The Kazekage thought it over and felt that it was acceptable. He could live with it.
Now that Sunagakure had become a region blessed with favorable weather and suitable living conditions, the issue of childbirth had begun to rise to the forefront.
In recent years, Sunagakure's population had continued to grow, so the volume of cooperation increased every year.
Sunagakure was not the only one. The other villages were the same. Konoha's factories had expanded again and again, and now they could no longer increase in scale.
"Also, we would like to purchase another batch of trees from Konoha to plant new oases."
Sunagakure selling trees to Konoha had been a trade arrangement for a long time, but it had always been scattered and small-scale, nothing major.
"Sure. How many does Lord Kazekage need? I'll have to prepare them in advance."
"Mm... around twenty thousand."
Minato nodded at that. Twenty thousand trees were nothing to Konoha. The forest farms under Konoha's control produced plenty of saplings and lumber every year.
It was enough to supply Sunagakure.
"That will be fine, Lord Kazekage. These trees should arrive in Sunagakure within a month."
Rōsha nodded as well. "Good. Sunagakure does not need them urgently. As long as they arrive within a month, that will do."
The trees had merely been an impulse purchase by Rōsha, something he had picked up along the way. His true purpose was not this matter.
It was to ask about the changes in Konoha over the past few months.
"Lord Hokage, forgive my presumption, but I would like to ask whether Sunagakure's villagers committed some crime in Konoha. Why has Konoha stopped receiving Sunagakure personnel entering Konoha?"
The Kazekage's question was exactly what Minato had been waiting for.
"Lord Kazekage, that is not the case. Konoha has