In the Kazekage Building.

As the new Kazekage, Iara received Konoha messengers, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha.

"Congratulations, I-Ra," Sakura said with a smile as her hands clasped tightly together, "Oh no, it should be the Fifth Generation-sama Kazekage!"

Then Sasuke also stepped forward to shake hands and congratulate him.

I Ai Luo smiled faintly: "Thank you...... However, don't call me so raw, just call me by my name or the Five Generations of Wind Shadows. ”

"You may be seated. ”

"So, what is the matter with your village sending you over?" he asked calmly, sitting back at his desk, his hands flat on the table.

"Can't you just watch the ceremony and congratulate you on becoming the new Kazekage?" the girl smiled.

"It's not that I don't believe you...... I said in a deep voice, "It's just that it's an eventful time right now, and everyone chose me to feel the undercurrent hidden under the calm surface of the ninja world, hoping that someone can protect them." ”

Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other, and the latter nodded, stepping forward and handing over the invitation to the Chunin exam and Tsunade's handwritten letter to Airo.

"Is there an official invitation for the Zhongnin exam?" I Ai Luo took the document, unfolded it and looked at it a few times, nodded and said, "We have already prepared this year's candidates, and we can leave next week." ”

He put down the invitation, opened another envelope and read it, his brow furrowed slightly.

"Will the Kirist Ninja Village also participate in the middle ninja exam held by Konoha this time?"

"Well, yes," the girl nodded, "Lord Mizukage, the fifth generation, will also be attending this Shinobi exam." ”

"There are more and more countries in the alliance...... It seems that everyone is also aware of the threat of 'Akatsuki'. Airo looked serious and continued reading, "Sakura-chan, please tell the fifth Hokage-sama that I will go to Konoha as promised." ”

Unlike Terumi, I read very carefully, and the expression on her face has always been very indifferent, only occasionally frowning her eyebrows. After reading the letter for a while, he raised his head and said to the two of Haruno Sakura: "In addition to going to Konoha to observe this year's middle ninja exam, I can immediately confirm it, we have to discuss other things again." ”

The letter said a lot of things, in the past, the Sand Ninja Village was leaderless, and there were some issues that the elder group could not reach a consensus, so they kept dragging it out, but now someone can finally make an idea.

piled together, long pages were written.

"Let's start with the trade between the Land of Wind, the Sand Ninja Village, the Land of Fire, and the Konoha Village. ”

I Airo got into the role very quickly.

Although he has a good personal relationship with Sakura Haruno and others, when he negotiates with the Konoha envoy as Kazekage, he always keeps his responsibilities in mind and does not affect official affairs due to his personal relationship.

"We completely agree with the resumption of the export of special minerals from Sand Ninja Village. But the price you guys give is a bit low. I Airo took out a list and said, "Regarding the price increase, in fact, the previous generation of Kazekage and the third generation Hokage have agreed on a new price, which should have been signed and implemented. It's just that his death has been hanging in the balance, and now that I'm the new Kazekage, it's time to officially fulfill the new price list. ”

"This is the result of an agreement between the previous generation of Kazekage and the three generations of Hokage of your village two years ago. He handed the list over.

Sakura Haruno took the order, glanced at it, and frowned slightly: "The price is on the high side, this is the price agreed in the previous two years, but now you and I have replaced it with new Kazekage and Hokage, not to mention that this result has not been finally signed." ”

She smiled reservedly: "So, I think the previous results are still to be discussed, and the negotiations should be restarted." ”

Trade between the two countries, no matter in any world, is based on the protection of national interests as the first priority and national strength as the benchmark. To put it simply, it means that countries with strong national strength can generally take advantage, and even if they can't take advantage of it for a while, they will always find a place to return to the field in the future.

During the three generations period, Konoha has experienced many events and is at a low point in strength, while the national strength of Sand Ninja Village and Wind Country has recovered a lot from the last war - otherwise they would not have bad intentions;

Under the advantages of the other, the balance of strength between the two countries has returned to the previous pattern of Konoha strong sand and forbearance and weakness.

That's why Sakura Haruno said "the price is too high".

In fact, the subtext is that the balance of strength has changed, Konoha is already a cut stronger than Shinobi, and the price list agreed upon by the previous generation Kazekage and Hokage does not work.

In a relatively concise bilateral relationship, the rise and fall of national strength will be directly reflected in these things.

Not to mention that the result of the negotiations that year was not finally signed, even if it was signed in black and white, the country of fire and Konoha Village, which were powerful countries, still had reason to regret it.

What's more, this matter is still the fault of the Sand Ninja Village.

Why wasn't the result of the negotiation signed back then? Wasn't it that the four generations of Kazekage had come to Konoha to observe the ceremony and sign a contract in the past, but in fact they were secretly planning a war to attack Konoha?

It's a pity that he died before he left the school, and the fourth generation of Kazekage was killed by Orochimaru on the way to Konoha.

