"Really?"
After learning the message from Nine-Tails, Namikawa Yū nodded. "I understand."
Before the wedding, he had a hunch that Black Zetsu would most likely come here to observe him.
Namikawa Yū is the Hokage and controls Flying Thunder God Technique. His whereabouts have always been difficult to grasp. Even Black Zetsu, the latent master, cannot fully grasp it.
Taking advantage of a wedding to sneak in is a good choice.
He could probably guess what Black Zetsu was thinking, so he arranged for Nine-Tails to watch from the sidelines early.
As Tailed Beast, Nine-Tails naturally has strong perception.
This kind of perception reached its peak after he tried to practice Senjutsu.
Among today's Konoha, even Namikawa Yū is not as good as Nine-Tails in terms of perception.
He can see everything that Namikawa Yū cannot see, and even traces of Black Zetsu can hardly escape his perception.
"Why don't you catch this guy now?"
Nine-Tails is a little confused.
Now that we already know that someone is spying secretly, wouldn't it be better to just take this opportunity to find out the other person?
"His situation is special and it's not that easy to catch."
Namikawa Yū shook his head secretly. "If you act rashly, you will only let him escape.
Black Zetsu If it were that easy to catch, he would have found a way to do it.
You know, this guy has lived from the time of Sage of Six Paths to now.
Even Sage of Six Paths couldn't catch this guy, which is enough to let people know how terrifying this guy is.
Namikawa Yū is very suspicious that this guy may also have some of Six Paths Power's properties.
If he didn't have the power of Six Paths Power, or Senjutsu, he might not be able to catch this guy at all.
So after thinking for a long time, he still didn't take action.
"Besides, this is not a good opportunity to take action."
He spoke softly, his face as calm as ever. "After all, this is my wedding to Tsunade."
"Even if there is something else, let's wait until today is over before we talk about it."
Many things can be done in the future, but the wedding with Tsunade can only happen once.
Considering Tsunade's feelings, he still didn't want to affect her and gave up preparations this time.
"Okay."
Nine-Tails yawned and looked a little sleepy. "You are the Hokage anyway, so I just listen to you."
Normally, Tailed Beast does not need to sleep, but Nine-Tails is in a special state at the moment.
The clone in front of him was a real flesh and blood body, so it also had the feeling of normal life.
He may feel hungry, sleepy or even sleepy.
But to him, all this was not annoying, but rather a novel feeling.
"The kitchen has specially prepared pastries for you. If you need it, you can go and enjoy it first."
Namikawa Yū said softly, "There is no need to continue staring here."
"Yeah, I didn't tell you earlier."
Nine-Tails Hearing that there were pastries available, the sleepiness on his body disappeared immediately.
Nine-Tails has many senses of his own after becoming a flesh and blood body.
Among many foods, he especially prefers sweets.
Especially desserts made with a lot of chakra ingredients are his favorite.
Namikawa Yū speculates that this should be the influence of the Ten-Tails gene in his body.
After all, as Ten-Tails, he originally had a great preference for all kinds of chakra energy and Natural Energy.
Now Nine-Tails has inherited this preference from Ten-Tails, which is a matter of course.
Nine-Tails walked aside, leaving only Namikawa Yū.
He thought in his mind, "It's time to find a way to deal with it."
Namikawa Yū has a premonition in his heart.
Black Zetsu I'm afraid I can't bear it for much longer.
It won't be long before he comes to your door.
When that time comes, Namikawa Yū will have to find a way to deal with it.
Time passed slowly.
Before I knew it, one month had passed since the wedding at Namikawa Yū.
A month has passed, and the impact of Naruto's wedding has completely passed.
Then came other things.
Sand Village's messenger is here.
Within Five Great Nations, Sand Village is a very special Ninja Village.
Although this Ninja Village is also ranked among Five Great Nations, its overall strength is considered to be the weakest among Five Great Nations.
The most important thing is that this Ninja Village is different from the Daimyo in this country.
Some omens of this can be seen later.
As the ruler of Land of Wind, Daimyo of Land of Wind would later rather hand over a large amount of funds and entrustments to Konoha of Land of Fire than to Sand Village of his own country.
