Seeing that everyone seemed to understand his intentions, Sen continued, "For the time being, your priority should be economic development, followed by scientific research—such as ninjutsu research. Shipbuilding can also become a means of economic growth later on.
"However, your economy is weak right now, so you could sell some fertilizer as startup capital."
"Fertilizer? What does that mean?" Mei Terumi asked, somewhat confused.
She only felt that ever since she had started seeing Sen more often, her brain seemed to itch, as if it were about to grow another one.
"On islands where birds often roost, there should be plenty of droppings. They contain many elements beneficial to plant growth, such as nitrogen fertilizer, potassium fertilizer—" Halfway through, Sen saw the confused looks in everyone's eyes and could only feel that Kirigakure's overall level of education was truly abysmal.
Even in the shinobi world, Konoha knew about such things.
They were even basic common knowledge taught in class.
"Forget it. Anyway, this stuff can be sold. The Land of Fire and other countries will probably need it badly. You can also use it yourselves first to improve your agricultural development."
Mei Terumi nodded and briskly ordered one of the Mist Ninja, "Send people to collect it. I remember there really are a lot of it on some islands.
"Then establish a corresponding research department and keep detailed records. This concerns the stomachs of the village—no, the entire Land of Water!"
Seeing that Mei Terumi finally looked somewhat like a Mizukage, Sen nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. You're starting to look like a Mizukage."
Mei Terumi's beautiful eyes shifted as she said, "Sen, I've realized our village really can't do without you. Why not just come to our village directly?
"Didn't you already fall out with the Hokage? This would