in Konoha is around 4000, but we have 7500!!"

"I am superior at the top, equal at the top, and superior at the bottom. Even if Konoha forces the family ninjas to recruit, there will only be a thousand people at most. Once a fight begins, the strength comparison will be eight thousand versus five thousand. The advantage is mine!"

"This battle must be won!"

"Yes!" The daimyo nodded: "Then I order you to go back quickly to prepare for war. How long will it take to send troops?"

A war cannot be initiated as soon as one side opens the door and the other side takes action. The deployment of materials and the recall of personnel all take time.

It’s not uncommon for someone to start a war without any preparation, and then Yixing was arrested and went to study abroad in Wala.

Hesha calculated in his mind, then raised his head: "Two months!"

"Two months, it happens to be August!" The daimyo nodded: "In August, the desert is unbearably hot. Konoha ninjas are pampered and cannot adapt to such an environment. The advantage is indeed mine, so we will send troops on August 11th. I will issue an edict on August 10th, declaring the world to declare war on Konoha!"

"Yes!" Hesha clenched his fists excitedly.

Except for Hiruzen Sarutobi who doesn't like fighting, no ninja will resist war.

Because of the special professional attributes of ninjas, it is difficult for them to receive high-level mission orders during peacetime.

For example, the evaluation criterion for A-level missions is the possibility of encountering ninjas.

But they were performing tasks in the country during peacetime, so where did the ninjas come from?

During the war, the missions where you can encounter genin and chuunin are A-level, and the missions where you can meet jounin are S-level!

Advanced tasks are really just a matter of catching a lot of them!

If you are lucky and strong, it is not a dream to get rich directly from a war.

Moreover, it is extremely difficult for ninjas to be promoted in peacetime. One or two people may be promoted in one Chunin exam, and three or four people may be promoted in the Chunin exam twice a year.

For the huge genin group, this is even more difficult than the exam, and there are simply not enough places!

It's even harder to be promoted to jounin. There are no high-level tasks for you to do. How can you be promoted without merit?

But in war, upgrading is very simple. If you kill a chuunin, you become a chuunin. If you kill a jounin, you become a jounin.

It’s not flashy at all, it’s all about strength!

Ordinary ninjas like war, but Aisa, the Third Kazekage, likes it even more.

Because the five Kazekages of the Five Great Ninja Villages are very famous among others, such as Doctor of Ninjutsu, Strongest Spear, Eliminated Blood Successor, Strongest Water Release and so on.

As for him, he has no reputation at all. Even outside, if you ask the Third Kazekage his name, no one else will know!

And this war is a good time to make a name for yourself!

(End of this chapter)