Chapter 167 This...

Orochimaru looked at Lu Lin with a strange look. It was the first time he saw someone who did not think about improving his own strength but instead studied how to increase food production.

"Although I don't know much about food, I can still give it a try."

Orochimaru said with a smile.

"very good."

Lu Lin smiled and nodded:

"I know that you should be very interested in the Uchiha clan's Sharingan. So, if you can really develop a new type of grain seeds, I promise to provide you with a pair of Sharingans upgraded to the Mangekyo level."

Hearing Lu Lin's promise, Orochimaru's eyes flashed a gleam. He had always wanted to give it a try. Every pair of Mangekyō has unique abilities, so could they also have the ability to grant people immortality?

"I'll do my best next time."

As he spoke, Orochimaru became even more anxious to go to the laboratory to conduct research.

Seeing the other party's thoughts, Lu Lin knew that there was nothing to do here, so he naturally would not force him and casually called a subordinate over:

"Orochimaru-kun, he will take you to the newly built laboratory. If you need anything, just ask Mingyan."

"Then I'll trouble you, Mingyan-kun, to take care of me in the future."

Orochimaru looked at Ming Yan and said, he knew that although this Uchiha was not too strong, he was definitely trusted by Lu Lin.

"I don't deserve it, Mr. Orochimaru, you are too polite."

Both parties nodded, and Orochimaru left the banquet under the leadership of his subordinate.

Looking at the other person's receding back, Ming Yan blinked:

"Sir, he has just joined us. Do we really want to give him so much trust and power?"

Arrange yourself to connect with it directly, and make it clear how important the things you can mobilize are.

To put it simply, as long as the Tea Kingdom has it or can be bought, Mingyan can get it easily, not to mention the various big and small things about the Tea Kingdom. Lu Lin only needs to formulate a general development direction, and everything else will be arranged by Mingyan.

"so what."

Shaking the sake in the glass, Lu Lin half-lay on the chair with his eyes squinted, speaking in a daze:

"I need his wisdom. As for him as a person, as long as I suppress him for one day, I can suppress him for the rest of his life. So, does it matter whether he is loyal or not?"

The strong confidence in his tone made Ming Yan dazed. Yes, when Lu Lin wants someone, he doesn't necessarily need his loyalty. After all, in this world where strength is paramount, as long as you have enough strength, even if Lu Lin is the other party's father's murderer, as long as the other party used to work for Lu Lin, Lu Lin can completely trust the other party.

After all, the opponent's strength was not enough to hurt Lu Lin at all.

"I understand."

Ming Yan nodded. As an Uchiha, even though he had followed Lu Lin for so long, he still had some ideas in his bones that strength was the most important thing.

The banquet lasted from the evening until noon of the next day. The entire hall was filled with drunk people lying all over the place.

The next day, Lu Lin got up from the bed and looked at his naked body with clothes scattered on the ground. He was a little confused. He had completely forgotten how he got back.

He stopped thinking about it and lay down again. He didn't know why his waist hurt a little. Also, why did the maids who served him in his room have rosy faces?

. . . . . .

boom!

The residence of the Fire Country Daimyo.

Daimyo slammed the table and threw the fan to the ground. His face was red and his chest was heaving violently. He was obviously very angry.

"Did Orochimaru really betray you?! Then why didn't you tell me yesterday? And you told me that Orochimaru was Sarutobi Hiruzen's proudest disciple?!"

Early this morning, daimyos from several countries wrote to the Daimyo of the Fire Country, explaining everything to him and exaggerating many of their speculations, then demanded compensation from the Daimyo of the Fire Country.

The Fire Country Daimyo didn't believe it at first, and thought that these guys wanted to come to him just because they couldn't bear the losses and wanted to get their money back.

But after he stopped Nara Shikaku who was about to leave and asked him about the details, he immediately felt cheated.

He now also suspected that after seeing the situation in the Tea Country, Konoha would also want to eliminate him as the daimyo, and then control the entire Fire Country by themselves.

"this..."

I had already said it yesterday, so if I were to say it again today, I would have to try to use another lie to demonstrate it. However, the situation was so urgent that even the people of the Nara clan would find it difficult to come up with a plan.

Shikaku had a bitter look on his face and hung his head, not knowing for a moment how to respond to the daimyo's question.

"Okay, it seems that you, Konoha, seem to have really set your eyes on my position and want to replace me, right? Then let Sarutobi Hiruzen come over and see if he can take my position!"

This was decided by Hashirama Senju back then. The daimyo will manage ordinary civilians, and the Hokage will assist the daimyo in protecting the stability of the entire country.

He has a group of Senju people behind him. He is the daimyo, and he is not afraid of Sarutobi Hiruzen at all!

That’s right, although the entire Senju clan hid their surnames and integrated into the civilian population, a large part of them actually went to the capital of the Fire Nation.

Furthermore, many members of the Senju clan were integrated into the nobility of the capital, and even into the daimyo's palace.

That's why the daimyo would extremely agree with the title of Tsunade the Princess of Konoha. In fact, as long as Tsunade is willing, she can be regarded as the Princess of the Land of Fire.

After all, in his own family, there are countless people with the blood of the Senshou clan, and even himself is more or less related to them.

This was also Senju Tobirama's strategy. Although it seemed that he was doing it for the good of the village, in fact, his family had not disappeared at all.

As long as Tsunade is willing, with a wave of her hand, there will be members of the Senju clan everywhere in the entire Fire Country, not to mention within Konoha.

This is also part of the reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen allowed Tsunade to buy things on credit outside the village.

Back to the topic, facing the daimyo's angry accusations, Shikaku was in great pain. If he had known earlier, he should have left yesterday. What was going on now?

"Sir, our Hokage has absolutely no other ideas. This is definitely someone trying to sow discord between Konoha and the Daimyo. You must not be fooled so easily."

All he could do now was try to reduce the daimyo's anger as much as possible.

"Did Orochimaru not join the Tea Country?"

Daming sneered. Although he didn’t understand the actual situation very well, it didn’t mean he was stupid.

"this..."

Shikaku gave a bitter smile and shouted in his mind, hoping someone would come and save him.