Orochimaru: Offering a piece of the puzzle for Boss Chiba's grand ambitions. Tetsuya: Huh? I'm a merchant!

"Of course, that's no problem. The bigger our Commercial Alliance gets, the better. The more allies we have, the more help and preferential terms we can get, right?"

"Hahaha, you're absolutely right, Boss Chiba. Our Land of Iron has really changed enormously since joining the alliance."

Mifune sounded rather reflective. Though the Land of Iron was relatively large among the Small Nations, and its status as a permanently neutral country had brought it plenty of benefits,

in all honesty, its overall development had been nothing special.

But ever since the Land of Iron joined the Commercial Alliance, it had indeed begun developing at a visibly rapid pace.

After joining the alliance, the Land of Iron could quickly sell its goods throughout the shinobi world through the Chiba Commerce Association's channels, while also buying goods from all over the shinobi world through the association.

Not to mention, the alliance's various factories had provided enormous numbers of jobs for the people of the Land of Iron. The entire country had become considerably wealthier, and with its citizens earning more money, its domestic economy naturally improved.

"Since you have no objections, Daimyo Chiba, I'll get in touch with the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo and arrange a time to bring him over for a proper talk with you."

The alliance did operate under a parliamentary system, which had been established after the conference in the Land of Iron that year.

After that, any other country wishing to join the alliance needed parliament's approval.

Most of the time, however, parliament essentially followed Tetsuya's lead.

After all, Tetsuya could help everyone make money. The Daimyo and administrators of these countries were not particularly concerned with managing the alliance. As long as he helped them make money, that was enough.

Although more members meant more people