Chapter 540: Nagato Surrenders

Youya was able to expand the pie to a height that all the former ninjas in Konoha Village combined could not reach, but Namikaze Minato did not have this ability.

But in essence, the underlying logic behind Youya's actions was to win over one group and attack another.

Since this method can work, why didn't Minato Namikaze choose to do so?

What's more, Uzumaki Kushina is the princess of the Whirlpool Country, which makes it even more plausible.

Now there is only one problem.

That is: who should do this?

What? Minato Namikaze comes by himself?

Is there a possibility that if Minato Namikaze does this himself, he will not be able to do anything else?

If he wanted to implement the policy of not collecting land taxes, Minato Namikaze knew that he absolutely could not do it himself.

If he took action, there was no telling how the elders of the Whirlpool Country would frame him.

As long as he does not take action, even if he finds an agent, these people from the Whirlpool Country can only fight against the obvious agent.

It's not that I'm afraid of those in power, it's just that this is the way politics works.

Minato Namikaze can launch one, two, or three. Theoretically, he can keep launching his own agents to play with these people because of their different identities.

After all, he is the governor of the Whirlpool Country, and all matters are the power brought by these two words.

As for the others, not to mention that they don't have the power, when facing the people pushed forward by Minato Namikaze, they can only take action themselves.

after all……

Even if they are agents, their rank is as high as theirs.

……

"So, this is why you came to me?" Uzumaki Nagato looked at the couple Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina in front of him speechlessly.

What the hell is going on? I'm not stupid, don't I know that you two are now isolated by those old men in the Whirlpool Country?

Nagato, who is in his twenties and is about to be thirty, is not stupid. These two guys made him the Minister of Agriculture and put him in charge of the tax policy for the farmers of the Whirlpool Country. On the surface, it seems that they value him. After all, he is now the head of diplomacy of the Whirlpool Country. The title is well-known, but the actual power is not to be mentioned. The job of this position is to go to the United Conference and quarrel with other countries. Uzumaki Nagato knows that he is basically not destined to be in politics.

And why did he go to this point?

Wasn’t it because during the last railway construction plan in Whirlpool Country, he distributed the benefits to the people of Whirlpool Country instead of fattening the pockets of certain people, and then he was arranged to this position of "representing the face of the country."

I have to mention here that in the eyes of big countries, such as Konoha Village, the representative seat of the United Conference is very important. After all, it represents the face of their Konoha Village.

But for small countries like the Whirlpool Kingdom, this position is really not that good.

At least that's what Uzumaki Nagato thinks.

Now Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato come to visit him and ask him to "return to the arena", how can this be the return of the king?

This is definitely forcing him to jump off a cliff.

Do I look stupid?

Minato Namikaze didn't care when he saw that Nagato disagreed. He didn't think that Nagato would agree to his request right away.

However, Minato Namikaze said that I would use moral blackmail.

"You once fought against the elders of the entire Uzumaki clan for the sake of the people of the Uzumaki Country. Could it be that you have forgotten your original intention?"

Hearing Minato's moral blackmail against him, Nagato looked at him speechlessly and then whispered, "That's why I have ended up like this."

Namikaze Minato continued to kidnap: "Can this mere setback defeat you?"

Nagato shrugged: "At least I am still alive and well, and my parents are also alive and well."

Namikaze Minato raised his eyebrows: "What about your future wife and children? Don't you want to give them a better future?"

Nagato: "What is a better future? Will listening to you make the Whirlpool Country better? How can you guarantee that Konoha will not invade the Whirlpool Country in the future?"

Namikaze Minato: "At least not within a hundred years. The Whirlpool Country is too poor."

"You!" Uzumaki Nagato glared at Namikaze Minato, but Namikaze Minato looked calm.

Nagato took a deep breath and said calmly: "Anything else? If this is the only thing, you know I won't agree to it."

Namikaze Minato shut up, he knew he couldn't convince Nagato.

He even played the trump card of the people of Whirlpool Country, but Nagato still refused to agree to let him accept the position of Minister of Agriculture. He really had no choice.

Although Minato Namikaze could have said something very realistic, like if Nagato didn't accept it, the farmers in the Land of Whirlpools would always be oppressed, but once such words were said there would be no way back. If Nagato refused, it would be a complete refusal with no room for maneuver, so Minato Namikaze decided to shut up and leave the stage to Uzumaki Kushina.

Then, Uzumaki Kushina stepped forward, put her hands on her hips and looked at Nagato arrogantly: "What if I order you to be the minister?"

Nagato immediately looked at Uzumaki Kushina with an uncomfortable look as if he had eaten a fly: "No, Kushina... Your Highness, how can you be like this? You are forcing me to jump into the fire pit directly?"

Uzumaki Kushina looked at Nagato calmly: "Just tell me whether you recognize me as a member of the Uzumaki clan or not."

Nagato's lips trembled and his pupils dilated slightly.

This is angry.

Shameless, so shameless!

If Kushina is recognized as a member of the Uzumaki clan, then Kushina is the princess of the Uzumaki clan. Well, she is the princess of Hashirama Senju's generation. Her status can be said to be the highest among the Uzumaki clan in the Land of Whirlpools.

If you don't recognize...

Then this problem is too serious.

The people of the Whirlpool Country know that Uzumaki Kushina, who went to Konoha Village to replace Uzumaki Mito as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for the safety of the Whirlpool Country, is still alive!

To be honest, it happened only more than 20 years ago, how could I have forgotten it so completely?

And don't forget, the Whirlpool Country was not without the crisis of national destruction. It was because Yuya sold weapons to the Whirlpool Country so that they could resist the invaders from the Hidden Mist Village on their own that they were able to overcome the crisis.

Strictly speaking, Konoha Village is indebted to the Land of Whirlpools.

Don't worry about the fact that after this incident, the Whirlpool Country completely became a puppet of the Hidden Leaf Village, and the position of Governor came into being, with the greatest power. Just tell me whether the Whirlpool Country was destroyed or not.

No? If there is no dog, why is it barking?

Then Konoha Village is indebted.

Then Uzumaki Kushina will be even more popular.

In the past, it was Uzumaki Kushina who didn’t want to return to the Whirlpool Country, and later it was the Whirlpool Country that didn’t want Uzumaki Kushina to come back.

Nagato could understand the feelings of the current elders of the Whirlpool Country.

Because he was now blocked by Uzumaki Kushina...

Finally, Nagato gave in.

Minato Namikaze appointed Nagato as the Minister of Agriculture of the Land of Whirlpools from now on, and began to prepare for matters related to land taxation.

Implement immediately.