There were no unnecessary passionate speeches, and Minato didn't give anyone time to digest the shock.
He turned around and suddenly pulled out a giant three-meter-square Shinobi World topographic map from the secret compartment behind him. He raised his hands and slapped it heavily in the middle of the long table.
Bang!
The heavy drawings suppressed the moldy ancient books, and the dust billowed up.
The boundary lines of Land of Fire, Land of Wind, Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, and Land of Water are clearly distinguishable under the blazing white light.
Fugaku stood up subconsciously, the scarlet remaining in his eyes Three-Tomoe reflected the map, and his body tensed.
"This is not an empty talk, nor is it some unattainable ideal."
Minato's voice is very soft, but it hits everyone's eardrums like nails.
His gaze passed through the dust and locked directly on Fugaku and Orochimaru, whose expressions were still on the edge of shock.
"Fight against Otsutsuki and unify the entire continent. The first step is not to arrange the troops, nor how to persuade Five Kage to sit down and negotiate."
Minato stretched out his index finger and poked it hard on the green territory in the center of the map, making a clear indentation.
"It's logistics. Food, cash, equipment."
Minato spoke at a steady pace, and the words he spat out were as heavy as a thousand words, "Without one of the three things, Konoha can't even get out of his own village."
Minato Finger slides eastward along the dot where Konoha is, and stops at the position of Geothermal Engineering Central Control Station.
He raised his head and gave a set of top-secret data.
"One month ago, Cundong Geothermal Generator was officially in full power operation."
"Orochimaru planted hundreds of acres of greenhouse farms underground, planting the first batch of high-yield but not cold-resistant crops."
Minato looked down at the audience calmly, "The constant temperature system plus the dual operation of Chakra for ripening Barrier Runes. From sowing to harvesting, it only takes forty days."
"Forty days..." Fugaku's voice was dry.
"Yes, you can harvest nine times a year."
Minato interrupted him directly.
"A single output is four times that of conventional farmland. Theoretically, Konoha's total grain output in a year can reach 18 times that of Land of Fire's traditional agricultural area. Two days ago, the first batch of new grains was confirmed to be alive and growing extremely well."
Minato's eyes are like a torch, completely welding the first link of the lifeline of the logistics.
"From now on, no matter how long the severe cold lasts, no matter how many trade routes Daimyō Mansion cuts off. Konoha, we will never run out of food."
The air in the conference room solidified.
Obito The half-peeled orange fell to the ground with a clatter, without even realizing it.
Kakashi closed the book "Make-Out Paradise" and opened his eyes as wide as possible.
Lin covered her mouth in shock; Kushina looked at Minato's side face, a complex and fiery light flashed in his eyes.
The words "never run out of food", in this era of Shinobi World, mean that Konoha can ignore all external blockades and endure a protracted war of attrition!
"Self-sufficiency in food is only the foundation, Minato."
Fugaku took a deep breath, forced down the overwhelming thoughts in his heart, and threw out the most realistic knot of the war.
"Armed tens of thousands of ninja troops to annex the four major countries, we need a huge amount of cash to spend on Explosive Tag, Soldier Pill, medical supplies, and maintain the intelligence network."
Fugaku pressed his hands on the edge of the table, tightened them suddenly, and spoke in a deep tone.
"Once Konoha embarks on the path of dictatorial expansion, Daimyō Mansion will never sit idly by. As long as Daimyō of the Land of Fire detects a slight change and cuts off regular military funding, Konoha's financial chain will not last for half a month. We simply cannot afford to fight a war of attrition."
Minato After listening, a gentle smile appeared in his eyes.
It was a smile as gentle as the spring sunshine, but it gave everyone present a hint of chill.
He reached into the inside of Hokage Haori and pulled out a two-inch-thick red encrypted bill.
Snap!
The bill was placed in front of Fugaku.
"Look at the balance figures."
Minato raised his chin.
Fugaku hesitated and opened the red cover.
The first page, densely packed numbers; the second page, more numbers.
As the page turning accelerated, his scarlet Sharingan instantly froze, his whole body stiffened in place, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
At the bottom of the last page, there is a horrifying total amount of cash that requires counting zeros with both hands.
"Half a month ago, the moment Xinliang was confirmed to be alive."
Minato folded his hands and rested on the edge of the map.
"Before, I secretly mobilized three hundred ANBU, disguised as the Black Market caravan of Land of Wind and Land of Earth."
"Pull Konoha No. 5 to Underground Granary No. 9. All the old and moldy grain stored in the house are out of the village."
Orochimaru's eyes suddenly lit up. "Those stocks that are supposed to be rotten?"
"Heavy snow has closed the mountains, and there is an extreme shortage of winter food in both countries. They don't know there is a geothermal farm in Konoha, and they think we are also starving."
"When our caravan made a gesture of 'reluctantly giving up', Konoha, the lowest-quality old grain, was sold at a high price in their Black Market."
Fugaku slumped in the chair, feeling his throat dry.
This chain of tricks is extremely cruel.
Thanks to the climate and information differences, Konoha was able to perfectly clear out the garbage that was originally going to be discarded.
Reborn from Sunagakure and Iwagakure, National Treasury and the private sector drained a huge amount of war cash.
The enemy's money bag was deflated, and Konoha's war capital completed the bloodiest primitive accumulation.
The dead situation of military spending was shattered in an instant.
Orochimaru put his hands into the pockets of his white coat, took a step forward, and drew a strange arc in the air with his scarlet tongue.
"It's really cruel to use other countries' money to arm Konoha. But the material reserves are solved, what about the equipment?"
Orochimaru points out the most fatal shortcoming.
"Otsutsuki's intelligence requires extremely high individual combat capabilities."
"Perfected Chakra Armor's filtering transfer matrix is still stuck in the extreme load test stage, and it will not be able to equip the entire army in a short period of time."
"After a full-scale war, the loss of conventional iron Ninja Tools will be astronomical."
"Konoha The existing material supply chain cannot sustain it."
Minato took out a raw ore from the Ninja Tools bag on his waist.
Marrowstone Sand of Land of Birds.
The raw ore was pressed "bang" on the terrain map, firmly pressing on the Wind and Earth junction.
"Comprehensively liberalize mining restrictions on Land of Birds Mining District."
"From tomorrow, Orochimaru, your research institute can get unlimited amounts of Marrowstone Sand raw ore every day."
Minato gave the highest order, then turned to look at Obito and Kakashi.
"Kakashi, Obito. Lead the team to set off tonight."
Minato's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Take this huge amount of cash given to us by Wind and Earth and the two countries, and connect to the extremely underground intelligence network."
"Go to Land of Lightning and Land of Water for Black Market, regardless of cost, the premium is twice as much."
"Sell out all the Explosive Tag raw materials and Chakra-Conductive Metal on the market. Don't leave even one Explosive Tag to them."
Use the enemy's money to buy out the strategic materials of the other two countries, and then turn around and arm Konoha to attack them.
This capital siphoning tactic that knocks the bones and sucks out the marrow made Obito and Kakashi's scalps numb.
The two men lowered their heads suddenly and accepted this order of massacre level.
"With unlimited supply of mineral veins and bottomless pit-like financial support," Minato looked at Orochimaru.
"Even if the research and development of armor takes time, you can spend money to create hundreds or even thousands of transitional enhanced defense lines in a very short period of time."
"Right, Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru's eyes were filled with unprecedented enthusiasm. "You are forcing me to work overtime all night, Minato. But... I like it."