The sporadic fighting between the nations dragged on for nearly two years.
During that time, the Land of Fire made a fortune from the war.
The Land of Fire constantly sold vast quantities of conventional weapons and Explosive Tags, helping other nations wage war.
It did not matter if the other nations could not afford them. They could pay with labor instead, especially the Land of Earth.
Because Iwagakure excelled in Earth Release and Cement Release, it engaged in several rounds of "friendly cooperation" with the Land of Fire, making outstanding contributions to construction along parts of its borders.
The other Shinobi Villages cooperated with the Land of Fire in much the same way, all using "labor" to purchase weapons from it.
After this continued for a while, the nations began to sense that something was wrong.
They were fighting to the death around the Land of Fire, while the Land of Fire itself was becoming harder and harder to crack...
Under Yanbai's decrees, the Land of Fire threw itself into domestic infrastructure development, and the prisoners of war faced immense workloads as well.
The prisoners of war had originally all been shinobi. Prolonged, intensive labor coupled with inadequate food caused their shinobi abilities to gradually deteriorate, while their wall-building and pit-digging skills steadily improved.
As for Yanbai, he simply could not sit idle.
Once the novelty of taking the Hokage position wore off, Yanbai entered a period of frustration.
To relieve that frustration, Yanbai threw himself into involution.
Every morning, as soon as he received new government business, Yanbai used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to sort and finish it in the shortest possible time.
Once he finished, he was bored.
What should I do about this?
Yanbai had already explored most of the completely transformed Konoha Shinobi Village,