Konoha, Aoba received the information about the letter quickly.
"Hiruko?"
This character does not appear in the main story. He is a character in the theatrical version. But his talents and abilities are very outstanding.
In the plot, four types of Kekkei Genkai were successfully integrated and used flexibly. In the end, Dark Release was unable to absorb Senjutsu Chakra and lost to Naruto.
But there is no doubt that the effect of Chimera Technique is very terrifying. Aoba then sent a message to Xin, asking him to assist in completing Chimera Technique and at the same time send back the relevant information.
The identity of Xin's spy is public to Konan and Nagato. They turn a blind eye to such small actions.
In addition to the spy Akatsuki given in the letter, Zabuza also gave information transmission once a month.
As a boss-level character in the early stage, Zabuza's main job now is to help Aoba make money.
After controlling Gato, according to some development strategies given by Aoba, Gato has now fully controlled more than 90% of Rice Fields Country's economic lifeline.
At the same time, his shipping company has also expanded rapidly, and he has controlled more than half of the sea areas around Rice Fields Country.
However, it is temporarily unable to expand to a greater extent. Because both Land of Lightning and Land of Earth have their own shipping businesses, let alone Land of Water.
These big countries have monopolized those major routes. Businessmen like Gato can only eat scraps.
If you want to make a breakthrough, you can only hug your thighs. Konoha is undoubtedly one of the thickest thighs. Therefore, under the instruction of Aoba, Gato has begun to send a signal to Konoha asking for a thigh hug.
Note that Gato asked for help from Konoha, not Land of Fire. This is a very critical step.
His behavior is completely different from following Konoha to hire ninjas to protect his own business.
Instead, I am preparing to cooperate with Konoha as a collaborator.
Konoha itself is not involved in the shipping business. For many years, Ninja Village has acted as a mercenary organization, earning employment fees and basically not doing business itself.
In other words, all the business was done by the big names.
But now, Aoba has begun to try to break this law. Gato's operation is to bypass the big name and invite Konoha to do business directly.
To be honest, when a ninja does a mission, the village earns only a few dollars in commission.
Konoha A Ninja Village like the leading brother only looks rich. Aoba has only started a few projects and is already starting to be unable to hold on.
This forced him to start economic reforms in advance.
This is the beginning of Gato's door-to-door cooperation. This operation is actually very dangerous. Although Konoha has mastered most of Land of Fire's power.
But this does not mean that there is no force on the side of the daimyo. The daimyo of every big country actually has its own armed force. Although it is not as good as Jonin Village, it still has a certain fighting strength.
This is not the key yet. The issue of force has almost been solved by Aoba. The key lies in the people's hearts.
The daimyo still has legal right to rule in terms of law and even people's hearts. It is very simple to physically defeat this kind of rule. But what Aoba wants is to completely change people's hearts. This is much more complicated.
Gato's cooperation is a test. It is a test to test the reaction of the famous people. It is also a test of the reaction of Konoha people and even Land of Fire people.
Gato itself is just a black glove. At critical moments, you can give up at will.
Aoba doesn't know much about politics. But he heard a saying a long time ago: People cannot be persuaded, you can only bribe them.
This sentence hides a very important political concept. If you want the masses to recognize your ideas, it is useless to rely on words alone. You have to give them benefits.
Aoba is now providing benefits to the people. It is temporarily limited to Konoha. If the village does business and makes money, it will naturally start construction in the village.
At that time, tuition fees will be reduced and reduced, and various public facilities will be constructed. Such a step-by-step process will allow the Konoha people to get used to these benefits.
One day, the daimyo becomes unhappy and stops Konoha from doing business. These benefits that the villagers have become accustomed to suddenly disappear. What will happen then?
Gato's visit surprised Tsunade. She knew this person. He had appeared in Aoba's mission records in the early years.
But the other party came directly to seek cooperation, which somewhat subverted Tsunade's imagination. She is an original resident of Shinobi World. Naturally, she cannot escape limitations in her thinking.
Now I am still having a headache how to apply for funding support from the daimyo. I have never thought about running my own business.
Tsunade instinctively felt that this was wrong. But after listening to Gato's description of Qian Jing, he really couldn't refuse directly.
So I called in Konoha's senior management to discuss it.
After Shikaku Nara heard that Gato came to seek cooperation, he immediately set his sights on Aoba.
After seeing Aoba's expressionless face, he thought for a while and then responded.
"Lord Hokage, first of all I need to know. Can our cooperation with Gato be kept confidential?"
"Complete confidentiality is impossible. But according to Gato's description, we can send a team in the form of a mission to participate in his business.
But this mission is completely different from the previous mission because what he wants to get involved in is large-scale shipping.
Therefore, the resistance does not only come from pirates or rebel ninjas, but also from the caravans of other daimyo. To put it simply, he wants to use Konoha to have his caravan bear the name Land of Fire."
"This kind of operation cannot be hidden from the Daimyo for too long. Once they find out, it may have serious consequences. We may lose the Daimyo's funding. I think this plan is not advisable."
Shikaku glanced at Aoba again, and finally raised objections. Kakashi didn't know much about this stuff. His main focus now is on Konoha Advanced Ninja School's training. He also served as the vice principal of Advanced Ninja School.
This is also the career arrangement Aoba made for him. Kakashi is the next generation Hokage prepared by Aoba. This position is the best way for him to accumulate contacts.
"Yes, this is also the key point we are going to discuss today. Land of Fire's allocation to Konoha this year totals two billion taels. This is the total after adding an additional five hundred million taels due to the previous Sand Ninja invasion, which caused a lot of losses.
And according to Gato's description, if we cooperate with him and ensure the safety of his business, we can get... a dividend of three billion taels every year."
"..."
The conference room fell into silence. Although Shikaku Nara is smart, he is still a traditional ninja. It is impossible to imagine why a businessman whom he has never seen directly treats money like money.
Although a little embarrassed, Shikaku Nara quickly adjusted his wording.
"In my opinion, there is still room for discussion on this matter."