Chapter 126: The Iron Country's Past

Because the team was streamlined, the supply team Ling was in was able to move at a higher speed. In less than a week, they crossed the Kingdom of Soup and the Kingdom of Sound and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Iron.

The Iron Country is different from other countries in the ninja world. This country is second only to the five major countries in strength. There is not even a single ninja clan stationed in it. Instead, there are various samurai families.

In other words, this is a country that is not very welcoming to ninjas - even though this country is the largest exporter of ninja tools in the entire ninja world, there are many small tribes that will conceal their identities when coming here for supplies.

With the strength of the Uchiha clan, there is no need to conceal their identity, but they still have to abide by some rules of the Iron Country.

For example, it is not allowed to oppress civilians or intimidate craftsmen, and it is not allowed to have armed conflicts in the city. These requirements are basically the same as those of other countries.

But in a way, there is nothing wrong with an armed conflict - as long as you have the confidence and strength to face the pursuit of a city of samurai and ronin, and don't care at all that you and your people will be permanently cut off from trade by the Iron Kingdom in the future.

This is also the main reason why many small tribes conceal their identities - they can cause trouble, but it is best not to be investigated. After all, the Iron Kingdom will not ask who caused the conflict, but will directly blacklist both parties.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the Uchiha's glorious record.

When the Uchiha still lived in the Land of Lightning, a samurai from the Land of Iron came to them to provoke a fight. He challenged them very arrogantly, killed several Uchiha and then left, saying that ninjas were nothing more than that. At that time, this powerful samurai did not just provoke the Uchiha family, but many ninjas, after knowing that the other party had returned to the Land of Iron, only investigated the base and then sent strong men of similar age from their families to challenge the samurai.

But can Uchiha tolerate this injustice?

The contemporary Uchiha clan leader started directly from the bottom of the Iron Kingdom. The samurai families came to him one by one to provoke him, and he killed many people despite bans and hunts. After being announced as being on the blacklist by the Iron Kingdom, he let go and mobilized the entire clan to turn the entire Iron Kingdom upside down.

As the saying goes, we are not afraid of too many crazy people, but we are afraid of them gathering together - especially when these crazy people are quite powerful.

In the end, it was the Daimyo of the Land of Iron who couldn't bear it anymore. He revoked the blacklist and beheaded the samurai in public. Only then did the Uchiha clan reluctantly say that the matter was over and continued to abide by the rules.

You know, the Hyuga clan, which was known for its bellicosity at the time, exclaimed that it was exciting after seeing Uchiha's actions. It was a pity that they had no reason to find another country to make a big fuss.

At that time, because of this incident that almost caused a sensation in the ninja world, Uchiha and Kaguya had a very good honeymoon period. The ninja world also once again remembered the Uchiha's reputation as a crazy person and tacitly avoided each other's teams.

Therefore, at present, even though it has been a long time since the predecessors caused trouble in the Iron Kingdom, many old samurai families in the Iron Kingdom will still subconsciously choose to avoid the Uchiha when they see them.

But when they dodged, they found that this group of Uchiha were really easy to fool. As long as your attitude was good enough and the quality of the goods was up to standard, the Uchiha didn't mind letting the other party take more money out of their pockets.

But the most important thing is that they never kill or rob, and even after being hired reluctantly, they will find that they are really useful - they will not give up their employers even when their own lives are in danger! Even if they can't make any money from this order!

So if you can tolerate the Uchiha's occasional sarcasm when they are on missions, and the look in their eyes that looks like they are looking at irrecyclable garbage, then they are definitely the best candidates for employment - after all, they are the only ninja clan in the ninja world that will mobilize the entire clan to avenge you after you fail in your mission and die.

But then again, the Uchiha clan was quite well-behaved before they were offended. At least now, Uchiha Keiji, one of the leading ninjas of the older generation, is seriously admonishing his younger generations to remember to abide by the rules.

"Especially you, Eiji, don't go to any strange places while you're waiting." Uchiha Keizhi pointed at the young man who was arm in arm with Uchiha Masaki in the team, his face darkening, "Last time after the mission, you went to an izakaya and drank so much that someone took you away like a fat sheep... Don't you feel ashamed as an Uchiha?"

"Yes, yes - I remember it!" Uchiha Yingsi raised his hand and said with great energy, "If I go to those places this time, I will bring Ling Jun with me! Ling Jun has always been reliable in terms of drinking!"

Uchiha Masaki looked at his uncle's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, stretched out his hand to poke his friend, and lowered his voice, "Are you really okay? I feel like Uncle Qizhi is going to hit someone..."

"Don't worry, my uncle never hits me." Uchiha Yingji smiled nonchalantly, "At most, it's just an illusion torture."

"That's not much better... It's more terrifying, isn't it?"

"Well, don't worry about it, don't worry about it~" Uchiha Yingji raised his hand and hooked Ling on one side, "Let's go have a drink when you have some free time. The wine of the Iron Country is incomparable to other places - after all, these warriors of the Northern Country can't drink soft wine."

"Okay." Ling agreed happily, "But you have to keep an eye on me this time. I drank too much last time..."

"What's the matter? If you're drunk, the only people in danger are others." Uchiha Yingji laughed, asking for a beating. "To be honest, if Yashu hadn't said that he saw Ling Jun drunk last time, I really wouldn't have thought that you, who can play a geisha in a brothel, would be able to sing your own tune so tunelessly~"

"It's not difficult to just imitate something you've heard, but then again..." Ling shook his head helplessly, "You guys are really just focusing on this one thing?"

"After all, this is a rare bit of dirt on Ling Jun—" Uchiha Yingsi laughed, "What do you think? Let me hear how Ling sings when he gets drunk, too? I'll go find the best tavern."

Ling also chuckled, "Okay, if you can get me drunk, it won't matter if I lose face a little."