You know, theoretically speaking, this is an absolute act of capitalizing on the enemy.
Being able to do such a thing, it can be imagined that the relationship between Daimyo of the Land of Wind and Sunagakure is definitely not that friendly.
But for Konoha, Sand Village is still a good alliance partner.
Compared with other countries, Sand Village's strength is not too strong, but it is not too weak either, and it is just the kind that can be manipulated.
In Namikawa Yū's opinion, Sand Village and Kirigakure are the best to deal with. Iwagakure and Kumogakure are too strong and need to be dealt with slowly later.
And this time Sunagakure came with only one purpose.
That is to form an alliance with Konoha.
"The last time Shinobi World War has proved that even in the context of the Ninja Village, war may still break out at any time. In order to better protect the people of Land of Fire and Land of Wind, it is necessary for us to make some more in-depth contacts."
Mitokado Homura spoke to Second Kazekage, who had come from afar, with a smile on his face.
"Yes, that's exactly why we came here this time."
Kazekage had a smile on his face and nodded repeatedly.
Compared to Konoha, Sand Village's attitude this time was very low.
This can be seen from Second Kazekage coming here in person.
On Sand Village's side, Kazekage came in person, but on Konoha's side, not even the Hokage came forward, but just asked Mitokado Homura, who was in charge of Ministry of Foreign Affairs's door, to come forward to receive them.
The reason for this difference mainly lies in the purpose of Sand Village's visit this time.
Sand Village came here to seek assistance.
Land of Wind has always been the poorest among Five Great Nations due to the harsh terrain and poor environment.
As a Ninja Village within Land of Wind, Sand Village's own resources are much lower than those of other countries, and it has not yet received full support from Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
Their economic poverty did not just happen later, it has always been the case.
This time, another drought broke out in Land of Wind, and the output of many lands was reduced. Sand Village's income also dropped sharply, and the number of various commissions continued to decrease.
Just at this time, Konoha intends to form an alliance with Sand Village and is willing to provide some benefits.
After Sand Village understood, he immediately sent someone over.
"According to Lord Hokage, we are willing to assist you with this food this time."
Mitokado Homura took out a list and handed it to Kazekage in front of him.
Listed on the list are various supplies, including food and other daily necessities.
For example, salt, and some clothing.
These are basically some surplus items in Land of Fire.
Needless to say about food.
The terrain of Land of Fire is the best among Five Great Nations, and the entire country is filled with a large number of plains.
As long as these lands are cultivated a little, they can immediately become good land that can produce a large amount of food.
After a slight transformation by Chakra Industry and the land reform spearheaded by Konoha, the grain output of the entire Land of Fire has greatly increased.
Now the problem in Land of Fire is no longer famine, but the problem of having too much food and not knowing who to sell it to.
There is nothing wrong with food, but it can be a problem once there is too much.
A large amount of grain has accumulated, which has a huge impact on the farmers in Land of Fire.
A large number of farmers have been working for a year, and they have harvested grain and want to exchange it for some Ninja Coin in the market. However, they find that after a year of hard work, they can barely even recoup the cost.
A large amount of grain cannot be sold at a high price, which has become a big problem plaguing the entire Land of Fire.
These problems originally had nothing to do with Konoha. After all, Konoha is just a pure military organization.
Land of Fire The livelihood of common people?
That's what Land of Fire Daimyo only cares about!
But that's not the case now.
Konoha replaced Land of Fire Daimyo, and in the process, Konoha also replaced Land of Fire Daimyo's responsibilities.
What originally belonged only to Land of Fire Daimyo, now Konoha must also bear it.
Of course, this is understandable. After all, what rights you get come with what responsibilities you should bear.
In short, in order to ensure the interests of domestic farmers, Konoha launched a grain reserve plan, began to purchase grain throughout the Land of Fire range, and single-handedly forcibly raised grain prices.
Part of the purchased grain is used as reserve grain and stored in granaries, and the other part is used for trade.
But there is also a big problem with trade.
That's the question of who to sell it to.
Although there are no obstacles to trade these days, trade between countries is not that easy.
