It was perfectly normal for this to happen.
In the first year of cooperation between Konoha and the other hidden villages, the contracts had been worth a million. At the beginning of the year, when representatives from the three villages came to Konoha, Yuya gave them contracts worth ten times that amount.
This year, Konoha would need to buy at least thirty tons of seafood from Kirigakure.
Likewise, it would need to buy at least thirty tons of various edible goods from Iwagakure.
Sunagakure...
Well... the only thing you seem to have that's any good is Desert Chili Pepper. Let's go with thirty tons of chili peppers.
The people from Iwagakure and Kirigakure happily agreed. Only the people from Sunagakure looked troubled. "We haven't grown that much..."
You couldn't exactly eat the stuff as a meal. Who would grow that much for no reason?
Yuya put on an exaggeratedly troubled expression and told the people from Sunagakure that the stuff was very popular in Konoha. Could Sunagakure grow enough this year? Konoha could pay twenty percent above market price. And if possible, it would be best if they could bring another ten or twenty tons, since the consumption of chili peppers was truly staggering.
The people from Sunagakure felt their hearts stop. They hurriedly promised they could do it.
During the first year of cooperation, both sides had cautiously tested the waters. Neither knew whether the other could be trusted.
With the first year of cooperation behind them, Yuya no longer bothered pretending.
The goods Konoha had bought from the three villages in the first year had all been used up in less than half a month.
Now that he had a basic understanding of consumption, Yuya had a much better idea of what to expect. But contracts couldn't be