Chapter 668: The Advantages Don’t Take Advantage of the King 8 Eggs

For an army of tens of thousands, not to mention other expenses, the daily food, drink, defecation and urination, as well as the daily maintenance and replenishment of equipment are enough to enjoy.

Among them, food and drink are still the smallest problems, and equipment updates are really scary.

You have to know that no matter in combat or daily training, ninjas consume a lot of ninja tools. Just the equipment update is enough to make the five major ninja villages suffer.

"........"

In response to Yan's question, Ai and Mei Terumi fell silent, and Ōnoki didn't dare to say a word.

The Iwagakure is currently as poor as it can be, and the Mist Village isn't much better. Even the wealthy Cloud Village doesn't dare to say that it can support these people.

The biggest trouble is that you don’t know how long you will have to keep it.

"So we can only passively take the beating?"

Neither this nor that works. Ai slammed the table in displeasure.

Ōnoki and Mei Terumi could only shake their heads.

The Third Hokage and Tsunade did not dare to make any suggestions at this time. After all, the military expenses were indeed a bit exaggerated. Other villages could not afford it, and Konoha was the same.

"In theory, we can only passively take the beating."

There is no way around it. Even if you know what Akatsuki is going to do, you can only endure it until Akatsuki actually takes action.

Although it is said that you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days, is there any other way besides being on guard?

No.

Unless you can find the members of Akatsuki and kill them.

Force them to implement their plans ahead of time, come out from underground, and stand in the open to confront the five major ninja villages.

Unfortunately, the five major ninja villages could not find any trace of the Akatsuki organization.

Even if Yan took action, he would still be scratching his head.

His perception is strong, but the ninja world is also very large, and it is simply not feasible to search area by area.

"Raikage, there is no point in getting angry. Compared to the Akatsuki organization, what the five major ninja villages need to do now is to recuperate and restore their strength.

The Akatsuki organization needs to develop, and so do we. After all, the situation of the Rock Village, the Mist Village, and the Sand Village is not optimistic after the war."

Yan decided to persuade Ai, who had a bad temper, to prevent him from saying anything irritating or doing anything stupid.

There is no doubt that Ai Zhen is capable of doing these things.

There are bargains to be taken.

After hearing what Yan said, Ohnoki said quickly:

"If the Iwagakure Village simply takes care of itself, it will be difficult for it to recover in a short period of time. It will take at least five years. But who can guarantee that the Akatsuki organization will continue to hide for another five or six years?"

"Tsuchikage, what do you mean by this?"

Ai complained unhappily:

"Do you want Kumogakure to open a road with Konoha to help your Iwagakure recover its economy?"

You, Onoki, have really made a lot of calculations.

Yan looked at the old man speechlessly and said decisively:

"It's impossible to help the Iwagakure restore its economy. After all, everyone needs development. We can only rely on ourselves. However, cooperation in certain areas can be carried out, as long as the Iwagakure doesn't mind the small amount of money they earn."

At times like this, we can only cooperate, not help unconditionally.

Otherwise, when the Iwagakure recovers quickly, who can guarantee that the old man Ohnoki won't have other thoughts?

Even if Konoha and Kumogami Village are willing to help, it is not easy to restore the economy of a large ninja village.

During this period, it is unknown how much money the Kumogakure and Konoha will have to transfer.

No one would be willing to do such a thankless task.

Mei Terumi shook her head slightly, not wanting to get involved in this topic at all.

"The Hokage is right. We can only cooperate, not help unconditionally."

Ai was afraid that Yan would agree to some of Ōnoki's conditions, so he responded immediately.

You can start some cooperation with the Iwagakure and make money together, but you cannot agree to ask the Kumogakure to unconditionally help the Iwagakure restore its economy.

"The question is, what kind of cooperation can we reach with the Iwagakure?"

Mei Terumi pointed out the key.

Even if other villages are willing to boost the economy of Iwagakure, Iwagakure itself must have the ability to do so.

A pile of mud cannot be propped up.

What development projects can the Iwagakure, or the Land of Earth, have?

Ai began to think.

Yan was also thinking about this question.

After much thought, it seems that apart from mining, there are no other projects that can be developed. We can't develop the tourism industry, right? Are we going to the Land of Earth to see bare stones?

It would be better to go to the Kingdom of Wind to see the desert.

At least looking at the desert is much better than looking at bare rocks.

"......"

Ohnoki seemed to be about to say something but stopped talking.

Because there really aren't many projects that can be cooperated with in the Iwagakure.

"Mineral cooperation."

Yan Du began to have a headache. It was just helpless that the country was poor in resources. If it were the Fire Kingdom, there would be a lot of cooperation projects, but the Earth Kingdom... the environment was not much better than that of the Wind Kingdom. It was really difficult to squeeze money out of such a country.

To put it bluntly, if you allow caravans from various countries to go to the Land of Earth to do business without collecting taxes, they will not be very happy.

I'm so poor, what can I do there?

They could transport goods from outside in to sell, but they were afraid that the people in the Iwagakure would get angry and rob them right after they made money.

"Like the Kingdom of Wind, the Land of Earth is rich in mineral resources. Our five major ninja villages can cooperate through mineral resources to boost the economic development of the Rock Village. However, this will lead to over-exploitation of various ores in the Land of Earth. Tsuchikage, you must be mentally prepared."

If you want to make money and restore the economy, you have to pay a certain price.

There is no free lunch in the world.

Over-exploitation of domestic minerals in order to achieve the effect of restoring the economy in a short period of time is the price that the Iwagakure and even the Land of Earth need to pay.

If possible, Ohnoki doesn't want this to happen, because over-exploitation of minerals will not benefit the Land of Earth in any way.

But he had no choice, and neither did the Daimyo of the Land of Earth.

The explosion and the war directly drained the wealth of the Land of Earth. Ohnoki and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth had no other choice.

If they rely on taxation to recover little by little, it might take the Iwagakure Village ten years to get back to its pre-war state, because in addition to restoring their strength, they also have to repay their debts.

"Then please help connect them together, Hokage."

Ohnoki was helpless. This was not the path he wanted to choose, but he had no choice.

"Ahem, the Cloud Ninja Village can help a little."

Ai will definitely not miss out on any profitable opportunity.

"The Mist Village can also participate."

On the surface, it seems that everyone is working together to restore the economy of the Iwagakure, but in reality, they are taking advantage of the situation. Such a good thing certainly cannot be missed.

"........"

A pack of jackals!

Why didn’t you come out to help just now?