The Final Show of Force

To be fair.

The future Hinata described sounded wonderful, but before they truly saw such a world, most people felt lost and at a loss regarding the new world she spoke of.

The ideal was good, but putting it into practice would be extremely difficult.

Implementing a new system would inevitably infringe upon the interests upheld by the old one.

Although Hinata could forcibly implement her new system through absolute strength, would those whose interests were harmed truly submit to her willingly?

There were too many questions, leaving people confused, fearful, and even helpless.

Modern people all knew that commercial taxes were a major source of national revenue, but why did ancient times emphasize agriculture while suppressing commerce? Some dynasties even implemented all sorts of unreasonable policies to crack down on merchants.

That was because ancient productivity was too weak.

In ancient times, even when the entire populace farmed together, there were still people who could not get enough to eat. Under such circumstances, if commerce were vigorously developed as well, the nation truly would have no food left to eat.

What Hinata was facing now was actually much the same.

The step Hinata wanted to take was enormous. She was practically completely rejecting the way shinobi currently lived.

During the Shinobi Village era, Jonin could earn several million ryo in mission rewards for completing an S-rank mission.

But under a salary system, no matter how wealthy Hinata was, she could not possibly pay Jonin monthly salaries of several million ryo.

People said money was merely a worldly possession, but as long as one lived, food, clothing, housing, and travel all required money. Reality was like this—people could not possibly live in dreams, could they?

In the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, you could have anything you wanted.

But in the