Kirigakure's commerce was extremely underdeveloped. Not only did businesses have to pay taxes to the village, they also had to pay taxes to Kirigakure's upper ranks—half their revenue.
As a result, most businesses in Kirigakure barely broke even. Apart from shops opened by the upper ranks, all the other shops in Kirigakure accounted for less than twenty percent of the total.
But starting today, Kirigakure's businesses no longer had to pay the taxes imposed by the upper ranks, and the taxes they paid to the village would be cut in half as well.
These measures had all been set directly by Yu. Konoha's inspection team would arrive in Kirigakure tomorrow and "temporarily" take over all of its affairs.
For as long as Konoha's inspection team was in charge of Kirigakure's affairs, the Mizukage would have only an assisting role.
The Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages were supposed to be equals. Yet now, Mizukage Mei Terumi had already lost the right to stand as an equal to the Kage of the other villages.
Under the circumstances, Kirigakure had practically become an appendage of Konoha.
Over the following days, Kirigakure began establishing close ties with Konoha. Countless Konoha products entered Kirigakure and the Land of Water, while products from Kirigakure could now be sold directly in Konoha and the Land of Fire.
In particular, the Konoha Automotive Manufacturing Group opened a factory in Kirigakure, and the village's manufacturing industry immediately began to develop. Under the power of the shinobi, the changes in Kirigakure were plain to see.
And once shinobi brought their abilities into commercial activity, there would be no room left for ordinary people to make a living.
Shinobi outclassed ordinary people in every respect—not just in strength, but in intelligence and other fields, too. Ordinary people simply couldn't