Merchants throughout the Land of Fire were the first to spot the business opportunities brought by the entirely new form of transportation known as the maglev train. They promptly approached the government to inquire about freight delivery and expressed their willingness to cooperate.
Nawaki had long been prepared for this. The Daimyo government immediately released the various rules and pricing for transporting goods in cooperation with the company.
Companies and merchants of all sizes in the Land of Fire had already maintained long-term partnerships with Konoha, so they trusted the policies issued by the government. Before long, they began signing contracts with the Ministry of Railways in droves.
Thus, the Land of Fire's logistics industry began to take shape. The contracts signed with domestic merchants alone had already preliminarily recouped the construction costs of the maglev railway system. After all, the most crucial component of the entire system was energy, but thanks to the "selfless contribution" of the spiritual clone, those costs could be ignored. Other than the materials needed to manufacture the tracks and trains themselves, there were no major expenses. The deposits paid by companies large and small across the country were enough to recover the investment.
As the logistics industry took shape, Nawaki began promoting the various benefits of maglev trains through the media. However, most ordinary citizens could not change their way of thinking overnight. Aside from a small group of relatively high-income women, most people still preferred traveling on foot. After all, the entire Shinobi World had only just entered the electrical age. Even the Land of Fire's average income remained relatively low. For ordinary civilians, they would rather expend some effort and spend more time than waste so much money riding a maglev train. A single ticket cost several days' worth of income, which