Daimyo and rulers of other countries do not want a large amount of cheap grain to come in for their own benefit. Even if they are willing to enter, the income from grain trade will not be as expected due to transportation and noble lords problems in different places.
Konoha High Command is very troubled by this.
To a certain extent, this is a rare thing.
In the past, due to wars, ninjas suffered from famine everywhere.
At that time, I only heard that there was not enough food, but I never heard that food was worthless.
The results are good now. After the rapid development of Yitong, Konoha was shocked to find that his family's grain and wine were almost worthless.
Moreover, in the foreseeable future, Land of Fire's grain output will become even higher, showing a rising trend.
There is no way, the geological conditions of Land of Fire are too superior, and the blessing of chakra for agriculture is too great.
To a certain extent, this is even more cheating than chemical fertilizers.
At most, chemical fertilizers only supplement various nutrients needed for plant growth. In essence, they allow crops to grow on their own.
Chakra is different.
This thing can directly make plants grow!
Ninjutsu such as Wood Release can directly accelerate ripening.
Theoretically speaking, as long as there is enough chakra, you can continuously accelerate ripening, and you can have as much chakra as you want.
Chakra Technology, Otsutsuki Clan sincerely endorses it, it is so overbearing.
In order to cope with the rising grain production in Land of Fire, Konoha has thought of many ways.
For example, adjust the industrial structure, develop the ethanol industry and animal husbandry, use excess grain to ferment and make wine, feed livestock, and increase meat production.
But these are things that come later, and it takes time to develop.
But the current food surplus crisis is real.
Nowadays, the grain silos built in Konoha are almost no longer able to hold them. The price of grain in Konoha has almost dropped to the point where it is free of charge. It is really impossible to digest so much grain.
So Konoha thought about it and decided to treat this part of the food as aid and give it away directly.
In this way, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. It can not only solve the surplus food in Land of Fire, but also be used for diplomacy, as a bargaining chip.
Not only food, but basic supplies such as salt are also the same. Basically, Konoha is seriously overflowing.
At this moment, Kazekage looked at the supplies on the list and felt very satisfied.
In his opinion, as long as he can get these supplies, his trip will not be in vain.
Compared with the past alliances that were made with empty words and only had a blank covenant without proof, this time the alliance with Konoha provides much more sincerity.
As long as you are willing to form an alliance with Konoha, you can receive a lot of supplies from Konoha every year.
These materials are nothing to Konoha, which is now on the right track of industry and has preliminary industrialization capabilities, but it has a different meaning to Sand Village today.
It is an exaggeration to say that it is a help in times of need, but it can be regarded as responding to a temporary emergency.
"This is the reward for a loyal friend."
Mitokado Homura smiled all over his face, "As long as Sand Village is willing to form an alliance with Konoha, we will be the closest allies in the future. This thing can only be regarded as ordinary."
"Konoha will deliver supplies to Sand Village every year from now on."
"But in my opinion, we can also achieve some deeper cooperation."
"Oh?"
Second Kazekage showed some interest. "Deeper cooperation? What does that mean?"
In his opinion, becoming allies is the most intimate state between two villages.
But listening to the meaning of Mitokado Homura, it seems that it can go deeper?
"As long as you are willing, of course you can."
Mitokado Homura smiled and quickly handed a list to Kazekage: "What do Lord Kazekage think of the prices on this list?"
Kazekage took the list and looked at it, then his expression suddenly changed slightly.
The things on the list are basically all kinds of supplies.
Kazekage, as the leader of Sand Village, is no stranger to these things.
What really seemed unfamiliar to him were the prices on the list.
The items on this list are all very cheap, ranging from all kinds of military supplies to ordinary household items, steel and wood.
But the price is only half or even less than what is on the market.
"What do you mean?"
Looking at the list, Kazekage was a little confused.
The items on this list are indeed cheap, but what does that have to do with him?
Konoha showed this thing to him, could it be to show off to him that Land of Fire's materials are cheap?
"We can provide these supplies to you Lord Kazekage at the prices on the list."
Mitokado Homura explained, "As long as Lord Kazekage you need it, I can provide you with as many of these things as you want."
"Oh?"
After hearing this, Kazekage suddenly became interested.