After giving it some thought, Chen Feng came up with a rough plan. First, he could travel to the Land of Wind under the pretext of establishing diplomatic relations and forge a preliminary trade agreement between the two nations.
That would allow him to survey the terrain firsthand and determine whether precious resources truly lay hidden beneath the Land of Wind.
If it was as he imagined, the next step would be to secure exclusive mining rights, allowing him to claim them for himself openly and legitimately.
After all, people of this era had no idea what oil was, much less the value it contained.
With that excuse, he could stay in the Hidden Sand Village for a while and wait patiently for Akatsuki members to come knocking.
Akatsuki's first battle to capture a tailed beast would also mark the beginning of the Dao Sect becoming Famous Throughout the World!
After settling the matter, Chen Feng went to the Mizukage's office to meet Mei Terumi and roughly explain his idea. As the leader of a village, she had the right to know about such matters.
Of course, he only told her the first part. There was no need to mention Akatsuki.
Mei Terumi was also somewhat surprised upon learning that precious resources might be hidden beneath the Land of Wind. Sunagakure was famously poor, and many people could barely afford food. Who would have thought it had something valuable hidden away?
Although she had some doubts about it, since Chen Feng had brought it up himself, she found it difficult to object. Even if his guess was wrong, Hidden Mist would not suffer any losses.
Besides, the village had remained closed off for so long. It was time to make an appearance again. Otherwise, the world would soon forget that