Chapter 322: The surface is bright, but there are many pitfalls

After all, the Fire Nation is too rich, and by signing a peace treaty like this, other villages will have no reason to start a war.

On the other hand, Konoha can develop with peace of mind, constantly accumulating strength and becoming more and more powerful.

Not to mention economic exchanges.

Look at the Cloud Ninja Village now. It has made a lot of money simply by relying on the commercial economy. Relying on the huge amount of money earned, the village’s military strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it already has the confidence to compete with Konoha for the top of the five major ninja villages.

"only these?"

The Third Hokage asked after a long silence.

Chiyo opened her eyes and said calmly:

“Yes, that’s all. The sincerity shown by the village is enough. It depends on whether your village accepts it. If not, then we can only give up.

Compensation is impossible. The Sand Village still owes a large debt to Hyuga Shizuka of your village, and it will take a long time to repay it. "

It takes a long time to pay off personal debts, let alone the war reparations against the Konoha Village?

It would be better to sell the Sand Village.

For this reason, Chiyo also put the debt owed to Jingyi on the table.

Jingyi glanced at Chiyo and reminded her:

"Personal debts are personal debts, and village debts are village debts. Don't confuse the two, and don't use this matter to make a fuss."

"Okay." Chiyo nodded with a smile and agreed.

Anyway, her goal had been achieved, so she simply took a step back and accepted Jingyi's warning with a smile.

At least no meat will be lost.

Chiyo had already stepped back, and Jingyi didn't hold on to her.

"I need to negotiate with others. Dear guests from the Sand Village, please return to your residence and rest. I will send someone to inform you when the negotiation has a result."

The convening of an internal meeting is inevitable.

The negotiations cannot be completed in a day or two. Both the Third Hokage and Chiyo are mentally prepared for a protracted war.

"Then I will wait for good news from your village."

Chiyo stood up and said to the villagers:

"let's go."

Under the leadership of Chiyo, the Sand Village envoys left the meeting room and the Hokage office building in an orderly manner, and went to the residence arranged by Konoha to rest and wait for news from Konoha.

"Tell me what you think."

The people from the Sand Village left, and the Third Hokage couldn't help himself, so he picked up his pipe and started smoking.

As he grew older and faced more stress, his smoking addiction became more and more serious.

The conference room was quiet.

Everyone's eyes subconsciously looked forward.

Those who can sit in the conference room are not simple people, and everyone knows that some of their speeches are not important. What is important is to see what certain people think.

So everyone looked forward tacitly.

If you encounter this situation, you don’t need to think too much, just look ahead, the big guy in front will handle it.

It won’t be too late for them to take over after the bosses have spoken.

Then the eye contact was directed to the front.

Jingyi, who was sitting calmly in the chair, suddenly felt something was wrong. Why were everyone looking at him? It would be fine if it was just someone else, but what do you, Mizuto Menyan, mean?

You are the right-hand man of the Third Hokage, but I, Hinata Shizuka, am not. Don't look at me.

"Cough cough!!"

Say something?

Nara Shikashin coughed and nudged Jingyi, who didn't want to talk, with his foot.

After receiving the reminder, Jingyi raised his hand silently and waved his fist twice:

"No, why are you all staring at me? I'm the youngest one sitting here. According to my position, I'm the head of the Anbu, responsible for assassinations and gathering intelligence. I don't do staff work."

"Because everyone trusts you, including Hiruzen and me."

Mizuto Menen interjected very appropriately.

The Third Hokage, who was smoking gloomily, hummed and nodded slightly.

Okay, okay, you all like to play this way, right?

"I don't understand what you are saying. Since the meeting is over, I'm leaving. My house is still a mess and I have to build a new house. I don't have time to chat with you guys."

Jingyi decisively overturned the table and left.

"???"

No, it’s fine to just say a few words, why are you going on strike and leaving?

A group of people stared with wide eyes in amazement at Jingyi who was about to stand up.

"Ahem! Let me speak first."

Nara Luxin quickly pushed Jingyi down and said, "Oh my god, it's a meeting time now, please don't cause trouble."

Fearing that Jing Yizhen would leave, Nara Shikashin had no choice but to express his opinion first.

"Just now Chiyo mentioned Shizuka's personal debt. In addition to showing that the Sand Village really can't afford to pay, it is also reminding us that the Sand Village's sincerity is their bottom line, and they will not give us anything or long-term benefits."

"Does the village need to follow up on the puppetry?"

As Nara Shikashin spoke, everyone stopped being silent and stopped looking forward in unison.

"Follow up on what? In comparison, the long-term interests are more beneficial to the village. As for the puppets..."

It's of no use to us.

The person who wanted to say this didn't finish his words when he noticed that the Third Hokage was staring at him, so he shut up decisively.

Jingyi looked at the other person with amusement. There are many talented people in the Sarutobi clan.

Are you trying to say that puppets are of no use to the family?

Do you want to make me laugh to death?

The village wants the puppetry and puppet-making techniques of the Sand Village, which are aimed at civilian ninjas.

You, the Sarutobi clan, are used to being a civilian family, and you don't have the right position?

Warned the family members not to talk nonsense.

The Third Hokage put down the pipe in his mouth and signaled the guards to open the window for ventilation.

As the wind blew in from the window, the Third Hokage looked at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, compensation is certainly important to the village. It is also acceptable if it is exchanged for long-term benefits. The problem is that once we agree to the conditions of the Sand Village, it will mean that we can only end the war as the obvious winner."

"The Sand Village is not really the loser."

"It's a definite blow to the village's reputation."

Some people don't care about the process, they only look at the results.

Once the peace talks go on, Konoha will be ridiculed by many.

After three years of fighting and consuming countless manpower and material resources, they ultimately failed to even win the war. There was no war reparations at all, and they only signed a few so-called contracts with the Sand Village.

Konoha suffered a huge loss.

It will also deal a blow to my reputation.

However, the Third Hokage could not say this to his face. After all, he was the Hokage, and his starting point had to be based on the village, not himself.

"We got the victory, then what?"

Jingyi shook his head: "Under the premise that we cannot invade the Sand Village, even if the Sand Village signs a compensation contract, as long as they say they have no money to pay, what can we do?

It would be even more embarrassing if we signed a treaty but could not get any benefits back.”

On the surface, the conditions of the Sand Village are in line with Konoha's long-term interests, but in fact there are many traps.

The Third Hokage's face darkened.