Chapter 485 North and South

Autumn is deep, and at night in the Kingdom of Wind, the cold wind blows up the sand, and howls like the roar of beasts come and go.

In the summer, it is extremely hot, and on cooler days, the desert is freezing to death at night.

The dry wind blowing on the skin made even the Suna ninjas who were used to it feel very uncomfortable, and the Konoha ninjas who were still stranded in the Land of Wind were even more unaccustomed to it.

Every year during the stormy season, men, women and children in Sand Hidden Village would apply a little moisturizing oil. Otherwise, at the end of the day, the corners of their mouths would be cracked and it would be painful to eat.

Especially little girls who love beauty will not neglect to take care of their skin.

The scorching sun in the Kingdom of Wind during the day is still fierce, turning the skin of most female Suna ninjas into a healthy bronze color, but there are also many beautiful girls who are naturally beautiful, have good skin, and don't like sunburn marks.

Such an environment also provides many opportunities for merchants in Sand Hidden Village to make money, especially foreign merchants. Most of them will bring some high-quality and cheap skin care products to sell. Although the unit price is not high, the demand is large. , and the profits are also very generous.

Unfortunately, this year, speculators who expected to make a fortune miscalculated.

After the successful development of the south coast, the price of seafood in Sand Hidden Village plummeted, which indirectly made some inflated daily necessities no longer so unattainable. Luxuries that were rarely consumed once in a few years, well-off people during the New Year On festive days, you can bear it even if you grit your teeth.

In particular, the newly launched industries such as whaling and related marine catches have provided a large amount of animal fat, which can be eaten or used to make high-end skin care products, even ambergris, whale oil for oil lamps, etc. In the past, Rare and high-quality goods are gradually becoming popular among wealthy families in Sunagakure Village.

The common people at the bottom did not feel it deeply, but the upper-class people in the village clearly felt the changes around them.

To put it bluntly, in an environment like the Kingdom of Wind, even if you have money, you can't find a place to spend money. Especially in Sunagakure Village, in the past, due to the great pressure of war, they had to fully tap their potential and use puppetry as their weapon. The representative war machinery developed rapidly, but the civilian economy was almost stagnant. Not to mention self-sufficiency, there was no decent handicraft industry. All activities had to revolve around ninja services, such as the laundry that Daimaru's mother had run for more than ten years.

Now, as the external environment has improved, Sunagakure Village has begun to try to change its past attitude of suppressing high pressure and become more open and compatible with different life styles.

Of course, no one in the entire Sunagakure Village can understand this subtle change. Even Daimaru can only act as a promoter from a high position to slightly reduce the life pressure of most civilians in the village.

Hungry and cold, without food and clothing, other things are naturally out of the question. Children who have been malnourished since childhood are so weak that they cannot even pass the entrance examination to the ninja school.

But now, the situation is much better. As Gaara was walking home, he was delighted to see that there were open shops on both sides of the road to welcome customers.

In the Shayin Village, which used to be depressed, the wind and sand became stronger, the sky gradually darkened, and there were no people on the road. Every house closed its doors, and there was nothing outside except the noisy wind passing through the streets and alleys.

A few minutes later, Gaara arrived at the door of his house, knocked lightly, and without waiting to welcome the guests inside, opened the door with his key and walked in.

After putting on his house slippers and walking through the entrance, he saw Kankuro flipping through the newspaper nonchalantly, with a cup of hot tea on the coffee table in front of him.

He raised his eyes and looked at Gaara who had returned. Kankuro's posture had not changed.

"You're back? The food is still hot, and there are cold drinks in the refrigerator..."

"Um!"

Nodding calmly, Gaara took out the dinner he had prepared for himself, sat at the dining table and ate by himself.

He could still maintain a businesslike attitude outside, but after returning home, Temari was not around, and the way the two of them got along was quite strange.

It's not that they are unfamiliar. In fact, the relationship between the two is quite harmonious. Even if they get along like ordinary family members on a daily basis, they always feel very awkward.

Gaara is not a person who talks much to begin with, and the "homely" puppet master whose communication skills are just above the pass line doesn't know how to deal with his biological brother.

When he first became the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara often lived in the Kazekage's house.

As the "Kage" of a village, it kind of means that the village is home. The core of power in Konoha Village is called the House of the Hokage. Sunagakure Village, which basically copies the rules of Konoha Village, naturally calls the administrative center the House of the Kazekage. .

After Gaara gained a little foothold and no longer needed to live and eat in the Kazekage's house, he would come back from time to time to have a get-together with his brothers and sisters.

Although there was a silent embarrassment, the two brothers seemed to be used to this way of getting along with each other, and they were not too restrained.

Of course, at this time, you need to have Temari with a sense of presence at home from time to time.

The blond elder sister, who didn't know how long she spent in the room to remove the traces of the day's wind and sun exposure on her face, came out holding a small pot of an unknown plant. Looking at its lush leaves, it seemed that Just watered.

"What's it this time?"

Kankuro watched Temari happily place the potted seedlings on the terrace outside the window.

"Bottle tree..."

"baffling!"

Kankuro made an unknown nasal sound and stopped paying attention.

The day before yesterday, I stared at the green plant said to be called the Traveler's Banana for a long time, and forgot to prepare dinner, which made the three siblings hungry for a long time.

Five days ago, I brought back two pots of spherical flower plants with an extremely strong smell... called "heather".

The weird smell in the house has not dissipated yet.

"What's weird?"

Temari said nonchalantly,

"The bottle tree has a strong ability to store water, the traveler's banana absorbs water and fixes sand, and the heather is evergreen all year round. It has strong vitality and is easy to survive. It will be of great use in the future..."

The above three plants are all green plants selected by Daimaru after using wood to ripen them. They have similar properties to the plants of the same name in the previous life. Together with the black pine that is windproof, nitrogen-fixing and alkali-resistant, Daimaru plans to improve the area around Awaji Village into a slightly more pleasant environment. A little savanna.

With this goal in mind, we will use several suitable plants to establish a preliminary biological community on the south coast, and then find other ways to extend it northward in an oasis pattern until a series of land transfer stations leading to Sunagakure Village are established.

When the time comes, let's see if we can get the daimyo to provide money to build a railway line running from north to south.

Although it is a bit difficult, you have to try it.

Relying on members of the air combat force to transport luxury goods to make a small profit is always a small thing. Only railway lines with large carrying capacity and high efficiency can support the long-distance transportation of bulk goods, making Sunagakure Village and the South Coast truly Connected into a whole.

Although it is still in the development stage, there are some things that need to be planned.