In short, this can be seen as the fact that the Sand Ninja Village has given up on the results of the negotiations, so the documents that I Airo took out can naturally be regarded as waste paper by the Konoha side.

The reason behind this is also clear to I, who is the wind shadow, and the high-level sand ninja next to him.

I'm able to take out these documents as if nothing happened, but it's just a temptation to start.

It's just that Sakura is not really a careless child after all, and the two lives together have lived dozens of years younger, and a similar situation has already been experienced once on the side of the mist ninja, so naturally she will not be easily bluffed.

I really can't think of how to refuse her, and I can say that Tsunade didn't authorize this matter, so let the wind shadow and them go to Konoha to discuss it again.

"The price is not too high anymore. "There's a reason for the price increase. Some special metal materials, such as gold dust, were made by the previous generation of Kazekage-sama with the Magnetic Escape Secret Ninjutsu, and now that he has passed away, there is no one in our village who can use the secret art to produce gold placer on a large scale, and the output has shrunk greatly, and it can only be manufactured in small quantities. ”

"If we still export at past prices, we might as well not export at all. ”

As the Shadow of a Village, he is also responsible for producing valuable materials to subsidize the village's finances, which is unique in the ninja world.

With Sakura's knowledge, the last person she knew to do this was the daimyo of the Snow Country, Kazeka Xiaoxue, who made movies to make money for her country.

However, it also proves that the ninja itself is a highly productive unit, and not just for combat purposes.

Especially the ninjas at the level of "Shadow", in the field they are good at, it is more than enough for one person to top a large factory.

The magnetic escape of the Sand Ninja Village has not been lost, just as the technique of the four generations of Flying Thunder God can still be used jointly by the four generations of the Hokage Guards back then, but the efficiency of using that level of magnetic escape to produce gold dust is a bit low. The sand ninja side has not thought about cultivating specialized production ninjas, specializing in this kind of manufacturing ninjutsu, they can only use combat ninjas to make gold dust inefficiently, which is really a waste.

Production ninjas, or even workers with chakras and mastering a particular manufacturing ninjutsu, may be the next direction of change in the ninja world, and according to the textbooks of previous lives, a dramatic increase in productivity will always have a profound impact on production relations......

Sakura Haruno doesn't think much of this in the meeting, and she focuses on the heated arguments with the Goshiro Kazekage and the other high-ranking sand ninjas.

It's still the same principle: when you can't talk about them, you say that you don't have authority. Sand Shinobi also has nothing to do with her, in the end, the current Konoha is much stronger than them, if you want to seek your own living space in the alliance, you have to follow the rules of Konoha's game, and if you can't beat Konoha in the war, don't want to win Konoha at the negotiating table.

Of course, Sakura Haruno knew that Konoha wouldn't push Sand Shinobi too hard. Tsunade's idea is to hope that the alliance will last for a long time, and that playing a zero-sum game and taking advantage of all the advantages will easily force the allies into enemies......

Konoha and Sand Shinobi, as allied ninja villages, are not in harmony on weekdays, and there are many frictions, from trade imbalances to border frictions, which are all problems that Shinkakage will face after taking office. As Konoha's younger brother, the weaker side in the alliance, how should Sand Shinobi deal with himself, is he a servile or arrogant?

At least in the eyes of Sakura Haruno, I'm good at handling it, and it's rare to be able to be reasonable and modest, not humble or arrogant.

It can be seen that he is the kind of person who is very calm, with a clear mind and knows what he needs to do, and Naruto is two completely different types.

Several high-level executives who assisted him on the side looked at my Airo's eyes, and the hidden meaning of scrutiny in his eyes gradually disappeared, and it seemed that my Airo's outstanding performance dispelled many people's concerns.

Of course, as Konoha's emissary, Haruno Sakura and they will not betray Konoha's interests because of their friends' personal feelings. The public is public, the private is private, and everyone is still very clear.

The meeting did not end until the sun was setting in the west.

Because I'm going to go to Konoha in person soon, I'll leave more things to be resolved at that time, and let Kage and Kage face the ground to talk;This meeting is just a warm-up for both sides.,Let's explore the tone first.,Do some preliminary foreshadowing.。 It is about the vital interests of the ninja village, and the two parties, even after the mist ninja joins in the future, are three parties, and the relationship is complicated, and they will not easily settle the matter.

"So that's it for this time. I smiled slightly, and after signing the memo, stood up and declared the meeting over.

Everyone shook hands in turn, and then left the venue in an orderly manner, and I Airo left the conference room with Sakura Haruno and the two.

"This is your second time in Sand Ninja Village, right? How about I show you around the village?"

(Guaranteed update 1/2.) Yesterday's two more and today's remaining one more owe the first~)

(Because of all kinds of things, salted fish for two days~ I will tell you that in order to get inspiration, I slaughtered a few books that I have raised for a long time, and I can't stop reading them, and I am too lazy to code words!)

Tomorrow is the end of the salted fish state!)