I Dare Choose, Do You Dare Use Them?

There was nothing Tsunade could say if others were powerless to help, but Jingyi was different.

You made me become Hokage, so whenever there was trouble, I would come looking for you.

"If I'm not yawning, then what am I supposed to do?"

Jingyi ignored Tsunade's threatening glare and wiped the corner of his eye. "Prices are bound to rise. As long as we can ensure that the prices of grain and certain meats do not become outrageously high, it will be fine. If the villagers have complaints, shift their internal conflicts outward."

"Shift them? How?"

Shikaku Nara looked over curiously.

It was normal to turn internal conflicts into war and external conflicts, but how could public resentment caused by rising prices be shifted elsewhere?

Facing Tsunade and Shikaku Nara's curious gazes, Jingyi spread his hands and said,

"It's simple. Send people to investigate the various countries, gather information on the prices of supplies and lists of price increases, then publish it in the village. As long as the prices of goods in the village are not higher than outside, even if the villagers complain, they won't direct that resentment at us."

"People are complicated creatures. As long as someone else is worse off than they are and living in poorer conditions, they can find a sense of balance, and their resentment won't be as strong as before."

"Would that really work?"

It was Tsunade's first time hearing of such a method of shifting conflict.

"Why wouldn't it?"

Jingyi smiled. "The villagers only feel resentful because rising prices have increased the pressure of daily life. Once they learn that Konoha's prices are already relatively low compared to the rest of the Shinobi World, they'll find psychological comfort."

"Greater pressure in life doesn't mean they can't survive. In today's Shinobi World,